Chapter 405: with translation of chapter title

After pondering for several days, Yan Buji finally discovered what Wang Chao's technique does.

"This technique... seems to be a kind like the Little Three-Element Formula, focusing on increasing the strength of spells," Yan Buji mused.

The three techniques he obtained back then in the Lingyu of Lin Tianlin within Youming Jie were all of great use, especially the Tan Yuan Technique, which now also serves to harmonize his magical power within the Heaven Gate Five Elements Method.

Including the Sensory Chapter he cultivated during the early Foundation Establishment stage, it also raised Yan Buji's spiritual awareness intensity to an extremely terrifying level.

This can be seen from Yan Buji's ability to perfectly control his own power without any adverse reactions.

No single person can master power that exceeds their own limits.

Moreover, the great strength of his spiritual awareness ensures that Yan Buji can maintain highly precise control even when his firepower is fully unleashed; although this also benefits from the Floral Pattern Profound Technique allowing him to practice Martial and Law Dual Cultivation, the Sensory Chapter can still be cultivated at his Martial Dao Golden Core level to further enhance spiritual awareness intensity, demonstrating its remarkable effect.

"Amplify spell power?" Yan Buji thought, still unsure how Wang Chao actually died, but this Storage Accumulation Device was given to him by Wang Man, so it likely pertains to the Heavenly Demon King.

There is also Yang Long's technique; after dissecting the Eight-Arm Divine Dragon Technique, Yan Buji discovered a method that can nurture a giant beast inside the body for transformation.

This technique is somewhat akin to Yan Buji's Tree Person Technique and the Seven-Leaf Ghost Orchid Symbiosis, but in reality it truly resembles a female pregnancy, cultivating a puppet within the body, infusing it with one's own vital essence, then feeding it flesh and blood...

Yan Buji thought about it and found it coincidentally aligned with his own idea of devising a Martial Avatar within the New Star Furnace Technique, yet the key aspect does not suit him.

Using one's own flesh and blood to cultivate an alien entity and then becoming powerful through its strength may look effective, but it is not suitable for him.

After a few days, Yan Buji integrated Wang Chao's and Long Batian's techniques and began attempting cultivation.

He combined the two peoples' techniques, using portions of Long Batian's method to fill the missing part of Wang Chao's technique; the result was a bizarre hybrid that could amplify spiritual-awareness spells, and the effect should be very good.

"Originally, Wang Chao's foundational technique was meant to amplify and strengthen spells, but by supplementing it with Long Batian's method for spiritual-awareness cultivation, it became a technique that enhances spiritual-awareness spells, with operational efficiency likely several times greater than before... let's call it Dragon Profound Technique."

Yan Buji sat down and began cultivating.

The cultivation technique was still rather difficult for Yan Buji.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Yan Buji had only just entered the technique, without time to complete it.

"Tsk, the Profound Technique went so smoothly that I forgot how poor my Magical Cultivation aptitude is," Yan Buji sighed.

It also can't be said that Dragon Profound Technique is too hard; since Yan Buji could extract techniques from several Golden Core Cultivators and integrate them into a brand‑new method in a short time, his insight and strength must be considerable.

Yet his poor aptitude remains an issue; having not seriously cultivated magical power for a long time, he feels many aspects are somewhat sluggish, perhaps due to his Martial Dao Golden Core stage.

In short, Yan Buji saw that the time was about right and flew to the place previously arranged with Hu Xue'er.

He arrived at the spot.

Hu Xue'er seemed to have been waiting for a long time; upon seeing Yan Buji arrive, she smiled and said, "Daoist friend Yan."

"Hu Daoist friend, you look healthy; seems your recovery is good," Yan Buji said with a smile.

"Thanks for your concern, Daoist friend; then let's set off now."

"Mm."

Yan Buji and Hu Xue'er set out together, still planning to go to the towering giant tree.

The road was fraught with danger, so the two dared not hastily fly through the sky and had to press forward through the forest.

Upon reaching a certain spot, Yan Buji looked around and said, "Let's rest here for today."

"Yan Daoist friend, are you worried about this little lady?" Hu Xue'er asked with a puzzled expression.

Both are Golden Core cultivators; they wouldn't be exhausted after two days and nights of travel, and they aren't moving particularly fast anyway.

Yan Buji shook his head: "This place is quite dangerous, and we must stay alert to our surroundings; we can't rush and reach there immediately. Let's rest for a night first."

Hu Xue'er nodded: "Alright then."

I thought Daoist friend Yan was concerned about me~~

Yan Buji looked at Hu Xue'er sitting under the tree, massaging her ankle, thought for a moment and handed her a bottle of ointment: "Daoist friend Hu, you seem to have been bitten by a Poison Insect just now. This is an antidote ointment; rubbing it should help a lot."

Hu Xue'er took the ointment, paused, and smiled, "Thanks, Daoist friend; so you've been watching me all along."

As she spoke, Hu Xue'er's face flushed red, and she immediately lowered her head to begin applying the ointment.

Yan Buji's expression was odd; they're all centenarian cultivators, yet they still blush and have racing hearts like children at the slightest thing?

To be honest, he estimated that Hu Xue'er was probably older than himself.

Yan Buji counted his own age and found he was only 123 years old.

At night, Yan Buji gazed at the constellations in the sky, furrowed his brows, and began calculating with paper and brush.

He discovered that the night sky of this secret realm differed from the outside world's stars, resembling the stellar patterns of Youming Jie instead.

How could this be?

Logically, a secret realm situated within the Five Domains, with earth receiving heavenly decree, should not have such anomalous stellar changes.

For example, the Southern Polar Star is unexpectedly in the east, while the Big Dipper has drifted to the west.

"Not the west... it should be the northwest; how could the constellations change like this?"

Yan Buji didn't think his sense of direction was wrong, because he had calculated that the secret realm's entrance faced north, yet the internal directions seemed abnormally altered.

Although one could attribute it to the secret realm being different from the outside world, how then to explain the stellar changes?

Hu Xue'er sat nearby, curiously watching Yan Buji: "Daoist friend Yan, what are you doing?"

"Yan here has a modest grasp of astronomy and is calculating some data."

"Huh?" Hu Xue'er paused, looked up at the sky: "Now that you mention it, the starry sky of Rin Winter Ocean seems a bit different from here."

"Indeed."

"However, within my clan there are astronomers who say that ever since the saints attained Dao, the constellations have been changing unpredictably," Hu Xue'er said.

"Oh?" Yan Buji stopped, looking at her: "Why do they say that?"

Hu Xue'er shook her head: "I don't know; the astronomers can't explain it either. Anyway, the stellar changes have little to do with the Five Domains, right? Moreover, the Black Heaven star patterns only reflect the state of Black Heaven and cannot be reflected within the Five Domains."

Yan Buji fell silent, nodded: "Indeed, the Nine Heavens and the Five Domains seem like separate partitions."

This is different from Youming Jie.

"Daoist friend Yan, I also have some questions for you, if it's convenient?"

"Daoist friend, please speak."

"Daoist Friend Yan.... How could it be half-dragon, half-human appearance?" Hu Xue'er asked.