Gou Refining Essence into Qi in the Dharma-ending Age

Chapter 24 Special Dao Seed Spiritual Energy

Having experience cultivating the Thousand Layer Waves, Lin Yuan was indeed quite confident in his comprehension.

After reading about the training method for the Spirit Forging Blade, he judged that it might take eight or nine days to get started, but to his surprise, he found that things went much more smoothly than he had expected after he started trying.

The difficulty in forging the Spirit Blade lies in controlling the spiritual energy within the body.

The spiritual energy that Lin Yuan used was refined from the Dao Seed.

Lin Yuan's control over this spiritual energy can no longer be described as effortless; it's practically instinctive.

It's like the instinct to eat when you're hungry.

And it seems that because the Dao Seed is a part of him, or because this spiritual energy itself is refined from his essence, it is extremely compatible with his physique.

Therefore, when he tried to use this spiritual energy to temper his body and condense spiritual patterns, the spiritual patterns appeared naturally.

In half a day, he mastered the basics of this supernatural power, which was extremely difficult to cultivate.

Lin Yuan could clearly feel the increase in his physical strength.

"According to the information in the supernatural power, once the first one is formed, the overall physique will become stronger, and the power will increase by about 20% to 30%. In addition, the area where the spirit pattern is formed will be further enhanced."

There are many ways to test whether physical fitness has improved, but the most intuitive way is still to test strength.

At the first, second, and third levels of embryonic breathing, aside from some special traits, the basic strength of ordinary cultivators is basically the same.

Lin Yuan is now at the second level of the Fetal Breathing stage, having made most of his progress. Although he possesses a Dao Seed, it does not amplify his power.

Based on experience, the strength is approximately 70,000 jin.

If we consider the amplification effect of the spirit runes, his strength would be around 80,000 to 90,000 jin, definitely less than 100,000 jin, unless he cultivates the first spirit rune to perfection.

Upon reaching the pinnacle of cultivation, one's power will increase by approximately 50%.

Lin Yuan tried clenching his fist to feel his own strength.

This is a fundamental ability after embarking on spiritual practice.

"My strength definitely exceeds 100,000 jin, surpassing the threshold of the third level of embryonic breathing..."

In other words, the spirit runes had already amplified his power by at least 50% the moment he condensed them.

"According to the supernatural powers, the amplification of spirit patterns can indeed change, but generally, it happens after absorbing qi, but in my case..."

Lin Yuan kept analyzing in his mind.

The answer is quite easy to pinpoint.

The spiritual energy refined from the Dao Seed is probably not as simple as it seems on the surface.

This was not something Lin Yuan had anticipated, but after it was proven, it wasn't too surprising.

His choice to forge the Spirit Blade was already somewhat suspicious.

This is merely proving the matter.

"In that case, the other part of this Spirit Blade should also change."

Lin Yuan did not hesitate and immediately began to try.

Having gained experience in constructing spirit runes, this time it was much faster.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he had constructed a spiritual energy blade.

A pure white spirit blade floated in the palm of his right hand. It was only an inch long and contained thirty percent of the spiritual energy refined from the Dao Seed. It was like a crescent moon.

Its aura was very restrained, but Lin Yuan could sense the terrifying power within it.

He originally wanted to try it out in this quiet room, but in the end he had to give up and let the crescent spirit blade slowly dissipate.

"Attacks that can utilize spiritual energy far surpass others, and it's no wonder they're called supernatural powers."

"At the beginner level of Spirit Blade Forging, it takes ten breaths to condense a single spirit blade. As proficiency increases, the speed of condensing spirit blades will gradually increase, the number of spirit blades condensed will also increase, and their power will become more formidable..."

"But for me, condensing a spirit blade is a matter of a moment."

No matter how Lin Yuan analyzed it in his heart, he felt that the Spirit Forging Blade was the most suitable divine power for him at the moment.

It has a stronger amplification and can be cast instantly. Unlike other supernatural abilities that require weapons to be used, it is completely silent when used.

"Whether it's cultivating spirit runes or spirit blades, things have become much easier, but the focus going forward remains on spirit runes."

In the divine ability of forging spirit blades, the spirit blade is the main means of attack, but the spirit runes are the foundation.

Lin Yuan had made a plan, and his first task was to perfect the cultivation of this first spiritual rune.

According to his judgment, once a spirit rune reaches perfection, his physical strength will at least double.

One spirit rune is the entry level, four spirit runes are considered mastery, six spirit runes are minor success, nine spirit runes are major success, and ten spirit runes are perfection.

As the number of spirit runes constructed increases, the difficulty of constructing each subsequent spirit rune increases significantly.

Lin Yuan knew that he still had a long way to go.

It is said that even some Qi Gathering Realm cultivators find it difficult to fully master this supernatural ability.

As for achieving perfection, one needs to construct the final head spirit rune. According to the information left in the supernatural power, even the founder warned against it and advised against attempting it lightly.

Time passed slowly.

Three days passed just like that.

Lin Yuan cultivated the first spiritual rune to perfection.

As expected, a perfect spiritual rune more than doubled his power.

He also discovered that after a spirit rune was perfected, the power of the released spirit blade seemed to increase.

Lin Yuan did not continue his cultivation, for he had not forgotten that he still had two classes to attend in the next ten days.

This time, Lin Chao seemed to still be in seclusion, so Lin Yuan went to class by himself.

Since it wasn't a mandatory class time, there were even fewer people in the hall this time; including Lin Yuan, there were only three or four people.

Zheng Wenyan is still there.

Upon seeing Lin Yuan, he didn't say anything else, only saying, "Since you've made your decision, then cultivate diligently. If things really get too difficult, come find me. Don't force yourself."

His meaning was already quite clear.

Lin Yuan naturally understood.

This was a reminder of his supernatural abilities.

Supernatural abilities with extremely high cultivation difficulty are not a good choice for beginners.

However, Lin Yuan did not intend to reveal himself now.

Even though the Sword Sect has a very upright atmosphere, some secrets still need to be kept hidden.

But he doesn't intend to completely hide his comprehension.

A Grade A performance evaluation is still required.

This is, after all, a matter of cultivation resources.

The Sword Sect provides its inner disciples with a considerable amount of cultivation resources, but these resources are insufficient to sustain a month's worth of training; they must obtain them through other channels.

Academic assessments are the gentlest approach.

Of course, Lin Yuan was very grateful for Zheng Wenyan's kindness: "Teacher, I understand and will not overexert myself. My cultivation of forging the spirit blade is progressing smoothly."

Zheng Wenyan was somewhat surprised to hear this, but then said, "That's good. I would be very happy if you could give me a surprise. If you have any questions, you can ask me now."

Lin Yuan asked some questions about cultivation and left only after receiving answers.

After returning to the quiet room, Lin Yuan did not continue his cultivation of forging the spirit blade.

Supernatural powers must be cultivated, but cultivation level must be improved even more.

A towering building rises from the ground; the higher one's cultivation level, the more powerful the effect of forging the spirit blade will be.

However, not long after he began his cultivation, Lin Yuan noticed something was amiss.

My cultivation speed seems to have increased somewhat...

The increase in cultivation speed is not much, but it is definitely not small either.

Lin Yuan immediately began to investigate, and soon his attention was focused on the spirit patterns.