Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 537: Martial Path Mark

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

A broken ruler appeared in Chen Fei’s hand, with light shining on it, but as it passed over those broken and shattered parts, the light noticeably slowed down.

The qi of heaven and earth around the broken ruler trembled slightly following the rotation of the broken ruler’s light.

Slaughter Spirit Technique!

Chen Fei’s right hand brushed over the spiritual treasure, and the aura emanating from it hesitated for a moment, diminishing slightly, but soon recovered.

Chen Fei’s expression changed slightly, and the effect of the Slaughter Spirit Technique on extinguishing the aura seemed to have failed.

Chen Fei consecutively unleashed several Slaughter Spirit Techniques, at most suppressing the aura of the spiritual treasure slightly, only to be overwhelmed by stronger auras.

For the first time, the invincible Slaughter Spirit Technique seemed to lose its effect.

However, it seemed quite normal to think about it. The Slaughter Spirit Technique was initially learned by Chen Fei when he was in the Aperture Tempering realm in the Mysterious City. It was extraordinarily powerful and still displayed strong effects in the Combined Aperture Tempering realm.

But no matter how extraordinary, the hierarchy remained.

Fortunately, at this moment, all the formations in the secret room were fully activated, and the aura of the spiritual treasure was completely concealed, so there was no need to worry about it leaking out.

The Heavenly Eye at the center of Chen Fei’s forehead opened, observing the broken ruler. However, after observing for a while, Chen Fei stopped.

In the black and white world, the line representing the broken ruler was incomplete. Chen Fei plunged his consciousness into it, and his mental power was rapidly consumed.

After a moment, most of it was consumed, and the key was that Chen Fei had only seen a few fragmented scenes, and these scenes were completely incoherent, making it impossible to piece together the needed information.

Chen Fei retracted the Heavenly Eye, pondered for a moment, and then gently touched the broken ruler with his finger.

“Hum!”

A ripple emanated from the broken ruler, and Chen Fei’s body stiffened slightly, as if a bolt of lightning had passed through him. Whether it was his physical body, his elemental energy, or even his consciousness, they all entered a rigid state.

The Dragon-Elephant Induction Point within his body trembled violently, and the roar of the Dragon Elephant resounded from within Chen Fei’s body, instantly dispelling this rigidity.

The stimulation from the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point seemed to affect the broken ruler. The ripples on it grew more and more, and within the entire secret room, the qi of heaven and earth boiled as if enveloping Chen Fei completely.

Chen Fei’s consciousness sensed a calling, and after a moment of hesitation, he no longer resisted, following the force of this calling.

“Splash!”

As if the scene suddenly unfolded before his eyes, in the blink of an eye, Chen Fei found himself on top of a mountain peak.

Around the mountain peak, clouds churned in a sea of clouds, but a little further away, there was only darkness.

This juxtaposition of a sea of clouds and complete darkness created an extreme contrast.

Chen Fei looked around, and the only intact thing here was this mountain peak, or rather, the place where he had set foot, which was only a few steps in circumference.

Beneath the mountain peak, there was an abyss that seemed bottomless, just like the distant darkness, making one hesitate to look any further.

“Is this the inner space of the spiritual treasure?” After observing for a moment, Chen Fei seemed to realize.

Spiritual treasures often have internal spaces, just like the Enlightenment Tower and the Haiyue Cave.

The size of the Haiyue Cave, which could span tens of miles, seemed extremely exaggerated. However, as Chen Fei thought about it, that size was more like an illusion.

Perhaps from the moment one stepped into the Haiyue Cave, everyone was trapped in an illusion. It seemed vast, but it was just a more sophisticated deception.

A kind of illusion that was difficult to break under the Mountain Sea Realm. Since it couldn’t be broken, everything looked completely real.

Chen Fei carefully examined the mountain peak and found that within this spiritual treasure, there was indeed only this small area. If he tried to leap from the mountain peak, there would be a barrier blocking his way.

With just one glance, Chen Fei could see everything on the mountain peak. The previous owner of this spiritual treasure had left nothing behind within it.

Perhaps there were some remnants, but after hundreds, or even thousands of years, they had long disappeared under the crushing influence of the spiritual treasure and its mysterious power.

There were no other discoveries except for the slightly denser aura of heaven and earth here compared to the outside world, but it was still limited and roughly stronger than a third-grade lower-level secret realm, but not significantly so.

Since it was so damaged that it couldn’t even store elemental energy, it had formed the Elemental Tide that occurred every few years. Chen Fei had anticipated this, so he wasn’t disappointed.

Chen Fei sat cross-legged and began to activate the Three Lives Slicing Shadow Sword.

As he activated it, Chen Fei’s expression changed slightly, and he immediately sensed something different.

Just like when he had swallowed the Spiritual Resonance before, Chen Fei suddenly felt that his consciousness became sharper, and various aspects of the Three Lives Slicing Shadow Sword that he hadn’t fully comprehended were gradually being unraveled.

At the same time, there was a profound and mysterious sense of insight filling his heart, similar to the Spiritual Resonance but even stronger.

The Dragon-Elephant Induction Point trembled slightly, and energy surged from around the mountain peak, then flowed into the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point. After being refined within the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point, it then flowed back into Chen Fei’s physical body.

The Profound Suppressing Dragon Elephant, this extremely difficult cultivation technique, was now becoming more proficient on its own, and the rate of improvement exceeded Chen Fei’s own cultivation speed.

Chen Fei’s expression was slightly uplifted. While he might not be concerned about accelerating the comprehension of cultivation techniques, given that he had the “panel,” his understanding of techniques would only grow faster, and there would be no bottlenecks.

