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Chapter 122 Contribution Points and Exchanging The Three Yang Technique (Please Subscribe)
The following morning, after completing his cultivation of the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique" and the "Qinghui Nourishing Spirit Technique," Zhou Ling began studying the "Essence Puppet Technique."

He asked his master for a few days off because of the trip to the mountains, so he's at home today.

At this moment, he repeatedly pondered the basic soul runes in his mind, which were obscure and difficult to understand.

Although some annotations and explanations were provided, it was still like reading gibberish to him.

Unlike inscriptions and other cultivation methods, if he really couldn't figure something out, he could ask his master or Steward Qin.

But this puppetry technique can only be mastered through one's own understanding.

Fortunately, with the help of the "the more setbacks, the stronger he becomes" talent, even if he encounters something he doesn't understand, he can gradually master it as long as he practices diligently.

The main difference between Soul Puppet Seal and Inscription Seal is that the process consumes a large amount of divine soul power.

Without a powerful divine soul, a cultivator is simply unable to cultivate.

Whether it's a soul rune or a soul puppet seal, it needs to be drawn in one go, so the requirements for the soul are extremely high.

Taking advantage of his powerful soul, Zhou Ling began to try drawing soul patterns after comprehending the technique.

With the assistance of [Divine Soul Like a Blade], once you comprehend the basic soul runes, drawing them becomes surprisingly easy.

Early in the morning, he successfully drew three soul runes.

However, to draw the Soul Puppet Seal, at least six Soul Runes must be drawn at once.

With his current level of spiritual cultivation, there shouldn't be any problems.

However, comprehending the Soul Puppet Seal requires taking it one step at a time.

Zhou Ling was already very satisfied with the results he had achieved after just one morning of cultivation.

After a night of rest, the Golden Fire Crow woke up.

They were clearly not as adaptable to the new environment as the rock rats, and they fluttered and scurried around the room.

Only after Zhou Ling's mental reassurance did they gradually calm down.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling found some beast meat and two first-grade low-level fire-attribute spiritual herbs in the kitchen to feed the Stone Rock Rat and the Golden Fire Crow.

Just as they were about to have lunch, He Zijian came to visit.

"Brother Ling, is this your lunch?"

Looking at the plate of beast meat, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a few spirit eggs on the dining table, He Zijian asked with considerable surprise.

I never imagined that Zhou Ling could cultivate to such combat power when he only ate ordinary spiritual food.
Moreover, the spiritual energy of the Zhou family is generally average.

Zhou Ling was not cultivating at the Taoist temple.

This situation also surprised He Zijian greatly.

The distillery has been quite busy these days, and Li Ru and his wife have been having lunch there. These are the leftovers Li Ru gave to Zhou Ling.

"what's wrong?"

"This food smells delicious, would you like to try some?"

Now that he's gotten to know He Zijian well, Zhou Ling doesn't stand on ceremony anymore.

After pouring He Zijian a cup of spiritual tea, he continued eating.

This morning's cultivation must have taken a toll.

Of course, he knew that his family's ordinary spiritual food was not good enough for He Zijian's eyes, but it was his mother's cooking, which was much better than the spiritual food from the Four Seasons Pavilion!

He Zijian hesitated for a moment, then walked over, picked up a piece of braised beef, and started eating.

Then his eyes lit up. Although these braised meats didn't contain any special spirit, they were braised to perfection.

It tastes quite unique, much better than the spiritual food he ate at noon.

He picked up another piece, put it in his mouth, and chewed it with relish, praising, "It's really good!"

"Didn't you say you just ate?"

Seeing that He Zijian didn't stand on ceremony, he took slices of braised beef and put them into his mouth.

Zhou Ling couldn't help but ask.

He Zijian then grinned and said, "It's really delicious!"

He then took out an exquisite jade box and two gold-threaded robes from his storage bag and handed them to Zhou Ling, saying, "This is the Blood Lotus you wanted!"

"I'll need your help with the other two robes and accessories!"

"Thank you so much, Brother He!" Zhou Ling said with a smile as he accepted the tools and jade box.

"Hmm!" He Zijian nodded, and then said, "As for the matter of killing three Tribulation Cultivators this time, I have already informed my uncle and transferred all the contribution points for this event to your name."

