"Upper-level master, among all the cultivation fields, is a highly accomplished existence whose level is unparalleled. Some people may spend their entire lives without attaining it."
Wang Zixi's astonishing talent took decades to reach.
Wu Kojiu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming, having reached their level by sheer chance due to occasionally obtaining the celestial and terrestrial spiritual root, have since stagnated in their cultivation. This indicates that although they possess high natural talent and have achieved their current status with external aid, their "realm" is still insufficient, which is why they have been unable to break through further.
For myself?
Chen Yun recalls that he only entered the Daoist Transmission School four years ago.
Little did he expect that, four years later, he had achieved a feat that took Wang Zixi over thirty years to accomplish!
For a moment, Chen Yun was overjoyed.
An upper-class master!
I've finally become an upper-class master!
Finally, I've stepped into the ranks of high-level cultivators!
That colossal joy made him unable to control his exultation.
The true qi within his body spilled out, carrying with it the new abilities developed by his spirit soul.
At this moment, the faces of Wu Kojiu and Qin Ming, among others, became extremely serious.
After four or five days of observation, they discovered that their comrades buried deep underground—Gao Chen, Ding Xu, and Xu Yang—had less and less qi within them, nearly running out.
That's not even the worst part.
The most terrifying thing was that after the mantis spirit beast awoke, it never fell into deep sleep again. Moreover, the toxins on its body were released more and more violently. It not only corroded a huge cave in the ground once again but also had not stopped releasing toxins. It was on the verge of invading the people hidden underground.
If the situation worsens in any way, even if Long Nü Sanjiu and Gao Chen's "qi" haven't been completely consumed, they may still not be able to withstand the intense toxin erosion.
"Keeping things this way isn't a solution."
"It seems that Ding Xu and the others are about to break."
"Master Wu, what should we do?"
Zhang Ling, Sun Yan, and the other dozen or so cultivators were anxious.
The mantis spirit beast is so powerful; what could Wu Kojiu possibly do?
However, as the de facto highest commander of the team, he couldn't say something that would undermine their morale.
Wu Kojiu tried to comfort everyone, "Master Chen did say to wait for five days, right? Since he dared to say that, he must have a way to save Ding Xu and the others. You don't need to be too anxious."
Yeah, actually, when he said that, he didn't really believe it himself.
Chen Yun did say to wait for five days.
But the five days have passed, and Chen Yun has still made no move.
Of course, Wu Kojiu wouldn't have confidence in it.
He said that in order to comfort everyone's emotions.
How could everyone not think of what Wu Kojiu could have thought of?
"It's already five days."
"Yes, five days have passed. Ding Xu, Gao Chen, and the others are about to break."
"Master Wu, if that's not enough, we should think of other ways."
The short man practicing necromancy, as well as several others with particularly close relationships to Ding Xu and Gao Chen, were going crazy.
Wu Kojiu also felt that they couldn't drag on any longer. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Alright, everyone come over. Let's discuss a more long-term strategy……"
Before he could finish his sentence!
Suddenly, a faint energy fluctuation arose.
This energy fluctuation was very faint, but it carried an aura of inviolable sanctity and an aura of immense pressure.
Zhang Ling, Sun Yan, and the shorter cultivator who practiced necromancy, among others who were weaker cultivators, felt an overwhelming sense of breathlessness upon being enveloped by this pressure. It was as if something incredibly heavy was pressing on their backs.
Even though Wu Kojiu and Qin Ming were both high-level cultivators and weren't affected by the pressure, they felt a heart-stopping sensation, as well as an unexplainable fear. It felt like if they faced the owner of this force, they would be instantly killed!
"Who is it?" Wu Kojiu furiously narrowed his eyes, "Who is unleashing great power?"
Qin Ming did not speak, but he drew a magical artifact from his hand.
Zhang Ling, Sun Yan, and the others who practiced necromancy all did the same. They quickly summoned magical artifacts, showing that they were prepared to face a great enemy!
A shocking incident occurred.
As everyone was on high alert, Chen Yun, who was sitting cross-legged and closed his eyes not far away, slowly opened his mouth and said, "Everyone, calm down. I just broke through to become an upper-class master and am having some difficulty controlling my qi, causing some of it to leak out and disturb you. I sincerely apologize."
As soon as this was said, everyone in the room turned their heads to look at him in shock, and their expressions changed visibly in an instant!
What?
In just five days, Master Chen has broken through from the middle stage of a fourth-grade master to an upper-class master?
Wu Kojiu was shocked!
Qin Ming couldn't help but take a cold breath!
Zhang Ling, Sun Yan, and the remaining two dozen cultivators all looked at him in shock!
For over a month, everyone had been familiar with Chen Yun. They knew that this high disciple of the Azure Daoist Palace was exceptionally talented, otherwise, he wouldn't have reached the mid-stage of a fourth-grade master in just four years from scratch.
