The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 423 - 250: Turtle Shell (Major Promotion for Women’s Channel, Additional Release)

Right then, she instructed Tu Jin and Qi Zai to stand guard outside while she herself entered the room upstairs. With Quan Shifang around these days, she didn’t dare to enter the God Demon Prison to meet with Changtian. Even though his voice often lingered in her ears, it only made her thoughts grow fiercer. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

But just as she stepped out of the Transmission Array, a small, oval object flew towards her. She caught it and inspected it closely, puzzled: "What is this?"

"It’s an amulet, crafted from the flesh and shell of the old turtle," Changtian said in a muffled and grumpy tone.

No wonder it looked familiar to her, it turned out to be the very piece of turtle shell used to open the great gate of the turtle throat that time. Now, after being refined and enshrined by Changtian, it had shrunk to the size of a fingernail with beautifully patterned hexagonal motifs occasionally gleaming with radiance on it. Changtian had strung a red thread through the top of the turtle shell, allowing her to wear it as an accessory at her waist.

"A few days ago, you were injured, so I thought about how your Black Scale Armor could absorb the impact damage but could not fully exempt you from other types of attacks, such as damage from lightning, wind, and fire. Thus, I crafted this," he pointed to the turtle shell, "The Dragon Turtle has no other talents but its defensive power is indeed unparalleled in the world. Whenever you face an enemy, you can activate this turtle shell with your Divine Power to form a six-sided protective shield around you. For an enemy to harm you, they must break through these six shields."

Her eyes sparkled with excitement, and she hugged him impulsively, kissing him loudly on the cheek: "So, according to what you’ve said, does it mean I can go around shielded from now on?"

"Getting carried away again. When will you ever correct this fault of yours?" he sighed helplessly, "Stop being delusional, there is no impregnable defense in the world. Although the turtle shell is good, it still requires your divine power to operate. Enemy attacks on the shield also consume your divine power. Once your divine power is exhausted, the shield will break on its own."

"This turtle shell must be driven by Divine Power. Only those at the Great Success Stage possess Divine Power from ancient times till now, and who knows if you’re the only one. So basically, it’s not an item meant for your current rank." He paused slightly, seemingly calculating, "To activate it, the Divine Power required is immense. Hmm, considering the Divine Power stored in your inner core, maybe it could last for ninety breaths?"

She was immediately disheartened. So although the magic artifact was excellent, it came with conditions of use that hit her where she was weakest. Miss Ning, what she lacked most now was Divine Power!

Since completing her Body Refining, she had been practicing the Ba Snake’s Cultivation Technique known as "True Unity Principle," which had eighteen ranks and was unequivocally a Body Cultivation Technique focusing on refining the body with demonic and divine powers, ultimately refining the flesh body to be as indestructible as Vajra. In fact, most cultivation techniques practiced by demons emphasize body strengthening because demons like to show their True Bodies to fight; only a very few demons such as the Demon Fox and Di Tuhao prefer to use Daoist Skills.

Then her trouble came—each day, the Divine Power she acquired was mainly through three ways: drawing Spiritual Power from the Moonlight, converting it into her own Divine Power; acquiring leftover Divine Power from the Demon Transformation Spring left by Changtian, then refining it into her own inner core; and consuming spiritual food like Dream Millet and Jade Paste to draw Spiritual Power.

However, no matter which method she used to absorb the Divine Power, once it entered her inner core, she had to allocate a large portion to run the "True One Technique" continuously to solidify her physical body. Only a small part could be stored in the inner core as reserve Divine Power. But the "True One Technique" is a marvelously inexhaustible spell that runs automatically without her awareness—whether she is sitting, lying down, or engaged in activities from meditation to waking, speaking or laughing, it earnestly and autonomously continues the cultivation.

This is also determined by the innate instinct of Ba Snake—otherwise, such a creature that spends most of its life in hibernation, how could ordinary Cultivation Techniques suit it? Here lies the tragedy of Ning Xiaoxian: since the cultivation of "True One Technique" is autonomous and cannot be interrupted, she can accelerate this process through diligent cultivation, but cannot stop it; the "True One Technique" unreasonably draws most of her Divine Power away, and she cannot retain more Divine Power in her inner core! Therefore, although she has now entered the Early Stage of Great Success, the Divine Power she possesses is pitifully scarce.

This is an awkward stage, which Changtian has also experienced. However, as Ba Snake is an ancient mutant, its True Body is inherently powerful, and as they say ’one force can subdue ten wills,’ relying on its True Body alone, it can mostly kill enemies, so using less Divine Power isn’t really a big deal. Unfortunately, she has the body of a human, and while her current stage of body refinement is solid, its potency is ultimately limited.