Chapter 359 – As Expected of Senior Brother Feng Wei

A moon passed in the blink of an eye.

In Moon Valley, viewed from Cloud, it was as tranquil as ever. Only one or two figures occasionally streaked across the sky, quickly flying towards the distance and disappearing from sight.

Whenever newly admitted disciples at the Catalyst Qi realm saw cultivators flying through the sky, their eyes would turn red with envy, and their restless hearts would soar into the sky with them.

How they longed for the moment they themselves could fly through the sky.

In any world, flight is an ability that inspires great longing.

Unfortunately, only cultivators who reach the Foundation Establishment realm have the opportunity to master the ability of flight. Cultivators at the Catalyst Qi realm can only watch enviously; they have to rely on their own two legs to get anywhere.

On this day, Su Hao finished his cultivation and opened his eyes from Tranquil Meditation. After a moment of relaxation, he stood up, extended his right hand, and quickly tapped his index finger three times, forming three hand seals.

The next moment, Spiritual Power within Su Hao’s body reflexively surged from all parts of his body, distributing evenly throughout.

“Buzz~”

After a high-frequency buzzing sound, Su Hao was enveloped in a faint cyan aura that clung tightly to his body, like a descending Sacred angel, creating a powerful visual effect.

Su Hao raised his hand to observe it before his eyes, noticing that his palm was covered by a thin, translucent, pale cyan glove, which changed shape with Su Hao’s finger movements.

Su Hao murmured, “Wind Spirit Protection Shield, has it been formed? This membrane looks truly agile. I wonder how its defensive effect is.”

“Crack, crack, crack~”

A sharp Adamantine Spike formed in Su Hao’s palm, easily breaking through the pale cyan Wind Spirit Protection Shield from the inside and extending outwards, like using a fingertip to pierce a soap bubble.

Su Hao turned the spike tip and aimed it at the palm of his other hand, gently poking down.

“Ding!”

With a crisp sound, the spike tip was blocked by the Azure Light membrane just outside his palm.

Su Hao increased his force, but still could not make any progress.

Su Hao laughed, “I didn’t expect this thin protective shield to be quite sturdy!”

Su Hao increased the force again and again, not worried at all about the Adamantine Spike penetrating his palm. After all, with Su Hao’s [Life-Seed] ability, even if the penetration went through his palm, Su Hao could heal it in the blink of an eye.

“Ding~ Boom!”

A section of the Adamantine Spike’s tip broke off and flew into the air.

After Su Hao used almost all his strength to pierce, the tip of the Adamantine Spike in his hand broke, yet Su Hao’s palm remained unharmed.

Su Hao recalled the scene not long ago in the Yuan Su Three Harmony Peak where he collected blood samples, and couldn’t help but think: “I previously discovered that almost all cultivators have a protective shield, I thought it was the effect of some protective magical treasure, but now it seems it’s a fundamental skill that every Cultivator must learn!

Although the external manifestation of the protective shield varies, the cultivation method and effects should be similar. Brute force alone cannot easily break through this layer of defense. This means…”

“I need to use the ‘Penetration’ Rune!”

To test the defensive effect of this shield, Su Hao generated another Adamantine Spike, then activated ‘Level One-Penetration’ and applied it to the Adamantine Spike.

The Adamantine Spike immediately changed. Its tip gleamed with an intimidating light, as terrifying as a nurse’s needle. Su Hao didn’t hesitate and thrust it towards his palm.

“Ding!”

The Azure Light membrane on his palm flickered slightly, but it still blocked Su Hao’s attack with the ‘Level One-Penetration’ enhanced Adamantine Spike.

Su Hao exclaimed: “The defensive effect of this Wind Spirit Protection Shield is much stronger than I imagined! It wasn’t a waste of my Moon’s cultivation time! It seems quite worth it!”

It made sense. If the most valued protective Art Technique of cultivators could be easily breached, it would be pointless, and everyone would just resort to assassination.

Su Hao casually drew another ‘Penetration’ Rune, but this time he activated it with Spiritual Power.

‘Level Two-Penetration’!

The next moment, Su Hao thrust it towards his palm.

“Pfft!”

The Adamantine Spike easily broke through the faint cyan membrane, piercing straight through Su Hao’s palm! It was as simple as piercing a piece of white paper with a pen.

“Pop~”

The moment the protective shield on his palm was broken, it triggered a chain reaction. The Wind Spirit Protection Shield covering his entire body rapidly collapsed, and the Azure Light disappeared.

Su Hao’s expression remained unchanged as he slowly withdrew the Adamantine Spike from his palm. A thumb-sized hole appeared on his palm, and blood flowed out. However, in the next moment, the flesh and blood around the wound writhed and grew, healing completely in an instant.