"One person, 150 contribution points; you killed two people, so you have a total of 300 contribution points!"

Zhou Ling hurriedly thanked him again. With three hundred contribution points, plus the nearly one hundred he already had, he would have four hundred contribution points. He could go to the Heavenly Crafts Bureau to see what kind of cultivation technique he could exchange for.
Then she asked in a low voice, "Is there any problem with the storage bag?"

"What storage bag? All the stolen goods have already been handed over to the Xuan Ting Division!"

He Zijian said with a serious expression.

Zhou Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't bring this up again!" He Zijian instructed again.

Zhou Ling nodded.

He naturally wouldn't reveal something like this, which offered both contribution points as rewards and the opportunity to make a fortune quietly.

After thinking for a while, He Zijian asked, "Brother Ling, if you are able to pass the assessment of the six major academies this time, which academy do you plan to apply to?"

After the battle of Blood Raven Valley, he felt that Zhou Ling had a great chance of entering the top ten.

"I plan to apply to the Xuan Yuan Dao Academy!" Zhou Ling finished his spiritual rice and then asked, "Which Dao Academy are you and your sister planning to apply to?"

In Zhou Ling's view, he and his sister were definitely going to make it into the top ten.

"Lingyun is preparing to apply to Tianxia Taoist Academy."

"However, Tianxia Academy only has two spots, so it's quite difficult."

"As for me, I plan to apply to the Flying Dragon Battle Academy and take the path of expanding realms in the future. This way, I can obtain more resources and improve my cultivation as soon as possible."

He Zijian laughed.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling inquired with He Zijian about the several Taoist academies and the expansion of the territory.

As a scion of a prominent family, He Zijian knew far more about this than he did.

After talking for a while, He Zijian took his leave.

After tidying up, Zhou Ling also went out. First, he went to the Wang family and handed the two Blood Lotuses to Wang Yu, asking her to refine the Blood Lotus Fusion Pill for him. He also took out a few first-grade high-quality spiritual herbs as a token of his gratitude.

Wang Yu was also surprised to see Zhou Ling bring two Blood Lotuses at once.

She told Zhou Ling that if one pill could be refined into the Blood Lotus Fire Melting Pill, she would refine the other one into other pills.

After all, the Blood Lotus is an excellent material for refining pills related to blood energy.

Zhou Ling naturally had no objections.

Now, both he and his father are at the late stage of the first level of body refinement, and they also need blood and qi pills.

As for the spiritual herbs given to Wang Yu, Wang Yu did not refuse them, but simply asked Zhou Ling to return to Maple Leaf Mountain and bring them to Xin'er.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling left the Wang family and went to the Tiangong Division.

After finding Steward Qin, Steward Qin praised Zhou Ling, clearly indicating that He Zijian had told him about the killing of the two cultivators.

"Steward, I'd like to exchange for a better body-refining technique. I wonder if four hundred contribution points would be enough?"

Zhou Ling cupped his hands and asked.

Deacon Qin smiled and said, "I don't know about that. I'll have Lian'er take you to the scripture room to take a look!"

Then he summoned a girl of about fifteen or sixteen to assist him, saying, "Lian'er, take Zhou Wenshi to the scripture room and see what kind of cultivation technique he wants to exchange for!"

"Yes, Deacon!"

The young woman gave a slight bow, then said to Zhou Ling, "Master Zhou, please follow me."

Zhou Ling bowed to Steward Qin to take his leave, and then followed the girl to the scripture room.

After passing through several corridors, you arrive at the scripture room.

The person in charge of the scripture room was an old man with a goatee. He checked the points on Zhou Ling's jade token and asked Zhou Ling about them. After learning that Zhou Ling planned to exchange them for a body-refining technique, he...

He said in a deep voice, "You can now exchange three body-refining techniques."

"These are the Hunyuan Gong, Jinguang Jin, and Sanyang Jue, all of which are mid-grade Yellow Rank techniques."

He then tossed Zhou Ling a jade slip, saying, "It contains an introduction to these three techniques. Read it before deciding whether you want to exchange for them."

