Born with immortal seed

Chapter 279 The Divine Light Treasure Sun Finger

"After entering the mid-stage of Core Formation, the effects of the Guangling Pill indeed decreased to half..."

Bai Zichen refined two Guangling Pills in succession, but each one was only equivalent to the effect of diligently cultivating and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for five years. He sighed regretfully.

"Among the pills that enhance cultivation, the Guangling Pill is already the best pill that the Danxia Sect can refine. Others need to go to the Pill King Gathering to obtain pills to break through bottlenecks, so it wouldn't be very meaningful for me to go a second time."

Dan Dian Han Qing officially broke through to become a third-tier alchemist several months ago.

Bai Zichen summoned him over, examined the pills he had obtained from Huang Ping Sanren, and asked him a lot of questions about common knowledge regarding pills that enhance cultivation.

Depending on the interval between doses, resistance to Guangling Dan may develop after taking between twenty and twenty-five doses.

Given Bai Zichen's frequency of taking it like a sugar pill, it's clear that he would develop resistance after taking more than twenty pills, and the drug's effectiveness would decrease significantly.

Han Qing possesses a spiritual body for alchemy, and with his level of a third-grade low-level alchemist, he already has a relatively low chance of successfully refining third-grade mid-level pills.

The greatest function of this spirit is not to refine pills beyond one's level, but to allow the alchemist to grasp the feeling of the next realm in advance.

Just like when Bai Zichen was studying weapon crafting, he forcibly tried to craft spiritual weapons beyond his own capabilities.

If it weren't for the limitations of his own cultivation level, Han Qing could be said to have a limitless future in the Dao of Alchemy.

Therefore, if Bai Zichen were to acquire a spiritual herb that was over a thousand years old, he would now prefer to hand it over to Han Qing, even though Han Qing's alchemy skills were certainly not as good as Zhu Zhenren's.

However, the alchemy masters trained were the Qingfeng Sect's own.

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A few days ago, Zhou Suqing visited Bai Zichen at Tianlei Cliff on her way to Benshan.

After becoming a Core Formation Ancestor, one is entitled to select three treasures left behind by predecessors from the secret hall.

Zhou Suqing's wealth was definitely the lowest among the four Core Formation cultivators; she even owed the sect tens of thousands of contribution points in order to exchange for the Pure Spirit Jade Marrow.

Even a Foundation Establishment elder with substantial wealth might have accumulated more contribution spirit stones than her.

The purpose of the visit was both to express gratitude to Bai Zichen for his guidance and to seek his advice.

After returning from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Master Ge Cang sealed off the Cloud Platform and focused all his efforts on breaking through to the peak of the Core Formation stage, closing the door to visitors.

Even his disciple Qi Yue was driven down the mountain and could not be seen.

Wei Dao personally led the team to Zengguang Immortal City to bid for the Thousand-Year Golden Crown Lingzhi, and at the same time to see if there were any extremely powerful secret treasures to bid on.

Therefore, Zhou Suqing only had one person left to consult.

Furthermore, due to Zhou Suqing's personality, the three decided not to tell her about the Blood God's speculation for the time being.

In any case, given their strength, whether they know about this or not won't change the situation.

Zhou Suqing was not without magical treasures. Before sacrificing himself for the sect, Ancestor Yang passed on his natal magic treasure, the Yuan Magnetic Demon-Slaying Banner, to her.

After being refined by Ancestor Yang for over two hundred years, the Yuan Magnetic Demon-Slaying Banner has become a superior magic weapon, and it contains a ray of Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, making it extremely powerful.

However, due to the long period of refinement by the previous cultivators, even if Ancestor Yang imparted all the refinement methods, it would take decades for people to truly be able to use this magic weapon.

When Zhou Suqing came to ask for advice, she truly adopted the attitude of a junior learning from a junior, and in addition to the magic treasures she possessed, she even shared her own family's alchemy theories.

While deeply shocked Bai Zichen, all he could do was try his best to offer her advice based on her characteristics.

