242: Chapter 242 One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones: An Upgrade

Although Xiao Yuchen could forge six Clones, he did not want to do so because his wood elemental power and water elemental power had only reached Rank 2, while his earth elemental power and wind elemental power were still at the initial Rank 1.

Only his lightning elemental power and fire elemental power had reached Rank 4; although they hadn't reached Perfection, they were already close to it.

However, Xiao Yuchen had another concern. His elemental seeds had already been swallowed by his six Nascent Souls. If he were to forge these Nascent Souls, which possessed elemental powers, into Clones, would his main body lose these six types of elemental power?

But thinking that the System was so reliable, it shouldn't provide him with such an unreliable Cultivation Technique, so he retrieved the Avatar Forging Technique from his System Inventory.

With the System's help, Xiao Yuchen successfully learned the Avatar Forging Technique; as expected, trusting the System was the right choice.

After Cultivating the Avatar Forging Technique, a Dantian sac capable of storing elemental power would form within the main body's Dantian, and this sac would replicate all elemental powers.

Xiao Yuchen was like the Calabash Brothers, and the Dantian sac was like the black and white triangular pendant worn by the Calabash Brothers. Not only did he possess the abilities of his several Clones, but if the Clones' elemental power increased, his main body's elemental power would also increase, and vice versa.

This was very satisfying. Xiao Yuchen had too many attributes; besides fire and lightning, the others were difficult to improve, or rather, he didn't have the time to improve them.

If he were to forge the Clones and send them to places suitable for their Cultivation, he could improve his elemental power. The efficiency of one person doing the work of eight versus eight people each doing their own work was definitely different.

The key was that the Spiritual Qi between the main body and the Clones was interconnected. The Clones' cultivation level was the same as the main body's, and when the main body improved its cultivation level, the Clones would also improve; when the Clones improved, the main body would also receive feedback.

This was different from One Qi Transforms into Three Purities. The Clones Cultivated from One Qi Transforms into Three Purities were merely condensed from Spiritual Qi and were fake, but the forged Clones were real, living entities.

The only downside was that forging Clones required consuming his own essence blood, which would leave Xiao Yuchen weak for several days. Considering that this was a critical period, Xiao Yuchen temporarily gave up the idea of forging Clones.

Although he was a bit disappointed that he couldn't forge Clones, Xiao Yuchen thought of the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities he had previously Cultivated. With the System's help, he had reached the entry-level stage, where the two Clones possessed 50% of his main body's strength.

The System had stated that the cooldown time was only thirty days, and now those thirty days had long since passed. Xiao Yuchen took the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities Cultivation Technique out of his System Inventory again. However, before Xiao Yuchen could even open it, the System's voice sounded again.

"Ding! Detected that One Qi Transforms into Three Purities can be Cultivated to the next Rank. Does the host wish to Cultivate it?"

"Cultivate!"

Xiao Yuchen chuckled inwardly; as expected, this System was very thoughtful and would never disappoint him.

However, his cultivation system could also be upgraded. Last time, he had accidentally upgraded the System to Rank 2. After upgrading to Rank 2, the System's rewards had clearly improved significantly; all Medicinal Pills were of the highest quality, and the gifted treasures were all at the Immortal Artifact level.

If he could upgrade the System to Rank 3, the rewards would surely be even better, but Xiao Yuchen didn't know what method to use to upgrade the System to Rank 3.

In fact, the entire Cultivation Technique was already within Xiao Yuchen's grasp. The only reason he couldn't upgrade it to the mastery level was simply due to a lack of insights and extensive practice.

This would normally be a long process, but the System helped Xiao Yuchen achieve it instantly, directly crossing into the mastery level.

Reaching the second layer, the Clones possessed 80% of the main body's strength. Xiao Yuchen was currently at the Unity Stage Late Stage, so those two Clones could at least reach the Early Stage.

Before the Void Refinement Stage, Xiao Yuchen had basically relied on elemental power to Breakthrough from the Early Stage to the Late Stage, then eaten a Medicinal Pill to reach Perfection, and finally eaten a Medicinal Pill for cross-Rank Breakthroughs.

