Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 463 - 257: Wood Spirit Avatar; Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill Breaks Through to the Fourth Layer (Part 4)
[Cultivation Technique: Longevity Skill Mastery (Golden Core Chapter): 312/400]
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"An increase of sixty years in lifespan!"
Seeing the number in the lifespan column, Xu Ping couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
It has increased by a full sixty years compared to before, and his lifespan has finally surpassed a thousand years.
After the excitement, a trace of doubt arose in Xu Ping’s heart.
After all, according to common logic, breakthroughs in Body Cultivation shouldn’t lead to an increase in lifespan.
"Could it be that this Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill is adapted from an ancient Body Refining Technique?"
This thought flashed through Xu Ping’s mind.
In ancient times, Body Cultivators and Qi Cultivators advanced side by side, both traveling the path to the pinnacle.
Back then, every major breakthrough in Body Cultivation brought an increase in lifespan comparable to that of Qi Cultivators.
Second-stage Body Cultivators could live over two hundred years, and those of the third stage had a lifespan of up to five hundred years...
But as time passed, the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth became increasingly scarce, and various rare resources gradually depleted.
Body Cultivators, overly dependent on high concentrations of Spiritual Qi and abundant resources, slowly lost their former glory and gradually declined.
Today, not only has the increase in lifespan become a luxury, but the abilities of Body Cultivators in other aspects have also been greatly diminished.
The innate divine abilities said to be acquired with each breakthrough by Body Cultivators in the legends have long been buried in the river of history, hard to trace.
Nowadays, Body Refining mostly serves as an auxiliary method for Qi Cultivators, rarely chosen as the primary cultivation path.
However, after the Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill broke through to the third stage, although it did not grant Xu Ping any miraculous innate divine abilities, it did genuinely increase his lifespan.
This abnormal phenomenon led Xu Ping to suspect that this technique might very well be adapted from ancient Body Refining Techniques.
However, Xu Ping also understood that even if this technique truly originated from ancient times, other practitioners cultivating it might experience a certain change in lifespan, but it would not be as exaggerated as his.
According to his estimation, a lifespan increase of over ten years would already be the limit.
For Golden Core Cultivators, such a minor lifespan extension might not attract much attention.
"Never mind, whether or not this Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill is adapted from ancient techniques, the fact that it can extend my lifespan is always a good thing."
Xu Ping soon stopped dwelling on this issue.
Now that the third-stage Body Cultivation has been achieved, it’s time to go out and collect materials for third-stage puppets, longevity items, and Lava Spirit Marrow.
After reaching the third stage, it is essential to have the assistance of Lava Spirit Marrow to continue cultivating the Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill.
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The next morning, Xu Ping took the initiative to visit the young master of the Purple Mountain Association, Miao Sijia.
After notifying, he was invited into the room.
The room was elegantly and exquisitely decorated, exuding a subtle scent of sandalwood.
Miao Sijia was dressed in a blue embroidered dress, like a blooming azure flower, with bright eyes and white teeth, her gaze shining, and the scale on her chest still as eye-catching.
"Dare I ask, Elder Li, what is the purpose of this trip?"
Miao Sijia’s gaze landed on Xu Ping, her voice crisp and pleasant.
Xu Ping’s expression was solemn, and he slightly bowed, speaking in a calm yet firm tone: "I am over a hundred years old, having advanced to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment for many years and soon reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection."
"The main aim of this trip is to chance upon some spiritual objects for Core Formation, in hopes of advancing further on the cultivation path."
Miao Sijia, upon hearing this, was slightly taken aback, appearing surprised on her fair face.
However, upon further thought, it was not out of reason.
Since Xu Ping’s stay on Cangyue Mountain, he had rarely gone out, and almost never traveled far.
Moreover, the offering contract Xu Ping signed with the Purple Mountain Association was very lenient, with hardly any restrictions on his actions, not containing clauses that would restrict his personal freedom.
