Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 159 The Genius Disciple of Xuan Yuan Dao Academy (Please Subscribe)
"Alright! The test is over for everyone. If you need to exchange for cultivation techniques, think it over carefully. Once you officially begin cultivation, register with your instructor."

Zhang Yi glanced at everyone and said calmly.

"As for those disciples who show that they cannot establish a foundation, there is no need to panic. This is just a test."

"Being selected as Foundation Establishment seeds proves that your talent and abilities are not a problem. As long as you find the right path, you will definitely be able to establish your foundation!"

"And the various foundation-building situations are not static. This test is just to help you choose the correct cultivation path and make more preparations!"

Zhang Yi glanced at Zhou Ling and said in a somewhat comforting tone.

Those disciples who were only at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Profound Rank were initially somewhat unwilling, but upon hearing this, they breathed a sigh of relief and seemed to regain their confidence.

Zhou Ling felt helpless, but he remembered what his teacher had said: with his low-grade spiritual root of the five elements, if he cultivated a single-attribute technique, even if he could successfully establish his foundation.

The chances of reaching the Golden Core stage in the future are slim.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to continue cultivating the "Five Elements Qian Yuan True Technique" and give it a shot.

As long as the Five Elements Thunder Body can be activated in the coming time, then even if the five spiritual flames are not gathered, it will be possible.

There shouldn't be any problems with successfully establishing the foundation.

Therefore, it is impossible to switch to other cultivation methods.

"Zhou Ling, the cultivation technique you are currently practicing is quite difficult for you. I still suggest that you switch to another cultivation technique!"

Zhang Yi looked at Zhou Ling and reminded him with a smile.

"Master Zhang, I would like to cultivate for a while longer."

Zhou Ling decisively stated her choice.

Zhang Yi sighed upon hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, he still offered a reminder.

"If you only have a low-grade spiritual root of the five elements and you still cultivate the five-element attribute techniques, then you will need to spend much more time cultivating than others in order to achieve the desired effect."

"Moreover, even if you are lucky enough to successfully establish your foundation, others can break through to the next level in just a few years, while you may need more than ten years."

"Alright, it's up to you now!"

Zhou Ling nodded. Since his master was able to give him the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique" to cultivate.

I certainly wouldn't switch to another cultivation method just because of one test.

Subsequently, the other disciples also stepped forward one by one to inquire about their respective Foundation Establishment progress with Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi answered everyone's questions one by one.

In particular, several disciples have already shown that they have reached the Earth-grade Foundation Establishment stage, such as Liu Yu and Ye Zhilan. Given their current situation, as long as they cultivate higher-grade techniques, they can achieve their goals.

Furthermore, with the assistance of high-level spiritual objects during the Foundation Establishment stage, one might even be able to achieve Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment.

"Because you are Foundation Establishment seedlings, the Dao Academy attaches great importance to you, which is why it allowed you to use the Profound Origin Ancient Mirror so quickly."

"The Xuan Yuan Ancient Mirror was originally intended to be used before Foundation Establishment for optimal effect."

"Moreover, other disciples of the academy need to consume a lot of credits to apply for its use, and they also have to wait in line."

"So when you get back, you need to carefully analyze this situation."

After an incense stick had burned, Zhang Yi earnestly gave instructions to everyone.

Only then did he leave the pavilion.

The other disciples didn't rush to leave; instead, they gathered in small groups to discuss and exchange ideas.

The main core disciples are those few who are capable of reaching the Earth-grade Foundation Establishment level.

If one can achieve the Earth-grade Foundation Establishment, the probability of reaching the Golden Core stage later will greatly increase.

Therefore, building good relationships now will undoubtedly be of great help to everyone in the future.

Zhou Ling, on the other hand, seemed somewhat out of place with the others.

I don't know if it's because of the test results or because of my low-grade spiritual root.

Nobody paid any attention to him.

Zhou Ling naturally didn't care and left the pavilion.

Stepping out of the pavilion, the sun was high in the sky; it was already past noon.

Zhou Ling felt his stomach rumbling, so he took out his communication jade and sent a message to Wang Xin, "Xin'er, have you eaten yet?"

"not yet."

Wang Xin replied very quickly.

"What do you want for lunch?" Zhou Ling asked again via telepathy.

"Whatever you eat, Brother Ling, I'll eat too!"

A short while later, Zhou Ling arrived at the cafeteria.

The dining hall was extremely spacious and had a plentiful supply of various spiritual foods.

Although it was past lunchtime, many disciples were still coming to the canteen to get their food.

Zhou Ling took the food box, filled two portions of spirit rice, and then went to the beast meat section.

I plan to buy meat.

He wanted to test the effect of the [Physical Sublimation] talent and see if absorbing beast meat could enhance his One Yang True Body.

He spent two spirit stones to buy two spirit earth chicken legs, holding one chicken leg in one hand and a food box in the other.

