Supreme Sword God

Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Sketching Spirit Marks, Ultimate Potential!

Hua Qianxue hadn’t achieved full integration of spirit and martial arts, yet was still so powerful.

Yang Tianji’s integration of spirit and martial arts was highly praised by Luo Qingyi.

Ye Chen had been eager for a long time to experience the integration of spirit and martial arts!

Yang Tianji said: ”Speaking of integration of spirit and martial arts now is premature. You must first become a Spirit Master before attempting it. This is the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual, containing my life’s insights. Study it thoroughly, and if you have any doubts, you can approach your senior or junior sister directly.

Forget it, for any doubts, consult your junior sister; don’t bother your senior.

Meng’Er has a deep understanding of the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual and can guide you enough. Once you’ve condensed the Spirit Seal, I’ll personally teach you how to integrate spirit and martial arts.”

Ye Chen took the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual from Yang Tianji’s hands, feeling excited.

This was the cultivation method to become a Spirit Master.

A Spirit Master stands high above, mysterious and possessing a status countless times greater than a Martial Artist!

Moreover, this Thousand Spirits Secret Manual was the life’s work of a powerful Celestial Seal Spirit Master. If it were spread, it might incite bloody conflicts.

Such a precious Thousand Spirits Secret Manual has casually fallen into his hands...

Yang Tianji asked: ”Did Qian Xue tell you that you must become a Celestial Seal Spirit Master?”

”Hmm.”

Yang Tianji smiled helplessly and said: ”Don’t listen to her. If becoming a Celestial Seal Spirit Master were that easy, why would the Great Zhou Dynasty have so few?

It’s a matter of fate and aptitude and cannot be forced.

The entire Great Zhou Dynasty only has one Hua Qianxue.

Even if you’re not a Celestial Seal Spirit Master, just a regular Spirit Master, you can still follow my path.”

Ye Chen didn’t take this to heart.

The Great Zhou Dynasty only has one Hua Qianxue, but it also only has one Ye Chen!

......

After Yang Tianji left, Ye Chen returned to his room and immediately opened the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual to read intently.

The contents of the Secret Manual were obscure and profound, but thankfully annotated; otherwise, Ye Chen’s understanding of the path of the Spirit Master would be insufficient.

The Secret Manual also recorded a secret technique for cultivating the soul, named the Thousand Spirits Technique.

The key to becoming a Spirit Master is spiritual power.

What determines the strength of spiritual power is whether the soul is strong.

The stronger the soul, the stronger the spiritual power, and the easier it is to imprint spirit lines.

Moreover, after imprinting spirit lines, they must be nurtured with spiritual power to continuously strengthen.

If spiritual power is too weak, the spirit lines won’t be nurtured and will actively devour spiritual power, causing severe backlash!

The grade of the Thousand Spirits Technique is not described in the Secret Manual.

Luo Qingyi didn’t send any telepathic advice, so Ye Chen just began cultivating!

He sat cross-legged, calming his mind to an exceedingly peaceful state, controlling his breath and focus. Though his eyes were closed, his attention was centered on his brow.

Striving to see.

Pitch black, nothing visible!

To cultivate the soul, one must first find their own sea of consciousness, then immerse their awareness within it.

Otherwise, it’s blind wandering without use.

After half an hour.

Ye Chen finally perceived a glimmer of light.

His focus followed this glimmer, rushing forward.

It felt like traversing a long road.

This road seemed endless.

Ye Chen didn’t know how long it took, when suddenly the space opened up before him.

A vast new world slowly unfolded!

This world, boundless, filled with scattered white light.

”My sea of consciousness... so vast?”

Ye Chen was stunned!

He thought something was wrong!

The Thousand Spirits Secret Manual documented; an untrained person’s sea of consciousness is no larger than a small room.

Even for some geniuses, their sea of consciousness is but a small lake.

As for his own?

It could be described as an endless ocean...

”How much of a genius must I be?”

Ye Chen fell into self-doubt!

Soon, he returned to his senses, continuing to observe his sea of consciousness.

The soul resides within the sea of consciousness, but without reaching certain stages, the soul won’t appear.

The white light points drifting in the sea of consciousness represent spiritual power.

Without active cultivation, these light points in the sea of consciousness are few. They occasionally increase, but such growth is negligible.

Through cultivating the soul, these light points multiply.

Ye Chen finally understood why a few days ago, during a sudden outburst, he was able to overwhelm the Tier Two Top-level Spirit Master Meng Zitao’s spiritual power.

His sea of consciousness had sparse light points.

But his sea of consciousness is vast!

If all these light points were gathered together, their numbers would be terrifying!

Ye Chen regained his focus, having momentarily been distracted, almost getting pushed out from his sea of consciousness!

After stabilizing, Ye Chen began cultivating the Thousand Spirits Technique!

”Buzz!”

In the sea of consciousness, a faint tremor emerged.

Soon, the white light points signifying spiritual power started to increase!

As the white light points multiplied.

Ye Chen felt his attention becoming sharper, and his cultivation of the Thousand Spirits Technique grew increasingly proficient, with white light points even beginning to flutter, as if dancing!

If Yang Tianji knew, he would be shocked.

Even a genius’s first encounter with soul and spiritual power topics is awkward, just entering the sea of consciousness is remarkable.

As for Ye Chen...

First entry.

Quickly mastered the technique!

Handled it with ease!

Even started showing off some tricks!

Until the white light spot in Ye Chen’s sea of consciousness increased by about one-tenth, producing a sense of oppression, Ye Chen finally stopped practicing the Thousand Spirits Technique, and withdrew his consciousness from the sea of consciousness.

At the instant he opened his eyes.

His eyes were as deep as the stars.

