My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 148 Beginning

It's been three months.

In the spacious backyard of the hillside courtyard, in the magic practice area,
Shen Changchuan, who had just unleashed a Green Wood Sword Light, now had a somewhat dazed look in his eyes.

Within these three months,

He basically spent his days taking and refining the Jade Refining Pill, then practicing various spells until his mana was depleted, then restoring his mana, then practicing spells until his mana was depleted again and taking the Jade Refining Pill.

Exhausted time and time again,

He repeatedly endured his mental exhaustion to meditate, refine his magical power, and restore himself.

During this period of time,
Just spirit stones,
He consumed nearly a thousand!

God knows how he's been these past few days!

Even though I believe that after all these years of trials and tribulations, my will is extremely strong,
Having gone through this arduous training process,

Shen Changchuan also felt as if he had been transported to another world!
Fortunately,

It's all worth it!
After enduring three months of brutal training that ordinary cultivators could not bear, which was like tempering oneself a thousand times, Shen Changchuan's efforts have yielded the rewards he deserves!
Over the past three months,
He consumed a total of fifteen Qingyu Pills.

His cultivation level improved step by step in a short period of time, reaching the late stage of the seventh level of Qi Induction!

He's practically one step away from the eighth level!

And that's not all.

During this process,

When he bought the Jade Pill in Qingcheng, he received four free spells as a boost to his experience points, along with several remaining spells from the thirty-odd spells he had previously purchased in Wujiaji that he hadn't had time to practice yet.
They have all cultivated to perfection!
He possesses dozens of perfect-level spells.
He integrated them together.
The various spells were cast in rapid succession without any interruption.

During the drills, it demonstrated extremely powerful capabilities!

Even if Shen Changchuan didn't use the Azure Wood Sword Light, with just these dozens of perfect-level spells,
Dealing with ordinary Qi Refining Stage 7 or 8 cultivators is a piece of cake!
Other than that,

After these days of hard work, Shen Changchuan's alchemy skills have also been entered into the panel, with the progress bar reaching 1%, which can be considered as officially entering the field.

But that's not all the good news.

Among the results of our efforts over this period of time,
It was the one that greatly improved Shen Changchuan's strength and was also the one he valued most.

It was Aoki's sword light.
Finally, through arduous and gradual cultivation, he reached the state of perfection!

[Azure Sword Light: 100% (Perfect Characteristics: Slight increase in spell power, some experience in wood and sword element training. (Note: This spell seems to be a prerequisite for a more powerful spell, and there seems to be deeper power to be explored.)]

Looking at the line of text on the panel,
Especially when the progress bar reached 100%, Shen Changchuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was as if all the hard work and fatigue accumulated over the past three months had been released.

"It's finally a perfect ending!"

With a wave of his hand, Shen Changchuan
With just a simple hand seal, terrifying power brewed between his fingers and palms.
The terrifying power caused the surrounding air to tremble, emitting a terrifying aura that made people tremble with fear!
The immense power contained within it,
It even gave Shen Changchuan the feeling that he could split a mountain in two with this one move!

of course,

Shen Changchuan knew very well that

This is just an illusion.

He's still a long way from being able to truly split mountains and rivers.
How could someone who hasn't even reached the stage of leaving their body have the ability to split mountains and rivers?

However, illusions may exist.
But its power is by no means weak.

Shen Changchuan was confident that even a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining would be severely injured, if not killed, if struck head-on by this attack!
however,
Just after Shen Changchuan tried a few more times.

However, he had some reservations.

He noticed a problem. "What's going on? Shouldn't perfect-level spells be cast instantly?"

"Why does it take half a breath to prepare for the perfect Azure Wood Sword Light to gather its power?"

Upon realizing this, Shen Changchuan couldn't help but frown slightly.

It should be noted that among the dozens of perfect-level spells he has mastered, every single one of them can be cast instantly!
Half a breath is not much different from a flash in the eyes of an ordinary cultivator.

But in the face of a master, that might become the reason for them to avoid it.

This undoubtedly reduced the effectiveness of his trump card.

"Perhaps it's because this spell is too powerful that it can't be cast instantly?"

Or perhaps there are other reasons?

Shen Changchuan muttered to himself,

My eyes involuntarily drifted to the progress bar panel, to the line of comments following the "Perfect Aoki Sword Light" attribute.

(Note: This spell appears to be a prerequisite for a more powerful spell, and there seems to be even greater potential to be explored.)

Could that be the reason?

So it's impossible to achieve instantaneous casting?
A question flashed through Shen Changchuan's mind.

But unfortunately,
The sample size is too small.

He didn't know much about the progress bar panel that appeared out of nowhere.

There's no way to guess anything, so we can only put it out of our minds for now.

"Fine, half a breath it is."

"At least the power of this spell remains undiminished, which is enough to pose a threat to cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining."

"Once I finish digesting the remaining five Jade Pills and take the Spirit Gathering Pill to advance to the eighth level, even a ninth-level cultivator might not be impossible to kill!"

Shen Changchuan clenched his fists.
A look of confidence shone in his eyes.

As for the prerequisite of the powerful technique that the Azure Wood Sword Light was, Shen Changchuan completely forgot about it.

The world is so vast, and the variety of magical techniques and methods is immense, if not overwhelming.

He didn't think he would be lucky enough to find the advanced method for this spell through various coincidences.

Unless he can pull the three villains of Heshan out of their graves and interrogate them about the origin of this fragment, tracing its origins, there is no chance he could find the subsequent methods.

His cultivation level has now reached the late stage of the seventh level of Qi Induction.
Shen Changchuan still wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to advance to the eighth level by consuming the refining pills.

The arduous training he had been under for three months, which had kept him focused and on his mind, had left him so exhausted that he was almost in a daze.

Shen Changchuan was also very clear about this.
If this continues, the effects of cultivation will be greatly reduced!

In the path of cultivation, the key lies in balancing work and rest.

He needs to take some time to rest and adjust.

Only then can one possibly reach the peak of the seventh level with the help of the final five Jade Pills, or even break through to the eighth level by taking the Mind-Concentrating and Qi-Gathering Pill.

And it just so happens that during this period,
The harvest of this quarter's Spirit Valley is about to begin, and at the same time, some unrest seems to be starting outside.

This led Shen Changchuan to decide to temporarily end this period of seclusion.

(End of this chapter)