Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 448: Chapter 446: Great Increase in Strength (Part 2)

Without a doubt,

this sword strike that sundered a thousand zhang of the sky,

was the fruit of Shen Changchuan’s half-year of arduous cultivation.

A Tier Two Top Level Skill cultivated to the Perfection Level!

The terrifying might of this strike

made all the time and effort Shen Changchuan had invested worthwhile.

At this very moment,

anyone within the valley

could feel the chilling Sword Momentum lingering in the air, shrouding them in layers of frigid killing intent.

The very aura between heaven and earth

seemed to have been severed, layer by layer, by the Sword Momentum of this strike!

It was hard to imagine

just how terrifying it would be

to face this strike head-on!

And such power

was undoubtedly to Shen Changchuan’s great satisfaction.

’A strike like this is second only to the Divine Power I currently command!’

’I fear even the Ninth Layer Cyan Wood Sword Light I unleashed back then couldn’t match this blade’s edge!’

Sensing the Sword Momentum lingering between heaven and earth, Shen Changchuan was both satisfied and filled with confidence.

A Technique of this caliber

was enough to become his core offensive measure in battle!

Even against an enemy whose Cultivation was a full Layer higher than his, he was confident he could still hold a significant advantage!

This wasn’t just Shen Changchuan being arrogant.

Comparing it to his past battle with Qiu Kunsheng,

if he were to face him again now,

he was certain that with this move alone,

he could force his opponent into a desperate situation!

’It’s just a bit of a shame. The difficulty of cultivating a Tier Two Top Level Skill was far beyond my imagination.’

’In half a year, I’ve only managed to master this one technique, the Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword.’

After the excitement faded,

Shen Changchuan reined in his emotions.

He thought of the other techniques he had obtained alongside the Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword—the Thousand Shadows Cyan Mist Sword Rain Technique and the Golden Body Dominating Technique—and couldn’t help but sigh internally.

After half a year of hard work,

the Thousand Shadows Cyan Mist Sword Rain Technique had only reached Minor Achievement,

still a long way from Perfection.

As for the Golden Body Dominating Technique,

he had only just reached the Entry Level!

His original goal, set half a year ago, was to cultivate two Tier Two Top Level Skills to Perfection.

But now, he hadn’t even completed half of it!

This was undoubtedly a source of some regret.

But there was nothing to be done.

Shen Changchuan had already worked incredibly hard over the past six months.

He had poured almost all his time and energy into it.

Training day and night without rest.

But the difficulty of cultivating Tier Two Top Level Skills was simply too high.

If he hadn’t realized something was wrong, adjusted his plan in time, and stopped his Cultivation of the Thousand Shadows Cyan Mist Sword Rain Technique,

instead focusing all his subsequent energy on the Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword,

he probably wouldn’t have even managed to bring one technique to Perfection in half a year!

’What a pity. If I had also cultivated the Thousand Shadows Cyan Mist Sword Rain Technique to Perfection, giving me another Tier Two Top Level Skill, then with these two powerful methods, I’m afraid I would have been invincible below the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer!’

’I might even have dared to challenge a Ninth Layer Cultivator!’

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret.

However,

even though he had completed less than half of his goal, his strength had still seen a massive increase.

The Shen Changchuan of today

was more than just a notch stronger than he was six months ago.

Moreover,

although the difficulty of cultivating these Tier Two Top Level Skills was high,

it also brought certain hidden benefits.

Namely, in the process of grinding his progress, Shen Changchuan had repeatedly depleted his Magical Power, then rapidly restored it to full, enduring tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of repetitions.

This caused Shen Changchuan’s Cultivation Realm to steadily rise.

As a result, over the past half-year,

his Cultivation Realm had stabilized in the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Early Stage,

and he had taken a great stride beyond that, nearing the level of the Early Stage Peak!

From this perspective,

although he hadn’t achieved everything he’d set out to do in the past six months,

the gains he had made

were still gratifying.

’At my current rate of practice, it might not be impossible to raise my Cultivation to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer within ten years!’

Shen Changchuan’s Heart Spirit, which had been taut for the past six months,

finally began to relax at this moment.

Then,

he collected his thoughts.

Shen Changchuan once again began practicing above the valley.

He tried executing the Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword again,

gauging the consumption of his internal Magical Power to determine how many times he could use the Skill at his limit.

At the same time, he mentally simulated encounters with powerful enemies, planning how he would use it in battle and so on.

Finally,

he even practiced the Thousand Shadows Cyan Mist Sword Rain Technique and the Golden Body Dominating Technique for a while.

He wanted to reacquaint himself with these two methods.

Although neither had been cultivated to Perfection and couldn’t serve as his killing moves against enemies,

they were still Top Level Techniques, after all.

They could still be quite useful at specific moments in a fight.

As the sun set,

and the sky began to darken,

Shen Changchuan felt a measure of fatigue from the continuous days of arduous training.

He decided to end his Cultivation session for now.

He turned and left.

The entire valley and the dozens of li surrounding it fell completely silent.

...

A long time after Shen Changchuan had departed,

on a mountain path at the outskirts, shrouded in dense vegetation, a middle-aged man in a dusty robe, slightly chubby with a round belly protruding before him, carefully pushed aside the surrounding plants.

He poked his head out, his sly gaze darting around.

After confirming there was no danger,

he hurriedly called out to someone behind him:

”Hey, hey, Xingzai, stop dawdling and get up here!”

”I’ve checked it out! There’s no danger around here. Even if there was, that huge commotion from earlier probably scared it all away!”

”Let’s take this chance! We two should hurry up and explore this area. Let me tell you, opportunities like this are rare. If we find something good, we’ll strike it rich! Then you can marry seven or eight Cui Huas, no problem!”

The middle-aged man, with his mercenary face, spoke like a motormouth, words tumbling rapidly from his lips.

He then half-dragged, half-pulled a simple-and-honest-looking young man up from behind him,

and shoved him toward the valley.

”Get up there, quick! I’ll keep watch for you from here. You’ll be fine!”

”Remember, if you find anything good, you can’t hide it! Your Second Uncle here gets a share!”

”Second Uncle, can’t I just... not go?”

”That commotion earlier was insane. We could feel it from over a hundred li away.”

”What if some big shot is cultivating here? What if they see us bothering them and just slap us dead with one palm strike?”

The young man called Xingzai wore a youthful, honest expression.

He dragged his feet,

unwillingly pushed along by his Second Uncle.

He looked back at his uncle,

his eyes and face filled with obvious conflict and resistance.

”Wah! Don’t you know what they say? The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!”

”Besides, with a poor schmuck like you, if you don’t take a gamble, you think Cui Hua’s old man will ever let her marry you to suffer together?”

”Hurry up! Fortune favors the bold! Whether we two get to live the high life depends on this trip!”

”In a dangerous place like this, if it weren’t for that big shot practicing their skills, scaring off all the dangerous Demon Beasts with their aura, you and I wouldn’t have the guts or the ability to ever set foot in here in our entire lives!”