Eternal Life from Talisman Painting-Chapter 60: Evergreen Skill

"Brother Lin, are you alright?"

"Mr. Lin, what’s happened to this Cyan-Horned Bull! I have a few Healing Elixirs here, quickly give them to the Spirit Beast."

Returning to the courtyard, he saw Lu Qingqing handing the child to Wei Buyi, preparing to run outside, just in time to see Lin Chang’an returning.

But Lin Chang’an had no mind to attend to the actions of the two, he just treated the Cyan-Horned Bull, while pretending to be resentful, saying:

"The market is getting more chaotic now, don’t go out unless necessary."

Wei Buyi leaned on his Iron Crutch, feeding the Healing Elixir to the Cyan-Horned Bull, while Lin Chang’an spoke of this encounter with the Tribulation Cultivator.

"This Tribulation Cultivator wasn’t weak. I only led them away and then ran back, but in my carelessness, the Cyan-Horned Bull was heavily injured."

At this time, the Cyan-Horned Bull lay on the ground, its weak eyes showing dependency and concern for Lin Chang’an.

Holding the Beast Taming Token, Lin Chang’an could clearly feel this emotion, which made him feel a bit uneasy in his heart.

At that moment he realized why many cultivators accompany Spirit Pets for a lifetime, sometimes Spirit Pets are indeed more reliable than people.

"Mr. Wei, will this sturdy bull be alright?"

Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but ask out of concern, while Wei Buyi smiled and stood up, leaning on his crutch to reassure:

"Rest assured, though the injury is quite deep, if it were a cultivator, they might not make it, but Spirit Beasts are naturally strong, just take good care of it for a while."

Upon hearing that the Cyan-Horned Bull was alright, Lin Chang’an finally breathed a sigh of relief, and began to recount the incident to the two.

Until dusk when Shen Lie returned and learned of the matter, he and his wife brought their child over once again to express their solemn gratitude.

Tribulation Cultivators, for them, might be all too familiar, but for the child, it’s their inverse scale.

...

As night fell, in the Cultivation Room, Lin Chang’an finally had time to cautiously examine the Storage Bag left by the Wang Family remnant.

"The two Major Sects offered such a high reward, I heard those captured alive were personally soul-searched by the Sect’s Golden Core Elders, it seems likely that the Wang Family did indeed gain fortune in a Secret Realm."

In the Storage Bag, there wasn’t a single Spirit Stone, only half a bottle of Healing Elixirs, and an empty bottle, but from the scent, it was clearly a Fasting Pill.

The rest was a Top-grade Magical Artifact, the Fire Sun Sword, and the debris of a Defensive Magical Artifact left from using the Fire Bomb Technique, which he had all taken back.

Clearly, Wang Lin had engaged in Magical Combat before escaping, and the Defensive Magical Artifact had already shattered.

"This person probably hid in a grave with breath-holding for several months to evade pursuit, clearly running out of Spirit Stones and Fasting Pills before coming out."

Lin Chang’an was secretly alarmed, yet when he saw the last item, he showed a look of confusion.

"What is this!?"

On a piece of withered leaf, mysterious unfamiliar characters were imprinted, yet when Lin Chang’an looked at it, his gaze suddenly went blank as a feeling engraved into his soul overwhelmed him.

But in an instant, Lin Chang’an regained clarity, and now he was amazed beyond expression.

"Could this fortune have fallen upon me!?"

This recorded an Ancient Cultivation Technique that could be cultivated up to the Nascent Soul Stage, named "Evergreen Skill."

"Could the power recorded in this Cultivation Technique be real!"

As he looked at this Cultivation Technique imprinted in his mind, Lin Chang’an couldn’t describe its might.

Once the "Evergreen Skill" is cultivated, it can greatly extend life, prolong breath, with Mana far surpassing cultivators of the same stage, and inherently carries a body Divine Technique ’Self-Healing Body.’

The Self-Healing Body is a special physique only possessed by Demon Beasts and Spiritual Objects, simply put, it means limb regeneration, and becomes increasingly powerful as one’s cultivation deepens.

