Chapter 228: High-Grade Spirit Stone

I Have an Immortal Cultivation World

The higher one's cultivation level, the faster spirit stones can be used to transform spiritual roots.

Chen Mobai currently uses three spirit stones a day while cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body. At this rate, he will be able to complete the Three Yang Body in less than a year.

Spiritual Roots: Metal 23, Wood 27, Water 23, Fire 38, Earth 10.

Chen Mobai's expression was relaxed as he checked his current spiritual roots. Since he used spirit stones to cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body, each improvement in his spiritual roots was in its most perfect state. The Three Yang Body had already completed one upgrade, and by the time it was fully perfected, his Fire Spiritual Root could increase by another 6 points.

At 44 points, although it wouldn't surpass Ming Yihua, it would be close to catching up to Yun Yangbing's Fire Spiritual Root attribute. However, the thought that this was just their initial Fire Spiritual Root, and that they could still improve further after cultivating the Pure Yang Dharma Body—with Ming Yihua potentially even ascending to a Heavenly Fire Spiritual Root after successfully completing the Three Yang Body—left Chen Mobai feeling a bit uneasy.

Well, he still needed to work harder.

He continued to play with the Formless Puppet. Instead of using mid-grade spirit stones to deduce the cultivation of the Pure Yang Scroll, he inputted the Scarlet Flame Sword Art. Since he had decided to use this cultivation method to conceal the Pure Yang Scroll, Chen Mobai naturally wouldn't be stingy with spirit stones.

The Formless Puppet's ability to deduce cultivation methods far surpassed that of the custom-made puppet he owned. Since it still used mid-grade spirit stones as an energy source, it easily deduced cultivation up to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Scarlet Flame Sword Art could be cultivated through talismans or through swordsmanship. During his time at the Divine Wood Sect, Chen Mobai had several discussions with E Yun and others, and conversations with Qi Condensation cultivators like Zhuo Ming and Lu Jun, which made him realize they considered him a peerless sword art genius. At that time, to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, Chen Mobai could only put on a brave face and pretend he was indeed a genius.

Originally, he had planned to slowly strengthen his foundation in this area after reaching Foundation Establishment. With the Sword Forging Ring, he had no problem achieving the first two realms of sword cultivation.

"Rebirth of the Surging Era"

It was only at the 'Sword Qi Like a Rainbow' realm that he genuinely lacked confidence in his own talent. However, with so many sword cultivation manuals in the Immortal Sect, and the Sword Control Department of the Weapon Dance Dao Academy being a major department, Chen Mobai felt that as long as he enrolled in this main course next year and diligently studied it from the vantage point of his Foundation Establishment realm, achieving 'Sword Qi Like a Rainbow' within two or three years should not be a problem. By then, the reason for his prolonged absence from the Divine Wood Sect would have already been prepared and explained to E Yun.

However, with the Formless Puppet, such troubles were no longer necessary. With abundant mid-grade spirit stones as its energy source, and Chen Mobai's personal panel attributes imported, the Formless Puppet easily succeeded in reaching Foundation Establishment. It then began to focus on deducing sword techniques under the conditions he had pre-set.

Soon, Chen Mobai witnessed the process of his sword cultivation transforming into Sword Aura, and then Sword Aura turning into Sword Qi. Then, the puppet raised its right hand, forming a sword-finger with two fingers pressed together, and lightly pointed towards the window. The scattered spiritual energy within the wooden house instantly gathered, a spark shot out from the fingertip, and in a flash, it transformed into a dazzling crimson rainbow-like light.

"Not good!"

Chen Mobai's expression changed. With his left hand, he activated a defensive spiritual talisman, while his right hand brought forth a green silk handkerchief. He also cast a shield spell, preparing to block the sword rainbow and prevent its eruption from destroying the mountain peak, when a wisp of green smoke arose.

