With a thought, Chu Tianxiao put his index and middle fingers together, slightly bent them, and poured his true essence into them. A strange starlight gradually appeared on his fingers...
With a whoosh!
The starlight turned into a sword and flew out of his hand, circling around for a while, drawing waves of spiritual energy, and then returned to his hand, turning into starlight again and dissipating.
"This is... the Chu family's unique martial art, the Starry Sky Sword?" Chu Tianxiao scratched the back of his head, "It seems... not very powerful..."
Before he finished speaking, streaks of starlight flashed around him, and then all condensed into shape, with several sword energies surrounding Chu Tianxiao, and a surge of momentum was born! Before Chu Tianxiao could react, these "star swords" were already shining brightly, swishing across the fine steel metal walls everywhere. Streaks of white light seemed to be sparks from friction on the walls, and seemed to be like the "blood" of the metal walls flowing out. The slightly dark secret room was now filled with light, as if it had ushered in the 'dawn'...
"... After the night, there is dawn..." Chu Tianxiao murmured, as if thinking about something. He took a deep breath, circulated his true energy, and took back all the star swords. After a while, the light gradually dissipated...
Then, Chu Tianxiao took a breath of cold air. He saw that there were many uneven spots on the metal walls, as if they had been severely ravaged. There were even spots of white light remaining in those dents, as if they were engraved into his bones...
"These walls are not ordinary. Even if I use the Queyue Jitian Sword, to achieve this level, I must at least use the third sword. If I want to win, I can only use the Queyue Tiandao Sword! However... this is only the first move of the Xingtian Sword..."
Chu Tianxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, turned a page of the sword manual, then opened all the notes and notebooks, and at the same time took a look at the system interface.
"Sure enough..."
Chu Tianxiao's lips curled up: "As I expected, although the second move of this "Star Soul Sword Canon" has obviously exceeded the scope of the first-level skill points, it should not be possible to continue to spend money to improve it, but!"
He looked at the system, and saw the different 'plus sign'...
"It seems that adding these 'summary of the essence' notes can indeed 'make up' for some of the shortcomings!"
"Verified correctly, you can use this method to add a few more moves!"
Chu Tianxiao knocked on the table and smiled: "I have discovered a new world again... However, these are just the experiences of the elites of the Chu family from different generations. Otherwise, it would be a miracle if the system would recognize a bunch of messy insights."
"Let me see... click on the second move!"
"Seven million dollars of money was spent!"
“… The wind starts from the green duckweed, the fire starts from the stars… A single spark can start a prairie fire? This is the second move, a spark that starts a prairie fire!”
A spark ignited in Chu Tianxiao's hand, emitting a strange glow, which flashed by and was then contained within him.
"This feeling... has already reached the limit of the fourth move of Queyue Jitian Sword..."
“Come again!”
Chu Tianxiao only felt that his own shortcomings were being made up for bit by bit. He soon spent another thousand dollars, and the plus sign was also jumping around, appearing and disappearing... Obviously, the system was also "hesitating" whether it should determine that the third move could be learned under such circumstances...
In the end, after Chu Tianxiao spent another two million and turned all his notes to the last page, the system "reluctantly" accepted Chu Tianxiao's cheating behavior. Tonight, the third plus sign appeared vaguely, and after one o'clock, the cold voice of the system sounded again.
"Because the host took shortcuts, the third move cannot exert its full power and needs to be honed."
Then, another wave of insights came in, and Chu Tianxiao hurriedly digested and absorbed it. After a long time, a hint of starlight appeared faintly in his eyes, but it flashed away again.
"The third move, Meteor Sword Rain... If it is performed perfectly, it will even surpass the fifth move of the Queyue Jitian Sword, the Moon-colored Blood Sky Sword! Even what I have realized now is enough to rival it!"
"What if we integrate the Purple Dragon Blood Lightning? Well... this is a little difficult. The Purple Dragon Blood Lightning is not born with the ability to integrate. I'm afraid it can't be integrated with a powerful sword move like the Starry Sky Divine Sword. But... it seems that we can think about it in another direction... the two sword arts of Star and Moon..."
Chu Tianxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, sat cross-legged in meditation for a long time, and then he let out a long sigh.
"I gained a lot tonight. I got three powerful moves at once. It's a bigger improvement than when I was promoted to the middle level of Mingyuan!"
"It's just that... I'm afraid there will be a storm and a series of fierce battles. We can still get three chances. We must overcome the difficulties in front of us beautifully..."
"Well, let me see. I still have 20 million left to spend. I want to leave 10 million to spend, so I'll spend 10 million on this gold lottery."