"Although Junior Sister Zhou is not good at fighting, she does not let it bother her or force this... Her peaceful mindset is in line with the alchemy theory of taking things as they come. If there are no external enemies in the sect and she can cultivate in peace, she may really surpass Senior Brother Wei. For a Core Formation True Person, those who have formed Core Formation in the past few decades can be considered to be of the same generation of cultivators."

With the other Core Formation cultivators in the sect working hard, Bai Zichen certainly couldn't be idle.

Because of his recent trip to the bamboo forest and his use of secret techniques to imbue the Bai clan members with the aura of sacred beasts, he remembered the jade slip left by the Bai family's ancestor that recorded all the inheritances of the Chiming lineage.

Although the Chiming lineage is merely a branch of the Fish-Dragon Sect, it can stand alone only if it has produced a Nascent Soul True Monarch and has forged a completely new path based on the Dragon Transformation Scripture.

Therefore, it does not mean that its inheritance is necessarily much weaker than that of the Xian pulse.

"The Crimson Nirvana Technique... it feels somewhat similar to the Dragon Transformation Scripture, except it's a version with reduced cultivation difficulty..."

Bai Zichen was quite disappointed when he saw the fundamental techniques of the Chiming lineage.

The Crimson Nirvana Technique can be cultivated all the way to the early Nascent Soul stage. Judging from its description, it is a completely weakened version of the Dragon Transformation Scripture.

However, it has one advantage: cultivators who practice this technique find it relatively easy to break through bottlenecks, and it does not place much emphasis on the spiritual root aptitude of the cultivator.

Therefore, even though the Chiming lineage was in dire straits and didn't even have its own island spiritual land, it still managed to ensure that there were Core Formation True Persons in every generation.

Another branch is on the verge of extinction; the highest-ranking member of the Fish Dragon Sect before its demise was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

"Damn it, it seems that the branch meridians are indeed inferior to the manifest meridians... At least this technique is useless to me."

Compared to the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture he cultivated, this Crimson Bright Nirvana Technique was truly without any merit.

However, it would be more appropriate to pass it on to a member of the Bai family, as it would be more legitimate.

"Our ancestor was the rightful heir of the Chiming lineage, and reviving Chiming was his last wish. He could copy out the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages of the Chiming Nirvana Technique and use it as the Bai clan's secret technique... If a descendant with exceptional talent emerges in the future and is expected to form a Core, I will then pass on the complete Chiming lineage to him."

The Dragon Transformation Technique has a conspicuous target and places higher demands on the cultivator.

In comparison, the Crimson Nirvana Technique perfectly meets the current needs of the Bai family.

Aside from cultivation techniques, the other spells are all suitable for use in water and the sea, and he only wanted to learn about them.

The focus remains on those three supernatural abilities and one secret technique.

"These few supernatural abilities are fine, they are time-consuming and laborious and won't be of much use to me... But this secret technique is extraordinary, no wonder it is a must-learn for the successive lineage leaders of the Crimson Bright lineage."

The biggest difference between secret arts and supernatural powers is that once the former is mastered, one can immediately possess immense power.

However, if they cannot continue to cultivate and improve their secret techniques, they will basically remain stagnant.

This secret technique, called the "Radiant Sun Finger of the Universe," was able to attract his attention immediately, completely overshadowing other supernatural abilities and spells, and there was a reason for that.

"With a single finger strike, the magic weapon is severed from its mental connection with the wielder... According to this description, it's practically a magic weapon killer. As long as one's cultivation is high enough, one is not afraid of even the most powerful magic weapon."

The Sun-Radiance Finger Technique is a rule-based secret technique. It does not consider the strength of one's true energy. The finger technique is exquisite, and it will take effect as long as it conforms to the rules of the secret technique.

Its ability to bestow magical treasures is based on the user's cultivation level.

In the early stages of Core Formation, one can obtain low-grade magic treasures.

At the mid-stage of Core Formation, one can acquire mid-grade magic treasures.

By the same token, once one reaches the peak of Core Formation, even top-grade magic treasures become insignificant.

