Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 461 - 257: Wood Spirit Avatar; Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill Breaks Through to the Fourth Layer (Part 2)
Nowadays, it no longer needs constant Mana to maintain itself, just a one-time injection of sufficient Mana to remain stable for a longer duration.
Moreover, this Wood Spirit Avatar has considerable abilities, including successfully completing complex and demanding tasks like refining Pills.
However, the process does consume a substantial amount of Mana, requiring replenishment afterward.
Of course, this Wood Spirit Avatar is not without flaws.
Compared to Xu Ping’s original self, this avatar’s strength is much weaker, possessing only about twenty percent of the main body’s power.
Nonetheless, Xu Ping does not care much about this.
After all, even with only twenty percent strength, it’s easy to deceive cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Besides, the "Wood Spirit Avatar" is currently only at the mastery level.
If Xu Ping can cultivate it to the Perfection Level, the transformative changes the Wood Spirit Avatar would undergo are beyond imagination.
Perhaps a complete avatar would emerge, not only powerful but capable of autonomously running cultivation techniques to restore Mana.
At that time, during battles, the Wood Spirit Avatar would control the Sword Array, while Xu Ping’s main body would wield the Lifebound Magical Treasure, the two seamlessly connected in harmony, a scene truly indescribable.
If paired with a Quasi-Tier Four Puppet, perhaps even facing a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage, Xu Ping would have the confidence to compete!
And this is merely considering the enormous advantages from the combat perspective.
In the everyday practice of various Secret Techniques or while refining magical treasures, having such a supportive force akin to one’s own avatar is invaluable.
It would undoubtedly achieve excellent effects with half the effort.
"A Perfection Level avatar..."
Thinking about this, Xu Ping’s eyes involuntarily revealed a hint of fiery anticipation.
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After carefully replenishing the Mana for the Wood Spirit Avatar, Xu Ping arranged the avatar to soak in the Spiritual Spring.
This arrangement was a method Xu Ping derived after multiple trials and exploration.
The environment where the Spiritual Spring is located is extremely rich in Spiritual Qi, which can significantly slow down the speed at which the Wood Spirit Avatar consumes Mana.
As for why not end the spell and let the avatar dissipate.
That is because Xu Ping discovered from long-term observation that as long as the Wood Spirit Avatar continues to exist, the proficiency of the "Wood Spirit Avatar" Secret Technique would unknowingly grow slowly.
Such a simple and convenient way to improve proficiency is something Xu Ping naturally wouldn’t easily relinquish and let the avatar dissipate.
Maintaining the current avatar doesn’t take much effort anyway.
Just as Xu Ping arranged the avatar and was about to return to the training room to recover his own Mana, his eyebrows suddenly rose, then rushed towards the top of the cave abode.
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A quarter of an hour later.
In the living room, the fragrance of tea wafted.
Xu Ping poured a cup of Spirit Tea for Peng Feiyang, smiling and asking, "Fellow Daoist Peng, what brings you to my abode today?"
Peng Feiyang looked slightly unhappy, grabbing the Spirit Tea and gulping it down, then said in a muffled voice:
"Wan Junhao, that guy, has broken through to a Second-stage Upper Grade in Array mastery!"
"Oh?"
"Is that so?"
Xu Ping’s expression slightly changed.
It seems that this person’s talent in arrays is not bad; to reach the Second-stage Upper Grade as an Array Master before a hundred years of age.
If everything goes smoothly, he might have a chance to touch the realm of a Quasi-Tier Three Array Master, perhaps even aiming for the Third-rank Array Master level.
However, even so, compared to myself, the difference is like clouds and mud.
"It’s absolutely true, apparently it was just a few days ago."
Peng Feiyang nodded, then his face filled with annoyance, "Now, the Purple Mountain Association has re-signed the tribute contract with him, and he’s going to be boastful for quite a while."
Upon hearing this, Xu Ping couldn’t help but find it amusing.
Peng Feiyang always disdained Wan Junhao’s arrogant, flamboyant, and show-off demeanor.
Now that Wan Junhao has made significant breakthroughs in array mastery, with his usual high-profile character, his actions will undoubtedly be more brazen, making Peng Feiyang vexed is only natural.
Yet Xu Ping did not pay much attention to this.
On the contrary, he felt it might be a good thing for him.
Currently, there has already been some friction between the Ten Thousand Dragons Commerce Association and the Purple Mountain Association, and the situation tends to escalate.
Now that Wan Junhao has advanced to a Second-stage Upper Grade Array Master, with his show-off personality, he will surely attract everyone’s attention.
In this way, the Ten Thousand Dragons Commerce Association naturally wouldn’t have time to bother me.
Though with Xu Ping’s strength, he does not fear the Ten Thousand Dragons Commerce Association, even having the ability to easily wipe out this force alone.
But reducing unnecessary trouble is always good.
He’d rather devote his time and energy to enhancing his own strength and studying various Secret Techniques.
"Let him do what he wants, if he likes showing off, let him show off, it doesn’t affect us at all."
Xu Ping gently raised a teacup, sipping the Spirit Tea, his expression as calm as a still, undisturbed lake.
Seeing Xu Ping’s tranquil and composed demeanor, Peng Feiyang sighed slightly, his tone full of envy:
"Sometimes I truly envy Fellow Daoist Xu for his unworldly, dedicated cultivation mindset."
Xu Ping smiled slightly, put down the teacup, and gazed out at the lush Spirit Plant garden, speaking slowly:
"Fellow Daoist Peng, the road of cultivation is long and winding, if constantly entangled by worldly affairs, how could one truly pursue the Dao wholeheartedly?"