By now, Su Hao had figured out the three characteristics of the Wind Spirit Protection Shield:

First, when activating the Wind Spirit Protection Shield, the more Spiritual Power used, the stronger its defense.

Second, the film of the Wind Spirit Protection Shield can be easily broken through from the inside without damaging the shield’s structure;

Third, when attacked from the outside, it consumes energy proportional to the attack. When the Wind Spirit Protection Shield’s energy is depleted, the shield collapses. If the attack exceeds the energy limit, the Wind Spirit Protection Shield can be instantly shattered.

Su Hao wiped the blood from his palm and sighed, “Although this Wind Spirit Protection Shield has its merits, it’s nothing special. Under my ‘Level Two-Penetration,’ Harmony is as good as tofu!”

After the test results came out, Su Hao immediately realized that relying solely on the Wind Spirit Protection Shield to protect himself was wishful thinking. This type of Art Technique, which calculates defensive capability based on Spiritual Power, is like nothing in front of higher-level cultivators.

“However, as long as I transform into [Life-Seed], with the full set of Adamantine Armor protection, plus ‘Level Five-Hardness,’ ‘Level Five-Deflection,’ ‘Level Five-Barrier,’ ‘Wind Spirit Protection Shield,’ and then add ‘Spatial Counter-Barrier’! It’ll be more than enough to save my life!”

Su Hao gave himself a thumbs-up for his powerful defense: “Awesome!”

…

After mastering the ‘Wind Spirit Protection Shield,’ Su Hao discovered the advantage of the Celestial Arts cultivation in this world: extremely fast activation speed!

It can be cast with just a hand seal, almost instantaneously. It’s even faster than Su Hao’s Rune Array Plate activation, which is indeed a merit.

Since there are advantages, Su Hao wants to learn more practical Art Techniques for future research. If the difficulty of cultivating Art Techniques could be reduced from one Moon to one day, it would be of immense help to Su Hao.

“Next, I’ll continue cultivating the second Art Technique, ‘Wandering Wind Light Body Art’!”

Su Hao’s stomach was rumbling with hunger. He entered the Pinball Space and checked the time, realizing it was mealtime. He then used the Black Room to retrieve Yashan’s information and found that the meal was ready.

So he walked to the table and sat down, muttering to himself, “Time to eat, time to eat! I get hungry if I miss a meal! Yashan, this Assistant, is on the other side of this huge planet, yet he can still cook for me. He’s more than qualified!”

Su Hao reached out into the air and pulled out a hot roast chicken, then another grab yielded a plate of fresh vegetables, another grab, drinks, stir-fried meat, ribs…

The table was soon filled with all sorts of dishes!

Su Hao said with satisfaction, “Having Yashan cook for me all the time is a waste of his talent! Since he has nothing to do lately, I’ll teach him basic Rune studies first! It’s not practical to give him tattoos every time! Besides, in the future, I’ll also assign him ‘Alchemy’ for research, and ‘Alchemy’ also requires the assistance of Runes.”

Su Hao ate the delicious food while thinking about Yashan’s future learning and research.

As Su Hao experienced more, his requirements for Assistants became higher. Powerful strength and loyalty were just prerequisites; they also needed to possess extensive knowledge and strong ‘research capabilities’!

In the future, Su Hao will have more and more projects to research, and no matter how capable Su Hao is, he is still just one person!

At the same time, he can only research one project and cannot multitask.

For example, when Su Hao is focused on cultivating ‘Art Techniques’ that require a lot of time, he cannot research topics related to Spiritual Power and Runes.

This is where a capable ‘research-oriented’ Assistant is needed to help him handle some less important projects.

“If Yashan could optimize the cultivation of ‘Art Techniques,’ wouldn’t I not have to endure this arduous Moon?”

After Su Hao finished eating, he put the food basin back through his spatial storage and then lay on the bed contentedly.

“Another month of grueling training awaits! I’ll sleep first and deal with it later!”

However, although the training was arduous, Su Hao was able to focus on his diligent cultivation with anticipation.

As Su Hao slept, Feng Cheng sat alone outside the stone peak, listening to the whistling night wind. He slowly gnawed on two sweet potatoes in his hands, eagerly awaiting Senior Brother Feng Wei to appear before him with two rabbits, gazing expectantly…

“Why hasn’t Senior Brother Feng Wei appeared recently? Could Senior Brother Feng Wei have reached the stage of abstaining from grains? As expected of Senior Brother Feng Wei, his talent is terrifyingly immense…”

Thank you, Lord Shou Ling, for the generous reward of Harmony Moon tickets. Thank you, Wutongyou, for the frequent reward of Harmony Moon tickets. I also thank many lords for their Harmony Moon ticket rewards. I’m adding an extra chapter today~

(End of Chapter)