Chapter 366: That Is Really Strange!

Chapter 366: That Is Really Strange!

Three days later, on Heaven-Reaching Peak...

"Senior Brother Chu, this is what you asked for."

"Is the scent pure?"

"Yes, I guarantee it."

"Try it."

Wen Yulong showed a rather pained expression. "Won't it be a waste?"

"It's fine. We can produce more in the future," Chu Liang reassured Wen Yulong.

Wen Yulong then opened the long, narrow brocade box in his hand. It contained ten slender sticks of incense.

He gently picked one up, inserted it into the incense burner beside him, and lit it.

A thin wisp of azure smoke rose into the air. The two young men in the room inhaled the smoke and immediately felt their minds brighten with clarity. They seemed to be able to sense the flow of spiritual energy in the world.

"Not bad." Chu Liang smiled. "The effect is great."

Wen Yulong carefully snuffed out the incense and laughed gleefully. "As always, the spirit plants that you bring to me are the only ones that are truly powerful, Brother Chu. I've only heard of a few treasures like this that can enhance a person's divine intent and aid them in achieving enlightenment, but they are all very precious."

"It was just a lucky encounter," Chu Liang replied.

It had been a truly amazing stroke of luck.

He'd killed some wine-jar monsters and obtained some seeds of the Intoxicating Spirit Flower. Then he grew a few Intoxicating Spirit Flower plants. When the flowers bloomed, they released an intense fragrance that intoxicated beings that smelled it. The scent also made those who smelled it feel mentally clear and physically light.

However, the flowers only stayed in bloom for a very short period, and the effects were not very strong, so there was nothing notable about that. Then that fire crane accidentally fell into the garden and ignited the leaves of the Intoxicating Spirit Flower. That was when Chu Liang discovered that burning the leaves of the flower also produced the same effect of having clearing the mind, just without the fragrance.

Moreover, these leaves were quite slow to burn; one leaf lasted for a short while. This made the flowers seem rather useless in comparison.

Nevertheless, Chu Liang still wasn't satisfied. So, he found Wen Yulong and asked him to do some research and testing. He wanted to see if the leaves of the Intoxicating Spirit Flower could be made into spirit incense so that the effects produced by burning the leaves could last longer.

Of course, Wen Yulong did not disappoint. The incense he made could burn for four hours, allowing the effect of having a clear mind to last through that entire duration. It was a very powerful incense. The long duration of the incense could be very beneficial to a cultivator, regardless of whether they were thinking about something, practicing their divine abilities, or comprehending the Great Dao.

Wen Yulong said, "This spirit incense has never been made before. I plan to name it Spirit-Awakening Incense, What do you think?"

Accustomed to naming his enchanted tools, he had already thought of a name for the spirit incense.

"Spirit-Awakening Incense..." Chu Liang muttered. He then shook his head. "This name isn't impressive enough; it won't sell well."

Wen Yulong didn't argue. He just asked, "What would you call it, Senior Brother Chu?"

After all, based on what he'd witnessed in the past, Chu Liang's ideas were usually good.

Chu Liang pondered for a moment and then suggested, "How about Fragrance of Enlightenment?"

"Fragrance of Enlightenment?" Wen Yulong uttered, taken aback.

He considered it for a moment. The name is fine. It's just... a bit exaggerated.

It was certain that this spirit incense would aid in a cultivator's comprehension of the Great Dao, but it was uncertain as to just how effective it was in that regard.

"Keep half of this box as your pay. I'll take the rest back to test the effects," Chu Liang said. "I'll give you another batch of Intoxicating Spirit Flower Leaves later, and you can turn them all into the Fragrance of Enlightenment."

These past few nights, Chu Liang had been going to Bombax River. Every day, there were eight to ten wine-jar monsters there catching lingering spirits, and Chu Liang quickly formed a deep bond with them. He would be really sad if there were to come a night when he couldn't see them anymore.

As for his initial reason for killing the wine-jar monsters, he had already forgotten about it.

What thorny black balls?

He knew nothing about them.

After accepting several sticks of the incense Fragrance of Enlightenment, Wen Yulong said, "Also, I've opened up those storage enchanted tools you gave me last time."

