A Mortal's Supporting Character's Different Kind of Cultivation

Lu Yunfeng cleared his mind of distractions, calmed his spirit, and mobilized his energy. He raised his hand and took out the ancient jade slip obtained from the Blood Forbidden Land's medicine garden—the very same ancient text, "The Xun Tribulation Canon." He lowered his eyes, focused his mind, and began to study it intently.

Half a day passed quietly. Lu Yunfeng closed the jade slip and, without further hesitation, immediately sat cross-legged on the spot, concentrated his mind, circulated his spiritual power, and began to cultivate this Wind and Thunder Miracle Technique.

This cultivation technique, the "Xun Jie Dian," is divided into twelve levels. The first three levels have the lowest entry requirements, allowing Foundation Establishment cultivators to cultivate steadily. The middle three levels can only be comprehended by Core Formation cultivators. The remaining six levels are profound and mysterious, requiring Nascent Soul or even Deity Transformation cultivation as a foundation for cultivation and steady progress. Every time a cultivator successfully completes three levels, they can learn a unique divine ability, resulting in a simultaneous leap in combat power and skills.

If one diligently and steadily cultivates the first three levels, the cultivator can freely create wind and thunder with their bare hands without relying on magical artifacts. The power of the condensed wind and thunder is comparable to that of a top-grade magical artifact. Wherever the mind goes, the wind and thunder follow, their forms ever-changing, allowing for both offense and defense at will, and unparalleled agility.

Thinking this through, Lu Yunfeng couldn't help but think of the Mulan tribe on the grasslands beyond the eastern pass. The Mulan people's formidable skill was the ability to freely wield various spiritual arts, which, though different in approach, achieved the same effect as the first three levels of the "Xun Jie Dian" (a magical text). A few thoughts flashed through his mind, but he didn't care at all. He suppressed his distracting thoughts and continued to focus on reading the subsequent magical abilities on the jade slip.

Once the third level of the cultivation technique is fully mastered, the cultivator can refine the Wind and Thunder Fusion Escape Technique, which allows for free movement at will. This technique was ingeniously created by the Divine Wind True Monarch in the past, combining the advantages of extremely fast wind escape and fierce thunder escape. When cutting through the air, it is as fast as thunder and as swift as lightning, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators to detect with the naked eye. If one also wields the Heavenly Dragon Slash, a natal magic weapon, the wind and thunder power around the body will further enhance the wing magic weapon, increasing the escape speed several times over. One can travel thousands of miles in an instant, making it an excellent choice for survival, escape, and close-range attacks.

Lu Yunfeng continued reading, his gaze falling on the last three levels of cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities, and his interest was piqued again. The core of the last three levels was a unique secret technique called "Sword Light Splitting Technique." The only simple and rigid requirement for cultivation was that one must wield a flying sword-like magical weapon; a flying knife could also be used as a substitute for introductory cultivation.

Once the supernatural power is mastered, in battle, one can use the light of their natal flying sword as a foundation to conjure a solid sword shadow from afar, identical to their own flying sword. The sword shadow is indistinguishable from the real thing, capable of both confusing the opponent's senses and disrupting their judgment, and also closely following the natal sword light to encircle and attack together. Initially, the power of the conjured sword shadow is only one-fifth of the natal sword light, seemingly unremarkable. However, as the cultivation level increases, the power of the sword shadow steadily rises. At the ninth level of cultivation, the power of the sword shadow stabilizes at one-third of the natal sword light; upon reaching the twelfth level of perfection, the sword shadow's combat power directly rivals half of the natal sword light, its destructive force not to be underestimated.

Moreover, the Sword Light Splitting Technique has far more uses than that. Starting from the seventh level, with each level of advancement, the cultivator can condense one more sword shadow. Gradually, when the technique reaches its twelfth level of perfection, the cultivator can condense six sword shadows simultaneously, surrounding and annihilating enemies, making them difficult for groups to withstand, and their killing power is comparable to crushing those of the same level.

Lu Yunfeng nodded to himself, secretly assessing the situation: This sword light splitting technique is unpredictable and effective in both team battles and one-on-one duels. It is truly a top-tier divine ability with extremely high cost-effectiveness and is worth studying diligently.

But he patiently perused the annotations at the end of the jade slip, and after a moment his brows furrowed slightly. It turned out that this entire "Xun Jie Dian" was originally tailor-made for Shenfeng Zhenjun, and was born with his exclusive natal magic weapon, the Heavenly Dragon Slash. The techniques and profound meanings were all complementary to the Heavenly Dragon Slash and inseparable from it.

