Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 45: Refining Spirit Technique
Qi Chongmao’s disappearance might attract the sect’s attention or even investigation, but even so.
Chu Ning never considered handing Qi Chongmao’s corpse over to the sect.
Because once the sect delves into the process of their confrontation, or even checks their storage bags.
The small secrets Chu Ning had would naturally be exposed.
Moreover, Chu Ning was somewhat interested in the contents of Qi Chongmao’s storage bag.
At this moment, he was beginning to realize a bit.
The so-called secret technique Qi Chongmao initially used on him was likely a spiritual sense attack.
However, under normal circumstances, a Qi Refining Stage cultivator couldn’t cultivate divine sense, let alone attack with it.
Even though Qi Chongmao said he had reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining.
Just, at this moment, Chu Ning didn’t have time to inspect the opponent’s storage bag.
The sect still had service disciples patrolling every night.
Fortunately, the fight was short, so it shouldn’t be discovered.
Nonetheless, he still needed to tidy up the scene, which was a bit messy due to the magical combat.
After a few Clearing Techniques, he scattered a few Iron Wire Vine seeds, using the Accelerating Technique and Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill to make them grow quickly, covering parts of the soil.
After doing all this, Chu Ning picked up the Black Wooden Sword he used to block the opponent’s Thorn Technique and put it in the storage bag.
Thanks to this Wooden Sword blocking the opponent’s Thorn Technique, his rhythm wasn’t disrupted.
Now, Chu Ning had time to erase the mark on Qi Chongmao’s storage bag with spiritual power and open it.
"Wasn’t he at the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation? Why does he look so poor?"
Taking out the contents of Qi Chongmao’s storage bag, Chu Ning couldn’t help but smirk.
The opponent’s pocket had only over 40 Spirit Stones, even less than him.
Just these Spirit Stones weren’t enough to cover his Talisman consumption earlier.
Chu Ning used both attack and defense Basic Middle Grade Talismans earlier.
Besides these, there were two other Talismans, a Water Attack Talisman, and another was a Divine Movement Talisman.
"This Divine Movement Talisman is a good thing, useful for escaping or pairing with his Celestial Spirit Fist for close combat."
Chu Ning thought to himself, continuing to examine the two bottles of elixirs beside him.
He picked up the bottle labeled with Replenishing Essence Pill, opened it, and found 10 Replenishing Essence Pills inside, which he happily put away.
He had previously obtained Replenishing Essence Pills from Old Man Sun, which were quite effective in restoring magical power, though he hadn’t used them much before.
However, now with the Celestial Spirit Fist, the use of Replenishing Essence Pill could be realized.
After all, he had consumed nearly thirty percent of his magical power by fully executing Celestial Spirit Fist once.
Then, Chu Ning picked up the other bottle labeled with Nourishing Spirit Pill.
Opening it, he found only 5 pills inside.
Chu Ning had never encountered these Nourishing Spirit Pills before, so he didn’t know their effect and had to temporarily store them in the storage bag.
At this moment, Chu Ning’s gaze fell on the last two items.
A jade scroll and an unknown bamboo token. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Chu Ning had previously come into contact with a jade scroll containing information from Zhuang Yunde.
Recalling the secret method Qi Chongmao mentioned earlier, his eyes slightly brightened.
He picked up the jade scroll and placed it against his forehead. Instantly, the information from the jade scroll appeared in his mind.
After reviewing the entire jade scroll, Chu Ning felt both fortunate and fearful.
This jade scroll unexpectedly recorded an incomplete secret technique called Refining Spirit Technique.
This secret technique indeed cultivated divine sense, and its power lay in that even a middle-stage cultivator could train in it.
The Refining Spirit Technique had four layers.
Completing the first layer could double the divine sense, the second layer could increase it by twofold, the third layer by fourfold, and the fourth layer by over eightfold.
Unfortunately, the jade scroll only recorded the first two layers of Refining Spirit Technique.
Additionally, the scroll included two secret techniques, one at the front and one at the back. The first secret technique could test the innate spiritual sense condition of a cultivator.
Although middle-stage cultivators could cultivate Refining Spirit Technique.
According to it, the stronger the innate divine sense, the easier and more effective the cultivation.
Conversely, if the innate divine sense was too weak, cultivation would be very difficult.
The other secret technique recorded in it was called Illusion God Needle.
It could use divine sense to launch an attack, making the opponent unable to use magical power instantly.
According to the Refining Spirit Technique, even though Qi Refining Stage cultivators couldn’t cultivate divine sense, divine sense was still crucial.
Once divine sense suffered a strong attack, magical power couldn’t be used.
This secret technique was best used after achieving the Perfection Realm of the first layer of Refining Spirit Technique, for greater power.
If trained to the third or fourth layers, one’s divine sense would be strong enough to erase the opponent’s divine sense instantly, silently killing the opponent.
This secret technique’s flaw was apparent; if one’s own divine sense wasn’t strong enough, using the technique could damage it.
Moreover, if the opponent’s divine sense was strong, backlash was possible.
After looking at the jade scroll, Chu Ning had a general understanding of what happened with Qi Chongmao.
Clearly, Qi Chongmao wanted a quick victory by immediately using Illusion God Needle on him.
From this, it seemed the opponent had obtained the Refining Spirit Technique for a while and had practiced the secret technique.
As for why the Illusion God Needle only affected him briefly.
Either Qi Chongmao’s divine sense wasn’t strong and hadn’t reached the Perfection Realm of the first layer.
So the effect of Illusion God Needle was mediocre.
Or...
Considering this, Chu Ning’s eyes slightly glinted.
Is it possible that his divine sense was innately good?
However, this thought barely crossed his mind before his excitement faded.
After all, numerous attempts had shown him that without Spirit Body Talent, his performance in other areas was quite average.
Neither the Yin Wood Spirit Body nor the Talismanic Spirit Body had anything about divine sense.
Of course, despite that, he needed to test it since it determined whether the secret technique could be cultivated.
Apart from Illusion God Needle, divine sense’s role in detection and sensing was substantial.
Gently closing his eyes, Chu Ning began sensing his divine sense according to the method in the secret technique, testing its strength.
A quarter-hour later, when Chu Ning opened his eyes again, they held excitement and surprise.
"His divine sense was unexpectedly strong, nearly double that of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator!"
Chu Ning was greatly surprised, having never thought that while his spirit root talent was average, his divine sense performance was outstanding.
This explained why Qi Chongmao, despite cultivating Illusion God Needle, only made him unable to use magical power briefly before recovering.
If Qi Chongmao’s divine sense was at an ordinary cultivator’s level.
Even with Refining Spirit Technique, it hadn’t reached the Perfection of the first layer, merely slightly stronger than Chu Ning’s divine sense.
"Since his divine sense had an innate advantage, the Refining Spirit Technique must be trained.
As for the lack of further layers, that would be a problem for another time."
Chu Ning muttered internally, realizing he had plenty of cultivation techniques to find next.
The Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique could only be cultivated to the late stage of Qi Refining, and he only possessed Volume One of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, and only two layers of Refining Spirit Technique.
While deciding to train, Chu Ning also inwardly warned himself.
Illusion God Needle should be avoided unless necessary, as the opponent’s divine sense was uncertain.
Otherwise, if he ended up like Qi Chongmao.
If not for his innate strong divine sense negating the effects of Illusion God Needle.
Qi Chongmao’s Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation might have posed significant trouble for Chu Ning with Talismans and spells.
