The "Hundred Forms Demon Body" can be cultivated at the entry-level of Refining Profound, which can be considered extremely accessible, yet if one possesses a sufficiently powerful Shadow Puppet, it remains formidable even at the Late Stage of Crimson Palace. After reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, although this technique can no longer enhance the attack of the mind, it can continue to reinforce the body.
However, Song Yan felt that compared to this technique, the "Hundred Forms Divine Control" was not even worthy to carry its shoes.
What kind of terrifying power could be deduced from this technique?
A trace of joy flashed in his heart.
Strong power is the source of his sense of security.
He cast aside distractions and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the deduction process.
After nearly half an hour, a drop of sweat had already formed at his temple.
Perhaps as the time was nearing its end, his urgency drove him to a moment of insight, allowing him to barely display the name of the cultivation technique on the panel at almost the last moment.
[Magic]
Chenggen Mountain Technique (Not Entry-level) (Imitation State)
Song Yan quickly utilized his wisdom to continue comprehending.
After investing 70 years of life essence, he perfected the "Chenggen Mountain Technique".
After investing 350 years of life essence, the panel was updated.
[Magic]
Wind Mountain Movement (Perfection) (First successful deduction)
At the moment of comprehending this technique, Song Yan also understood its characteristics.
Gen means mountain.
Continual mountains imply mountains both above and below.
Therefore, this technique weaves profound qi from the depths of the earth, connecting to oneself, allowing one to merge with the earth and possess its power.
However, in the first deduction, he used the "weaving method" in reverse, from above to below.
Above, represents wind.
Wind belongs to wood.
By weaving downward with the wind, one allows oneself to merge into the wind.
Thus... focusing on two tasks, weaving both, as if merging with the earth, as if in the wind, seemingly still yet moving, both light and heavy.
This is called... Wind Mountain Movement.
Anyone who engages with him feels as if they are contending with the earth beneath him and the wind around him simultaneously.
Song Yan felt that this technique was already at the same level as the "Hundred Forms Demon Body", yet the "Hundred Forms Demon Body" relies on accumulating with shadow puppets, while this "Wind Mountain Movement" harnesses nature. If this "Wind Mountain Movement" can be further deduced, it would surely far surpass the "Hundred Forms Demon Body."
"Time is up."
Tang Xiaoping’s voice came through.
Song Yan said no more, stood still, and directly performed the Wind Mountain Movement. In an instant, the two qi, Wood Profound and Earth Profound, arose, forming two overlapping "funnels" up and down.
Song Yan fixed his gaze on the mountain peak Tang Xiaoping had moved earlier and took a step forward.
Swish!
In an instant, he was in front of the mountain.
Tang Xiaoping frowned.
For just that instant, he realized that this lad likely didn’t understand at all. The "Chenggen Mountain Technique", because it merges with the earth, is very slow, how could it be so fast?
In the next instant, Song Yan clasped his hands on the mountainside, slightly lifted his waist, and gently pulled.
Immediately, the earth trembled, wild winds howled, and the mountain roots cracked.
Tang Xiaoping blinked, a very strange feeling arose in his heart.
It was a strong sense of contradiction.
On one hand, he thought this lad was imitating incorrectly, but on the other, he felt this lad seemed correct, not just correct, but couldn’t be more correct.
The mountain lifted slightly, then settled back down.
Song Yan asked, "Fourth Uncle, have I passed?"
Tang Xiaoping thought for a while before saying, "Xiaohan? What exactly happened here? Why does it feel like you both did and didn’t do it right?"
Song Yan cupped his hands and slowly conveyed his understanding, concluding, "I observed Fourth Uncle weaving from the earth, so I spent a stick of incense’s worth of time to comprehend this technique, but seeing I still had time, a whim hit me. I thought about what if a similar method was slightly adjusted, starting from the sky, what would happen? Then... here we are."
Tang Xiaoping:...
Princess Xi:...
Tang Xiaokong, who was listening nearby:...
The seated youth suddenly stood up.
These four, each more monstrous than the next, but at this moment, they all felt crushed by the innate talent of a greater monster from a higher plane.
This talent wasn’t even something like Profound Root’s aptitude, but a kind of comprehension from the Divine Soul, something others couldn’t take away from you no matter how they tried to seize it.
Tang Xiaoping said tremblingly, "You... you can even deduce from the ’Chenggen Mountain Technique’? And connect it above the skies? Not only connected but also succeeded?"
His tone grew higher with each sentence, and his words carried a resonant, odd quality.
Tang Xiaokong said, "You... you not only imitated but also created? And created successfully?"
Princess Xi blinked, looking at Song Yan as if seeing him for the first time.
The three simultaneously glanced towards the youth not far away.
The youth earnestly looked at Song Yan, after a long pause said, "My name is Tang Yanzhang, had I met you a thousand years ago, we would surely be brothers, and even today, we would travel together. Alas... alas..."
He sighed and shook his head, then said, "Alas now I must journey east and cannot wait for you."
As he spoke, he then smiled, saying, "But I believe you will surely come, so... I shall wait for you in the east for five hundred years."
Song Yan asked, "Why must you head east?"
Tang Yanzhang contemplatively gazed at the sky and said softly, "The east... is where the truth of birth and extinction of the Ancient Race lies. Every person from the Ancient Race, if they do not wish for their clan to perish, must go east."
Song Yan asked, "Has the Lingbo and Dragon Elephant clans ever gone there?"
Tang Yanzhang replied, "The Lingbo Ancient Race was originally a member of the mountain Ancient Sword clan community, which was once the most powerful dominant alliance on this land, the leader of the Ancient Race Alliance.
But ever since the extinction of the Lingbo Ancient Race over a thousand years ago, the Ancient Sword communities in the mountains have all moved north.