This Heavenly Dragon Slayer is no ordinary weapon; it is a complete set of wind and thunder magic treasures, composed of thirty-six Xun Wind Flying Swords and seventy-two Zhen Thunder Flying Swords, totaling one hundred and eight natal flying swords. When not in use, it can be folded into a pair of wind and thunder wings at will, hidden within the body without being visible. Once activated by thought, the wings unfold into the air, allowing for both flight and the use of wind and thunder escape techniques, or for a hundred swords to surround and annihilate powerful enemies. It integrates offense, defense, escape, and flight, with endless uses.

However, this comes with a significant constraint on cultivation: the entire set of 108 wind and thunder flying swords requires the cultivator to possess profound divine sense in order to multitask, coordinate the entire process, and control them at will. If one's divine sense is insufficient and one tries to force them, not only will one fail to fully activate them and waste one's own spiritual power, but it will also directly restrict the ultimate trump card of the cultivation technique, preventing one from activating the supreme killing formation recorded in the classic text—the Innate Wind and Thunder Grand Formation.

The reason is that each of the 108 Wind and Thunder Flying Swords is a formation flag, complementing each other. Without sufficient divine sense, the hundred swords cannot be in sync, the formation foundation cannot be stabilized, and the Innate Wind and Thunder Formation can never be formed. This ultimate weapon, the trump card of this technique, will become nothing more than a mirage.

Lu Yunfeng frowned, continuing to carefully read the detailed explanation. After a moment, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. At the end of the jade slip was another note: the threshold for the Innate Wind and Thunder Array was too high for ordinary cultivators to reach, therefore there was an alternative method. By simply gathering eighteen Xun Wind Flying Swords and thirty-six Zhen Thunder Flying Swords, the array base could be simplified, allowing for the construction of a slightly less powerful Lesser Wind and Thunder Array, adapted to local conditions.

With this calculation, the threshold for setting up an array is suddenly reduced. Without the need for a Nascent Soul cultivator to oversee it, even a Core Formation cultivator can barely attempt to set up an array, making it not so far out of reach.

Even though it's just a simplified version of the Minor Wind and Thunder Array, the text emphasizes a strict requirement at the end: the cultivator setting up the array must possess at least the Nascent Soul level of divine sense. Otherwise, with weak divine sense, it's difficult to coordinate the wind and thunder energy within the array. Forcing the array to be set up is like a child wielding a heavy hammer—unable to control the formation, suppress the wind and thunder, and before harming external enemies, the array will be thrown into disarray, backfiring on the cultivator—a dangerous and unpredictable situation.

Seeing this, Lu Yunfeng sighed inwardly. The Divine Wind True Monarch had already anticipated this situation and was therefore prepared. The jade slip contained a special cultivation method for spiritual sense, but the process of tempering spiritual sense was fraught with danger at every step, and the slightest carelessness could damage one's origin, making it extremely difficult to master.

He pondered briefly before ceasing to dwell on the pros and cons. The path of cultivation was inherently fraught with peril, where opportunities and dangers always went hand in hand; a few trials were nothing to fear. With his mind settled, Lu Yunfeng cleared his mind of all distractions, focused entirely on his cultivation technique, and began to diligently practice the "Xun Tribulation Scripture."

Time flies, and the ten-day retreat passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the stone chamber, spiritual energy flowed and swirled. Lu Yunfeng steadily and successfully completed the first level of the "Xun Tribulation Scripture" as scheduled. His aura was harmonious and stable, and the flow of his true essence became increasingly in harmony with the breath of wind and thunder.

On the open ground of the stone chamber, several lifelike blue-green wind spirit rabbits strolled about, their forms lively and lifelike. In the next instant, several thunder swords, wreathed in thunderous roar, materialized out of thin air, piercing through all the wind spirit rabbits in an instant.

After a slight cracking sound, the little rabbits scattered and turned into a sky full of blue mist, which swirled in the air above the stone chamber and eventually flowed back into Lu Yunfeng's body.

Lu Yunfeng looked up at the scene before him, his mind freely controlling the wind and thunder to solidify into form. His movements were fluid and effortless, and he nodded slightly, his heart filled with satisfaction. This wind and thunder transformation technique was not only incredibly lifelike in appearance, but also completely under his control, as if it were his own arm or finger. The results of his secluded cultivation had far exceeded his expectations.