Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 362 Cultivation Techniques: Chen Fan's Breakthrough (4K)

Zhang Cunfu successfully finalized the deal.

After the gathering ended, Chen Fan began preparing for his breakthrough to the Golden Core stage.

He also took the opportunity to ask a lot of questions about things to pay attention to when making a breakthrough.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen was very familiar with this kind of problem.

After all, he possesses inheritances from various sources, each of which contains insights and reflections.

In any case, it's more than enough to give Chen Fan pointers.

During the remaining free time, Xiao Chen did not idle around, but instead diligently practiced those auxiliary spells.

With the divine veil in his body, he is exempt from practicing barrier-breaking techniques and poison-avoiding secret methods.

Therefore, by practicing the remaining two secret techniques, one can successfully handle most situations.

"This spell is so troublesome, it always feels like something's missing."

Ten days passed quickly, and Xiao Chen finally managed to get a basic grasp of the "Refractive Illusion Technique".

Compared to before, this speed is obviously much slower.

After all, he didn't have any fourth-tier spiritual artifacts related to illusion magic to help him, nor did he have any corresponding spell foundation. He basically relied on Hextech to forcefully overcome the difficulties along the way.

However, with this secret technique, Xiao Chen could completely erase his physical form.

Unless the other party happens to possess a detection-type magical artifact, or has prepared a surveillance array in advance.

Otherwise, even if you stood right in front of him, you wouldn't be able to see him at all.

When used in conjunction with the "Silent and Shadowless Spell," it can achieve a near-complete invisibility effect.

It is very useful whether you are traveling or treasure hunting in the outside world, or entering some secret realms and ruins.

If one can cultivate to the point of minor mastery, one can also create illusions of oneself to distract the enemy.

If one can reach the Great Perfection realm, one can quickly create a large illusion that can cover several thousand feet.

Moreover, it can be made so realistically that it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

Therefore, this spell is especially suitable for independent cultivators or lone wolves.

Whether it's escaping, infiltrating, or creating chaos, it's all indispensable.

"It's a pity that I haven't encountered this special type of spiritual object yet, so it might be a bit difficult to advance it to the Great Perfection."

Without the blessing of spiritual objects, Xiao Chen's cultivation progress could not be fast.

If it takes a lot of time to do this, then it feels like a waste of time.

It would be better to first advance more versatile techniques such as the "Separating Waves and Stabilizing the Sea Mantra" or the "Junqi Fire Avoidance Technique" to a minor or even major level of mastery.

This allows them to directly suppress sea creatures and cultivators of the water and fire elements.

More importantly, water and fire elemental spirits are relatively more common.

It allows you to master magic more quickly.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Chen decided to postpone his cultivation of the "Refractive Illusion Technique" and see if he could obtain some related spiritual items later.

There is still no new information from the Cai family.

So he immediately began to practice the last technique, "Star Tracking Technique".

This spell also uses divine sense marking to sense and track the enemy.

It is divided into six stages: getting a basic understanding, entering the inner sanctum, achieving some initial success, mastering the basics, reaching perfection, and reaching the pinnacle.

After gaining initial insight into the basics, cultivators can condense a starlight composed of divine sense in advance.

This starlight has the effect of obscuring divine sense, making it extremely difficult to detect.

Once you encounter a target cultivator, simply activate the starlight secretly to stick to their body to complete the marking.

Next, as long as the other party appears within a thousand miles of you, you can immediately detect their exact location.

With each subsequent breakthrough in this spell, the number of starlight that can be condensed in advance increases by one.

At the same time, the sensing distance will also become longer and longer, and at its peak, it can even completely cover a radius of more than 7,000 miles.

Furthermore, because it is a secret technique of divine sense, it is difficult for the target to detect it in time.

In addition, just like when Xiao Chen was targeted by Old Dog Yi before.

Even if the other party discovers that they have been marked with a divine sense, they will be powerless against the starlight if their own divine sense strength is not high enough.

And it's worth mentioning.

This "Star Tracking Technique" has almost no requirements on the strength of the cultivator's spiritual sense.

By steadily increasing your proficiency, you can effectively increase the difficulty for enemies to clear the starlight.

Of course, this also applies if the cultivator's own spiritual sense is very strong.

That way, both cultivation speed and the intensity of starlight can be further improved.

"This spell is quite good, but it might not be very effective in the new cultivation world."

