BXBX NOVEL Chapter 77 - 77: Honing Skills_l
Inside the wooden cabin.
Chen Mobai flicked the bowl in his hand, and the clear water inside immediately spilled out. Then he exhaled, and a stream of air, which glowed white the moment it left his mouth, came out.
“Crack!”
The sound of freezing water echoed in his ears. Chen Mobai watched the frozen droplets in front of him, swallowing back the pain in his throat, and reached out to catch the ice flower he had so painstakingly formed.
The icy touch made his palm turn red, but his mood was unprecedently joyful.
After seven days, he’d finally mastered the “Cold Ice Technique”.
Actually, he had already succeeded once three days ago. But it wasn’t until now that he could succeed 100% of the time and fully control the subtle moment of the forming and not forming “Ice Breath”.
He crushed the ice flower in his hand and then laughed happily.
He had never felt such a sense of achievement as he did when mastering the
“Cold Ice Technique”.
After laughing, a wave of exhaustion washed over him. It was caused by his excessive use of his Divine Sense over the past few days, constantly monitoring the process of refining the Ice Breath through his twelve floors.
Chen Mobai didn’t forcibly rally his spirits. He finished the last bottle of pear syrup on the table and went to sleep on the wooden bed.
When he woke up, it was already the next afternoon.
However, after a thorough rest, Chen Mobai felt in better shape than ever before, not just his Divine Sense, but also his Qi Cultivation at the seventh level had improved.
He pulled his backpack from under the pillow, opened it, and saw the 25 Spirit
Stones inside glowing brilliantly, making him smile.
Over the course of seven days, Chen Mobai had virtually sold out all the low- and mid-grade charms he had sourced from Di Yuanxing while practicing the Cold Ice Technique. He had converted all the gold he earned into these Spirit Stones at the silver shop opened by the Shenmu Sect on Green Light Island.
In addition to these 25 Spirit Stones, the backpack also contained 30 medium and low-grade charms that he had kept for himself. After all, he was about to leave Green Light Island to go and hone his magic duel skills with demonic beasts. He couldn’t afford to be extravagant and use only Rank-1 top-grade charms in battle.
After checking his equipment again, Chen Mobai meditated cross-legged on the bed all night until dawn, got up, left his wooden cabin, and headed to the dock.
Since it was his first time in a magical duel against a demonic beast, he had no experience himself, so he wisely signed up for a group.
Whilst selling charms, he also learned about the situation on Green Light island, and found out that the Divine Wood Sect has a sect mission to help new disciples adapt to Yun Meng Ze. Those senior disciples who accept this mission, in order to maximize their benefits during a trip, would take along new Loose Cultivators while leading the new disciples for practice.
Chen Mobai always played it safe and cautious. Upon getting this news, he even thoroughly compared those senior disciples of the Divine Wood Sect who were specialized in such tasks and decided on one with a medium reputation.
“Brother Qi Hou, I’m late.”
Chen Mobai thought he was early, but the disciple of the Divine Wood Sect was even earlier.
“Hmm, you’re not late.”
Qi Hou is a man of few words. He stands tall and thin on a Spirit Boat, his eyes are bright, and he’s dressed in a black robe.
This Spirit Boat is also a Magic Artifact, which can travel hundreds of miles with just one Spirit Stone. It’s not slow and could save the Spiritual Power of a Qi Practitioner while hurrying on a journey.
Apart from Chen Mobai, there is also a delicate-looking young man wearing the Shenmu Sect uniform sitting in the Spirit Boat. He is looking down at a roll of maps. This must be the new disciple Qi Hou is taking along this time.
After greeting Qi Hou, Chen Mobai paid a fee of two Spirit Stones. Qi Hou swiftly took them, then pointed to a spot on the left side of the Spirit Boat and handed Chen Mobai a similar map.
-This is the Demonic Beast we’re hunting today, the Black Armored Turtle. This beast’s strength lies mainly in its defense, and it doesn’t have many offensive abilities. It’s ideal for new Loose Cultivators and disciples like you.” Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai nodded in agreement and began to look at the carefully prepared map.
After a while, two more Loose Cultivators arrived. They seemed to be siblings, looking somewhat alike. The man was named Ba Jiang and the woman Ba Xing. After they handed over the Spirit Stones, the team was complete.
Qi Hou immediately activated the Spirit Boat and, with a quiet hiss, they left the harbor of Green Light Island.
“Fellow travelers, please take care.”
Ba Jiang was a simple-looking youth from a Cultivator family in Ba Country. He had a bit of a reputation in his home town, and with his younger sister, he had already reached the sixth level of Qi Cultivation at a young age. A rare talent indeed.
This time, he set out with his sister to seek means of advancing to the later stages of Qj Cultivation and to gain experience in the Holy Land, Yun Meng Ze, in the Eastern Wilderness.
The delicate disciple from the Divine Wood Sect didn’t seem to want to mingle, keeping his gaze down on the map without saying a word.
Chen Mobai immediately picked up the conversation thread. After exchanging a few niceties, the awkward silence that would have followed Ba Jiang was avoided. Everyone was relatively quiet, including the team leader, Qi Hou. The Spirit Boat became silent quite soon.
They reached the island where the Black Armored Turtles resided.
“There are a total of seven. I’ll deal with the strongest two. You, Disciple Xi, pick one to practice with, and the remaining four can be handled by you three. I’ll intervene if there’s any danger.”
After Qi Hou withdrew the Spirit Boat, the five people landed on the shore. Two large turtles lying on the beach poked out their heads, their crimson eyes staring coldly at the team.
“The other five are in the water. Off you go.
While Qi Hou was speaking, he clutched a talisman and injected it with Spiritual Power. Instantly, two large fireballs soared into the air, smashing into the two large turtles.
The elegant disciple from the Divine Wood Sect, although not talkative, reacted very swiftly. Upon tapping his waist, a green wooden sword flew out. It cut towards a Black Armored Turtle that had just emerged from the water with a cold glint.
Chen Mobai noticed that this young man named Xi seemed less proficient than himself.
However, he quickly focused his attention on the four Black Armored Turtles that surfaced from the water. Ba Jiang and Ba Xing, cunning as they were, each picked one to confront, leaving Chen Mobai to face two alone.
Murmuring a curse in his heart, Chen Mobai hadn’t actually come with the expectation of a leisurely experience. He wasn’t in a hurry to call for Qi Hou’s help either.
First he took a handful of talismans. Then, he opened his Divine Sense. The bottle tip in his sleeve opened, and the Dark Water Shield activated. The Spiritual Power from his Dantian surged to the twelfth layer, and his Cold Ice Technique began to stir …
By evening, when they returned to Green Light Island, Chen Mobai bid farewell to the group disembarking from the Spirit Boat.
The young disciple surnamed Xi, with his head down as usual, didn’t even say goodbye. Tying the bodies of the seven Black Armored Turtles with a wooden talisman, he left with Qi Hou. The spoils from the hunt were for both of them, forming part of a mission for the Divine Wood Sect.
Qi Hou must have made quite a sum of Spirit Stones and Sect contributions from this trip.
Ba Jiang wanted to invite Chen Mobai for a drink, seemingly wanting to befriend him. But, seeing as Chen Mobai was eager to find another Divine Wood Sect group to join, he politely declined.
In the following ten days, Chen Mobai alternated between resting and joining groups.
Gradually, he progressed from his initial clumsiness, hasty use of talismans, and slow spells to a much more proficient state of magic use..