Chapter 124: line with translation of chapter title

False Ming Jade Bone resonated with Yan Buji's cultivated second layer Martial Dao Profound Skill; at this moment his body gradually turned transparent, but this transparency was not the transparency visible to the naked eye, rather his entire body began to become transparent like glazed porcelain, and one could see that even the bones inside began a deeper jade-like transformation!

Along with the transformation of the Ming Jade Bone, Yan Buji had no energy to attend to it; his True Essence frantically assaulted the barriers of the Bright King's Prison-Suppressing Skill, and upon breaking through all barriers, he still needed to connect to the Blood Heaven Ascension Degree!

Just the circulation route of the technique and incorporating the outline of the Ancient Bright King Classic already heavily taxed his spirit.

After a day and a night.

Yan Buji suddenly opened his eyes, a fierce light flashing in his pupils like two sharp blades, shaking the void. Immediately, a mighty aura burst from within him, like a surging torrent, breaking through the shackles of his body and spreading outward in all directions.

But astonishingly, this aura did not last long; it returned to calm in an instant.

At this moment, Yan Buji's aura resembled that of a Buddhist arhat—peaceful and stable, without the slightest fluctuation. His body emitted a faint golden radiance, like a solemn and sacred Buddha statue. Coupled with his sturdy build and resolute visage, he bore the aspect of an angry-eyed vajra, making one dare not meet his gaze. Yan Buji had now fully immersed himself in his inner world; his state of mind became extraordinarily tranquil, as if he had entered a transcendent, unworldly realm.

"Success, the second layer of the Blood Heaven Ascension Degree, the Bright King Degree."

Yan Buji smiled and said, "The second layer of the Bright King Degree was successfully cultivated, thanks to previous accumulation; the Ming Jade Bone now seems even more suited to exert the power after practicing the Bright King Degree!"

Although Yan Buji doesn't know much about Buddhist martial arts, relying solely on his increased strength, he now believes he could defeat that bald-headed opponent with a single move!

This is not Yan Buji's arrogance, but rather after the Bright King Degree is cultivated, his True Essence circulation carries along a prison-suppressing force. This immensely powerful force not only manifests as an increase in strength, but also possesses an innate suppression against certain evil entities!

This is equivalent to, on top of the increases from his qi and blood and True Essence circulation, adding another layer of enhancement from the prison-suppressing force!

His strength has doubled, so he naturally has the confidence to think that.

Looking at it this way, whether it's the Ancient Bright King Classic he previously obtained or that strange Netherworld Book that took him on a trip to the Netherworld, plus the cultivation of the Bright King Skill, all count as accumulation prior to today's gains!

Indeed, to increase strength, accumulation is the most important!

During arduous cultivation, digesting these accumulations is never something achieved overnight.

On the path of cultivation, one indeed needs to go out and walk more.

After cultivating the second layer of the Blood Heaven Ascension Degree, his Martial Dao realm seems to have changed as well; his original True Essence accumulation has increased again, and he can now simultaneously circulate the two core outlines of the first and second layers!

This means that Yan Buji's spiritual sense will continue to improve with his cultivation of the Martial Dao Profound Skill, and the prison-suppressing force will become ever stronger!

"The Blood Heaven Ascension Degree is indeed powerful! The two outlines do not interfere and can be cultivated simultaneously; if we were to find the other two great outlines, we could improve four aspects at once—truly astonishing! Such a powerful Martial Dao Profound Skill is probably rare even in ancient times." Yan Buji's heart was greatly shocked.

Perhaps there will be an opportunity; later he should still make a trip to the underground palace where he previously obtained the first layer outline, and maybe he could find some information he hadn't noticed before.

Although the Martial Dao Profound Skill is strong, its strength lies in close-quarters combat, where it can nearly overcome several minor realms against opponents.

However, when facing Magical Cultivators who wield extremely profound techniques, one probably still needs to be cautious.

Yan Buji pondered for a moment, then opened some books and jade slips he had previously obtained and began reading.

Reading is what Yan Buji should be doing right now.

Whether it's perfecting the basic Five Elements Technique or cultivating the Nine Turns Technique, he now must urgently solidify his understanding of cultivation methods.

Even if it's a wild, unorthodox path, at least it can still allow passage through several minor realms, right?

Future matters can only be discussed later.

Moreover, Yan Buji is not unwilling to learn powerful techniques, but those techniques that allow Lianqi Phase cultivators to fight across realms each require a foundation, and lacking such support, relying solely on the few Spiritual Stones he has left is nowhere near enough.

"But the most basic things still need to be learned."

For example, techniques like guiding qi and controlling the spirit—these are known by every cultivator.

The Guiding Qi Technique is specifically used to guide breath—for instance, leaving one's qi on an envelope to inform the recipient who sent it; or drawing out the qi of unfamiliar spiritual materials to identify them. The Controlling Spirit Technique is even simpler: through spiritual sense one contacts an object, then guides magical power to exert simple control; it can be used together with the Guiding Qi Technique, and both are very practical basic techniques.

However, Yan Buji, whose Martial Dao talent is outstanding, actually fumbles even the simplest cultivator techniques.

He tried back and forth for about a month before barely managing to use these two basic techniques, showing how poor his aptitude for techniques is.

"I thought having poor cultivation aptitude was bad enough, but now my technique aptitude is poor too? Do I really have to abandon the path of magical cultivation and focus solely on this dead-end Martial Dao way?" Yan Buji covered his head, clenched his fist, feeling somewhat unwilling.

However, poor technique aptitude is not irredeemable; one can simply spend more time practicing. Moreover, some techniques are said to be able to specifically shorten the practice time of techniques, and even reduce their casting time; this is not a major problem that's hard to solve.

However, the techniques Yan Buji can access are just these basic ones; there's no need to specially seek out powerful techniques to cultivate.

Rather than that, he should now think about how, with the few Spiritual Stones left in his hand, he can quickly earn a big sum in a short time to finish practicing the Lianqi Level Nine Turns Technique as soon as possible!

"If it weren't for the earlier idea of first consuming a wave of the left eye's mutant force, if it were to erupt now, he'd be in trouble." Yan Buji closed his eyes and sensed the condition of his left eye.

Refined abnormal material is not like spiritual material, which is used up when used; a single piece of it even defied heaven?

But to ensure the strength of the abnormal material, he cannot dispense with the mutant force; otherwise, how could Yan Buji develop a pupil technique that causes a spirit explosion through chaotic spirit qi?

Exactly, the left eye controlling spirit qi to cause an explosion also counts as a type of pupil technique!

Even though its effect differs greatly from the Three Flower Pupil recorded by the Hundred Herbs Gate, to a certain extent he doesn't need to worry about discerning individuals detecting the source of his pupil technique.

Although his mental will can sense the changes in his left eye, what he cannot fully control is the mutant force!

He has also never heard of any cultivator who can control the mutant force; otherwise such a person would surely be destined to be hated by everyone from birth!

If one could control the mutant force without undergoing personal mutation, then those abnormal beasts that make everyone talk about them with dismay would instead become their treasures for strengthening themselves!

Moreover, if he could even control the mutant force to cause other ordinary cultivators to mutate, should such a thing ever happen, the entire cultivation world would likely be shaken!

Fortunately, at present Yan Buji's left eye is under his supervision, and the mutant force has caused no trouble.