40: Chapter 40 Three Thousand Times Critical Strike, Divine Refinement Technique

"Cough, cough!"

Bai Yunzhou gave a light cough, maintaining his composure as he let his gaze fall upon her face.

"Miss Lu, there is no need for such courtesy. It was merely a small effort."

Seeing that the other party was no longer staring at her chest, Lu Chanyi finally let out a sigh of relief.

Ordinarily, had it been anyone else, she would have immediately given them a sour expression.

She might have even cursed them out as a scoundrel!

Yet, for some reason, as she was being looked at in such a manner by the youth before her, she merely felt somewhat nervous in her heart, unable to muster even a shred of dissatisfaction.

The middle-aged man at the side took in all of her reactions, a smile unconsciously curling at the corners of his mouth.

"It might have merely been a small effort to the Young Master, but to our Lu family, it is a life-saving grace!"

Lu Chanyi suppressed the emotions in her heart and glanced signalingly at the middle-aged man beside her.

She saw the middle-aged man retrieve a Storage Pouch from his bosom and hand it over to Bai Yunzhou.

"Inside here are thirty thousand Spirit Stones. Although it isn't much, please do not disdain it, Young Master."

There were even Spirit Stones to be had... Bai Yunzhou didn't stand on ceremony either and immediately accepted them.

Although his intervention hadn't been intentional, he had indeed saved members of the Lu family. Accepting some compensation was entirely reasonable.

And after accepting the compensation, he immediately prepared to take his leave and depart.

However, this caused Lu Chanyi to be momentarily stunned.

Clearly, she hadn't expected the other party to leave in such a rush.

She couldn't help but voice out immediately,

"That's right, this humble maiden does not yet know the Young Master's esteemed name. Might I be enlightened?"

Bai Yunzhou didn't hide his identity either.

"Bai Yunzhou!"

With that said, he turned back and headed toward the depths of Yunmeng Mountain.

He prepared to retrieve the Art of Refining Spirit before returning to the Sect.

Watching him leave, Lu Chanyi murmured under her breath,

"Bai Yunzhou, Bai Yunzhou..."

She seemed intent on firmly engraving this name into her mind.

"Young Miss, he has already gone far. We should get ready to return to the Lu family."

The middle-aged man's voice suddenly came from the side.

Only then did Lu Chanyi snap back to her senses, seeing that the other person was looking at her with a smile.

Clearly, her thoughts had been seen through by her family's old steward, causing her pretty face to instantly flush red.

Meanwhile,

following her Opportunity prompts, Bai Yunzhou was hurrying toward the depths of Yunmeng Mountain.

Several hours later,

he finally arrived from the outer perimeter of Yunmeng Mountain into its depths.

Compared to the outer perimeter, the Cultivators here were noticeably much fewer.

Moreover, the Cultivators capable of appearing here basically had strengths that reached Peak Foundation Establishment, with the worst being Late Stage Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, after entering the depths of Yunmeng Mountain, Bai Yunzhou was exceptionally careful.

Furthermore, having learned from past mistakes, he had already taken the Storage Ring off his hand and tucked it into his bosom,

to avoid encountering bandit Cultivators again and drawing unnecessary conflicts.

But even so, being completely alone, coupled with his cultivation being only Mid Foundation Establishment, he was actually targeted by a group of people anyway.

There were two people in total on the other side.

One was Late Stage Foundation Establishment, and the other was Peak Foundation Establishment.

However, after exchanging blows, when that Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator saw his companion beaten to death by a single punch from Bai Yunzhou, he immediately fled for his life, vanishing from sight in an instant.

And Bai Yunzhou didn't chase after him.

His current purpose was simply to retrieve the Art of Refining Spirit, so naturally he didn't want to waste time on the fellow.

"If I had the cultivation of Peak Foundation Establishment, the other party wouldn't dare to make a move at all, and all this trouble would be avoided!"

"It seems I must still elevate my cultivation as quickly as possible."

Pulling back his thoughts, he continued hurrying toward the location indicated by the Opportunity prompt.

Not long after, he finally found the location of that Opportunity.

