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Chapter 144 Opening Two Apertures
Half a year later.
He Xingfa visited again.
Zhang Yuhe walked out of the Cave Dwelling, and after the two of them sat down in the courtyard pavilion,
He Xingfa asked eagerly,
"I wonder if Brother Zhang has successfully refined the Immortal Artifact?"
Zhang Yuhe did not speak either.
He waved his right hand.
A pitch-black long stick appeared in his hand.
The long stick was surrounded by Immortal Qi, with circles of golden rune patterns interspersed in the middle.
He Xingfa reached out and took it.
The long stick felt extremely heavy in his hand. Not paying attention for a moment, his figure couldn't help but sway slightly.
If not for having cultivated an immortal body, he almost would have let go of the long stick and dropped it to the ground just now.
Looking at the long stick Immortal Artifact in his hand, He Xingfa reached out to stroke it, his expression extremely excited.
He carefully sized up the long stick in his hand, looking at it as if it were some piece of art.
When he saw the small characters "【Galaxy Heaven-Shattering Stick】" carved in the middle of the long stick,
He Xingfa couldn't help but laugh happily, saying,
"What a fine Galaxy Heaven-Shattering Stick!"
After examining it carefully for a long time, He Xingfa reluctantly put away the long stick and then asked Zhang Yuhe,
"I don't have many Immortal Stones on me. Previously, in order to gather materials, I practically spent all my Immortal Stones. I wonder if I can use a Chaos Beast Crystal Core as payment?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yuhe's eyes lit up.
A Chaos Beast Crystal Core was truly a good thing.
He helped He Xingfa refine an Immortal Artifact mainly to build a reputation.
Once he had a reputation, doing things in the market city in the future would be much easier.
Regarding the payment, he really hadn't thought about it too much.
If he wanted payment, he would definitely have to collect the money first before doing the work.
However, since it was a Chaos Crystal Core, there was no need to be polite.
This gadget was precisely what he needed.
Thinking of this, he tentatively asked,
"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xie has a two-star crystal core?"
He Xingfa flipped his wrist, and a crystal core exuding a violent aura appeared in his hand.
"This is a two-star crystal core, let it serve as payment for Brother Zhang."
"Alright."
Zhang Yuhe nodded in agreement.
This was a fair trade.
When an Immortal Artifact master made a move to help others refine artifacts, they generally collected payment of equivalent materials.
The price of one Immortal Artifact was roughly equivalent to ten one-star crystal cores.
And a two-star crystal core could be exchanged for ten one-star crystal cores.
However, this was only the theoretical exchange price.
In fact, the higher the star rating of the crystal core, the rarer it was.
Strictly speaking, He Xingfa using a two-star crystal core as payment for Artifact Refining meant Zhang Yuhe got a bargain.
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The transaction ended, and He Xingfa left happily.
Looking at the crystal core in his hand, Zhang Yuhe was also extremely happy.
He still had one one-star crystal core left in his hand, plus this crystal core.
Then he could open two apertures.
Thinking of this,
Zhang Yuhe walked quickly back into the Cave Dwelling.
Arriving at the cultivation platform, he sat cross-legged and silently recalled the contents of the Chaos Aperture-Opening Secret Technique.
According to what was recorded on the stone tablet, using this secret technique to open apertures required setting up an immortal Formation to assist.
After a short while, Zhang Yuhe stood up.
With a wave of his right hand, Formation Flags quickly fell around the cultivation platform.
He had already prepared these Formation Flags beforehand; now he just needed to carve the Formation patterns.
Zhang Yuhe reached out and carved in thin air, as invisible Formation patterns linked all the Formation Flags around the cultivation platform together.
When the last Formation pattern was finished carving,
He quickly pinched a magic formula, and a purple radiance lit up inside the Cave Dwelling.
The radiance enveloped the space above the cultivation platform, forming a purple light barrier.
Zhang Yuhe took out the one-star crystal core and placed it not far in front of him.
