Chapter 124

Having finally managed to escape from the space, Lin Zhangqing decided that it would be better to enter less often if there was nothing important, otherwise these debt collectors wouldn't let him off!

Now the sky outside had already darkened, so he might as well cultivate the Thunder True Scripture for two hours and rest after consuming his excess energy! Cultivation was the most solid path; Lin Zhangqing actually liked cultivation the most. The feeling of becoming stronger bit by bit through his own efforts was truly very fascinating! Several hours passed in the blink of an eye. The next morning, after Lin Zhangqing finished his cultivation, he went to the cave abode's hall to keep watch.

After a while, Grandfather came out, and Lin Zhangqing brewed a pot of Green Jade tea, and the grandfather and grandson began to drink tea and chat again.

After a pot of tea was finished, Grandfather asked Lin Zhangqing to stay here to guard the Dharma, as he was going to Wanbao Pavilion to prepare spiritual artifacts and thunder-attribute spiritual objects for Lin Zhangqing's father and second uncle for use after their Foundation Establishment.

After Lin Zhangqing agreed, Grandfather went out and walked toward Wanbao Pavilion.

Lin Zhangqing sat in the hall, not going anywhere, thinking that there was still a divine ability jade slip he hadn't studied carefully.

He took out the divine ability jade slip for the Great Five Elements Concealment Technique, and after reading for over an hour, he had gained huge rewards.

It turned out that those so-called Earth Escape Technique, Wood Escape Technique, Water Escape Technique, etc., circulating outside were actually just incomplete versions, and their names were also incorrect.

Taking the Earth Escape divine ability as an example, the true name in the early stage should be Earth Travel Technique. Only by cultivating this prerequisite spell to the point where the thought moves and the technique is accomplished—

that is, entering the ground three zhang and being able to walk underground for at least three li or so—could it be considered the Great Perfection of the Earth Travel Technique. This was also the limit that ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators could reach.

After the prerequisite spell reached Great Perfection, one could then further cultivate the true Earth Escape Secret Art. When the Earth Escape Secret Art was also cultivated to the point where the thought moves and the technique is accomplished—

that is, entering the ground one hundred zhang and being able to earth-escape for over one hundred li, and when the earth-escape speed was even faster than flying with a sword—could it be considered the Great Perfection of the Earth Escape Secret Art.

At this time, a corresponding divine ability seal, commonly known as a divine ability seed, would automatically form in the dantian.

At this point, it could be considered the initial success of the divine ability, and its use would be more convenient and lasting. The Golden Core could directly connect with the divine ability seed, allowing for stable and continuous use of the divine ability.

Moreover, its power would greatly increase. For example, in the secret art stage, one could enter the ground about one hundred zhang, and the escape speed would exceed that of an ordinary flying sword, but in the divine ability stage—

it might be possible to enter the ground one thousand zhang, or even ten thousand zhang, and the escape speed would be far beyond ordinary sword flight, perhaps only slower than specialized flying divine abilities.

Of course, the premise for this was that one's cultivation and mana had to be able to keep up. Each stage of a divine ability had requirements for cultivation and mana.

For example, the prerequisite spell stage of a divine ability only required the Qi Refining stage and spiritual energy to cultivate and cast.

The secret art stage of a divine ability required at least the Foundation Establishment stage; some high-power secret arts even required the mana of the Purple Mansion stage to support their cultivation and casting.

By the time it reached the true divine ability stage, it required at least the mana of the Golden Core stage. If a Foundation Establishment cultivator wanted to cast a true divine ability, they might be sucked dry before they even succeeded! Therefore, true divine abilities must reach the Golden Core stage to be cast normally and smoothly.

Having reached this point, he understood the basics, but there was more information later regarding innate divine abilities, which was what Lin Zhangqing was more concerned about.

Because this kind of information could be said to be something Lin Zhangqing had never been exposed to; after all, ever since the Great Progenitor Lin Guangcheng passed away, the Lin family had not produced any Purple Mansion stage cultivators, let alone Golden Core True Persons.

