Chapter 228
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Chapter 228: Heavenly Auspiciousness
Enlightenment, also known as the unity of heaven and man, wasn’t just about Mu Lin alone.
During enlightenment, Mu Lin’s spiritual frequency connected with the world, allowing him to perceive nature’s truths and draw power and knowledge from the great source of heaven and earth. Each session brought him immense gains.
Yet now, while his "fixing" ability could preserve past physical states, it only applied to his own body—the surrounding world remained unaffected. This left Mu Lin’s enlightenment feeling like a one-sided affair, where he alone generated light and effort. His comprehension capacity dropped drastically in this state.
What troubled him more was the energy cost. Previously, heaven and earth had replenished his expenditures through their harmonious connection. Now, every ounce of mental strain fell entirely on him. With his thoughts accelerated a hundredfold, Mu Lin could barely maintain enlightenment for a minute.
"…Weak effects and short duration. My current enlightenment can’t compare to true unity with heaven and man."
Though disappointed, Mu Lin didn’t despair. While imperfect, the hundredfold acceleration granted him a "super brain"—making both daily cultivation and bottleneck breakthroughs exponentially easier. Crucially, this mental boost could also help devise crisis strategies through accelerated thinking.
"Best of all, I can activate super brain anytime. As my spirit grows stronger, it might even evolve into true heavenly unity someday."
…
Beyond enlightenment, Mu Lin tested other aspects of his fixing ability. He could now store three physical states and refresh them four times daily.
"Four extra lives. Not bad."
He reserved the first slot for his peak condition, the second for his super brain enlightenment state. The third slot’s purpose remained undecided.
"Overload gives great temporary bursts, but seems wasteful to lock permanently. What else could I preserve?"
Suddenly, inspiration struck. His eyes lit up.
"Wait… If I can fix enlightenment states, what about the moment I fused with seven-colored ink?"
Though now possessing Level 2 Spiritual Roots, Mu Lin still fell short of the Seven-Colored Deer—a true heavenly auspicious being. During that fusion, his spiritual roots had briefly reached first-grade or even Superlative Level quality.
"Normally a once-in-lifetime experience. But through fixing—the art of making transient moments eternal…"
Closing his eyes, Mu Lin began reconstructing that transcendent state of unity with seven-colored ink.
After meticulous adjustments, Mu Lin succeeded in recording and stabilizing the state of merging with the Seven-Colored Deer Antler.
"Now to test its energy consumption. If it’s low enough, I might keep this state as a permanent passive ability. That’d essentially grant me first-grade or even Superlative Level Spiritual Roots indirectly."
"Let’s call this form ‘Seven-Colored Blessing Body’."
"Hum…"
At Mu Lin’s mental command, hidden cosmic laws stirred. Observers would’ve seen the "Ding" character (Heaven-Earth Root) between his eyebrows erupt in prismatic light.
The radiance first danced across his forehead before seeping inward. Within moments, his entire body glowed with multicolored luminescence.
Once again, Mu Lin felt completely unified with nature – a warm, comforting sensation permeating his entire being.
This blissful state nearly intoxicated him, but soon his face twisted in frustration.
"The Seven-Colored Blessing Body’s amazing… but it drains magical energy…"
It proved magical cultivation truly remained a Qi Practitioner’s core foundation.
Calculations showed maintaining this state routinely would be unsustainable. However, strategic use offered advantages:
– Absorbing rare materials became several times more efficient when activated
– During combat, the enhanced affinity let him harness greater amounts of spiritual energy
…
Despite imperfections, evolving his Spiritual Roots brought tremendous benefits. For the next few days, Mu Lin camped by the Time Tower, immersed in cultivation.
His efforts bore dramatic results:
– Magical cultivation reached peak Spirit Pool
– Physical strength broke into early Spirit Sea stage
– Spiritual perception and Zhong Kui manifestation skyrocketed to Refining the Evil tier – a level warranting "Master" titles
This explosive growth left Yuance, Chu Hongxuan, Yan Zhanpeng, and other nobles dumbfounded when they next met him. Even Dongfang Ya, who’d seen him recently, twitched an eye muscle.
"Your progress is downright unnatural!"
Mu Lin shrugged. "It makes sense though. My clones assist cultivation, and Yuhu Academy’s Time Tower stretches days into months. Plus…"
He counted on fingers: "Traded True Meaning Diagram of doppelgänger cultivation for eight-century Life Fruit, Six Yin Spirit-Nourishing Water, Clear Spirit Pills… Resources even Chu Hongxuan’s clique can’t get."
"With all that piled together, this growth’s inevitable."
Dongfang Ya’s face showed increasing skepticism. "Inevitablе? You think I’m stupid? If wealth and time alone made powerful beings, every spoiled heir would dominate! How come you’ve got zero bottlenecks?!"
Cultivation bottlenecks – the eternal bane of privileged youths. Despite overflowing resources and time, Qi Practitioner’s training demanded more than material advantages.
It also required insight, comprehension of heaven and earth, and even temperament.
With the proficiency panel, however, Mu Lin excelled in these aspects.
His true challenge had never been breakthroughs in cultivation methods, but rather accumulating magical energy.
This had been his greatest limitation in the past.
Yet after evolving his Spiritual Roots and gaining abilities like the Substitute Paper Figure, Time Tower, and Seven-Colored Auspiciousness, Mu Lin had overcome these shortcomings.
The abundance of resources even turned this former weakness into a strength.
With no remaining deficiencies, the proficiency panel’s power to permanently solidify progress could fully manifest.
The result? Mu Lin’s strength was growing at a terrifying pace.
When Dongfang Ya questioned him about this, Mu Lin simply scratched his head and said, "Maybe I’m just lucky."
Dongfang Ya pursed her lips at the half-hearted answer but changed the subject. "Whatever you say. Just be careful during the assessment."
The second and final round of the Southeast Province joint examination had begun, bringing Mu Lin face-to-face with Chu Hongxuan, Yan Zhanpeng, and other scions of powerful clans again.
Though Mu Lin barely glanced at them, all eyes followed his every move.
Murmurs spread through the crowd as they observed his dramatic power increase in mere days. Envious whispers mixed with greedy calculations.
"The Time Tower’s at Yuhu Academy – anyone can use it with enough academy points!"
"And he publicly shared the doppelgänger cultivation technique! We could achieve similar results!"
This realization ignited ambition among nobles and commoners alike. Yan Zhanpeng and Yuance burned with particular intensity, having already studied the True Meaning Diagram of doppelgänger cultivation themselves. Though none had mastered it yet, they clung to the promise of future success.
Not all shared this enthusiasm. Chu Hongxuan paced anxiously, thwarted by Yan Yunyu’s strict purchase restrictions that even his Spirit Stones couldn’t bypass. "I need that True Meaning Diagram!" he muttered. "Otherwise they’ll all leave me behind…"
The Feather Tribe’s Tian Yun also wrestled with inner conflict. Once arrogantly confident in her temporal abilities, she’d planned to crush Mu Lin in the Tower of Illusions to erase her previous defeat. Yet now her clan elders forbade confrontation, obsessed with obtaining the cultivation secrets for their tribe.
When an elder hinted she should charm the technique from Mu Lin, Tian Yun’s silver eyes flashed dangerously. "Never," she hissed under her breath, glaring across the field. "I’d rather die than…"
