In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 122, Skill Upgrade

Inside the meditation room.

Lin Ran estimated the remaining time for the Enlightenment Crystal.

There are four crystals in total, each lasting about three days, for a total of about 290 hours.

There are approximately one hundred hours left.

There were many skills to choose from, but after eliminating some, Lin Ran was left with only two.

The Sword Manual, and the Four Pillars Yuan Method that I haven't had time to cultivate yet.

The Sword Manual is similar to the Eight Gates Formation, with each part corresponding to a realm, the upper limit of which points directly to the Rule Realm!

I'm just over 10,000 experience points away from reaching the fourth stage, which corresponds to fourth-tier combat power.

The Four Pillars Yuan Method has two fourth-tier abilities, which allows for rapid advancement.

However, it would probably take about a hundred hours to advance to the fourth tier in one go.

After pondering for a while, Lin Ran arrived at the door of Jian Linglong's training room.

Before any sound could be transmitted, the door had already opened.

Jian Linglong sat cross-legged, her clear black and white eyes calmly watching Lin Ran, her cool voice ringing out.

"Captain, are you finally holding back?"

"?"

Lin Ran fell into deep thought, then stepped forward and tapped Jian Linglong's forehead.

"What strange thing are you thinking about?"

"Qiqi said that this would make the captain unleash his beastly nature."

Jian Linglong grasped Lin Ran's hand, gently sucked on one of his fingers, and looked up at him.

"..."

"This probably won't be of any use to your cultivation, right?"

Lin Ran was momentarily confused, feeling that this expression on Jian Linglong's face felt strangely out of place.

Jian Linglong released her fingers, her expression returning to its usual coldness as she fell into thought.

Lin Ran breathed a sigh of relief. This aloof type was much more pleasing to the eye. A sword cultivator learning to be a succubus... unimaginable!

"Forget about all that nonsense, help me comprehend the sword."

"good,"

Jian Linglong composed herself, and a murderous sword intent appeared on her body.

Lin Ran sat cross-legged opposite him, with sword intents of the same origin but distinctly different emanating from her body.

We improve our kendo experience through mutual verification.

The twentieth hour.

Lin Ran's eyes glowed red, and the sword intent around him changed.

All the sword intent condensed together and suddenly surged forward, breaking through an unfathomable barrier and entering a completely new world.

【Sword Manual Part 3 → Part 4 - Killing Sword Intent LV1: 2/500】

After the upgrade was completed, Jian Linglong also felt inspired, and her sword intent began to change, but the process was very slow.

Lin Ran observed for a while, then quietly left.

Just as he was about to return to the cultivation room, he encountered Xingluo, who had come looking for him.

"Brother Lin, Zhao Qingqing brought a box. You were cultivating when she brought it, so we didn't disturb you for the time being."

Xinglu handed over a jade box.

Lin Ran opened it, and inside was a glass ball—no, it was an enlightenment crystal that looked just like a glass ball!

Top-grade Enlightenment Crystal!

There was also a note next to it that described the effects of the Enlightenment Crystal.

High-grade Enlightenment Crystals are effective for those below the level of extraordinary beings. They can also be used to accelerate the understanding of [rules], but the latter consumes crystals at an alarming rate.

The duration of persistence varies depending on the user's level of mastery, until the internally stored power is exhausted, and the enhancement effect is ten times the thinking speed.

Lin Ran lightly touched the Enlightenment Crystal and immediately felt his mind clear. Various thoughts floated into his mind, and experience points were refreshed at that moment.

He closed the box and patted Xingluo's head.

"That's great."

Hehe~

Xinglu squinted her eyes and smiled like a big cat.

"How's your alchemy learning going?"

"It's alright, we haven't encountered any major problems so far."

"Okay, good luck. The team's elixirs will depend on you from now on. Go on, I need to cultivate."

"good!"

……

The training room.

Lin Ran took out a mid-grade Enlightenment Crystal and a large amount of resources, and began to cultivate the [Four Pillars Yuan Method].

