Chapter 317: Chapter 205: Purple Aura
Although Sword Holding Peak was not the tallest among the mountains, its location was excellent, as no higher peaks blocked the line of sight to the distant heavens and earth.
The red sun leaped from the ground, and in an instant, all 1,500 Frenel reflectors on the mountain peak reflected the red light, focusing it on Li Shiming’s body.
The violet aura, which could only be felt when the “Purple Qi Eastward” cultivation technique was activated within his body, now became visible around him due to the function of the 1,500 Frenel reflectors.
While practicing “Purple Qi Eastward” and absorbing the first strand of purple qi nurtured by heaven and earth, Li Shiming felt the qi rushing into every pore of his body.
When the Frenel reflectors reflected sunlight towards him, they targeted his entire body rather than concentrating on a single point.
The purple qi nurtured by heaven and earth would only appear at the moment of sunrise and could not be absorbed thereafter.
Li Shiming absorbed a vast amount of purple qi into his body, which then permeated into every part of him.
His spirit first invigorated; his mind grew much clearer, a sign of a certain improvement in his spiritual state.
All aspects of his body, similar to when a breakthrough in body refinement occurred, experienced a rather significant enhancement.
This was an all-around advancement and a successful experiment.
The violet aura reflected by the 1,500 Frenel reflectors did not reach an exaggerated effect of 1,500 times, but in his perception, there was at least a hundredfold increase.
It is important to note that in previous experiments, ordinary mirrors could not reflect the purple qi, only Frenel reflectors could do so.
According to his analysis, the purple qi of the rising sun probably underwent disordered refractions upon reflection, whereas the modified Frenel reflectors he used could transform the disordered refractions into a uniform direction of reflection.
It could be said that this discovery greatly enhanced the effectiveness of the “Purple Qi Eastward” technique.
If the Frenel reflectors were to be popularized, they might bring about significant change in the entire Cultivation World.
However, Li Shiming had no such intention; he did not desire to change anything in the Cultivation World. If all cultivators were to enhance themselves in this way, it would lead to more cultivators competing for the limited cultivation resources.
Such an outcome would not be beneficial for the Cultivation World, and Li Shiming was not so altruistic.
Even to prevent other cultivators from discovering the Frenel reflectors, he equipped all 1,500 of them with concealment formations and self-destruction devices.
If the mountaintop formations were forcibly breached, all 1,500 Frenel reflectors would self-destruct.
With a hundredfold of purple qi, the amount he absorbed in one day was equivalent to what other cultivators absorbed in a hundred days, not to mention the qi that dissipated in his body after his inability to absorb it, which subtly continued to benefit his physical state.
After practicing “Purple Qi Eastward,” he took the opportunity of seemingly endless physical strength to begin training the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill.”
After consuming a mouthful of Spiritual Monkey Wine, the true essence of the Angry-eyed Vajra materialized on his body, each movement of the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” during the Foundation Establishment phase existing between motion and stillness.
Clear, crisp sounds continuously emanated from his body, each signifying the strengthening of his bones while his muscles and skin were also being enhanced simultaneously.
The crisp sounds of bones were followed by the vibrating sounds of major tendons and muscles contracting, and then the skin sounded as if being struck by a hammer on a drumhead.
The sounds coming from his body were indicators of its advancement to a certain level.
After a long time of consuming Monkey Wine and continuous body refinement, combined with the benefits brought by today’s practice of “Purple Qi Eastward,” he finally brought his body refinement to the point of major achievement in the Foundation Establishment phase.
This was nearly a year ahead of his initial projections, which shows just how great the benefits of “Purple Qi Eastward” were this time.
The energy transformed from the violet aura within his body was not entirely absorbed during the practice of “Purple Qi Eastward,” but was preserved as a special strengthening energy.
While he was training the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill,” the special strengthening energy that would normally take a hundred days of violet aura to transform was consumed by the practice of the body refining techniques.
This accelerated the rapid improvement of the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill,” allowing him to reach major achievement in body refinement in a short period.
Of course, this did not mean that his body refinement could no longer improve; rather, in the state of major achievement, he no longer needed other resources to continue practicing body refining techniques, and his body was growing stronger, surpassing the Foundation Establishment stage.
Originally, during his Qi Refinement stage, because the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” had cultivated a true essence and the use of Third Grade Metal to practice the “Sword Demon Secret Manual,” his physical constitution was almost equal to that of ordinary mid-stage Foundation Establishment body refining cultivators.
Now that he had made another breakthrough, his physical constitution had reached that of late-stage Foundation Establishment body refining cultivators.
Currently, in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, Li Shiming had plenty of time to enhance his constitution, constantly elevating his body through major achievement in body refinement.
After completing the training of the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill,” his body once again became that of a muscular and robust man.
He had experience with this and continued to practice the “Sword Demon Secret Manual.” The knotted muscles underwent further contractions and enhancements under the impact of Third Grade Metal.
Once the practice of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” was completed, he stood up and walked around, feeling the changes in his body.