Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 237 - 175: Surge of Ingenuity

Chapter 237: Chapter 175: Surge of Ingenuity

"Why is it gone again?"

With doubts surging in his heart, Lin Xing recalled the process before and after his two prayers but could not figure out what the difference could be.

"Why was I able to absorb the dark Qi the first time but not the second?"

"If this dark Qi is really the power of the remnants of evil spirits..."

Thinking of this, Lin Xing looked at the Buddha statue in front of him and had a thought, "If the dark Qi just now was indeed the power of the remnants of evil spirits, doesn’t that mean that the Buddha statue in front of me is something similar to those remnants?"

"Then after I absorbed a stream of dark Qi, could it be..."

Lin Xing thought this and immediately turned around to face another Buddha statue and started praying again.

This time, accompanied by his prayers, another stream of dark Qi entered his sea of consciousness and, following his guidance, arrived at the brilliance representing the Sword Control Technique.

As the two streams of dark Qi collided, they both merged into the brilliance of the Sword Control Technique, and a large number of runes diffused from the depths of the brilliance.

A burst of information representing a new sublimation also appeared directly in his mind in a way Lin Xing could understand, replacing the original Kun Sword Intent.

Spiritual Breath Sword Technique: While using Sword Control, one can enter a state of Spiritual Breath, greatly enhancing the rotation and recovery of spiritual thoughts, and rapidly absorb the essence of heaven and earth with the sword as a medium.

Feeling the appearance of the new sublimated skill, Lin Xing thought to himself, indeed, the dark Qi he had just sensed was the power of the remnants of evil spirits.

At this moment, as he looked at the Buddha statues in front of him again, a completely different idea emerged in his heart.

"Are these Buddha statues something akin to remnants of evil spirits?"

He looked at the two Buddha statues from which he had just absorbed the dark Qi and said, "You two, come here."

The two Buddha statues stood up with a rumble and walked straight to him.

Lin Xing thought to himself, "Absorbing the dark Qi doesn’t affect the movement of the Buddha statues? This thing doesn’t seem like an evil spirit, nor does it seem like a remnant of evil spirits, yet it is able to store the power of remnants of evil spirits."

Lin Xing then turned to Zhao Wanxi and inquired if she had absorbed this kind of dark Qi in her prayers, only to see her shake her head, having completely not encountered this situation.

"The Buddha statues can store the power of remnants of evil spirits and actively inject it into my sea of consciousness..."

Lin Xing couldn’t help thinking, "Could it be that I am really the Great Bright Buddha? That’s why I created these Buddha statues for the future me to use?"

He looked at the new sublimated Spiritual Breath Sword Technique and decided not to dwell on his identity for now but to make good use of the dark Qi stored in these Buddha statues.

And looking at the specific application of the Spiritual Breath Sword Technique, then again at the densely packed Buddha statues before him, Lin Xing suddenly had an idea.

He walked up to Master Bai and whispered his plan to him.

Bai Yiyi nodded slightly after listening, indicating understanding.

Then Lin Xing went back to the two Buddha statues and, after waiting for some time, began to pray again.

With two successive streams of dark Qi entering his sea of consciousness and, under his guidance, arriving at the technique representing the Heavenly Sword Empathy, a new sublimation replaced the original Heavenly Sword Domain.

Heavenly Curse Sword Force: Gather misfortune to condense into sword force; the more unlucky, the stronger it becomes, and the stronger it is, the more misfortune it attracts.

Lin Xing quickly looked toward Bai Yiyi, only to see her pinch the cat toy in her arms.

The next moment, the explosives on Lin Xing’s body exploded with a bang, turning into a sky full of flames that enveloped the entire hall.

Once he regained his wits, Lin Xing refreshed the sublimation of Heavenly Sword Empathy again.

And after repeated tries, Lin Xing finally obtained a sublimation he desired.

Heavenly Spirit Sword Formation: Using the sword as a medium to display the Sword Array; within the Heavenly Spirit Sword Formation, the speed of essence absorption can be greatly accelerated, and an extraordinary experience can be obtained in the process of enhancing spiritual thoughts. Creator’s message: Stop... Hold on, I want to leave a message.

Although the creator’s message of this sublimation was somewhat unclear to Lin Xing, the specific effects of the sublimation were exactly what he wanted.

Whether it was the Heavenly Spirit Sword Formation or the earlier replacement of Kun Sword Intent with Spiritual Breath Sword Technique, neither of these sublimations were the scenic goals Lin Xing had envisioned.

