Free Web NovelChapter 99: Chapter 99: Perfect Spiritual Eye Technique
Jiang Xu carefully mulled over the recent conversation.
He realized that Yu Wenfeng and Leng Qingqiu...
’Their relationship seems... complicated!’
’It’s like they’re a little *too* close.’
But during the pavilion entrance assessment, wasn’t Leng Qingqiu mocking Yu Wenfeng?
’How could they change so much in just two months?’
Jiang Xu didn’t understand.
Besides, how did Leng Qingqiu know he had come to the Marketplace?
Jiang Xu didn’t buy her explanation at all.
It sounded fake from the start.
Jiang Xu shook his head.
He had no intention of meddling in their affairs. freewebnσvel.cѳm
As long as they didn’t bother him in the future, he wouldn’t do anything either.
However...
The matter of the Secret Realm that Leng Qingqiu mentioned had caught his full attention.
’A new Tier Three Array Master? And a Loose Cultivator, at that?’
Jiang Xu couldn’t quite grasp it.
What kind of prodigious talent could become a Tier Three Array Master all on their own, as a Loose Cultivator?
He couldn’t even imagine it.
’With two Tier Three Array Masters working together, they could break the Inner Area’s Restrictions in a month at the fastest. That means the slots for the Secret Realm will be opening up soon. The prices for various Talismans and Magical Artifacts will spike again, and I can make another killing.’
’But that also means they’ll start heading for the core region. Once Zong Ziqi sends me a message, I should get ready to leave.’
...
After finishing his morning work, Jiang Xu closed up the shop and turned to face Elder Li.
"Elder, this junior was blind and failed to recognize your greatness. I have caused much offense, and I hope you can forgive me!"
Jiang Xu bowed deeply.
After a long moment, there was no response.
Jiang Xu finally looked up, only to find that Elder Li hadn’t responded at all and remained exactly as he was.
’That can’t be right. I remember Elder Li saying a few words when I first arrived. Could that have been my imagination?’
Jiang Xu was starting to doubt himself. He spoke again:
"Elder Li, are you in some kind of trouble? If you need anything, just blink, and I will definitely do my best to help!"
But Elder Li still didn’t move in the slightest. And of course, he didn’t blink.
Jiang Xu went on to say many more things to Elder Li.
But Elder Li was just like usual, showing no reaction whatsoever, not even a blink.
Unwilling to give up, Jiang Xu murmured, "Forgive my transgression," and reached out to take Elder Li’s wrist, beginning to check his pulse.
The pulse was steady—not faint, not racing. It was rhythmic, even, and strong.
It was the pulse of a perfectly normal person.
But no matter how Jiang Xu looked at Elder Li, nothing about him seemed normal.
’Since Elder Li is still like this, I’ll just carry on as usual. At most, I’ll just be a bit more respectful.’
...
「One month later.」
Spring had arrived.
The warm snow melted, and all of creation burst with life.
Jiang Xu once again emerged from his closed-door cultivation.
During his time in the Marketplace, Jiang Xu had attended another auction and obtained three bottles of Elixirs for Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Essence.
He immediately went into seclusion to once again consolidate his unstable Realm.
Immediately after, he began to push for the Qi Cultivation Late Stage.
Just as Jiang Xu had thought.
The bottleneck between the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer and the Seventh Layer had become extremely thin under the effects of his Perfect Level Cangmu Skill.
After a few days of seclusion, he broke through with ease.
Upon reaching the Qi Cultivation Late Stage, his Magical Power increased by half and became more condensed. Furthermore, the power, range, and other aspects of his Magic all rose to a new level.
To Jiang Xu’s pleasant surprise, his Lifespan had increased by another ten years, reaching a total of one hundred and thirty.
However, this was also within his expectations.
Normally, when a Qi Cultivation Cultivator steps into the Qi Cultivation Realm, their body is suffused with Spiritual Qi, and their constitution gradually improves with Cultivation. They can typically live to be around one hundred years old, free from illness and disease.
By the Great Perfection of the Qi Cultivation Stage, the Spiritual Qi has fundamentally transformed the physical body, and the foundation is stable. A Cultivator’s Lifespan can increase by a maximum of about twenty years.
The only thing that disappointed him was...
...the cultivation speed of his Perfect Level Cangmu Skill, when compared to the amount of Magical Power needed to advance in the Qi Cultivation Late Stage, had once again slowed to a snail’s pace.
After reaching the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, breaking through to the next level would take at least ten years.
Furthermore, the breakthrough from the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer to the Qi Cultivation Tenth Layer—in other words, the Qi Cultivation Great Perfection—was another massive bottleneck.
His Perfect Level Cangmu Skill probably wouldn’t be able to eliminate this bottleneck.
’It takes ten Limit-Breaking Points to go from Mastery to Perfect Level. Does that mean breaking through beyond Perfect will require a hundred points? That would take more than two years to save up!’
Jiang Xu grew worried. He only had a little over ten Limit-Breaking Points right now. Spending two years saving them up instead of using them to improve his strength would be putting the cart before the horse!
’In the current situation, it’s better to prioritize raising my strength. If I’m going to save up Limit-Breaking Points, I need to find a truly safe place, and this clearly isn’t it!’
’My Insect Control Technique is already at max proficiency for the Skilled Stage. But it’s obvious that raising a Skill to the Perfect Level is the most important thing right now. Every Perfect Level Skill so far has left me extremely satisfied. I hope you won’t disappoint me either.’
[Spiritual Eye Technique (Mastery) +: 400/400]
Jiang Xu tapped the "+" sign.
A familiar sensation spread from his Qi Sea as the Cultivation Seed began to spin rapidly. This time, however, unlike before, he had enough Magical Power to form the Spiritual Eye Technique’s Magic Seed without needing to take an Elixir.
This Magic Seed looked different from the previous two. Its exterior resembled an eyeball, with a discernible iris, pupil, sclera, and lens.
It looked quite creepy as it floated up and down in the surrounding Mana Fog within his Qi Sea, almost as if someone were observing Jiang Xu from inside his own Qi Sea.
Together with the Concealing Breath Spell’s Magic Seed, it orbited the Cultivation Seed inside his Qi Sea like a satellite.
’If this keeps up, am I going to see something like a Solar System inside my Qi Sea?’
Putting his wandering thoughts aside, Jiang Xu prepared to test the abilities of his Spiritual Eye Technique now that it had reached the Perfect Level.
Jiang Xu extended his Spiritual Sense to touch the Spiritual Eye Technique’s Magic Seed. Instantly, his eyes felt the augmentation of some invisible power. freēwēbnovel.com
He looked ahead and discovered he could see as if with X-ray vision. He could perceive the complete outlines of the Cultivators outside his room, along with their Magical Power Realm and the distribution of Magical Power within their bodies. He could see their weak points, their most heavily defended areas, how many Magical Artifacts they had hidden beneath their clothes, and even the specific grade of those artifacts...
Jiang Xu’s jaw dropped. He looked at other Cultivators and found that he could see even Foundation Establishment Cultivators with perfect clarity.
Eyes can perceive color because of photoreceptor cells; in essence, the eye receives light and processes it.
But in the vision granted by the Spiritual Eye Technique, it was as if he had gained a new type of sensory cell—one that perceived things like Spiritual Qi and Magical Power.
