Gou Zai Liang Jie Dao Wen Cheng Xian

Chapter 27: Spiritual Energy Vortex!

Inside the cave!

Chu Xuan stared intently at the magic seal that was forming before him. At this moment, a pale yellow magic seal stood on Chu Xuan's palm, only one step away from being complete.

The strands of magical power within Chu Xuan's body gathered together to complete the final piece, and the magic seal was finished!

The moment the magic seal was formed, a large portion of Chu Xuan's magical power was instantly drained. At the same time, a pale yellow hand appeared above Chu Xuan's head, radiating an intimidating pressure.

The Luo Tian Hand technique has been successfully mastered, taking seven days!

Chu Xuan's eyes lit up slightly. So this is magic? It's quite interesting!

With a thought, the palm print above his head crashed down, leaving a large handprint on the ground that penetrated nearly thirty centimeters deep. The handprint was clearly visible, and the entire cave trembled violently at that moment.

This place, Chu Xuan's cave, was previously a tomb. When the tomb was built, the ground must have been compacted. The fact that a palm print nearly 30 centimeters long could still be left here shows how extraordinary this move was.

Of course, for Chu Xuan, it was merely extraordinary.

That last attack drained about 15% of his magical power, meaning that with his current level of cultivation, he could only use it six or seven times.

A cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining can perform this five times. Although he is not as good as me, I am at the sixth level of Body Refinement. There is a difference of four levels between us.

In terms of total mana, I probably can't even compare to a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining. Sure enough, among cultivators of the same level, the total mana of Qi Refining is much greater than that of Body Refining.

However, there is another problem: the upper limit of this method doesn't seem to be very high.

The spell he unleashed was considerably more powerful than the one cast by that immortal master, but Chu Xuan could sense that it wasn't due to the depth of his magical power, but rather to the quality of his magical power.

The power he cultivated through the Thick Earth Suppressing Yuan Technique was of far higher quality than that cultivated through the Qi Absorption Technique, which resulted in his spells being much more powerful than those of that immortal master.

The problem is that this seal seems to have a limited amount of magical power that can be used at one time; a single seal can only mobilize so much magical power.

This is how many techniques are used in the early stage of Qi Induction, this is how many in the middle stage, and this is how many in the late stage.

The difference can only be seen in the quality of the magic power; so that's what "low-grade first rank" means.

This is a minor spell applicable only to cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining.

Chu Xuan's mind raced, and with a flick of his wrist, a rich, pale yellow spiritual light gathered on his palm. As he struck, a yellow palm print shot out from his body and landed heavily on the ground!

With a loud bang, the earth trembled again, and a palm print nearly a meter deep appeared on the ground, deeply embedded in the earth.

Unlike the previous palm print, this palm print was several times smaller, but much deeper, nearly a meter deep. The ground around the palm print was exactly the same as before, without even a crack.

The previous Luo Tian Hand was only thirty centimeters deep, but it was surrounded by a dense network of cracks like a spider web.

This indicates that Luo Tian Shou's power leaked outwards, while Chu Xuan's palm strike just now posed no threat whatsoever; all the power was concentrated in one place.

As expected, the Heavenly Gang Palm was more powerful.

That's right, what Chu Xuan just used was the martial art he obtained from the Federation—the Heavenly Gang Palm, which is also the most powerful move among Chu Xuan's regular attack methods.

However, what puzzled Chu Xuan was that when he used the Heavenly Gang Palm, the magic power flowed through different meridians in his right hand, and it seemed to gather into a magic seal, which is why it could unleash such great power.

The two seem to have something in common.

That makes sense, since they are all cultivation methods of the human race, they naturally have something in common. As for the specifics, once we obtain the Federation's Qi cultivation method, we can compare it with the Qi-inducing method of this world.

However, what is certain is that with this Luo Tian Hand, plus the magic power within his body, it seems possible to disguise himself as a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining.

The Qi Refining Realm is ultimately about the mana within the body. Once you have mana, there's not much difference between you and a Qi Refining cultivator!

This is good news, because when they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they can pretend to be a low-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Having barely grasped the basics of the Luo Tian Hand seals, Chu Xuan pondered for a moment, but couldn't resist trying to comprehend the Qi Absorption Technique seals.

With his previous experience, even though the introductory hand seals of the Qi Gathering Technique were a bit difficult, Chu Xuan was able to comprehend them in six days.

As Chu Xuan carefully drew the magic seal with his magic power, a powerful suction force came, drawing the surrounding spiritual energy into his dantian, turning it into a rotating vortex of spiritual energy.

As the surrounding spiritual energy merged in, the spiritual energy vortex within Chu Xuan's body grew larger and larger, eventually stabilizing and transforming into a pale yellow vortex that rotated inside Chu Xuan's dantian, storing a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

However, an unexpected event soon occurred. As the spiritual energy vortex continued to rotate, it constantly pulled at the remaining magical power within Chu Xuan's body. Chu Xuan had to suppress the remaining magical power within his body at all times, otherwise, the magical power in his limbs and bones would be sucked into his dantian by the vortex.

Chu Xuan frowned deeply; this meant that the two types of cultivation techniques were beginning to reject each other.

Chu Xuan's mind stirred, and he released the suppression. The magical power that spread throughout his limbs and bones was completely absorbed into the vortex. However, the magic seal was only so big and could only hold so much magical power. The spiritual energy was absorbed into his dantian but could not be stored and slowly dissipated outwards.

The magical power that could have been stored in the limbs and bones was mostly dissipated when the spiritual energy vortex in the dantian stirred it up.

The vortex of spiritual energy within his body did not subside until all of Chu Xuan's magical power was expelled from his body. Only then did the vortex stabilize. Although it continued to spin, there was no more magical power for him to absorb.

Therefore, after condensing the spiritual energy vortex, there can be no other magical power in the body unless a second magic seal is condensed to form a second spiritual energy vortex.

Chu Xuan pondered for a moment, then began to circulate the Thick Earth Suppressing Yuan Technique, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy to temper his body. However, the technique, which had previously flowed smoothly, encountered a problem.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth that was drawn in was meant to temper his body, but once it entered Chu Xuan's body, it was instantly absorbed by the spiritual energy vortex within him and then dissipated out of his body.

Even if Chu Xuan spent his mind suppressing it, he could only leave a small part behind, which was completely unable to temper his body, and the impact was too great.

It seems that body refinement and qi cultivation cannot be practiced at the same time; one can only choose one.

With a thought, Chu Xuan's inner seal instantly dissipated, and the vortex of spiritual energy gathered by the seal also dissipated. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within his body automatically gathered into his limbs and bones. At the same time, Chu Xuan also began to automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him, and his magical power quickly became abundant.