Trace and Observing

Although the peach wood sword was a magic tool, without the support of spiritual energy, it was just a broken wooden stick. This was also the reason why Lu Chen was unwilling to carry it with him. With spiritual energy, the magic tool, the peach wood sword, immediately transformed into a peerless treasure sword.

It could cut jade.

It could cut through metal.

Coupled with the effect of exorcizing ghosts and destroying evil, its power was even stronger.

Sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, Lu Chen placed the peach wood sword horizontally on his knees. With a thought, wisps of spiritual qi left his spiritual aperture and wrapped around the peach wood sword to begin refining.

Due to the lack of Spiritual Qi, Lu Chen's refinement was not smooth. It was intermittent.

From morning to noon. Then, later in the afternoon. It took him more than half a day to completely refine it.

Buzz!

As the peach wood sword trembled, a ray of light swept across the sword, as if it had opened the blade.

"Suck!"

Lu Chen opened his mouth and inhaled. The three Dao patterns on the sword flashed slightly. The peach wood sword instantly shrank and entered his mouth. Then, it fell into his spirit aperture and floated in the wisps of spiritual qi. He stretched out his right hand, and the peach wood sword left his spirit aperture and swam through his meridians.

It pierced out from the Laogong acupoint in his palm and appeared in his hand.

"Great, that's great!" Lu Chen was overjoyed. He played with the peach wood sword, sometimes putting it away and sometimes releasing it. After a while, the spiritual qi in his body was exhausted. He hurriedly sat down cross-legged to recover.

Then, he began to practice [Circular Light] and [Sword Control Technique].

It wasn't until evening that Lu Chen left the Changchun Temple and stayed in an inn. He did not go out and kept practicing various spells.

Repeatedly, back and forth.

The next day, when the sky was about to brighten, Lu Chen floated out of the inn. He walked and stopped, looking around. Unknowingly, he arrived in front of the Red Chamber Garden. He looked up and saw a person sitting on the roof facing the east.

Her posture was outstanding. Her black hair danced in the wind!

Lu Chen leaped and stepped on the wall. He reached out and grabbed the eaves of the first floor. He flipped over and stood on it. Then, he quickly climbed to the roof of the third floor and grinned. "Hey, what a coincidence!"

"Hmph!" Jiang Hong'e snorted coldly and ignored Lu Chen, continuing to wait for the rising sun. Lu Chen didn't say anything else and sat down cross-legged beside her.

Time passed so slowly.

Lu Chen sighed and glanced at Jiang Hong'e from time to time. He was a little uncomfortable. Jiang Hong'e was wearing a green lotus dress with her hair tied up behind her head.

She no longer looked like a procuress. Instead, she looked more like a fresh and refined fairy.

"The Hundred Faces Witch?" Lu Chen muttered softly, causing Jiang Hong'e to glare at him.

Time slowly passed. In an instant, the morning sun rose and tens of thousands of rays of light illuminated the world. Lu Chen hurriedly perked up and gathered spiritual qi in his eyes to look.

Suddenly, a five-colored light stood out.

"Spiritual light!" Lu Chen was shocked, but he didn't take action. Instead, he looked at Jiang Hong'e.

Jiang Hong'e didn't decline. She flicked her sleeve, and a three-foot-long red silk flew out. It instantly rushed into the light and wrapped around the wisp of spiritual light. After absorbing it, she didn't care about anything else and focused on cultivating the Circulation Light.

Lu Chen was not distracted. He continued to stare at the morning sun and search.

Not long after, another five-colored spiritual light appeared. Lu Chen did not have Jiang Hong'e's ability, so he could only wait for it to come. Fortunately, the spiritual light was erratic, and it quickly flew over.

"Here it comes!" Lu Chen took a deep breath and gathered the Spiritual Qi in his left hand. He reached out and restrained the Spiritual Light. Then, he quietly took out the Spiritual Sand that he had prepared.

