ATPnovel #503 - Collect the essence of the sun
#503 - Collect the essence of the sun
The Great自在Heavenly Demon was a bit shocked. He suspected that Zhang Chen was the reincarnation of some old fellow, and not just any old fellow, but someone with an extremely significant background even among all the old guys.
He had lived for hundreds of millions of years and had never heard of anyone mastering the power of time. Even those immortal and indestructible ancestral teachers hadn't achieved that.
Zhang Chen glanced at the Great自在Heavenly Demon, too lazy to pay attention to this mystical fellow. He chose to maintain a sense of mystery towards the old guy in front of him, so that the Great自在Heavenly Demon would have even more awe for him.
Zhang Chen sized up the Tongtian Jianmu branch in front of him, feeling somewhat puzzled. Why didn't it show any changes after he had infused it with ten years of time power?
"The growth of the Tongtian Jianmu is calculated in hundreds of millions of years. Your time power is too weak to cause any changes to the Tongtian Jianmu," the Great自在Heavenly Demon said from the side.
Zhang Chen understood upon hearing this, but he wasn't anxious. He could add ten years of time to this Jianmu branch every day, which would be a hundred years in ten days. When the time reached a thousand or ten thousand years, the Jianmu branch would eventually change.
Then, Zhang Chen looked at the books wrapped in the earth's magnetic iron. He took the books in front of the brazier and began to examine them carefully.
Zhang Chen felt that it was better to memorize the contents of the books in his mind. He also needed to carefully study the method of collecting the essence of the Great Sun.
Zhang Chen now had a near-photographic memory. He watched as one book after another was read by Zhang Chen, and then thrown into the brazier to be burned, turning into ashes and disappearing into the world, so as not to miss any hidden compartments in the books.
It must be said that these books, hidden by the Longevity Ancestor, were indeed extraordinary. Many of their contents involved the practice of supernatural powers, and although they were based on the operation of the earth's veins, Zhang Chen found them very beneficial to read.
Days passed, and after Zhang Chen had been reading in the underground for a month, when all the books had been burned to ashes, the Tongtian Jianmu branch finally had a new change.
On this day, under the blessing of Zhang Chen's time power, a small bud finally emerged from the Tongtian Jianmu.
"It took three hundred years to produce a bud. If I relied on the Tongtian Jianmu to evolve on its own, I'm afraid I would have to wait until the year of the monkey," Zhang Chen muttered to himself as he looked at the bud, which was no bigger than a grain of rice.
However, he couldn't help but persist for a long time. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year meant he could add three thousand six hundred and fifty years a year. Ten years would be thirty-six thousand years. Accumulated, that would be a huge astronomical figure, enough to cause a qualitative change in the Tongtian Jianmu.
"Unfortunately, the speed is still too slow for me," Zhang Chen looked at the newly born bud, feeling a little anxious. Time was too slow, and he only had five years of life left. He couldn't wait.
This leaf had only just sprouted, and it was unknown how many years it would take to grow up. A leaf only absorbed three to five strands of innate energy every day, which was of limited help to him.
"I still need to find some opportunities," Zhang Chen muttered, looking at the last wisp of ash in the stove, and took out the golden book he had obtained from Dugui Qiu, examining it in his hand.
"I remember when I was at the thatched cottage, the fox fairy Nannan put the golden page on the table, and the golden page automatically dropped experience points and skills. Why is there no change here with me?" Zhang Chen stroked the golden page: "Could it be because the fox fairy Nannan is a demon beast, and her aura stimulated the golden page, causing the golden page to drop experience points and skills?"
Zhang Chen had a vague speculation in his heart. Then, he circulated his magic power and poured it into the golden page. The next moment, the golden page was stimulated by the magic power, and suddenly a ball of golden light fell.
[Skill discovered: Sun Harvesting Skill. Do you want to pick it up?]
[Note: The Sun Harvesting Skill is inherited from an extremely ancient era. It was engraved by an unnamed god and demon before his death. It can absorb the essence of the sun to cleanse the soul and muscles.]
"Pick it up!"
Zhang Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the dropped skill. His Blood Control Technique could absorb the essence of Taiyin. If he could also absorb the essence of the Great Sun and cultivate the Solar True Fire, coupled with his Solar Embers, he wondered what kind of power it would have.
[22 Skills (Unranked): Sun Harvesting Skill (0/1000)]
[Note 1: The Sun Harvesting Skill is inherited from an extremely ancient era. It was engraved by an unnamed god and demon before his death. It can absorb the essence of the sun to cleanse the soul and muscles. When cultivated to the highest level, it can nurture a Great Sun Flame, which has the divine power to burn mountains and boil seas.]
[Note 2: When cultivated to the Great Accomplishment Realm, it can have a mysterious effect with Solar Embers and Righteous God Golden Light.]
"That's a bit interesting!" Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the skill panel behind the Sun Harvesting Skill, and a bright light appeared in his eyes: "Finally, a normal skill has come, not the kind that consumes a lot of points. The Sun Harvesting Skill starts with a thousand points, and although the number of points required is large, it is still affordable for Zhang Chen."
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen looked at his own points. After a month of accumulation, he had accumulated 300,000 points, which was enough to upgrade it.
A mere thousand points was just a drop in the bucket.
