Chapter 92: The Other Use of Cultivation Methods

“Difficult, difficult, difficult!” Chen Beiwu let out a sigh.

Perhaps because his cultivation realm was too low, he had studied Mirror Flower, Water Moon the entire night, but his head was filled with mush, and he could only barely understand the beginning portion.

The later parts of the cultivation method were even harder to comprehend than the All Laws Converge, Heaven Book of the Divine Tree.

With such difficulty in cultivation, no wonder that in the tens of thousands of years of the Mirror Moon Sect, not a single sequence disciple had managed to cultivate Mirror Flower, Water Moon to achieve the Golden Core.

‘Even if I keep reading, I still don’t know how to cultivate it. Better to read a spell jade slip to give my brain a rest.’

Thinking this, Chen Beiwu casually set aside the jade slip of Mirror Flower, Water Moon and picked up the spiritual art Mist of Phantoms to study.

“Glub!”

Perhaps because of the new environment, Gold Egg was extremely excited, constantly swishing its tail fin and flipping about in the mist.

“Plop.”

Its body stiffened. Gold Egg first glanced down at the jade slip that had suddenly appeared beneath it, then secretly peeked at the focused Chen Beiwu.

“Glub.” Gold Egg let out a breath of relief, releasing a ring of bubbles.

Yet Iron Egg’s low growl immediately tensed Gold Egg’s body again.

“Glub!”

“Woof!”

“Glub!”

“Woof!”

After a round of bargaining that failed to persuade Iron Egg, Gold Egg grew anxious. It directly activated its Sea-Absorbing talent and swallowed the cultivation method jade slip in one gulp.

Iron Egg, who saw everything, was dumbfounded: “???”

Was this fool unable to understand dog speech?

It had clearly said—just touch the jade slip with your forehead and circulate your thoughts to comprehend the scripture within.

But this idiot actually ate it like a snack!

“Glub!” Gold Egg widened its dead-fish eyes and stared intently at Iron Egg.

Its thoughts were simple.

The jade slip was gone, which meant nothing had happened. It knew nothing.

Obviously, since neither beast knew how to use divine sense to communicate, and dog and fish languages were not mutually understood, misunderstandings were inevitable.

“Still, second-tier spiritual arts are much simpler!”

Chen Beiwu opened his eyes. With a thought, the mist spreading around him became his eyes, making everything in the residence visible with nowhere to hide.

Even on the first attempt, he had mastered the initial step of casting the Mist of Phantoms spiritual art—hiding his divine sense within the conjured mist to confuse the opponent’s perception and suppress their divine sense.

As for the second step, the caster must use the mist as a medium to silently bewilder the opponent’s six senses with divine sense.

This step was much harder, requiring the divine sense of the Foundation Establishment stage. After dozens of attempts, Chen Beiwu still failed to find a suitable way to guide his divine sense.

“Wait, where’s my cultivation method jade slip?!”

Chen Beiwu suddenly stood up and looked at Gold Egg.

“Glub.” Gold Egg blew bubbles with an innocent expression.

Chen Beiwu then turned his gaze to Iron Egg.

“Woof woof woof!”

Iron Egg barked a series of complaints, expressing how bizarre Gold Egg’s way of learning the cultivation method was.

Chen Beiwu chuckled, speechless. “Stop playing around, hurry up and spit it out.”

“Glub.”

Gold Egg hiccupped and spat out the jade slip.

“This time I’ll let it slide, but don’t do it again next time.”

Poking Gold Egg’s head with his finger, Chen Beiwu picked up the jade slip and noticed that the profound intent recorded within Mirror Flower, Water Moon had dimmed quite a bit, as if part of its spirituality had been absorbed.

“What’s going on?” Chen Beiwu’s thoughts stirred as he looked at Gold Egg.

“Glub!”

Gold Egg instinctively blew bubbles, only to find that what emerged was not bubbles but tiny, oddly-shaped water mirrors that continuously merged into its scales.

‘You comprehended it?’ Chen Beiwu’s pupils contracted.

