Chapter 213: Same-Type Magic

Chapter 213: Chapter 213: Same-Type Magic

Jiang Xu tried a few more times but still had no success. Instead, he got a nasty shock.

If he hadn’t been cultivating the Thunderbolt Breathing Technique himself, he might have been shocked even more severely.

’Thunderbolt Breathing Technique... Right, it would be best if I could absorb this Thunderstruck Wood. If that really doesn’t work, I could make a Wooden Sword from the Thunderstruck Wood. Paired with the Thunderbolt Breathing Technique, wouldn’t they complement each other perfectly?’

’This Thunderstruck Wood is already a superior Spiritual Material for expelling evil. Combined with a Thunder Skill, it could even inflict considerable damage on Evil Cultivators of a higher Realm.’

Evil Cultivators usually referred to Demon Cultivators, Ghost Cultivators, and other such Cultivators who walked heretical paths.

After putting away the Thunderstruck Wood, Jiang Xu looked at the line of text for the Cangmu Skill and, as if possessed, tapped the "+".

He had expected it to be empty again, just like last time.

But to his surprise, something changed this time.

Inside the box, the Wood Spirit Acceleration Technique that Jiang Xu had just learned appeared.

However, the Wood Spirit Acceleration Technique was grayed out, indicating it couldn’t actually be added to the Cangmu Skill yet.

’...Speaking of which, that initial 1% increase to the Cangmu Skill... was that because I learned the Wood Spirit Acceleration Technique?’

’Or was it because the Wood Spirit Acceleration Technique’s Skill Level reached the Skilled Level?’

’So, if the Skill Level of the Wood Spirit Acceleration Technique continues to increase, won’t I be able to further increase the perfection of the Cangmu Skill?’

Jiang Xu understood now.

It turned out that to increase a Magic’s perfection, besides using special Spiritual Materials, one could also learn other Magic of the same type.

’What a pity. If I could learn a large number of Magic techniques at will, I could easily get all my current Magic to 100% perfection. I wouldn’t need to bother with Spiritual Materials at all.’

These Spiritual Materials cost too many Spirit Stones.

The price of a single Tier Two Lower Grade Spiritual Material ranged from three hundred to six hundred Spirit Stones, depending on its rarity.

That one piece of Wood Essence cost Jiang Xu three hundred Spirit Stones, and the Thunderstruck Wood was five hundred. The Wood Attribute Spiritual Materials alone had cost him eight hundred Spirit Stones.

If he were to use Wood Essence to raise the Cangmu Skill’s perfection to one hundred percent, he would need twenty pieces of Wood Essence, which would cost six thousand Spirit Stones.

And in reality, it wasn’t that simple.

Because Jiang Xu could feel that after the Cangmu Skill absorbed the Wood Essence, it seemed to have become immune to it, unable to increase its perfection through this Spiritual Material anymore.

In other words, Jiang Xu would need at least twenty different types of Tier Two Wood Attribute Spiritual Materials to raise the Cangmu Skill to one hundred percent perfection.

And they had to be pure Wood Attribute Spiritual Materials.

If it was a Spiritual Material with two or more attributes, like the Thunderstruck Wood, the Cangmu Skill still couldn’t absorb it for an upgrade.

Jiang Xu felt a sense of hopelessness about his future.

This undertaking was simply too massive!

After all, he currently had five Magic techniques at the Perfect Level.

Furthermore, his current Lifespan was two hundred and fifty years, which meant he now gained 0.25 Limit-Breaking Points per day.

Breaking through to the Perfect Level only required ten Limit-Breaking Points, something Jiang Xu could achieve in just over a month.

One could imagine that the further Jiang Xu progressed in his Cultivation, the less valuable Limit-Breaking Points would become, and he would be able to raise any Magic to the Perfect Level with ease.

But after reaching perfection, the work that followed was far too much.

Moreover, Jiang Xu had another question.

The perfection of a Tier One Technique needed to be increased by learning another Magic of the same attribute.

In that case, after the newly learned Magic of the same attribute reached perfection, would it also require learning yet another new Magic to be improved?

Or would it reach one hundred percent perfection right away?

Would there be any difference between a Tier Two Technique and a Tier One Technique after they reached the perfect stage?

Idle speculation wouldn’t solve anything now; he would just have to meet the conditions later and witness it for himself.

Afterward, Jiang Xu absorbed all the Spiritual Materials related to Stealth, Escape, Defense, and Investigation.

Just as Jiang Xu had expected, absorbing the Tier Two Lower Grade Spiritual Materials increased the perfection of the corresponding Magic Seeds by 5%.

He was completely unable to absorb Spiritual Materials with dual or multiple attributes.

This was true even if the other attribute wasn’t a particularly powerful offensive one like the Thunder Attribute.

The Stealth-related Spiritual Material Jiang Xu had bought was a piece of Tier Two Lower Grade Water Mist Stone.

This Water Mist Stone possessed powerful Stealth effects. It could continuously release a water mist that could obscure vision and interfere with Divine Sense to a certain extent, providing cover for a Cultivator.

Many Array Masters liked to use this Water Mist Stone as an Array material to set up Tier Two Illusion Arrays. The effect was outstanding, even proving quite effective against Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

At the time, Jiang Xu had taken a liking to the Water Mist Stone at first sight and even felt a pang of relief, thinking he had found a hidden gem.

But now, as he tried to absorb it, he discovered it was mostly filled with the Power of Water Attribute, which his Concealing Breath Spell couldn’t absorb at all. Its only use now would be for setting up an Illusion Array after he became a Tier Two Array Master.

However, Spiritual Materials with multiple attributes were much rarer and more expensive, so Jiang Xu had only failed to absorb these two. He had absorbed all the others.

Besides the Tier Two Lower Grade Spiritual Materials which increased perfection by 5%, the Defense-type Golden Light Spell had absorbed a Tier Two Middle Grade Spiritual Material, increasing its perfection by 10%.

It seemed that even among Tier Two Spiritual Materials, there was a difference between Lower Grade and Middle Grade. Jiang Xu estimated that Upper Grade and Top Grade would also grant different amounts of perfection.

Jiang Xu thought of something else.

Since learning a Tier Two Technique of the same attribute could increase the perfection of an already-learned Tier One Technique, would learning a Tier One Technique of the same attribute have the same effect?

Although Tier Two Techniques were regulated, Tier One Techniques were not.

If learning new Tier One Techniques could also provide an increase, then reaching one hundred percent perfection for his Magic would suddenly become much simpler.

And just like that, as Jiang Xu was lost in thought, a day passed, and the rental time for the cultivator’s cave was up.

VMMMM—!

A tremor from the Array startled Jiang Xu from his thoughts.

"Time is up for Xuan-Three-Seven, Senior. It’s time for you to come out!"

The timing was perfect; a voice entered the Array the moment the time was up.

After packing up all his array mechanisms, Jiang Xu walked directly out of the cultivator’s cave.

The sky was just as it had been when he arrived yesterday; Midnight had just begun.

After returning the Array Token for the cave, Jiang Xu thought for a moment and decided to check out the Black Market first.

Now that he had figured out some of the basics today, it was time to go see what the Black Market was like.

It was just like back in the Qi Cultivation Realm.

His first priority for purchases would be Magic related to Stealth and Investigation. Only those two things could give Jiang Xu a true sense of security.