Killing God - Chapter 63

Chapter 63 Surgical Method
This day seemed to be a very ordinary one. As usual in Qingyu Island, Shen Shi was leading a regular or somewhat boring life. He woke up early in the morning and copied a few Yin Yang Five Elements runes on the paper. Then, he went out to the Red Clam Village to peel the shrimp for a day and chat with Hai Xing. He learned that the Red Clam tribesmen didn’t get much from fishing this time. It was as if there were really some problems with the fish stocks in the waters near Qingyu Island. It was astonishing how few.

Returning to the cave in the evening, he began to cultivate twice a day. In the middle of the two sessions, the Heart Cleansing Curse gathered more spiritual energy between his eyebrows. Finally, he started practicing water archery again.

The difficulty of the Five Elements Technique was indeed worthy of his reputation. From Shen Shi’s own perspective, it was clear that he did not possess any outstanding talent in this field. Even though he had some understanding of the Five Elements Technique because he had learnt talismans from a young age, he still did not show any signs of cultivating the Water Arrow Technique at a particularly rapid pace.

The next day, the third day, the fourth day … for three consecutive days, he did not condense the stream of water required by the Water Arrow Technique.

Cultivating the Five Elements Technique in the Qi Refining Realm, The Spiritual Energy scattered all over his body was too difficult to gather. Shen Shi spent seventy to eighty percent of his mind on this. After gathering enough Spiritual Energy with great difficulty, he was almost half dead from exhaustion. If he wanted to sense the surrounding water-type Spiritual Energy to activate the Water Arrow Technique, he would be unable to do so.

Fortunately, he was still on Blue Fish Island by the coast of the ocean. There was nothing else here, but endless water. The water vapor covered the sky and earth. Therefore, Shen Shi still saw a ray of light over the past few days. He felt that he was not far from successfully condensing water and turning it into water arrows.

On the fifth day, on the 11th of May, after finishing all the homework of the day, Shen Shi rested for a moment and began to cultivate the water archery again.

He opened the stone door with the Cloud Talisman. Just like a few days ago, he still arrived at the beach. In the middle of the night, the night in Whitefish Bay was quiet and quiet. Fragments of clouds covered the sky, covering the starlight. The semicircular moon moved between the clouds, plating the edges of the clouds with a layer of white light.

There was still silence on the beach, except for the occasional songs of insects coming from the bushes beneath the tall trees that grew on the beach. Shen Shi stood on the beach and looked around. In the empty bay, he was the only person under the curtain of night.

The sea breeze blew over, and he took a deep breath. Then, he walked towards the spot where he had been stationary for the past few days. He sat down cross-legged by the same tree, adjusted his breathing, calmed his heart, and began to gather the spiritual energy in his Qi meridians.

The process was as difficult as usual, The scattered Spiritual Energy was lazy and unruly, It seemed that Shen Shi was unwilling to listen to his commands. This made him like countless cultivators who had experienced this stage. He looked forward to the day when he could reach the Origin Condensation Realm and open up the Jade Manor’s Qi Sea. All the Qi meridians in his body would gather together and obediently obey his master’s instructions.

After a cup of tea, Shen Shi finally gathered enough spiritual energy. According to his own calculations, this amount of spiritual energy alone accounted for almost one-third of the total amount of spiritual energy he had cultivated until now. In other words, even if he had successfully cultivated the Water Arrow Technique tonight, or if the spiritual energy in his body had suddenly obeyed his orders, he could only cast the Water Arrow Technique three times in a single battle.

However, this was certainly not the time to think too much about these things. Shen Shi, who had gathered enough spiritual energy, was delighted. He felt that he was even faster than yesterday. It seemed that practicing the Five Elements Technique every day would eventually slowly improve. The principle that practice makes perfect is right wherever you put it.

Next, Shen Shi wholeheartedly began to feel the spiritual energy around him. Using the water archery technique, he slowly activated it. Amidst the incomparably abundant water vapor above the sea, his palm slowly spread out in the air. His fingers trembled slightly, and an invisible force seemed to condense from the air and wrap around him.

A moment later, there seemed to be a low voice whispering in an unknown place. A white light suddenly flashed, soft and transparent, clear and translucent, and a stream of water appeared in his palm.

The corner of Shen Shi’s mouth revealed a smile. He happily opened his eyes and saw that it was a stream of water about a foot long. It did not seem to be any different from ordinary water. At this moment, it was as if it was trapped by an invisible force. It formed a stream of water about a foot long and as thick as a thumb that he held in his palm.

He raised his head and activated his palm technique. Under the stimulation of his spiritual energy, the originally translucent and sparkling stream of water suddenly solidified a lot. In an instant, it broke through the sky and rushed out, directly hitting the trunk of another large tree five feet away.

With a muffled “pu” sound, the entire tree shook violently. Sawdust scattered in all directions, and a fist-sized round hole appeared on the tree trunk.

Shen Shi stood up and walked to the side of the tree. He carefully looked at the round hole for a while. After a moment, he nodded in satisfaction. This kind of power should be pretty good. Even though it was useless against high-level cultivators with strong physical bodies, mortals could no longer resist it. Even some small demons and ordinary ghosts would find it difficult to withstand the power of this water archery.

