Chapter 370: Chapter 190: Facing Xiao Chen Was Like Falling into an Icy Cavern

The Scripture Pavilion of the Li Huo Sect was connected to the Earth Veins.

This not only made it convenient to lay down Arrays but also made it one of the locations on Qi Yun Peak with the most abundant Spiritual Qi.

The top floor was quite spacious, allowing one to practice their Cultivation Technique right there.

So, Xiao Chen simply opened the *All Things Rejuvenation Scripture* right there and began to refine his True Essence.

However, while the Augment granted him a hundredfold increase in cultivation speed, it also came with a hundredfold increase in Spiritual Qi consumption.

In an instant, all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi on the top floor was drawn in, surging toward him.

But the nearby Spiritual Qi was merely a drop in the bucket, and it was completely depleted in a flash.

A vacuum of Spiritual Qi even formed in the hundred-zhang radius around the Scripture Pavilion.

It was like a large volume of water had suddenly vanished from a lake, causing the surrounding water to immediately pour back in.

The roiling Spiritual Qi battered the Scripture Pavilion, even making a sound like rushing sand.

Everything was a double-edged sword.

A faster cultivation speed also demanded a better cultivation environment.

The Spiritual Qi in the Southern Domain was already weak to begin with; there was no way it could withstand such a violent drain.

As the surrounding Spiritual Qi was depleted, Xiao Chen could clearly feel his cultivation speed being forced to slow down, almost to a standstill.

’Ah, what is this? A good problem to have?’

Fortunately, the situation wasn’t hard to resolve. He just needed to replenish the Spiritual Qi.

Xiao Chen immediately took out one thousand Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag and placed them around himself. The Scripture Pavilion already had a built-in Spirit Gathering Array, so he didn’t need to set up another.

At the same time, he also grabbed his last bottle of Six Harmonies Divine Water and downed it in one gulp.

Although the Six Harmonies Divine Water was only Tier Two, it was a top-grade Spiritual Liquid, after all, and could provide a substantial amount of Wood Spiritual Power.

With this two-pronged approach, the concentration of Spiritual Qi was no longer a problem.

Under normal circumstances, even if a newly-ascended Golden Core Cultivator spent half of every day meditating and cultivating, it would still take them fifteen days to finish refining all their True Essence.

However, under the enhancement from his Augment, Xiao Chen cultivated a full ninety-three Grand Circulations according to the new Cultivation Technique in just a single hour.

He was a bit rusty at first, but he quickly got into the swing of things.

Not only did he re-refine all of his True Essence, but he also generated three new strands of it.

’This feeling... it’s pretty nice.’

Feeling his own progress, Xiao Chen wanted to keep cultivating for another ten thousand hours straight.

For others, cultivation was a dull and tedious affair.

One could persist in their training for weeks, or even months, only to see a minuscule amount of progress, with no positive feedback along the way.

Therefore, although many Cultivators knew how important it was, they often lacked the self-discipline when it came time to practice each day and always wanted to slack off for a bit.

For Xiao Chen, however, he could clearly feel himself making progress.

Maybe not every minute or every second, but with every quarter-hour that passed, he could distinctly feel himself growing a little stronger.

An experience like that was simply addictive.

It made him wish he could immerse himself in cultivation forever.

’Phew... I need to control myself. I’ll sort out the Magic first.’

With the threat from the Azure Flame Sect weighing on his mind, Xiao Chen suppressed his desire to continue cultivating and instead opened the Magic manual at his side.

After all, it was already 2:45 AM. He estimated there were less than four hours until the Azure Flame Sect’s assault.

If he wanted to master four types of Magic, time was extremely tight.

’Survival is always the top priority. I’ll practice the Escape Techniques first.’

Xiao Chen had experienced the benefits of having a superior Escape Technique many times before, so to play it safe, he first opened the manual for the Fire Escape Technique called *Chasing Stars and Racing the Moon*.

In fact, there was also a Wind Escape Technique in the Scripture Pavilion.

Even for those at the Golden Core realm, Wind Escape was in no way weaker than other Escape Techniques.

He chose the Fire Escape for one simple reason: to see if he could get a boost from the Yin Fire Seal while practicing the technique.

The Yin Fire Seal could drastically increase a Cultivator’s affinity for Fire Spirit Power.

In theory, this could significantly lower the cultivation threshold, thereby increasing his training efficiency.

After memorizing the Mantra, Xiao Chen walked out of the Scripture Pavilion and casually popped a Flame Light Spiritual Sand into his mouth.

He then circulated his True Essence to envelop his body and activated the Escape Technique.

POOF!

A ball of firelight burst forth, leaving a shower of sparks in his place.

BOOM!

A large, human-shaped hole suddenly appeared on the nearby Miscellaneous Peak.

If not for the Array Flag that Master Ming Yan had given him, he would have triggered the Mountain Protection Array’s automatic counterattack.

’Holy shit! How am I so fast?’

As the saying goes, you live and learn.

He kept crashing into trees and mountains while practicing his previous Escape Technique, so Xiao Chen was mentally prepared for this one to be considerably faster.

He had calculated that acquiring a Tier Three Escape Technique would roughly double his speed.

That was why he had intentionally left himself plenty of clearance, ensuring he wouldn’t destroy any of the plants and trees along his path this time.

Who would have thought he’d still miscalculate in the end.

Before he could even react, he had already slammed right into the Miscellaneous Peak.

Many of the Servant Disciples sleeping halfway up the mountain suddenly felt their beds give a little shake.

Some were even startled awake and ran out into their courtyards in confusion, looking around and wondering what had just happened.

’That makes no sense. The manual said it would only be twice as fast.’

According to the introduction in *Chasing Stars and Racing the Moon*, at the entry-level stage, the technique at its fastest was indeed only twice as fast as the *Vertical Earth Golden Light*.

But Xiao Chen had just moved a full four times faster, so the clearance he’d left himself wasn’t nearly enough.

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