He gently let out a breath, and then, following the method in the Chaos Aperture-Opening Secret Technique, slowly absorbed the Qi within the crystal core.
The Nascent Soul infant in his Dantian suddenly opened its eyes.
A bright spot of light lit up on the golden Nascent Soul.
The point of light illuminated the entire Dantian, and the Dantian sea began to expand once again.
Time slowly passed.
He didn't know how long had passed.
Zhang Yuhe slowly stood up from the cultivation platform.
Feeling the surging power in his Dantian, a smile could not help but surface on his face.
"Very good. After opening the first aperture of the Nascent Soul, my strength has indeed improved quite a bit."
He silently felt the changes in his Dantian.
After opening the first aperture, his Dantian sea had expanded by another thirty percent.
Furthermore, the immortal spiritual Qi in his Dantian had also become purer.
This was the benefit of opening the Nascent Soul's apertures.
Not only could it directly increase a True Immortal's strength, but it could also enhance endurance.
Besides that, after opening the Nascent Soul's apertures, the cultivation speed would also greatly improve.
"Keep up the good work and strive to open the second aperture directly."
Having successfully opened the first aperture in the Nascent Soul, Zhang Yuhe was not satisfied.
He intended to strike while the iron was hot and open the second aperture directly as well.
Although opening Nascent Soul apertures also had a certain probability of failure, he didn't care at all at this moment.
Opening Nascent Soul apertures could directly increase strength and also accelerate cultivation speed.
Faced with such temptation, who could resist?
Zhang Yuhe waved his right hand, putting away the Formation Flags around the cultivation platform.
Swapping in new Formation Flags, he then began to carve Formation patterns once again.
According to the records of the Chaos Aperture-Opening Secret Technique, the Formation used for opening apertures each time would have certain differences.
To open the second aperture, he needed to re-deploy the Formation.
However, opening the first three apertures only required a first-tier immortal Formation for assistance.
This point completely couldn't stump him.
Very quickly, the new Formation was set up.
Zhang Yuhe took out the newly acquired two-star crystal core, placed it in front of him, and then slowly closed his eyes.
Enveloped by the purple radiance, the Qi on the crystal core was slowly sucked into the Dantian.
After a long while again,
Zhang Yuhe opened his eyes, an expression of wild joy appearing on his face.
"Haha, a direct double consecutive success."
Successfully opening apertures consecutively made him extremely happy.
He silently felt the changes in his own strength.
After continuously opening two apertures,
His strength right now had increased by a full sixty percent; it was completely a qualitative leap.
Among True Immortal Cultivators, he could now completely be considered an expert on one side.
If he burst forth with all his strength, he would even dare to fight a True Immortal Late Stage.
With this kind of strength, in the Ji'an Sea Area, he could basically achieve self-preservation.
As long as he didn't provoke those Golden Immortal Ancestors, there shouldn't be too many existences here capable of threatening his safety.
Even so, Zhang Yuhe was not complacent.
Nor did he have the thought of going out to gallivant around.
When strength is lacking, one must hunker down and cultivation; once strength improves, one must continue to cultivation all the same.
Where is this even to?
A mere True Immortal can only bounce around a bit in this fishpond of the Ji'an Sea Area.
Once he steps out of the Ji'an Sea Area, this bit of strength of his won't be worth mentioning at all.
"Since I have already opened two apertures, next, I must set about comprehending the Law."
Zhang Yuhe put away the joy of successfully opening apertures and began to plan his subsequent arrangements.
Matters of Cultivation should be put aside for now; that was not something accomplished overnight.
Without a few thousand years of time, he shouldn't even think about boosting his cultivation realm once more.
To him, comprehending the Law was the fastest and most direct method to enhance his strength.
Although many True Immortal Cultivators buried their heads in deep thought for tens of thousands of years, they still couldn't get a doorway into a Law.
But he was different.
Relying on such a heaven-defying Comprehension of his, comprehending a Law shouldn't be too difficult, right?