Cultivation Kill

If Shen Zige hadn't wasted time learning to write, she would have succeeded in condensing her spirit much faster.

However, it didn't matter whether it was a few days more or a few days later. He quickly found the spellbook room in the corridor, but there were three rooms.

The first room is the basic spell reading room, costing one spirit stone for one minute of reading; the middle room is the advanced spell reading room, costing twenty spirit stones for one minute; the last room is the top-tier spell reading room, costing a whopping eighty-eight spirit stones for one minute!

"No wonder Long Aotian can't afford top-tier spells, they're so expensive!" Shen Zige complained. "Eighty-eight spirit stones a minute, Long Aotian probably only has around seventy spirit stones on him, not even enough for a minute."

He was hesitating whether to learn the most advanced spells. The problem was that it said on the side of the door: "The most advanced spells are 10 percent stronger than advanced spells. Taking pictures or recording images inside is invalid."

Is it worth spending more than four times the price to only increase the power by 10%? In terms of cost-effectiveness, you should learn the most basic spells, as advanced spells are 20% stronger than basic spells.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Zige decided to learn top-level spells. After all, one should strive for perfection in cultivation. Perhaps in a battle with someone, you might win by a mere 10% margin, which is equivalent to buying a life with a few dozen spirit stones. It's a worthwhile trade!

However, since 88 spirit stones can only enter the top-level spell reading room for one minute, Shen Zige needs to plan carefully. Otherwise, if she runs out of spirit stones and still hasn't learned any spells, she'll be at a huge loss!

Fortunately, the door was made of an unknown transparent material, allowing a vague view of the interior layout, though it was impossible to discern the specific books on the bookshelf.

Shen Zige mentally simulated the route and the action of turning the pages.

He only has one minute, and there are about fifty books in the book. After deducting the time spent running, he only has about one second per book on average!

Who can finish reading a book in a second? So first, he needs to find the Five Elements spells he wants, memorize them quickly, and then memorize as much as he can in the remaining time. He has no choice; he's poor, so he has to plan to save time.

Having made up her mind, Shen Zige poured out the spirit stones from the cloth bag, putting the eighty-eight spirit stones into the groove beside the door.

As soon as the eighty-eighth spirit stone was placed, the transparent door vanished, and Shen Zige rushed into the top-tier spell reading room without the slightest hesitation.

"Oops!"

An unexpected turn of events occurred, and Shen Zige discovered that some books had titles on their covers, while others did not. For the ones without titles, he had to waste time flipping to the first two pages!

Time is running out!

Hurry, hurry up!

Shen Zige urged herself on, as if using self-suggestion and hypnosis.

His movements gradually quickened...

In a second, Shen Zige finished checking five books. She skipped two of them by looking at the covers: "Strengthening Arms by Piercing Acupoints" and "How to Leap High," neither of which were necessary at the moment. She had to open the covers of the other three to skip them.

Starting in the second, he reached his peak speed, scanning six books per second.

As he moved and scanned the books, he had a general idea of ​​what books were available in less than ten seconds. Without hesitation, he took down "Five Elements Magic Acupoint Combinations" from the bookshelf and opened it to read.

He had fifty seconds left. The book had ten pages, and each two pages taught a spell. For example, the front page showed a combination of acupoints, and the back page provided explanations. For instance, no matter how the ten acupoints were combined, there would always be one acupoint for the heart, such as the Neiguan acupoint or another.

The Five Elements magic corresponds to the five internal organs: heart (fire), kidney (water), spleen (earth), metal (lung), and wood (liver); the acupoints in the combination must be related to one of them.

However, Shen Zige did not intend to study these principles; she simply glanced at them and memorized the diagram of acupoint combinations.

Each of the five elemental spells takes him eight seconds, for a total of forty seconds, leaving him with ten seconds remaining!

Relying on her memory, Shen Zige accurately pulled out the book "Secret Techniques: Spiritual Power Burning".

