Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 646 - 483: In the Hall of Five Aspects, Meng Qing’s Enlightenment!
"Two thousand two hundred jin!"
"In just one cycle of sixty years, I’ve almost caught up with Senior Brother Luo."
Chen Jichuan felt a surge of joy in his heart.
It took Luo Shan Palace Master one hundred and forty thousand years to gather three thousand four hundred jin of source jade, yet Chen Jichuan had arrived at the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ only sixty years ago and was already nearly there.
This indeed was a good omen.
However, he knew that obtaining two thousand two hundred jin of source jade so quickly was a stroke of luck. Moving forward, he might acquire several thousand jin in a few years or decades.
But it’s also possible to have no yields for hundreds or thousands of years.
Even if he harvested two thousand jin of source jade every thousand years on average, over ten thousand years, it would amount to twenty thousand jin. This is more than sixty times Chen Jichuan’s current fixed income and more than eighty times that of the Luo Shan Palace Master in the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield.’
"Ten thousand years."
"Twenty thousand jin."
"That’s sufficient."
Even with just those figures, Chen Jichuan was already quite satisfied.
But judging by the current momentum, this was merely the most conservative estimate; the real numbers might exceed his imagination.
The ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ historically has had few who could freely mine the source jade, and its reserves are vast. Even if Chen Jichuan’s mining speed surpassed the rate at which the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ naturally generated source jade, he doesn’t have to worry about depleting it in the short term.
However, given the scale of the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield,’ the rate of generating source jade far exceeds various Secret Realms and is incomparable to many small worlds. If Chen Jichuan’s Daoist skills and Divine Skills did not advance significantly, keeping his mining speed up with the generation speed would be tough.
As it stands now, the source jade within the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ seemed inexhaustible for him.
"Tens of thousands of jin."
"It’s even possible to reach hundreds of thousands of jin!"
Chen Jichuan became more hopeful.
He spoke of ’sufficiency,’ of being ’content,’ yet his actions did not slow down. For the time being, he continued full-scale operations, taking advantage of the relative peace in the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ to expedite the mining of source jade.
He constantly maintained a perfect avatar to continue exploring the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield.’
Meanwhile, his cultivation did not falter.
This Dharma Domain Avatar of Chen Jichuan was stationed at the ’Ancient View Hall,’ supervising and protecting fifty-two Daoist Fourth-order Formation Masters as they repaired the forty-eight thousand layer Formation Formation within and outside the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield.’ He himself also studied the layers of formations, increasing his knowledge and proficiency in formations.
The ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ remained without upheaval for now.
’Five Thunders Immortal’ Qizhenzi.
’Vajra Immortal’ Dai Zong.
’Four Extremes Wanderer’ Xu Ning.
’Seven-star Sword Master’ Wang Shan.
These four identities were still managed in a steady manner within Shenzhou. There was no need for any disturbances, and it was enough to steadily maintain personas and connections, silently accumulating various resources and enriching their own foundations.
Currently, Chen Jichuan was able to maintain three perfect avatars, and actually, only one stayed long-term in Shenzhou. Among the other two, one was exploring the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield,’ mining source jade. The other was at the ’Sky-reaching Mountain,’ where he assumed the identity of ’Five Thunders Immortal’ Qizhenzi, engaging in battles with True Immortal Mirror Images from ancient times within ’Sky-reaching Mountain’ to gain more experience in fighting against True Immortals.
He was already a Fourth-order Immortal in the Chongming World, so during this lifetime, he did not need much tempering at the Fourth-order.
However, over the past nine lives, this was his first time reaching True Immortal, and Chen Jichuan was still unfamiliar with battles at the True Immortal level. Whether it was the early fight against the Black Vulture Emperor or the later battles against the Kuya Demon Lord and Zheyou Immortal, he relied on his Divine Skills to prevail. But he lacked combat experience, and the power he wielded never reached its optimal level.
With the ’Sky-reaching Mountain’ as a treasured place and ancient True Immortal Mirror Images for sparring, combined with his current Daoist cultivation being at a bottleneck, it was hard to make significant progress without sufficient source jade or new, intense accumulation. Hence, Chen Jichuan shortened the time devoted to his Daoist studies and cultivation, focusing most of his efforts on the ’Sky-reaching Mountain.’
"First, I should hone myself with the True Immortal Mirror Images within the ’Sky-reaching Mountain.’ Once my experience grows and my battle strength becomes smoother and stronger, I’ll seek out other True Immortals to ’discuss Dao’ and even engage in ’gambling fights,’ thus continuing to enhance my combat experience and, with my Divine Skills, maybe earn a small sum."
"Another thing."
"With the source jade treasure in the ’Ancient Immortal Battlefield’ at my disposal, there will come a time when source jade is no longer scarce. I can then freely observe more True Immortal battle images within the ’Sky-reaching Mountain,’ further elevating my insight and level in combat."
A cultivator’s path involves first ’seeking Dao’ and then ’protecting Dao.’
Seeking the Immortal Dao is for immortality.
Protecting is for one’s life.
One must survive to talk about anything else.
Therefore, Daoist understanding cannot wane, but the Divine Skills and techniques for protecting Dao must also not be overlooked.
"Only by pursuing both can one truly advance!"
Possessing a Divine Skill such as ’Avatar Technique,’ Chen Jichuan naturally wanted to maximize its advantages.
Unfortunately, engaging in Daoist inquiry, comprehending Divine Skills, and other such activities exhaust the mind and require wholehearted dedication. Regardless of how many ’avatars’ one has, the Divine Soul essence is fixed, meaning that progress in understanding the Dao or Divine Skills is not increased by threefold, or even by seven hundred times.
This is a limitation of the ’Avatar Technique.’
However, Chen Jichuan understood clearly: "’Avatar Technique’ is chiefly for survival and multitasking, and if there is a need to double or vastly multiply cultivation efficiency, a mere ordinary Divine Skill won’t suffice; further advancements are necessary."
The ’Avatar Technique’ offers protection and allows Chen Jichuan more freedom in operation, enabling him to control and obtain more cultivation resources, which is already quite sufficient.
Chen Jichuan was very satisfied.
At the current stage, the ’Avatar Technique’ is entirely adequate.
