Chapter 69 (1/2)

Chapter 69 - Withered Tree Technique

He Yiming’s agility technique although was only mediocre, as far as thickness of the Internal Energy was concerned, he could easily rank among the top three even while taking the whole Tai Cang county into account. Therefore, when he decided to make a run, even a horse paled in comparison.

He didn’t return to the manor immediately. Instead, he went to the county town. He adjusted his appearance, went to an inn, and rented a luxurious courtyard for himself.

In any case, he’d quite a bit of wealth. For an individual like him who belonged to the young generation, if he didn’t flaunt his wealth a bit, he would feel regret afterwards. Therefore, he felt that in the given situation, flaunting a bit while a.s.suming the role of a young n.o.ble should be excusable.

Tai Cang county was not a prosperous place. Not to mention the entire Heaven Sieve country, even in the Jadeting region, it had no reputation. However, county town was after all the county’s center. (Tl: Tian Luo country –> Heaven Sieve country)

Even if a region was considered poor, some rich people would inevitably be there. In a few inn’s of the county town, there were several high-quality locations. The courtyard He Yiming had rented was precisely one such location.

In a solitary, secluded room, He Yiming opened the copied scripture.

He calmly studied, occasionally closing his eyes and occasionally frowning- as if only half-understanding some of the content. After attaining the tenth layer cultivation, his understanding of the Internal Energy had improved once again.

Currently, as he was comparing the contents of this top level primary Internal Energy technique against his understanding of Internal Energy, he felt enlightened.

Even compared to the Blaze technique, Withered Tree technique’s cultivation difficulty seemed a notch above.

Since the technique had ‘withered tree’ in the name itself, its use and effects were quite clear.

After cultivating this technique and gaining some achievements, a person’s entire being would start to become increasingly like wood. This didn’t mean only in the sense of one’s temperament. Reportedly, even one’s body would start to undergo a similar development.

When He Yiming saw this, even he became somewhat hesitant.

His original character was not one of flaunting his achievements. Even after attaining the tenth layer cultivation, he’d not tried to increase his fame.

However, at the same time, he was not a monk either. If this technique caused to him be a log of wood, it wouldn’t be to his liking either.

As for the information in the book which mentioned that his body would also become increasingly slim and eventually look like a tree-trunk, he didn’t care about it too much.

After all, his body was extraordinary. While cultivating several techniques simultaneously, even if he deliberately wished to cultivate his body to the level where it would resemble a tree, he would be hard-pressed to do so.

Of course, since transformations in character and body were the shortcoming of Withered Tree technique, its advantages were also not few.

Withered Tree technique was considered the technique that had the most healing effect among all the techniques of five-phases. After making certain accomplishments in this technique, it would be like bringing along a doctor with you- a doctor that didn’t need herbs, but could cure very many diseases.

An ordinary cultivator, after feeling a lack in his ability, would decide to venture into the outside world. As such, he would look for companions that shared his aspirations. Among these companions, the most welcomed one would definitely be a cultivator of wood type techniques. Moreover, even during a fight, wood-type cultivators would be protected by everybody.

Before the destruction of the entire force, wood-type cultivators basically didn’t need to fight on the front lines.

As one of the top level wood-type techniques, Withered Tree technique’s healing effect was far above that of the ordinary wood-type techniques. Although He Yiming had not tested it for himself, he could tell that there was not much room for exaggeration.

If this technique didn’t have such a potent effect, why else would it be crowned as one of the top-level wood type techniques?

In addition to the healing ability, Withered Tree technique was most distinguished for its defensive ability.

Among the five-phase techniques, earth-type techniques were acknowledged as the best defensive techniques. However, the other types also contained some special techniques which possessed defensive capabilities not one bit inferior to top level earth type techniques.

WIthered Tree technique was precisely one such technique. After cultivating this technique to the realm of larger success, one’s body would be tempered like a tenacious thousand-year-old tree. It would not be inferior to the earth type techniques by any means.

Of course, cultivating Withered Tree technique to such an extent was no easy matter either.

After a.n.a.lyzing everything, He Yiming clearly understood the merits and demerits of this technique.

He casually closed the book and carefully placed it back inside his robe. Through the day, he’d thoroughly memorized the content of this book.

It was not like that day’s mysterious realm, in which every character, every picture, every detail had been profoundly drilled into his mind. However, as far as cultivating this technique for the first time was concerned, it was more than enough.

Concentrating his spirit and mind, He Yiming immediately entered a mystical realm.

As his Internal Energy aroused, he sunk deeper into the cultivation state, and the speed of his cultivation also increased correspondingly.

During these two years, by his own experience and probing his elders, he’d clarified quite a few matters. Ordinary cultivators while cultivating would rarely be able to cultivate with a completely calm mind. Although they could also cultivate Internal Energy, their speed lacked substantially compared to that of those who wholeheartedly cultivated.