Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 32 Fire Grass and Talent [Spiritual Herb Stress] (Please read further with monthly votes and recommendations)

The thunder patterns in the Thunderfire Inscription were something Zhou Ling had never encountered before, and they were much more difficult than the basic Five Elements Inscriptions.

Moreover, it has seven inscription patterns, making it quite difficult to comprehend.

Even with his natural talent, it took Zhou Ling two days to fully comprehend it.

During this time, he also inquired about the method of drawing Lei Mingwen from Instructor Fang.

Seeing that he had made rapid progress recently, Instructor Fang explained to him in detail the methods of drawing thunder and wind runes and the key points to pay attention to.

Lightning inscriptions are more difficult to create than fire inscriptions, as the flow of spiritual energy is more complex and requires more precise control.

In the evening, after returning home, Zhou Ling ate dinner and went to her room.

Take out the lightning and fire attribute spirit ink purchased from the treasure pavilion in the market.

It cost a low-grade spirit stone.

Each bottle can be decorated with approximately one hundred inscriptions.

Now we need to carry out physical refining.

He also dared not buy those inferior spirit inks from Old Zhao.

If problems arise, the losses will outweigh the gains.

After spreading out the spirit paper, Zhou Ling first tried to draw flame inscriptions. He completed the four flame inscriptions in one go without any problems.

Next, he used another newly purchased inscription pen to dip into lightning-attribute spirit ink.

Start drawing.

As the last stroke was drawn, faint ripples of spiritual energy emanated from the spirit paper.

But the next second, it seemed as if an arc of electricity flashed across the spirit paper.

Then, as if due to a poor connection, the electric arc dissipated instantly.

With a "poof," a wisp of black smoke rose from the spirit paper.

[You are currently creating an inscription. Precision control +1, Thunderfire Inscription Proficiency +1]

[You are currently creating an inscription. Talented Individual +1, Thunderfire Inscription Proficiency +1]

Looking at the inscription marks on the spirit paper, Zhou Ling continued his analysis.

The reason was quickly discovered: the lightning rune lacked sufficient spiritual energy and could not combine with the fire rune to form an inscription.

[You are analyzing the Thunderfire Inscription. Basic Analysis +1, Thunderfire Inscription Proficiency +1]

[Total number of analyses: 1001 per 10,000]

As Zhou Ling progressed through the [Basic Analysis] stage, an adjustment plan for drawing the Thunderfire Inscription emerged in his mind.

Zhou Ling was overjoyed. The original "basic analysis" only pointed out the problem; how to solve it still required his own thinking.

The advanced "Basic Analysis" provides some reasonable fine-tuning solutions.

This undoubtedly saved him from many detours in the future.

Based on the analysis, Zhou Ling was preparing to continue practicing when he suddenly felt a dull pain in his meridians and immediately stopped.

I never imagined that drawing the seven-character inscription would consume so much energy!
Each drawing consumed more than half of the spiritual energy in the body.

"This is probably because it's the first time drawing lightning attribute runes, and they didn't handle it well or weren't familiar with it."

Zhou Ling pondered this in his heart.

He then sat cross-legged and practiced the Spirit Flame Technique to restore his internal magical power.

He tried to draw it again that night, but failed again.

Fortunately, the next day was another ten-day weekend.

Zhou Ling got up early in the morning to draw the Thunder and Fire Inscription.

Today, Wang Xin had invited him and Yuan Hu to go kite flying, but Zhou Ling had to decline in order to meet the deadline.

Generally speaking, he rarely refuses Wang Xin.

After all, Wang Xin was his biggest creditor; the Qi-Harmony Pills she had given him over the past two years alone were worth a considerable amount of spirit stones.

However, there are only six days left before the delivery of the Thunderfire Pearl, and time is of the essence.

This marked the first official collaboration with Lu Family Workshop, and it was imperative to deliver the Thunderfire Pearl on time. However, a morning's effort ended in two consecutive failed attempts at drawing it.

This left Zhou Ling feeling quite helpless.

