Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 71: The Secret of the Black Wooden Sword
After leaving the Outer Sect, Chu Ning went to say goodbye to Qiu Shunyi.
Their circumstances have become vastly different despite joining at the same time.
When Chu Ning found him, Qiu Shunyi was still using the Accelerating Technique to plant this season’s Red Spirit Rice.
Seeing Qiu Shunyi unaware of when he could even instant cast the Accelerating Technique, Chu Ning felt quite emotional.
Offhandedly, he handed 20 talismans to Qiu Shunyi, instructing him to give 10 to Lv Xingyuan, and also handed over a few spirit stones.
He didn’t give too much, knowing well the troubles that come with possessing treasures.
Naturally, Qiu Shunyi was both surprised and envious that Chu Ning was leaving the sect to head to the market.
Leaving Qiu Shunyi’s spirit field, Chu Ning went directly back to his courtyard.
As for the others, Chu Ning had no intention of meeting them again.
Upon returning to the courtyard, he couldn’t wait to take out the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield from his storage bag.
This defensive magical artifact was his first proper magical artifact.
Holding the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield, which was only as big as a palm with a faint silver layer on the surface.
Recalling He Changyou’s instructions, Chu Ning infused it with magical power.
As the magical power was injected, the shield instantly grew to half human size.
At the same time, the Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield produced a light shield that enveloped Chu Ning entirely.
Chu Ning looked at it and instantly knew that this Body Protection Light Shield was far more effective than the Body Protection Talisman he used before.
"This can be considered my first life-saving magical artifact."
Satisfied, Chu Ning retracted his magical power.
The Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield immediately returned to palm size and was re-stored in the storage bag.
Since he was about to leave the sect, Chu Ning decided to boost his strength first.
He had an idea on the way, and now he planned to first cultivate the Divine Technique, adjusting his spirit to its peak.
Then continue with the next phase of cultivation.
Just then, Chu Ning’s glance accidentally fell upon the Black Wooden Sword in the storage bag.
Suddenly, his expression turned contemplative.
Soon after, Chu Ning sat cross-legged and began cultivating the Refining Spirit Technique.
This training lasted over an hour.
Chu Ning then practiced the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique for a while as a transition.
Afterwards, he took out the Black Wooden Sword from the storage bag and resumed cultivating the Refining Spirit Technique.
No one knows how much time passed, but when Chu Ning opened his eyes, an enlightened expression appeared on his face.
"The issue of my Refining Spirit Technique progress varying unexpectedly turns out to be because of this Black Wooden Sword."
Chu Ning first chuckled bitterly, then the chuckle vanished, replaced by delight.
In recent months, especially after making talismans, Chu Ning noticed his progress in cultivating the Refining Spirit Technique was uneven.
He always thought it was due to the influence of using his divine sense for talisman-making.
Just now, a sudden inspiration struck him.
Thinking back to the time because of the two neighbors moving away.
Not placing the Black Wooden Sword beside him every evening as he used to during cultivation.
This led him to a vague suspicion, which he later confirmed to be true.
It’s understandable why Chu Ning didn’t consider this initially.
The first time he noticed the acceleration of the Refining Spirit Technique cultivation was the morning after the two neighbors moved in.
That morning marked the day his divine sense liquefied.
So Chu Ning always thought the acceleration was due to the liquefaction of his divine sense.
Lately, during talisman-making, when he didn’t use the wooden sword in his Refining Spirit Technique training, he sensed varying speeds.
And only now did he find the true cause.
"What material is this Black Wooden Sword made of? It’s actually aiding divine sense cultivation."
Holding the large Black Wooden Sword, Chu Ning was both surprised and delighted.
Over this period of cultivating the Refining Spirit Technique, he experienced the difficulty of enhancing his divine sense profoundly.
Now discovering that he’s had an item by his side capable of accelerating the Refining Spirit Technique cultivation, how could he not be surprised?