Thinking of the recently concluded Twin Jade Tournament, Xiao Chen felt that ordinary starlight would be easily detected and destroyed by the enemy.

Fortunately, he also has Hextech enhancement, so as long as he doesn't encounter monsters that eat Soul Jade like it's food, there shouldn't be any major problems.

But soon, he encountered the same problem again.

That is, he lacked fourth-tier spiritual objects related to divine sense, and also had no experience in tracking techniques, which resulted in extremely slow progress in his cultivation.

It is the most laborious of all auxiliary spells.

The main issue is that spiritual consciousness is something that is rather ethereal and intangible, something that cannot be touched or seen.

Therefore, the difficulty of cultivating such a spell that involves divine consciousness will undoubtedly increase exponentially.

Xiao Chen spent a full nineteen days without even getting the hang of it, barely managing to grasp a slight sense of it.

Judging from this progress, it will probably take at least half a month and at most a month to complete the rest.

"Alas, it's a pity that the secret technique left behind by the Heavenly Star Sect is a Heaven-level inheritance, otherwise I could also strengthen my own divine sense."

After another day with almost no new progress, Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Then, he skillfully took out the jade ruyi and began to hone his spiritual sense.

After learning that a intact divine sense was one of the essential conditions for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, he basically gave up the idea of ​​using spiritual objects to enhance his own divine sense.

It's okay to go slowly, the key is not to leave any future problems.

"Hey, that's not right!"

A thought flashed through Xiao Chen's mind, and he suddenly realized a problem: "If that's the case, then why do the cultivators of the Holy City dare to use Soul-Nourishing Jade in large quantities?"

No matter how you look at it, this thing seems to have a very big hidden danger, right?

Could it be that the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Holy City don't even think about breaking through to the Venerable realm?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

That leaves only two explanations.

Either the Soul-Nourishing Jade itself is very safe, and even if it is used in large quantities, it will not affect the subsequent breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

If that's the case, then Xiao Chen will have to find a way to get more Soul-Nourishing Jade.

Alternatively, the Holy City may have some means to deal with the potential problems caused by the large-scale use of Soul-Nourishing Jade.

Whether it's eliminating future troubles or directly repairing damage to one's consciousness.

If that's the case, as long as Xiao Chen finds a way to master the corresponding methods, he can quickly use the Soul Nourishing Jade to enhance his spiritual strength.

In either case, the Soul-Nourishing Jade is required.

Therefore, Xiao Chen should consider secretly collecting some Soul-Nourishing Jade for his own use.

This kind of collection must be done discreetly, so as not to be detected by the Guiyun Sect.

However, that would be troublesome and laborious, and would probably take a lot of time and energy.

Xiao Chen thought about it carefully and felt that this matter could be entrusted to Chen Fan. Although he originally saved him so that someone could help him sell spiritual items.

However, now that Zhang Cunfu has indeed reached a cooperation agreement with the Reverse Immortal Alliance, there is no need to worry about the sales of spiritual items for the time being.

Therefore, Chen Fan no longer needed to go into business, and it was a good opportunity to arrange for him to collect Soul-Nourishing Jade in his place.

"Speaking of which, it should be about time."

Xiao Chen calculated that exactly thirty days had passed since Chen Fan began his seclusion to break through to the Golden Core stage.

Theoretically speaking, tonight... no, it might not even be tonight.

We'll know the results of his breakthrough this afternoon.

While he stayed nearby these past few days to cultivate his magic, he was also incidentally protecting Chen Fan.

Judging from the surrounding spiritual energy, there is most likely no problem.

That makes sense, given that they already have special spiritual medicines like the 'Golden Core', and Chen Fan's exceptional comprehension makes it difficult for him to encounter any problems.

as predicted.

At the beginning of the afternoon, around 5 PM, the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly began to gather.

Although Xiao Chen had set up a formation in advance to block the view, outsiders could not detect anything unusual.

However, inside the great formation, a huge vortex of spiritual energy was formed almost instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the illusory vortex of spiritual energy began to spin and gradually differentiate into five different colors.

"Wow, what a strange breakthrough phenomenon?"

Strange phenomena in nature are not unusual, but Xiao Chen had never heard of such a special situation in any of the ancient books he had read before.

Generally speaking, when a cultivator breaks through a barrier, a corresponding scene will often appear based on their spiritual root attribute.

For cultivators with more than one type of spiritual root, such as dual-spiritual-root cultivators.

