Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 36 Qi Refining Level 4 (Please read further, vote with monthly tickets and recommendations)
After finishing dinner with his parents, Zhou Ling gave the Thunderfire Pearl to his father.

Having experienced the initial surprise, Zhou Shan was able to accept this time and was overjoyed.

This time, the search team will be venturing into deeper areas, which will definitely pose greater risks.

Therefore, having an extra layer of security means having an extra layer of safety.

Back inside, Zhou Ling began to comprehend the Spirit Condensation Inscription.

Condensing the spirit imprint is not difficult; Zhou Ling basically mastered it in one night.

Upon waking up the next morning, Zhou Ling took out the spirit paper and attempted to draw.

However, both attempts failed.

This Spirit Condensation Inscription doesn't seem particularly difficult, but its interconnected patterns and overall structure require extremely high skill.

It's easy to make a mistake if you're not careful.

Fortunately, with his [Basic Analysis] talent, Zhou Ling quickly grasped the drawing techniques.

When I returned in the evening, I was able to successfully draw the Spirit Condensation Inscription.

However, in order to ensure a success rate of over 60%, Zhou Ling did not rush to draw on the gold-tipped brush.

Instead, he continued drawing on the spirit paper for five days, and with the blessing of the [Born with Talent] talent, he greatly improved his proficiency in condensing spirit inscriptions.

That's when I started trying to draw with a gold-tipped brush.

However, problems still occurred when drawing it for the first time.

From the moment I began writing to the moment I finished, there were no problems in the process.

When Zhou Ling carefully examined the finished drawing, he discovered that the spiritual energy conduction effect of the spiritual brush was not good.

After some analysis, I realized that the problem was with my spiritual ink.

The handle of this golden-tipped brush is made of green-patterned bamboo, so using wood-attribute spirit ink is a better match for it.

Zhou Ling sighed; he had been careless after all.

The next day, he went to the market and bought some high-quality wood-attribute spirit ink.

The subsequent drawing went much more smoothly.

In five days, I barely managed to successfully draw six gold-tipped brushes.

The task was completed just in time.

After that, Zhou Ling completed the drawing of about ten gold-tipped brushes every month.

With more drawing, my proficiency also improved.

In just over two months, his success rate improved further, approaching 70%.

At the same time, the consumption of spiritual energy is also decreasing.

In the first month, he could only draw one piece in one evening.

With reduced consumption, I've been able to draw two more during the evening hours.

This is mainly due to increased proficiency and a more thorough understanding of the inscriptions.

In addition, the improvement of his [Precise Control] talent has also continuously reduced the energy consumption during his drawing process.

This has become increasingly evident in the application of inscription drawing.

The first time he drew the Thunderfire Inscription, it consumed half of his spiritual power.

It's now only about a quarter of what it used to be.

At the same time, he would take out eight spirit stones from the spirit stones he earned each month to buy Fire Cloud Grass, refine its medicinal power, and improve his cultivation.

The rest will be saved up to make a brewing stove for my mother later.

In addition, after the third month, Zhou Ling was able to refine one or two more golden brushes each month.

After considering it for a moment, Zhou Ling instructed Yuan Hu to find other disciples within the academy who were learning inscription, runes, and array patterns to sell the items at a price one low-grade spirit stone cheaper than the market price.

However, each one cost seven low-grade spirit stones, and they were quickly sold, which made him earn a lot more each month.

Of course, for every three spirit pens sold, he would give Yuan Hu a low-grade spirit stone as a reward.

Furthermore, during this period, through Chu Xing's introduction, every month some medicine seekers would bring magical artifacts to Zhou Ling for repair, such as the Fire Pattern Knife, the Golden Thread Net, and the Black Jade Sword.

There are quite a few types of magical artifacts, all of which are first-tier low-grade magical artifacts.

Most of the inscriptions have six or seven runes, but Zhou Ling is gradually able to repair some of them with eight or nine runes.

Of course, most of them are magic tools used by low-level cultivators. Even those with mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation mostly use first-grade low-level magic tools.

