After binding with a genius, I became an immortal by exploiting loopholes.

Chapter 134 Second Round

The monument trembled.

The entire stele trembled slightly, and the mysterious patterns on its surface suddenly lit up, shining brighter than ever before.

A new pale golden thread extended from the monument and disappeared into the void.

At the same time, next to Chu Yunfeng's illusory image, a brand new illusory space slowly emerged—empty, without a face, without spiritual light, only the outline of a illusory image, waiting for a new binding object.

The second binding wheel is completely unlocked at this moment!

Lu Qingchen stared at the empty seat for a long time before letting out a long breath.

More than a year has passed since I joined the sect.

For over a year, there has only been a blurry image on the stele.

Chu Yunfeng's cultivation level improved daily, remaining stable and refined, supporting him as he progressed from the Yi Jin stage to the fourth level of Lian Qi.

Now, finally there's a second spot.

Instead of rushing to try new bindings, he first checked the changes to the Dao Stele's interface.

[Ling Shu Dao Stele]

[Monument Owner: Lu Qingchen]

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 4]

[Spiritual Root: Low-grade of the Five Spiritual Roots]

[Spiritual Entity: Aoki Spiritual Entity (Incomplete, Nearly Complete)]

[Currently available wheel positions to bind: 2]

[Currently bound wheel position: One (attached to: Chu Yunfeng)]

[Rotation ratio: 5/5]

The only change is that the bindable wheel position has changed from "One" to "Two".

The revolving wheel ratio remains at 5%, and settlement is still done daily.

The second binding wheel has been unlocked, and having an additional binding object means doubling the cultivation progress.

Whether used to temper his spiritual roots or to infuse his cultivation, it can take his cultivation speed to the next level.

The question is—who should it be bound to?

Who should we bind to?

The rules for the second binding wheel are exactly the same as the first—the wheel ratio is also five parts, and the binding object is also subject to the restriction of "not exceeding the current realm of the monument master".

He is now at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and the range he can bind to has been expanded to all cultivators within the Qi Refining stage.

The name Su Qingxue was the first one that popped into my mind.

With dual spiritual roots of water and wood, plus a pure spiritual body, his talent is no less than that of Chu Yunfeng.

Twenty days after entering the sect, he was able to draw Qi into his body, and a few months later he broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.

With such a cultivation speed, she was bound to the cultivation system, and the cultivation level she transferred each day was estimated to be almost the same as Chu Yunfeng's.

But before Lu Qingchen could decide whether to bind himself to Su Qingxue, he felt the phantom of Chu Yunfeng in the Dao Stele suddenly become flickering.

Lu Qingchen's heart tightened, and his consciousness sank into the Dao Stele—Chu Yunfeng's spiritual light was disordered, and his aura fluctuated, which was a sign of uncontrolled spiritual power.

Chu Yunfeng is in trouble!

Realizing this, Lu Qingchen's heart tightened suddenly.

He wasn't worried about Chu Yunfeng's life or death—although it was important to him that Chu Yunfeng was alive—what he was more worried about was that if Chu Yunfeng died, this binding wheel would collapse.

According to the rules of the Dao Stele, if the bound person dies, the cycle will collapse and can only be reopened after consuming 20% ​​of the bound person's accumulated cultivation.

Twenty percent, that's no small amount!

The news reached Aoki-sou two days later.

Chu Yunfeng was ambushed by rogue cultivators while out training and was seriously injured. He was covered in blood when his fellow disciples carried him back to the sect.

Fortunately, his life was not in danger, and the sect elders personally took action to stabilize his injuries.

Subsequent news reports indicated that Chu Yunfeng was out of danger and recuperating at the sect, with no further threat to his life.

But the injury is quite serious, and it will take at least one or two months to recover.

When Lu Qingchen heard this news, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then fell into deeper thought.

Chu Yunfeng is a genius with top-grade dual spiritual roots. Since joining the sect, his cultivation speed has been unparalleled, and no one among his batch of disciples can match him.

Even geniuses can encounter danger, get injured, or be ambushed on some inconspicuous mountain road.

Chu Yunfeng survived by sheer luck this time, but what about next time? And the time after that?

Even the most powerful fighting genius can die.

Moreover, Chu Yunfeng follows the path of sword cultivation. Sword cultivators have always been the most fearless group in the cultivation world—they believe in "cultivating the Dao through battle," and the more bloody the battle, the purer their sword intent becomes.

This method of cultivation means that they are destined to walk on the edge of life and death for many years.

If he puts both of his binding positions on people who live on the edge, an accident could leave them penniless and heartbroken.

He needs to diversify his risk.

A bound object is responsible for the "upper limit" of talent. The higher the talent, the better, and the faster the cultivation, the better. Chu Yunfeng follows this path.

The other bound object is responsible for "stability"—not seeking rapid cultivation, but seeking a high enough safety factor, staying within the sect year-round, not participating in combat missions, and almost impossible to encounter accidents.

He shifted his gaze from the fighting geniuses to the sect's internal affairs.

The Pill Hall, the Weapon Refining Hall, and the Array Hall.

These three halls are always guarded by a large number of disciples. The cultivators who refine pills, forge weapons, and set up formations in the halls almost never leave the sect.

Their cultivation speed may not be as fast as that of combat geniuses, but their advantage lies in their steady and consistent progress.

Moreover, the disciples of these three halls have a natural competitive advantage—resources.

The disciples of the Pill Hall can refine pills themselves, and they take pills during cultivation as easily as eating candy.

The disciples of the Weapon Refining Hall have many magical artifacts at their disposal, and they can earn spirit stones quickly.

The disciples of the Array Dao Hall are constantly tasked with maintaining the arrays, resulting in a continuous flow of sect contribution points.

They may not be the most talented, but they certainly have plenty of cultivation resources at their disposal.

Abundant cultivation resources mean stable growth in cultivation level.

The word "stability" is exactly what Lu Qingchen needs most.

He had a general direction, but to choose the right person, he still needed to go back to the sect and see for himself.

But before that, there is one thing that must be resolved first.

In the Spirit Protection Field, Lu Qingchen sat cross-legged in the spiritual mist, the patterns on the dark Dao Stele deep in his sea of ​​consciousness slowly flowing.

He immersed his consciousness into the Dao Stele, and with a thought, he separated a strand of his cultivation stored in the light pearl and injected it into the Dao Stele's functional patterns to develop the Dao technique.

The stele trembled, and the patterns on its surface glowed with a pale golden light.

The incantation of the Hidden Spirit Technique unfolded automatically in his sea of ​​consciousness, and those originally obscure and difficult-to-understand barriers became clear and transparent under the deduction of the Dao Stele.

The first layer of incantations was broken down layer by layer, the path of spiritual energy circulation was re-examined, and several subtle bottlenecks that he had overlooked during his previous cultivation were marked out one by one and repaired.

Immediately afterwards, the incantation of the second layer began to emerge—the original fragmented incantation, consisting of only a few scattered sentences, was gradually completed under the deduction of the Dao stele, forming a complete method for the circulation of spiritual energy.

Lu Qingchen was so engrossed in deducing the Dao Stele that he didn't realize a whole night had passed.

By daybreak the next day, the complete incantation for the second level of the Hidden Spirit Technique had been engraved in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He examined the Daobei light bead and found that the original egg-sized bead had shrunk by about one-tenth.

The consumption was less than he had expected. After all, the second level of the Hidden Spirit Technique was not created from scratch. The jade slip left by Qingyun Sanren already recorded a few incomplete incantations and the general direction of the second level. The Dao Stele did more to complete and deduce.