Chapter 1847 (Raw 1858): Consolidating Cultivation
“What?”
The little monk had heard only one side of the conversation, so he could not figure out the situation at this moment.
What do you mean, “sell its son”?
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and did not say much. As he looked at the scarlet ring on his index finger, his smile turned playful.
He finally had some control over the Demon Blood Vulture.
As long as Xiao Chen wanted to, he could make the Demon Blood Vulture turn into a ring and keep it suppressed in his hand.
He could boldly raise the Demon Blood Vulture’s strength without worrying about it rebelling.
Where is my father?
Just at this moment, a clearly young but arrogant—from self-importance—voice appeared in Xiao Chen’s mind.
That was the Demon Blood Vulture’s voice. Previously, there was no blood contract, so Xiao Chen could not communicate with it.
Now, Xiao Chen could directly communicate with the Demon Blood Vulture through thought. However, hearing the Demon Blood Vulture’s voice for the first time startled him.
Your father left.
He left? Haha! He scared this great me. I thought that b.a.s.t.a.r.d would capture me and bring me back to put me in closed-door cultivation.
Xiao Chen’s expression immediately froze; he did not know how to reply to that.
What’s going on? Why can’t I move? What’s the situation?
Xiao Chen explained patiently, telling the Demon Blood Vulture what happened earlier.
d.a.m.n! That old b.a.s.t.a.r.d. He even sold off his own biological son? This is completely lawless! Completely lacking conscience! No way! Send me back…
Xiao Chen entered deep thought. He felt like he understood why the Blood Vulture King was willing to give away this Demon Blood Vulture even at a cost.
This Demon Blood Vulture was simply a thoughtless, reckless, little demon king. In nicer terms, it was unruly. In harsher terms, it was a fool.
Xiao Chen could not be bothered with the Demon Blood Vulture’s hooting. He asked the little monk, “How much longer to the Ash Gray Sea’s trans-realm transportation formation?”
The little monk took out a sea chart. After studying it for a while, he replied, “We are still very far. When we were sent out from the Myriad Star Mountain, we were sent off in the wrong direction. We will need three to four months.”
Three to four months?
That was acceptable. The Ash Gray Sea was very vast. The Starlight Sea Region was just a corner of it. Xiao Chen remembered that it had taken two months to reach the Starlight Sea Region. Only three to four months to the trans-realm transportation formation was already very close.
Furthermore, he needed three to four months to consolidate his strength.
“Now is the time for us to discuss exchanging incomplete manuals of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique.”
Both of them had an incomplete manual. They could gain the greatest benefit by exchanging the manuals.
There were benefits to both parties.
The little monk smiled and said, “Great! I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time. I was just waiting for Big Brother to say it. The Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique manual I have contains three moves: In the Mortal Realm, Three Life Flower, and Merciless Killing. However, so far, I’ve focused only on In the Mortal Realm. For a Saber Technique of such a level, one should not bite off more than one can chew. Completely figuring out one move will let one make much faster progress when integrating the other moves.”
Xiao Chen understood this. Right now, he was also focusing on Breaking the Mundane, going through the process of complicating and simplifying.
Xiao Chen had deconstructed Breaking the Mundane into his own Saber Technique, Dreamlike Mundane World, which had a total of three moves: Creating Dreams with the Saber, Entering Dreams with the Saber, and Dreams as a Saber.
After thoroughly comprehending this Saber Technique, then simplifying it, Xiao Chen could completely grasp Breaking the Mundane. He would be able to achieve more with less effort when working on the other Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique moves.
However, that was under the condition of having sufficient saber manuals.
With the exchange, they both now had six moves of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique.
After receiving Xiao Chen’s saber manual, Yan Chen said joyfully, “According to Master, this Saber Technique has a total of eleven moves. With this, both of us have half of the moves already. In the future, when we collect the complete Saber Technique, it will be possible to trace its origins and cultivate the foundation of all Martial Techniques in my Hidden Spirit Temple, the Gautama Divine Palm’s third move.”
Xiao Chen found this strange. He asked, “Can’t you directly cultivate the Gautama Divine Palm’s third move?”
The little monk shook his head and replied, “Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques are too hard to cultivate directly. Even if there is only one move, it is as vast as smoke, able to branch out to the many powerful techniques of the Hidden Spirit Temple. Just think about how difficult it would be if one were to cultivate it directly.
“The foundation of all Martial Techniques in the world is the three Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques: the Buddhist sect’s Gautama Divine Palm, the Daoist’s True Martial G.o.d Sword, the Demonic Dao sect’s Primal Chaos Demonic Scripture. Even though many Cultivation Techniques created later rival the Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques, they cannot be cla.s.sified as Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques, as in the end, they had drawn inspiration from the three Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques.”
Confused, Xiao Chen said, “In that case, even the Martial Techniques and Cultivation Techniques we create ourselves cannot shake off the influence of the three Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques.”
“Of course. Without the three Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques, there would not be the Martial Epoch at all. They are the source. Since we are both part of the Martial Epoch, we are unable to shake free of their influence.”
This was rather interesting. The little monk lived up to his Central Great Realm roots. Many of these things were concepts that Xiao Chen had never heard before.
“So, which of the three Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques is the strongest?”
The little monk promptly answered, “Without a doubt, it is the Primal Chaos Demonic Scripture. Don’t ask me why. This is commonly acknowledged in ancient texts. However, there is no point in thinking so much about it. All the Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Techniques are no longer complete, lost in the long river of time and irrecoverable. The Buddhist sect’s Gautama Divine Palm has only four moves left, each of the four great Buddhist temples holding one move. Only three sword moves of the True Martial G.o.d Sword remain, held by the three Daoist sects. As for the Primal Chaos Demonic Scripture, that is in an even worse state. It is said to be completely destroyed, with not even one complete move extant.
