Chapter 55: Slaying Immortal Grand Formation

【Merit Points: 17288】

Watching the panel's soaring Merit Points number, Chen Shicheng felt a bit regretful.

Since the millet seed was discovered by the Great Yu Imperial Court, the matter of my using a Spell to accelerate its growth should have been reported as well.

And the Great Yu Imperial Court has a thunderously swift temperament, so the remaining varieties of the five grains wouldn't be up for cheap grabs; the Great Yu side has probably already started having people accelerate their growth. Of course, that can't be blamed on them, since no one could have imagined that in this cultivation world, cultivators had never used Spells to accelerate the growth of the five grains.

"It might have been accelerated, but the lofty cultivators didn't care about such a trivial increase in yield."

Unable to fathom the reason, Chen Shicheng simply stopped agonizing over it, sat cross‑legged on the ground, and prepared to launch a bout of "rigorous cultivation".

"Are you okay? If it really doesn't work, we can just give up and not comprehend this formation."

Beside him, Hui Siye hurriedly flew onto Chen Shicheng's shoulder, patting his head with a small paw as if coaxing a child.

"Isn't it just saying that people of average intelligence simply cannot comprehend this formation?"

As a result, his expression swung from ecstatic to annoyed, and finally became serene—perhaps he's gone mad.

"Step back, I'm about to start showing off!"

Pushing Hui Siye aside with a finger, Chen Shicheng took a deep breath, then realized he had no way to start.

The purpose of Merit Points is to upgrade his Skill, so to use Merit Points he must have at least a Skill! Yet now he doesn't even have a Skill, let alone a single hair, but that's fine; shortcuts are unavailable, he can take more winding paths, so Basic Sword Technique, go!

【Year 1: You attempt to continue comprehending the Basic Sword Technique, using it for analogical insight to indirectly grasp the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, yet you never reach its true meaning.】

【Year 5: A flash of insight reveals that your Basic Sword Technique level is insufficient to comprehend the Sword Intent, so you resume delving into the Sword Technique realm.】

【Year 23: From a lofty perspective, you successfully elevate the Basic Sword Technique to the Sublimation Realm, and an indescribable force stirs within your soul, seemingly akin to the internal blade aura.】

【Basic Sword Technique (Sublimation)】

【Active Effect: When wielding blade weapons, you may expend Qi and blood to slash a Blade Spear forward; its power and range are determined by the amount of Qi and blood used.】

【Passive Effect: When using blade weapons, damage increases by 400%, accuracy by 500%, and Qi consumption decreases by 50%.】

【Description: After your use of blade weapons, there is no future challenger; the essence of the blade has been engraved into your soul.】

"Nice, the prerequisite is in place!"

The Sublimation‑level Basic Sword Technique doesn't grant much improvement, yet it let Chen Shicheng feel the tip of the Sword Intent.

Next, he began to experiment with his thoughts, attempting to use subjective consciousness to influence the cultivation effect.

【Year 1: Relying on the burgeoning Sword Intent, you start to comprehend the internal Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, vaguely forming a hint of thought.】

It works, indeed.

Chen Shicheng's eyes lit up as he immediately, without regard for cost, began pouring Merit Points.

【Year 39: You persistently strive to comprehend the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, but as time passes, you find the Sword Intent increasingly abstruse, utterly impossible to glimpse.】

【Year 197: You finally catch a glimpse of the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, but time waits for no one—you die.】

【Year 215: Reincarnated, you continue to comprehend the Slaying Immortal Flying Knife.】

【Year 1755: After countless cycles of reincarnation, you finally feel a stir, gaining a slight understanding of the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent.】【Year 5635: After endless ages, you finally, through the deep soul's blade intent, successfully communicate with the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, you have entered the path.】

【Slaying Immortal Sword Intent (0.1%)】

【Description: The blade intent derived from the residual power of the innate treasure Slaying Immortal Flying Knife, which, according to comprehension level, can increase slashing power (currently +0.1×), ignore defense by 0.1%, and carries the special effect "Please Darling Turn Around": when attacking the neck, there is a 0.1% chance to trigger an instant‑death effect.】

As Chen Shicheng successfully comprehended the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, the same‑origin aura caused his internal blade aura to cease, and under his Divine Perception's control, it shattered back into specks of blade intent, gradually being forced out through his meridians.

"Nice!"

Chen Shicheng's praise wasn't merely because the internal blade aura was successfully expelled; more so, he was lauding the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent's awesomeness.

At a comprehension of 0.1%, it already boosts slashing power and ignore defense equally; at 100%, wouldn't it amplify his attacks a hundredfold, potentially letting him cleave the sky in a single strike.

Moreover, beyond the amplification and ignore defense, that attached special effect almost made him gasp with excitement.

That same 0.1% instant‑death chance means that in the future he could ignore level and power gaps, delivering a one‑shot to any creature.

Of course, the restriction that he must strike the neck seems a bit inconvenient, since a person whose neck is cut is already dead beyond death, etc.

Chen Shicheng glanced sideways at Hui Siye perched on his shoulder.

It seems not everyone would die; a being who cultivates a primordial spirit this way can dodge the calamity, but once his Slaying Immortal Sword Intent reaches a full 100%, Hui Siye will no longer be able to escape with his life as he does now.

Immediately, Hui Siye felt a chill rise from its heart, causing it to shiver involuntarily, "Does the primordial spirit feel cold? Could it be a stress reaction from lingering too long in the formation?"

Seeing the blade intent in the air suddenly calm and cease its assault, it hurriedly nudged closer to Chen Shicheng, as if that would give it some sense of safety.

"Siye, show me that formation node you mentioned; I think I've grasped a sliver of this formation," Chen Shicheng nudged the nearby Hui Siye.

"Really?"

Hui Siye, half in doubt, pointed a finger toward Chen Shicheng, and specks of flowing light flew out, sketching a fragmented formation diagram in the air.

Actually, calling it a formation diagram is a bit of an overstatement.

Hui Siye spent fifty years and his life to discover that these nodes occupy only a tiny line, not even a tenth of it.

But that's fine; with even a hint, Chen Shicheng can use his subjective consciousness to affect the Merit Points allocation effect, so… continue!

【Year 1: Relying on the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent and some formation nodes, you begin to comprehend the Nameless Formation.】

【Year 56: Through the connections between formation nodes, you traverse the entire Great Formation, marking each node one by one.】

【Year 213: Persistently observing the entire Great Formation, you memorize the locations of all Dao Blade Intent clearly.】

【Year 313: Having learned all blade intent positions and nodes, you, via the same‑rooted Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, simply command the formation.】

【Year 435: Time flows like water, day and night unrelenting; after countless attempts, you gradually lever the entire Great Formation's operation, committing every change of the formation to memory.】

【Year 690: With results in hand, you reverse‑engineer the process, finally tracing back to the source and successfully comprehending the formation diagram.】

(End of Chapter)