Chapter 11: Energy Guidance Technique

The next day, at the main gate of the old residence.

Li Luo watched as Jiang Qing’e’s carriage drove away. Beside him stood Uncle Liu, his hands tucked into his sleeves, and alongside him was the tall and curvaceous Cai Wei.

"Hoo."

Li Luo watched the carriage disappear from view, then exhaled a breath against the morning glow. He turned his head and said to Uncle Liu, "Uncle Liu, please help me request a week of leave from the academy. I want to recuperate at home for a while."

Right now, due to the fusion of that acquired resonance, his Qi and blood were in terrible condition. Going to the academy in this state would likely only invite idle gossip.

Now that he possessed a water resonance, the most urgent matter was to find a technique for energy guidance to practice and raise his resonance power level.

Although the Southwind Academy had many energy guidance techniques, the conditions for exchanging them were quite numerous, making them less convenient than his own family's library.

It was just that the grand examination was next month; taking a week off during this period would likely cause quite a stir at the academy, but at this moment, Li Luo clearly could not worry about such things.

"Understood, Young Master." The honest and dutiful Uncle Liu immediately agreed upon hearing this.

"Sister Cai Wei." After finishing, Li Luo turned his gaze toward Cai Wei, who was standing to the side.

Cai Wei looked over with her slightly elongated, charming eyes and smiled reservedly, "Does the Young Master have any instructions?"

"I would like to ask you to help me purchase some spiritual water and strange light, fourth-grade quality," Li Luo said with a smile.

Cai Wei’s thick eyelashes blinked. Spiritual water and strange light were used to improve the grade of one's resonance, but Li Luo seemed to be born with an empty resonance; what did he need this for?

Although she was puzzled, she still agreed, her voice soft and tender, "How many portions does the Young Master need?"

Li Luo thought for a moment and said, "Let’s start by purchasing fifty portions."

Even though Cai Wei was a rather calm and rational mature woman, hearing "fifty portions" made her stare at Li Luo in astonishment, as if she felt she had misheard.

"Young Master, did you say fifty portions of fourth-grade spiritual water and strange light?" Cai Wei could not help but repeat.

Li Luo met her astonished gaze and nodded earnestly.

Cai Wei bit her sexy red lips with her pearly teeth. Spiritual water and strange light were expensive items, and the price of fourth-grade spiritual water and strange light was not low; on the market, one portion cost about one thousand Heavenly Gold, so fifty portions would be fifty thousand Heavenly Gold.

The Luolan Manor’s total annual income from its many chambers of commerce and industries across the entire Tianshu Prefecture was around three hundred thousand Heavenly Gold, and this situation had been gradually declining over the years due to the state of the Luolan Manor.

Of course, the amount of Heavenly Gold was not too big of a problem; the Luolan Manor was, after all, a large establishment, and fifty thousand Heavenly Gold was not enough to make Cai Wei lose her composure. It was just that purchasing fifty portions of fourth-grade spiritual water and strange light all at once really seemed quite bizarre.

This was because the main purpose of spiritual water and strange light was to refine one's resonance and improve its grade. However, it was well known that spiritual water and strange light contained impurities generated during the fusion of various materials. These impurities would gradually erode the resonance palace, so over time, this would lead to the gradual sealing of the resonance palace, at which point the improvement of the resonance would reach its limit.

Many people would not use spiritual water and strange light without restraint; they would generally control it within an orderly timeframe, for example, using one or two portions a month. This would not only reduce the impact of impurities on their resonance palace but also maximize the refining power of the spiritual water and strange light.

Therefore, even if others wanted to buy spiritual water and strange light, they would buy in small quantities. Someone like Li Luo buying fifty portions at once—was he trying to stock up for several years?

Cai Wei truly could not understand why Li Luo would do this.

However, Li Luo was the Young Master after all, and Jiang Qing’e had also said that she remained here mainly to cooperate with Li Luo, so she finally nodded gently.

"Very well."

"Then I will trouble you, Sister Cai Wei." Li Luo smiled gently, then turned and walked into the old residence.

Cai Wei watched his back and sighed helplessly. This Young Master seemed to be acting recklessly. After yesterday’s events, did he not know that the Luolan Manor was currently facing internal and external troubles?

Even if he could not share the burden for Qing’e due to his physical condition, there was no need to cause more trouble, right? With his way of squandering money, the Luolan Manor’s annual income in Tianshu Prefecture might not be able to withstand such tossing for long.