[Circular Light Upgrade Requirements]:

[1: A wisp of spiritual light (Achieved!)]

[2: Cultivate for a day (Achieved!)]

[3: Five grains of Spiritual Sand (Achieved!)]

....

[Name: Lu Chen]

[Cultivation: Qi Refinement Level 1]

[Spells: Circular Light, Uninitiated (Upgradeable) +]

He reached out and tapped [+]. Lu Chen muttered in his heart, "Upgrade!"

After the five grains of spiritual sand were used up, the spiritual light in his hand spiraled and fused with his palm. Gradually, it formed a circular blurry mirror, and a silver-white needle appeared on the mirror.

In an instant, Lu Chen gained many new insights into the Circular Light. He opened his eyes. In the pitch-black pupil of his left eye, there was a black needle that could see the Qi of all things clearly.

Lu Chen looked down at Fengxian Town, only to see that there was material Qi, tree Qi, human Qi, dog Qi, and so on. Everything in the world… had different Qi. He turned to look at Jiang Hong'e and saw that she also had a faint red Qi.

Sometimes they would gather and sometimes they would disperse.

It increased, it decreased.

Lu Chen grinned and waved his hand. A wisp of faint red aura quietly flew into the mirror on his left hand.

And so, the spiritual qi began to deplete rapidly. The silver-white needle on the mirror began to spin rapidly. When it stopped, it was pointing at Jiang Hong'e.

"It's quite accurate."

Lu Chen was proud of himself. With a thought, the mirror in his palm disappeared, and the needle in his eyes disappeared. The Circular Light was indeed extraordinary. He had just entered the Beginner level and already had an ability.

It was called [Trace].

When the Circular Light reached Perfection, there would be another ability. At that time, the mirror in his palm would no longer be blurry and he would be able to see the images of the outside world. It was called [Observing Shadow].

To cultivate a technique to Perfection, an ordinary person would need at least a few decades or even a lifetime of hard work.

But Lu Chen was different. He could level up!

"Trace. Observing Shadow."

His heart skipped a beat. Wasn't this a live broadcast from his previous life? Lu Chen glanced at Jiang Hong'e silently and muttered to himself, "I wonder if I'll be discovered when the time comes…"

Jiang Hong'e opened her eyes and saw Lu Chen staring at her. She frowned and asked, "Have you mastered it?"

Lu Chen was shocked and quickly shook his head. "How can that be? It took my master half a year to master it. How can it be so easy? It's an Authentic-level spell after all. Although I'm very powerful, it will take at least ten days to half a month."

"Hmph!" Jiang Hong'e harrumphed and felt a little better. She got up and was about to return to the Red Chamber Garden.

Lu Chen suddenly said seriously, "It's set for today."

"Have you thought it through?"

"It's about time. We'll discuss it during dinner later. Don't let anything go wrong."

"Hmph, who invited you to dinner?"

"Can't I treat you? You're so stingy. Is it necessary for just a few taels of silver?"

"…"

On this day, with the beauty beside him, Lu Chen finished five portions of food and ate until he was 80% full.

…

The sun hung high in the sky.

Under Ku Chan Temple, a young man panted as he climbed the low hill and ran to the temple door. Just as he reached the door, he was stopped by a monk with a stick.

"Halt!"

"A letter… an urgent letter for Monk Yuanzhen."

In the Ku Chan Temple.

In the dim house, a shrill scream echoed repeatedly. The martial monk who delivered the letter knocked on the door and waited at the door with a pale face.

Creak!

After a long time, the screams stopped and the closed door opened. A nearly two-meter-tall monk wearing a kasaya walked out with a gloomy expression. He glanced at the monk with his head lowered and said coldly, "What is it?"

"Re… Reporting to Martial Uncle Yuanzhen, there's… there's an urgent letter."

Yuanzhen took the letter, opened it, and glanced at it. A sinister smile appeared on his face. "Hmph, your appetite is not small. I'm afraid it'll stuff you to death!"