However, it was still shocking that he had reached an upper-class master in just five days from the mid-stage of a fourth-grade master!
Under normal circumstances, even for a genius in the eyes of an ordinary person, it would take at least several decades, even a century or two, to progress from scratch to the mid-stage of a fourth-grade master. To advance from the mid-stage of a fourth-grade master to an upper-class master would require more than double that time.
Of course, such a genius is just a genius in the eyes of ordinary people, not a rare genius like Wang Ji Xi or Cai Ru Jin who only appear once in a thousand years.
Regardless, for someone considered a genius by the average person, it would take at least over a century, even several hundred years, to advance from the mid-stage of a fourth-grade master to an upper-class master.
Now, what about Chen Yun?
Just five days!
Five days equal the time it would take a normal genius to practice for over a hundred years, let alone three or five hundred years?
Now, with such an astonishing achievement, Wu Kojiu, Qin Ming, Zhang Ling, and the others were so deeply moved in their hearts that they were momentarily at a loss for words!
Each and every one of them were staring at the figure of Chen Yun in a daze, who was sitting cross-legged not far away.
They couldn't believe that the young man before them, who was only twenty or so years old, had such a terrifying talent.
Terrifying to the point that they dared not believe that such a genius could truly exist in the world!
Genius?
No, it's not even enough to describe Chen Yun's talent as a monster.
Wu Kojiu, Qin Ming, Zhang Ling, and the others opened their mouths several times as if to speak.
Due to the intense shock in their hearts, they couldn't say anything.
Chen Yun naturally sensed the emotion tremor in everyone's hearts.
This was not because he possessed the ability of "knowing others' minds," but rather because the recent breakthrough to an upper-class master had activated some functions of his spirit soul.
One of the functions is that, with the help of true qi emitted by his spirit soul, he can now more clearly sense various energy fluctuations in the heavens and earth.
The emotional turmoil within Wu Kojiu, Qin Ming, and the others might be so subtle that ordinary people cannot detect it. However, no matter how subtle it is, changes in the body will inevitably lead to changes in external energy.
Chen Yun, by nature, had his spirit soul power mixed with true qi and emitted it outwardly. Naturally, he could sense this.
"The power of the spirit soul is truly amazing!"
He didn't open his eyes immediately. Not only to sense the new functions brought by the "level-up," but Chen Yun also felt that after breaking through to an upper-class master, the true qi within his body surged, completing the "posterior refinement" as well, thus inadvertently triggering the transformation of the Feilinging Jade Talisman into a higher level.
"Normally, I would need at least several decades of cultivation to refine the Feilinging Jade Talisman to the peak. But with the help of the Condensing Essence into Qi Soup, not only has my true qi broken through to an upper-class master, but the Feilinging Jade Talisman is also about to reach mastery."
Chen Yun secretly pondered in his heart, "More importantly, as my true qi nurtures my spirit soul, the power of my yin-soul is also growing. It seems that it won't be long before the power of my yin-soul can reach the level of an upper-class master."
Inner alchemy is truly profound and mysterious!
In the refining essence into qi stage, at first, the essence is refined into true qi, which allows the body's energy to revert from acquired to primordial.
When the true qi becomes abundant to a certain extent, it begins to refine the body, allowing the physique to be upgraded and producing more energy.
Finally, Chen Yun broke through to an upper-class master and was surprised to find that the transformed true qi can also nourish the spirit soul.
This is exactly what he had guessed before, so logically, there shouldn't be any surprise.
Chen Yun was so surprised because the effect of true qi nourishing the spirit soul is simply too remarkable. The growth of the yin-soul is happening at an incredible speed.
Moreover, he also clearly felt for the first time that the spirit soul has two faces. One is the yin-soul he has cultivated himself, and the other is a mysterious and more powerful "spirit soul" unknown to him.
He had a premonition that if he could refine away all the yin residue within this "spirit soul," he would be able to cultivate a yang-soul and become a true immortal among mortals.
At that time, he will live forever!
Chen Yun finally knew what the god he had been practicing the "Fallen Dan Technique" with was.
It was the spirit soul.
Alternatively, the spirit soul had not actually materialized.
The true qi had excited the spirit soul, leading to the leakage of "soul awareness."
Previously, the spirit soul's "soul awareness" was too weak for Chen Yun to utilize.
However, after he broke through to an upper-class master today, the "soul awareness" of the spirit soul can now be used in conjunction with true qi, being even more effective than the yin-soul's consciousness and possessing even greater power.
But now Chen Yun had encountered a small trouble.
That is, the growth of the yin-soul seems to be subtly hindering the progress of refining away the yin residue within the spirit soul.
