Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 42 - 41: Little Profound Crystal Jade Body First Layer, Jade Skin Realm
Looking at the characters that appeared in front of him, Qi Chuan, whose body was nearing numbness, also gave a slight smile.
"Indeed, the hundredfold critical strike has an effect on body refining techniques as well!"
At the same time, a faint sensation of itchiness spread across Qi Chuan’s skin.
And when this faint itchiness appeared, Qi Chuan could feel something unusual from his skin, as if it was being strengthened.
Of course, within his body, the flesh, blood vessels, tissues, etc., also felt some itchiness, but it was fainter. It seemed that the strengthening there was less, mainly concentrated on the skin.
After receiving this enhancement, the surrounding pain, which was already becoming numb, seemed to have lessened slightly.
"It’s good that it can improve!"
Qi Chuan smiled slightly. He wasn’t afraid of pain; if this pain could bring an improvement in his physical body, it was well worth it.
"Next, let’s continue cultivating the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body!"
Qi Chuan once again activated the cultivation method of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body.
[In the medicinal bath, you activate the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, absorbing medicinal power, enhancing your body, triggering a twelvefold critical strike, and obtaining twelve times the gain. Your physical body has gained slight enhancement.]
[In the medicinal bath, you activate the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, absorbing medicinal power, enhancing your body, triggering an elevenfold critical strike, and obtaining eleven times the gain. Your physical body has gained slight enhancement.]
Throughout this process, the characters continued to appear before his eyes, and Qi Chuan’s physical body steadily and slowly strengthened.
Half a day later, Qi Chuan stood up, clenched his fists, and could feel the greatly increased strength. Since it was the first medicinal bath, the effect was very noticeable.
Although he hadn’t directly advanced to Tier One Body Cultivator, compared to before, the improvement was already significant.
At this rate, advancing to Tier One Body Cultivator was just a matter of time.
"Compared to magical cultivation, this body refining seems easier for me and improves a bit faster?"
Feeling the enhanced power within him, Qi Chuan gazed intently at the skin on his arm, vaguely seeing a faint glow of jade.
This first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body is the Jade Skin Realm. Once the jade glow on the skin is fully revealed, it means he has successfully advanced to the tier of Tier One Body Cultivator, or more precisely, Tier One Early Stage Body Cultivator, a strength roughly equivalent to a Qi Refining Early Stage Cultivator.
By then, the strength of his skin would be comparable to a Lower Grade Magical Artifact.
At this moment, it was this extremely faint jade glow on his arm’s skin that caused Qi Chuan some hesitation.
In terms of magical cultivation, his own Eighth Grade Spirit Root imposed certain limitations.
But pursuing body cultivation required lower demands, and thus following the hundredfold critical strike, the improvement seemed faster.
"If this is the case, I’m afraid that advancing to Tier One Early Stage Body Cultivator or even reaching the Tier One Peak Body Cultivator level will be faster than I imagined." Thinking of this, Qi Chuan smiled slightly; this was an unexpected surprise.
"But similarly, this body cultivation consumes more resources; it’s practically using resources as a pile!"
Qi Chuan looked at the large vat before him and saw that the originally viscous dark red medicinal liquid had lightened somewhat.
For this vat of medicinal liquid, he had invested all the spirit grass materials exchanged for with five points of sect contribution, but it seemed it wouldn’t sustain much longer.
These resources were equivalent to fifty Lower Grade Spirit Stones.
Once consumed, he would have to go to the Pill Pavilion and use five points of contribution to exchange again, and right now, he only had a little over ten points of contribution left.
"I can only take it one step at a time and improve gradually."
Qi Chuan sighed slightly.
Giving up was not an option; to break through to Foundation Establishment in the future, he must cultivate the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body.
Bang bang.
Just as Qi Chuan sighed, some faint knocks unexpectedly came from outside the cave mansion.
"What’s this..."
Upon hearing the sound, Qi Chuan was slightly surprised. He stepped out of the vat and condensed a ball of clear water with mana, poured it over himself, then evaporated it with mana, instantly feeling fresh and clean.
Then, he dressed and went to the door of the cave mansion.
Not far away, he saw a palm-sized paper crane flapping its wings, knocking against the array outside the cave mansion. Some characters could be seen on its body.
"Someone actually came looking for me?"