After all, the price of a mid-grade first-tier magic weapon is several times that of a low-grade first-tier magic weapon.

Most independent cultivators can't afford it either.

Zhou Ling helped these medicine seekers repair their magical artifacts, for which they were extremely grateful.

Of course, it wasn't free; they paid for it with elixirs.

All things considered, it's much cheaper than outside.

While repairing these inscriptions, Zhou Ling not only received spiritual medicine as a reward, but also improved his proficiency in inscriptions with the help of [Born with Talent].

I have gained a deeper understanding of the various attributes of the inscription.

Furthermore, different inscriptions and different materials allow for more practical drawing experience through the [basic analysis].

Drawing inscriptions on different materials consumes varying amounts of spiritual energy, requiring higher levels of control over spiritual energy and skillful brushwork, thus constantly increasing the difficulty.

Fortunately, he has the talent of "becoming stronger with each setback". No matter how difficult it is, as long as he practices diligently, his understanding of the inscription will become more and more thorough.

Of the spiritual herbs he acquired, Zhou Ling primarily chose Fire Cloud Grass and other herbs that could aid in cultivation or be used to prepare spiritual ink.

He used the rest for Wang Xin to refine pills.

Unbeknownst to her, Wang Xin had already been able to refine mid-grade first-level pills.

Compared to Zhou Ling's weapon-refining skills, it is much higher.

However, this is normal. Wang Xin has talent, resources, and a legacy to inherit.

This is something Zhou Ling cannot compare to.

Among independent cultivators, his achievement of reaching this level is already quite remarkable!
And just like that, more than nine months passed in the blink of an eye.

Spring goes and summer comes.

[You are absorbing Fireweed, resilience +1, Spiritual Energy +3]

[You are absorbing Fireweed Grass. Herbal Stress +1, Fireweed Grass Power +1]

That evening, Zhou Ling was sitting cross-legged, practicing the Spirit Flame Technique to refine the medicinal power of the Fire Cloud Grass.

Suddenly, a crisp popping sound came from inside my body.

Within the meridians, the power of the Fire Cloud Herb, which had just been refined and absorbed, surged violently like a wildfire.

The thirty-first acupoint in Zhou Ling's body was finally successfully activated.

"Finally reached the fourth level of Qi Refining!"

Zhou Ling exhaled, her face beaming with joy.

At this moment, he could feel that the spiritual energy in his body had increased by more than 30%, and his divine sense had also become significantly stronger.

Now, he is still a little over a month away from turning nine.

He has already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will basically be able to pass the outer court examination of the Dao Academy next year.

While sensing the changes in the spiritual energy within his body, Zhou Ling opened the panel.

[Spiritual Root]: Low-grade of the Five Elements 2/100
[Cultivation Level]: Qi Refining Level 4, 2/100
[Body Refinement]: Tier 1, Level 3, 85/100
[Physical Attributes]: Comprehension (average appearance 920/1000), Constitution (high potential 43600/100,000)

[Unique Talent]: Resilient to setbacks (Tier 2 430/1000)

【成长天赋】:天生营养不良、无母乳喂养、危机反应（一阶80/100）、体质进化（三阶4636/一万）、搜山寻宝（二阶370/1000）、仙人慧根（二阶873/1000）、初级洞察（三阶1368/一万）、灵气亲和（四阶17600/十万）、狮吼（四阶13430/十万）、天生我才（三阶2170/一万）、初级分析（三阶1218/一万）、精准把控（二阶468/一千）、灵药应激（一阶38/100）

[Cultivation Technique]: Spirit Flame Technique (Level 1, Perfected, 330/1000)

[Technique]: Great Yang Fist (Level 1, Perfection 820/1000), Five Elements Basic Imprint (Perfection 70/1000)

Zhou Ling was incredibly excited. All his talents had improved significantly. He murmured to himself, "Now that I've reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, I can start trying to refine mid-grade first-tier inscriptions!"

(End of this chapter)