"That's why my master said that to transform the yin-soul into a yang-soul, one must shatter the original form of the yin-soul and then achieve complete yinlessness and purity of the yang-soul. It seems that cultivating the yin-soul hampers one's ability to achieve a yang-soul."
Chen Yun is still quite dependent on the yin-soul and cannot be destroyed.
Moreover, from the "Zhuanzi Xiang'er Zhuan" by Master Zhang, it seems there is a method to directly refine the yin-soul into a true spirit.
As to whether it is possible to cultivate a yang-soul, it remains to be seen.
But he can try to fuse them.
It's not too late to shatter the yin-soul if he fails.
"For now, don't worry about these things. Focus on training the Feilinging Jade Talisman to mastery first."
He discarded all distractions and began to fully focus on achieving the mastery level of the Feilinging Jade Talisman.
Once he is able to cultivate the Feilinging Jade Talisman to the level of mastery, he will possess a true indestructible body.
At that time, being unscathed by weapons and fire will be child's play.
His physical body will truly be unbreakable.
Only with a powerful force that resonates with his internal organs can he sustain serious injuries.
Otherwise, his physical body is almost invincible.
As for whether he can withstand spiritual artifacts, Chen Yun is still unsure at this point.
But he is clear about one thing: if the Feilinging Jade Talisman reaches mastery, then as long as the attack from the spiritual artifact is not particularly fierce, it should not be able to break through his defenses.
The so-called invincibility to cold and heat will also be present in the Feilinging Jade Talisman when it reaches mastery.
"I really want to know if I can withstand the freezing attack from Kang Yuan after he obtains that spiritual artifact when my Feilinging Jade Talisman reaches mastery."
Chen Yun felt a glimmer of hope.
After all, the spiritual artifact obtained by Kang Yuan is not powerful, but rather a specialized type that only creates absolute coldness, freezing people into ice at once.
So, based on this inference, even if my Feilinging Jade Talisman reaches mastery, I can't say that it will completely resist the freezing attack. At least, there won't be a big impact in the short term.
Even before the freezing effect is fully realized, I can use the "heat" attribute of my true qi to break free or melt it away instantly.
Of course, this is still speculation.
Chen Yun was just pondering in his mind, feeling that he had a chance to withstand it, not that he was certain he could do so.
"Let's not worry about that. Let's focus on refining the Feilinging Jade Talisman to mastery!"
Chen Yun no longer let the Feilinging Jade Talisman operate according to the path of cultivation, but instead actively activated the cultivation method, starting to absorb boundless and endless spiritual energy from the heavens and earth.
The spiritual energy flooded in like a tidal wave, and his body continued to grow stronger and more robust!
With each breath, his physical body grew stronger by a fraction.
With another breath, his physical body grew even stronger!
Chen Yun had a feeling that he was getting stronger every second.
It felt as if the refining of true qi had completed, and his body had "evolved" into a "higher organism," which greatly enhanced his abilities in practicing Feilinging Jade Talisman, a method belonging to "posterior refinement."
Time was passing by drop by drop.
Slowly, Chen Yun sensed that the spiritual energy absorbed from the heavens and earth was enhancing every cell in his body, every bone, and every inch of his skin.
The only thing that was a bit regrettable was that the internal organs did not receive any enhancement.
He knew that the organs were the "weak spot" or vulnerability of the indestructible body.
Unless he refined the Feilinging Jade Talisman to a state of perfection, there was little hope of covering up this weakness.
However, he was unable to refine the Feilinging Jade Talisman to a state of completeness.
Because if that were to happen, his physical body would become a "Golden Pill," making it impossible for him to practice internal alchemy.
Chen Yun would not forsake the essence for the sake of the superficial.
He knew what the root of his cultivation was.
With the infusion of spiritual energy from the heavens and earth into his body, Chen Yun began to notice a subtle golden luster emerging from his tendons, and a faint jade hue beginning to appear in his bones.
Additionally, there were particles of white energy pulsating within his blood.
The tendons, muscles, skin, and bones were tightly connected by a mysterious "qi."
This made him feel as if he were as solid and unbreakable as gold-plated armor.
"My physical body is evolving from acquired refinement to primordial refinement."
Chen Yun felt the changes in his body and a warm feeling spread throughout him. He knew that this was the power of pure yang.
The mysterious "qi" was still spreading throughout his body like a wildfire, continuously generating from within.
Whenever a portion of this mysterious "qi" was generated, it would connect with the "qi" that had already been generated in other parts of his body.
Finally, when the "qi" of the Feilinging Jade Talisman filled his entire body, Chen Yun felt a strong tremor throughout his body, and a powerful force surged within him. It seemed as if he could even control the power of turning rivers upside down and moving mountains!
The Feilinging Jade Talisman……has reached mastery!
(Chapter ends)
