Chapter 1058

Chapter 1058: The Deduction

For merchants, there is nothing that cannot be traded.

As long as the profit is substantial enough, selling their own souls is not out of the question.

Huangfu Yongchun had previously reminded everyone to never sell the ores within Luodu, even if they had to disguise themselves and go to other immortal cities; they had to be extremely cautious.

The best method was to cut and polish the ores to make standard spirit stones.

The spirit stones circulating in the market have strict size standards, but there are no hidden marks or numbers on them, so this method is the safest and ensures nothing goes wrong.

The problem is, how could Wang Chen spare so much time to make spirit stones!

After thinking about it, he simply broke open the ores he received and stored them in the Cangqing Ring.

He let the Cangqing Ring absorb the spiritual energy contained in the ores directly.

This method is simple and straightforward, but not wasteful at all; after all, Wang Chen would have to replenish the energy in the Cangqing Ring for future descents, so there was nothing to regret.

Due to the large quantity of ores, it took him three days to complete this task.

This time, the Cangqing Ring finally ate to its fill, with millions of spirit fragments’ worth of energy infused into it. This treasure, connecting two worlds, transformed from a bright green to a deep green, with a color so dark that it seemed bottomless!

Wang Chen estimated that with so much spiritual energy, taking one or even two or three more trips down would not be a problem.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that his connection with his avatar in Cangqing had become much more tight and stable.

This was undoubtedly a good thing.

After all, the Cangqing realm is related to Wang Chen’s future Dao, serving as the foundation for his Yuan Ying transformation into spirit and even Dao merging and ascension; he could not afford to be careless or negligent.

Gently touching the Cangqing Ring on his ring finger, its surface quickly became dull and unremarkable.

It was no longer eye-catching.

The divine artifact naturally hides itself; this is an ability the Cangqing Ring possesses. With a little activation, it could conceal all its unusual features.

This way, when Wang Chen wore it, higher-level cultivators would not be able to easily identify it and provoke fatal troubles.

It should be noted that treasures like the Cangqing Ring, not to mention a Yuan Ying transforming into spirit, would prompt even a Dao merging true venerable to make a move to seize it!

After dealing with this batch of ores, Wang Chen called Su Ziling over.

“There is a very demanding task that I need you to complete.”

However, Su Ziling’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she eagerly asked, “What task?”

Since moving to Luodu, Wang Chen had spent most of his time in closed-door cultivation or going out on adventures, leaving little time to accompany her.

Su Ziling had been alone guarding the residence. Although she had made acquaintances with some nearby warm bed servants of similar status, she could not engage in frequent socializing, so aside from daily cultivation, she often felt quite bored.

As for household chores, they meant nothing to a Purple Palace cultivator.

Therefore, she always felt that her contributions were far from deserving of the resources Wang Chen provided!

Now that Wang Chen mentioned there was a task for her, she felt nothing but joy.

Wang Chen took out a large pile of ores from the Xumi Ring.

These ores were carefully selected Intermediate Spirit minerals, and recently, Wang Chen’s pouch was half empty; he couldn’t bear to feed precious Intermediate Spirits to the Cangqing Ring, so he stored them separately.

The task he assigned to Su Ziling was to use specialized tools or artifacts to cut and polish the ores into standard Intermediate Spirits.

Wang Chen didn’t need to purchase this type of artifact from outside; with a bit of contemplation, he could refine it himself.

It wasn’t so much hard work as it was monotonous and time-consuming.

But Su Ziling was more than willing to take on the task.

She felt that she could finally be of help to Wang Chen.

After handing all the ores over to Su Ziling, Wang Chen retreated to the quiet room to begin deducing the other six ultimate techniques of the Seven Ultimate Sword Technique.

Currently, he had cultivated the Thunderbolt Sword Technique to a basic level, and its destructive power had been proven during the culling of the Xiaojiao.

However, Wang Chen was well aware that the power of a single sword technique paled in comparison to the full sword formation; it was more than seven times less effective!

In fact, even though he delivered the final blow to the fourth-level Xiaojiao, the fatal damage was truly inflicted by the combined strike of the Seven Ultimate Sword Formation.

The brilliance of that strike was still fresh in Wang Chen’s memory!

Given this, how could he be content with mastering just one sword technique?

Previously, Huangfu Yongchun had mentioned that the Thunderbolt Sword Technique could be cultivated to the Yuan Ying level, which was accurate.

But he hadn’t told Wang Chen that the Seven Ultimate Sword Formation could fully meet the demands of higher-level combat!

Originally, Wang Chen had considered obtaining the other six ultimate techniques from Huangfu Yongchun.

Now, he no longer needed to do so.

The final strike that killed the fourth-level Xiaojiao had unexpectedly granted Wang Chen a total of nine hundred thousand Virtue points.

In Wang Chen’s eyes, the value of this gain far surpassed the spirit stones and materials he had received!

He now had enough Virtue to deduce the Seven Ultimate Sword Formation.

So, what was he waiting for?

With a massive influx of Virtue, Wang Chen felt his thinking speed accelerate rapidly.

The complete text of the Seven Ultimate Sword Technique, consisting of two thousand seven hundred fifty-five true characters, began to illuminate one by one in his Sea of Consciousness, like stars twinkling in the vast night sky, giving rise to endless transformations.

Wang Chen’s ability to deduce the other six ultimate techniques was entirely dependent on this overarching outline.

Without it, it would be like water without a source or a tree without roots; relying solely on the Thunderbolt Sword Technique would have made the task impossible.

When Huangfu Yongchun exchanged the sword technique with Wang Chen, he could never have imagined that such a defying artifact existed in the world.

It was almost like cheating!

The structure of the Seven Ultimate Sword Technique was repeatedly split apart and merged, hundreds, if not thousands, of times.

Wang Chen felt as though his brain was a high-powered computer processing an enormous amount of data, putting his mental fortitude to the ultimate test.

This deducing process lasted a full six days and nights.

Each day and night, Wang Chen’s Virtue points decreased by one hundred thousand, and a new method seed appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

Each method seed signified that Wang Chen had mastered a new skill.

After six days and nights, he had accumulated six method seeds!

In the end, these six method seeds merged with Wang Chen’s original Thunderbolt method seed, forming the pattern of the Big Dipper.

A new entry quietly appeared on his panel.

Or rather, a new skill.

【Seven Ultimate Sword Technique (Entry Level): 3007／100000】

This skill replaced the original Thunderbolt Sword Technique, without erasing its experience points; everything was preserved.

However, the one hundred thousand experience points required to advance from entry to mastery took Wang Chen by surprise.

It should be noted that the experience points for the Thunderbolt Sword Technique were counted in the thousands.

Now, it had suddenly leaped to the hundred-thousands level, which was utterly staggering.

Yet, Wang Chen understood that this was precisely where the strength of the Seven Ultimate Sword Technique lay; it was undoubtedly the most powerful skill he currently possessed, without a doubt!