Sunlight shone into the courtyard that was covered with dense branches and formed beams of light. Within the beams of light, tiny light dots danced around, causing the entire courtyard to appear extremely transparent.
Mu Chen sat cross-legged on a stone chair. One of his hands supported his face while the other played with the rough, dark, black jade scroll. He had finally chosen the "Great Pagoda Art" for the promise he had made to his father.
However, even Mu Feng wasn't clear on what rank this "Great Pagoda Art" was. He only vaguely knew that this thing seemed to be extremely powerful. As for why it was powerful, the reason he gave was because your mother was very powerful, very powerful.
Mother was very, very powerful?
Mu Chen blinked his eyes. Mu Feng was able to build up the vast Mu Territory from scratch and become a famous powerhouse within the Northern Spiritual Realm. In fact, he was considered to be quite good. If even he said that she was very powerful, then what level had his mother reached?
"If my mother was that powerful, why would she meet my father?"
Mu Chen grinned. When my father was young, he also had a beautiful encounter with my mother. That should be a good story.
Mu Chen sorted out some of his chaotic emotions. Then, he looked at the dark, black jade scroll in his hand. In ten days, he would have to fight against Liu Yang. That guy was also at the Spiritual Movement Stage Initial Phase and also possessed a Human Level Spiritual Pulse. Although he had also met a monster with a stronger Spiritual Pulse than Liu Yang in the Spiritual Road, the Spiritual Road was still a bit strange.
The so-called Spiritual Road was actually an incomparably large training field. The founders of the Spiritual Road were the "Five Great Academies". Every three years, the Spiritual Road would open. As for the selection of the Spiritual Road's quota, it was also quite strange. It was not selected by humans, but was detected by a Godly Tool called the "Mirror of Judgement". This kind of detection was strange, but the people that were selected by the Godly Tool were mostly people with excellent talents. Generally speaking, as long as they were able to successfully pass through the Spiritual Road's training, they would be able to smoothly enter the "Five Great Academies" to cultivate.
The Spiritual Road was formed by a plane. In that strange plane, no one could use any energy. In other words, regardless of whether it was Spiritual Energy or Dou Qi or Yuan Power from other planes, they could not be used in the Spiritual Road.
Those who entered the Spiritual Road would face all kinds of life and death dangers and cruel experiences. In a situation where they couldn't use spiritual power, they could only rely on their own sensitivity and wisdom to resolve all kinds of dangers. This method of forcing people into a dead end was indeed a good way to hone people's willpower.
When they entered the Spiritual Road, they were told that if they wanted to pursue supreme power, they must possess a will that could not be shaken by anything. Only by controlling this will, could they become a true expert.
For thousands of years, seventy to eighty percent of the top experts from the Five Great Academies had participated in the Spiritual Road's trial. From this, it could be seen how important the Spiritual Road's trial was. This was also the main reason why so many geniuses flocked to it.
"Five Great Academies."
Mu Chen slightly clenched his fist. He must go to that place. Not only did he promise her, but he also needed to come out from the Five Great Academies. Only then would he have the qualifications to stand in the outside world.
Mu Chen did not know much about the outside world. However, he would occasionally find out a bit from Mu Feng. The Great Thousand World that he lived in was vast and endless. Tens of thousands of clans stood in great numbers. The Northern Spiritual Realm was like a grain of sand in the ocean. It was insignificant. The Great Thousand World that they lived in was connected to countless planes. However, those planes could only be called Lower Planes. That's because the world here seemed to be of a higher level than those planes. The Great Thousand World was the center of those countless planes.
However, although it was called a Lower Plane, the people that could come to the Great Thousand World from the Lower Plane all possessed amazing talents. They must be the top experts of each plane. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to break through the shackles of the plane.
Mu Chen had once eavesdropped on some news about the powerful people that came from the Lower Planes during a meeting of the Northern Spiritual Academy's higher-ups. It seemed that there were two people that were the most famous. Mu Chen did not know their names. He had only heard of their titles.
Yan Emperor.
Wu Zu.
