Born with immortal seed

Chapter 24 Cultivating the Divine Forging Technique

After returning to his family and getting a good two-day sleep, Bai Zichen felt refreshed. Knowing that Bai Ying and Bai Chongwu had visited him during his rest, he simply asked the cook to prepare a feast. He also reluctantly spent a spirit stone to buy two jugs of spirit wine from a clansman in the next courtyard who had brewing skills, and invited the two men to his home to drink together.

"Fatty, how come you're still only at the first level of Qi Refining? Even if you have no interest in the path of immortality and don't fight with others in the future, you should at least have a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation level."

Others' cultivation levels are none of his business, but Bai Zichen couldn't help but offer advice to the chubby guy, whom he had grown up with since childhood, after a few drinks.

“Cultivation is so tedious. No matter how hard I try, with my pseudo-spiritual root, I can't even refine a third of your mana in a day. Besides, there's Chen-ge and Chong-wu. In a few years, when your cultivation level rises, which blind fool in the clan will dare to bully me?”

The chubby man held a chicken leg in his hand, showing no shame about his low cultivation level.

“Bai Ying, Chen Ge’er is right. Even if we can protect you for a while, you’re only at the first level of Qi Refining when you go out to do business. Even ordinary martial arts masters won’t be very respectful to you. If you really find cultivating magic power boring, you can find a body refining technique. With a few years of simple cultivation, you can become similar to the top innate masters among mortals. That’s one way.”

Bai Chongwu put down his wine glass and said seriously.

"Alright, alright, I'll dedicate one hour to cultivation every day from now on, and try to reach the second level of Qi Refining next year."

Bai Zichen shook his head helplessly. Everyone chooses their own path. Can you force the chubby guy to cultivate if he wants to be a carefree rich man?

After two days of rest, I will officially begin practicing the Divine Forging Technique.

In the quiet room, Bai Zichen looked solemn. The entire text of the Divine Forging Technique was only two or three hundred words long ago, which he could already recite fluently.

"Using heaven and earth as a furnace, merging one's own divine consciousness into it, and transforming it into true fire for tempering... I recognize each word, but when put together, I'm completely confused."

He failed in his first step, attempting to construct the image of the primordial furnace within his sea of ​​consciousness.

No matter how deeply one enters a meditative state, this vision collapses completely and shatters into countless small pieces when it is only one-third complete.

Moreover, cultivating the Divine Forging Technique consumes a great deal of mental energy. Bai Zichen found that he felt exhausted after only sketching the image twice.

He bit his tongue hard, wanting to do it again, but a strong drowsiness washed over him, his head drooped, and he instantly drifted off to sleep.

When he woke up hungry, it was already early the next morning.

"I actually slept for a whole day... This God-Forging Technique is a bit weird!"

Bai Zichen shook his head, still feeling heavy and strained. He took a fasting pill, went out for a walk, and, not giving up, returned to try to enter meditation again to outline the primordial furnace of heaven and earth.

A few minutes later, Bai Zichen, who had just regained consciousness, fell into a deep sleep again.

"It must be that my mental strength couldn't handle it, and my body forced itself into a state of sleep. But this technique makes you sleep as soon as you start practicing, so the actual practice time is too short. It will take forever to even get started. No wonder the technique says that this technique is extremely time-consuming to practice and does not recommend that Qi Refining cultivators try it."

This time, Bai Zichen simply took an extra day off and even went to his uncle's place to get a cup of spiritual tea.

The moment the bitter spiritual tea entered my mouth, my mental energy, which had been depleted, was quickly restored. Good things only have one drawback: they are expensive.

One or two taels of Silver Needle Spirit Tea costs eighty spirit stones.

Only after his condition was fully restored did he begin the third training session of the Divine Forging Technique.

This time he felt progress; the outline of the cosmic furnace had expanded by one piece. If he made progress like this a few hundred more times, he might be able to complete the whole picture.

After the screen collapsed, Bai Zichen was immediately exhausted and powerless, but his mental strength did indeed increase slightly.

This time, I slept for two whole days.

Unlike last time, Bai Zichen was clear-headed and his mind was calm after waking up this time. Everything was quiet, as if a thick layer of dust had been wiped away.

Although the practice of the Divine Forging Technique is tedious, involving constant sketching of images, mental exertion, and repetitive periods of rest and sleep, it can unknowingly immerse one in it.

The mind grows stronger little by little, and the feeling and satisfaction are irresistible.

Just as Bai Zichen was about to begin another round of cultivation, a rapid knocking came from outside the meditation room, interrupting his actions.

"Chen'er, hurry up and come out of seclusion. The clan leader wants to see you and Bai Ling today, and you'll be leaving for Qingfeng Sect tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll be right there."

When Bai Zichen stood up, his legs went weak and he almost fell. After calculating with his fingers, he realized that he had been in the quiet room for a full six days.

"Six days have passed already? I haven't even noticed the passage of time. What a terrifying God-Forging Technique!"

No wonder the path of divine consciousness is considered the most mysterious and elusive.

He almost became deeply entangled and unable to extricate himself from the very introductory stage of a single spiritual cultivation technique.

If one continues to cultivate without any external support, there will only be one outcome: exhaustion of mind and spirit, and death from exhaustion.

"To master this technique, one must control the timing well. Perhaps when my cultivation level is higher, I will be less susceptible to the temptations of the God-Forging Technique."

Although he almost fell into the trap of cultivating the Divine Forging Technique, Bai Zichen noticed that his thoughts seemed to be working faster as he stepped out of the meditation room.

For example, the moment I thought of the Fireball spell, all the training information for this spell and the twelve fire runes that make it up automatically appeared in my mind. I even listed how to adjust and combine the fire runes to add some variety to the Fireball spell.

All distracting thoughts vanish, leaving the mind clear and bright.

In the family hall, Bai Xianzong, the patriarch who had just emerged from seclusion after mastering a powerful spell, learned of several pieces of good news and immediately summoned his two juniors.

After reviewing the pre-written copies of the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique and the Taiyin Suyun Xuanshui True Skill, a smile appeared on his lips, clearly indicating his satisfaction with the gains from this trip to the Five Sacred Mountains Temple's Inheritance Stele.

“Back then, Hong Gu said that as long as you rank in the top ten, you will each be rewarded with 500 contribution points. Now that the rankings haven't been released yet, but you're definitely in the top ranks, I'll take the liberty of transferring these contribution points to your names in advance!”

"Thank you, clan chief!"

Bai Zichen and Bai Ling exchanged a smile. Contribution points are a form of hard currency within the family, just like spirit stones, and 500 points is not a small amount.

"Furthermore, Bai Ling's Taiyin Suyun Xuan Shui Zhen Gong is a top-tier water-based cultivation technique, stored on the top floor of the family's treasure pavilion. Apart from the patriarch and a few elders, no one else has the right to borrow it. Only family cultivators recognized by us are qualified to cultivate it. Bai Ling has made a contribution by handing over the technique, so she will be awarded an additional 500 contribution points!"

"As for Bai Zichen's Desolate God Sun-Stealing Technique..."

Thinking of this life-extending technique, Bai Xianzong felt a surge of excitement.

No cultivator would complain about having too long a lifespan; being able to extend one's lifespan by thirty years is certainly a good thing.

If one is truly fortunate enough to cultivate to the late Foundation Establishment stage and possess the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique, it's as if one has gained an extra Core Formation spiritual item compared to other cultivators!
(End of this chapter)