Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments-Chapter 102 - 99: Scripture Pavilion’s Seventh Floor, Selecting a Cultivation Technique

Chapter 102: Chapter 99: Scripture Pavilion’s Seventh Floor, Selecting a Cultivation Technique

Mei Yong opened the box, revealing a Jade Pendant engraved with a Tai Chi Diagram inside.

"So, do you like the design?"

Xiao Chen picked up the Jade Pendant and asked curiously, "Mei, what kind of Magical Artifact is this?"

He was a pragmatist who never cared about designs, only about practical strength and effectiveness.

But he had asked for a Defensive Spiritual Artifact, so what was the meaning of being given a Jade Pendant?

Besides, it even had hollowed-out patterns. ’This doesn’t look like it has any defensive capabilities at all.’

Seeing his expression, Mei Yong immediately explained, "Junior Brother Xiao, this item is called a Spirit Calming Pendant. It’s an Upper Grade Magical Artifact specifically for Defense Against Spiritual Attacks."

"It’s a fine piece that I had quite a hard time finding in the warehouse."

"From now on in the Demon Extermination Hall, you’ll inevitably be dealing with Demon Cultivators. Many Demon Cultivators are madmen; some might even be reckless enough to practice Spiritual Sense Secret Techniques."

"With this, you’ll be able to resist most kinds of spiritual attacks to some extent."

’It’s that useful?’

Xiao Chen looked at the Jade Pendant in his hand again. "This design, these patterns... it really is a fine item. Thank you, Mei. I appreciate your trouble."

If it really had such an effect, then this Jade Pendant was worth at least eight or nine thousand Spirit Stones.

Xiao Chen was a little surprised that Mei Yong hadn’t just grabbed some random Upper Grade Magical Artifact to fob him off.

Mei Yong smiled. "Ah, since you’re going to the Demon Extermination Hall, it’s only natural that I show a little more concern. It’s what I should do."

He really had gone to considerable trouble.

After all, he was the one who had arranged for Xiao Chen to go to the Demon Extermination Hall, so he felt a slight need to compensate him.

Then, Mei Yong took the initiative to ask with concern, "By the way, I heard from my subordinates that you haven’t gone to the Scripture Pavilion to choose a new Cultivation Technique yet?"

"You can’t afford to delay this matter. The sooner, the better."

Since he had brought up Cultivation Techniques, Xiao Chen took the opportunity to shake his head. "Sigh, there’s something you don’t know, Mei. For an outsider like me, there was never any Cultivation Technique to collect in the first place."

Mei Yong was startled. "Junior Brother Xiao, what are you saying? Is someone giving you a hard time?"

Hearing that the Cultivation Technique for becoming an Inner Sect Disciple hadn’t been issued yet, Mei Yong immediately frowned. "How could such a thing happen? This is outrageous."

"Come, Junior Brother Xiao. I’ll go with you to the Scripture Pavilion and see just what this Jiang Jiquan is trying to pull."

Inside the Scripture Pavilion, however, Jiang Jiquan put on a phony expression of confusion. "Cultivation Technique? What Cultivation Technique? Weren’t you already given yours?"

Hearing this, Mei Yong first breathed a sigh of relief internally.

He immediately began to mediate. "It seems there’s been a misunderstanding. Junior Brother Xiao, are you sure you didn’t receive the Cultivation Technique?"

"You really didn’t? Then it seems the people handling it are the problem. They must be the ones causing trouble behind the scenes."

"Junior Brother Jiang, please summon the disciple responsible for transcribing the Cultivation Techniques."

Before long, a disciple at the fourth layer of Qi Refining was brought over.

Jiang Jiquan then insisted that he had never intended to withhold Xiao Chen’s Cultivation Technique and that the disciple had done it on his own.

Xiao Chen challenged him, "Jiang Jiquan, he’s just an Outer Disciple. Why would he withhold my Cultivation Technique for no reason?"

’He’s clearly found a scapegoat.’

Jiang Jiquan retorted, "Who said it was for no reason?"

He glared at the disciple. "Before the Sect Leader, confess it yourself."

The disciple explained, trembling, "I’m sorry, Junior Martial Master Xiao. I... I sold the Cultivation Technique privately to earn some Spirit Stones."