After cultivating for five days, he finally successfully cast the Water Arrow Technique for the first time. Although the word “successful” was still somewhat humid, not to mention other things, just the casting time was extremely long, and it required a long time to cultivate. However, Shen Shi was still very gratified.

This was the first technique he had mastered in his life, and it was also the first power he had mastered after cultivating. Young man, who didn’t have a heart that yearned for strength?

Apart from being overjoyed and excited, he sat down again and tried to cultivate the water archery again. However, this time, his good luck seemed to have been completely exhausted. The farther away his Qi channels were from his right hand, the more disobedient the scattered Spiritual Energy became. Every time he used it, it would be even more laborious than before.

Time passed for a cup of tea. Two cups of tea. Half an hour, one hour … Night fell on White Fish Bay. The moon in the sky also quietly hid in the clouds. Darkness enveloped the four fields. Shen Shi seemed to have turned into an empty black shadow.

Suddenly, his body trembled, as if he was finally exhausted. He tilted to the side powerlessly, lying on the beach, panting heavily, his face filled with helplessness and disappointment.

This second practice of water archery had finally failed. The spiritual energy in those bodies was simply too difficult to gather. After such a long period of urging, it had exhausted Shen Shi’s spirit and strength. Now, he was like a weak puppy, only gasping for breath left.

“How long will it take to reach the Ten Breaths Realm?” Shen Shi smiled bitterly in his heart and shook his head.

Generally speaking, cultivating a Five Elements Spell in the Qi Refining Realm and successfully gathering Spiritual Energy to cast a spell was only the beginning. If one really wanted to say that it was a sign of complete success, it was that a cultivator had to cast this spell within at least ten breaths of time.

Ten breaths meant that an ordinary person would normally take ten breaths of time. It was so difficult for a Qi Refining Realm cultivator to gather spiritual energy within his body. One could imagine how difficult it was to reach the requirement of casting a spell within ten breaths of time. However, there is nothing you can do about it. After all, if you encounter a demonic beast that intends to fight it, then the demonic beast will let you stand there motionlessly for the time it takes to gather a cup of tea …

It was said that after the Origin Condensation Realm, all the spiritual energy in one’s body gathered in one’s Qi Sea Dantian. At that time, cultivators used a First Grade Five Elements Technique. Most of the time, it only took three breaths and four breaths of time. It was so fast that it was eye-catching. How about the Origin Condensation Realm was the threshold for cultivators to truly step onto the Grand Dao of Immortality?

Lying on the sand, he looked up at the boundless night sky. As he panted, Shen Shi thought that he might have to forcefully cultivate this tea’s Spirit Gathering Time to only ten breaths. The difficulty and bitterness of cultivating were so great that even with his calm temperament, he felt a headache and fear. He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Since ancient times, countless cultivators had viewed the Five Elements Technique as a path of fear. Apart from rogue cultivators who had no sect or path, the disciples of the major sects rarely cultivated the Five Elements Technique. It was not unreasonable. The hard work they had put in and the rewards they had received were indeed far from enough.

He slowly closed his eyes in exhaustion. After resting for a while, his spirit had barely recovered. However, he still felt a little uneasy. The Five Elements Art was so difficult to practice. It seemed that the task of catching demons was also very far away from him. With his current consumption of spirit crystals, he gradually felt that he could no longer keep up with it.

“Sigh, if only I could have the strength of the Origin Condensation Realm now.” Shen Shi lightly sighed. If he could gather spirits as quickly as an Origin Condensation Realm cultivator …

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and reached out with one hand. It slowly landed on his forehead, between his eyebrows.

The reason why Origin Condensation Realm cultivators were able to cast Spirit Gathering Spells so quickly was because they had opened up the Jade Palace Qi Sea and gathered all the Spirit Energy around them in one place. Then … it seemed that there was also such a place on their bodies at this moment!

Although this “place” where spiritual energy gathered seemed to be somewhat mysterious and strange no matter what …

It was impossible for a Qi Refining Realm cultivator to have a Jade Manor Qi Sea. The Spiritual Energy absorbed into his body could only be scattered throughout his Qi channels, This was an axiom that the human race had known for tens of thousands of years. Shen Shi naturally had no doubt about it. However, during the past three years, he had secretly cultivated the Heart Cleansing Curse and had accidentally gathered the same amount of Spiritual Energy that he normally cultivated in his body between his eyebrows.

Because of the Clear Heart Curse, the spiritual energy gathered together was usually calm and motionless. Even if Shen Shi cultivated the Water Arrow Technique to gather spiritual energy in his Qi Meridians, the spiritual energy between his eyebrows was still unmoved and could not be pulled in the slightest. Therefore, Shen Shi had forgotten that he still had such a large amount of spiritual energy.

How could he activate this Spiritual Energy? Otherwise, wouldn’t it be in vain to waste so many spirit crystals after working so hard for so long?

Shen Shi frowned and pondered silently