Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 157 Activating the Five Elements Thunder Body and Fusing with Talent (Please Subscribe)
[You are absorbing the blood essence of a demon beast. Your physique evolution +1, blood essence +3, physique +1]

[Effect: The Constitution Evolution talent unlocks a new talent, Constitution Sublimation]

[Physical Sublimation: Possesses powerful sublimation attributes, capable of devouring and absorbing the essence of other living beings or spiritual objects to promote its own physical evolution.]

[Cumulative Absorption Times: 1/100]

"The [Physical Evolution] talent has evolved into [Physical Sublimation]!"

Zhou Ling, who had just finished dinner with Wang Xin at the Taoist Academy cafeteria and returned to his dormitory, looked at the panel notification and his eyes flashed with joy.

Over the years, he has come to know that talent attributes are constantly being improved and evolved. Once a certain level is reached, each talent will have different attribute changes.

This time, the [Physical Evolution] has been upgraded to [Physical Sublimation]. Although it is an improvement in grade, its intrinsic nature seems to have changed significantly.

Originally, it was only meant to enhance blood circulation and improve physical constitution.

Now, however, it can devour and absorb the essence of other living beings and spirits to promote its own physical evolution, which means it is no longer the same as before.

"But what is the origin?"

Looking at the introduction that appeared on the panel, Zhou Ling pondered to himself.

Moreover, the origins contained in different living beings and spiritual objects are definitely different. What kind of feedback will it give to one's physique after one absorbs them?
It's impossible that absorbing water and fire attributes would yield the same result, right?

Zhou Ling was also filled with doubt.

"Xin'er, brew the spirit tea yourself!"

Zhou Ling said to Wang Xin.

Wang Xin didn't stand on ceremony and brewed two cups of spiritual tea.

He handed Zhou Ling a cup.

Although she had just arrived at the Xuan Yuan Dao Academy, a completely unfamiliar place, with Zhou Ling by her side, she didn't feel there was anything to worry about.

She has always preferred quiet and doesn't like crowded places.

With Zhou Ling by her side, she felt that apart from the abundance of spiritual energy, this place was no different from the old Taoist academy.

Zhou Ling thought for a moment, then took out a second-grade low-level Fire Cloud Grass from his storage bag.

This Fire Cloud Grass was obtained from Li Yan's storage ring last time.

As the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique" is activated, it begins to absorb the medicinal power contained in the Fire Cloud Grass.

A surge of intense spiritual energy flowed into his meridians.

It was accompanied by a slight burning and stinging sensation.

[You are absorbing Fireweed, resilience +1, Fire attribute spiritual power +2]

[Effect: Reaching the third tier through resilience, condensing a new unique talent, and achieving talent fusion]

[Talent Fusion: Various talents can be fused together to create new talents]

[Cumulative number of times I've persevered through setbacks: 1001/10,000]

[Talent Fusion: The Five Elements Qi-Eating Spiritual Flame talent is fused with the Thunderous Aura talent to condense the Five Elements Thunderous Aura Acquired Spiritual Body]

[You are absorbing Fireweed Grass, Physique Enhancement +1, Five Elements Thunder Gang Acquired Spiritual Body, Fire Attribute +1]

"The more setbacks you face, the stronger you become! Talent fusion! Five Elements Thunder Spirit Body!"

Zhou Ling was a little overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information that appeared on the panel at once.

However, a completely new meridian circulation seems to be faintly appearing within my body.

Feeling the changes within his body, Zhou Ling was initially incredulous, then overjoyed.

"Five Elements Thunder Spirit Body, this is a spirit body!"

"Even though it's an acquired spiritual body, it's still extremely rare!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Of course, the Five Elements Thunder Gang Acquired Spiritual Body is still a long way from being fully condensed.

Fortunately, he has the talent of [Physical Enhancement].

After the verification just now, Zhou Ling has a good understanding of this talent attribute.

Simply put, it involves absorbing the essence of spiritual objects of different attributes to improve one's physical constitution.

Moreover, it should also have an effect on the One Yang True Body, in addition to the spirit body.