【Four Pillars of Destiny Method - Level 2 LV1: 200/500】

The current Four Pillars Yuan Method is only equivalent to the first level of a mid-level Awakener. Raising all four attributes to the Divine Fire Realm requires a huge amount of resources.

The resources I received before entering the secret realm are now insufficient.

They had to buy a batch of resources from Zhao Qingqing before they could fully provide them for the team's training.

As the cultivation technique began, the spiritual energy of the four attributes in the cultivation room instantly transformed into four vortexes that rushed into the dantian.

Earth element crystals are golden.

The fire attribute is a burning, flickering flame.

The wind attribute is an invisible and intangible wind cluster that manifests as a white wind blade.

The water property is represented by rounded, deep blue droplets.

In the Four Pillars of Destiny method, each attribute has a different effect, with one core effect accompanied by several other abilities.

Luck embraces everything.

Miracle - Fire, accomplishing the impossible, as dazzling as a flame.

The wind is everywhere; there is no region where the wind does not exist.

Record everything - water, the long river of time and space, the long river of history, that too is "water".

The definition of the four attributes in this cultivation method is extremely high, and the difficulty of cultivation is also very high. It is dozens of times more difficult to cultivate than a normal cultivation method with four attributes!

Normally, without extraordinary comprehension, one wouldn't even understand these contents.

However, Lin Ran had a cheat code; as long as she cultivated, she gained experience, leading to unreasonable improvements and breakthroughs.

Thus, Lin Ran came to understand what a genius was.

In the eightieth hour, the power of the mid-grade Enlightenment Crystal was exhausted.

【Four Pillars of Destiny Method - Third Level LV5: 200/2500】

He went straight from the first level of the intermediate awakened one to the fifth level of the advanced awakened one!

Lin Ran took out a high-grade Enlightenment Crystal. The moment he held it in his hand, his experience began to refresh rapidly, even faster than before!

The fortieth hour,

【Four Pillars of Destiny Method - Fourth Level LV1: 10/500】

Corresponding to the spiritual attribute, each of the four attributes of spiritual energy has a fixed spiritual energy model.

Lin Ran carefully sensed the abilities of the spiritual energy model and felt that it should be a simplified version of the [rules].

The top-grade Enlightenment Crystal still has about one-third of its energy remaining.

Lin Ran went to the kitchen to practice her cooking skills.

[Rules] are a power beyond the extraordinary realm. Now, only one-third of the high-grade enlightenment crystal remains, and it has all been used on rules. The experience gained is negligible.

However, if you improve your [Cooking Skills], you can evolve a skill similar to [Weakness Detection].

Overall, it provides the greatest boost to combat power.

Using the Enlightenment Crystal to practice cooking skills, the crystal's power is almost imperceptibly depleted, but the experience points increase rapidly.

The sixth hour,

[Cooking skills: Experience maxed out]

[Skill evolving...Evolution complete]

[Cooking Skills → Weakness Awareness]

[Weakness Perception LV1: 10/500]

Lin Ran picked up the kitchen knife and immediately noticed that there were several vulnerable spots on it.

He used his spiritual energy to gently tap it.

With a snap, the kitchen knife shattered into pieces.

The same spiritual energy, when applied to the front of the kitchen knife, couldn't even leave a dent.

Lin Ran was very satisfied, and then continued to gain experience. The several large trees in the yard and the various materials in his storage ring all became experience points for his practice.

Xinglu came out by chance and was confused by the mess on the ground. She didn't know what Lin Ran was doing, so she picked up some tools and cleaned it up carefully.

Lin Ran exhausted the power of the Enlightenment Crystal.

[Weakness awareness, experience maxed out]

[Skill evolving...Evolution complete]

[Weakness Detection → Weakness Critical Strike]

[Note: Critical hit rate = Level + 1]

[Weakness Critical Hit LV1: 10/500]

(End of this chapter)