Chapter 539 - 313: Fourth Grade!
Chapter 539: Chapter 313: Fourth Grade!
For the past two days, Xiao Jinghong had been hiding in Shu State Prefecture City, so Chen Yi naturally couldn’t cultivate the Four Symbols Skill.
However, keeping the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique active allowed him to continuously absorb the Profound Mysteries of [Martial Arts·Body]. By integrating them, he enhanced his comprehension of his three major cultivation techniques: the Four Symbols Skill, the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique, and the Big Spear Pile Skill.
Specifically, the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique and the Four Symbols Skill had already reached the absolute peak of the Perfect Level. The effect of concealing his cultivation was even better. Although Chen Yi wasn’t sure if it could withstand the prying eyes of someone like Immortal Bai, it should be enough to fool ordinary Upper Three Grades martial artists.
Next was the Four Symbols Skill. Just as Chen Yi had estimated, at the absolute peak of the Perfect Level, the cultivation speed of the Four Symbols Skill was more than twice as fast as before. Even now as he cultivated, the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism poured into his body, rapidly filling his Sea of Qi with True Essence and faintly allowing him to sense an opportunity for a breakthrough.
Then there was the Big Spear Pile Skill. Even though Chen Yi hadn’t cultivated it for a few days, his physique continued to grow. Not only had his strength reached Six Symbols Power, but his defense was also astonishing. He estimated that relying solely on his physical strength, he could withstand a strike from a Middle Three Grades martial artist. Of course, the premise was that the opponent’s technique realm did not exceed Minor Success and lacked the enhancement of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism Realm.
Aside from the most direct improvements in his three major cultivation techniques, the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique’s effects on nourishing the body and cultivating essence had also seen considerable progress. Enhanced by the Gold Spirit, the Dragon-slaying Spear’s sharp power was over twenty percent stronger than before. His other techniques, such as the Mountain Shattering Fist, Brocade Spring Saber Technique, Hundred Flowers Palm, and Wandering Dragon and Phoenix, had improved by a roughly similar margin. Only the power of their Spiritual Essence differed.
As Chen Yi cultivated, he utilized the flow of True Essence through his Sea of Qi, meridians, and the connection to his Divine Position to sort through his gains.
Time passed unknowingly. About an hour and a half later, Chen Yi suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing through them. The "God" within his Forehead Acupoint immediately connected with the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism.
In an instant, the guest room he was in completely transformed. The bed, table, chairs, and the stone floor expanded and morphed, turning into continuous mountains, rivers, and forests. Rushing rivers surged down through the mountain valleys. Immediately after, a massive chessboard rotated and rose, blotting out the sky and the sun, covering everything.
Above the chessboard, Chen Yi sat upright in the clouds, looking down at the board’s setup, holding a chess piece in each hand. One black, one white. He looked just like a holy sovereign looking down upon all living beings.
Chen Yi swept his gaze over his surroundings and threw the pieces in his hands, landing them on two diagonally opposite star points. Plumes of smoke began to rise from the chessboard, spreading like a mist across the mountains and rivers. A moment later, even Chen Yi’s figure faded away significantly.
—This was the power of Chess Dao at the Perfection Realm.
Before this, Chen Yi already knew that cultivating the "God" in Chess Dao wasn’t referring to the Divine Position mentioned in the Four Symbols Skill, but rather his own "Divine Intent." It was also the "God" within the essence, qi, and god spoken of in the Medical Dao. In fact, once Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting were cultivated to the Perfection Realm, they all possessed different powers.
For instance, Calligraphy Dao evolved "words" into "intent," pointing directly to the calligrapher’s original heart. Painting Dao could "turn drawings into reality," making painted objects indistinguishable from the real thing, capable of confusing, evoking emotions, bringing back memories, and intimidating...
As for Zither Dao, Chen Yi hadn’t cultivated it much. It was still at Minor Success, so he couldn’t yet see any Divine Intent power. Perhaps it could kill people with melodies, much like the Evil Demonic Dao practitioners of the Illusory Sound Sect.
Meanwhile, the power of Chess Dao was to cultivate the "God."
Originally, Chen Yi only used Chess Dao for deduction, at most expanding the scope—from the Prefecture City to Shu State, and eventually to the whole world. But after encountering Du Cang and falling into his Black Magic Secret Skill, Chen Yi had extracted this particular usage from the Profound Mysteries of the Chess Dao. He could use his "God" to manifest a heaven and earth chessboard, using the pieces on the board to form momentum and aura to conceal himself or injure enemies.
Enveloped by the chessboard, he was the "God" here, controlling and isolating everything. It was majestic, Zhong Zheng, and grand. It was far more domineering than the so-called Black Magic Secret Skill of the "Jackal," Du Cang.
"I really should thank him..." Chen Yi smiled as he looked at his surroundings. Feeling that he no longer needed to worry about outside prying, he released the cover of the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique.
The True Essence within his three major Seas of Qi and twelve meridians surged and flowed like the rivers below. His cultivation was fully revealed, yet the people outside didn’t notice a thing.
Xiao Wuge and Xiaodie, who were close by, lacked the strength to notice. Xie Tingyun and Shen Huatang, who had sufficient cultivation, noticed a trace of abnormal movement in the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism, but upon careful inspection, they found absolutely nothing. What they didn’t know was that right under their noses, Chen Yi was going all out to break through.
"Four Symbols Practitioner, Cyan Dragon..." He drew the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism into his body, converting it into True Essence through the two Seas of Qi in his Dantian and Chest. However, in his Forehead Acupoint Sea of Qi, it wasn’t as simple as merely refining the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism to enhance his True Essence cultivation. At the same time, there was the Refining Spirit and Shaping Form. Namely, the four Divine Positions of the Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird.
Each Divine Intent corresponded to a different Spiritual Essence, which was used to enhance various techniques, such as the Sharp Power of the Dragon-slaying Spear and the explosive power of the Mountain Shattering Fist. Therefore, in the Middle Three Grades Realm, apart from increasing one’s True Essence cultivation, the most important thing was to temper the "Divine Positions" to make them take form.
With Chen Yi comprehending this, his breakthrough naturally fell into place. The True Essence within his three major Seas of Qi surged and circulated, gradually solidifying and becoming as thick as mercury. The images of the Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise on the four major Divine Positions flickered into view, the details of their whiskers and fur already visible.
[Cultivation successful. Cultivation: Lower Fourth Grade.]
[Four Symbols Skill (Earth Tier) Divine Position Spiritual Essence has advanced. The enhancement power of Wood, Water, Fire, and Gold Spiritual Essence has doubled.]
In the blink of an eye, the difference in Chen Yi’s strength compared to before was like night and day. Not only had his True Essence cultivation grown twofold, but the Spiritual Essence enhanced by his Divine Positions had also made significant progress.