Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 29 The Multitalented Li Ru (Please read further with monthly votes and recommendations)

Looking at the new talent [Precise Control] on the panel and its description, Zhou Ling couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Whether it's refining pills, inscribing patterns, creating runes, or forming arrays, cultivators need to consume spiritual energy.

Manipulating spiritual power and using different mediums for alchemy, weapon crafting, and so on.

Among them, weapon crafting consumes the most spiritual energy.

"This [precise control] is perfect for my current Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation!"

Looking at the description of the talent panel, Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy.

After all, with the support of "The More You Frustrate, the Stronger You Become" and "Born with Talent" in terms of weapon crafting comprehension, as long as you work hard, there shouldn't be too much of a problem in terms of comprehension and proficiency.

However, low spiritual power cultivation is a major limiting factor.

Now, with this precise control, unnecessary consumption of spiritual energy can be reduced.

"I just wonder how much spiritual energy consumption this [Precise Control] can reduce now?"

Zhou Ling stroked his chin, deep in thought.

"But there's no rush. Let's familiarize ourselves with the Fire-Repelling Inscription first, and then we can start practicing drawing it."

Next, Zhou Ling began to study the inscriptions and connection methods on the Fire-Repelling Seal.

[You are learning the Fire Repelling Inscription skill. Innate Talent +1, Fire Repelling Inscription Proficiency +1]

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During dinner that evening, Zhou Ling brought out the spirit wine, broke the seal, and poured a bowl for each of Zhou Shan and Li Ru.

The spirit wine in the bowl has a light amber color, is crystal clear, and has a delicate aroma of spirit rice mixed with the unique fragrance of spirit herbs, which wafts from the nose and soothes the soul.

"Ling'er, where did you get the spirit stones to buy spirit wine?"

Li Ru took a sip and asked.

"Good wine!"

Zhou Shan took a small sip, his face showing lingering enjoyment, and couldn't help but praise it.

He hadn't tasted such a sweet and mellow spirit wine for a long time.

Zhou Ling took out his spirit stone bag and said, "Father, Mother, I earned all of this myself!"

Hearing the crisp sound of spirit stones colliding inside the bulging spirit stone bag, Zhou Shan and his wife looked at each other in surprise.

Zhou Ling opened the spirit stone bag.

Wow!
Twelve low-grade spirit stones landed on the dining table, shining brightly under the dim light of the flint lamp. The reflected light and shadows flickered on the wall.

Zhou Shan and the other man were even more surprised.

Li Ruwei opened her mouth slightly, but after a long while, she said, "Where did you earn so much?"

Zhou Shan looked at his son with a face full of doubt.

Zhou Ling said, "I repair magical artifacts for people!"

"That old man Zhao from the West Street market!"

"Ling'er, you can earn this much by repairing magical artifacts?" Zhou Shan was stunned.

Zhou Ling scratched his head and said, "This is what I've saved up for a long time."

Although he had been repairing equipment to earn money, his parents, who left early and returned late, were unaware of Zhou Ling's situation.

"What a sensible child." Li Ru patted Zhou Ling's head tenderly.

He paused for a moment, then added, "There are still some spirit stones at home, enough to support your studies. You should prioritize your studies and not let earning spirit stones interfere with your cultivation!"

Zhou Shan picked up the ceramic bowl and laughed heartily, "I didn't expect Ling'er to be so young and already earn so many spirit stones. It's worth a toast!"

"Good wine! Good wine!"

After swallowing a small bowl of the spirit wine, Zhou Shan praised it repeatedly.

Li Ru rolled her eyes at him, "This is made from black rice produced in Black Soil Immortal City, so the quality is naturally not bad."

"Unfortunately, the brewer added ordinary spirit cloud grass in order to save costs."

"If it's a slightly better quality Lingyun grass, then this Runmi wine will have a unique flavor."

Zhou Ling couldn't help but ask, "Mother, you also know about wine?"