Thinking of this, Chu Tianxiao opened the Big Spendthrift system again. This time it was the lottery interface. With a thought, he used the golden lottery opportunity. Then, a large roulette wheel appeared, and the eighteen grids with different carvings on it also revealed the items inside...
"Third-grade elixir... a treasure of the middle level of Tongxuan... a fourth-grade sect's method..."
Chu Tianxiao looked at them one by one and found that although they were a level lower than the time when he used the second-level lucky stone and smashed all his belongings into it, they were still quite good stuff...
"Let's get started!"
Chu Tianxiao's mind moved, and the amount of money lost immediately dropped to 10 million, and then the roulette wheel began to spin wildly...
Chu Tianxiao didn't look at it anymore—"Just look around. Is this crappy system going to let me draw a mysterious treasure chest without using the lucky stone? You must be kidding. It's such a small place. How could it be possible..."
"Oh my god!"
Before Chu Tianxiao finished thinking about this, his hands suddenly trembled!
The pointer of the turntable slowly slowed down, and with a click, it landed on the mysterious treasure chest!
After a long while...
Chu Tianxiao was embarrassed and speechless.
"… Am I… being slapped in the face by the system?"
But his thoughts quickly changed. After Chu Tianxiao saw clearly that he had indeed drawn the treasure chest...
"… Oh My God!"
Chu Tianxiao wanted to shout to the sky, feeling both happy and angry—happy because this was the first time he won the special prize without using the lucky stone, which was very gratifying; angry because...
"Damn it, if I had known I would have drawn the lottery first and spent all my money on it! I can spend the rest later. How could I be so stupid! How could I be so stupid!"
Chu Tianxiao almost couldn't help beating his chest and howling, wishing that time could go back and make a new choice, but this state of mind was only for a moment. Soon, he came to his senses and comforted himself: No matter what, after all, I spent 10 million, which is a level higher than before! This way, I can get something very good... right!
At this moment, the treasure chest had already popped open by itself. With a flash of light, Chu Tianxiao had a crystal clear jade slip in his hand...
He recognized this thing as well. It was usually something like a Taoist secret book that was very precious and not suitable for preservation in writing. It would be engraved on a jade slip and needed to be read with spiritual consciousness. It was something that only a fourth-grade sect could afford!
“Not bad! I wonder what kind of good stuff it is…” Chu Tianxiao immersed his spiritual consciousness into it, and then he felt a chill coming over him. Then, he quickly read out the information in it. In just a moment, his pupils shrank!
"Ancient body-refining technique?"
"Even a version that has been improved by several great emperors? It is considered the top body-refining technique from ancient times to the present?"
"Oh my god..."
Chu Tianxiao found that his character had been on a sharp rise recently, and everything was going smoothly! He hurriedly continued to "read" with his spiritual sense. The more he read, the more shocked and delighted he was!
"Before entering the Tongxuan realm from the Mingyuan upper realm, in order to strengthen the practitioner's physique, any practitioner with a little bit of potential will choose to undergo a 'marrow cleansing' to strengthen the body. However, this is not a true body refining technique, but only a way for practitioners of Taoism to make up for their shortcomings. It is not even a necessary condition for advancing to the Tongxuan realm..."
"To put it bluntly, it's a one-time enhancement. There's nothing else to do after it's over. Just go back to the Ju Fa system and practice your Taoist magic skills."
"But the body refining technique is different. It is a 'body refining system' that can be ranked alongside the Ju Fa system. It can be practiced from the Refining True Realm. However... the body refining technique in the vast land of China has long been discontinued. The inherited 'Five Tigers Body Refining Technique', 'Nine Bone Refining Technique', etc... are all cheap goods. Even if you practice them to the top level, your strength is not as good as that of a 'perfect marrow cleansing' Tong Xuan Realm expert. Over time, body refining has gradually become a byproduct, useless, and useless... Perhaps someone can make their body stronger with the excellent body refining techniques obtained from some secret realms, but following this path all the time is time-consuming and involved, with a large investment and a small output. In the end, I'm afraid they won't be able to compare to practitioners who are dedicated to practicing Taoism..."
"but!"
"This ancient body-refining technique is completely different from the other body-refining techniques I've come across before!"
"It can only be practiced when one reaches the Ming Yuan realm. Not only can it make the body strong like traditional body-refining techniques, but even better, practicing this technique can also speed up the recovery of true essence, increase the thickness of true essence, enhance comprehension, and other auxiliary Taoist functions! It simply does not hinder either end!"
"After learning this technique, my overall strength will definitely be able to reach a higher level!" (To be continued.)