Chapter 145: The Supreme Nine Classics of the Immortal Sect

"Yes, techniques are so important to Immortal Sect cultivators."

"Higher-tier techniques mean higher quality magic power, faster cultivation speed, fewer cultivation bottlenecks, and stronger magic technique power and escape ability, without any shortcomings."

Guo Kui fell into memories.

"I have a four-spiritual-root aptitude. When I was sixteen, I was admitted to the Daoist Department of Qianling University. At that time, I immediately chose the 'Heavens-Myriad Beidou Classic', one of the Nine Classics of the Immortal Sect. After cultivating it, it is comparable to the Daoist-children and candidate Daoist-children of the nine great immortal sects, and it has a significant bonus in commanding troops in battle."

"Later..."

"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me."

Guo Kui gave a bitter smile and spread his hands: "It took over a year, and I didn't understand the beginning part."

"I recognized the spiritual characters one by one, but when connected, they all changed their appearance. Even with the principal at the Jin Dan stage spending precious time teaching me earnestly, it was still the same dead look; I didn't have a clue at all."

"However, this is not a shortcoming of the 'Heavens-Myriad Beidou Classic', but my own shortcoming."

"Later, I tried a 'Canon' level technique. I understood some of the beginning, but it was useless for the vast whole. It took another year, and I had to give up helplessly."

"Finally, I chose a 'Law' level technique, and it took five years to barely get started."

"These attempts added together took a total of seven years."

"Seven years?"

Jiang Ding felt a shock in his heart.

Just choosing a technique and getting started took so much time, more than all the cultivation time he had added together from the first year of middle school until now.

"Yes, and this is only the general situation."

Guo Kui said solemnly: "But this is completely worth it. If I had cultivated the lowest-level 'Formula' level technique, it would seem like I was leading for a while, but later every step would be a hurdle, every step a bottleneck. With a four-spiritual-root aptitude, I probably wouldn't have reached the late Qi Condensation stage now."

"Don't look at it as just a 'Law' level technique; the difficulty is similarly terrifying. If it weren't for the principal of Qianling University at the Jin Dan stage pointing me in the right direction for a period of time, I wouldn't have been able to get started either."

"In the vast majority of sects, 'Law' level techniques are already the highest inheritance, and only the most excellent disciples who have hope for Jin Dan can cultivate them."

Jiang Ding was thoughtful.

"This is also the most important suggestion I give you today."

Guo Kui said seriously: "Don't just choose any technique to cultivate now. It's best to wait until you are admitted to university, and under the guidance of university teachers, choose the highest-level technique within your ability limit."

"If this step is done well, five or ten years of time really don't count for anything."

"With your comprehension of the 'Fledgling Eagle Takes Flight Technique' at the Perfection realm, it is possible to cultivate a 'Canon' level technique. Don't delay a great future because of temporary eagerness for quick success."

"Moreover, even if you enter the Qi Condensation stage now, it's only early Qi Condensation. The bonus for Xiantian early stage cultivation is the same, and tank driving magic techniques can't be cultivated to proficiency in time, which is useless."

"I understand."

Jiang Ding said earnestly, suppressing his desire to touch the Immortal Dao now.

"Teacher, what is the difficulty of 'Classic' level techniques?"

Being a Fledgling Eagle Xiantian at a young age, he naturally wouldn't think that what others could do, he couldn't.

"Difficulty?"

"Anyway, my brain was just a blank, and I couldn't understand anything."

Guo Kui wasn't surprised by his question.

This was almost something every Immortal Sect teenager would ask and try, although 99.999% of them failed.

After thinking, he made a metaphor.

"The combat topics for your college entrance exam have been released. Have you paid attention to the students of the affiliated middle school of the Daoist Department of Beidou University recently?"

Guo Kui said: "The most excellent students there can be called geniuses in the Immortal Sect, reaching the level of Tier 2 war strategists. They are naturally also Tier 2 formation masters."

"At sixteen years old, a Tier 2 formation master, surpassing the formation level of the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Formation, the cornerstone of the Immortal Dao.

"This level, it is possible to understand the highest 'Classic' level techniques of the Immortal Sect, only possible."

"I think you can refer to this."

"Even in the Daoist Departments of Qingfeng University and Beidou University, where the top students of the Immortal Sect gather, only a very few people can do this."

Tier 2 formation master!

Jiang Ding took a light breath, his heart feeling a shock.

Among the hundred arts of the Immortal Dao, formation is the most difficult.

Currently, he wasn't even a Tier 1 formation master. Not just him, the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn't become Tier 2 formation masters; they didn't have this ability and talent.

"This is the difficulty!"

Guo Kui saw his disbelief and confirmed: "In this college entrance exam of your batch, over a million elite examinees selected through layers of diversion, Nascent Soul descendants and Jin Dan descendants all exist, and various geniuses emerge one after another. It would be good if five or six of them could cultivate the Nine Great True Classics of the Immortal Sect in the end."

"This is a Soul Transformation seed."

"Actually, the Seventy-Two Canons of the Immortal Sect are also not bad."

Guo Kui comforted:

"People who cultivate this technique can be said to have a trace of hope for Nascent Soul, a Nascent Soul seed. The principals of various universities are at this level. Our Rongcheng has never produced a Nascent Soul cultivator in over ten thousand years."

"You just need to work hard in this direction; you don't need to compare yourself with others."

"I know, teacher."

Jiang Ding had a trace of ambition in his eyes.

Amidst Guo Kui's repeated exhortations, Jiang Ding returned to the classroom.

"... We have all talked about the Five Elements Basic Formations. Below, let's look at this question, the Tier 1 Spring-Returning Formation. This is a water-wood composite formation, often appearing in ten-point big questions..."

On the podium,

Math teacher Wang Lan talked eloquently, occasionally showing formation models and formation pattern structures in her hands, explaining their composition, engraving methods, types of deformation formations, and other knowledge such as which formations they could be compounded with, in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

Many people listened until they were drowsy, including many Qi Condensation students.

"So that's how it is..."

Jiang Ding had a sudden realization.

He wasn't surprised to find that with Xiantian True Qi as a reference, plus his spiritual sense strengthening day by day under the nourishment of the flying sword, the math class that sounded extremely difficult in the past could now easily understand every knowledge point.

"Teacher Wang Lan seems to be a Tier 1 formation master?"

"If I learn at this speed, plus studying in the library after class, I should have a great chance of reaching the level of a Tier 1 formation master before the college entrance exam, able to set up most Tier 1 formations."

Jiang Ding calculated secretly.

"Hum!"

His phone vibrated slightly. He lowered his head and looked; it was a message from the Immortal Sect Library, outside the silent list for class.

"Citizen 5227... 89, Jiang Ding, you have reached the Xiantian realm and obtained full citizenship."

Guo Kui reported the realm.

This full citizenship meant early adulthood, originating from the many life-and-death battles experienced by the Immortal Sect.

This meant that if the war situation was urgent, as long as you were a Xiantian or Qi Condensation cultivator, you would be conscripted to the battlefield even if you hadn't reached adulthood.

Of course, the conscription order was very low, and basically, unless it was on the verge of national extinction, this type of underage cultivator wouldn't be conscripted.

From now on,

Jiang Ding obtained the civil capacity of an adult, voting, and viewing many materials in the Immortal Sect Library without needing guardian consent.

"You have entered the First Law of the Immortal Sect, the Sixth Detail, the Question-Answer Law detail, and the scope of rights and obligations."

Based on my observation and guess,

Jiang Ding will take a long time to convert techniques in university, but everyone can rest assured that I will quickly skip it and won't record it all.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 146 =====