"Of course Mother knows about wine!" Li Ru smiled, then placed a large piece of meat in Zhou Ling's bowl. "Don't waste this money in the future. Our family has many other expenses." "I know," Zhou Ling replied sensibly, picking up his chopsticks and eating the meat.

“Oh, your mother studied winemaking at the Taoist academy when she was a child.”

"I'm not just praising your mother, but the wine she brewed back then was in no way inferior to those top-tier winemakers."

Zhou Shan picked up a roasted peanut and threw it into his mouth. Looking at Li Ru with a guilty expression, he said, "It's a pity that after you married me, I couldn't afford a brewing stove back then."

"We'll have to take your mother with us into the mountains to find medicine."

"I originally thought that after working hard for a few years, I would be able to save up enough money to buy a brewing furnace."

"In the end, all these years, she has been suffering alongside me!"

As Zhou Shan spoke, he drank the wine in his bowl in one gulp.

Li Ru picked up the wine jar, filled Zhou Shan's cup with wine, and sighed softly, "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, why are you telling the child these things?"

"Is Mother a brewer?" Zhou Ling was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Father, is this brewing furnace very expensive?"

I originally thought my mother was a good cook, and that once I had saved up enough spirit stones, I would open a small shop for her to make spirit cakes or spirit food.

But I only found out now that my mother was also a winemaker.

Other thoughts began to cross my mind, after all, being a chef often involves being exposed to flames, which carries considerable risk.

When it comes to brewing wine, there are no such concerns.

Zhou Shan took a small sip of wine. "Brewing wine can be considered a branch of alchemy, and fine spiritual wine is also very beneficial to a cultivator's cultivation."

"Therefore, the price of this brewing furnace is not cheaper than that of the alchemy furnace!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was speechless.

However, the Fire Cloud Furnace that I repaired for Old Man Zhao last time would cost around thirty low-grade spirit stones on the market.

Now, as long as I can take on orders from the Lu family workshop, I can earn over thirty spirit stones in just a few months.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling said to Li Ru, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely help you open a winery in the future!"

Hearing this, Li Ru looked pleased and put another big piece of meat on Zhou Ling's plate, saying with a smile, "Ling'er has grown up!"

"However, Mother doesn't want anything else right now, she just wants to save money for you so that you can enter the inner courtyard."

"As for brewing wine, Mother has almost forgotten all the brewing recipes."

"As long as you can enter the inner courtyard, then your mother will be at ease!"

"I will definitely enter the inner courtyard!" Zhou Ling nodded confidently.

"Haha, good! He's my son, Zhou Shan's son!" Zhou Shan patted Zhou Ling on the shoulder and praised him.

"Son, have a drink with your dad tonight!"

After Zhou Shan finished speaking, he picked up the wine jar and poured a small bowl of spiritual wine for Zhou Ling.

"The child is still young, why is he drinking?"

Li Ru couldn't help but glare at him.

"You've reached the third level of Qi Refining, so you'll be fine. You can even improve your cultivation!" Zhou Shan said.

Zhou Ling also picked up his wine bowl and said, "Father, Mother, let's have a drink!"

Li Ru then nodded.

The three wine bowls clinked lightly together.

The wine in the bowl swayed!

A faint aroma of wine wafts through the air!

A late dinner and an early midnight snack ended with the family chatting and laughing, full of hope for the future.

After the meal, Zhou Ling returned to his room and meditated for a while to digest the meat and spirit wine he had just eaten. Because there wasn't much spiritual energy, he quickly refined it.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling took out the Five Elements Basic Inscription Jade Slip and continued to comprehend the Fire-Repelling Inscription.

[You are learning the Fire Repelling Inscription skill. Innate Talent +1, Fire Repelling Inscription Proficiency +1]

Before falling asleep that night, I finally grasped all the key points of drawing the Fire-Repelling Inscription.

Brothers! We've had two rounds of recommendations tonight. The next update on Tuesday is crucial, so please remember to read it. Hopefully, we can get a third round!
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