Stellar Transformation-Chapter 56 - 10: Outbreak (Part 1)

In the secluded courtyard where Qin Yu dwelled, no one came to disturb him. He transformed into various illusions, constantly moving around the courtyard.

"No, the speed has slowed down but the density hasn’t increased, yet just now..." Qin Yu furrowed his brows deeply. At this moment, as he used the actions from the thirty-six diagrams to slow down, the thirty-six Qi Columns that enveloped his body even lost their Silver Light.

Qin Yu was very clear that when he had heard Xu Yuan’s words and started to slow down, the Silver Light density of the Qi Columns filled with nature’s spiritual energy had suddenly increased, and those Silver Light seemed like flowing sand, directly integrating into his body.

"Could it be?" Qin Yu suddenly thought of a possibility.

Suddenly, Qin Yu’s movements quickened again, the thirty-six entwined Qi Columns once again surged out specks of Silver Light, continuously merging into his body. It was the speed that Qin Yu originally thought was optimal, suddenly... Qin Yu’s speed decreased.

The wind rose, and the nature’s spiritual energy trembled, the Silver Light density within the thirty-six Qi Columns surrounding Qin Yu’s body suddenly increased.

Qin Yu’s eyes fiercely widened as the dense Silver Light, like dense silver sand, merged into his body, each of these silver specks integrated into Qin Yu’s muscles, bones, and meridians, a profound numbness spreading throughout his body.

"Refreshing!" Qin Yu couldn’t help but exclaim aloud.

The feeling was indeed unprecedentedly delightful, much more soothing than any massage, yet in just a moment, the density of the Silver Light specks drastically decreased, even lower than the normal speed of movement at the beginning.

"What’s happening?" Qin Yu finally stopped, completely puzzled in his heart.

Looking at it now, maintaining a constant fast speed was useless, and being constantly slow was even worse. But starting fast, then abruptly slowing down on the sixteenth movement was particularly effective..." Qin Yu pondered.

"Could it be..." Qin Yu’s eyes brightened, "Could it be that these movements require a suitable mix of fast and slow, intertwining with each other, to be most effective?"

Upon realizing this, Qin Yu immediately began experimenting.

First, he moved at a consistently fast speed and then abruptly sped up or slowed down during certain movements to determine whether a particular action was better fast or slow. However, as Qin Yu delved deeper into his research, he also started feeling troubled.

For example, the sixteenth movement was correct to slow down, but there was a degree to how much to slow down. And for speeding up, how fast should it be? Moreover, the movements weren’t stiff and required mutual adjustment.

The transition between two movements, the right hand in the third movement was lower on the side, while in the fourth movement the right hand was upper on the side. Just the trajectory of the transition needed careful study, as different trajectories had different effects.

In short, relying solely on these thirty-six profound diagrams to summarize the perfect Cultivation Technique was, after all, quite difficult.

After repeated research and fully immersing himself in the experience, as time went on, it took a whole month for Qin Yu to finally almost summarize the true Cultivation Method of this technique, and a brand new "Tongtian Map" Cultivation Technique emerged.

One month later.

One could see Qin Yu’s figure in the courtyard drifting like a gentle breeze.

When fast, it gave a sensation of slowness.

But when slow, his entire figure produced numerous afterimages.

Strange, extremely strange.

The strangest thing was that a silver armor appeared on the surface of Qin Yu’s body. No, not armor, but thirty-six pure silver Qi columns intertwined, forming the appearance of armor. These thirty-six silver Qi columns continuously merged into Qin Yu’s body, while also absorbing the spiritual energy from the outside world to replenish themselves.

"Ha, exhilarating!" Qin Yu suddenly stopped, his whole body swelling up, and the thirty-six silver Qi columns also disappeared. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The density of the silver light spots had evolved from a few scattered points at the beginning to being completely constituted by silver light spots in the entire Qi column. Over a month, Qin Yu’s body had undergone day-and-night changes, his strength, as well as speed, had increased several times.

Qin Yu’s eyes were slightly closed.

Thirty-six maps formed a perfect set of movements, this sequence of movements was performing in Qin Yu’s mind, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. He had finally figured out the first part of the "Tongtian Map" cultivation technique.

Qin Yu suddenly opened his eyes, emitting a dazzling light.

"I wonder what secrets lie in the second and third ’Tongtian Maps’." Qin Yu began to look forward to it, enjoying the wonderful feeling of the continuous improvement of his physical body, he naturally started to look forward to the other two Tongtian Maps.

"I remember..." Qin Yu suddenly recollected the courtyard where Lian Yan was killed. At that time, when he was next to Lian Yan’s body, his Spiritual Sense had detected the aura of another Tongtian Map, but the Qin Yu of that time was immersed in grief and did not attend to this matter.

"Father must have placed that second ’Tongtian Map’ in the ’Treasure Secret Vault’." Qin Yu suddenly smiled; he was qualified to enter the Treasure Secret Vault. Even if he needed to take out any treasure, he just needed to inform Qin De.

Qin Yu took out the first ’Tongtian Map’ from his bosom, and said with a slight smile, "This first ’Tongtian Map’ is of no great use to me anymore, so let me quietly put it into the ’Treasure Secret Vault’."

Qin Yu did not want his father to know that he was the assassin ’Meteor’. Of course, Qin De might not know that the first Tongtian Map was obtained by the assassin ’Meteor’, but just to be on the safe side, Qin Yu would just secretly hide it in an inconspicuous place in the Treasure Secret Vault.

During the entire month of cultivation, Qin Yu had not eaten or drunk anything.

Thinking back on it now, Qin Yu was very surprised; as he knew, to reach the realm where one does not need to eat or drink, the rate of absorption of nature’s spiritual energy must be astonishingly fast. Qin Yu himself, because of ’Meteor Tear’, was already very fast at absorbing nature’s spiritual energy. Now, having cultivated the mysterious first ’Tongtian Map’ cultivation technique, the spiritual energy he absorbed had even turned into silver light spots.

"Cultivating so quickly is a good thing. Whatever the reason, the mysterious Meteor Tear and the mysterious Tongtian Map cultivation technique are not something I can conjecture," Qin Yu said with a smile.

After that, Qin Yu immediately left the secluded courtyard and headed straight for the residence of Qin De. At least greeting Qin De before entering the ’Treasure Secret Vault’ would not be too late.

"Third Prince," two guards outside Qin De’s residence knelt down on one knee and said.

"Pass on a message, I want to see my father," Qin Yu said directly.

One of the guards said, "Third Prince, Prince has been in closed-door cultivation for half a month and has not yet emerged. The Prince once decreed that no one, no matter who, should disturb him during his period of closed-door cultivation." Qin Yu, upon hearing this, was taken aback; his father was also in closed-door cultivation.

"All right, continue your guard," Qin Yu said with a smile, then turned and walked away. Going to the Treasure Secret Vault, even without saying anything, would not be a big problem.

The corridor outside the Treasure Secret Vault noticeably had an increased guard presence, but seeing Qin Yu, they did not stop him at all. Qin Yu thus directly entered the deepest part of a tower, stepping into a side room, Qin Yu activated the mechanism.

As the "clicking" sounds operated, a stone door appeared on the wall of the side room— the stone door leading to the ’Treasure Secret Vault’. Qin Yu directly entered, and then the stone door rotated, closing again.