Zhou Ling nodded, then found a wooden chair and sat down.

He scanned the jade slip with his divine sense.

Soon, Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy.

This Hunyuan Gong is a mid-grade Yellow Rank cultivation technique, and it allows for the dual cultivation of both physical and spiritual power, resulting in a strong physical body and pure spiritual energy. It is quite formidable in both defense and combat.

Moreover, it can be cultivated to the second level of body refinement. However, the disadvantages are also obvious: it requires expensive medicinal baths and consumes a lot of resources.

Golden Light Force is an offensive technique that condenses golden light energy to attack, making it quite powerful. Moreover, with the help of medicinal baths in the early stages, the cultivation speed is extremely fast, and it is possible to enter the second stage. However, this technique can only be cultivated up to the middle of the second stage at most. If you want to continue cultivating it, you will need to switch to other body-refining techniques.

What pleased Zhou Ling the most was the "Three Yang Technique".

It was the second level of the Great Yang Technique that he had been searching for.

Although the first level of the "Great Yang Technique" is commonplace in the Dao Alliance, very few independent cultivators are capable of cultivating the second level.

After all, only official departments of the Dao Alliance, such as the Heavenly Crafts Bureau and the Mysterious Court Bureau, can obtain the second level of cultivation techniques.

Of the cultivators who are able to enter these departments, how many would choose to cultivate something as common as the Great Yang Technique?

Therefore, it is highly sought after by independent cultivators, while those who can obtain it would not choose such a laborious and thankless body-refining technique.

However, the Great Yang Technique has nine levels, each with a progressive and clear path to advancement.

The Great Sun Technique has nine levels, and the power of each level can be said to increase exponentially.

Cultivating to the second level allows one to condense the power of blood yang within the body; after reaching the third level, it may even be possible to condense the Three Yang Golden Body.

Moreover, according to the records, one can further advance to the Six Yang Dharma Form and the Nine Yang Sacred Body.

However, the only remaining Great Yang Technique in the Dao Alliance can only be cultivated to the fourth level, which corresponds to the power of the Four Yangs, comparable to the combat power of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Ling directly exchanged for the "Three Yang Technique," which is the second level of the Great Yang Technique.

First of all, he and his father both practiced the Great Yang Fist and had already reached the perfect state.

If you switch to another practice, you'll have to start all over again.

Personally, I don't have any problems.

But for the father, it was a bit of a stretch.

Moreover, the Three Yang Technique has three and four more layers, which are clearly of a higher grade than the previous two techniques.

Of course, even without the third and fourth levels, being able to enter the second stage of body refinement is already extremely rare among rogue cultivators.

However, Zhou Ling was also somewhat worried, since the Great Yang Technique could cause considerable damage to the meridians.

If you cultivate to the second level, the damage will definitely be greater.

She herself had her meridians tempered by the spiritual flame, making them extremely resilient and unlikely to break easily, but her father was different.

"Sigh, this is still a big problem!"

"But let's exchange them first. For example, my father has made great progress in his cultivation by using the medicinal bath prepared by Aunt Wang."

"Although the second level is difficult, there should be a corresponding medicinal bath, otherwise the Dao Alliance would not have promoted the Great Yang Technique so widely!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Then, Zhou Ling went to the exchange counter and said to the old man with a smile, "Uncle, I'd like to exchange for this 'Three Yang Technique'."

Upon hearing this, the old man glanced at Zhou Ling, and perhaps because of Zhou Ling's politeness, he smiled and said, "According to the cultivation records of the Dao Alliance, the last cultivator to cultivate the Three Yang Golden Body took nearly sixty years."

"And very few people succeed!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling's heart sank, but he quickly remembered his [Physical Evolution] talent, which he could improve by practicing the Great Yang Fist.

So there shouldn't be any problems.

As for my father, I will just tell him what I have learned. How much he can understand is up to him.

"Thank you for the reminder, sir!" Zhou Ling bowed again.

Seeing that Zhou Ling showed no sign of changing his mind, the old man said no more.

Then, 380 points were deducted from Zhou Ling's jade token, and a jade slip was handed to Zhou Ling.

After carefully putting away the jade slip, Zhou Ling took his leave.

(End of this chapter)