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Chapter 40 Who would have thought that the big boss could also make mistakes?

After getting the promise from the broker to immediately transfer the goods from Gangdu, Feng Xue locked the door and returned to the study room that he had specially cleared out. He took out the desk, incense and candles from his bag and began to prepare the altar.

But this time, he finally began to arrange the formal rituals.

The ritual sounds mysterious, but in fact it is a kind of external processing and guidance of one's own magical power, making it easier to produce corresponding changes.

This external guidance is roughly divided into two parts:

【仪】and 【规】.

【礼】 refers to ritual, which is a fixed behavioral template.

【Track】refers to the trajectory, which is the process of the change of magic power.

To use a chemical analogy -

[Instrument] refers to the experimental process. By heating potassium permanganate, you can obtain oxygen. By mixing hydrogen and oxygen in proportion and burning them, you can produce water vapor. Even if you don't know why, as long as you complete this process, you can get the corresponding result.

The [track] is the chemical equation, which is the theoretical basis for achieving this process. As long as the theory is studied thoroughly, even without relying on rituals, other means can be used to achieve the same results.

For example, the ritual of the Fire Spell is to merge magic power with flames, so that the magic power acquires properties such as heat and burning. Therefore, when a novice performs the Fire Spell, he often needs to hold a candle or a torch, which makes him look like a charlatan doing fire-breathing juggling with a mouthful of cornmeal in his mouth.

And [Track] refers to the process of mana changes in this process. As long as one can skillfully complete the process of heating, accelerating, and shaping the mana, even without using fire as a medium, the mana can be directly transformed into flames.

When learning a new spell, one usually starts with the [ritual]. First, the magic power is transformed through a fixed pattern, and then the details of the magic power changes in the process are studied, summarizing the [track]. Once one can complete the [track] of the spell purely with magic power without relying on the [ritual], one can then leave the altar and rituals, cast spells with bare hands, and even engrave the [track] that one has summarized on objects, forming magical instruments and talismans that will automatically activate the spell as long as magic power is input.

The ritual of the Jade Nurturing Mantra consists of a handful of jade powder, a piece of good jade, and a piece of stubborn stone. The jade to be nurtured is placed in the center of the triangle formed by the three. First, let the magic power flow into the jade powder, and let the magic power slowly transform towards the essence of jade. After completing this step, the magic power must be divided into three parts and injected into the stubborn stone, beautiful jade, and ordinary jade respectively. Using the stubborn stone and beautiful jade as the basis, the structure and veins of the nurtured jade will be adjusted.

It sounds simple, just a comparison test, removing the part that looks like a stubborn stone, and then rearranging it into the structure of beautiful jade.

But when you really do it...

Feng Xue was even stuck at the first step. He couldn't even convert his magic power into the [Jade] attribute.

After all, it is an advanced spell of the lightning spell. Compared with the active nature of fire and lightning, [Jade] is more condensed. When the magic power is moving, it is not condensed, and when the magic power is still, it is unchanged. Even if there is jade powder as a reference, it is essentially like asking a person with no foundation to draw a sketch of a plaster statue. If he can get a crooked shape, it is considered a talent.

"This thing isn't meant for someone at my level! Is that old man trying to trick me? How can an ordinary rookie have so much mana to waste?"

While controlling the flow of mana, Feng Xue was murmuring in his heart. It was the previous practice of the spirit-attaching spell that gave him some experience in the stability of mana, otherwise it would be difficult to even make the released mana stay in the jade powder.

In fact, Feng Xue had misunderstood the matter, because "Jie Yu" was indeed not for newcomers to learn, and the old man obviously would not give the skills to anyone he caught.

The reason I gave it to him was because I found the jade seal he was carrying.

Before entering the Dao, most Xuan cultivators were in very short supply of mana, and they could only refine their natal instruments bit by bit. To achieve the perfection of Feng Xue's jade seal, it would probably take more than a decade of meticulous polishing, until the mana within it was as clear and dynamic as if it had just been attached. In the eyes of the elder, since Feng Xue had been able to refine such a magical instrument and cultivate the spirit-attaching spell to such a "handy" level, even if he hadn't yet entered the Dao, he was almost there. At his age, he had achieved such accomplishments in both his natal instrument and his spiritual realm, which made the elder somewhat appreciative of his talent. Furthermore, since his jade seal was of low quality, he offered him an opportunity, allowing him to refine his natal instrument, which he had painstakingly polished for decades, without being limited by the quality of the base material.

And this is not just a simple benefit. After learning "The Jade Interpretation Method", even if Feng Xue did not become a disciple, he would deal with jade and minerals more. A hundred years later (after death), his soul would return to the underworld, and it would be easier for him to find a job under his own master.