Chu Ning carefully searched for answers from his prior spirit plant knowledge but couldn’t find any.
"There might be information in the jade scroll He Changyou gave earlier that has yet to be explored."
Chu Ning pondered internally but hadn’t planned to check right away.
Regarding the Black Wooden Sword and Refining Spirit Technique cultivation, he decided to test them later.
Previously, he discovered that post-talisman making, when resuming the Refining Spirit Technique training, it significantly aided divine sense enhancement.
If, upon this foundation, coupled with this Black Wooden Sword, surely progress would be even faster.
However, at present, Chu Ning planned to go into secluded cultivation for a few days to attempt breaking through to the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining!
Despite assurances from He Changyou and others about the safety of heading to the Yan Workshop, Chu Ning felt precaution was necessary.
Aside from grabbing life-saving items from various people, the most crucial aspect was undeniably his own cultivation level.
Despite a busy schedule filled with talisman making and spell cultivation, key cultivation techniques and secret techniques were never halted.
With spirit immersed in his mind, Chu Ning had a clear understanding of his cultivation progress.
[Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique (Yellow Tier Lower Grade), Second Layer (432/900)]
[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Undying Bone 167/600]
[Refining Spirit Technique, First Layer 133/1000]
At the moment, the proficiency of the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique’s second layer reached 432.
Initially breaking through proficiency past 200, he moved from the Qi Refining Fourth Layer to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
Chu Ning had basically determined that a proficiency increase by 300, surpassing a value of 500, would allow him to advance from the Qi Refining Fifth Layer to the Sixth Layer.
What Chu Ning needed to do now was to cultivate with all his might.
Using the five days’ time to enhance the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique proficiency by 68 points and breakthrough to the Sixth Layer!
With a proficiency gap of 68, normal cultivation naturally won’t suffice.
Even with Chu Ning possessing the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill.
The daily proficiency gain is merely 2 to 3 points.
However, Chu Ning had another valuable asset: spirit stones!
Over the past months, as Chu Ning gradually sold talisman paper to Mu Ling, he’s accumulated quite a few spirit stones.
And, his expenses have been minimal.
Aside from once instructing Qiu Shunyi to buy a few talismans from the market in precaution against Qi Chongmao.
The remaining spirit stones were occasionally used for cultivation.
Currently, Chu Ning had over 200 spirit stones stored.
Before this, Chu Ning tried utilizing spirit stones.
After advancing to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, nearly two lower grade spirit stones were required to increase 1 point in the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique proficiency.
If relying solely on spirit stones for cultivation, the expense would definitely be unaffordable for average servant disciples, let alone outer disciples.
However, among outer disciples, many had decent spirit stone incomes, yet few indulged in reckless cultivation boosts using spirit stones.
Two major impediments existed.
One being individual variability in absorbing spiritual qi from spirit stones.
Disciples with poorer spirit roots and lower-level cultivation methods absorb spiritual qi slower.
Among Zone D’s servant disciples, although spirit stone cultivation is faster.
It’s not substantially quicker than direct meditation cultivation.
After all, the rate of spiritual qi absorption is fixed.
Another crucial factor is the bottleneck issue.
Upon entering the middle stage of Qi Refining, each layer’s advancement involves breaking through a bottleneck.
These bottlenecks aren’t simply surpassed by absorbing some amount of spiritual qi.
Poorer aptitude, more challenging bottlenecks.
A prime example is Mu Ling. When it comes to resources, she’s definitely superior to the majority of sect’s Qi Refining disciples by a large margin.
However, breaking past the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining is no easy task.
Of course, these issues didn’t exist for Chu Ning, possessing the Yin Wood Spirit Body.
Sitting cross-legged on the room’s bed, thanks to cultivating the Refining Spirit Technique, Chu Ning’s divine sense and body were in the optimal state.
Immediately, he drew a pile of spirit stones from the storage bag, placing them before him and casually grabbing a few.
Activate Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique!
