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Chapter 237 - 212: When Sleepy, Someone Brings a Pillow

Chapter 237: Chapter 212: When Sleepy, Someone Brings a Pillow

At three in the morning, the previously quiet Tan Palace Villa suddenly echoed with the rumbling of sports cars as several canary women returned home from their night out.

Meanwhile, Ye Fan quietly left Su Yuxin’s bedroom, removing the ’Soundproof Array’ set up around the room on his way out, appearing extremely exhausted.

In the past few hours, not only had he used his mind power to set up the soundproof array, but he had also engaged in a fierce battle with Su Yuxin on the bed for three rounds, and after the battle, he used his mind power to help Su Yuxin break through to the Peak of Postnatal Realm.

Earlier, at Tan’s Private Kitchen, he had depleted a lot of mind power by setting up the ’Yin Yang Absolute Killing Array’ and controlling Bai Luo’s body with no physical components involved; by now, his mind power was nearly depleted.

Back in his own bedroom, Ye Fan didn’t even take a shower; instead, he sat cross-legged on the bed.

Unlike before, Ye Fan didn’t immediately enter a state of meditation but instead focused his consciousness, his fingers flicking quickly, forming a not-so-complex handprint as if he were a phantom.

"Gather!"

As the handprint was formed, Ye Fan thought, and a temporary ’Gathering Essence Array’ appeared around the villa. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi above the entire Tan Palace seemed to be summoned, some half enshrouded the villa’s surroundings, while the other half entered Ye Fan’s villa through the window, heading towards his head.

As the Primordial Qi entered his body, Ye Fan closed his eyes, concentrated his consciousness, and meditated according to the meditation technique recorded in ’Nine Heavens Mystical Skill.’

Because martial artists mainly focus on body refinement, and magicians on cultivating consciousness, martial artists’ cultivation methods mainly recover internal strength during meditation, incidentally restoring a small amount of mind power, while it’s the opposite for magicians, who mainly repair their depleted consciousness and recover mind power during meditation, with a very small amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi autonomously cleansing the body of the magician.

As a result, martial artists’ bodies become stronger, producing more formidable internal strength, while magicians may not have as strong bodies, their consciousness is far stronger than that of martial artists, and their mind power far surpasses martial artists!

Unlike typical cultivation methods, ’Nine Heavens Mystical Skill’ allows cultivators to simultaneously recover mind power and internal strength during meditation, and which aspect it leans towards more is up to the cultivator to decide!

This is also the main reason why two years ago, Ye Fan was able to reach the Postnatal Great Perfection as a martial artist and the Peak of Postnatal Realm as a magician through dual cultivation of magic and martial arts.

Over the past two years, due to a mental block, his mental cultivation stalled, and neither his martial arts cultivation nor his magician cultivation could improve.

It was not until he fell in love with Su Yuxin and shared a bed that his mental block loosened, allowing his martial arts cultivation to step into the Half-step Innate, though his magician cultivation remained stagnant.

What he could never have dreamed of was that when he was injured by Lv Canghai at Ao Xiang Villa, damaging his consciousness, a crimson golden crown appeared outside his mind, not only repairing his consciousness in a very short time but also greatly strengthening his consciousness and increasing his mind power, allowing him to suddenly possess the cultivation of a Postnatal Grandmaster and significantly exceeding the mind power quantity and strength of other magicians of the same realm!

This was also the main reason he could set up the ’Yin Yang Absolute Killing Array’ bare-handed tonight!

As Ye Fan entered the meditation state, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi that entered his body did not flow along the ’Great Cycle Path,’ but instead went straight for his consciousness.

Would the crimson golden crown appear again?

Ye Fan carefully sensed his consciousness.

The next moment.

In Ye Fan’s anticipation and sensing, that miraculous crimson golden crown reappeared out of thin air and enveloped his consciousness in its midst.

Compared to the last time, Ye Fan could distinctly feel that the color of the crimson golden crown had deepened a bit, as if it had grown.

Just like when he previously treated Situ Ruoshui, after the crimson golden crown appeared, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, like unleashed wild horses completely out of Ye Fan’s control, swarmed into the crimson golden crown.

The crimson golden crown, like a bottomless pit, instantly absorbed all the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi that had entered Ye Fan’s body, and then shone brightly.

Within the golden light, pure mind power formed thin threads from all directions, wrapping around Ye Fan’s consciousness and then being absorbed by the mind power seed within Ye Fan’s consciousness.

At the same time, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around the villa seemed to be drawn in, madly rushing into Ye Fan’s body, the speed several times faster than before!

So fast!

Realizing this, Ye Fan was startled, and he vaguely guessed that this miraculous crimson golden crown inside his body had an inexplicable attraction to the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

Unlike the last time he triggered the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array’ to attract a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, this time, Ye Fan triggered the simplest ’Gathering Essence Array,’ which was temporary and gathered very limited Primordial Qi.

Yet—

Even so, his mind power recovery speed was extremely fast, nearly equivalent to dozens of times his own meditation recovery rate!

All this was because, this time, the crimson golden crown absorbed and transformed all the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into mind power without any reservation, feeding it back to Ye Fan, rather than only partially as it did the last time.

After an indeterminate amount of time, when Ye Fan’s mind power was completely restored, the crimson golden crown suddenly disappeared.

