chsdbacks Chapter 115: Appearance, Art Book
Chapter 115: Appearance, Art Book
The sound of shattering echoed within the dantian, and many tiny cracks appeared on the crystal.
Lin Yan's forehead was covered in sweat, and a throbbing pain came from his dantian, as if something wanted to break out of its shell.
Before they could react, a tremendous surge of spiritual energy erupted from the crack.
A sharp pain struck.
Lin Yan gritted her teeth and forced herself not to cry out.
He knew this was the crucial moment to break through to the Transformation Realm.
The Qi Condensation Realm involves condensing external spiritual energy within one's dantian, while the Manifestation Realm builds upon this by shattering the solidified Qi Condensation Crystal and then reassembling the shattered spiritual energy into a Dharma Image belonging to the cultivator.
Without hesitation, he poured all the spiritual energy in his body into the crystal.
boom!
The crystal exploded instantly.
A surge of spiritual energy, several times stronger than before, erupted forth, raging within the dantian like a flood bursting its banks.
Lin Yan grunted, forcibly calming his mind, and guided the uncontrolled spiritual energy in his dantian to begin circulating according to the method recorded in "True Explanation of Transformation".
The spiritual energy gathered in the dantian, forming a vortex, and a point of golden light shone at the center of the vortex.
As spiritual energy continued to flow in, the golden light slowly expanded, outlining a blurry shape.
Lin Yan couldn't help but hold his breath.
The quality of one's Dharma form almost determines the upper limit of a spiritual practitioner's abilities, and it's unknown what his Dharma form will be.
Lin Yan watched with anticipation as the outline gradually became clearer.
Is it a knife?
wrong.
Is it a sword?
It doesn't seem like it either.
It's square, like a box.
Could it be a brick?
Lin Yan frowned, carefully sensing the outline that was taking shape.
It's not a box, nor a brick, it looks like... a book?
Yes, it's a book.
Lin Yan was stunned.
The most crucial step in the Transformation Realm is the condensation of the Dharma Image. The types of Dharma Images are incredibly diverse and vary from person to person. Some people's Dharma Images are weapons, some are demonic beasts, some are plants, trees, mountains, and rivers, and some are even the sun, moon, and stars. But I have never heard of anyone's Dharma Image being a book.
What's a book? Are you going to throw a book at someone during a fight?
That's not as useful as a brick.
Lin Yan was puzzled, but the spiritual energy in his dantian didn't give him time to think. The moment the calligraphy was fully formed, the remaining spiritual energy in his dantian seemed to have found its home and surged into the book.
After waiting for a while, strangely, no entry for "True Understanding of Transformation" appeared on his skill panel.
This can't be as problematic as the incomplete version of the breathing exercises, can it?
He quietly sensed the Dharma image within his dantian.
The book, about the size of a palm, has a dark gold cover. There are no words on the cover, but the pages are slightly open, revealing densely packed text inside. However, the text seems to be sealed by some force, making the content unclear.
The book was surrounded by a spiritual energy that was nearly twice as strong as before. He tried to activate it, and a ray of spiritual energy shot out from his fingertip, leaving a small hole about the thickness of a finger in the wall.
Even a casual strike like this is 30% more powerful than when I was at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm.
Lin Yan nodded in satisfaction and was about to continue observing the contents of the calligraphy when he suddenly felt a void in his mind.
It was as if something had been taken from his mind.
He couldn't quite put his finger on what was missing, but the sense of loss was exceptionally clear.
and many more.
Lin Yan's expression changed.
That panel that he could sense at all times, that skill panel that accompanied him all the way from Black Wind Ridge to the capital...
Disappeared.
Lin Yan closed his eyes and sank his mind into his sea of consciousness.
My mind was completely empty; there was nothing there.
Lin Yan opened and closed his eyes again, sinking back into his sea of consciousness.
There's still nothing there.
A chill ran through me.
His memory panel was his biggest secret, the greatest reliance that allowed him to rise from obscurity to his current strength, but now it has suddenly disappeared?
Lin Yan refused to believe it and tried a third time.
There was still nothing in my sea of consciousness.
He forced himself to calm down and re-examined the sensation.
The skill panel has indeed disappeared, but the skills he knew are still there.
[Bone Identification], [Mountain Observation], [Basic Body Strengthening], [Micro-Dust Step], [Wandering Body Palm], [Black Tiger Fist Technique], [Qi Observation]... Each skill is like an instinct etched into his bones, which he can use with ease.
He casually threw a punch, the wind whistling through the air; it was none other than the "Black Tiger Claws Out the Heart," the movement fluid and graceful.
He then activated the "Yan King's Heart Sutra," and his true energy flowed along his meridians, with significantly increased efficiency compared to before.
The skills are all there, and I'm even more proficient with them than before, but where did the skill panel go?
A thought flashed through my mind.
Lin Yan's gaze fell on the scroll-like image in his dantian, only to find three words on the cover.
【Hundred Arts Book】
He tried to probe the book with his mind, and as if sensing his call, the scroll disappeared from his dantian and floated above his palm.
Lin Yan reached out and opened the cover.
The text on the first page gradually became clearer.
Name: Lin Yan
Gender: Male
Age: 21
[Bone Structure: Ordinary Bones]
[Martial Arts: Second Grade True Qi Realm (99/100)]
[Spiritual Cultivation: Second Grade Transformation Realm (1/100)]
Line after line, densely packed small characters clearly recorded all his realm data and cultivation progress.
Lin Yan's heart raced as he turned to the next page.
The second page records all the skills he has mastered.
【Observation of Qi (Minor Success) (95/1000)】
【Treasure Appraisal (Beginner) (28/200)】
[Blacksmithing (Da Cheng) (3000/3000)]
[Weapon Forging (Beginner) (13/200)]
【True Explanation of Transformation (Introduction) (1/200)】
…………
The proficiency level for each skill is marked very accurately.
Lin Yan flipped through the pages again.
Page 3.
The content on this page is completely different from that on the second page; there isn't much text, just two large characters at the top.
【title】
Below are lines of small gold text.
[Martial Arts Skills Initially Accomplished (Not Activated) (8/10)]
[Title Activation Effect: Increases martial arts skill learning progress by 5%]
[First Glimpse into Psychic Communication (Not Activated) (2/10)]
[Title Activation Effect: Increases spiritual energy cultivation progress by 5%]
[Apprentice Refiner (Inactive) (1/10)]
[Title Activation Effect: Increases the quality of forged items by 10%]
[Introduction to Daoist Alchemy (Not Activated) (1/10)]
[Title Activation Effect: Reduces the loss of medicinal properties during pill refining by 5%]
Lin Yan's hand paused.
title.
The progress in learning martial arts techniques has increased by 5%.
Wouldn't that allow him to quickly max out his skill proficiency?
It seems the skill panel hasn't disappeared, but has been integrated into the magic system, and has even unlocked new functions, making it even stronger.
Lin Yan flipped through the pages again, and the next few pages were blank, as if waiting for him to write and fill them in.