But who could have imagined that Feng Xue was just a guy with great strength and cheating skills, pouring the magic power that an ordinary cultivator could only accumulate for several decades into the jade?
However, Feng Xue obviously didn't know what the boss was thinking. He just felt that since the boss could see that his Taoism was shallow (in the boss's eyes, those who were not in Taoism were considered shallow), he could naturally see the strength of his soul and it was impossible for him to give him a spell that he could not practice at all. His stubborn personality would fight against the jade-nourishing method. If his magic power was gone, he would lock his life and drain his vitality, and then continue to fight after refining his magic power.

Thanks to the fact that he had accumulated a lot of experience in mana control during the practice of the spirit-possessing spell, late at night, a new entry finally appeared above Feng Xue's head -

[Transform into Jade: Transform mana into Jade with solid, condensed, pure, and stable properties.]

"It's done!" Feng Xue's eyes lit up, and the breath he had forced himself to hold loosened. He suddenly felt tired and hungry, and immediately took off the ring and threw it to his side.
"I think you look like a human being! Go make something to eat!"

"Oh!" Liu Yunxi had transformed into a human before she landed on the ground. When she heard Feng Xue's order, she didn't say anything nonsense. Not to mention Feng Xue, she was also hungry!
After all, her cultivation was destroyed by Feng Xue, and now she can't practice fasting!
……

While Liu Yunxi was cooking, Feng Xue locked the [Transform into Jade] entry and experienced this magic power. Although it was only a small part of the entire jade-raising method, this skill itself could be separated independently. It was no different from the [Thunder Spell], [Fire Spell], and the [Golden Body Spell] that he had not learned yet. The only difference was that compared to thunder, fire, and golden body, the changes in usage would appear in the mind just by looking at the names. This [Jade] attribute magic power that exuded a moist and brilliant light was obviously more abstract.

Recalling in his mind how to use the magic power after the nature change in the [Thunder Inducing Spell] and the [Fire Inducing Spell], Feng Xue put his fingers together like swords and pointed at the stubborn stone on the altar. A bright white light flew out from his fingertips, but it was crooked. Even though Feng Xue tried his best to control it, it only barely touched the edge of the stone at a distance of less than half a meter.

"Snapped!"

A slight sound made Feng Xue think deeply. The [Jade] attribute magic power was obviously more condensed than the normal magic power which was not as light as the breeze. It had a certain physical collision effect, but its power was not much different from throwing stones, and it was even less accurate than throwing stones.

"So this kind of magic power isn't actually suitable for long-range attacks like the Lightning or Fire Spells. Instead, it should be used like the Golden Body Spell, covering the body's surface to increase defense, or simply hardening fists and weapons to cause greater physical damage?"

　Regarding the system, the system of this world is Yin as a whole due to the existence of the underworld. The human race's Xuanxiu is Shaoyin (using Yang energy to practice Yin spirit), ghosts are Laoyin (absorbing Yang energy and practicing Yin body), and monsters are Taiyin (Taiyin Yuehua).

　　Of course, there are also positive aspects, such as monsters, martial artists and the like, but how should I put it, the development of the system depends on the environment.

　　In this world, people can turn into ghosts after death, and those who practice Xuan cultivation can switch to the new cultivation method seamlessly. This results in a large number of Yin system practitioners remaining in the underworld. Even if the Yang system occasionally produces a peerless warrior who suppresses the contemporary world, he can only live for a few hundred years at most. After death, all his cultivation will be dissipated, so won't he have to switch to the Yin system?
　　In addition, there is the issue of the difficulty of inheritance. If a major disaster occurs, the yang system can easily be interrupted, but the yin system has ancestors below, who can come up and continue the inheritance.

　　Therefore, in this world, the mainstream of the Yin system is inevitable.

　　As for those who ask why there are no civilizations when there are so many monsters...

　　I have complained about this issue countless times. You can't treat them as the same category just because they are collectively called monsters, just like you can't treat all foreigners as a whole just because they are all called foreigners.

　　The number of monsters is large, but the chance of a spiritual one being born is too small, and the time required for cultivation is also long. On the premise that they do not beg for mercy and do not become evil, a talented monster will take five hundred years to transform, and a thousand years to be considered a big monster. During this time, the human race has enough time to produce dozens of generations of strong people of the same level.

　　Even with Emperor Liujiang, monster outbreaks will only occur once every sixty years. But even if they become intelligent, their lifespans will just be longer in the early stages, and mortals can handle them. Naturally, it is difficult for them to pose a threat to humanity as a whole.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)