Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 450: Chapter 448: Insight

Shen Changchuan was completely unaware of what had happened behind him.

Nor did he know,

that the Sword Dao aura he had left on the ore during his Cultivation,

could potentially become a pivotal point that would change the destiny of two minor figures.

Perhaps when Shen Changchuan flew high overhead,

he had brushed past the two of them in the sky.

But just as a person walking down a road wouldn’t pay any mind to the ants at their feet,

the Cultivators exploring the wild mountains and forests, and even the Mortal Martial Artists seeking a chance at immortality, were never few in number.

Shen Changchuan didn’t have the energy to pay attention to every single person he passed on the ground.

「On his flight back to Broken Soul City.」

Shen Changchuan closed his eyes to rest his mind,

recovering from his mental fatigue

while carefully digesting the gains from this Cultivation session.

This time, after cultivating the Cyan Wood Cloud-piercing Sword to Perfection, Perfection Traits naturally appeared on the progress bar panel, just as they had for his previous Magic.

These Perfection Traits were similar to the Perfection Traits of his past Magic.

They all enhanced the power of the Magic itself and accumulated a certain amount of related Cultivation Experience.

Perhaps it was because his Cultivation was higher,

or perhaps because his accumulation was already sufficiently profound.

Shen Changchuan could already vaguely sense the changes in the accumulation of Perfection Trait Experience written on the panel.

That feeling,

was like a subtle improvement in his comprehension of Wood Element and Sword System Magic.

”This experience... is truly profound!”

High in the sky,

Shen Changchuan, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, opened them. A flash of sword light seemed to flicker in their depths, as if it could slice open the very void before him.

This sliver of accumulated comprehension wasn’t much,

and it didn’t provide an immediate, drastic increase to his combat strength.

But Shen Changchuan could sense the extraordinary nature of these insights.

’My Realm was too low before, and the Perfection Trait Experience I gained from cultivating Tier One Techniques was too little for me to sense it.’

’Now, I’ve finally caught a glimpse of the inner workings!’

’No wonder the experience accumulated from the Perfection Traits of Magic can lower the threshold for cultivating Magic of the same system... So that’s how it is!’

A look of sudden realization dawned on Shen Changchuan’s face.

A faint understanding bloomed in his mind, deepening his knowledge of the progress bar panel.

He just didn’t know the origin of this progress bar panel,

why it had appeared in his mind, or how it possessed such miraculous functions.

But as this thought emerged in his mind,

Shen Changchuan quickly shook his head and cast it aside.

’This golden finger of mine seems to possess the Daluo ability of ”one attestation, eternal attestation” that the novelists of my past life spoke of.’

’It also seems to be faintly related to my own transmigration.’

’These things...’

’Are not something that I, a mere pawn in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, have the right to investigate yet!’

’Perhaps one day,’

’when I have walked the Path of Immortal Cultivation to its end, proven my Dao and become an Immortal, and achieved Transcendence above this world, only then will I be qualified to touch upon these deepest secrets?’

He shook his head.

Shen Changchuan didn’t continue to waste his energy on this.

He closed his eyes,

and continued to experience that sliver of comprehension.

Although this wisp of insight couldn’t bring him much of an increase in strength for now,

over time, many small amounts would add up.

A quantitative change would always lead to a qualitative one.

It didn’t take much longer,

before Shen Changchuan returned to Broken Soul City.

At this moment, Broken Soul City,

after half a year of development, had become much more stable.

At least it wasn’t like when he first arrived, when you could see Demon Cultivators from the Demonic Alliance fighting and ambushing patrol members in the outer mountain ranges.

And this stability had, in turn, attracted more Cultivators from the Tian Nan Domain to come and explore,

making the entire city unprecedentedly prosperous.

The whole city was plunged into a kind of clamor.

To the point that some powerful experts who preferred quiet Cultivation had moved to quieter places outside the city to cultivate.

The Broken Soul Mountain Range was huge anyway,

and the Spirit Veins beneath were rich. Within the mountain range that stretched for thousands of miles, there were many Spiritual Qi nodes. As long as one cleared out the Demon Beasts occupying them, one could easily create a cave residence for Cultivation.

However, Shen Changchuan wasn’t too concerned about this.

The rented cave residence was surrounded by a Sound Insulation Array,

so the commotion in the city wouldn’t affect the person in seclusion inside.

On the contrary,

the more prosperous an Immortal Cultivation City was,

the more beneficial it was for him.

This was because,

he could acquire a wider variety of Magic, thereby expanding the Magic Cultivation Experience on his panel.

After returning to the city, Shen Changchuan didn’t go directly back to his temporary cave residence.

Instead, he made a trip to the Workshop.

As early as half a year ago, when he had acquired dozens of different types of Magic in the Workshop, he had already reached a cooperative agreement with the Workshop’s administrator.

He had asked them to help him keep an eye out for and collect some of the more unique Magic traditions that were relatively rare in the Tian Nan Domain.

Speaking of which,

at the beginning, that Workshop administrator had been somewhat reluctant, looking for excuses to refuse.

But after Shen Changchuan revealed his identity,

the other party’s attitude immediately changed, and he became much more enthusiastic.

In the subsequent transactions, Shen Changchuan could feel the other party’s diligence, because the Magic he received were all rare on the market and were ingenious traditions.

It had to be said,

being famous,

still had quite a few benefits.

After collecting the Magic that had been gathered recently, Shen Changchuan finally returned to his temporary rented cave residence.

But just then,

Shen Changchuan’s footsteps halted.

Outside the cave residence,

there was a message left by Gu Xuanqing after a visit:

The matter of the expedition against Heaven’s End Valley has been prepared. We depart in three days!

—Gu Xuanqing.

...

”It’s finally starting!”

Looking at the message the other party had left, Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but breathe a small sigh of relief.

To be honest,

he hadn’t seen the other party make any big moves or reactions in the past six months.

He had even thought the matter was called off.

So much so that, worried he wouldn’t be able to find the materials for the Void Escape Gu, he had gone to ask Gu Xuanqing about it once.

He also got a detailed understanding of the situation over there, fearing that the reclusive Demon Cultivation Clan would flee, taking his chance to get the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant with them.

Fortunately,

the situation hadn’t reached the worst-case scenario.

Faced with Shen Changchuan’s inquiry at the time, Gu Xuanqing had been very surprised.

Although he wasn’t very clear on the inside details,

once he knew that Shen Changchuan was very concerned about this matter, he didn’t hide anything and explained the situation in detail.

They hadn’t given up on the plan.

Instead, they were looking for a way to deal with the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ants.

After all, if that thing couldn’t be dealt with, their next attempt would likely end in another disastrous defeat.

As for that reclusive Demon Cultivation Clan, it hadn’t made any moves.

Whether this was because they were completely ignorant of the outside world, or because they had their own confidence,

or perhaps because they had a reason they could not leave,

was impossible to say.

But in any case,

that Demon Cultivation Clan was still there, showing no signs of retreating.