Zhou Ling was making plans in his mind.

However, since it is a so-called primordial spiritual object, its grade should not be low.

Otherwise, if one could absorb ordinary creatures or items, wouldn't one be able to quickly improve their strength? That would be too overpowered.

Zhou Ling planned to test the specific effects after treating Xin'er's injuries.

After all, the Fire Cloud Grass used just now was a second-tier spiritual herb.

The grade isn't low either!

Then, he said to Wang Xin, "Xin'er, I will now nourish your meridians!"

Wang Xin nodded and sat down cross-legged on a prayer mat on the ground.

Zhou Ling also sat down, then circulated the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, channeling it into Wang Xin's body to nourish her meridians.

[Your Azure Lotus Spirit Flame absorbed the Dark Fire Spirit's energy, increasing its Five Elements Fire Energy (Five Elements Thunder Body) by 1, and its Azure Lotus Spirit Flame grade by 1.]

[Your Azure Lotus Spirit Flame is nurturing your Dark Flame Spirit Body. Spirit Flame Nurturing +1, Azure Lotus Spirit Flame Grade +1]

[You are absorbing the Dark Fire Spirit Energy, Physique Enhancement +1, Five Elements Thunder Gang Acquired Spirit Body, Fire Attribute +1]

As the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame circulated, Zhou Ling could feel the Five Elements Thunder Spirit Body Meridians within his body become even hotter.

Clearly, it also absorbed a wisp of primordial energy.

"Brother Ling, I feel a renewed vitality in my body's meridians!"

After the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame completed several meridian cycles, a sweet smile appeared on Wang Xin's face.

She could feel as if there was another life force within her body.

Zhou Ling slowly withdrew his spiritual flames and said with a smile, "It's good that it worked!"

"From now on, whenever I have time, I will try to be more considerate of you. That will definitely help!"

Wang Xin blinked her bright eyes and thanked Zhou Ling with a smile.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling escorted Wang Xin back to her dormitory.

After returning to his dormitory, Zhou Ling took out a first-grade high-quality wood spirit grass from his storage bag and tried to absorb and refine it.

However, it only enhanced the Five Elements Spiritual Flame, but did not improve the physical constitution.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling examined the storage bag and took out a second-grade low-level earth source crystal.

[You are absorbing Earth Source Crystal, Physique Enhancement +1, Five Elements Thunder Gang Acquired Spiritual Body, Earth Attribute +1]

"Does this mean that only second-tier or higher spiritual objects contain the so-called origin?"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling took out the only remaining piece of second-grade low-quality lapis lazuli from his storage bag.

I originally planned to keep it to forge a spirit sword, but I'll give it a try first.

As soon as Zhou Ling held the crystal, which shimmered with a faint bluish-gold light, he felt a warm current flow along his arm and into his meridians.

[You are absorbing lapis lazuli, Physique Enhancement +1, Five Elements Thunder Gang Acquired Spiritual Body, Metal Attribute +1]

A moment later, the bluish-gold color dimmed and lost its luster.

At this point, Zhou Ling was roughly certain that it would only be effective if he absorbed spiritual objects of the second rank or higher.

However, even with my current financial resources, it's not easy to find a second-tier spiritual item.

Of course, as long as you have a direction, you can gradually improve later.

After all, if the Five Elements Thunder Body can be successfully activated, it will have a huge impact on his future cultivation speed.

Even an acquired spiritual body can absorb spiritual energy much faster than a low-grade five-element spiritual root.

Then open the panel.

[Spiritual Root]: Low-grade of the Five Elements 3/100
【体质】：五行雷罡体（火2/100、金1/100、土1/100、水0/100、木0/100，雷0/100）

[Cultivation Level]: Qi Refining Level 7, 63/100
[Body Refinement]: Tier 1, Level 8, 35/100
[Physical Attributes]: Comprehension (outstanding 2320/10,000), Physique (highly promising 77200/100,000)

[Unique Talents]: Resilient to Adversity (Tier 3, 1001/10,000), Talent Fusion (Tier 1, 1/10)
[Growth Talents]: Crisis Response (Tier 2 410/1000), Physique Sublimation (Tier 1 3/100)...

