Chapter 411 - 307: Six Dharma Seals, Spirit Sound Pavilion!
Chapter 411: Chapter 307: Six Dharma Seals, Spirit Sound Pavilion!
"Success!"
As he gazed upon the Golden Seal, enveloped in a brilliant blue light and flowing with Dao charm, Gu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief, restoring his human form.
"Whoosh!"
With an excited call, the Water Moon Celestial Escape Seal transformed into a stream of light and automatically settled into his Dantian without any need for Gu Yuan’s prompting.
The Golden Seal trembled slightly, and instantly, all its information flowed into Gu Yuan’s heart; he immediately understood all of its capabilities.
"Interesting..."
He murmured softly and then, with a thought, his figure suddenly vanished from his original place, reappearing on the other side of the great hall.
Yet his initial standing spot wasn’t left empty.
Water vapor rippled, and a figure with height, appearance, attire, and aura identical to Gu Yuan silently stood where he had originally been.
The eyes were vividly lively, indistinguishable from a True Person.
Mirror Flower Water Moon!
Originally, the Azure Roaming Heaven-Evading Seal only had the Shifting Technique, and nothing else of divine power. Once activated, enemy cultivators would immediately realize the person before them had escaped, increasing their vigilance significantly.
But now, if Gu Yuan activates the Escape Light again, he will leave behind a fake figure identical to his aura.
This fake figure’s aura and appearance are exactly like Gu Yuan’s unless one’s Divine Thought far surpasses his, or they possess an exceptionally profound Piercing Technique; otherwise, ordinary Golden Core Cultivators would be unable to discern any discrepancies.
Moreover, Mirror Flower Water Moon reflects the original body, and this fake figure possesses some amount of mana, allowing it to exert some power of the Magic Seal.
True body escapes, fake body delays; the Shifting Technique becomes even more elusive and unpredictable.
If cultivated to the utmost, the true body might already have fled a thousand miles away while enemy cultivators remain oblivious, engrossed in a magical combat with the fake body.
"Splash!"
With a thought, Gu Yuan activated the Escape Light again, and in an instant, his figure disappeared, reappearing on another side of the great hall.
But at his original standing spot, another fake figure identical to him emerged.
"Splash!"
Gu Yuan continually activated the Escape Light, and within the blink of an eye, he had activated it ten times, creating ten Gu Yuan figures within the hall, continually dissipating and forming, endlessly rising and falling, seemingly without limit.
Appearance and aura, all identical, making it impossible to discern which one is real and which is fake.
"Unfortunately, the fake body’s strength is somewhat lacking..."
After activating the Water Moon Celestial Escape Seal ten times, Gu Yuan had grasped both its profound mysteries and limitations.
This Mirror Flower Water Moon ability excels in indistinguishable truths, possessing certain strength to slightly hinder enemy cultivators, offering more cover for the true body.
Its weakness, however, lies in the fake body’s meager strength, unable to impede for long before enemy cultivators detect the anomaly.
Strengthening the fake body’s power requires Gu Yuan’s continuous improvement, allowing the fake body to receive more reflection.
But if his strength were formidable, would he need Escape Light and Shifting to flee?
This matter seems to be a paradox.
Nonetheless, for Gu Yuan, the Mirror Flower Water Moon power is better than nothing.
The greatest use of this Seal remains its incredible Shifting Technique.
The Azure Roaming Heaven-Evading Seal was originally a proper Water Escape Technique; now, endowed with the gold attribute of the Mirror Flower Water Moon Golden Seal, and fused with Moon Pattern Dao Seal, the Shifting Escape Technique has received new enhancements.
Taiyin Moonlight, within water and moon, the Escape Light’s power is even greater.
Gu Yuan estimates that if it is daytime, in the presence of flowing water, Grand Array Forbidden under Tier Three High-grade cannot obstruct him.
In nighttime, amidst the faint moon and sparse stars, when the Taiyin Moonlight is thick, perhaps all Tier Three Arrays cannot hinder him.
Coming and going freely, without a trace.
For Gu Yuan, such a mysterious Shifting Technique is of utmost importance.
It’s crucial for his upcoming plans.
"Cloud Dream Marsh..."
Putting away the Golden Seal, calming his heart and spirit, Gu Yuan began contemplating his next cultivation journey.
The greatest opportunity he now possesses is that Sword Dao Travelogue.
But Gu Yuan isn’t only interested in the Sword Dao Travelogue; he is intensely curious about the Cloud Dream Marsh.
That’s the East Mountain Realm’s most expansive marsh, teeming with spirit monsters, countless loose cultivators, constant battles, innumerable adventures, and all types of treasures emerging endlessly.
Countless cultivators rise here, while countless perish.
Chaos and order coexist.
Gu Yuan senses that such a place... resonates deeply with him.
But currently, he is not in a hurry to venture there.
First, he must enhance his abilities further.
"Clang!"
Gu Yuan returned to the meditation mat, sitting cross-legged, took out the Sword Pill, and then closed his eyes in silence.
The Sword Pill hovered quietly in the air, completely motionless.
Unknown how much time passed, the Sword Pill suddenly trembled, sword light began to differentiate; within the blink of an eye, twenty-two strands of sword light emerged.
In times past, when the sword light differentiated to this number, it stagnated, but this time, the Sword Pill trembled, and the sword light differentiation continued.
Twenty-three!
Twenty-five!
Thirty!
Thirty-one!
Thirty-two!
Thirty-three!
Initially, the sword light differentiation speed was very fast, with several streaks emerging simultaneously; it was very swift. But as it progressed, the Sword Pill’s trembling became increasingly laborious, and ultimately, at thirty-three strands of sword light, it abruptly froze.
"Thirty-three strands, still falling short compared to Senior Sister’s thirty-six, but I’ve just broken through to Mid-Stage Golden Core; given time, I definitely can surpass her, though by then, Senior Sister might have already advanced to Late Stage Golden Core..."
Gu Yuan opened his eyes, contemplating silently.
Breaking through a realm not only amplifies mana but also deepens the "comprehension" of the world.
Seeing broader horizons and understanding deeper spiritual mechanisms naturally leads to more sword light differentiation.
Mid-Stage Golden Core ultimately surpasses Early Stage Golden Core; Gu Yuan feels that many blockages in his previous Sword Dao insights are now clear, like dispersing clouds to see the clear sky, momentarily advancing significantly in sword techniques.