It was a very domineering title. Although they came from the Lower Planes, according to Mu Chen's guess, even in the Great Thousand World, they could be considered as true Sovereigns. That Wu Zu had once set off a huge wave in the Great Thousand World. It was said that he single-handedly charged into the Ice Spirit Clan, which was considered to be a colossus in the Great Thousand World. However, the Ice Spirit Clan could not stop the man with the lightning staff. That battle was earth-shattering. When this matter spread out, the Great Thousand World was shocked. Furthermore, it was said that he did such an earth-shattering act just to save the person he loved.
The carefree Flame Emperor kept a comparatively lower profile, but it was rumored that he'd once visited the Fire Spirit Race. The Fire Spirit Race had invited their Ancestor who'd lived for a few tens of thousands of years, but the Ancestor was actually unable to gain the upper hand against the Flame Emperor, and the Flame Emperor was allowed to leave. This caused the entire Fire Spirit Race to be dumbstruck.
Even after coming to the Great Thousand World, these supreme experts that came from the Lower Planes were still as arrogant and domineering as before.
The outside world was truly wonderful and varied, causing one's heart to ripple.
However, Mu Chen also understood that he had not reached that level yet. However, he believed that as long as he was given enough time, he would definitely be able to do it.
Mu Chen looked at the black jade strip in his hand as a smile rose on his tender face. Then, let's start with this.
Mu Chen gently clasped his hands together and slowly closed his eyes. The black jade strip in his palm emitted a faint warm light.
His vision was dark. With a thought, Mu Chen circulated the Spiritual Energy in his body through the meridians in his arm and poured it into the jade strip in his hand.
Buzz.
As the Spiritual Energy poured in, the jade strip instantly emitted a faint buzzing sound. Thereafter, the darkness started to be torn apart. It was as if something was entering through his palm and into Mu Chen's body.
"Transforming the body into a pagoda, the Great Dao of Proving Spirit."
The mysterious and cryptic chant was like the ringing of an ancient bell as it quietly resounded in Mu Chen's mind. He hurriedly guarded his mind and firmly memorized the chant in his heart.
The ringing of the bell gradually dissipated. There were too many things contained in the chant and most of them were things that the current Mu Chen could not comprehend. Therefore, he wisely chose to temporarily accept the parts that he could understand. Even so, the degree of cryptic chant still caused his head to ache. He had never seen such a profound and complex chant before.
However, it was obvious that Mu Chen also possessed astonishing talent. Else, he would not have obtained the qualifications to enter the Spiritual Road. He immersed himself in the mysteries of the chant and comprehended the mysteries within. After a long while, he finally began to mobilize the Spiritual Energy and circulate it according to the meridian route in the chant. The routes of the meridians were also rather strange. If one could follow the diagram, one would discover that the routes of the meridians seemed to form a strange tower shape within his body.
The Spiritual Energy quietly circulated along the strange meridian route. This first circulation was obviously an extreme consumption of energy. However, Mu Chen forcefully endured the trace of fatigue and worked hard to maintain the perfect circulation of the Spiritual Energy.
This strange meridian route was extremely difficult to circulate. Even if Mu Chen tried his best to control it, he would still continuously fail. However, it was fortunate that he did not have the slightest bit of arrogance and impatience. He still maintained a calm state as he circulated it again and again.
This process continued for an entire afternoon. After experiencing an unknown number of failures, a strand of Spiritual Energy finally, under Mu Chen's careful control, successfully drilled out from the last meridian route.
When the Spiritual Energy drilled out from the last meridian, the originally sparkling and translucent Spiritual Energy suddenly began to change. Its color gradually turned jet-black and a deep color was emitted.
At this moment, the Spiritual Energy could be considered as true Spiritual Energy. Furthermore, although this jet-black Spiritual Energy appeared quiet and reserved, Mu Chen could faintly feel that under this tranquility, there seemed to be a hidden sharpness and overbearingness that caused one's heart to tremble.
It was obvious that the quality of the Spiritual Energy cultivated by the Great Pagoda Art was rather high. It was definitely not something that the Spiritual Energy cultivated by ordinary Spiritual Arts could compare to!