"It is said that only powerful Cultivation Techniques come with inherent Divine Techniques."

Lin Chang’an was amazed, having this Cultivation Technique akin to a protective talisman in the perilous Immortal Cultivation Realm significantly heightened survival chances.

"However, there are limitations, cultivating this Cultivation Technique requires refining a ’Heaven and Earth Spirit Root’ as a basis, transforming it into a cultivator’s ’Lifebound Spirit Plant.’

Upon seeing the requirement for refining a Lifebound Spirit Plant, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but nod secretly.

"Indeed, with difficulty comes the title of Ancient Cultivation Technique, how could it be so easy to cultivate."

The harsh part of this Cultivation Technique lies in needing a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root at least three thousand years old to barely use, and the ongoing cultivation of this technique.

It also requires long-term nurturing with Spiritual Spring and Spirit Liquid to continually nourish and grow alongside the cultivator.

"A three-thousand-year-old Spiritual Medicine, forget Golden Core Cultivators, even Nascent Soul Cultivators would fight over."

Thinking of this, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but shake his head.

"But though there’s no three-thousand-year medicine, there are plenty of thousand-year, or even ten-thousand-year Spirit Plants in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range."

Just like in the mortal world’s deep mountains, thousand-year-old trees are not uncommon.

Though the power of a Lifebound Spirit Plant relates to the cultivator itself, as a Loose Cultivator, even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator like himself finds a thousand-year Spiritual Medicine hard to acquire.

Therefore, he could only resort to using the relatively low-value Spirit Plants as the Lifebound Spirit Plant.

In the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, there exists who knows how many trees and plants surviving for thousands or even ten thousand years of little value, pah!

It should be Spirit Plants, Spirit Flowers, and Spirit Grass rather.

These hold little value.

"Once the Lifebound Spirit Plant is refined, it undergoes Dual Cultivation with the cultivator’s life, careful selection is needed."

After seeing this, Lin Chang’an shook his head and sighed, the Ancient Cultivation Technique indeed tempting, but it requires post-Foundation Establishment to cultivate.

"What does this count for? But it’s better than having none, at least after Foundation Establishment, I won’t have to bother seeking another Cultivation Technique."

Lin Chang’an reassured himself, wanting to use the Fire Bomb Technique to destroy the Cultivation Technique, yet the Withered Leaf Scroll was some unknown Treasure that he didn’t have the ability to damage in the slightest.

"Wrong!"

Suddenly thinking of something, Lin Chang’an squinted his eyes.

Why wouldn’t the Wang Family’s Foundation Establishment Cultivator carry it, yet it ended up with a Qi Refining Cultivator?

Moreover, this Ancient Cultivation Technique, just a glance and it imprints in the mind, wouldn’t that mean many in the Wang Family knew of it?

Currently, some of the Wang Family have fled, others captured, and underwent soul-searching by the two Major Sects’ Golden Core Cultivators, meaning the two Major Sects also obtained this Cultivation Technique.

"If that’s the case, this Cultivation Technique won’t be chased after so intensely, just be cautious of hiding its uniqueness when cultivating in the future."

Thinking of this, Lin Chang’an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if this Cultivation Technique was the only copy, he would fret over the continued investigations by the two Major Sects, posing no small amount of risk.

But now everyone had it, the two Major Sects at most having their anger at the Wang Family’s audacity, wouldn’t relentlessly pursue it.

"Yet obtaining good fortune isn’t fortune, it’s only after rising from it, that it’s true fortune."

Recalling the Wang Family’s fate, and today’s prodigy Wang Lin, Lin Chang’an reminded himself not to be careless.

Today this Wang Lin held the good fortune, yet wasn’t it a wedding dress made for him, he must avoid repeating history, ending up giving others the fruits of his labor.

"All things related to the Wang Family, not a single hair should be shown."

At this point, Lin Chang’an decided, this Top-grade Magical Artifact mustn’t see the light, otherwise, he’d be in deep trouble.