Looking at the panel display, Zhou Ling frowned deeply, following this progress.

To successfully activate the Five Elements Thunder Body, wouldn't it require absorbing the essence of spiritual objects five or six hundred times?

Thinking about this, Zhou Ling felt a headache coming on.

Right now, it feels like an impossible task.

However, where there is hope, there is always a chance!
After all, they have now entered one of the top six Dao Academyes of the Dao Alliance.

Once you successfully obtain the status of a Foundation Establishment disciple, you will receive support from the academy's resources, which will speed up the process.

In addition, I'll try to find some side jobs so I can buy some Tier 2 items.

As long as we can successfully activate it before the foundation is established, that's fine.

After all, the higher the quality of one's spiritual root and spiritual body, the greater the impact on the quality of Foundation Establishment. Zhou Ling pondered this in his heart.

Then, Zhou Ling closed the panel, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of spiritual tea.

After resting for a while, Zhou Ling took out the Spirit Sealing Restriction and began to study it.

To secure a place in the top eight in this Foundation Establishment Seed assessment, it's necessary to incorporate a spirit-sealing restriction during the refining of second-tier inscriptions to enhance their power.

The original Spirit Sealing Restriction manual given by Wang Yu contained analyses and introductions to various Spirit Sealing Restrictions.

In the afternoon, Instructor Hu gave him two more cultivation manuals on sealing spirits and prohibiting their use.

Detailed Explanation of Common Spirit Sealing and Restriction Techniques!
"Experiences in Cultivating the Spirit Sealing Technique!"
These two cultivation methods related to sealing spirits and restricting energy are also ones that Instructor Hu finds quite practical.

However, he also advised Zhou Ling not to be impatient for quick results.

After all, the Spirit Sealing Restriction is an auxiliary spirit restriction of high-level inscriptions, and its difficulty is also very high.

Moreover, it is even more complex and difficult to understand than inscriptions!

"Sigh, there's just too much knowledge about inscriptions."

"Time is tight, so we can only learn the basics of the Five Elements Sealing and Restriction Techniques first."

Zhou Ling murmured.

Then I began to look at the Five Elements Basic Sealing and Restriction in the jade slip.

Especially Hu's cultivation experience.

Zhou Ling quickly and roughly glanced through the document.

I feel a little confused.

According to Instructor Hu, sealing spirits mainly relies on divine sense, as well as powerful spiritual energy.

Comprehension is actually simpler than imprinting.

Once the divine sense can condense the spirit-sealing seal and then use the spirit flame to lock in the spiritual energy, the task will be completed.

It also provides some cultivation methods.

The method of completing the task in one go.

Under the influence of divine consciousness, divine consciousness is continuously invested until the spiritual barrier is condensed.

Using divine sense to complete the spiritual restriction in one go yields the best results and the highest success rate.

However, this process requires the assistance of powerful spiritual sense.

Finally, it was also mentioned that if one's spiritual sense is truly insufficient...

Another method is to condense a spiritual flame and use it to assist in condensing a spiritual restriction.

The power of this kind of spiritual restriction is relatively weaker than that of a spiritual restriction formed by the condensation of divine soul.

"My only relative advantages right now are in my divine sense and spiritual flames!"

"There are still twelve days left. If I can master the Spirit Sealing Restriction of one attribute every two days, it shouldn't be too much of a problem."

Zhou Ling murmured.

Then, he began to carefully observe the fire-attribute spirit sealing restriction.

After about half an hour, Zhou Ling felt that he had almost grasped the meaning, and then took out the spirit brush and spirit paper.

The sealing of spirits mainly consumes the power of divine consciousness, so it does not require spiritual ink.

The spiritual barrier was drawn directly with divine sense.

Arrange the joss paper on the wooden table.

I focused my mind and began to write.

The method of drawing the Spirit Sealing Seal is different from that of inscriptions, because it mainly seals spiritual power and amplifies the inscription.

Therefore, a complex structure is not required, as long as the soul patterns are stable enough.

