Chapter 482 - 218: Qi of Creation, Arriving at the Outer Sea
Chapter 482: Chapter 218: Qi of Creation, Arriving at the Outer Sea
’A little bit of everything?’
The three discussed it for a moment and ultimately assigned Xiao Chen the role of central support.
"Once we enter the Relic, Golden Light Taoist, you’ll travel with my third junior brother."
Neither side knew the other very well, so this arrangement was quite fair. Xiao Chen gladly accepted.
Afterward, the three men from the Three Immortals Sect hurried to arrange their clan and sect affairs.
At 1:45 in the afternoon, the party journeyed twenty thousand li to the southeast.
Led by Yu Zhenyang, they found Mr. Qiu meditating on a small island.
Before arriving, Xiao Chen had already learned that this Mr. Qiu, full name Qiu Fanghui, possessed Mastery over the art of Mechanical Puppets.
He typically relied on this skill to earn a great deal of Spirit Stones, and in recent years, he had made quite a name for himself in the Ten Thousand Immortals Archipelago.
Now, taking a look at the man, Xiao Chen saw that he wore a Three-Feathered Golden Silk Crown and a five-colored five-element robe. A Beast Hide Bag shimmering with Spiritual Light hung from the jade belt at his waist. With a face as handsome as jade and a dignified bearing, he truly had an extraordinary air.
"Hm? Why is there another person?"
Seeing Xiao Chen, Qiu Fanghui’s brow furrowed slightly. "Yu, this Taoist seems unfamiliar. Please, introduce us."
He had originally thought he would be traveling only with the Three Immortals Sect and was surprised to see an extra person.
"Mr. Qiu, this is Golden Light Taoist. He is also a Loose Cultivator."
Yu Zhenyang explained, "The Outer Sea has always been chaotic, unlike the stable Inner Sea."
"I wasn’t sure if you would be available, so I invited Golden Light Taoist to join us. Another friend means more strength, after all."
Hearing this, Qiu Fanghui looked Xiao Chen up and down.
’From the looks of it, he doesn’t have any valuable Spiritual Artifacts on him. Only the Storage Ring on his finger seems decent.’
’But most Loose Cultivators are like this, so it’s nothing to worry about.’
So he simply nodded in acknowledgment, showing no interest in making conversation.
Then he spoke up, "It’s best to act sooner rather than later. The journey to the Outer Sea is long, so we should depart as soon as possible."
Yu Zhenyang immediately chimed in, "Mr. Qiu makes a good point."
"Please, this way to the boat. We’ll depart at once."
The Three Immortals Sect also had a Spiritual Boat. Though not very large—only thirty-six zhang long and six zhang wide—this Spiritual Boat wasn’t needed for transporting Foundation Establishment Cultivators or carrying cargo.
Aside from the rear, where a Defense Array needed to be engraved, and the cargo hold below, the middle section was built with six small pavilions and a spacious foredeck for sightseeing.
The small pavilions were arranged in two rows of three, with the front and back rows having different designs.
Yu Zhenyang deliberately saved the two centermost pavilions, allowing Qiu Fanghui to take his pick.
Xiao Chen was assigned to the one on the front left. He didn’t mind, though. ’As long as I have a place to sleep and cultivate, I’m fine.’
Now that he had successfully entered the Golden Core Middle Stage, his True Essence capacity had reached six hundred sixty-nine strands.
Reaching the Perfection Realm would require a great deal of time.
It was a fundamental process of accumulation that no Cultivator could avoid.
However, Xiao Chen wasn’t in a particular hurry to increase his True Essence; it wasn’t something that could be accomplished overnight, after all.
Instead, he took out the Qianyuan Creation Pill he had previously acquired and prepared to test out this so-called Qi of Creation to see how useful it really was.
He also hoped it might give him another tool to handle different situations during the upcoming expedition to the Relic.
For the next several days, the three brothers from the Three Immortals Sect constantly hovered around Qiu Fanghui.
While making small talk, they never missed an opportunity to flatter him in all sorts of ways.
They used all sorts of tactics to try and deepen their connection with him, hoping to forge a bond of friendship.
After all, Qiu Fanghui had two hundred years to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm. There was a high probability he would succeed, so of course they had to start currying favor with him now.
Xiao Chen, however, couldn’t be bothered to fawn over others, so he didn’t join in the commotion.
He stayed alone in his pavilion at the front left, perfectly content with the peace and quiet, and focused all his daily efforts on studying the Qi of Creation.
He had already used the effects of the Spirit Pill to successfully form the Qianyuan Creation Seed.
Using Divine Sense Internal Observation, he saw a small, gleaming yellow sphere had appeared in his Chest Acupoint.
After a full day and the consumption of about ten strands of True Essence, he successfully produced his first wisp of Qi of Creation.
’Why does this feel so similar to True Essence?’
Xiao Chen tried to channel the Qi of Creation to cast the Hundred Flowers Blooming Technique—a Magic he had never practiced, only witnessed others perform.
Instantly, hundreds of different Spirit Flowers materialized out of thin air around him, all bursting into full bloom at once.
In an instant, the entire pavilion was filled with a medley of floral scents.
’It really has such a miraculous effect?’
After all, Xiao Chen had only witnessed the effects of the Hundred Flowers Blooming Technique once on Elemental Magnetic Peak; he was completely ignorant of its Heart Method Mantra.
Yet, relying on memory alone, he had almost perfectly replicated the scene he had witnessed.
The saying "with one qi in hand, manifest the marvels of the Five Elements" truly seemed to be no idle boast.
This meant that with the Qi of Creation, a Cultivator could save a great deal of the time normally spent practicing Magic.
This was especially true for Magic that might be useful to have on hand, but weren’t quite worth the dedicated time and effort to learn.
’Of course, looking the part isn’t enough,’ he thought. ’After all, some Illusions can also create deceptively realistic effects.’
The true test of the Qi of Creation’s usefulness would be its power in actual combat.
Over the next few days, Xiao Chen focused on condensing several more wisps of Qi of Creation.
At the same time, just as he’d suspected, he could feel a portion of his Essence Qi being drawn away each day by the Qianyuan Creation Seed to nourish the Qi of Creation.
’Isn’t this toll a bit steep?’