Blind Spot
Chapter 707 - 650 basis points two

Chapter 707: 650 basis points two

’Is this Sea Essence?’ he pondered, his Saint Heart Consciousness quickly reaching out to touch and analyze its composition.

But oddly enough, this Sea Essence was like highly purified sea water, devoid of impurities, compressed and seeping into his body.

Although it was compressed, the pressure didn’t harm Li Chengyi’s body at all.

Threads of blue Sea Essence penetrated his skin’s pores, then blended into his blood, and began to circulate through his vascular network.

Li Chengyi’s body kept practicing the White Line Technique, while his Saint Heart Consciousness observed the process intently.

Different Martial Arts yield different True Yuan, and the Sea Essence from the Emerald Sea Sword Technique seems to be purely about slashing outwards, smashing opponents with sheer quantity?

He sensed it and couldn’t find any additional effects from the Sea Essence.

The sky gradually darkened, and without realizing it, he had been practicing for three hours.

"Young master, it’s time to go back," Uncle Ning reminded from behind.

"Got it," Li Chengyi sheathed his sword, stopping his practice.

The infusion of Sea Essence silently halted as well.

Uncle Ning, watching from behind, nodded slightly.

"The young master’s comprehension is good. The internal energy accumulated today is quite decent among peers of your age."

"Is that so?" Li Chengyi was somewhat surprised. Despite his thrice-enhanced comprehension from the Flower Language Technique, was his progress only considered ’quite decent’?

"Indeed, the Sea Essence you absorbed, was it that colorless and transparent, occasionally visible special liquid?" Uncle Ning asked.

"...Yes," Li Chengyi replied after sensing the pale blue Sea Essence flowing within his veins, and nodded.

"Then that’s correct," Uncle Ning said with a smile, "This is the foundational True Yuan produced by cultivating internal energy. Once you fully grasp the external Martial Arts moves, you can combine them both for comprehensive internal and external cultivation. As soon as it turns pale blue, you can transform it into True Yuan and step into the third-rate realm."

"I see," Li Chengyi nodded in sudden realization. "What realm is Uncle Ning in?"

"I’ve barely touched the threshold of the first-rate Innate Gold Yuan... It’s nothing worth mentioning," Uncle Ning sighed.

Strictly speaking, first-rate experts, Gold Jade masters, and unique masters all employ Innate Gold Yuan on the same level.

But the intensity, concentration, area of influence, total amount, and degree of finesse with which they use it create a vast gap between them.

And Divine Demons stand high above, looking down upon everything as supreme existences.

"However, you, young master, might have a chance to step into the first-rate realm with some effort," Uncle Ning said with a laugh.

Li Chengyi nodded.

He contemplated the method of improving his realm.

Internal and external energy—True Yuan—Innate Gold Yuan—Divine Essence and Devil Essence.

The system seemed simple. It appeared that, within the same level, Martial Arts played a larger role in determining combat strength.

The Sea Essence he had absorbed into his body was pale blue from the start. Was this what Uncle Ning referred to as True Yuan? Further testing would be needed to confirm.

Packing their things, the two began their return to the Gong Shan Family.

After going back, he would recite literary lessons and then learn the moves of the Emerald Sea Sword Technique at night, followed by rest.

This was Li Chengyi’s daily routine.

Every three days, he also needed to attend classes with his teacher. He used to have martial classes, which were exempt since he was studying at home.

During his time focused on studying, Li Chengyi was also steadily integrating his Saint Heart Consciousness into new dimensions.

The integration process was simple since no one was competing with him for it. He was the only one merging into it, truly unique.

That is the advantage of a taboo knowledge system.

As long as his consciousness approached and then touched it, he could naturally separate out a part of his Consciousness Power to merge into it.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed...

On the Emerald Beach, Li Chengyi, wearing a gray robe, was still practicing his swordsmanship.

He continuously attracted Sea Essence into his body with the White Line Technique, and by now, the Sea Essence within him had already completely filled his body, leaving no room for more.

And Li Chengyi’s Consciousness Power had long been fully merged into the dimension’s vitality, not sparing even a trace.

Though he prided himself on his immense Consciousness Power, after the merging, he could only control an area with a radius of fifteen li.

Anything beyond that was impossible.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t merge further, but that he didn’t have enough Consciousness Power...

Without Consciousness Power, he couldn’t transform the True Yuan in his body into Innate Gold Yuan.

After all, Consciousness Power is akin to Divine Intention in this place, a fact Li Chengyi had already figured out.

But he wasn’t in a hurry. Having merged into the dimension, he could already use some simple abilities.

These were special abilities of the Dimensional Demon Gods, although his range was limited to within fifteen li. But in terms of intensity, it was enough.

Withdrawing his mind, Li Chengyi continued practicing with his sword, but with a single thought,

a five-meter-long fish with pale blue scales slowly emerged from the distant sea surface.

Soundlessly—this was the method of the Dimensional Demon Gods, attacking the enemy from a dimension unique to him.

Of course, Li Chengyi hadn’t reached the realm of Demon Gods yet; he merely stirred the surrounding vitality slightly.

Within fifteen li, he could freely use his Consciousness Power to attack, reducing a certain amount of life vitality.

This had no temporary use for martial practitioners, but for ordinary people or animals, it meant he could kill with just a thought.

"Wow, there’s another big fish today?" Gong Shanheng, the plump boy behind, immediately rejoiced and scurried over to direct the guard experts to catch the fish.

Uncle Ning and the expert were also puzzled, as this type of blue equipment fish typically lived thousands of meters underwater and rarely surfaced here.

Its flesh was extremely delicious and contained a trace of special substance that was greatly beneficial to martial practitioners, similar to Jade Grain Rice and pricey.

