Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 18 Initial Deciphering of the Inscription (Please read, add to your favorites, vote with monthly tickets, and recommend!)
"Son, you've made it into the top ten of the Dao Academy's assessment!"

Zhou Shan was a little confused.

Li Ru rolled her eyes at him, patted Zhou Ling's head, and said with satisfaction, "Our son has good aptitude, and he's sensible and eager to learn. So what if he made it into the top ten!"

"Father, Mother, whether I make it into the top ten or not, I will try my best to win the academy's prize money. You don't need to worry!"

Zhou Ling said sensibly.

Looking at the sensible Zhou Ling, Zhou Shan's face showed a gratified smile. At this moment, the vicissitudes on his face seemed to disappear, turning into a hearty smile.

"Ling'er, what's the deal with this cultivation technique?"

Only then did Li Rucai remember the matter of the cultivation technique, and asked softly.

Zhou Ling didn't hide anything and told them that Wang Xin had taken the cultivation manual from home for him.

However, he said he borrowed it.

"this!"

After hearing Zhou Ling's words, the couple looked at each other in bewilderment.

"You two kids are really being ridiculous!" Li Ru sighed.

But there was nothing she could do now, so she could only smile and say softly, "Little Xin'er has helped you so much. Let's wait until Mother has a day off."

"You invited her over for dinner, Mother wants to thank her properly!"

Zhou Ling obediently agreed.

"As for the academy's assessment, just do your best. Cultivation requires steady progress; don't rush things."

"Your family can still support your cultivation, so don't get distracted!"

Li Ruyou said seriously.

Zhou Ling nodded.

He then went back to his room to sleep.

"Why are you pouring wine again?"

"I'm in a good mood today, I'll have a few more drinks!"

"Pour me a glass too!"

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The couple's joyful laughter could be heard from outside.

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The new semester has begun.

Zhou Ling is a little over five years old and has reached the second level of Qi Refining. This level of cultivation is considered above average in the academy.

After three years of enrollment, the next step is the class placement assessment.

As soon as class started, Liu Yan asked each of her disciples about their cultivation during the holiday.

He praised Zhou Ling and the other two disciples who had made significant progress.

Then he got straight to the point, saying, "This coming semester is crucial for you."

"Because in three months, there will be a class placement test."

“Students who meet the academic standards will be assigned to classes A1 to A6, these are the top classes.”

"Disciples who rank in the top ten will have their tuition waived by the academy, and will also receive certain rewards."

"This assessment is divided into two parts: spiritual power assessment and skills assessment."

"The importance of spiritual power to cultivators is self-evident. If your spiritual power is weak, your cultivation level and combat strength will be one level lower than others."

"The most important difference between cultivators is the difference in spiritual power."

"The spiritual root determines the compatibility between a cultivator and spiritual power, while the cultivation method determines the speed and quality of spiritual energy absorption. Both are indispensable."

"Spiritual roots are predetermined and difficult to change, but one's efforts and cultivation techniques can increase the speed at which one absorbs spiritual energy."

"As for skills, they are the manifestations of spiritual power, which can be achieved through various spells, alchemy, weapon crafting, and other means."

"Therefore, choosing the right cultivation method and skills is of utmost importance to you!"

"I've already dealt with the cultivation method; now it's time to choose the skills!" Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Liu Yan continued, "Those disciples who have not yet chosen a cultivation method should do so as soon as possible."

"Of course, you can continue to practice the original breathing method, but it will be much slower."

"Disciples who have already been selected can begin learning various basic skills based on their own attributes."

"As for the choice of cultivation methods and skills, we have already learned about them in the original basic courses. If you are unclear about anything, you can check it or ask me!"

The disciples were quiet for a moment, then one of them raised his hand and asked, "Instructor, I am currently at the second level of Qi Refining, specializing in earth-attribute techniques. I wonder which skill I should choose?"

Liu Yan glanced at the disciple and said with a smile, "Skills must be compatible with one's own spiritual root attributes and cultivation methods to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"For earth-attribute cultivation techniques, the main skill can be runes, and the auxiliary skills can be construction-related, defense-related, etc."

"Instructor, I have a water elemental root, is it possible for me to cultivate alchemy?" a disciple asked in a low voice.

"Most alchemy techniques use fire refining, but a small portion uses water refining. However, such complete inheritances are relatively rare, so I don't recommend practicing them," Liu Yan explained.

"Can I choose a skill that is different from my own spiritual root attribute?" another disciple asked.

“Yes, it’s possible, but the effect will be minimal, and you’ll eventually give up, just wasting your time,” Liu Yan said.

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Finally, Liu Yan said seriously, "Following what I just explained, think carefully about the skills you will be practicing next."

"Choose a suitable one, and remember to act according to your own abilities and not be overly ambitious."

"Major skills are not necessarily limited to the four major skills; there are also puppetry, beast taming, spiritual plant cultivation, herb hunting, mineral exploration, spiritual appraisal, and so on."

"Once it's confirmed, report it up, and I will send you the basic cultivation techniques."

They then handed out forms for the disciples to fill out and select the skills they wish to cultivate.

The disciples couldn't help but start discussing it.

"Zhou Ling, have you decided to forge weapons?"

Wang Xin asked in a low voice.

Zhou Ling nodded and asked, "And you?"

"I learned some alchemy from my mother at home, but I prefer formations."

"What do you think I should choose?"

Wang Xin asked hesitantly.

Zhou Ling looked at Wang Xin and was stunned for a moment. Alchemy and formations are both resource-intensive, but with Wang Xin's background, he wasn't afraid.

But he couldn't give her random advice, so after thinking for a moment, he said, "If you feel that you can improve quickly by cultivating a certain skill, then focus on that one, and cultivate the other as a supplementary skill!"

"Ok!"

Wang Xin nodded slightly.

Zhou Ling quickly filled out the forms and submitted them to Liu Yan.

He majored in weapon crafting, and his other elective skills were body tempering and medicine finding.

In the afternoon, he received three jade slips from Liu Yan.

A Preliminary Explanation of Basic Inscriptions

The Great Yang Fist

The First Hundred Common Elixirs

In addition, Liu Yan rewarded him for his progress during this period by giving him a first-grade low-quality inscription pen.

And some paper for practicing drawing inscriptions.

He also urged Zhou Ling to continue her efforts and not to slack off.

With his grades, he has a good chance of getting into a top-tier road maintenance team.

Zhou Ling was also grateful. If he had met such a good teacher in his previous life, he wouldn't have failed to even get into a third-tier university.

They started working early to deliver food!
After a moment of reflection, Zhou Ling began to examine the jade slip.

He had already mastered both "Dayang Fist" and "The First Hundred Common Elixirs".

Therefore, I only watched "Basic Inscription Explanation".

This "Basic Inscription Explanation" is undoubtedly much simpler than the "Spirit Flame Technique".

The first part describes the basic training methods for inscription, introducing how to guide spiritual energy, drive spiritual power, and inscribe inscriptions.

The following are some commonly used basic inscriptions.

As for cultivating inscriptions, one needs to spend spirit stones to purchase them from the sect.

"Let's familiarize ourselves with the inscriptions first, and practice more when we get back tonight!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)