It will vary depending on the cultivator's cultivation method or the strength of their spiritual root, mainly manifesting in one of these aspects.

The same applies to cultivators with mixed spiritual roots; normally only one type will be displayed.

However, Chen Fan differentiated into five colors at the same time this time, which was obviously abnormal.

"Could it be that he doesn't actually have a mixed spiritual root at all?"

To be honest, Xiao Chen's idea is somewhat far-fetched, but it's not impossible.

After all, Chen Fan is incredibly lucky and seems like he's no ordinary person.

We can ask him about the specifics later.

A full half hour passed.

The small-scale celestial phenomena continued, showing no signs of dissipating; on the contrary, they appeared to have become even more stable.

Reaching this point essentially indicates that the breakthrough has been successful.

At this moment, Chen Fan is likely already adapting to the true essence that has been generated within his body.

Xiao Chen wasn't in a hurry to bother him, and even took the opportunity to keep an eye on the surroundings.

Try to conceal the noise caused by the breakthrough as much as possible to avoid attracting the attention of nearby cultivators.

After about six hours, the five-colored vortex finally dimmed.

Then, about three more days passed before the remaining commotion gradually subsided.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Fan walked out with a happy expression, looking much more energetic and handsome than before.

In fact, as their cultivation level increases, most cultivators become more and more handsome/beautiful.

Moreover, unless some monks choose to deliberately retain their scars out of personal choice.

Or some cultivators believe in doing whatever they want, completely disregarding and not deliberately controlling their physique.

Otherwise, everyone would undergo a complete transformation.

It's fine if there's only one major realm, but if there's a major realm in between, and they haven't seen each other for a long time.

Even if you run into someone you know, they might not recognize that you bumped into the same person.

"Thanks to your help, senior, I was able to successfully break through!"

Chen Fan walked over and bowed respectfully: "I will always remember your great kindness and virtue."

If before, he had only guessed in his heart that Xiao Chen was a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Now we can be pretty sure.

Even though a living person was standing right in front of me, when I scanned with my divine sense, I could only see nothing.

If both parties were Golden Core cultivators, things would not have come to this.

Therefore, Chen Fan finally confirmed that the other party was indeed a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

"No need for all that, let me ask you a few questions first."

Xiao Chen waved his hand and then asked directly, "Did you feel anything was different during this breakthrough?"

Chen Fan thought about it carefully for a moment: "Reporting to senior, it seems there's nothing particularly different."

He basically made his breakthrough step by step, without encountering any unexpected situations along the way.

Xiao Chen then asked some more questions out of curiosity.

Chen Fan answered each question in as much detail as possible.

Overall, everything seemed normal, and the strange celestial phenomena appeared to be just a misunderstanding.

It wasn't that he intentionally hid things; it was just that there were some things he himself didn't know.

"Alright, anyway, congratulations on your successful breakthrough."

Seeing this, Xiao Chen temporarily suppressed his curiosity. There was no need to rush to find out the truth about this matter; the answer would naturally come in time.

He only offered Chen Fan a few words of encouragement.

He urged the other party to continue cultivating diligently and strive to break through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible.

Such a unique blessing surprised Chen Fan for a moment.

Didn't I just break through to the Golden Core stage?
Is it a little too early to talk about the Nascent Soul stage now?

However, he still thanked him repeatedly and said that he would work even harder.

"I have two more magical artifacts here. You can use them for now."

Xiao Chen took out a spirit sword and a spirit shield, both spoils of war from the Zhaokong Sect.

He intentionally kept two items without selling them, to give to Chen Fan as a backup.

It is very difficult for a newly promoted cultivator to collect spiritual materials and forge spiritual weapons. This can save the other party a lot of time to use for cultivation.

Chen Fan looked at the magical artifact in front of him and was momentarily at a loss.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen mentioned the task of collecting Soul-Nourishing Jade at the end.

"Please rest assured, senior, I will do my utmost to collect the Soul-Nourishing Jade from the vicinity!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan immediately agreed loudly, his eyes filled with determination.

"No, that's not how you do it."

Looking at his resolute expression, Xiao Chen reminded him, "For the time being, I don't want Guiyun Sect to notice anything unusual."

"So there's no need to go all out."

"Remember, everything should be done in secrecy. It's better to take fewer Soul-Nourishing Jade pieces than to expose yourself, understand?"

After explaining the matter, Xiao Chen set off to return to Pingyi.

Now we just have to wait for good news from the Cai family.

(End of this chapter)