Jiang Yuebai had initially thought she would just try out cultivating in this clear-headed state, but once her qi was in circulation, she immediately felt different from usual.

Her complex meridian system, every wisp of foundational qi, and the intricate workings of her qi-circulation route had all become so clear in her mind. Jiang Yuebai’s control over her qi circulation had gone up a notch.

She had experienced this feeling before. It was when she was still at the fourth rank. She had used the power of her Transcendent Spirit to achieve Perfect Qi Circulation.

Some time after that, Jiang Yuebai reached the fifth realm. Nevertheless, she still had yet to reach the threshold of Perfect Qi Circulation.

Perhaps she had been just a hair's breadth away this whole time. The effect of the Fragrance of Enlightenment helped her bridge that last gap, allowing her to understand what she had been lacking.

As Chu Liang watched Jiang Yuebai cultivate, he felt a sudden surge of waves in his Sea of Qi. The Large-Headed Dolls inside the White Pagoda were circulating qi at an accelerated rate.

This is... Perfect Qi Circulation!

Boom!

A second later, Jiang Yuebai glowed with lights of five colors. The light illuminated the whole cave and even overflowed outside.

The five lights condensed into five different qi. The platinum-colored qi was the densest, so much so that it seemed like something of substance. Meanwhile, the other four qi were still a bit dispersed.

The five beams of glowing qi shot out from Pagoda Peak and headed straight for the horizon! It was the Transformation of Five Qi into Essence!

This was the Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon that occurred when a cultivator achieved Perfect Qi Circulation while cultivating the Divine Nine's Profound Mental Cultivation Technique: The Book of Five Elements!

Observing this phenomenon up close, Chu Liang felt inspired and quickly got into a cross-legged position too.

The occurrence of one cultivator's Perfect Qi Circulation could trigger the activation of another cultivator's qi-circulation technique if they used the same one. It allowed the secondary cultivator to echo the Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon. There had been a precedent where all of the Mount Shu Sect benefited from a seventh-realm cultivator's Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon.

At this moment, Chu Liang was the only one who got to benefit from Jiang Yuebai's Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon. His Sea of Qi surged with raging waves, reaching a peak state.

Chu Liang absorbed a Dragon-Blood Crystal, elevating his vitality, qi, and spirit to peak states too. He then put all of his efforts into circulating his qi.

Boom!

A moment later, Chu Liang exuded white waves of qi. In the blink of an eye, the waves reformed as a Sea of Qi. Its huge billowing waves hung in the air like clouds of white fog. A sun-like golden orb bobbed up and down amid the billowing waves, appearing and disappearing.

As Chu Liang's five qi transformed into essence, the Sea of Qi Phenomenon gradually rose from the Sea of Qi and ascended toward the sky with the five colored lights. The sky over Treasured Pagoda Peak was filled with the colors of cultivation phenomena!

...

All of the Mount Shu Sect saw this wondrous scene.

"What is that?!"

"It's the Transformation of Five Qi into Essence Phenomenon! It's the Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon of The Book of Five Elements!"

"In our sect, Senior Sister Jiang's the only one who would have the ability to achieve that, right?"

"Yes, it must be her. She has the Transcendent Spirit. Who else could achieve Perfect Qi Circulation—hang on..."

"Then what's with that rising Sea of Qi Phenomenon?"

"It's the fourth-realm Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon!"

"In our sect, the only one who could achieve that is probably Senior Brother Chu!"

"That's right. It must be him. I remember him showing that he had a deep understanding of how to achieve Perfect Qi Circulation at Senior Sister Jiang's lecture. So, it's not surprising that if he's achieved it."

"..."

Disciples and sect members all over Mount Shu's thirty-six peaks stopped to watch the cultivation phenomena and discuss spiritedly. Of course, it was inevitable that they would have questions about what they saw.

"It's not surprising that Senior Sister Jiang achieved a Heavenly Qi-Circulation Phenomenon. Likewise, it's not surprising that Senior Brother Chu would achieve one too. But... why are their phenomena intertwined?!"

"That's really strange!"

1. I assume they're thinking about the wedding ritual, where they pay their respects to the Heavens and the Earth and their ancestors. ☜