Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

Zhang Chen was thinking about the situation of this newcomer competition in the room. From what his fellow disciples had told him, this was held in order to find out the cultivation situation of the new disciples and to encourage them to practice harder. It was said that the top three would be rewarded with Foundation Establishment Pills.

"I wonder how Wang Dong and Bai Yunyun are doing in their cultivation? Last time, Wang Dong had just broken through to the seventh level of Qi Condensation. I wonder what his cultivation level is now? We haven't seen each other for almost five months."

Zhang Chen said to himself in the room.

He basically did not practice during this mission. Now Zhang Chen's cultivation is still at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, and he has not opened up many acupoints. Even if he practices hard for a month, he cannot reach the sixth level of Qi Condensation. So Zhang Chen decided to make good use of this month and practice more spells, so that he will be more confident during the competition.

So Zhang Chen prepared to go to the Kung Fu Pavilion, wanting to pick out some more spells to see if he could make up for his own spell weaknesses.

The spells he knew now included Water Binding, Fireball, Ice Cone, Earth Trap, Golden Sword Slash, and Moon Chasing Stars. They were all low-level spells with little power. Although Zhang Chen combined the spells with his body movements to increase his speed and attack power, the preparation time was too long and he could be easily interrupted in battle. In a one-on-one match like this, he would definitely not have enough time to use them.

When he arrived at the Kung Fu Pavilion, Zhang Chen learned from his uncle who was guarding the pavilion that if he wanted to learn additional spells, he needed contribution points or spirit stones. For some high-level or special spells, only contribution points could be used.

So Zhang Chen looked through all the spells he could learn, and finally chose an intermediate-level earth spell, Earth Explosion.

The earth explosion is divided into three stages.

The first stage can cause violent vibrations on the ground within a range of fifteen meters, and can be mastered in the initial stage of Qi Condensation.

The second stage can break the land within a fifteen-meter radius into pieces, and it can be mastered by the middle stage of Qi Condensation.

The third stage can cause the land within a fifteen-meter radius to explode, and it can be mastered in the later stage of Qi Condensation.

I chose another intermediate water spell, Water Invisibility. This spell has no attack power, and uses the refraction of light by water to achieve the effect of invisibility.

Spells also have three phases.

In the first stage, you can only remain invisible.

In the second stage, you can move around and become invisible.

In the third stage, you can become invisible while running.

But this spell also has two drawbacks.

1: Once other spells are used, they will automatically become invalid.

2. You must always be in the casting state and cannot be interrupted.

The reason why Zhang Chen chose these two exercises was based on his own situation.

When the uncle in charge of the Gongfa Pavilion saw Zhang Chen reading the intermediate spells, he thought he was just curious, but he didn't expect that Zhang Chen actually chose two intermediate spells. So he said to Zhang Chen:

"A mid-level spell costs one hundred low-grade spirit stones."

"So expensive?" Zhang Chen was a little surprised. Based on his previous monthly salary, he couldn't afford it at all.

Seeing Zhang Chen's surprised expression, the person guarding the Gongfa Pavilion nodded and said:

"Choose again. With your cultivation level, low-level spells are enough. Or when your cultivation level increases in the future, the sect will let you learn them for free."

"No, I'll just choose these two spells now."

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he took out two medium-grade spirit stones from his storage bag.

This surprised the uncle-master a little. With Zhang Chen's level of cultivation, he could only earn at most thirty-two low-grade spirit stones a month. He didn't expect that he could directly take out two hundred spirit stones to buy spells.

So he took the spirit stone, engraved the technique into the jade slip, and gave it to Zhang Chen. He took out Zhang Chen's jade pendant and registered his information, only to find that Zhang Chen had only been in the sect for less than five months. He was even more curious about how Zhang Chen got so many spirit stones.

Zhang Chen returned to his residence with the jade slip engraved with the martial arts techniques and began to practice, starting with the Water Hidden Technique.

Water Hidden Technique, when Zhang Chen chose the spell, there was only a rough introduction. After getting the spell, he realized that although this spell had no attack power, it was not easy to practice.

It is introduced on the jade slip that the reason why the invisibility effect can be achieved is that when the spell is cast, a layer of transparent water curtain will condense around the body, refracting light and blocking people's sight.

This spell not only requires extremely high proficiency in spell execution, but also consumes an extremely large amount of spiritual energy due to the need to constantly execute the spell.

Zhang Chen began to practice according to the description of the spell. He first familiarized himself with the route of the spiritual energy in the meridians, and then converted the spiritual energy through the meridians into a transparent water flow, which was guided out of the body through the acupoints, forming a layer of transparent water curtain around him to achieve the effect of invisibility.

Half a month later, Zhang Chen came to an uninhabited forest. Looking at the flock of birds not far away, Zhang Chen scattered food around himself and then performed the Water Invisibility Technique. A layer of transparent water curtain appeared, and Zhang Chen's figure slowly disappeared. Zhang Chen looked around and waited.

After a while, a flock of birds flew over and started eating near Zhang Chen, seemingly unaware that he was right next to them. One of the birds flew to the other side to look for food and bumped into Zhang Chen, causing Zhang Chen's invisibility to become ineffective. The other birds were frightened by Zhang Chen's sudden appearance and flew away immediately.

Zhang Chen looked at the flock of birds flying away and felt secretly happy.

"It seems that I have mastered the first stage of water hiding technique."

Then he walked towards Sima Feng's residence, ready to look for him and see if there was anything he was not doing well.

When they arrived at Sima Feng's residence, the snoring sounds were still heard from inside. Zhang Chen knocked on the door and pushed it open. Sima Feng was still training in the formation.

After seeing Zhang Chen coming in, Sima Feng stopped his exercise and walked out. He said to Zhang Chen:

"Junior Brother Zhang, so many geniuses have come to me. They must have improved their strength and are looking for me to learn from them."

Sima Feng wiped the sweat off his face and walked towards Zhang Chen.

"The one who knows me best is Senior Brother Sima. But we don't want to exchange ideas. I want Senior Brother Sima to see how the magic I'm practicing is?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"What new magic have you learned? Show it to me."

Zhang Chen immediately used the water invisibility technique, and a layer of transparent water curtain appeared, and Zhang Chen's figure slowly disappeared.

"Brother Sima Feng, look carefully, can you see me?"

Then Zhang Chen's voice came from the blank space in front of Sima Feng.

Sima Feng looked ahead carefully, then looked left and right and said:

"If you look closely, there are still traces. Especially when you get close, you can faintly feel that there is something covering it. When you really fight the enemy, you can't hide it from them."

"It seems that I haven't practiced enough." Zhang Chen took a step forward and his figure immediately appeared.

"If you don't observe carefully, it's easy to overlook it. But if you catch your opponent off guard, you can still catch them off guard."

Zhang Chen thought about it and decided that if he used his other spells to cover it up, the effect would definitely be better.

"Brother Sima, let's have a sparring match."

Zhang Chen turned his head to look at Sima Feng. In the past half month, Zhang Chen not only practiced the Water Hidden Technique, but also familiarized himself with other spells, and the coordination between them became more proficient.

Sima Feng immediately became excited when he heard Zhang Chen's words.

"I'm just waiting for your words."