bookbashuk Chapter 73 Dual Cultivation of Body and Dharma
Chapter 73 Dual Cultivation of Body and Dharma
A moment later, Chen Ye walked out of the courtyard with his new identity token and array plate. As expected, Gong Yuechan did not leave, but lingered outside waiting.
Upon seeing Chen Ye, she eagerly stepped forward, her voice tinged with nervousness.
"Chen Ye, what did Grandpa say to you inside just now?"
She knew about the identity token and the demon-hunting ship, but she had only vague guesses about the others.
"It's nothing."
Chen Ye replied casually, "Senior Gong simply asked me to choose one of the unmarried girls in my family to marry."
"So you agreed?"
Gong Yuechan asked instinctively, and perhaps realizing that she had been too hasty in saying that, she quickly explained.
"I...I just wanted to know which sister in the clan it was, so I could help prepare for the wedding..."
"Of course I agreed."
Chen Ye paused, noticing that Gong Yuechan's posture was tense and even her bright eyes seemed to dim for a moment, before slowly speaking.
"However, Senior Gong, considering my dedication to the Dao, has granted me special permission to marry a woman from the Gong family ten years from now."
"Ten years later..."
Gong Yuechan was taken aback, and when she came to her senses, her cheeks flushed crimson. Between embarrassment and anger, she glared fiercely at Chen Ye: "Why didn't you just say it all at once?"
"It's because Miss didn't hear me finish speaking," Chen Ye said with a smile. Although Gong Yuechan was three years older than him, she grew up in a family and rarely interacted with cultivators of the opposite sex, so she had little experience in matters of men and women.
"By the way, I still need to go to the family treasury, so I won't trouble you, young lady."
Chen Ye cupped his hands in greeting, and without waiting for Gong Yuechan's response, turned and strode away.
Although a beautiful woman is pleasing to the eye, she cannot be used as a spiritual stone. Chen Ye's most important task now is to acquire cultivation resources. As for romantic feelings, he can only put them aside for the time being.
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Upon arriving at the Gong family's treasury, Chen Ye explained his purpose, and the Fifth Elder, who was in charge of guarding the treasury, immediately brought out a small, first-grade, high-level spirit-gathering array.
Once deployed, this formation can cover an area of about one zhang in radius. Although the area is not large, it is more than enough to assist daily cultivation and is worth 700 family contribution points.
But when Chen Ye took out his identity token, he discovered that the number on the back of the token had quietly changed to three thousand points!
"Young friend, you have made such great contributions to the clan. I'm sure these contributions are also a token of the clan leader's goodwill."
The Fifth Elder said with a smile, clearly indicating that the news of Chen Ye saving Gong Yuechan had already spread within the Gong family.
"However, I must advise you, young friend, that three thousand contribution points are more than enough to exchange for a top-quality magic weapon. Why bother with this useless minor spirit-gathering array?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ye shook his head without offering any further explanation.
Perhaps the spirit-gathering array is not very effective on Golden Phoenix Island, but what about on the vast ocean?
When we set sail in the future, we must not slack off in our cultivation. Only then will the true power of this small spirit-gathering array be revealed.
As for top-grade magical artifacts... to be honest, Chen Ye isn't in a hurry right now.
He already had two top-grade magical artifacts in his storage bag. The two swords, one blue and one red, could be used separately or combined into a sword formation, enough for him to use for a while.
It's not too late to exchange for a suitable top-grade magic weapon when your cultivation level breaks through to the eighth or ninth level of Spirit Gathering.
After leaving the palace's treasury, Chen Ye went straight to the market town at the foot of the mountain to buy what he needed for his cultivation.
The front of the animal skin was inscribed with the cultivation techniques and formulas, while the back contained spiritual herbs and elixirs for refining one's physique.
A complete set costs around fifty spirit stones, but using a member of the Gong family's token gives you a 20% discount, making it forty spirit stones.
Don't underestimate the ten spirit stones you save; over time, that adds up to hundreds or thousands of spirit stones!
"Being a member of the Gong family is still the most useful thing."
Chen Ye sighed, put all the spiritual herbs into his storage bag, and immediately returned to his courtyard to begin his cultivation.
Quiet room.
Chen Ye carefully set up the spirit-gathering array, placed ten spirit stones on the array plate, then sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Tide Spirit-Guiding Technique.
"The spiritual energy within this formation is at least twice as concentrated!"
As soon as Chen Ye activated his cultivation technique, he could clearly sense the changes in the surrounding spiritual energy.
The 700 points of family contribution were well spent!
Afterwards, Chen Ye took out a high-grade Spirit Enhancement Pill and swallowed it. The medicinal power dissipated in his body, and the spiritual energy outside his body surged. The internal and external energies circulated, and his cultivation speed was approaching the mid-stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
After his routine practice, Chen Ye got up and went to the prepared medicine tub.
More than a dozen spiritual herbs had already been placed in the medicine tub, and the bath water was taken from the spiritual spring in the backyard. The water contained a faint spiritual energy, making it even more effective.
Chen Ye used his spiritual power to quickly activate the medicinal properties. A quarter of an hour later, the medicinal power dissipated. He took off all his clothes and sat directly into the medicine barrel, activating the "Diamond Body Forging Technique".
Under normal circumstances, most cultivators will only choose one path of cultivation, such as magic cultivation, body cultivation, sword cultivation, array cultivation, and so on.
They weren't unaware of the principle that having more skills is never a bad thing, but their energy was limited. Chen Ye, on the other hand, was different!
As long as he has enough lifespan, he can absolutely achieve "dual cultivation of body and spirit"!
As for the Vajra Body Forging Technique, he had already spent a hundred years of his lifespan to develop it to the point of mastery.
With the enhancement of the technique, Chen Ye felt as if his body was a dry sponge, frantically absorbing the medicinal power in the bathwater. At the same time, his skin began to shimmer with a metallic sheen.
This is an unusual phenomenon that occurs during the initial stage of the Vajra Body Forging Technique. The skin is as smooth as gold and stone. Although it is far from being able to withstand the attacks of high-grade magic weapons, it can still deal with the cuts and punctures of some inferior magic weapons.
Of course, Chen Ye wasn't foolish enough to stab himself with a dagger. Cultivators have extremely precise control over their bodies, and they can detect any changes with a slight probe. There's no need for him to do something so self-harming…
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Ten days later.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, are you really going to inscribe two more water-controlling formations on this demon-hunting ship?"
An old cultivator at the eighth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm stood next to Chen Ye, looking at the black ship docked in the shipyard, and asked with a puzzled expression.
This person is a shipbuilder hired by the Gong family. He is not only skilled in building all kinds of spirit ships and spirit boats, but also extremely proficient in setting up formations.
Of all the hundreds of spirit ships he had built, this was the first time he had heard of such a strange request.
A medium-sized demon-hunting ship, no more than thirty feet long, actually had to be inscribed with four water-controlling formations.
If fully activated, its speed will be no less than that of a regular high-grade spirit ship, but the consumption will also be terrifying, costing at least fifty spirit stones per hour.
"Good. If there isn't enough space on the ship, the frost array set up in the cargo hold can be removed."
Meeting the old ship captain's incredulous gaze, Chen Ye spoke with an unquestionable tone.
Hunting demons? Who would want to do such hard and dangerous work? Anyway, it's all for cultivation resources, so what's the difference between getting them from humans and from demons?