Chapter 68 Cold Wind Technique
Slightly tipsy, Ji An returned to his cave and quickly sat down to refine the spiritual energy in the spiritual food.
The spiritual energy, like mist and smoke, circulates in the immortal veins in a specific way. Once it completes a full cycle, the spiritual energy is refined into magical power and injected into the dantian and qi sea acupoints.
The stone tortoise happily swallowed half of the portion, and a faint spiritual light seemed to flicker on its body.
The effects of the alcohol quickly dissipated, and Ji An felt his slightly muddled consciousness rapidly return to clarity.
The spiritual energy nourished his immortal veins, making him feel comfortable all over. Jade liquid spontaneously formed in his mouth and gushed into his throat.
Compared to rushing to absorb the spiritual power from the spirit stones when hunting demons, the feeling now is much more wonderful.
The moonlight that had been shining through the cave entrance had unknowingly faded away. When Ji An felt a slight stinging pain in his immortal meridians and ended his cultivation, an hour and a quarter of an hour had already passed.
Feeling the abundant magical power within his body, a slight smile appeared on his face.
When hunting demons in the wild, my magical power is almost never full, let alone improving my cultivation. I circulate my cultivation techniques purely to restore my magical power and be ready to face the next battle at any time.
The demon hunt was fruitful, but my cultivation level has almost stagnated.
According to Chuhe, they can only improve their cultivation by returning to the market to rest for a few days.
At that time, everyone will take pills and use spirit-absorbing arrays to maximize their cultivation and greatly improve their abilities. Generally, they can only squeeze out seven or eight days of cultivation time per month.
Ji An got up, made a hand seal to release the Wind Control Technique, and slowly paced around the cave, pondering his strengths and weaknesses in the process of hunting demons.
Firstly, regarding magic, the Gengjin Finger technique is powerful enough, but its effective range is too short, only two zhang, forcing him to engage in close combat with demonic beasts.
Being too close places higher demands on his reaction speed, especially when facing agile monsters or large groups of monsters, he will inevitably be put on the defensive.
This is where the importance of speed comes into play. Although his Wind Control Technique has reached a high level of mastery, it was exposed as a weakness when facing the Ape King, who had reached the peak of Qi Refining.
To resolve this predicament, he needs to improve his Wind Control technique and choose a new spell to restrict his enemies.
There are two spells you can learn from the spell jade slip: one is the wood element spell, Vine Spell, and the other is the Cold Wind Spell.
Ji An calmed his mind and stirred the stone turtle.
[Spiritual clues: Kan (坎) spirit 637.2, Kun (坤) spirit 601.8, Xun (巽) spirit 354.4, Zhen (震) spirit 6.5]
These past few days, the stone turtle has been traveling through the mountains, absorbing very little Kan spirit, but much more Xun spirit than near Biyue Lake, and also absorbing a small amount of Zhen spirit.
The vine spell is best cast in a place with lush vegetation; its power is greatly reduced if the vegetation is sparse.
He was not entirely satisfied with the current stored spiritual energy, which could only elevate spells to the advanced level.
In addition, Jiang Qiuyue, who mainly studies wood and water magic in the team, will not be in such a hurry to learn vine magic as long as he stays in the team.
The Cold Wind spell is a wind-based spell, and its power will not be weakened unless it is cast in a high-temperature environment.
According to the Five Elements theory, water and wood generate each other and transform into wind, and the manifestation of coldness is also due to water.
The Xun spirit itself symbolizes wind. Based on this theory, learning the Cold Wind Technique can utilize his current spiritual energy to quickly improve, and its application range is also wider.
Having made up his mind, Ji An no longer hesitated, took out the spell jade slip, placed it on his forehead, and began to study the Cold Wind Spell.
Putting everything else aside, let's first learn the basics of magic and experiment to see if we can improve quickly.
The Frostwind spell is a hybrid spell, which is much more difficult than other spells and requires more precise control over mana.