However, this profound and mysterious insight enriched the records of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm peak within the Three Lives Slicing Shadow Sword, an ability that the panel didn’t possess.

Clearly, this insight came from the spiritual treasure, or rather, from the previous owner of the spiritual treasure, who had naturally left an imprint during long-term battles with the spiritual treasure.

What Chen Fei was currently absorbing was this imprint, without a specific method of cultivation, only a vague path.

Whether one could absorb it and how much one could absorb depended entirely on an individual’s foundation.

And Chen Fei’s foundation, during the early Combined Aperture Tempering realm in the Thousand Feathers Alliance, was unlikely to be surpassed by anyone.

The Three Lives Slicing Shadow Sword might not be considered much among the top factions, but for ordinary Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivators, it was undoubtedly an outstanding technique.

Furthermore, Chen Fei had cultivated it to perfection, with just a small part remaining before he could step into Great Completion.

In this situation, Chen Fei’s absorption of the imprints within the spiritual treasure’s Mountain Sea Realm would undoubtedly surpass many others.

And these imprints were probably what those Combined Aperture Tempering realm peak experts coveted the most.

At the very least, this would allow them to gain a clearer understanding of what it meant to break through the Mountain Sea Realm based on their own cultivation techniques, to try to find a path that was more suitable for themselves and to validate their own cultivation methods against these imprints.

They could attempt to discover a path that was better suited to their individual strengths and attributes.

This was undoubtedly very difficult, and it might even be impossible. After all, in all these years, the Thousand Feathers Alliance’s Alliance Leader had only had one disciple who broke through to the Mountain Sea Realm.

All the other disciples had failed, and some had even died directly.

The complete Enlightenment Tower was there, and the Mountain Sea Realm had personally guided them, but only one had managed to break through.

The Combined Aperture Tempering realm among martial practitioners was already extremely rare, with very clear methods on how to break through, but success was still reserved for only a few.

The Mountain Sea Realm, even if the path seemed crystal clear, remained cruelly unbreakable if one couldn’t overcome its challenges.

For Chen Fei, the question of whether to break through or not was not on his mind at the moment. The fact that he could supplement the Combined Aperture Tempering realm peak cultivation method was already enough to delight him.

And there was the challenging cultivation of the Profound Suppressing Dragon Elephant. The fact that the spiritual treasure’s aura could be absorbed by the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point was astounding.

Chen Fei speculated that not all spiritual treasures could do this; rather, it was likely due to the fact that the previous owner of this spiritual treasure had also cultivated the Profound Suppressing Dragon Elephant, which led to this unusual occurrence.

This cultivation lasted for a full hour.

If possible, Chen Fei might have continued to cultivate further. However, the profound and mysterious insight had already disappeared at this point, along with the energy that could be absorbed by the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point.

Chen Fei opened his eyes and found that the sea of clouds around him had become somewhat dim, and the mountain peak beneath his feet had almost lost its luster as if the world was about to shatter.

With a slight movement of his consciousness, Chen Fei disappeared from the mountain peak, and when he opened his eyes again, he was back in the secret room.

Chen Fei lowered his head and looked at the broken ruler. Compared to when he first took it out, the radiance on the broken ruler had now become dim, and even the flow of light had slowed down.

“Practicing inside consumes the power of this spiritual treasure!”

In just one hour of cultivation, the power of the spiritual treasure had been depleted. It could be said that if there were a little more cultivation, the spiritual treasure might have been completely damaged.

The edge of complete fragmentation!

Chen Fei stood aside, observing the changes in the broken ruler. He noticed that as time passed, the radiance of the broken ruler was gradually recovering. It was not fast, but it was continuous.

After some thought, Chen Fei waved his right hand, and dozens of mid-grade spiritual stones appeared around the broken ruler.

Allowing this spiritual treasure to absorb the qi of heaven and earth freely should help it recover quickly. After all, it had lost its ability to store a large amount of elemental energy. However, absorbing the qi of heaven and earth, refining a small portion, and nurturing itself should not be a problem.

Without even this ability, the broken ruler would have already dissipated long ago and would not have been able to contend with the Fourth-Tier Evil for nearly a thousand years.

But now, only this ability remained.

On the broken ruler, Chen Fei could barely sense any spiritual essence. It gave him a feeling very similar to the Fourth-Tier Evil, as if it only had a trace of instinct left.

This broken ruler also seemed to rely solely on instinct, which was why it had come rushing when it sensed the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point within Chen Fei’s body.

The previous owner of the broken ruler had cultivated a technique that involved controlling the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point, and this memory had been etched into the instinct of the broken ruler, never to be forgotten.

Therefore, Chen Fei did not attempt to refine the broken ruler and still used it effortlessly. The broken ruler recognized those who could control the Dragon-Elephant Induction Point as its master.

Chen Fei did not allow the broken ruler to absorb the qi of heaven and earth extensively, as it would create too much commotion. It was not something that could be concealed easily, whether through cultivation techniques or breaking through realms.

At that point, the Primordial Sword Sect would immediately become a target, and then they would have to deal with the peak Combined Aperture Tempering realm cultivators coming to their doorstep.

The dozens of mid-grade elemental stones shattered one by one, releasing a rich aura of elemental energy. The radiance on the broken ruler quickly flowed, refining this elemental energy one by one, gradually dispelling its dim appearance.

“Seventy-three mid-grade elemental stones!”

After absorbing a total of seventy-three mid-grade elemental stones, the broken ruler had returned to its previous state. Any additional stones would not bring about any further changes. The elemental energy could continue to be absorbed, but it would be stored without any significant alterations..