[22 Skills (Entry): Sun Harvesting Skill (0/10000)]
[Note: You can collect a wisp of the Great Sun Essence every morning]
The simple skill panel introduction made Zhang Chen's heart move: "I seem to have a feeling now that as long as I stand in the sun, I can collect the essence of the Great Sun. But what's with only being able to collect a wisp of the Great Sun Essence every morning?"
Moreover, Zhang Chen could see that his Golden Finger didn't upgrade the level this time, but instead divided it into Great Accomplishment, Small Accomplishment, just like the Mountain Moving Seal, which already explained a lot of problems.
"Only one wisp can be collected per day?" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows. The next moment, Zhang Chen activated the Earth Escape Technique and appeared on a big mountain outside. He saw that at this time, the purple light was flowing in the sky, which was the rising sun.
Zhang Chen's heart moved, and he saw a wisp of purple light in the sky being absorbed by his mouth and nose. The purple light poured directly into his spiritual world, and then cleansed his three souls and seven spirits, causing some inexplicable changes in his three souls and seven spirits, but this change was too weak for Zhang Chen to directly feel the benefits.
Along with that wisp of purple Great Sun Essence being absorbed, Zhang Chen's soul felt a sense of fullness. That feeling wasn't that Zhang Chen couldn't continue to absorb the Great Sun Qi, but that the digestion ability of his soul had reached its limit. If Zhang Chen continued to absorb the Great Sun Essence, it would only be burst by that purple essence.
"Pure Yang?" Zhang Chen faced the purple sunlight, standing on the top of the mountain and meditating. He wasn't a clueless newbie now. After reading countless books, his knowledge was far from what it used to be.
"The Divine Soul Dao cultivators talk about refining the Yang God, refining away the Yin Qi, while the Immortal Dao cultivates the Primordial Spirit, combining the Yin and Yang of the whole body. My daily swallowing of the Great Sun Purple Qi will help my soul become pure Yang, and coupled with the method of harvesting the moon, it will have incredible benefits for my future Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit cultivation," Zhang Chen said thoughtfully.
"However, the realm of the Sun Harvesting Skill is still too low," Zhang Chen's heart moved, and he continued to upgrade the level of the Sun Harvesting Skill.
Being able to absorb only a wisp of the sun's purple Qi essence every day, Zhang Chen didn't think it was his problem. He believed that the level of this Qi harvesting technique was too low.
Along with the thoughts flashing in Zhang Chen's mind, the Golden Finger panel began to change again:
[22 Skills (Small Success): Sun Harvesting Skill (0/100000)]
[Note: You can absorb the essence of the Great Sun at noon]
The introduction on the panel was still simple, but the next moment Zhang Chen sensed a heat flow coming from nothingness, directly rushing into Zhang Chen's soul, causing some inexplicable changes in Zhang Chen's soul. That feeling was as if Zhang Chen's soul had undergone some special transformation, and could accommodate more solar essence.
Then Zhang Chen kept absorbing the purple Qi in the sky, and he saw strands of purple Qi continuously pouring into Zhang Chen's mouth and nose, drilling into Zhang Chen's soul, and constantly washing away Zhang Chen's soul.
The purple light in the sky became brighter and brighter, until the sun completely jumped out of the horizon. At that moment, along with the real sunlight being absorbed into Zhang Chen's body, Zhang Chen noticed the difference between the morning light and the Great Sun Purple Qi.
They were two completely opposite forces. These two forces were very strange. The Great Sun Purple Qi cleansed the soul, while the morning sun advocated the transformation of the soul. It was a very domineering force. As Zhang Chen absorbed the sun's Qi, his soul was actually stained with a trace of the sun's aura.
"Incredible! The sun's Qi in the morning carries a growth force, containing a strong vitality, which can promote the growth of all things, so it can transform my soul," Zhang Chen thoughtfully: "After the transformation of the sunlight, my soul will be more adapted to the power of the sun, and absorb more solar power for cultivation."
Zhang Chen thought to himself: "The Sun Harvesting Skill in the Small Success realm can absorb the purple Qi in the morning, and can also absorb the power of the sun in the morning. Then, according to this reasoning, once the Sun Harvesting Skill reaches Great Success, wouldn't it be able to continuously absorb the power of the sun at noon? Perfection can absorb the sunset... No, there is no sunset in the west, so what is perfection?"
Zhang Chen was not in a hurry to upgrade the level, but constantly absorbed the sun's essence in the sky. As the sun's light gradually approached noon, Zhang Chen felt the change in the sun's power. The sun's growth power became more and more domineering, until at noon, the sun's growth power completely transformed into a domineering masculine power. That power could cleanse all evil in the world. Zhang Chen absorbed the last wisp of the morning's growth sunlight, and his soul was already full, and he could no longer absorb half a point.
"I want to see what incredible effects the Sun Harvesting Skill in the Great Success realm will have," Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger panel. The next moment, the Golden Finger panel directly upgraded:
[22 Skills (Great Success): Sun Harvesting Skill (0/1000000)]
[Note: You can absorb the essence of the sun all day long.]
[Do you want to upgrade?]
"Upgrade!"
The introduction was simple, and Zhang Chen was stunned. Then, a heat flow poured into his body, and Zhang Chen's soul underwent another inexplicable transformation.