They ate as they walked.

As a result, the chicken leg was eaten down to the bone, but no notification appeared on the panel.

It seems that the blood energy contained in a first-order demon beast is insufficient.

Does it not meet the standards for sublimation?

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling headed towards the second-tier beast meat area.

Second-tier beast meat is a rare sight in Lingxia Immortal City, but it is quite plentiful in the Dao Academy's canteen.

There were more than a dozen kinds of second-tier beast meat on display.

Of course, they are mostly domesticated mythical beasts.

He spent twenty low-grade spirit stones to buy five catties of early-stage second-tier roasted blood spirit mutton.

With his current wealth, he can certainly afford it.

I just don't know if it will work, so I bought some of the spiritual foods that Wang Xin usually likes.

"Brother Zhou, you're here for dinner too?"

Zhou Ling had just finished purchasing the spiritual food and was about to leave the dining hall when he heard a shout behind him.

He turned his head and saw a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walking quickly towards him.

It was Sun Dajie, whom I had seen that morning.

Zhou Ling smiled and nodded to him in greeting.

"Brother Zhou, let's find a place to eat, and I'll give you a proper analysis of this year's disciples."

"Consider this an extra reward for your purchase of the jade slip!"

Sun Dajie was very outgoing and seemed cheerful and optimistic.

Thinking about the test results, Zhou Ling felt a lot of pressure.

Standing out from these twenty-odd Foundation Establishment seeds is not an easy task.

Therefore, it's good to learn more about it.

He thought that Xin'er was still waiting for him to take the food box back.

He immediately laughed and said, "Then let's go to my dorm!"

"okay!"

Sun Dajie nodded with a smile.

"Brother Zhou, do you specialize in weapon crafting or alchemy?"

As they walked, Sun Dajie asked Zhou Ling a question.

"Weapon forging! Inscription techniques!"

Zhou Ling replied.

"Then you might be able to refine a first-grade high-quality inscription!"

"Ok!"

"Brother Zhou is amazing!"

Seeing Zhou Ling nod, Sun Dajie couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in praise, his attitude very enthusiastic.

"Are you capable of crafting a first-tier high-grade puppet?" Zhou Ling asked with a smile.

Because he still had a relative advantage in terms of spiritual power, Zhou Ling had been planning to cultivate puppetry. However, due to insufficient time, he hadn't made much progress in puppetry.

Of course, this is also due to environmental resources.

Back in Lingxia Immortal City, he only had a low-level puppet technique.

Even with various talents to assist one, without guidance, cultivation is still quite difficult.

Therefore, he didn't devote much energy to the research.

Now that I've entered the Xuan Yuan Dao Academy, the situation is completely different.

There is time, resources, and renowned teachers giving lectures.

Therefore, he plans to explore one or two other auxiliary techniques besides inscription techniques.

"I can barely craft a first-tier high-grade puppet, but puppetry is still too unpopular!"

"I chose to cultivate puppetry because I wanted to sneak into Xuan Yuan Dao Academy."

"And puppetry is not profitable, so very few cultivators use puppets."

"Therefore, while I'm at the Dao Academy, I also need to find ways to earn more spirit stones!"

Sun Dajie shook his head helplessly.

The two talked as they walked and soon arrived at the dormitory area.

Upon entering the room, Zhou Ling saw Wang Xin sitting on a wooden chair reading a book.

He then introduced them, "Xin'er, this is Sun Dajie from the Puppet Academy."

"Wang Xin is also a student of our Class 3 Academy!"

"Hello, Wang Xin!" Sun Dajie greeted Wang Xin with a smile.

Wang Xin also smiled and nodded in greeting.

Then, Zhou Ling took out two food boxes and a small bowl of second-tier roasted spirit mutton from his storage bag.

"Brother Zhou, why did you buy so much second-tier beast meat?"

Looking at the meat of the animals laid out on the wooden table, Sun Dajie asked in surprise.

The meat of this second-tier spirit beast is quite valuable.

Seeing that Zhou Ling was dressed plainly and had spent a long time haggling with him over two spirit stones that morning, he was certain that Zhou Ling was a rogue cultivator.

But I never expected the meal to be so lavish.

This meal costs over twenty spirit stones, which means a monthly expense of over a thousand spirit stones!
"These days of cultivation have been tough, so I'm just treating myself occasionally!"

Zhou Ling said with a smile.

The key is that he wants to try it out and see if the [Constitution Enhancement] will work on the One Yang True Body.

Otherwise, even if he had a lot of spirit stones, he wouldn't dare to spend them like this!

Then he took out a jar of spirit wine, set out a ceramic bowl, and poured a bowl for Sun Dajie.

Sun Dajie also took out the food box.

However, he only ordered ordinary spirit stones, which came to less than one spirit stone in total.

"Come on, Brother Zhou, Wang Xin, let's have a drink!"

