NOVEL NEXT Chapter 185: Upgrading Heavenly Technique
Except for his parents, no one in the Lin Family knew about his visit to the Small Courtyard. So, he silently left Greenspire Town and went to the Azure Serpent Realm.
He covered his face and entered the Azure Serpent Realm as a loose cultivator by paying 1,000 Spirit Stones.
Ethan wanted to maintain a low profile…at least when entering the Azure Serpent Realm because of the Azure Profound Garden.
Once someone knew that he, as an inner disciple of the Greenfire Sect, was entering the Azure Serpent Realm alone, it would create unnecessary attention.
Moreover, for Ethan, spending 1,000 Spirit Stones to enter the Azure Serpent Realm was not a big deal.
'Swoosh!'
Since he had entered the Azure Serpent Realm multiple times, Ethan easily entered it without any issue.
After moving away from the entrance and coming to a secluded place, Ethan stopped and thought, 'I wonder how long will it...'
'Swoosh!'
'Master.'
However, before he could finish his thought, Ethan heard a familiar whisper beside his ear.
The voice obviously belonged to his Second Night Demon that he had left behind half a month ago.
"Follow me."
Ethan was not shocked as he said those words before running towards the Azure Profound Garden.
Although it was a bit secluded and the Night Demons looked like humans, Ethan still didn't want to take any risk of being seen by the other cultivators with a Night Demon…at least for now.
Thus, he asked the Night Demon who was in a tree shadow to silently follow him to their rendezvous location.
With his full speed, Ethan reached the Azure Profound Garden in less than thirty minutes.
'Since it will take time for Zeraphis to reach this location, I will check on the Azure Profound Grass and complete a nurturing session.'
With his current speed, even the Golden Core Realm Cultivators would have a hard time keeping up with him, not to mention Zeraphis was just a Perfected Foundation Establishment Realm Demon.
Until he arrived, Ethan completed some of his plans in the Azure Serpent Realm, which were to check on the Azure Profound Grass in the Garden.
'Since I don't have any General Revival Life Cards, let's postpone fighting the Azure Serpent Fiend King.'
Although Ethan had killed some Rank 5 Demonic Blood Beast Kings in the Berserk Beast Realm, he doubted whether he could kill the Azure Serpent Fiend King or not.
Moreover, he didn't have any plans to kill him yet as he wanted to revive the Azure Serpent Fiend King after killing him.
Currently, he only had a Godly General Revival Life Card, which he reserved for his father, and no normal General Revival Life Cards.
So, he didn't want to kill him yet.
'By now, the Azure Serpent Fiend King must have completed his today's nurturing session. So, there is no need to worry about him.'
With that thought in mind, Ethan first checked on the Azure Profound Grass and its growth; obviously, its growth didn't disappoint Ethan.
[Spirit Plant Name: Azure Profound Grass]
[Grade: Rank 3 Special]
[Maturity: 66 days]
[Status: Excited: Human, you are finally back. Are we going to have another double nurturing session today?]
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[Maturity: 69 days]
[Status: Excited: Human, do you know how much we missed you? Come on and give us your Special Plant Essence.]
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[Maturity: 70 days]
[Status: Excited: I missed the double nurturing sessions and finally, I am going to have it today.]
Seeing Ethan enter the Azure Profound Garden, the 1,000 Azure Profound Grass became excited and happy.
It had been more than half a month since Ethan had last visited the Azure Secret Realm, and under the care of the Azure Serpent Fiend King, these Azure Profound Grass were thriving.
So, he was not surprised by their maturity period.
'Let's nurture them.'
Without wasting any time, Ethan nurtured them and successfully decreased their maturity by twenty-five days.
'After tomorrow's nurturing session, I can harvest them.'
With the Azure Serpent Fiend King's nurturing skills, he could reduce their maturity by twenty-five days, and Ethan could further reduce it by another twenty-five days tomorrow, fully maturing them for harvesting.
'By harvesting them, I can earn another 50,000 Life Points.'
A couple of days ago, Ethan would have been excited to receive that, but now, it felt like chump change to him.
Nevertheless, Ethan was the type to enjoy even a single Life Point, not to mention 50,000 Life Points.
'Looks like I should stay in the Azure Serpent Realm for the night.'
Ethan didn't want to exit and enter the Azure Serpent Realm and decided to stay back.
'According to the Azure Profound Grass, the Azure Serpent Fiend King will come in the early morning. So, I can rest here for the night.'
With that thought in mind, Ethan sat down with the Azure Profound Grass and started cultivating.
That's right!
One of the reasons why he entered the Azure Serpent Realm was to cultivate in it and recover his cultivation by a level or two.
The Spirit Essence in the Azure Serpent Realm varied with the location. At the entrance, the Spirit Essence was average; however, the quality of the Spirit Essence became so rich that in the depths of the Azure Serpent Realm, it matched the quality of the Spirit Essence in the Mystic Soil Domain.
'Before I start cultivating, there is one important thing to do.'
Ethan directly asked the system, 'System, show me the cost to upgrade the mastery of my Heavenly Cultivation Technique.'
Since it was only at the Beginner Stage, Ethan wanted to upgrade it.
In the past, he didn't have enough Life Points; however, things had changed now, and he had enough Life Points.
'Ding,
It requires 1 Million Life Points to upgrade the Mastery of the Heavenly Spirit Essence Refining Realm.'
'What the...…'
As a Heavenly Technique, it had cost 10,000 Life Points for a Beginner Stage Mastery. So, he was already expecting it to cost 100,000 or 200,000 Life Points.
Hence, when he saw that it required one million Life Points to upgrade it to the next stage, Ethan could not help but be shocked.
'I was expecting to upgrade this Cultivation Technique multiple times; however, it seems I can only upgrade it once.'
Shaking his head, Ethan still chose to buy it because he knew it was totally worth it.
It might seem that it was better to just buy the cultivation with the Life Points; however, in the long term, after his breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, the cost for each level breakthrough would be extremely high.
So, Ethan believed that by having a high mastery of this Heavenly Cultivation Technique, he was creating a solid foundation for not only his present cultivation but also his future cultivation.
'Just with a Beginner Stage Mastery, my cultivation speed has greatly increased. So, I am curious how fast it will become after I spend one million Life Points.'
With that thought in mind, Ethan watched the system notifications that appeared in front of him along with the countless profound insights about the cultivation technique.
'Ding,
The host has spent one million Life Points to activate the [Godly Cultivation Insight]
'Ding,
The host's [Heavenly Spirit Essence Refining Technique] has been upgraded to Small Success Stage.'
'Let's see how powerful it is.'
Ethan didn't waste any time as he immediately closed his eyes and started circulating the Heavenly Spirit Essence Refining Technique to test its effects.
'Swoosh!'
As soon as he activated it, the surrounding Spirit Essence surged toward him like a tidal wave, thoroughly shocking him.
'The cultivation speed….it has increased by at least ten times.'
Before upgrading, his cultivation speed had already been impressive, but now, it was on an entirely different level.
After roughly gauging the increased cultivation speed, Ethan continued to circulate the cultivation technique with the same excitement as a child who got his new favorite toy.
'If this Heavenly Technique is already this powerful at a mastery of the Small Success Stage, then how powerful would its effects be if I upgrade it to the Completion Stage or Greater Completion Stage or even Perfection Stage.'
Just thinking about how fast his cultivation speed would be when his [Heavenly Spirit Essence Refining Technique] reached the Perfection Stage made Ethan greatly excited.
Suppressing his excitement, Ethan continued to circulate the cultivation technique for another five minutes until he received a pleasant notification from the system.