Chapter 58 (1/2)

Although it was regrettable that he couldn’t achieve Dao Attainment based on his own cultivation, at least he finally had Dao Attainment now. Plus, in the future, if he went on to do more missions, he would continue to obtain more Dao Attainment. There was nothing bad about this.

Chen Hao got his thinking sorted out, then happily started to study Dao Attainment.

This thing was way too novel for him—it was unbelievable like the internal energy in a wuxia novel[1].

Such as using Dao Attainment to bless magical artifacts—that allowed him to obtain true magical artifacts.

Such as using Dao Attainment to draw amulets—that would unleash the true powers of the amulets.

Such as using Dao Attainment to practice Dipper Steps—that allowed him to leap onto roofs and vault over walls.

Dao Attainment was the foundation of a cultivator. Without Dao Attainment, everything was futile.

The system imparted him with detailed information about all aspects of Dao Attainment. Now, Chen Hao had a sufficient understanding of the use of Dharmic power.

If Chen Hao went through all this information, he would possess the skills and capabilities of a genuine cultivator.

The excited Chen Hao couldn’t get to sleep, so he took out the magical artifact that he blessed earlier and began to experiment.

First, he used the magical artifacts he had with him.

Chen Hao first took out the peachwood bracelet and tested blessing it.

A blast of energy went from his lower abdomen to the bracelet. At that moment, the peachwood bracelet gave off an intense glow; even the beads on the bracelet appeared more translucent, resembling Chinese glass.

After that, Chen Hao received a notification.

[Peachwood bracelet, blessed magical artifact. Powers: protect the body, fend off evil forces, suppress evil, help in recuperation, and purify.]

Compared to before, there were now two additional abilities—suppress evil and purify.

As the name implied, suppressing evil meant that ordinary spirits and ghosts would be hurt when they came into contact with the bracelet. If the bracelet was used to trap the body of the spirit, the spirit would be destroyed.

Purifying was an even more magical power. So long as one brought the blessed bracelet everywhere he went, it would purify the air and viruses around him and cure many diseases.

Blessing would deplete two years of Dao Attainment.

Chen Hao’s eyes lit up initially, before furrowing his brows and letting out a sigh.

Indeed, there was no such thing as creating something out of nothing even though he was given the ability of blessing magical artifacts by the system.

This peachwood bracelet was just an ordinary object, and even though it could be blessed to become a magical artifact, it wouldn’t become an extraordinary item, and would still be a magical artifact of the Dharmic grade.

If he wished to create a spiritual artifact, he needed to be more selective about the objects he chose to bless. At least, those objects needed to have a spiritual nature about them, such as that Guan Yu figurine.

“Oh well, can’t force certain things. I’ll take my time. Sooner or later I’ll have everything.”

Chen Hao kept away these random thoughts and didn’t bless any more magical artifacts. Instead, he chose to sit cross-legged to recover his Dao Attainment.

He willed his Dharmic power to move from his lower abdomen and move along his meridians. It only took about fifteen minutes’ time to move one orbit.

He had recovered less than one-tenth of the two years’ Dao Attainment that he had depleted.

Chen Hao frowned lightly.

That meant he would take three hours to recover after blessing a magical artifact. This was too slow.

After all, blessing magical artifacts wasn’t the only thing in cultivation. There were also amulets and Dipper Steps, each requiring a lot of time to practice. If he couldn’t keep up the depletion of his Dharmic power, it would be a big drag on his cultivation overall.

Seems like he shouldn’t bless too many magical artifacts. Perhaps he should just prepare a few spares.

Thankfully, Chen Hao had made significant progress by now and no longer thought about relying on blessing magical artifacts to earn money. Else, if he solely relied on this means to earn money, the Pleasure Helping Spirit System would probably be destroyed or something.

Chen Hao took out another jade Guanyin and blessed it.

Spirit aura flickering, he received a notification.

[Jade Guanyin: Blessed magical artifact. Powers: protect the body, fend off evil forces, maintain health.]

[Blessing depleted two years of Dao Attainment.]

Chen Hao’s gaze flickered.

Although it depleted little Dao Attainment, the powers gained were relatively little too.

That meant that the effects of the blessing relied on the object itself—the better the object was, the greater the Dao Attainment depleted, and also, the better the effects of the blessing.

As he toyed with the seemingly warm jade Guanyin, Chen Hao felt curious.

This fake jade now appeared like genuine jade after the blessing. He wondered what it would end up like if he were to bless a genuine piece of jade.