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--- Chapter 15 ---
Another month passed in this unknown mountain range.
I meditated on the cliff and stared at the rising sun calmly, enjoying the growing warmth it brought me.
Even though Mental Palace Art doesn't have the same effect as Tang Sect's Purple Demon Eyes, which cultivated ocular power, I can still absorb the "purple qi" in the air and increase my spiritual energy.
The concept of purple qi is very vague in the Douluo Dalu series, but I deduced it has something to do with sunrise, a time when heaven and earth energy is most abundant.
Absorbing the purple qi will allow one's spiritual energy to grow, and the Purple Demon Eyes being purple seemed to be the side-effect of this absorption.
It also affected the color of my mental palace, which was "formerly" spotless white and now faintly purple-colored after four months of cultivating here.
Well, my daily routine is quite monotonous.
Recently, I focused on cultivating Purple Silver Grass, mainly its lightning property, and developed some new self-created skills. With the help of insight I got from my task of killing the Thunderstruck Tree in one strike four months ago, my understanding of lightning elements has increased tremendously.
Of course, I wouldn't call myself a Lightning God or something.
After all, my understanding couldn't even manifest lightning elements to be conceptually tangible. The only thing I could produce before getting the insight is only Chidori.
But now? Thunder-Wood Change allowed me to wield the lightning more efficiently, using the energy pathways I usually don't use before creating Purple Silver Lightning Mode based on Raikage's Lightning Chakra Mode from Shinobi World.
If I didn't have this new insight, developing the "Purple Silver Lightning Mode" would take at least a year because of the complex energy pathways.
Thankfully, the night insight broadened my vision, and I could achieve "Purple Silver Lightning Mode" in three to four months.
Having a "huge" reserve of Spiritual Energy helped me because this technique required delicate energy control. If someone with weak Spiritual Energy tried to do this operation, their body would become crippled.
Of course, my confidence lies in the fact that "Lightning is equal to Life" in my body. I can turn electricity into vitality with the help of Thunder-Wood Change. I also can turn my vitality into more concentrated electricity, boosting the potency of my attack.
So, Purple Silver Lightning Mode didn't only enhance my combat power but also my recovery speed.
Then, I made a lightning-enhanced version of Four Basic Arts with Purple Silver Lightning Mode.
Roc Fist into Thunder Roc.
Stone Edge into Steel Edge.
Flash Step into Illusory Lightning Step.
And finally, Recovery Breathing into Lightning Pulse.
Since then, I called these enhanced moves Four Advanced Arts!
Back to self-created skills, I also made two other ones besides the Purple Silver Lightning Mode.
Inspired by Xiao Yan's Flying Dou Skill and Angry Buddha Buddha Lotus, I devised "Purple Thunderbolt Wings" after observing the quickest living bird-type spirit beast in the Soul Hunting Forest, the Thunderclap Falcon, and overlapping many purple silver grass into the shape of Thunderclap Falcon's wings. There is "Alpenrose Assault" that requires me to pump spirit energy, negative electricity, and positive energy into a rose-shaped bundle of purple silver grass for five minutes before throwing it at my enemy like a bomb.
I made Purple Thunderbolt Wings to increase my speed by another layer and cover my weakness in case some sneaky Spirit Masters wanted to limit my combat range.
I can never be too careful in this world.
Meanwhile, Alpenrose Assault is a finisher attack, a hidden card I would only use in a tight situation. In "normal" conditions, Rasengan and Chidori are enough.
Chidori can cut, pierce, and paralyze enemies.
Rasengen can crush and inflict internal damage, sending the enemy flying.
Talking about Rasengan, I tried to replicate Vanishing Rasengan and failed miserably.
When shaping Rasengan with rotations of energy, I couldn't just add lightning elements too quickly or slowly. If not, I would create an unstable bomb.
I don't have enough "feelings" to add lightning energy into Rasengan without breaking it.
This technique required too many trials and errors.
Nevertheless, if I somehow succeed, then I can do projectile attacks.
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"Xiao Yuan! Xiao Yuan! Sister made it!" An excited voice brushed my ears as softness touched my back.
I glanced back and saw Han Yue grinning at me. Well, it seemed she had reached Level 20.
"Four months..."
"It only takes four months to reach level 20 from level 17."
"If people outside know your insane cultivation speed, they would have to chase and lock you up till you tell them the secrets."
Han Yue giggled, "What are you even saying? Without taking the medicine you made, I wouldn't have reached this level so quickly."
"My Glorious Moon is also a top-tier Martial Soul, so it's normal to cultivate this fast."
I shook my head gently and smiled, "I said this to you before, but I will remind you again."
"Although I gave you all those things, plus the Glorious Moon, you wouldn't have reached this level quickly without working hard."
"The amount of effort you put into cultivation is commendable."
Han Yue is nearing the end of the golden cultivation age. She only had four years left before she turned twenty, meaning her cultivation would only soar within that time frame.
On top of that, the Glorious Moon is an Ultimate Martial Soul with a pure Yin Attribute, which means Han Yue's cultivation becomes slower upon reaching level 30 until level 70.
When the time comes, I will assist Han Yue. Her cultivation speed shouldn't slow down too much.
"Do you have any targets for your second spirit ring?" I asked her with a smile.
In addition to cultivating, Han Yue's knowledge greatly improved. She can now assess the advantages and disadvantages of various spirit beasts.
Knowing I wanted to test her, Han Yue smiled and replied, "There aren't many spirit beasts with yin-type and moon-like attributes in the Soul Hunting Forest."
"My best choices are Golden Tapir and Darkmoon Wolf, which were the targets for my first spirit ring back then."
"Then, I realized spirit beasts with the water element are also part of yin-attribute."
"Spirit beasts with this element are naturally abundant in the sea, but the ones in the Soul Hunting Forest aren't bad either."
"I see now why you contact the Merchant Union so often. It's to find spirit beasts with water elements." I nodded in realization. Han Yue sent many letters to the Merchant Union in the last few weeks.
Han Yue grinned, "Correct."
"Out of many spirit beasts, I chose three with the most compatible traits with Glorious Moon."
"Water Moongrass, a plant-type Spirit Beast that can draw power from the surrounding body of water and moonlight."
"Mirror-eyed Tadpole, a frog-type Spirit Beast that can use water to create a mirror-like barrier, returning the enemy's attack by 5% more power."
"And Lake Monster, a fish-type Spirit Beast that lived in a deep lake and continuously absorbed moonlight for years, giving them a strong moon-shaped body."
"All these spirit beasts exist in the Soul Hunting Forest!"
"What about the age?" I asked the "important" question.
Han Yue giggled, "They are around 4,000 to 5,000 years old, which meets my criteria."
I nodded, "Not bad."
"Then, let's hunt them."
"Wait, really?" Han Yue was surprised by my decision.
"What about the Spirit Beast selections you chose for me?"
"Nah, your selections are much better than mine," I assured her. After all, the spirit beasts I wanted Han Yue to absorb were too rare and nearly extinct in the Douluo Continent.
If they were on the Sun and Moon Continent, it wouldn't matter because many spirit beasts there are Yin-attributes. Speaking of the Sun and Moon Continent, I must mention that place because the technology in the Douluo Continent is too backward.
I wonder if my silly sister can be considered royalty in the Sun and Moon Continent because of her Glorious Moon.
"Let's prepare ourselves and then look for the spirit beasts you want at noon. What do you think?" I proposed casually.
"Mm. Let's do that." Han Yue agreed, excited to absorb her second spirit ring.