“Just think about it, not even half a move of the Primal Chaos Demonic Scripture is extant, yet the Demonic Dao is already so strong. If there were still one move and someone grasped it, piecing together the Demonic Dao, there would be a great calamity in the world. Hence, there is no doubt that the Primal Chaos Demonic Scripture is the strongest.”
A thought flashed in Xiao Chen’s mind. Could it be that the loss of the Demonic Dao’s Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Technique is why the current Demonic Dao has lost its original meaning?
The little monk continued to smile. “Hehe! As long as we find the remaining five moves of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique and learn one move of the Gautama Divine Palm, we can sweep through the entire Great Thousand Realms. We will be invincible. Hahaha!”
The little monk drifted off into fantasy and his endless dreams.
Xiao Chen asked, “Has anyone managed to collect all of them?”
“About this…it seems like no one has…”
“Has anyone practiced the complete set of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique?”
The little monk scratched his head and said, “Aside from the creator, it does not seem like anyone managed to…”
“Did the creator manage to cultivate the Gautama Divine Palm using the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique?”
“It seems like he did not. The creator of this Saber Technique is a taboo topic of the Buddhist sect. There are no records of when or how this Saber Technique was created. The moment it was created, it suffered setbacks. After getting lost several times, it is now completely lost. I have never heard of anyone completing it before.”
Xiao Chen smiled and said, “Hence, using this to cultivate the Gautama Divine Palm is not very realistic. It is better to take reference and comprehend the Gautama Divine Palm’s third move directly. Even if you do not succeed in cultivating it, you can use it to comprehend a Cultivation Technique or Martial Technique of your own.”
After suffering such a blow, the little monk stopped daydreaming. He took the incomplete copy of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique that Xiao Chen wrote and went to study it.
Xiao Chen did the same. After returning to the cultivation room, he started studying the manual he had received.
Although he would not immediately practice it, he still had to give it a readthrough.
This way, he would gain some comprehensions.
“In the Mortal Realm, Three Life Flower, and Merciless Killing…”
As Xiao Chen continued to read, he found the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique to be increasingly vaster and more profound. This was quite interesting.
What kind of genius created this Saber Technique?
However, right now, Xiao Chen had many things to do. There was no time to think too much or consider the Saber Technique in depth.
He needed to consolidate his cultivation. Some of his Cultivation Techniques were previously restricted by his cultivation realm. Now that he had broken into the Cloud Sea Realm, it was time to cultivate them.
First was the Ice Feather Divine Incantation. Xiao Chen could now cultivate a higher layer of this ice-attributed Medial Grade Earth Ranked Cultivation Technique.
There was a total of six layers to the Ice Feather Divine Incantation. He had already cultivated three layers. Now, he was prepared to cultivate to peak Consummation of the sixth layer in one go.
If possible, he wanted to merge the six layers and cultivate the hidden seventh layer.
This was merely a Medial Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Technique. Since there were no restraints, it was best to cultivate it to Consummation as soon as he could.
Xiao Chen took out Spirit Jades and placed them in the Spirit Gathering Formation under the prayer mat. Then, he started cultivating.
Three days later, he broke through to the Ice Feather Divine Incantation’s fourth layer.
After seven days, he reached the Ice Feather Divine Incantation’s fifth layer without any difficulty. He found that his cultivation of the Ice Feather Divine Incantation was really fast with his physical body.
However, the drain on resources was rather high. In less than half a month, he already depleted one million Medial Grade Spirit Jades.
The sixth layer took more time. He spent half a month before he opened all the meridians required for it.
“Whoos.h.!.+”
Xiao Chen succeeded in cultivating the Ice Feather Divine Incantation’s sixth layer. After completing a major cycle, he opened his eyes.
He slowly breathed out a mouthful of turbid air. All his hair had already turned white.
Xiao Chen vaguely felt that this ice-attributed energy, which had increased vastly in his body, had a good suppressive effect on his demonic nature.
He could maintain his calm, like ancient ice, at any time, unshaken by various negative emotions.
Frost formed in the average-sized cultivation room. Crystalline ice feathers drifted around like snow.
“It looks like there are still some tricks to this Ice Feather Divine Incantation. It is not as simple as I thought,” Xiao Chen muttered to himself. Then, he stopped speaking, preparing to give it another try and continue his closed-door cultivation.
He wanted to try to merge the six layers to find the hidden seventh layer of the Ice Feather Divine Incantation. That would be of great help towards his comprehension of the Ice Dao.
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Half a month later:
The little monk, who was messing with the Demon Blood Vulture, suddenly felt a horrifying chill. Then, his expression changed slightly as he soared quickly into the air.
The Demon Blood Vulture, which was one step behind, failed to react in time and unluckily got struck by cold Qi.
In an instant, the entire Black Cutla.s.s and the Demon Blood Vulture became sealed in ice, an ice sculpture floating on the sea.
“What a strong will of ice! Big Brother’s improvements during this period are rather terrifying.”
The little monk, who was in the air, felt flabbergasted, having personally witnessed Xiao Chen’s speedy progress in the ice attribute. That was truly shocking.
“Whoos.h.!.+” A figure charged out of the s.h.i.+p. It was the white-robed, white-haired Xiao Chen.
“Big Brother, congratulations. You made another step towards grasping the Ice Dao,” the little monk said with a smile.
Xiao Chen shook his head and smiled. “Although I have cultivated the hidden seventh layer of the Ice Feather Divine Incantation, I am still far from the Ice Dao. However, my progress in this period is real. Shall we have an exchange or two?”
The little monk’s fighting spirit blazed in his eyes. He smiled and replied, “I was thinking the same.”
The two instantly exchanged moves. However, they had forgotten about the Demon Blood Vulture, which remained sealed in ice.