Hm?

Ye Fan’s mind stirred, and he suddenly realized that he had almost completely absorbed the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in the vicinity of the Tan Palace. The temporarily set up "Spirit Gathering Array" could no longer function to gather Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

"What exactly is this crimson golden crown, and why can it absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi so rapidly and transform it into Mind Power to feed back to me?"

Noticing that his Mind Power had fully recovered, Ye Fan couldn’t help but open his eyes and murmured, "Could it be a Magic Artifact?"

"It should not be!"

Ye Fan quickly dismissed this conjecture.

A so-called Magic Artifact actually refers to a device in which magicians can set up arrays, store Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, or act as the core of a high-level array, thus helping magicians trigger magic in an exceedingly short time during combat, with much greater power than when done bare-handed.

According to the information from Chu Xuanji, there is no Magic Artifact in this world that possesses the function to autonomously absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and convert it into Mind Power to feed back to the magician!

More importantly, though imbued with a mystique by its name, a Magic Artifact is essentially an item, a tangible object!

The crimson golden crown within Ye Fan’s body would appear and disappear intermittently, hardly a tangible object but more like a phantom.

Ye Fan shook his head, no longer pondering what exactly the crimson golden crown inside him was, but he felt somewhat excited—With the crimson golden crown, his cultivation speed would greatly increase!

He could use magic to set up arrays to gather massive amounts of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi for meditation, to restore the consumed Power, and when the Mind Power was nearly depleted, he could restore it through the autonomous absorption of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi by the crimson golden crown, thus forming a perfect cycle of consumption and replenishment!

"Huff~"

After the excitement, Ye Fan took a deep breath to calm himself down, "The temporary Gathering Essence Array can gather only a limited amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, at best enhancing my cultivation speed by about five times, and I would need to keep changing locations during the cultivation!"

To cultivate faster, one would only be able to rely on the more powerful ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.’

But there are three methods to set up a more advanced ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.’ First, using Essence Stones as the Array Eyes to trigger the array with their consumption. Second, using one’s own Essence Blood instead of Essence Stones. Third, use a Magic Artifact as the core Array Eye, and flora, trees, mountains, and rivers as supplementary Array Eyes.

"Using Essence Blood to set up the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array’ for cultivation is somewhat of a loss, and Essence Stones are rare and expensive. Even if I were to spend all the money of my senior sister’s Tianshan Group on them, it wouldn’t last a few years."

Thinking of this, Ye Fan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, "If only I had a Mid-level Magic Artifact that could act as the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.’

He had heard from Chu Xuanji that Magic Artifacts, Cultivation Methods, and martial arts are categorized into Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced levels, among which Magic Artifacts are the rarest, almost impossible to find!

In Ye Fan’s memory, even Chu Xuanji, who had reached an unfathomable level of dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, did not possess a single mid-level or higher Magic Artifact, highlighting how precious they are!

Of course, in Ye Fan’s view, the reason why Chu Xuanji lacked a Magic Artifact was largely due to his odd personality and unwillingness to interact with outsiders.

Otherwise, with Chu Xuanji’s identity and strength, acquiring a mid-level or higher Magic Artifact wouldn’t be too difficult.

"Why not let the old guy brazenly go and ask ’Yan’ for one? Although ’Yan’ is a pure martial artist, with his status, he should be able to obtain a mid-level or higher Magic Artifact."

Ye Fan suddenly felt tempted but immediately dismissed the thought. In his opinion, it would be more painful for Chu Xuanji, a likewise supreme strongman, to ask ’Yan’ for a Magic Artifact, steeped in his pride, than to kill him outright.

"Forget it, I’ll call my senior sister tomorrow to find a way to buy some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. On one hand, to refine cultivation drugs for Jin Emperor and Jue Ming, and on the other, to craft some high-level Elixir Pills and try my luck at some underground auctions to see if I can exchange for some Essence Stones."

Thinking this through, Ye Fan felt this was the most feasible method, allowing him to maximize the value of his current abilities to acquire the needed Essence Stones.

Having made his decision, Ye Fan shook his head, not thinking further, and got up to change his clothes, quietly leaving the villa—Since he had absorbed all the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around the Tan Palace, if he wanted to continue cultivating, he had to find a place around the Tan Palace Noble District where the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was abundant.

Meanwhile, in the wooden villa courtyard at Dong She Mountain.

Duanmu used a mid-level Magic Artifact given by his master as the main Array Eye, then also used eight sesame-sized Essence Stones as supplementary Array Eyes, triggering the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.’

"Once I step into the Innate Domain, I’ll be able to fully unleash the power of this artifact, and then I won’t need to consume Essence Stones to set up the ’Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array’ anymore."

With the array successfully set up and sensing the mad rush of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi towards the villa courtyard, Duanmu couldn’t help but exclaim, then thinking of Ye Fan and Bai Luo’s conflict, he mused, "That bastard of the Ye Family managed to set up the ’Yin Yang Absolute Killing Array’ in three seconds without using Essence Stones as supplementary Array Eyes. His Magic Artifact must be at least mid-level, right?"

"If it’s a high-level Magic Artifact, that would be even better!"

With that thought, Duanmu sneered sinisterly, seeming almost eager to rush over and snatch Ye Fan’s ’Magic Artifact.’

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