What was this situation—was his spell talent actually inferior to Gold Egg’s?

“Glub?” Gold Egg blinked its bulging fish eyes.

Comprehend what? Wasn’t this just its usual poppable bubbles?

“Iron Egg, target the water mirrors and release Fire Spark Art. Control the power to the lowest level,” Chen Beiwu commanded.

Upon hearing this, Iron Egg didn’t hesitate and opened its mouth, spewing flames to form a small string of ring-shaped sparks.

“Glub.”

Faced with the attack, Gold Egg instinctively flicked its tail fin, intending to block it with its Flowing Gold Scales.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

The sparks precisely shattered the water mirrors, then struck Gold Egg’s scales without leaving even a trace.

Seeing this, Chen Beiwu furrowed his brows, sinking into thought.

The water mirrors Gold Egg unintentionally released only had the form of mirrors, without the essence of water and moon. They couldn’t even deflect the ungraded Fire Spark, let alone replicate it.

“Glub!”

Gold Egg turned back, glaring unhappily at Iron Egg.

But Chen Beiwu’s gaze was on Gold Egg’s scales, where inspiration suddenly struck him.

The sea embraces all rivers, devouring everything to nourish itself.

Gold Egg’s Sea-Absorbing talent could devour beasts, spells, artifacts, talismans, spiritual energy—anything—to strengthen its innate Flowing Gold Scales.

‘Could it be that the profound intent of Mirror Flower, Water Moon was absorbed into Gold Egg’s Flowing Gold Scales?’

Thinking this, Chen Beiwu held the jade slip by Gold Egg’s mouth and willed: ‘Do the same as before—activate Sea-Absorbing talent and eat it.’

Gold Egg looked at him in confusion but didn’t refuse. It obediently opened its mouth and swallowed the jade slip.

“Very good.”

Chen Beiwu nodded slightly.

Usually, he had fed Gold Egg many exotic beast corpses and materials, but its Flowing Gold Scales talent had barely changed.

He had thought Sea-Absorbing talent required years of accumulation before visible transformation. But now, it seemed perhaps he had been too cautious before—the things he fed were not strong enough.

Of course, it was also possible that Mirror Flower, Water Moon was a special case, its profound intent extraordinarily compatible with Gold Egg, thus producing such immediate results.

‘How do you feel now?’ Chen Beiwu asked through his thoughts.

“Glub?” Gold Egg looked blank.

Feel? Did hunger count as a feeling?

“Alright then.” Chen Beiwu shook his head, not in a rush.

He had time. He could slowly test Gold Egg’s Sea-Absorbing talent.

If his guess proved right, then Gold Egg might be able to devour many cultivation method jade slips, transforming Mirror Flower, Water Moon into its own Flowing Gold Scales talent.

Even if the guess was wrong, at most he would only lose a jade slip recording Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

After one incense stick’s time, Chen Beiwu willed: ‘Spit it out.’

“Glub.”

A saliva-covered jade slip fell to the ground.

Picking it up, Chen Beiwu saw that the profound intent of Mirror Flower, Water Moon had diminished again, its latter contents already blurred.

“Try blowing bubbles again.”

As soon as Chen Beiwu’s thought landed, Gold Egg spat out tiny water mirrors once more. This time, their size was noticeably larger.

“Woof?” Iron Egg looked at Chen Beiwu.

“No need to test.” Chen Beiwu shook his head.

The first realm of Mirror Flower, Water Moon was Observing Mist Flowers, or “seeing the moon in water, flowers in the mist.”

At this level, a cultivator could condense Mist-Flower Mirrors, which revealed glimpses of reality and illusion.

These mirrors could shift like the moon and flowers, allowing the user within half an incense’s time to see through and rebound an opponent’s spell attacks, up to three times.

But the tiny water mirrors Gold Egg had produced were far from true Mist-Flower Mirrors.

According to Chen Beiwu’s estimation, Gold Egg would need to devour at least three jade slips of Mirror Flower, Water Moon before having a chance to step into the first realm.

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