Therefore, knowledge and information regarding high-grade cultivators could be said to be very scarce! Of course, this was also because the Lin family's foundation was insufficient; families that had been passed down for thousands of years would more or less have knowledge inheritance in this area. Fortunately, he now understood some information about innate divine abilities from this jade slip. The jade slip mentioned that as long as one cultivated a divine ability to the point of automatically forming a divine ability seal before condensing the Golden Core—

one could take the opportunity while condensing the Golden Core to imprint this divine ability seal on the surface of the Golden Core, allowing the divine ability and the Golden Core to combine, thereby improving the grade of the Golden Core.

According to the records in the jade slip, the highest record was imprinting nine divine ability seals, successfully condensing a first-grade Golden Core.

Moreover, with the divine ability imprinted on the Golden Core, the consumption of casting this divine ability would be greatly reduced, while the power would be greatly increased, making the Golden Core cultivator's sustained combat ability greatly enhanced, which was why this kind of divine ability was called an innate divine ability.

Looking at it this way, he would have to cultivate the prerequisite spells and secret arts for these divine abilities in the future.

Originally, Lin Zhangqing only wanted to cultivate the Earth Escape Technique and Wood Escape Technique, but he didn't expect there to be such a thing as an innate divine ability, and it could even improve the grade of the Golden Core, so this definitely couldn't be missed.

There are nine grades of Golden Cores. Lin Zhangqing originally thought that by cultivating a Heaven-grade technique, he could at least condense a Golden Core of the middle three grades or higher.

As for the lower three grades of Golden Cores, Lin Zhangqing didn't consider them, because the lower three grades of Golden Cores basically couldn't break through to the Nascent Soul stage, which was equivalent to the path ahead being cut off.

Now that he knew there was a way to improve the grade of the Golden Core, he absolutely couldn't let it go; not only did he have to cultivate it, but his family members also had to cultivate it.

In this way, there were many things Lin Zhangqing had to cultivate: Thunder True Scripture, Thunder Control Technique, Palm Thunder, Geng Metal Divine Thunder, Gui Water Yin Thunder, Water Control Technique, as well as Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique, and now he had to add the prerequisite spells for five types of escape divine abilities.

Lin Zhangqing felt he couldn't cultivate them all, but each one was very important, and Lin Zhangqing didn't want to give up any of them, so he could only arrange his time reasonably.

Spells and secret arts are divided into four stages: Entry, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, and Great Perfection, based on their power and the time required to cast them.

Under normal circumstances, it would take ten days or half a month to cultivate a spell or secret art to the Entry stage. To cultivate it to Minor Accomplishment, depending on the power of the spell or secret art and the difficulty of cultivation, it would take anywhere from two or three months to half a year.

If one wanted to cultivate to Major Accomplishment, it would take at least one to two years or more.

The time required to cultivate to Great Perfection would take another two to three years or so. Of course, if one's comprehension was high, the time mentioned above would be greatly shortened; this certainly varied from person to person.

Just like the Fireball Technique Lin Zhangqing cultivated before, it was already at the Major Accomplishment level, infinitely close to Great Perfection, almost one fireball per second, very close to the instant casting of Great Perfection, and it had played a great role in this beast tide.

Now Lin Zhangqing was already rejoicing; fortunately, he had gotten the Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree out of the secret realm this time. He hadn't felt it before, but now that he thought about it, spiritual objects that increased comprehension seemed to be very rare.

And he had even gotten two root segments of the Jade Spring Heart Tea Tree planted in the space, but because there was no spirit spring in the space, he didn't know if they could be planted alive! Next time he entered the space, he must let Lu Youqiang focus on those two root segments of the Heart Tea Tree.

After resting for a while, he picked up the divine ability jade slip for the Great Five Elements Concealment Technique again. Lin Zhangqing wanted to use this time to first memorize the prerequisite spells for one or two escape divine abilities. Starting from practicality, he first chose the Earth Travel Technique and Wood Travel Technique.

After memorizing them, he began to carefully contemplate these two newly learned spells while drinking tea. Unknowingly, another hour or so passed.

(End of chapter)