"I did it secretly. It has nothing to do with Steward Jiang."

Jiang Jiquan smiled. "There. You all heard him, didn’t you?"

Xiao Chen looked at the disciple. "Don’t be afraid. Just tell the truth, whatever it is. With my protection, the Jiang Family absolutely won’t be able to touch you."

The other party looked up at him for a moment.

Then he lowered his head again. "I was blinded by greed and had ideas I shouldn’t have had."

Mei Yong first stopped Jiang Jiquan, who was about to sneer.

He stepped between the two. "Since he has confessed, we’ll deal with him according to the Sect’s rules."

"Guards! Take this fool who delayed Junior Brother Xiao’s Cultivation Technique and banish him to the Miscellaneous Peak to become a Spirit Slave."

He then turned to Xiao Chen to mediate. "We’re all fellow disciples. Let’s not harm our friendly relations over a misunderstanding like this." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"For my sake, let’s let the matter end here."

Then, Mei Yong took out a Token and handed it to Xiao Chen.

"Junior Brother Xiao, take my Sect Leader Order and go to the top floor. Choose any Cultivation Technique you want as compensation."

The Scripture Pavilion on the Sect’s main peak had eight floors in total.

Only Golden Core True Men could enter the eighth floor. Of the remaining seven floors, the seventh could only be entered by someone holding a Sect Leader Token.

That floor had the largest number of Cultivation Techniques and the widest selection, even including the Li Huo Sect’s Earth Level inheritances.

It had to be said, Mei Yong’s show of sincerity was quite substantial.

Xiao Chen saw the difficult look in Mei Yong’s eyes, took the Token, and went straight upstairs.

’Pushing this matter further would do little to harm the Jiang Family. It’s better to get the Cultivation Technique first and increase my own strength.’

He used the Token to open the Array on the seventh floor, and his eyes were met with two long rows of bookshelves.

The outer area was filled with a large number of Tier One Magic.

Deeper inside, the latter half was all Tier Two Magic.

There were six sections of bookshelves in total, arranged from front to back according to the elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The bottom shelves held other types of special Magic.

All the Secret Manuals were sorted by category, clearly the result of meticulous organization.

Of course, the copies placed here only contained the first one-fifth of the content.

To get the complete version, one needed to take the Sect Leader Order to the exchange point at the Array’s exit.

Xiao Chen’s gaze swept past Cultivation Techniques like the *Mixed Element Breathing Technique* and the *Nascent Soul Condensation Secret Skill*, and he walked straight to the area for Tier Two Wood Element Techniques.

He wasn’t in a hurry. Instead, he spent a full three hours patiently reading through the beginning of every Yellow Level Wood Element Technique.

By doing so, he gained a general understanding of all these techniques.

Among them, there were two relatively suitable choices.

The first was called the *Cyan Wood Longevity Technique*.

It involved the Cultivator imagining themself as a towering tree to comprehend the Path of Wood.

This Cultivation Technique focused on an upright, steady, and solid approach.

Its advantage was that although cultivation progress was slow, one’s Magical Power would be dense and their foundation stable.

Furthermore, it had a feature common to most Wood Element Techniques—it could extend one’s lifespan.

The second was called the *Spirit-Nurturing Technique*.

Its effect was very simple: using a unique Technique, it planted a Spirit Seed inside the Cultivator’s Dantian.

As the Cultivator’s Cultivation grew, this Spirit Seed would also continue to grow.

Until it sprouted, grew, flowered, and bore fruit.

The fruit it ultimately bore was the Golden Core.

Its advantage was its extremely fast cultivation speed. If one was willing to consume Wood Element Spiritual Objects, the speed could be increased even further.

But its disadvantage was that, because it relied on the Spirit Seed, it lacked any of the typical features of a Wood Element Technique.

It could neither extend one’s lifespan nor improve recovery speed after being injured.

Simply put, one would have a high Realm in name only.

Other aspects would need to be compensated for by cultivating additional Magic.

For others, this might not be a worthwhile trade-off.

Xiao Chen, however, felt as if he had found a Supreme Treasure and immediately decided on this Cultivation Technique.

Because he was different from everyone else.

After breaking through a bottleneck, he could obtain Augments.

As long as his cultivation speed was fast enough, everything else could be strengthened with Augments.