However, right at the location of that Opportunity, two rather formidable Yao Beasts were currently entangled in battle.

Judging by the auras of those two Yao Beasts, their strength was roughly equivalent to a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Bai Yunzhou frowned slightly, preparing to make a direct move to resolve those two Yao Beasts.

He worried that if it took too long, it would attract other Cultivators, and by then retrieving the Opportunity might prove somewhat troublesome.

Thinking of this, he immediately took out his Flying Sword and charged forward, seizing the right Opportunity.

"Clang!"

His Flying Sword landed on one of the Yao Beasts, actually sparking a direct flash of fire.

Yet upon the back of that Yao Beast, merely a shallow scratch appeared—it didn't even break the skin!

At the same time, a trace of a crack appeared on his Flying Sword.

"Could this Yao Beast's hide actually be this thick?"

Surprise flashed in Bai Yunzhou's eyes.

You must know that this Flying Sword of his was a top-grade Magical Artifact with formidable might.

Yet right now, it couldn't even breach the defense of a single Yao Beast.

He felt that after returning to the Sect later, he might need to go to the marketplace to purchase a Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword.

After all, his current cultivation had already reached Mid Foundation Establishment, and perhaps it wouldn't be long before he made a Breakthrough to Late Stage Foundation Establishment. A top-grade Magical Artifact Flying Sword was evidently already somewhat insufficient for him.

One strike failing, he quickly widened the distance, preparing to seek a second Opportunity to strike.

However, the intelligence of the Yao Beasts within this Yunmeng Mountain was clearly not low. Before he could make a second strike, one of the Yao Beasts directly fled.

Seeing this, the other Yao Beast hurriedly gave chase, seemingly still unwilling to let the other go.

Bai Yunzhou was momentarily stunned.

Although this differed somewhat from his original plan, the outcome was indeed roughly the same.

As long as these two Yao Beasts left, he would be able to smoothly take away the Opportunity.

Regaining his senses, he hurriedly began searching this place according to Lu Chanyi's previous Opportunity prompt.

After some searching, he finally found a withered corpse beneath a patch of withered grass,

or rather, it should be called a skeleton.

And clutched in the hand of this skeleton was a Jade Slip.

Contemplation flickered in Bai Yunzhou's eyes.

"For this person to appear in this place, they must have been at least a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, yet now they have turned into a skeleton."

"It seems this person died here probably several thousand years ago!"

Pulling back his thoughts, he retrieved the Jade Slip from the other's hand.

And the moment the Jade Slip was in hand, a familiar prompt surfaced before his eyes.

[You have obtained the ancient secret technique 'Art of Refining Spirit (Incomplete)', successfully plundered Lu Chanyi's Opportunity, triggered a three-thousand-fold critical strike, and acquired the complete secret technique 'Art of Refining Spirit'!]

As always, the prompt subsided.

Radiance flowed across the Jade Slip in his hand, looking completely brand new.

Bai Yunzhou impatiently extended his Divine Sense into it, quickly confirming its contents.

According to the description within the contents of the Jade Slip, this secret technique had a total of three stages.

Each time a stage was cultivated, one's own Divine Sense could potentially double.

In other words, if he were to Cultivate it to the third stage, his own Divine Sense would be eight times what it was now!

Furthermore, after cultivating to the second stage, one could also strengthen their own Divine Sense by refining the Divine Souls of others.

As for the third stage, one could rely on their own Divine Sense to execute a method called the Soul-Breaking Needle, specializing in attacking the Divine Sense!

Having simply understood the effects after cultivating the Art of Refining Spirit, a look of joy unconsciously appeared on Bai Yunzhou's face.

"This Art of Refining Spirit is truly terrifying!"

With his current Divine Sense strength, if he were to Cultivate it to Perfection, he could easily crush ordinary Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators in terms of Divine Sense!

More importantly, this also included a method of Divine Sense attack.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly put it away, preparing to leave this place.

But right at this moment, a Flying Sword shockingly plummeted from afar, directly blocking his path ahead.

At the same time, a voice came from ahead,

"Eldest Brother, Third Brother was just beaten to death by this brat with a single punch earlier!"