Chapter 680

Chapter 680: Panel Upgrade

[Virtue +1275]

Wang Chen pulled the long cord and retrieved the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil.

At the same time, he brought back a crystal-clear Evil Energy Pearl.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t of the purest grade.

But that wasn’t the main focus for Wang Chen; he quickly glanced at the information flashing in his view, then opened the panel.

[Virtue: 999365]

Just a few hundred points away, and his total Virtue points would break the one million mark!

To be honest, Wang Chen felt quite surprised to have accumulated so many Virtue points in just over half a year.

This was mainly due to the unique environment of the Northern Evil Eye.

There were many magical spirits and evil spirits, but none of them were at the "Lethal" level. With his cultivation at the eighth layer of the Purple Palace and wielding the upgraded Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil, he was not afraid of "Fierce" level evil spirits.

The Northern Evil Eye area was guaranteed to have "Fierce" level evil spirits equivalent to Golden Core level, but they seemed to possess a high level of Intelligence and kept their distance from Wang Chen.

Wang Chen relied on slaughtering "Resentful" level evil spirits to earn a whole million Virtue points!

Just one more to go.

He looked around, searching for traces of evil spirits.

Unfortunately, probably due to his previous aggressive hunting, there were actually no magical spirits or evil spirits within his field of vision.

During the past six months, Wang Chen had been stationed at the Northern Evil Eye, slaughtering everything from the outer perimeter to the inner ring, not letting any evil spirits escape his grasp; he had truly become a nightmare for them.

The most dangerous core of the Evil Eye was not a place he could risk entering, and the evil spirits in the surrounding area were terrified of him.

Any evil spirit with a bit of Intelligence would avoid him from a distance.

But that didn’t matter, as Wang Chen took out the Qing Qian Kun Mirror from his Xumi Ring.

In the Evil Eye area, the casting of spells was greatly impacted.

It severely limited the range of divine sense detection.

However, treasures like the Qing Qian Kun Mirror could function perfectly.

Wang Chen infused it with his power, activating it, and his previously suppressed divine sense instantly expanded in all directions, searching for hidden prey!

The magic mirror proved useful, and Wang Chen quickly discovered a new target.

He immediately rushed toward the locked position, and soon pulled a magical spirit out of a hole in the ground.

This time, Wang Chen didn’t even use the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil; he summoned the Longyuan Sword and decisively slashed it to death!

[Virtue +1065]

[Virtue: 1000430]

He broke a million!

Before Wang Chen could celebrate, a striking prompt message instantly popped up in his view.

[Upgrade conditions met. Would you like to upgrade?]

Wang Chen couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement!

He wasn’t particularly surprised.

In fact, when his Virtue points had accumulated close to a million, Wang Chen had harbored a faint suspicion.

Now, his premonition had come true!

His heart was naturally filled with overwhelming joy.

However, Wang Chen managed to suppress his excitement and refrained from upgrading immediately.

He promptly returned to the Safe House.

Once back in this secure location, Wang Chen activated the defensive formations to their maximum strength, then settled in the quiet room to open the Cultivation Panel.

The previous prompt reappeared.

[Upgrade conditions met. Would you like to upgrade?]

This time, without a moment’s hesitation, he immediately selected confirm.

Boom!

It felt as though a nuclear bomb had detonated in Wang Chen’s mind, and his soul awareness instantly plunged into a void.

His vision turned into a white haze, and he felt as if his soul had left his body, completely losing control over himself.

He had no idea how much time had passed, but gradually, Wang Chen’s consciousness began to return.

As his mind cleared, his vision sharpened once more.

[Upgrade complete]

Upon seeing this message, Wang Chen eagerly summoned the Cultivation Panel.

[Name: Wang Chen]

[Lifespan: 26/280]

[Cultivation Level: Eighth Layer of the Purple Palace]

[Physical Body: 26]

[Root Bone: 11]

[Comprehension: 10]

[Soul: 25]

…

A lengthy list of data appeared in his view, and the content was exactly the same as before.

There was almost no change!

However, in the technique section, Wang Chen noticed new entries.

Or rather, new functions.

[Merge], [Deduction], [Recycle]

These three newly appeared options were precisely aimed at all the techniques that Wang Chen practiced!

The fusion function allows low-level techniques to be merged into higher-level techniques, provided that both are compatible.

For example, Wang Chen’s "Metal Finger Technique," which is a Qi Training spell, can be merged with the "Metal Finger Technique" at the Purple Palace level by activating this function, increasing the destructive power of the latter.

The prerequisite for technique fusion is that the low-level technique must achieve perfect mastery.

The higher-level technique only needs to be at the beginner level, and merging the two can also enhance the experience points of the higher-level technique.

This function is undoubtedly very interesting.

Wang Chen tried to merge "Metal Finger Technique" and "Metal Finger Technique" but received a prompt that he lacked sufficient Virtue points!

The million Virtue points he had painstakingly accumulated were now reduced to a mere fraction.

There was no choice; Wang Chen had to set aside his thoughts of testing the new function for now.

He would wait until he accumulated enough Virtue points again.

The deduction function was even more impressive.

This function targets incomplete techniques; as long as you’re at the beginner level, you can deduce them.

For example, the Preheaven Five Element Technique that Wang Chen was currently mastering did not have the subsequent Golden Core or Yuan Ying levels available.

He could use this function to deduce those!

However, it would also consume Virtue points.

Wang Chen estimated that the Virtue points required for deduction would be much higher than those needed for technique fusion!

Furthermore, the higher the rank of technique deduction, the more specific number of points would be required.

He was already quite aware of the nature of these unique abilities.

As for the last option, the [Recycle] function, it seemed a bit boring and less useful.

For any technique Wang Chen practiced, using this function would allow him to recover half of the Virtue points he had invested in that technique.

Yes, half of the specific number!

After the recycling, the technique would return to the "initialized stage"—beginner level.

Wang Chen was not eager to recycle!

The only interesting part was that using the [Recycle] function did not require any Virtue points.

But Wang Chen guessed he probably wouldn’t need this function in the future.

With this major upgrade to the Cultivation Panel, Wang Chen had discovered these three new functions.

All of them were related to techniques.

He didn’t feel completely satisfied with his expectations.

However, Wang Chen was not a greedy person and, thinking about it, still felt like he had gained a lot.

Although a million Virtue points were a lot, it took just over half a year to accumulate.

As long as he found the right place, earning another million specific number of points would take even less time.

Wang Chen guessed that to upgrade the Cultivation Panel again, he would need ten million Virtue points.

It was not impossible to imagine.

After studying the new features of the panel, Wang Chen received another tangible surprise today.

The external elixir was completed!

Previously, Wang Chen had given Master Ye’s Golden Core and the Magical Spirit Pearl to Little Cauldron for the elixir’s refining.

This fellow patted his chest, guaranteeing he could produce a perfect external elixir for Wang Chen, but it would take at least thirty days and a continuous supply of spirit stones.

As a result, Wang Chen had fallen into the trap.

That "at least" thirty days had actually turned into nearly three months—ninety days!

And during that period, the investment of spirit stones had not stopped for a single day!