Fortunately, with the support of "The More You Frustrate, the Stronger You Become" and "Born with Talent," the proficiency of the Thunderfire Inscription is gradually improving, and the energy consumption is not as high as yesterday.

"It seems the key problem is that my spiritual power cultivation is too low!"

At noon, while eating lunch, Zhou Ling summarized the lessons learned in the morning.

The art of weapon crafting is profound and complex, but thanks to his talent, he can keep up in terms of comprehension as long as he works hard to understand it.

However, cultivation level has now become a limiting factor, and he can only improve his proficiency by drawing each inscription one by one.

Zhou Ling finished lunch and was about to go back to her room when suddenly the door creaked open.

Zhou Ling got up and went outside, only to see the two of them walk in.

The man in front was his father, Zhou Shan, carrying a heavy oil paper package and a jar of spirit wine.

The person behind him was a middle-aged cultivator with a short beard and bright, resolute eyes.

He exuded a powerful aura.

"Uncle Chu, you've arrived!"

Zhou Ling quickly recognized the person as Chu Xing, the leader of his father's medicine-finding team, who was at the late stage of Qi Refining.

He is known for his righteousness and is quite famous among those seeking medicine in the area.

Chu Xing smiled as he looked at Zhou Ling, "Little Zhou Ling has grown taller again!"

Zhou Shan tidied the table, placed the oil paper package on it, and then opened it, releasing a fragrant aroma of braised beef.

Inside the oil paper package were several pounds of sliced ​​braised beef.

"Ling'er, go and bring the roasted peanuts from the kitchen. I'd like to have a couple of drinks with Brother Chu!"

Zhou Shan arranged the ceramic bowls and waved to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling went into the kitchen, took a plate of fried peanuts, came out, and placed it on the table.

Zhou Shan and Chu Xing were already seated at the table, and the spirit wine had been poured, its faint aroma filling the air.

"Brother Zhou, I really didn't expect that your son would already be at the third level of Qi Refining and could even refine weapons!"

"I told you long ago that this child survived the black wolf you encountered in the mountains back then, and he will surely have good fortune in the future!"

Chu Xing picked up the pottery bowl and drank with Zhou Shan, praising it.

Hearing Chu Xing praise his son, Zhou Shan also beamed with joy.

Setting down the earthenware bowl, Chu Xing took out a bright red spiritual herb from his storage bag and handed it to Zhou Ling, saying with a smile, "Your uncle doesn't have anything good on him. I heard from your father that you also cultivate fire-attribute techniques, so I'll give you this Fire Cloud Grass!"

"Fire Cloud Grass!" Upon seeing the bright red leaves of the spiritual herb, Zhou Ling hurriedly put it down, saying, "Uncle Chu, this is far too precious!"

Before me stood a medicinal herb, half a foot tall, with several oval leaves the size of a thumb, each extremely vibrant.

A low-grade, first-tier Fire Cloud Grass would cost six or seven spirit stones to sell on the market.

[Growth Talent, Herb Stress: Able to efficiently absorb spiritual herbs and stimulate their latent attributes. Requirement: Absorb ten spiritual herbs.]

At this point, a prompt appears on the panel.

"【Spiritual Medicine Stress】What kind of talent is this?" Zhou Ling was taken aback when he looked at the panel description.

"It's not about whether it's valuable or not, it's all stuff we found in the mountains!"

"If you don't take it, you'll be disrespecting Uncle Chu!"

Chu Xing stuffed the elixir into Zhou Ling's hand and said in a serious tone.

"Father, what is this?" Zhou Ling looked at his father.

"Why are you looking at your dad!" Chu Xing laughed. "I'm giving this to you, not to your dad!"

Zhou Shan scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, then seemed to remember something, picked up the wine jar, filled Chu Xing's cup with wine, and laughed, "Brother Chu, didn't your Thick Earth Shield break last time?"

"How about we let Ling'er see if she can fix it?"

In his opinion, this Fire Cloud Grass was quite valuable.

If my son can repair this thick earthen shield, that would be perfect!
(End of this chapter)