Chapter 308: Chapter 184: Advancing to Fourth-Layer Foundation Establishment, Engraving the Earth Escape Talisman_2
As for the early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, there’s even less to say; they would likely have their souls shattered.
Evidently, the powerful soul significantly enhanced the Soul-Shaking Talisman’s power.
"That’s right, enhancing soul power can also increase cultivation efficiency."
"Simply put, it can increase the efficiency of absorbing spiritual qi and converting it into spiritual power."
"Perhaps I’m not far from the Foundation Establishment Third-Layer Perfection."
Jiang Fan’s heart skipped a beat as he immediately thought of this.
He activated the Mixed Element Talisman Scripture, and indeed, he found that compared to before, the spiritual qi he devoured had more than doubled.
A large amount of spiritual qi poured into his body, then quickly refined and transformed into drops of primordial spiritual power.
This feeling was like having a cultivation aid attached to his body, which felt incredibly wonderful.
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In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.
Jiang Fan had been staying in the quiet chamber for painstaking cultivation.
He was immersed in the feeling of rapid progress in cultivation, feeling wonderfully delightful.
At the same time, the primordial spiritual power deep within his elixir field and sea of qi, as well as within the depths of his meridians, was also rapidly increasing.
By now, he had achieved the perfection level of the Foundation Establishment Third Layer.
Each drop of primordial spiritual power had filled strand by strand within his meridians.
"Achieving Foundation Establishment Third-Layer Perfection."
"Next is the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer."
Jiang Fan’s heart was quite calm, after all, to him, it was just a matter of course.
For other Foundation Establishment cultivators, advancing from the third to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment is quite a bottleneck.
Commonly, the Foundation Establishment of loose cultivators might be stuck at this bottleneck for decades, unable to break through.
The difficulty in breaking through is due to the need to use spiritual power to connect twenty-seven meridians, forming an integrated whole resulting in a circulation.
However, because the cultivation techniques practiced by loose cultivators are ordinary, combined with various other reasons, the spiritual power becomes filled with impurities, causing damage to the meridians each time they are connected.
Over time, this results in numerous micro injuries within the body, leaving hidden dangers.
If one forces a breakthrough, it can lead to ruptured meridians and spiritual power running amok, resulting in severe injury.
In severe cases, this can even lead to becoming a fallen demon, with the body exploding and dying.
Thus, general loose Foundation Establishment cultivators will spend decades circulating their inner spiritual power, slowly connecting each meridian, like the Foolish Old Man removing mountains, like water dripping on stone, to avoid their meridians from shattering.
This is why their bottleneck breakthroughs are so slow.
Of course, if a loose Foundation Establishment cultivator is wealthy, they might purchase Tier Two Elixirs to help them break through bottlenecks.
But these Tier Two Elixirs, capable of breaking bottlenecks, are very expensive.
Even if one exhausts their family fortune, they might not afford them.
Moreover, having enough spirit stones still doesn’t guarantee purchasing them.
However, these issues were not problems for Jiang Fan.
Firstly, he practiced the Mixed Element Talisman Scripture, making his inner spiritual power extremely pure and free of impurities.
Plus, he trained in the Soaring Snake Technique, so his physique was strong.
Each meridian within him was incredibly tough, capable of withstanding repeated impacts.
Thus, for Jiang Fan, this wasn’t a bottleneck at all.
Rumble~~~
This moment, Jiang Fan sat cross-legged on the ground, activating the Mixed Element Talisman Scripture.
The primordial spiritual power deep within him began traveling throughout his meridians.
It’s like a Soaring Snake swimming within the Yellow River.
Thud, thud, thud!!!
Initially, the meridians within him were not connected with each other, but under the impact of his spiritual power, they started to connect these meridians, and in an instant, twenty-seven meridians were easily connected, forming a minor circulation.
This was like a densely knitted water network.
At that moment, Jiang Fan harnessed his inner primordial spiritual power to launch an assault on the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer.
Bang~~~
With just one collision, this bottleneck was effortlessly shattered.
The twenty-eighth meridian was connected.
Immediately, the massive primordial spiritual power flowed into the entirely new meridian.
Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer!
Undoubtedly, Jiang Fan had now advanced to the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer realm, his strength significantly more powerful than before.
"Succeeded."
Jiang Fan smiled slightly, his heart filled with immense joy.
If it were an ordinary loose Foundation Establishment cultivator, advancing from the first to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment might take decades, but he didn’t need that much time.
At this pace, reaching the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment would not be far away.
However, this cultivation efficiency wasn’t particularly excessive.
Because if it were a Celestial Spirit Root cultivator, the cultivation speed might be even faster.
"Compared to before, the improvement in spiritual power is too much."
At this moment, Jiang Fan steadied his joyous and excited emotions and began to comprehend the changes in his body.
After all, this was neither a big nor a small bottleneck, and the progress made was considerable.
Firstly, there was the explosive growth of primordial spiritual power within him.
Compared to before, his primordial spiritual power increased by a full half.
Each meridian inside him widened considerably, seemingly becoming more resilient.
His spiritual power also increased significantly.
Simultaneously, the primordial talisman within the depths of his elixir field expanded considerably.
He could now inscribe a new Life Talisman.
At this time, the surface of this sphere had a total of twelve Life Talismans engraved.
Each Life Talisman was enveloped in a deep, unfathomable aura, containing profound messages.
"The next talisman to inscribe is the Earth Escape Talisman."
Jiang Fan’s eyes gleamed with a hint of spark.
Truth be told, he felt he had quite a few attack-type talismans already.
But auxiliary and escape-type talismans were still in urgent need.
Therefore, he wanted to inscribe the Earth Escape Talisman.
Because once this talisman’s power is exerted, it could allow him to escape into the earth and quickly flee.
You have to know that if flying in the sky, it’s easy to have your tracks discovered by enemies.
At that time, there’s simply nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide.
But if buried into the earth, one could hide invisibly.
Moreover, the earth has the function of obstructing spiritual sense detection.
Therefore, the power of the Earth Escape Talisman is very suitable for escaping.
Even cultivators stronger than himself would find it very difficult to capture him deep within the earth.
His Light Body Talisman, Protective Talisman, plus the Earth Escape Talisman, and other escape talismans, would definitely increase his safety by a considerable margin.
"Let’s begin."
With this in mind, Jiang Fan didn’t hesitate and immediately expended his luck points.
A full ten thousand luck points were consumed in an instant.
Then transformed into a mysterious energy, it submerged into the depths of his soul.
At this moment, he seemed to be in a state of enlightenment.
The primordial talisman within the depths of his elixir field was slowly rotating, like the self-rotation of a planet.
Next, the spiritual power within him covered the primordial talisman, like a pen sketching the traces of the talisman on it.
Although the Earth Escape Talisman was complex and even a minor error could lead to a failed sketch,
with the assistance of luck points, all this wasn’t a problem; it was as stable as an old dog.
Boom~~
Nobody knew how much time had passed when Jiang Fan’s body suddenly quivered, and the last trace of the talisman was inscribed.
The talisman immediately radiated an earthy yellow light.
It seemed to resonate with the spiritual power of the earth and the earth elemental power of the world.
Earth Escape Talisman, completed!
Obviously, with the help of luck points, inscribing the Earth Escape Talisman was no trouble at all.
"Let’s test it."
With a thought, Jiang Fan wasted no words and immediately activated the Earth Escape Talisman.
Instantly, an invisible energy wrapped around his whole body.
His entire being slowly merged into the depths of the earth.
The soil seemed to turn to water at that moment, no longer offering any resistance.
The sensation was remarkably wondrous.
As if he had become a part of the earth itself.
Swoosh!
The next second, Jiang Fan’s entire body merged into the depths of the earth, gliding beneath with the power of the Earth Escape Talisman, as if he were a fish swimming through the heart of the ground.
He could leisurely glide through the earth.
In this moment, he felt unprecedented freedom, a feeling distinctly different from soaring in the sky.
But just after ten minutes or so, Jiang Fan sensed that his internal spiritual power was nearing depletion.
Without a word, he immediately surfaced from the earth, returning again to the ground.