Chapter 74 - sOverjoyed” (1/2)
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Before a craftsman breaks through to the Hardened Body stage, their levels are divided in the same way as a magic cultivator’s. But after they reach the Hardened Body stage, craftsmen and magic cultivators will go on their separate paths that are as different as night and day.
The path of a magic cultivator is separated into: Introductory level, Primary level, Profound level, Earth level and Sky level. Its Introductory level consists of the Refining Qi stage, Foundation stage and Hardened Body stage. The Primary, Profound, Earth and Sky levels are further divided into three big realms and twelve kinds of small realms.
On the other hand, the path of a craftsman is divided into: Introductory level, Teal soul, Crimson Soul, Purple Soul, Brown Soul and Black soul — these six soul levels. Each soul level is further divided into five stages.
First stage soulfire indicates that one has opened up 360 acupressure points, and the soul force flowing through the meridians would expand by twofold.
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Second stage soulfire indicates that one has opened up 540 acupressure points, the soul force flowing through the meridians would expand fourfold.
Third stage soulfire indicates that one has opened up 612 acupressure points, the soul force flowing through the meridians would expand eightfold.
Fourth stage soulfire indicates that one has opened up 684 acupressure points, the soul force flowing through the meridians would expand sixteenfold.
Fifth stage soulfire indicates that one has opened up the remaining 360 lethal points1, the soul force flowing through the meridians would expand eightfold.
And by then, one’s soulfire would be considered to be perfectly pure, but it still would not have reached its peak state.
Soul force can be expanded indefinitely, as long as the craftsman’s meridians can withstand it.
When one’s soulfire advances to the next soul level, it would return to its initial stage.
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A craftsman’s soulfire is equivalent to the Dantian Qi sea of a magic cultivator. The higher the level of their soulfire, the brighter it burns and the longer the time it can be used for crafting. However, as one’s soul stage progresses, the difficulty in cultivating it increases as well.
And what Lin Xuanzhi intended to break through right now was the Refining Qi stage’s third stage soulfire. In this stage, 612 of his acupoints would be opened up, then the soul force through his meridians would expand by a whole eightfold!
The rate at which Lin Xuanzhi formed his hand seals got faster and faster, to the point that one could hardly follow his actions with the naked eye. The soul force in his body was also flowing through the 360 acupoints in his body that had already been opened, and now it was ruthlessly surging towards the remaining 252 acupoints. The soul force within his meridians was continuously expanding as well, and his meridians seemed like they were on the verge of rupturing.
Hong—
The sound of a loud blast rang out from Lin Xuanzhi’s body.
The spiritual Qi from within the mountains wantonly gushed towards Lin Xuanzhi like tidewater. The turbulent spiritual Qi whooshed through the air, as if it was about to cause a huge commotion.
The blood running through Lin Xuanzhi’s whole body was boiling; his meridians were all in the midst of rupturing and his acupoints were under a fierce barrage of attacks. This painful feeling almost made Lin Xuanzhi groan.
On the other hand, Yan Tianhen had already been awoken by this turbulent spiritual Qi. He suddenly turned to look at the Lin Xuanzhi who was by his side and saw that Lin Xuanzhi’s face was as white as a sheet; all colour had been drained from his face and cold sweat was dripping down his forehead.
Yet, his hand seals weren’t stopping and his soul force was still leaking. The spiritual Qi of the ten forged stones in front of him rushed towards the ware that had taken shape — the ingredients had already been fully integrated into it!
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The Duan Yuyang who was roasting venison also stood up. He looked towards this side with a shocked look in his eyes, and after he saw what was happening, the shock in his eyes instantly turned into admiration.
Duan Yuyang immediately sat down cross-legged, formed a cultivating hand seal, and focused on absorbing this unsolicited spiritual Qi that was circulating throughout the air as a result of Lin Xuanzhi’s cultivation.
Even though Duan Yuyang had done this, Yan Tianhen didn’t dare to act rashly.
Even his breathing was about to stop. He stood at one side and didn’t dare to go forward nor leave; he was afraid that if he moved forward, he would disturb Lin Xuanzhi’s advancement, but if he were to take even just one step back, he was afraid that something would happen to Lin Xuanzhi in the blink of an eye.
After enduring a whole four hours of this torture, Lin Xuanzhi finally opened his eyes. His hands made a big “open and close” gesture, then he jumped up and caught the wine bottle that had flown up into the air.
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Success!
Lin Xuanzhi looked at this primitive and dull-looking top-grade magic tool that had an incomparable texture, then laughed happily.
Yan Tianhen breathed a sigh of relief, then walked up and said, “Congratulations Dage for breaking through to the Foundation Stage.”
Lin Xuanzhi casually threw the magic tool in his hand to Yan Tianhen and said, “I’ll go wash up. Ah Hen, wait here for a moment.”
Lin Xuanzhi had broken straight through all the realms of the Refining Qi stage’s seventh layer and had entered directly into the Foundation Stage of his cultivation!
This kind of talent was really so heaven-defying to the point that others would find it terrifying!
Once a cultivator reaches the Foundation Stage, all the impurities within their bodies would go through a round of filtering and be expelled from their body. This was why there was a black layer of dirt on Lin Xuanzhi’s skin. Even though this layer was much thinner than most cultivators’ who had just entered their Foundation Stage for the first time, it was still unbearable to leave it on one’s skin.
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When Lin Xuanzhi passed by Duan Yuyang, Duan Yuyang had already withdrawn his hand seals and stood up.
Duan Yuyang looked at Lin Xuanzhi with a complicated look in his eyes and said, “I’m afraid that from today onwards, your reputation will be even better than before.”
Lin Xuanzhi lightly smiled. His aura was evidently very different from what it was yesterday.
“Within expectations.”
After he spoke, Lin Xuanzhi lightly walked away.
Duan Yuyang, “….”
He thought that, Lin Xuanzhi’s behaviour just now was practically asking for a beating. But after careful consideration, he had to admit that Lin Xuanzhi did have the right to be arrogant.
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No, maybe he wasn’t being arrogant. Since reality was indeed so, Lin Xuanzhi had just spoken the truth.