The book explains that all the secret techniques are amplification techniques, which can enhance one's own or spell damage. Moreover, all secret techniques have strict conditions for use. For example, this book, "Secret Technique * Spiritual Power Burning", requires using divine sense to burn acupoints, causing the acupoints to release more spiritual power and unleash more powerful spell energy!

This secret technique is not something everyone can use. One must have a divine sense far exceeding that of others at the same level. For example, the first, second, and third levels of Spirit Condensation are considered the early stage of Spirit Condensation, but to use this secret technique, one needs a divine sense at least comparable to the middle stage of Spirit Condensation. The stronger the divine sense, the better the effect.

At the bottom of the secret technique was a rather convoluted mantra, which was used in conjunction with the technique. Shen Zige had already spent several seconds reading the introduction, and only had two seconds left to memorize the mantra. He memorized the general outline and was then teleported out of the reading room.

On the way back to the inn, he kept reciting the memories to himself, ignoring even when people greeted him.

Shen Zige practiced the Five Elements magic in the guest room lobby—

Golden Light Shield: On his first attempt to cast the spell, Shen Zige failed five times in a row. Each time he tried to activate the ten acupoints associated with the Golden Light Shield, he would involuntarily make mistakes. Sometimes he would miss activating one acupoint, and sometimes several nearby acupoints would be activated simultaneously, leading to failure! Simultaneously activating the spiritual power of ten different acupoints to cast a spell was extremely difficult. It was like trying to pick up ten pebbles from a balloon stall at a night market and throw them to pop exactly the ten balloons you wanted! From his five previous failures, Shen Zige learned from his experience, and then on his sixth attempt, he used the Golden Light Shield—and succeeded!

He finally succeeded in casting his first spell. Although the golden shield was thin and scattered due to insufficient spiritual power, he was very satisfied. Once he succeeded, he would succeed again. After success, he could slowly accumulate experience.

Shen Zige felt somewhat tired, so she sat down to meditate and cultivate, recovering her spiritual energy.

He had only nine spirit stones left of his entire fortune, and he dared not hold them in his hand to cultivate.

An hour later, Shen Zige stood up: "After my divine sense improved, my cultivation speed has increased a lot. If I only rely on meditation, I can reach the Great Perfection of Spirit Condensation in five years."

Shen Zige recalculated and found that even if he could cultivate to perfection in five years, he would still have to go through five secret realms, and the chance of surviving under normal circumstances would only be three percent.

In this world, cultivation is the most important thing, and then it's about exploring game secret realms!

Shen Zige successfully cast the remaining spells—the myriad trees, the flowing water mist, the fire spell, and the petrification spell—once before resting.

When he was about to rest, it was already late at night. Although he could cultivate instead of sleeping, Shen Zige was unwilling to do so. He went to sleep directly. Cultivating spiritual energy required divine thought to circulate through the body, and casting spells consumed too much of his divine thought, so he needed to sleep deeply to replenish it!

The next day, he got up to practice the secret technique *Spiritual Power Burning*, only to find that he had forgotten the last two words of the mantra after taking a nap!

He now has two choices: the first is to spend eighty-eight spirit stones to go back and see; the second is to practice the Five Elements spells first, and perhaps one day when he is relaxed, he will remember them by chance, which would save him money.

Upon seeing the nine spirit stones in his pocket, the first method was immediately rejected.

"Keep practicing until you are proficient in the Five Elements magic, as if it were an extension of your own arm!"

Practice—Meditation—Practice—

Shen Zige was trapped in a loop, completely immersed in it, forgetting about time...

After a while, Shen Zige walked out of the room; he had completely mastered the skill.

This week, he learned to fast without a teacher. Food and spiritual energy are both used to convert into energy needed by the body. The conversion of spiritual energy is more efficient. He only needs to cultivate and he will not be hungry.

"I'll go out for a stroll and find a precious sword to kill the monkey demon." Shen Zige already had a plan in mind. "I still couldn't remember the last two words of the secret technique, which is a bit of a drawback."