Sun Dajie didn't stand on ceremony, picked up the earthenware bowl, and spoke to Zhou Ling and the others.

"Dry!"

Zhou Ling also picked up a ceramic bowl and clinked it with Sun Dajie's.

Wang Xin didn't drink alcohol. Instead, she picked up her chopsticks, took some spiritual vegetables from the food box, and started eating.

[You are absorbing the blood essence of a demon beast. Physique sublimation +1, Blood Essence +1, One Yang True Body +1]

After consuming two or three catties of second-tier spirit mutton, a notification finally appeared on the panel.

Zhou Ling was overjoyed.

It really works!

Nowadays, it seems that only powerful demonic beasts or spirit creatures of the second tier or above can meet the requirements for [physical sublimation], possibly due to the improvement of talent.

For example, a first-tier spirit beast contains relatively little blood energy, which is insufficient to meet the standard for [physical sublimation].

Otherwise, the chicken leg I just ate wouldn't have had no effect.

After all, the current "physical enhancement" improves one's own physical constitution.

It should be noted that even the most ordinary physique can make cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

Knowing this, Zhou Ling immediately had an even better appetite.

Next, the One Yang True Body will have another way to improve.

With Zhou Ling and Sun Dajie drinking and eating heartily, the five catties of spirit mutton were quickly devoured.

Even while eating and drinking, Sun Dajie did not forget the purpose of his visit. After putting down his wine bowl, he steered the conversation to the other disciples of this year.

Knowing that Zhou Ling seemed quite concerned about this, he said with feigned seriousness, "Brother Ling, do you know who is the strongest among this year's disciples?"

Zhou Ling was taken aback, somewhat puzzled, "Isn't the Dao Academy supposed to focus on techniques? Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anyone who is the strongest!"

"If we're talking about the strongest, then Liu Yu, the disciple representative this time, is clearly very strong!"

After the Foundation Establishment test just now, he felt that those teenagers who were able to reach the Earthly Foundation Establishment level were all very strong.

However, this is only a small portion of this year's disciples.

There may be even stronger disciples he hasn't encountered yet.

Of course, given that Du Yu was only eleven or twelve years old, at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and a second-grade weapon refiner and alchemist, Zhou Ling could hardly imagine anyone stronger than him.

To everyone's surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, Sun Dajie shook his head, "Du Yu is not the strongest. He can probably only rank third in this year's competition."

"Only third place?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ling was even more surprised.

Seeing Zhou Ling's shocked expression, Sun Dajie felt even more excited and laughed, "At first, I didn't believe it either, but after looking into it, it turns out to be true."

"Among this year's new disciples, two were personally recruited by the academy's dean!"

"Which two?"

Zhou Ling poured Sun Dajie another full glass of spirit wine and asked with great curiosity.

Wang Xin remained calm; in her eyes, Zhou Ling was the most formidable.

"One of them is named Ye Zhilan. Although she is only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, it is said that she can already refine second-grade mid-level pills."

"The other person is Wang Qian. He has a body that can forge metal, giving him a unique advantage in weapon crafting."

Sun Dajie took a sip of the spiritual wine and spoke methodically.

"These two are definitely stronger than Liu Yu. Apart from these three, the strength of the next few people is roughly equal."

"Moreover, the two people in front were already designated as Foundation Establishment seeds, and even Golden Core seeds."

"A mid-grade second-tier pill?"

"Golden Core Seed!"

Zhou Ling's face was also filled with surprise.

Normally, those who can refine second-tier pills are mostly Foundation Establishment cultivators in their thirties or forties.

Think of Doctor Lin near my home. He cultivated for his entire life, but he could only barely refine first-grade high-quality pills.

This is the difference in talent.

His gaze involuntarily turned to Wang Xin, thinking that with Wang Xin's current strength, she was already able to refine the Two-Dan Pattern Qi-Melting Pill, so she should be able to rank in the top ten!

As for the Golden Core Seed, this was the first time he had heard of it.

After all, they are only Qi Refining cultivators now, and it will take them some time to advance to Foundation Establishment.

The Golden Core was even more distant for them.

"Originally, Golden Core Seeds were only evaluated after entering the Inner Academy, but it is said that these two are so exceptionally talented that the Dean personally promised to give them the treatment of Golden Core Seeds!"

Sun Dajie continued his introduction to Zhou Ling with great enthusiasm.

Zhou Ling nodded. This situation made him feel a lot of pressure even if he wanted to enter the top eight.

Next, Sun Dajie introduced a few more people to Zhou Ling. Although they were equally impressive, they were not as good as the previous three.

Of course, the main reason Zhou Ling was interested in these people was that they were basically all disciples who had passed the Foundation Establishment Seed Assessment.

The more he learns, the better prepared he can be.

The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy means you will be victorious in every battle.

(End of this chapter)