However, the jade slip stated that besides being difficult to cultivate, rule-based secret techniques also consume too much true essence.

Furthermore, the amount of true essence consumed by using the Cosmic Light Treasure Sun Finger is not fixed; it increases in tandem with the improvement of one's cultivation level.

No matter what level you are at, being able to flick three fingers in a row is already the limit.

"The Core Formation realm is one thing, but if one could become a Nascent Soul True Monarch, wouldn't one be able to command even spiritual treasures... With just the secret technique of the Cosmic Light Treasure Sun Finger, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for the Crimson Bright lineage to be included among the twelve lineages of the Fish-Dragon Sect!"

Imagine a fierce battle raging on, with one side unleashing their trump card – the sword – and victory seems assured.

But with a gentle touch, your mind was severed, and he fell to the ground, unresponsive no matter how you tried to rouse him.

This is a huge blow to the former, and it could completely change the course of the battle.

The Chiming lineage has only produced one True Monarch at the early Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, the upper limit of the "Zhou Guang Bao Ri Zhi" (a magical artifact) is that it once captured a low-grade spiritual treasure.

As for whether it will still be effective at higher levels, we'll have to wait and see how far Bai Zichen progresses in his cultivation to verify that.

"Although flying swords are special, they still belong to the category of magic weapons... Could it be that a cultivator who has mastered the Taiji Perfection stage of the Divine Light Sun Finger technique can ignore a third-tier flying sword and bring it down?"

As Bai Zichen marveled at the power of this secret technique, he suddenly thought of something.

Of course, the Zhouguang Baori Finger is currently in his possession, and there are no other disciples in the Chiming lineage to inherit it.

However, there might be secret techniques in the cultivation world with similar effects, which would be a catastrophic disaster for sword cultivators.

The vast majority of sword cultivators only have one or two flying swords.

It was not only because their wealth was insufficient to support the configuration of more flying swords, but also because the burden of controlling multiple swords simultaneously was too much for anyone to bear.

It was precisely the cultivator who had mastered the Sun-Slaying Finger Technique that was able to sever the connection between the three flying swords with just three consecutive finger strikes.

Even flying swords cannot be activated. Unless one is a powerful expert who has truly comprehended the sword intent, 99% of sword cultivators will see their combat power drop by more than half.

"Fortunately, I've always been aiming for sword formations, preparing to build a large flying sword museum... Ten flying swords wouldn't be too many, twenty would be even better. In the future, it won't be possible to limit me with just one secret technique."

Bai Zichen has already issued a sect mission in the General Affairs Hall to collect the few missing minerals needed to forge the Azure Dragon Havoc in the Sea Sword.

Once all the materials are ready, the forging of a third-tier flying sword can begin.

Moreover, regarding the Cosmic Light Treasure Sun Finger, he had a feeling that it wouldn't be very effective against flying swords like the Moon Spin Sword.

"Even if the mental connection is severed, as long as the spirit treasure is willing, it can still return to its master's hand, instantly achieving the effect of mental connection by consuming its source power..."

Bai Zichen guessed that even a low-grade spiritual treasure, lacking sufficient spirituality, could still be guided by the Zhou Guang Bao Ri.

Once a high-grade spiritual treasure is acquired, or even at a higher level, the spirituality it exhibits becomes quite mature.

If the spirit treasure itself is willing, it can completely negate the effect of the Zhouguang Treasure Sun Finger.

Regardless, this secret technique has considerable value in terms of cultivation.

Bai Zichen read it three times and memorized it before attempting his first cultivation session.

"How could it be so smooth? I almost succeeded in cultivating it in one go..."

Several hours later, a faint, luminous light appeared on the index finger of his right hand, possessing an ever-changing, otherworldly aura, almost forming its own independent entity, and the light emanated from his fingertip.

According to the jade slip, reaching this stage means that the secret technique has been mastered to a great extent, and the most difficult hurdles have been overcome.

With enough practice, mastering the Zhouguang Bao Ri Finger technique will come naturally.

(End of this chapter)