Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 16 The Right Way to Understand "Folding Back Against Adversity" and "Born to Be Talented"
However, his brows gradually furrowed.

These three cultivation techniques are all mid-grade first-level techniques, and the auxiliary cultivation spiritual items required are also all mid-grade first-level spiritual items.

A single plant of Crimson Fire Grass or Fire Cloud Grass can cost five or six low-grade spirit stones, making them quite valuable.

Of the three, his favorite was undoubtedly the "Spirit Flame Technique," which was perfect for future weapon crafting.

However, these cultivation aids are extremely expensive.

We definitely can't afford it now.

"Given my current situation, cultivating a mid-grade first-level cultivation technique doesn't seem very realistic!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

"How is it?" Wang Xin asked, looking at Zhou Ling's expression.

Zhou Ling shook his head. "Wang Xin, I'll borrow the Spirit Flame Technique for now, and return the other two cultivation techniques to you!"

While speaking in a low voice, he handed the other two techniques back to Wang Xin.

A smile appeared on Wang Xin's face as she took the jade slip with her small hand.

Zhou Ling smiled and thanked her, "Wang Xin, thank you!"

"My mother told me that we are good friends, so naturally we should help each other!"

Wang Xin looked at Zhou Ling with her clear, bright eyes.

"Correct!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

Then, he began to ponder the matter of cultivation techniques.

The absence of a spiritual aid does not mean that cultivation is impossible.

It's just that progress has been slow.

The auxiliary spiritual objects can only better stimulate the acupoints and meridians, making the cultivation technique run more smoothly.

Since such an opportunity was rare, Zhou Ling decided to cultivate for a while first and see what the situation was.

Moreover, the martial arts techniques of aristocratic families are extremely profound, and whether one can comprehend them is another matter entirely.

However, his current goals are not very high.

His plan was to first cultivate to the second level of Qi Refining, and then try to learn inscription.

Once you master inscriptions, you can learn engraving later and become a weapon refiner.

"Even if you can't become a first-grade weapon refiner, you can still earn a lot of spirit stones by being an ordinary weapon refiner and drawing inscriptions for the workshop. You won't have to worry about food and drink."

Zhou Ling was making plans in his mind.

Of course, with the support he's received, his standards won't be so low; he'll at least aim to become a formally qualified first-grade weapon refiner.

However, becoming a weapon refiner is not so easy.

There are many workshops in Lingxia Immortal City, but the number of cultivators who can truly be called weapon refiners is not large.

Most of those working in the workshop were alchemists.

The art refiner is actually divided into two parts: one part is the refiner who creates the molds for magical artifacts.

The tempering master is responsible for using the earth's fire to temper and shape the materials.

This is merely the embryonic form of a magical artifact; it does not yet possess true power.

It also requires a true weapon refiner to inscribe the runes or seals.

Inscriptions are difficult to learn, and being a weapon refiner is even more difficult.

Of the four main arts of cultivating immortality, weapon refiner seems to be the easiest to learn.

It's not actually like that on the surface.

Ritual implements require inscriptions and stamps.

Ordinary ritual implements are usually decorated with inscriptions.

Magical artifacts of the first rank or lower grade require inscription.

Inscriptions are generally composed of a combination of patterns.

A simple inscription can be formed by six lines.

The power of an inscription increases with each additional rune added.

Of course, the difficulty of drawing also increases exponentially.

Those who can draw one to three inscriptions can become apprentices of weapon refiners.

Three to six inscriptions indicate an ordinary weapon refiner.

However, only those weapon refiners who can draw first-grade superior inscriptions and pass the Dao Alliance's ranking assessment can be considered true first-grade weapon refiners.

Once you become a first-grade weapon refiner, the treatment will be completely different.

As for the specifics, Zhou Ling wasn't entirely clear on them yet. They were also somewhat distant for him at the moment.

The most urgent thing is to finish what I am capable of doing first.

Just as he was pondering this, footsteps came from outside the schoolhouse.

Instructor Liu Yan slowly walked into the school building.

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After returning home in the evening and having dinner with his parents, Zhou Ling went back to his room.

Holding the jade slip in his hand and pressing it against his forehead, the three ancient characters "Lingyan Jue" appeared in his mind.

Zhou Ling took a deep breath and continued reading.

This Spirit Flame Technique is divided into three levels.

Once one reaches the first level, the internal magical power can achieve a small cycle of thirty-three times.

On the second floor, one has the opportunity to condense spiritual flames, and with the help of these flames, cultivation speed will also be increased.

The third level consists of foundation-building methods related to cultivation techniques, which are also the most difficult.

Compared to the Five Elements Breathing Technique, the Spirit Flame Technique appears far more profound.

After reading only a few sentences, Zhou Ling felt mentally exhausted and even aching.

These laws and regulations were extremely difficult for him to comprehend.

Compared to the "Five Elements Breathing Technique," it's worlds apart.

He was basically able to comprehend the former based on the original basic cultivation texts.

But this "Spirit Flame Technique" is completely different.

The further Zhou Ling read, the more his thoughts seemed to stagnate and slow down.

A wave of dizziness washed over me.

Zhou Ling could only stop and cover her head with her hands.

[You are currently cultivating the "Spirit Flame Technique". Your resilience and comprehension have increased by 1.]

[You are currently cultivating the "Spirit Flame Technique," your innate talent +1, cultivation progress +1]

Suddenly, a cool sensation came from his mind, and Zhou Ling's pain slowly subsided.

Moreover, the few incantations that were difficult to understand before are gradually becoming clear.

Zhou Ling felt a surge of joy. "So this is the right way to unlock the talents of 'the more setbacks you overcome' and 'born with talent'."

Although his family faced some difficulties, his mother always took good care of him.

During his two years of study at the Taoist academy, he did not come into contact with any real cultivation techniques.

With the addition of other talents, his cultivation progressed smoothly.

However, comprehending the obscure and difficult-to-understand mid-grade Yellow Rank "Spirit Flame Technique" is extremely challenging.

But he did not give up easily and persisted.

Therefore, you gain 5 points of comprehension at once.

With the addition of the "Born to Be Talented" talent, he gained a completely new understanding of the technique he had just learned.

After a moment's thought, a smile appeared on Zhou Ling's face.

"With my current level of comprehension, I am simply unable to cultivate this 'Spirit Flame Technique'."

"This mid-grade Yellow Rank cultivation technique is much more difficult than I thought!"

"Even if I ask Instructor Liu, she might not be able to give me much guidance because of the different cultivation methods."

"This is something I never expected before I started practicing this technique."

"That's why it's difficult to become a solitary cultivator; without a good lineage or guidance from a renowned master."

"Even if you obtain this 'Spirit Flame Technique,' you may not be able to cultivate it successfully."

Zhou Ling pondered to himself, continuing to think about it.

"However, with the combination of [Resilience] and [Born to Be Talented], the difficulty will be greatly reduced for me!"

"As long as I learn and practice more, I can gradually understand even the most difficult things."

"If you can't understand it the first time, try it a second time, a third time... Each time your understanding and insight will increase a little, and you will understand more than before, until you can finally understand it completely."

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling pressed the jade slip to his forehead again and continued reading.

Soon, another sharp pain shot through my mind.

[You are currently cultivating the "Spirit Flame Technique". Your resilience and comprehension have increased by 1.]

[You are currently cultivating the "Spirit Flame Technique". Your innate talent +1, cultivation progress +1.]

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