The stall owner was startled into a violent shudder, letting out a strange yelp as he hurriedly dodged aside.
"Bad luck!" Seeing Ye Chen collapse directly to the ground, he muttered under his breath, immediately packed up his stall, and slipped away at top speed, his movements so practiced it was obvious he'd done this countless times before.
Ye Chen lay sprawled on the ground. For a long while, no one paid him any attention. Quite a few of the passersby had been people he had bumped into earlier. Now that they saw him collapsed on the ground, blood spilling from his mouth, most of them felt a secret sense of satisfaction.
Chu Ge didn't know what happened after he left, but through the system's notification sounds, he could tell that Ye Chen was probably not doing very well now.
[Ding! The host has seized the chosen one's opportunity and obtained 6,000 villain points.]
[Ding! Because his opportunity was seized, the chosen one's state of mind collapsed, his qi and blood reversed, his injuries worsened. The host has obtained 6,000 villain points.]
Another batch of villain points had been credited to his account—naturally, Chu Ge was delighted.
Originally, he only had 500 villain points left. Now, it had soared to 25,500.
However, he also understood that after squeezing this round dry, Ye Chen, this leek, was more or less used up. For a short while, there would be no more oil to squeeze from him. All that remained was to wait for the final harvest.
Returning to the Taihuang Hall, Chu Ge prepared to cultivate.
He was currently at the Aperture-Opening Realm, and the most important thing now was cultivating the Aperture Refinement Diagram.
As for a core cultivation method, he had not yet chosen one.
Aside from the Indestructible Radiant Dragon Scripture he had inherited from the Huanglong Seal, the Taihuang Holy Land also possessed other inheritances.
The Taihuang Incinerating Cosmos True Scripture.
It was divided into the Flame Huang Incinerating Cosmos Scripture and the Calamity Huang Annihilating Universe Scripture. The former was of the fire attribute, and the latter of the lightning attribute. Both were supreme inheritances that could lead directly to the Twelfth Heaven, on the same level as the Indestructible Radiant Dragon Scripture.
But Chu Ge had no intention of specializing in just a single cultivation method.
He possessed the Myriad Laws Sacred Body, an overwhelming constitution advantage, and also owned the peerless treasure— the Myriad Laws Derivation Mirror. Techniques that were extremely difficult for ordinary people to cultivate were hardly difficult for him at all.
Therefore, Chu Ge planned to cultivate multiple paths simultaneously. Although this would consume far more time and resources, the benefits gained would likewise be enormous.
Once cultivation began, Chu Ge activated the origin of his Sacred Body, linking it to the Myriad Laws Derivation Mirror within him, accelerating the deduction of the Eight Desolations Annihilation Finger as well as the Soaring Freedom Flying Immortal Steps he had obtained through sign-in.
One movement technique and one finger technique were essentially enough for the time being.
In the early stages of cultivation, there was no need for so many flashy tricks. Ignoring other factors, when fighting others, whoever had the stronger physique and more spiritual power held the greater chance of victory. There was little room for delicate micro-control.
And Chu Ge's current plan was precisely to follow the "brute force smash-through" path.
Forged by the derivation of Heaven and Earth, his foundation was already terrifying. Coupled with his Sacred Body, whether in physical strength or spiritual power, he was far beyond ordinary cultivators.
Added to that was his cultivation of the Great Zhou Heavenly Cycle Star Aperture Refinement Diagram, which transformed his acupuncture apertures into star apertures—this made his foundation at the Aperture-Opening Realm truly anciently rare!
When fighting others, he needed no exquisite moves at all. Under a burst of spiritual power alone, he could blow away cultivators of the same realm. For ordinary cultivators, the total spiritual power in their bodies might not even reach one percent of his!
If he were to unleash the initially comprehended Eight Desolations Annihilation Finger, even a cultivator of the Fourth Heaven would have to avoid Chu Ge's attack—his sharp edge!
Using the Sacred Body's origin as energy, the Myriad Laws Derivation Mirror within him began to tremble frantically, deducing the two spiritual techniques for Chu Ge.
At present, the Myriad Laws Derivation Mirror had no physical form. Although it could still be used when driven by spiritual power, Chu Ge wasn't satisfied with the speed, so he directly fed it "heavy fuel," mobilizing his Sacred Body origin.
In any case, he had an abundance of origin. Consuming a little was of no consequence. As long as he didn't excessively deplete it, it would slowly recover over time.
This was precisely the advantage of possessing an abundant origin.
For ordinary Sacred Bodies, like Su Lingyuan, even the loss of a single wisp of origin would cause them to ache with distress for a long time.
Chu Ge didn't need to worry about any of that. He could burn it hard and fast as he pleased—he was practically using his Sacred Body origin as if it were ordinary spiritual power now.
While letting the Myriad Laws Derivation Mirror deduce the techniques, Chu Ge also didn't idle. He began transforming his own apertures.
He took out the jade pendant obtained at the market.
In his memories, Ye Chen had cultivated with the help of this jade pendant, greatly accelerating his own cultivation progress.
Now that it was in Chu Ge's hands, he naturally intended to properly make use of this treasure.
He took out a small pile of spirit stones and guided their spiritual energy into the jade pendant. Very quickly, a stream of special energy carrying a chilly, yin-cool intent fed back from the pendant into Chu Ge's body.
Thus, as Chu Ge continued deducing his techniques on one side and transforming his star apertures on the other, the jade pendant was also exerting its power. As his spiritual power was continuously injected, wisps of special energy surged into his body and actually began to autonomously circulate the Aperture Refinement Diagram, starting to open up new apertures on its own.
Three processes running simultaneously, Chu Ge truly experienced the joy of cultivation. The feeling of growing stronger every single second was simply wonderful, immersing him completely within it.