Unexpectedly, it was already daylight.

Ye Chen was full of spirit, energetic, and in high spirits!

With the increase in spiritual power, he discovered that his control over strength became more precise.

This was just the beginning.

In the future, spiritual power will continue to grow stronger, and even integrate with martial arts. The changes this will bring about are something that just thinking about makes Ye Chen feel full of energy, and he immediately began to operate the second layer of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual to strengthen the three already liquefied True Essence Vortexes in his dantian!

......

Time passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Chen had been practicing the Thousand Spirits Technique for ten days.

For these ten days, practicing the Thousand Spirits Technique, practicing the Nine Heavens Sword Manual, and watching the records in the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual became his entire life.

The strength of his spiritual power had at least doubled compared to ten days ago, but Ye Chen himself was unclear about how strong it was.

However, it could be confirmed that it had reached the level of being able to outline spirit patterns!

There are many ways to outline spirit patterns.

But the most convenient is to go to the Spirit Tower of the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, choose the appropriate spirit patterns to observe and compare, then outline them yourself, which can save a lot of time.

Ye Chen stepped out of the courtyard and immediately went to find Senior Sister Liu Meng’Er.

Liu Meng’Er’s residence was not too far from Hua Qianxue’s courtyard.

Ye Chen arrived outside Liu Meng’Er’s residence and happened to meet Liu Meng’Er going out.

”Senior Sister.”

”Junior Brother, you finally came to see me. If you didn’t come, I would have had to come find you myself. The things in the Thousand Spirits Secret Manual are very profound; you can’t just explore and guess on your own.”

Ten days ago, Yang Tianji instructed Liu Meng’Er to guide Ye Chen.

But it had been ten days, and Ye Chen hadn’t come. Liu Meng’Er was really worried that Ye Chen would mess around on his own.

Ye Chen gave an embarrassed smile, saying, ”Teacher’s notes are detailed, so I understand them. Senior Sister, I’m here this time because I want you to take me to the Spirit Tower.”

”You want to outline spirit patterns?”

Liu Meng’Er was shocked.

Ye Chen nodded.

Liu Meng’Er frowned and said, ”Your initial permission does allow you to enter the lower three levels of the Spirit Tower.

The lower three levels of the Spirit Tower are all for outlining spirit patterns; the middle three levels are used to cultivate spiritual power; the seventh level is for Spirit Masters to advance.

But you should think it through. Entering the lower three levels of the Spirit Tower once costs a hundred points.

You’re just getting into matters of spiritual power, and you’re not familiar with these things yet. Going in now would waste a hundred points for nothing.”

A hundred points was all Ye Chen had.

Points could be freely traded and given, but Liu Meng’Er herself didn’t have points... In fact, none of the disciples in the Spirit and Martial Division had any points left.

It’s not that they weren’t willing to give them, but rather that they genuinely couldn’t help.

Ye Chen said, ”Senior Sister, let’s try it first. Even if it doesn’t work this time, I can still gain some experience.”

Becoming a Spirit Master, condensing the Celestial Spirit Seal, and walking the path of spirit and martial integration — Ye Chen couldn’t wait any longer and didn’t want to waste even a little time!

Liu Meng’Er didn’t say anything more.

Let’s go, then.

It’s not bad to suffer a loss once.

Let this kid know how hard it is to earn points.

Moreover, a Spirit Master grows through constant failure.

A hundred points is a lot for Ye Chen, but not much for her. Although she doesn’t have any now, saving a bit in the near future to help Ye Chen is still possible.

”Let’s go,” Liu Meng’Er said.

......

Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, Spirit Tower.

This is a seven-story tower with an ancient design, somewhat resembling a monastery bell tower.

A misty glow surrounds the Spirit Tower, giving off a mysterious vibe.

Liu Meng’Er led Ye Chen to the front of the Spirit Tower.

An elder, with lowered eyebrows and downcast eyes, sat at the entrance of the Spirit Tower, half asleep.

This elder’s eyebrows were very long, white, and drooping down to his knees.

”Elder Bai Mei,”

Liu Meng’Er called softly.

The elder referred to as Elder Bai Mei shuddered and seemed to wake from a dream, raising his head. He initially wanted to get angry, but upon seeing Liu Meng’Er, he immediately smiled and said, ”Little girl, are you ready to advance? Good, the seventh level is empty right now.”

”Well... points are currently insufficient.”

Liu Meng’Er said awkwardly.

Going to the seventh level of the Spirit Tower costs a thousand points per visit, and she couldn’t even come up with a hundred points at the moment, so what was she doing there!

”Elder Bai Mei, this is Ye Chen, the new disciple of our Spirit and Martial Division, and he wishes to enter the lower three levels of the Spirit Tower to outline spirit patterns,” Liu Meng’Er introduced.

”Greetings, Elder Bai Mei,” Ye Chen greeted.

Elder Bai Mei looked at Ye Chen, and his previously dim eyes suddenly sparkled with brilliance.

Ye Chen’s name was known to everyone at Cangxing Martial Arts Academy.

The uproar he caused during the assessment was said to be the most serious incident in a hundred years at Cangxing Martial Arts Academy!

Elder Bai Mei stared at Ye Chen for a long while and, seeing that Ye Chen remained composed, nodded and said, ”The lower three levels of the Spirit Tower have exactly twenty-nine people right now, so there’s one spot left — you’re in luck. Hand over your Identity Token.”

The lower six levels of the Spirit Tower can only accommodate thirty people at most, and each person can stay in the Spirit Tower for one hour max.

If there are more, they have to queue.

Just as Ye Chen was about to take out his Identity Token to deduct points,

Suddenly, a loud voice shouted.

”Hold on!”

Two young men dressed in white approached.