Seeing this scene, Qi Chuan was a bit puzzled. It was obvious someone was using the Paper Binding Skill to send him a message.
However, he had just entered the Inner Sect and didn’t know many people, so who could be looking for him?
Immediately, he beckoned with his palm, creating a gap in the array. The paper crane then flapped its wings, flew into the cave mansion, and landed in his hand.
He then unfolded the paper crane and found a letter.
"To Junior Brother Qi, three days from now is Mr. Ye’s birthday. I have set up a banquet at the Treasure Pavilion in the Inner Sect to invite fellow disciples who entered the Inner Sect in the same period. Junior Brother Qi is the pride of the Qi Family, and naturally gifted. If you think highly of me, please make sure to attend..."
"...Ye Liang."
"This... Ye Liang actually wrote me a letter inviting me to a birthday party?"
"I’m not really familiar with him, am I?"
Looking at the signature, Qi Chuan was quite surprised.
According to the letter, Ye Liang not only invited him but also the new disciples who entered the Inner Sect through the same recruitment, including geniuses from cultivation clans and Loose Cultivator geniuses. It’s unknown if he only invited those he deemed worthy or if he invited everyone.
"After all this cultivation, still doing this kind of thing."
Qi Chuan shook his head slightly, unsure of what the other party was thinking.
However, attending is not an option.
He’s busy cultivating the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body. If he goes, he needs to prepare a gift, and he’s not even familiar with Ye Liang. Furthermore, he doesn’t know the other party’s true intentions.
Immediately, Qi Chuan turned the paper over, wrote a few words declining the invitation politely.
He then refolded the paper into a paper crane, infused it with mana, and it flapped its wings, flying up to leave through the gap in the array, returning the same way.
"I won’t bother with you so much."
Watching the paper crane leave, Qi Chuan closed the array and turned back into the cave mansion.
As for whether rejecting Ye Liang would anger him, Qi Chuan wasn’t too worried.
Ye Liang was indeed a worthwhile pride, but in Qi Chuan’s eyes, with his hundredfold critical strike, he was not a threat.
As for his background as the first family under the Wind Moon Sect, Qi Chuan, now an Inner Sect Disciple of the Wind Moon Sect, had unlimited future potential, so he had no concerns.
Instead, if he went to the other party’s birthday gathering, he’d waste time and resources for a gift, and might even have his mindset disturbed by some unknown events, which would be a greater loss.
Thinking this way, Qi Chuan wanted to return to the meditation chamber.
Bang bang.
However, at this time, the sound of the paper crane knocking on the array rang out again.
"Again?"
Qi Chuan turned back, looking somewhat speechless.
Could it be that Ye Liang, fearing he wouldn’t come, sent a second paper crane letter?
But when Qi Chuan came to the cave mansion’s door again, opened the array, brought the paper crane in, and opened the letter to see its contents, he realized he was mistaken.
"To Brother Qi, this is Murong Fan. The Qi Family and Murong Family have always had ties, and we are both representatives of our families in the Inner Sect. If we help each other within the Inner Sect and report it back to our families, it would be a beautiful story..."
"...Murong Fan."
"So it’s someone from the Murong Family..."
Qi Chuan muttered slightly, and a grey-clothed, very ordinary-looking young boy appeared in his mind as he looked at the letter.
When he joined the Wind Moon Sect, he had seen this Murong Fan in the Inner Affairs Hall.
At that time, his first impression of him wasn’t very clear, but he vaguely felt the person wasn’t bad.
"Also, the Qi Family and Murong Family do seem to have a good relationship and some cooperation, right? With this layer of connections, the other party writing to me is indeed possible..."
Qi Chuan nodded slightly and continued reading the letter.
The letter indicated that Murong Fan wanted to establish some kind of connection with him, similar to the relationship between the Qi Family and Murong Family, involving some cooperation and trust.
Though in the Cultivation Realm, such relationships are very fragile and could end at any time, it could still be beneficial within certain limits compared to other unfamiliar sect members.
"This... can be considered."
After a slight pause, Qi Chuan finally agreed and began to reply on the back of the paper.
However, in the reply, he made it clear that although he agreed to establish this kind of fragile connection, he might not have time to do anything for the next few months.
After all, in the short term, he plans to first complete the first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, advance to Tier One Body Cultivator before considering other things.