The reason he had done so was that Lin Xing wanted to take advantage of the ample dark Qi available before him to refresh sublimations, attempting to speed up his progress in the technique of breathing and cultivation.

For a long time, due to lack of sufficient practice, Bai Yiyi’s breath control technique had been unable to reach its full potential.

Lin Xing had also thought about elevating his secondary skills and refreshing them all to assist in his breath control, reaching full proficiency before using ancient Evil Sect relics to restore his original elevated skills.

However, he had abandoned the idea due to a lack of ancient Evil Sect relics.

But today, he stumbled upon just such an opportunity.

The Buddha statues before him were ample for him to wash and elevate his skills back and forth numerous times.

No sooner had Lin Xing obtained the Heavenly Spirit Sword Formation and the Spirit Sword Breath than he sat down cross-legged.

Elevating any secondary skill would usually require a cultivator to spend years, even decades, to master.

And when the elevation of a secondary skill mainly manifested in the absorption of spiritual energy, one could imagine its effect on energy absorption.

Both the Heavenly Spirit Sword Formation and the Spirit Sword Breath were nearly designed for absorbing spiritual energy and cultivating mental agility, forsaking all killing effects.

Lin Xing guessed that these two elevations were developed by swordsmen who sought the strength of mental agility and aimed to overpower others through force.

However, even those cultivators who focused on the power of mental agility would likely not shift both skills toward absorbing spiritual energy at once, as this would impact combat power too significantly.

Lin Xing, however, held no such reservations.

The next moment, he took out an elixir and swallowed it.

This was the Soul Forging Pill prepared specifically for him by Jing Shiyu. It was an elixir used to accelerate the absorption of spiritual energy.

During his journey in Jiangyang Province, he would consume one of these elixirs each time he practiced breath control.

He took a deep breath, and strands of power began surging into his sea of consciousness from around the world, rushing down from the back of his head, breaking through barrier after barrier along his neck and back until it settled around his heart.

Witnessing Lin Xing’s performance, the Buddha Light Elder was slightly taken aback. Sensing the subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy around, he questioned, "Is he... practicing breath control?"

Before the Buddha Light Elder could figure out why Lin Xing suddenly started practicing breath control,

He saw Lin Xing with a thought had already sent six streams of Sword Intent soaring into the sky.

In a series of explosive sounds, the bricks and stones in the great hall transformed into six ’flying swords’ and thrust forward.

As Sword Intent rose, the spiritual energy in the world seemed to boil, and like a gale, it rushed toward the six ’flying swords’, then from the swords to Lin Xing.

With the effects of the Spirit Sword Breath coming to bear, Lin Xing felt the efficiency of his breath control amplify several-fold in that instant.

A massive influx of spiritual energy continuously poured into his body, funneling towards his heart.

The next moment, the six ’flying swords’ caused a burst of air that whistled sharply as they staked into the ground around Lin Xing.

A potent Sword Intent oscillated back and forth among the six ’flying swords’, evolving into a Sword Array.

With the formation of the Sword Array, the effects of the Heavenly Spirit Sword Formation began to manifest.

The interplay of the elixir and the two elevations affected one another.

It was as if thunder rolled across heaven and earth, and a whirlwind of violent spiritual energy rushed toward Lin Xing’s location like a tsunami, pouring into his body at an unimaginable rate, like a bottomless abyss.

The Buddha Light Elder widened his eyes in astonishment at the sight: "Just breath control can command such power?"

Meanwhile, in the distant front hall, where people were silently praying, they were roused as if awakened, all turning their gaze toward the back hall.

The Evil-cutting Sect Master was shocked as he looked behind him, "Could it be... someone is practicing breath control?"

But according to his experience, even breath control that induces changes in spiritual energy is usually so subtle it’s almost undetectable.

It’s like trying to detect the ripples caused by slapping the water in the vast Yangtze River from a great distance—nigh impossible.

Yet at that moment, he felt as though a giant dragon was writhing in the sea, voraciously devouring all the spiritual energy within a hundred meters.

"Could it be that old monster’s doing?" When he thought of Zhao Wanxi, the Evil-cutting Sect Master’s face showed a profound wariness, "Such grandiose display from just her breath control, could her cultivation be above the masters of the Evil Sect?"

Fairy Yunxiao, the Zhou Tian Sect Elder, and the others also gazed towards the back hall with shocked expressions, wondering what exactly had happened.