Chapter 199: Perfect 100%

Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Perfect 100%

After learning of this, Jiang Xu was incredibly glad he had been so careful and cautious.

Although he had been at odds with many Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the past, he had never once fought them directly.

The combat strength of a Qi Cultivation Cultivator simply couldn’t compare to that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Thankfully, Jiang Xu had chosen to first upgrade his Spiritual Eye Technique and Concealing Breath Spell to the Perfect level.

These two techniques were enough to ensure he wouldn’t lose for a long time, allowing him to avoid direct Magical Combat with other Cultivators.

If Jiang Xu had first upgraded an Attack Technique and a Defense Technique to the Perfect level, thinking he could then confront a Foundation Establishment Cultivator head-on, he would have been gravely mistaken.

With his current abilities, he was confident he could have dealt with that version of himself.

’I remember something happened before I passed out... Right, my panel!’

Jiang Xu hurriedly summoned the panel, his heart pounding with apprehension, terrified that it might have vanished for good.

But thankfully, the panel appeared before him as smoothly as ever. Nothing seemed amiss, and Jiang Xu, overjoyed, immediately began to check his current status.

[Name]: Jiang Xu

[Lifespan]: 23/250 Years

[Realm]: Foundation Establishment Early Stage: 1/100, Body Refining Late Stage: 80/100

[Cultivation Technique]: Cangmu Skill (Perfect), Divine Forging Technique (Mastery)

[Skills]:

Talisman Dao: (Tier One Top Grade Talisman Maker)

Array Dao: (Tier One Upper Grade Array Master)

Insect Control Scripture: (Full Mastery)

Magic: (Spiritual Eye Technique, Concealing Breath Spell, Light Body Spell, Golden Light Spell - Perfect Level; remainder - Mastery)

Martial Dao: (Details omitted)

[Limit-Breaking Points]: 132.3

"Uh..."

Jiang Xu pondered for a long moment.

’I remember the panel underwent some kind of special transformation at the end of my breakthrough, but it looks like nothing has changed at all now, has it?’

Jiang Xu scrutinized the panel from top to bottom.

The only thing that had changed was the text for his lifespan, which had increased significantly.

An ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator has a lifespan of just over two hundred years, but his Cangmu Skill had a special life-extending effect, so his was quite a bit longer.

Other than that, the only change was his realm, which had advanced from Qi Cultivation Great Perfection to Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Nothing else was different in the slightest.

’If nothing changed, then what on earth happened to the panel before? And... my Divine Sense!’

He suddenly remembered that his Divine Sense had seemed to leave his body of its own accord and lunge toward the panel. He quickly focused his awareness inward, inspecting his Sea of Consciousness.

Phew!

Jiang Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

His Spiritual Fire Seed was resting safe and sound within his Sea of Consciousness. When he tried using his Divine Sense to probe his surroundings, he felt no difference from before.

It was as if everything he had witnessed was merely an illusion and hadn’t actually happened.

But Jiang Xu knew it was no illusion. Every detail of that moment was deeply etched into his mind; it had been absolutely real.

Unwilling to give up, Jiang Xu began to study his panel again, meticulously examining every entry from top to bottom.

And in the end, he actually did find something different.

It just wasn’t quite what he had imagined.

’...Can’t this panel come with a tutorial? Do I have to figure everything out myself?’

On the panel before him, the gray "+" symbols that had appeared next to all the skills at the Perfect Level were no longer gray—they were now green. This clearly meant their Skill Level could be raised again.

But when Jiang Xu excitedly clicked the "+" next to Cangmu Skill, he was baffled to find that its Skill Level wasn’t immediately raised from the Perfect Level to a higher tier.

Instead, a new, empty box appeared. There was nothing inside it and nothing next to it.

’What is this?’

Jiang Xu tinkered with it for ages but still made no new discoveries.

’Don’t tell me this box is the only change to the panel after my promotion to Foundation Establishment? But what am I supposed to do? Can’t it give me some instructions? If not, at least a hint!’

Jiang Xu was at a loss for words, but the panel remained unchanged. He had no choice but to continue fumbling around on his own.

"Huh?"

Jiang Xu noticed something else that was off.

[Cangmu Skill (Perfect 0/100%) +: 800/800]

’When did this 0/100% pop up?’

Jiang Xu was sure that "0/100%" hadn’t been there before he clicked the "+" sign.

’Perfect... zero percent... Does this mean I have to raise the Cangmu Skill to one hundred percent perfection before I can advance its Skill Level again?’

Jiang Xu was completely baffled.

’The Skill Level is already maxed out, doesn’t that count as one hundred percent Perfect? What am I supposed to do now?!’

Still, things were a little clearer than before.

To keep advancing with the panel in its current state, he would have to find a way to increase the "perfection percentage" of his skills that were at the Perfect Level.

From now on, Jiang Xu would have to proactively explore and experiment with various methods to achieve this.

Perhaps he needed to use special Spirit Medicine to enhance the technique’s effects, or consume a Spirit Pill to increase his affinity with the Wood Element, or maybe something else entirely.

In any case, Jiang Xu would have to figure it out one step at a time.

Just as he was pondering how to make progress, Jiang Xu suddenly sensed that the Array he had set up outside had been disturbed.

’Could it be those three Demon Cultivators have found me?’

Jiang Xu subconsciously used his Spiritual Eye Technique to look in the direction of the Array’s warning. He suddenly remembered the strange transformation his five skill seeds had undergone during his breakthrough and decided to try and discover their new special properties.

Unfortunately, he still couldn’t find any new abilities.

’They clearly seem more spiritually vibrant than before, so why do they function just the same?’

Jiang Xu had a faint premonition:

’Could it be that even though they’ve transformed, some other condition is preventing them from showing their true power? Do I need to reach one hundred percent on the Perfect Level before their real abilities are revealed?’

Jiang Xu wanted to pursue this line of thought further, but the person outside the Array clearly had no intention of letting him. The Array’s continuous warnings shattered his train of thought.

He used his Spiritual Eye Technique to look in that direction and saw that the intruders were clearly pulsing with Magical Power, not the energy of Demon Cultivators.

’It’s not those three Demon Cultivators, so who is it?’ Jiang Xu’s eyes flickered as he recalled the scene from his last scouting mission. ’I only took a few things, yet they managed to track me all the way here. They really are persistent.’

Jiang Xu already had a good idea of who was outside the Array. Naturally, he wasn’t going to just wait there for them to break through it.

He opened the door to his Seclusion Chamber, saw the anxious Zong Ziqi in the adjacent healing room, and patted him on the shoulder.

"No need to be nervous, Brother Zong."