The things left behind by mother were indeed powerful!
Mu Chen's body was drenched in sweat, but he was also a little excited as he thought to himself.
This jet-black Spiritual Energy was absorbed into Mu Chen's Qi Sea and quietly resided there. In the future, if he persisted in his cultivation, this Spiritual Energy would become even larger.
Buzz!
At the instant when the jet-black Spiritual Energy resided in his Qi Sea, Mu Chen's body suddenly trembled and a wave of dizziness came from his mind. Faintly, there seemed to be something vibrating and resonating in the deepest part of his body. An extremely mysterious feeling rose from within Mu Chen's heart and quickly dissipated.
"What's going on?"
Mu Chen quickly regained his senses. Bewilderment rose in his heart as he hurriedly probed his body. However, he did not find anything wrong. The feeling from before was like an illusion.
However, the determined Mu Chen did not believe that it was an illusion.
"Is it because of the Great Pagoda Art?"
Mu Chen's thoughts quickly turned and finally looked at the jet-black Spiritual Energy in his Qi Sea. After pondering for a long time, he did not find the slightest clue. Therefore, he could only gradually give up. This Great Pagoda Art was left behind by his mother. Although he had never seen her before, he firmly believed that his mother would definitely not leave anything bad for him!
"Or is it because of this?"
A thought suddenly flashed through Mu Chen's mind. In the depths of his Qi Sea, a black light flashed over and floated above the jet-black Spiritual Energy.
The black light flashed, and in the end, its original form was revealed. It was actually a thin piece of black paper. There were no words on the black paper, only some extremely blurry and peculiar lines could be faintly seen.
The black paper quietly floated within his Qi Sea, allowing the jet-black Spiritual Energy to nourish it. Within its simple and unadorned appearance, there was an indescribable mysteriousness.
Looking at the mysterious black paper, Mu Chen was somewhat lost in thought. This item was something that he had obtained by chance in the Spiritual Road. However, ever since he had obtained it, he had not seen any use from it. However, faintly, Mu Chen could feel that this mysterious black paper was definitely not an ordinary item. However, the current him did not have the strength to unravel its secrets.
Was the indescribable resonance from before because of it?
After pondering for a moment, Mu Chen slowly shook his head. Although this black paper was mysterious, the previous commotion was obviously not caused by it.
After pondering for a while, Mu Chen could only give up and suppress this matter. Once again, he stared at the jet-black Spiritual Energy that occupied his Qi Sea. According to the chant, the Great Pagoda Art should be separated into three realms. The first was Foundation, the second was Materialization, and the third was Tower Transformation.
However, as of now, he had clearly not even reached the Foundation Stage. It could only be considered as the most basic step. If he wanted to advance to the Foundation Stage, he still needed to bitterly train.
In the courtyard, Mu Chen's tightly shut eyes slowly opened. Looking at his body that was covered in sweat, he could not help but shake his head. This Great Pagoda Art was indeed difficult to cultivate. He had only just started, yet it was already so difficult. He really did not know how difficult it would be to cultivate it to the so-called "Tower Transformation" realm.
"I wonder how many levels of amplification this Great Pagoda Art's Spiritual Energy can reach?"
Mu Chen's heart moved. He could not help but feel curious. A Spiritual Art has another important function, which is to amplify and strengthen one's Spiritual Energy. Generally speaking, a Common Tier High Rank Cultivation Art should be able to amplify one's Spiritual Energy by 5%. A Spiritual Tier Low Rank Spiritual Art should be able to amplify one's Spiritual Energy by 10%. The deeper the amplification, the more powerful the Spiritual Energy would be when it explodes.
Generally, it was possible to use this method to roughly determine the rank of a Spiritual Art.
Thinking to this point, the curiosity in Mu Chen's eyes became increasingly dense. With a twist of his palm, a black Spiritual Energy appeared in the center of his palm. Slowly clenching his fist, his eyes gradually became fiery.
He wanted to test out just how powerful this Great Pagoda Art was!
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