Chapter 732: Chapter 165: Building the Life Bridge, Forging the Tao Foundation
(PS: I’ve realized that in any fantasy novel, once it reaches the middle or later stages, there will always be readers who jump out and say: “Masters are everywhere, and powerful ones are nothing more than dogs.”)
Let me directly tell everyone now, there are only over 2000 martial artists in the Tao Foundation Stage of the Da Lan Dynasty, less than 200 Martial Arts Masters, and fewer than 50 Great Grandmasters. This was set from the beginning, and I even specified each power.
Li Fei stepped into his mansion.
Witnessing two martial artists on the Fengyun Leaderboard with him make breakthroughs to become Martial Arts Masters, it would be impossible for him not to feel anything.
If it weren’t for the accident at Tianshui Tomb, Li Fei should have already successfully integrated the Fifth Generation Implant and most likely triggered the core-level extraordinary ability, preparing for a breakthrough.
However, Li Fei did not regret visiting Tianshui Tomb, because without this accident, even if he could break through the martial arts realm and become a Martial Arts Master, the following magic dao realm would be difficult to break through.
Now, on the true road of Magic and Martial Unity, Li Fei is more convinced than anyone that his path must be smooth sailing!
Walking through several courtyards, Li Fei returned to his training chamber, closed the doors and windows, and began today’s cultivation.
He first activated the array in the chamber to isolate the interior from the outside, while providing some defense, preventing easy disturbances.
Then he picked up a vermilion block, placing it into the incense burner.
Soon, a faint tranquil fragrance filled the chamber.
Just one sniff made people feel at ease, with a sense of floating immortality!
This is ‘Ghostly Soul Immortal Ascension Incense’, a precious incense for assisting magic cultivation, making one’s Void Thought more easily quiet and firm.
The small piece Li Fei just placed into the incense burner is worth over one thousand yuan!
Every day during cultivation, he uses two pieces of ‘Ghostly Soul Immortal Ascension Incense’, which has been ongoing for over a month. The cost of this alone has exceeded sixty thousand yuan.
Magic cultivation is more costly than martial arts cultivation, and it’s absolutely unaffordable for non-wealthy families!
To complete ‘Magic Dao Cultivation, Refining Body into a Weapon’, Li Fei has nearly exhausted all resources he could exchange from the court in five years as a Marquis.
The ‘Ghostly Soul Immortal Ascension Incense’ in his hands is the last batch of resources he has exchanged.
In the coming five years, he will be unable to exchange resources through his noble title.
If he doesn’t find a way to obtain resources through other means, those martial artists who have pledged loyalty to him in Xing City Marquis Mansion will have no resources to use.
In this case, he would not be able to train his own personnel, affecting his reputation as Marquis Jing’an.
However, once Li Fei becomes a reserve council member of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, he will be granted a certain amount of resources. If he becomes a cabinet minister, the annual resource quota can rival that of a Marquis!
Besides reserve council members and cabinet ministers, even ordinary advisers can have a certain resource quota.
This is why so many people in the world are eager to join the Blue Patrol Pavilion.
The court seeks to control the world, naturally bestowing both ‘name’ and ‘benefit’.
Carrot and stick, even though many local powers are aware that the Blue Patrol Pavilion is a ‘trap’, they still have to tread into it.
Because if you don’t join, other forces will. Once they gain the ‘name’ and ‘benefit’ given by the court, they will continue to strengthen, thus widening the gap with you.
That’s Ye Ze’an’s open strategy.
In the chamber, Li Fei soon entered the visualization state aided by ‘Ghostly Soul Immortal Ascension Incense’.
He has cultivated the Flying Sword Body for more than a month, and during this time, he hasn’t practiced martial arts, focusing daily on magic dao cultivation.
Now his Tao Foundation endurance has enhanced several times compared to before, but still cannot achieve balance with the Seventh Grade Heavenly Water Soul Bone. He needs to use magic power to guide excess Heavenly Water Soul Bone outward.
However, the magic power brought by the Flying Sword Body is not enough to completely suppress the Heavenly Water Soul Bone.
Thus, Li Fei continues to enhance his magic power.
From the Divine Transformation Stage to the Possession Stage, a magician needs to refine a magic artifact, and then continually strengthen the connection between their implant and the implant within the magic artifact until they can form resonance, marking the entry into the Possession Stage.
This is also why the magic artifact at the Possession Stage can only use lower three grade implants, because a magician’s own implant is only lower three grade, forming resonance only with lower three grade implants.
Upon reaching the Possession Stage, a magician needs to strengthen the magic artifact and, by utilizing the magic artifact’s power, feed themselves back to enhance their Void Thought.
Once the magic artifact is completely perfected, its internal implant fully grows, and their own Void Thought becomes powerful enough, they reach the Possession Stage Peak, able to start attempting breakthroughs.
Li Fei refining his body into a weapon means his body is the magic artifact, with the physical strength of the Tao Foundation Stage Peak and unmatched life force making this ‘magic artifact’ far surpass the Possession stage, with no need for time-consuming strengthening.
Likewise, because he refines his body into a weapon, Li Fei’s Void Thought integrates well with the ‘magic artifact’, requiring no special training, for resonance arises naturally!
Additionally, the feedback from the Flying Sword Body has rapidly strengthened Li Fei’s Void Thought, even surpassing the Possession Stage Peak.
Therefore, after refining the Flying Sword Body, Li Fei only needs the magic type implants within him to complete their growth.
Also benefiting from Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts, these magic type implants can endlessly absorb Li Fei’s Qi-blood and force, growing extremely fast!