However, now his elemental power could no longer be upgraded. To reach the Unity Stage Late Stage, he would likely have to use Spirit Stones or a dashan pill.

Of course, he could also reuse the void spirit pill, but the effect of taking the void spirit pill a second time would be very poor. Even if he took a top-grade void spirit pill, the probability of successfully breaking through to the Unity Stage Great Perfection would not exceed 50%.

Of course, he had quite a few Medicinal Pills, so he could try it; there was no loss if he failed. However, Xiao Yuchen didn't want to always rely on Medicinal Pills. He possessed the Heaven-Defying Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Art and wanted to try to see how long it would take to Breakthrough by Cultivating on his own.

In any case, there were still nearly two months until the Five Provinces Grand Competition. If he couldn't Breakthrough to the Dongxu Stage by then, he would think of another way.

After planning everything, Xiao Yuchen didn't stay any longer and headed towards the direction of the Qingyun Sword Sect.

Arriving at the Qingyun Sword Sect, Xiao Yuchen went straight to the Inner Court and returned to his residence. However, Wen Ruyu and Dongfang Qingcheng were not in the room, likely having gone to Cultivate.

Their cultivation levels had increased too rapidly recently; they needed to consolidate their cultivation, practice Sword Techniques, and gain actual combat experience. Besides, with Xiao Yuchen away, the two of them didn't want to stay there.

Since the two were not there, Xiao Yuchen didn't rush to find them, but instead went to the Spirit Herb Pavilion. Of course, he didn't come to the Spirit Herb Pavilion to get medicinal herbs, but specifically to find Former Sect Master Fan Yao.

As soon as Xiao Yuchen appeared, Former Sect Master Fan Yao took the initiative to greet him. Xiao Yuchen's status in the Qingyun Sword Sect was now higher than that of this old Sect Master.

"Yuchen, have you returned from the Three Major Sects?" Former Sect Master Fan Yao asked proactively.

"Yes, I just returned. I came here because there is something I would like to ask you."

"What is it? Speak your mind. As long as I know, I will definitely tell you."

"You previously said that the four Teleportation Arrays in Xiyue Prefecture are in the hands of the Four Great Sects. Where do the Teleportation Arrays of those Four Great Sects lead?"

"Why are you asking this? Are you still planning to leave?"

"Don't worry about that. Considering that I helped you level up twice in a row, just tell me." Xiao Yuchen played the emotional card.

"Alright, I can tell you. The Teleportation Array of the Qinglian Sword Sect leads to Nanhe Prefecture, the Teleportation Array of Fire Cloud Valley leads to Dongba Prefecture, the Teleportation Array of the Vajra Sect leads to Beixuan Prefecture, and the Teleportation Array of the Misty Immortal Palace leads to the Central Divine Continent.

Each Prefecture has four Teleportation Arrays, each leading to the other four Prefectures. The reason these Teleportation Arrays were built was to facilitate mutual travel between people of the five Prefectures and to provide convenience for the Five Provinces Grand Competition.

However, because the Spiritual Qi in Xiyue Prefecture is thin, people from the other four Prefectures would never come to Xiyue Prefecture. Plus, Xiyue Prefecture does not allow people to leave, so the Teleportation Arrays in Xiyue Prefecture have almost lost their purpose."

Hearing this from Former Sect Master Fan Yao, Xiao Yuchen nodded and asked again: "Then, apart from the Teleportation Arrays leading to the other four Prefectures, are there no other Teleportation Arrays within these five Prefectures?"

"At least in Xiyue Prefecture, there are none. The strongest people here are only at the Dongxu Stage, and they don't understand Formations, nor do they have the ability to build Teleportation Arrays.

However, the top-ranked Central Divine Continent and the second-ranked Dongba Prefecture should have other Teleportation Arrays. Those old monsters at the Mahayana Stage and Tribulation Transcendence Stage are all gathered in those two Prefectures. Because their territories are relatively large, their major Sects all have short-distance Teleportation Arrays."