36: Domain 03!
Early morning!
A ray of morning sunlight snuck in through the somewhat old window lattice, illuminating the entire room.
On the bed, Chen An's eyelashes trembled slightly, and then his half-closed eyes opened, a flash of silver light vanishing in an instant.
Sitting up from the bed, Chen An's brow couldn't help but twitch slightly as he looked at the room, which, despite being tidied up, still looked cluttered and permeated with an aura of dilapidation everywhere.
"After the County Exam is over, I'll change to a new house!"
Even though he controlled himself well every time he Cultivated, there would inevitably be some oversight.
And with his cultivation level, even if just a wisp of his aura leaked, it would be a devastating blow to this room.
Shaking his head, Chen An suddenly had a thought.
"System!"
Host: Chen An
Age: 17
Aptitude: Mid-grade Martial Bone
Cultivation: Grandmaster Realm (Perfection)
Current Balance: 176,000
Last night, after simulating the Spirit-Restraining Technique, he consumed another 10,000 yuan crystals to simulate the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art.
As a result, he only simulated the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art to Earth Rank Peak Grade, not reaching the Heaven Rank he had imagined.
He was somewhat unwilling to give up, so he threw in another 50,000 yuan crystals to continue the simulation, and only then was he finally able to simulate the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art to Heaven Rank Low Grade.
Afterward, he threw in another 50,000 yuan crystals to Cultivate the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art, but he didn't feel the slightest sensation of a Breakthrough to Great Grandmaster.
He had dumped 110,000 yuan crystals all at once, yet still hadn't managed to make a Breakthrough, so he dared not spend any more.
He felt that to break through to Great Grandmaster, it might require dumping over 200,000 yuan crystals to have a chance at a Breakthrough.
He had this sum of yuan crystals!
But he was afraid he had guessed wrong; what if it took more than 200,000 yuan crystals?!
Therefore, he decided to slow down a bit; anyway, his current Grandmaster Realm (Perfection) cultivation was almost enough. Once the current limelight passed, he would sell off the batch of treasures from the Bai family, spend a few hundred thousand more yuan crystals, and it wouldn't be too late to break through then.
Afterward, he spent another 4,000 yuan crystals to raise the four Concepts of Nine-Fold Overlapping Waves, Void Image, Shadow Chasing, and Space Breaking to the Micro-Level.
Looking at the remaining 200,000-plus yuan crystals, he thought for a moment. To verify his hypothesis, he selected the "Mountain-Collapsing Intent" and raised it twice in succession, skipping over the Transformation stage to raise the Mountain-Collapsing Intent from Micro-Level to Domain.
And just as he had guessed, the improvement of a Concept indeed consumed ten times the amount.
Raising the "Mountain-Collapsing Intent" twice in succession cost him a full 110,000 yuan crystals.
Thus, his original balance of 500,000 was left with only 176,000.
"Domain!!!"
Chen An's eyes first closed slightly, then a moment later, they suddenly snapped open, a brilliant silver light erupting from them.
The next moment, an invisible and intangible fluctuation of Concept surged out from him as the center, instantly rushing in all directions.
Hum!!!~~
The surrounding Void Realm seemed to suddenly solidify and freeze, and a terrifying, invisible gravity, like a mountain pressing down, quietly spread out.
With the place where he stood as the center, within a radius of ten miles, the earth sank slightly, the airflow stopped, the vegetation drooped, and all things were shrouded by the pressure of this Mountain-Collapsing Domain.
Within the Domain, it was as if a ten-thousand-jun mountain were pressing down from thin air; his Physical Body, blood energy, and martial arts cultivation were all subject to this space, and even his mind could not escape the confinement of this power.
At that very moment, within the range covered by the Domain, whether on the streets, in rooms, or even in the most remote corners, whether they were Martial Artists, common townspeople, or ants crawling on the ground, all living beings felt a chilling, terrifying, and massive pressure enveloping their entire bodies, making it as if their breathing was about to stop.
No matter how they stimulated their True Qi, no matter how terrified they were in their hearts, they could not move even a single bit.
However, in just an instant, before the crowd could even react, this feeling receded like the tide and vanished without a trace, making many people think it was just an illusion.
Only those Martial Artists with cultivation above the Qi Condensation Realm could clearly feel that the sensation from just now was not them dreaming.
But the more this was the case, the more terrified they became, completely unable to understand what kind of existence could possess such a terrifying ability to cover such a large range of living beings.
It was simply terrifying!
It was precisely because they knew the terror of this ability that the Martial Artists became even more wary in their hearts, not daring to discuss it too much, fearing that they might inadvertently offend the expert who possessed such a terrifying ability and suffer a catastrophe in an instant.
"What a Domain!"
Retracting the Concept, Chen An couldn't help but have a look of shock flash across his face as he thought of the feeling of controlling the world and everything in it, as if he had become an omnipotent god, just from unleashing the Domain-level Concept earlier.
One must know that this was only the result of him deliberately restraining and suppressing the Domain-level Concept.
If he were to unleash it with full force without reservation, combined with the augmentation of his Innate True Qi at the Grandmaster Realm (Perfection), the intensity and coverage of the Domain could at least skyrocket several times over, or even ten times more.
At that time, the Mountain-Collapsing Domain could extend and cover up to a hundred miles.
With such a terrifying coverage area, coupled with the Domain's inherent sealing and suppression, and the power of a mountain pressing down, once fully unleashed, it would be enough to instantly slaughter millions or tens of millions of living beings; destroying a city would be nothing more than a wave of the hand.
With such power, it probably already exceeded the nuclear bombs from his previous life that were claimed to be world-destroying.
Most importantly, a nuclear bomb might only be able to explode once, but he could now use the Domain-level Concept at any time, without limit.
This was also the reason why, after understanding the Domain-level Concept, even he himself was shocked.
"The martial arts of this world are truly terrifying!!!"
Just the fourth Rank of the Domain-level Concept had such power; he couldn't imagine what kind of Divine Might the Concepts of the subsequent Dao One Stage and Return to Origin Stage would have.
Unfortunately, even with the System, wanting to comprehend the Dao One Stage Concept would require at least 1,000,000 yuan crystals, and the Return to Origin Stage might even require 10,000,000 yuan crystals.
Such a huge amount of yuan crystals, even if he sold himself now, he couldn't come up with it.
Taking a deep breath, Chen An stopped thinking about it, got up, went to the cabinet, took out a new black martial arts uniform to change into, and then went out to wash up.
A moment later, he finished washing up.
Chen An raised his hand to straighten his collar, picked up the exam ticket issued by the County Academy, and then pushed open the courtyard door and walked out slowly.
Today was the Great Luo Dynasty's annual martial arts County Exam.
Although Chengtian Prefecture, where Wurong County was located, was situated in the southwest of the Imperial Dynasty and was in a remote area.
However, the Great Luo Dynasty had always promoted the national policy of martial arts for all, and this trend had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Even ordinary townspeople generally cultivated their Physical Body to the first or second level, possessing hundreds of catties of strength, and everyone had a Foundation for practicing martial arts.
And precisely because of this, every year when the day of the County Exam arrived, the entire Wurong County was like a festival; the streets and alleys were bustling with noise, carriages and horses were passing by endlessly, and everywhere was filled with a lively yet tense atmosphere.
Young Martial Artists in the city were all getting ready and rushing to the exam venue, while the townspeople on the roadside stopped to watch and discuss; the entire county town was immersed in the clamor of the martial arts grand event...