Chapter 219: Accumulating and Switching Cultivation (Please Subscribe)

As a secret technique, Ice Breath Technique, just as Du En expected, retained all the various characteristics of the previous Breath Concealment Technique.

Moreover, it also follows the proficiency bar of a mid-grade spell, but what makes it vastly different from normal mid-grade spells is that it is not affected by cultivation realm; it still requires ten practices to accumulate one point of proficiency.

Immediately after, he spent another four days relying on his realm advantage to learn two mid-grade spells: Wood Spirit Entanglement and Thorn Piercing Technique.

Regarding the planning of spells, he intends to first grind four mid-grade spells, with Earth Armor Technique as the priority, Flame Technique as secondary, and the other two wood-element spells will have to wait until the cultivation method is switched.

The reason for this is, of course, the mutually promoting effect of the same-element bonus.

Take Earth Armor Technique, for example; now, under the blessing of various influences, it only takes two practices to accumulate one point. Practicing it one hundred times a day can increase it by fifty points—it is simply flying fast.

Having thus entered the right track, Du En's grinding was in full swing.

Fifty days later, Artifact Refining broke through to Small Achievement.

This brought about a doubling of speed in artifact refining, and because progress on the cultivation method switch was sluggish, he chose to extract more time to invest in the process of grinding spells, reaching a state of two hundred times per day.

Consequently, the very next day, Earth Armor Technique broke through to Great Accomplishment.

One hundred and thirty-eight days later, Earth Armor Technique broke through to Perfection, and on the same day, he switched to practicing Statue Casting Technique.

Two hundred and twelve days later, Flame Technique broke through to Great Accomplishment.

Three hundred and thirty-seven days later, Flame Technique broke through to Perfection, and on the same day, he switched to practicing Golden Flame Technique.

However, until this moment, Du En still hadn't cracked the Green-Yellow Canon; he was still looking at it in a fog.

Helpless, and since the third-tier spirit beasts that needed to be buried had been buried and those that needed to be eaten had been eaten, he temporarily stopped the accumulation of cultivation and turned to focus on grinding spells, adding the Ice Breath Technique—which uses the mid-grade bar—into the mix, so that the remaining three could advance side-by-side, with each being practiced one hundred times a day.

And so.

Five days later, Wood Spirit Entanglement and Thorn Piercing Technique broke through to First Glimpse of the Path.

Fifteen days later, Wood Spirit Entanglement and Thorn Piercing Technique broke through to Familiarity.

Forty days later, Wood Spirit Entanglement and Thorn Piercing Technique broke through to Small Achievement.

Ninety days later, Wood Spirit Entanglement and Thorn Piercing Technique broke through to Mastery.

One hundred days later, Ice Breath Technique broke through to Mastery.

At this point, Du En stopped for the time being and resigned from his part-time job in artifact refining.

The spirit stones he had earned were basically poured into the bottomless pit of auxiliary materials for spirit meals, and not much was left.

However, relying on the operation of privately refining one item per day, he had already accumulated four hundred and thirty-seven third-tier magical artifacts, including two hundred low-grade, one hundred and eighty-seven mid-grade, and fifty high-grade; his self-detonation ammunition had once again become abundant.

Everything was fine, except for this cultivation method switch, which was still stuck.

Du En took a look at his panel.

【Age: 32/493】

【Spirit Root: Low-grade】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Early Stage (18/100)】

【Cultivation Method: Firm Spirit Art (Perfection)】

【Spells: Giant Cannon Technique (Small Achievement 0/10000), Wind Sand Technique (Small Achievement 0/10000), Ice Breath Technique (Mastery 0/3000), Statue Casting Technique (Small Achievement 0/10000), Hundred Defense Technique (Small Achievement 0/10000), Golden Flame Technique (Small Achievement 0/10000), Wood Spirit Entanglement (Mastery 200/3000), Thorn Piercing Technique (Mastery 200/3000)】

【Divine Ability: Burying Death, Flourishing Life (Familiarity 10/50)】

【Hundred Arts: Appraisal (Small Achievement 0/100), Culinary Arts (Mastery 0/300), Spirit Seeking (Small Achievement 0/100), Artifact Refining (Small Achievement 0/100)】

Upon reaching the Golden Core Early Stage, without the help of external forces, it would take two hundred and fifty years to complete the accumulation and break through to the middle stage.

He had only slowed down his accumulation during this period to focus on spells, and it had already been over a year, yet he only had this eighteen points of accumulation.

In the past, only during the initial stage of cultivation, when the proficiency of the cultivation method had not yet been raised, had he ever experienced such "sluggish" progress.

"But back then, the cultivation method was easy to practice; I just had to follow the pattern, but now..."

For over a year, relying on the foundation brought by Firm Spirit Art, Du En had tried to hard-crack the Green-Yellow Canon, only to choke on it; whenever he was deep in thought, he was basically just staring blankly into the void!

"No, I can't keep trying to force it from the text itself; I have to leverage my own strengths..."

He had to change his line of thinking and try to draw inferences about other cases.

First, he sorted out his own strengths.

The panel and proficiency are only useful after entering the door, so he had to enter the door first.

The solid foundation brought by Firm Spirit Art meant there was absolutely no problem with the earth element, but the two cultivation methods were vastly different, making it difficult to find a point of entry.

As for the rest, the Divine Palace appeared more clearly... the state of enlightenment?

Also, as a transmigrator, unlike the people of this world, there was that miscellaneous and superficial alternative knowledge and thinking...

Du En returned to the starting point and began to let his thoughts wander.

Just sitting there thinking blankly, emptying his brain, and letting his thoughts fly.

After ten full days, arriving at the middle of the eighth month of the year, in an open field, looking at the full moon in the night sky, he suddenly gathered his thoughts, gathered his Qi and blood, and gathered himself.

Green and yellow connecting, using earth to nourish wood, continuous and unending; so actually, there was no need to think about it so complexly, he just needed to cut into it in a superficial way.

I am a firm and spiritual stone, buried deep in the depths of the earth, bearing the heavy pressure of the earth, gestating and transforming, possessing a natural and innate subtlety.

Therefore, I am no longer a stone, but... a seed!

A seed will begin to sprout at the right time; I have already reached perfection in Firm Spirit, I have long been soaked through, and it is exactly time to sprout!

Crack!

Silently and soundlessly, Du En entered a state of enlightenment, yet it was not like the ones before.

He imagined himself as a seedling buried deep in the earth, gestated by the earth, and so, in this state of enlightenment, he truly became a seed.

This is, Visualization!

Through the knowledge he had crammed, when Du En came back to his senses, he realized his state.

Visualize its form, comprehend its intent, merge into one, and the law naturally arises.

Green-Yellow Canon, beginning to learn and practice!

Du En's state of mind was peaceful and calm, without a ripple, and he began to officially switch his cultivation.

Thus, within the visualization, the seed that had merged with the self began the process of germination.

Crack, crack, crack...

Cracks appeared, and a small tendril poked out.

Green-Yellow Law Code, first glimpse of the path!

The small tendril was a root, reaching straight into the deeper parts of the earth, absorbing nutrients from the loess soil to nourish itself and stimulate further growth; thus, the roots began to spread, growing faster and faster.

This process quickly became practiced, and soon it became second nature.

Green-Yellow Law Code, practiced and proficient!

The root network had gradually spread out, and the prerequisite accumulation was sufficient, so it was time!

Amidst the cracking sounds, the hard shell of the seed was completely shattered, and the stretching sprout broke through the loess soil, revealing a touch of rounded emerald green; vibrant vitality was contained entirely within it!

Green-Yellow Law Code, small achievement...

(End of this chapter)