Of course, it also consumes a great deal of spiritual energy.

Even a simple second-tier low-grade fire-attribute spirit sealing restriction requires a soul power level of the first stage of Foundation Establishment to be drawn.

Although Zhou Ling's spiritual cultivation was insufficient, he was still able to draw the fire-attribute sealing restriction with the help of the [Divine Soul Like a Blade].

But it was extremely difficult.

Fortunately, with the assistance of the Five Elements Spiritual Flame, the spiritual restriction was finally closed with the help of the Five Elements Spiritual Flame.

It combines the two drawing methods provided by Instructor Hu.

Take the best from each!

As for which category it belonged to, he didn't know.

As long as it can be successfully drawn, that's fine.

The results were much better than he had expected.

Sit cross-legged and meditate, using the "Restore to Original State" technique, while simultaneously circulating the "Qinghui Nourishing Spirit Technique" to restore consciousness.

After an incense stick's time, his spiritual consciousness gradually became fuller, even faster than before.

I don't know if it's the result of the "Restore to Original State" upgrade or the upgrade of the "Qinghui Nourishing Spirit Technique".

Or maybe both.

Feeling his spiritual energy was abundant, Zhou Ling prepared to continue drawing the inscription.

Now that we can draw the Spirit Sealing Restriction, we also need to be able to fuse it with the Inscription to achieve the amplification and enhancement effect.

He then searched for a relatively ordinary second-tier low-grade Condensed Fire Inscription.

The Fire Condensation Seal is composed of two Fire Condensation Seals with twenty-six characters each, connected by an overlapping structure.

The difficulty level is moderate in the second-tier inscription.

Zhou Ling was originally skilled at drawing fire-attribute inscriptions.

He had previously drawn a first-grade high-quality Condensed Fire Inscription.

Therefore, I am very familiar with the Fire Condensation Inscription.

It has been basically successfully drawn.

Zhou Ling then took out a spirit brush and fire-attribute spirit ink.

He dipped his brush in ink and skillfully began to draw the Fire-Inscribed Seal.

After an incense stick's time, the Fire Condensation Inscription was successfully drawn, and it also contained a fire-attribute spirit-sealing restriction.

The aura emanating from the entire inscription was no different from that of the original Condensed Fire Inscription.

However, the spiritual power sealed within it increased by 20%.

In other words, the power of this Fire Condensation Seal is 20% stronger than the original single Fire Condensation Seal.

This is the inscription that combines the sealing and prohibition techniques!

Zhou Ling was overjoyed, never expecting her first drawing to go so smoothly.

Instructor Hu had originally said that adding a sealing mark would increase the difficulty by at least 60%.

But I felt that it wasn't too difficult.

It was slightly more difficult than drawing the original Fire Condensation Inscription, only requiring more spiritual energy.

Zhou Ling thought it might be the effect of the [Divine Soul Like a Blade] and the Five Elements Spirit Flame.

The principle of integrating the Spirit Sealing Restriction into the Inscription is similar to adding a subordinate node. When the Inscription node is activated, the Spirit Sealing Restriction will also be activated, generating a blessing.

Looking at the inscription on the spirit paper, Zhou Ling's gaze sharpened slightly. Although he had succeeded, the process was the result of the combined effect of many of his methods.

It's hardly a skillful technique.

The entire drawing process appears rough and has a lot of room for improvement.

He then activated [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis] and began to observe and analyze carefully.

Before long, Zhou Ling gained a better understanding of the spirit seal and its integration into the inscription.

For example, the specific effects of divine consciousness in sealing spirits.

How can we better outline the spiritual barrier by using divine sense?

How can the sealing and imprinting be better integrated to unleash their maximum power?

As the [Intermediate Analysis] progressed, a series of pieces of information surfaced in his mind.

With the annotations provided by Instructor Hu, his understanding became even more thorough.

Then, he continued to regain his consciousness.

I plan to try again after my consciousness recovers.

After all, with [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], he can find shortcomings with each drawing.

It is also possible to find solutions to problems.

This is the fastest way to improve.

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(End of this chapter)