But since fortune had smiled upon them, they decided to seize the opportunity and take the fish.

After joyously securing the fish, the plump boy looked towards Li Chengyi.

"Cheng bro, you’re pretty lucky, two days in a row coming across freshly deceased blue equipment fish."

"Not bad," Li Chengyi sheathed his sword, feeling that he could no longer incorporate Sea Essence within him, and thus did not continue.

His current problem was that his Consciousness Power was running low, and he had to find a way to increase it.

The method of enhancement was actually quite simple.

Tian Ju Pavilion had made preparations long ago, and the Creation Furnace cultivated from the Yin Canon was created for this purpose. Incinerating all things could enhance both Consciousness Power and all other forces within the body, and so on.

’It seems it’s time to gather the myriad elements of the world for fuel again....’

Li Chengyi looked out over the vast Emerald Sea, appearing to be in a daze, but in fact, he was systematically sending batches of the Sea Essence from inside his body into the Sword Furnace within his mind to be burnt.

The rarely used Sword Furnace, which was still the same as before, would revert to its original form over time after creating the Mind Image World.

The Primordial Spirit Sword Palace had shattered, and now the Sword Furnace hovered in the Mind Image World above, like the sun, burning fiercely.

Li Chengyi’s heart moved.

Suddenly, the Sea Essence transformed into a blue thread, swiftly drawn into it, and flew into the Sword Furnace.

Hiss.

He faintly heard a series of faint crackling sounds.

Then, the light of the Sword Furnace exploded, and the flames instantly turned a deep blue.

It was not long, about five seconds.

Threads of blue-black True Yuan flew out from the Sword Furnace, returning inside Li Chengyi’s body.

This True Yuan was still Sea Essence, but its density and quality were much stronger than before, at least ten times that of the previous!

Similarly, after burning the Sea Essence, the Sword Furnace also fed back a pure power, strengthening Li Chengyi’s Consciousness Power.

Although the increase in Consciousness Power was only a minute fraction of his original amount.

But there was no stopping the continuous flow of Sea Essence.

’Is this a purification and refinement effect?’

Li Chengyi felt a surge of joy in his heart.

With this, he had found the unique path of cultivation for Dimensional Demon Gods of Tian Ju Pavilion.

Increasing Consciousness Power with the Creation Furnace and merging with dimensions until he ultimately controlled everything.

"Hey, Ah Zhu, have you cultivated any True Yuan yet?" Little Fatty Gong Shanheng, holding a snack bag, kept stuffing dried meat into his mouth and slowly walked up behind Li Chengyi to ask.

"What about you?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Me? Naturally, I did. After all, a branch bloodline is still a bloodline," Fatty said with a laugh, sounding a bit smug.

"I’ll tell you, in our class, only three other people and I cultivated True Yuan, the others are still slowly grinding away."

"Is that so?" Li Chengyi responded calmly.

"Aren’t you surprised?" Fatty felt something was off.

"It’s okay," Li Chengyi said, who by now had burned all of his body’s Sea Essence into a special kind of blue-black Sea Essence, which he called Heavy Sea Essence.

Because it was heavier than before.

The originally overflowing Sea Essence in his body had shrunk to only one-tenth of its capacity.

"Then you’ll definitely be shocked by this!" The little fatty chuckled again with a mysterious smile.

"What?" Li Chengyi casually asked, walking back from the seawater.

"It’s about that Han Zongdi you’re engaged to, she beat someone up, it was Gong Shanreno, she bit a big chunk out of his neck, blood everywhere, it was a bloody mess...." Little Fatty shook his head with an expression of an adult.

"Alright..." Li Chengyi didn’t care about Han Zongdi and remained expressionless.

"You’re not even surprised by this?" Little Fatty opened his mouth wide, as if he wanted to say more.

Suddenly, three older children approached quickly with their guards from afar.

They were all classmates sharing the same classes, and the one walking in the forefront, with a sturdy build that was horizontally developed and of the same height as Little Fatty, was unmistakably strong muscle with no trace of fat.

This guy was Gong Shanpingqiu, normally sitting at a position far from Li Chengyi and them, rarely interacting.

But now, he approached rapidly with an angry look, glaring directly at Little Fatty’s group.

"Gong Shanheng!! You’re looking for death!! Daring to tarnish my sister’s reputation, I’ll kill you today!!"

Gong Shanpingqiu took a few running steps, instantly drew his short sword, and thrusted it at Little Fatty.

Clang!

With no real combat experience, Little Fatty barely drew his sword to block and got kicked into rolling on the ground, covered in sand.

His guard tried to step forward but was blocked by Gong Shanpingqiu’s guard, and the two guards began fighting quickly.

Left without support, Gong Shanpingqiu punched wildly at the leaner parts of Little Fatty.

He struck fiercely, kicking twice with deadly force at the fatty’s vital parts.

"Dare to speak ill of my sister, I’ll kill you!!"

"What’s it got to do with me? Your sister is just chasing men everywhere, I saw it with my own eyes!" Even then, Little Fatty showed considerable spirit and continued to shout loudly.

"You dare to speak again!!"

Thump! A kick landed right on Fatty’s spine, Gong Shanpingqiu’s eyes flashed with extreme rage as he fiercely thrust his sword toward Fatty’s neck.

Being of the main lineage, even if he crippled Gong Shanheng, he would at most be punished and confined.

"Stop!" Uncle Ning couldn’t stand it anymore and intervened, but was blocked by the two children’s guards.

Just as Little Fatty was about to be struck.

Suddenly, a figure flashed like lightning in front of Fatty, raising a sword.

The sword blade collided with the short sword.

Clang!

A crisp sound.

The short sword was sent flying, spinning into the sand far away.