The Scarlet Flame Sword Rainbow, like a light bulb suddenly losing power, flickered twice at the puppet's fingertip before completely extinguishing. The gathered spiritual energy dispersed, but it was not enough to pose a threat to Chen Mobai, a Foundation Establishment cultivator. He gently manipulated the green silk handkerchief in his hand, suppressing all the residual sword energy, which then slowly dissipated into nothingness.

After all this was done, he opened the Formless Puppet's head. As expected, the mid-grade spirit stone was completely depleted. It was precisely because of this that the Scarlet Flame Sword Rainbow became like rootless wood or source-less water, failing to erupt.

While feeling relieved, Chen Mobai remembered what Che Yucheng had said. If the Formless Puppet was to unleash Foundation Establishment level combat power, it would require high-grade spirit stones as its energy source. The third realm of sword cultivation, 'Sword Qi Like a Rainbow,' represented Foundation Establishment level combat power. This was precisely why Chen Mobai, having displayed such power at the Qi Condensation realm, was highly regarded by the entire Divine Wood Sect, who believed he would become invincible among his peers once he matured.

Chen Mobai took out a USB drive and copied all the data related to his cultivation of the Scarlet Flame Sword Art that the Formless Puppet had just deduced. By cultivating according to this data, Chen Mobai could achieve 'Sword Qi Like a Rainbow' without any detours. However, he certainly wouldn't waste time on this now.

After some thought, Chen Mobai took out the Azure Water Formation Array Plate, which was embedded with a high-grade spirit stone, from his storage bag. He had retrieved this from the Water Mansion specifically to exchange it for a Foundation Establishment Pill for his father, Chen Xinglan, but unfortunately, it was not needed in the end. Although this high-grade spirit stone was bound by the array plate, it had actually been activated, and spiritual energy was subtly draining from it every moment. Chen Mobai hadn't paid attention to it before, but now he intended to place it inside the Formless Puppet. Besides allowing the puppet to display Foundation Establishment level combat power, it was also because the Formless Puppet's energy system was far superior to that of the Azure Water Formation Array Plate. Once the high-grade spirit stone was placed inside, the spiritual energy would not dissipate as long as the puppet was not activated.

Chen Mobai had long understood the Azure Water Formation thoroughly, and he had prepared no fewer than three plans for extracting the high-grade spirit stone. Picking up a set of prepared jade tools, Chen Mobai spent nearly two hours finally extracting the high-grade spirit stone from the array plate and quickly placing it into the Formless Puppet's head energy slot.

*Click!*

The energy slot made by Che Yucheng could adapt to any shape of spirit stone, freely expanding and contracting. The high-grade spirit stone settled in, perfectly secured, and then wisps of spiritual energy began to circulate. After a single breath, the Formless Puppet's joints lit up with an unprecedented glow.

Chen Mobai immediately used the "Spirit Descent Art" to merge his divine sense into it. "Such powerful energy!" Although he hadn't used it, Chen Mobai's divine sense clearly reflected the 'Sword Qi Like a Rainbow' realm of the Scarlet Flame Sword Art that had just been deduced. If he wished, and without concern for this high-grade spirit stone, he could use this Formless Puppet to unleash the power of a third-level Foundation Establishment sword cultivator. No, that's incorrect. The Scarlet Flame Sword Art is a cultivation method from the Celestial River Realm, which doesn't have a concept of "third-level Foundation Establishment." In proper terminology, it should be the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage!

After the excitement, Chen Mobai withdrew his divine sense and placed the Formless Puppet, now containing the high-grade spirit stone, back into its puppet box. He felt he could now make a trip back to the Divine Wood Sect. Besides reporting his successful Foundation Establishment, he also needed to exchange for the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Evergreen Immortal Scripture. If convenient, he would also pick up some rabbit fur from a second-tier Profound Spirit Rabbit. And then return to the State of Yun. The bamboo fruits of the Golden-Edged Jade Bamboo should also be ripe. Once the bamboo fruits were harvested, he could then harvest all the jade bamboos in the Water Mansion.