Because it requires simultaneously dividing one's own magical power into wood-elemental and water-elemental spiritual energy, and then mixing and activating them, it involves an extra step compared to single-attribute spells, and the first step is significantly more difficult.
Wind and thunder spells are a great test of a cultivator's comprehension and the subtle control of their divine sense. Generally speaking, cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining only begin to practice them.
After mastering the essentials of the spell, Ji An began to practice it.
People often make the mistake of thinking they understand the theory after learning it, but then making frequent mistakes when applying it in practice.
What I imagined was highbrow art, but in reality it was a complete mess.
It was well past midnight when Ji An finally managed to get the rhythm of the first step of casting the spell.
Nothing happened that night; he was still pondering the essence of the Cold Wind Technique in his sleep.
When Ji An woke up at dawn the next day, he used the Spirit Absorption Array to begin his day of cultivation.
Perhaps it was because his alternating periods of tension and relaxation were in accordance with the natural order that he felt his cultivation was going more smoothly than when he was in the sect, and he even managed to open up a small branch.
When his immortal veins could no longer withstand the strain, he ended his cultivation and continued practicing the Cold Wind Technique.
His hard work in dreaming last night did not go to waste. He was blessed with good fortune and divine assistance. His first step in casting the spell was much smoother than the day before. The hand seals in his hands changed, guiding the magic power to flow rapidly through the immortal veins.
With a gentle push of the palm, a cold wind carrying a hint of chill swept by.
Ji An focused his mind on the stone turtle, and lines of information appeared in his mind.
[Spell: Cold Wind (Beginner 1%)]
He focused his attention on the Cold Wind spell, and a prompt slowly appeared.
[Can be upgraded by consuming Kan Spirit and Xun Spirit? Refine the Spiritual Energy?]
This is in the bag, time to refine!
Ji An's consciousness was drawn into the mysterious space of the stone tortoise. This time, the refining of spiritual energy was different from the past. He did not appear on the tortoise's back, but floated in the air above the space.
The spirits of Xun and Kan decreased continuously, while the Cold Wind Technique continued to improve, and insights flowed through his heart.
Ji An finished refining, and his consciousness returned to his body.
[Spell: Cold Wind (Beginner 1% → Minor Success 2%)]
He cast his spell again, and a gust of cold wind, more than eight feet in diameter, howled out, condensing a layer of white frost inside the cave and freezing the water in the enamel cup on the table.
"Its power is quite good. Putting aside its destructive power, it's more than enough to slow down enemies."
Ji An thought to himself, and then checked the consumption of spiritual energy. The consumption of Kan spiritual energy and Xun spiritual energy was half and half.
Since it was only a minor level of spell practice, the consumption was not much, and each type of spiritual energy was reduced by only 6 points.
Apart from spending half a day going out with everyone to buy supplies, Ji An stayed at home and devoted himself to cultivation.
With the spirit stones in hand, he was not stingy at all, keeping the spirit-capturing array running around the clock to make up for the cultivation progress that had been delayed by hunting demons.
When his immortal veins can no longer support his cultivation, he will calm down and review his battles, pondering where he can improve his combat skills.
The team rested for three days in the market before setting off again.
Their target this time was a group of Fire Horned Rhinoceroses, a group of fire-elemental demonic beasts. For this operation, the team purchased fifty Cold Wind Talismans.
"Junior brother, your Water Curtain Talisman is very suitable for this battle. How many more do you have? The team will buy them this time and settle the accounts when we return to the market."
Chen Moxuan said with a smile, increasingly convinced that Ji An's arrival had greatly boosted the team's luck.
The Gengjin Talisman was incredibly effective against the ape demon last time, and this time the Water Curtain Talisman is used to defend against the Fire Horned Rhinoceros—a perfect rhythm!
Ji An thought for a moment, then took out 12 talismans that shimmered with a light blue aura:
"Let's give each person three. If that's not enough, I have some more."
Although he said he only brought twenty talismans, it is reasonable for a talisman maker to keep some magic talismans as a backup.
(End of this chapter)
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