Would he have to apply for aid from Jiang Qing’e when the time came? But the Luolan Manor was currently in a bad situation and also needed a large amount of funds.

Cai Wei rubbed her brow gently. It seemed that her time in Tianshu Prefecture might not be very smooth.

As for Cai Wei’s various psychological emotions, Li Luo did not pay too much attention to them. At this moment, he was filled with excitement and anticipation as he headed straight to the library in the old residence.

The library housed many energy guidance techniques and resonance arts collected by the Luolan Manor. Although most of them had been transferred to the headquarters in the capital city, the old residence still kept quite a few.

This place was also considered one of the important areas of the old residence; it was heavily guarded, and patrolling guards could be seen everywhere.

However, as the Young Master, Li Luo entered the library without any obstruction.

"Young Master."

In the library, the person in charge saw Li Luo enter. Although they were stunned, they immediately stepped forward respectfully.

Li Luo nodded and instructed, "Find all the energy guidance techniques in the library that are suitable for a fourth-grade resonance."

The manager was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this. In the past, even when Li Luo came to the library, he only looked at some resonance arts and never looked at energy guidance techniques at all, because he was born with an empty resonance, and these energy guidance techniques were of little effect to him.

However, he dared not raise any objections. After all, no matter what, Li Luo was the Young Master and held the highest authority in this old residence.

So he immediately agreed and nimbly turned to find the energy guidance techniques according to Li Luo’s request.

Li Luo found a quiet room and waited patiently for a while before the manager came in, sweating profusely, carrying a pile of crystal slips.

"Young Master, all the energy guidance techniques in the library suitable for fourth-grade resonance cultivation are here. Among them, there are twenty-eight introductory-level energy guidance techniques and six general-level energy guidance techniques."

Li Luo nodded, waved his hand to dismiss him, and then began to carefully browse through these energy guidance techniques.

In this Great Xia Kingdom, energy guidance techniques also had levels. Their grading system was similar to the resonance power levels, divided into Introductory, General, Marquis, and King levels. Except for the Introductory level, the other three levels were further subdivided into the common Upper, Middle, and Lower grades.

Introductory-level energy guidance techniques could allow one to complete the introductory cultivation from the Ten-Seal stage to the Source Master stage. If one wanted to step from the Source Master stage into the General stage, one would need a General-level energy guidance technique, and so on.

Introductory-level energy guidance techniques could be seen everywhere, while General-level energy guidance techniques began to show distinctions and were only possessed by some mid-level factions.

Marquis-level energy guidance techniques were even rarer and could only be possessed by some top-tier factions.

Li Luo remembered that their Luolan Manor had two Marquis-level energy guidance techniques, which were left behind by his parents.

As for King-level energy guidance techniques... their preciousness was beyond words. If one were to appear, it would surely cause a frantic scramble among the many top-tier factions in the Great Xia Kingdom.

It might even trigger a war between major nations.

However, generally speaking, the higher the level of the energy guidance technique, the more demanding its cultivation conditions would be, and many of them would have requirements for the practitioner’s resonance grade.

Now Li Luo’s "Water-Light Resonance" was only fourth-grade, so he could only have the manager bring the energy guidance techniques he was qualified to practice.

Time passed, and the crystal slips on the table were quickly browsed through by Li Luo.

In the end, he selected three energy guidance techniques from them.

Nine-Stage Breathing Method, General-level Lower Grade.

Canglan Meditation Chart, General-level Middle Grade.

Spirit Transformation Art, General-level Middle Grade.

All three energy guidance techniques belonged to the General-level. If cultivated to the highest level, one’s own level could break through to the General stage.

The potential of these three energy guidance techniques was decent. Although they were not top-tier, they were not common goods either. Of course, the most important thing was that they were just right for Li Luo’s fourth-grade Water-Light Resonance.

And when he improved the grade of his resonance in the future, he could just find a suitable energy guidance technique to switch to, which would not be much trouble.

Li Luo hesitated for a while among the three energy guidance techniques and finally chose the Canglan Meditation Chart. The resonance power cultivated by this energy guidance technique had characteristics as continuous and vast as the ocean, which was more compatible with Li Luo’s Water-Light Resonance.

"You’re the one."

Li Luo waved his hand, put away the "Canglan Meditation Chart," and with a look of impatience in his eyes, he stood up and left, heading to the underground secret room of the library, where there was a cultivation secret room specially built by his parents.

Here, he would begin to experience true cultivation.

(End of chapter)