[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant":3,"chapter-longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1024217,1333,"Chapter 21: Qi Cultivation Level 5","longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>Ding Family’s shop VIP room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You hope to increase the procurement of the Rejuvenation Talisman?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the shopkeeper Ding’s request, Shen Xuan pondered seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary Rejuvenation Talismans were insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately kept high-quality Rejuvenation Talismans for Zhao Chunsheng to sell, apart from personal use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did he hide his talisman-making skill, but he could also use this to make Zhao Chunsheng work for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, a late-stage Qi Cultivation demon hunter could save him lots of trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Shen, for the sake of our forty-year friendship, please help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper Ding smiled servilely, \"One high-quality talisman can count as two. With Master Shen’s ability, you can always make a dozen every month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the intent of the clan elders. Without high-quality Rejuvenation Talismans, I couldn’t explain to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper Ding looked helpless as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Ding’s request, Shen Xuan felt wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A talisman master of middle grade is akin to a money tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan purchased talisman materials in the Cyan Dragon Bay Market and sold spirit talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ding family could earn dozens of spirit stones from him every month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forcing him to sell high-quality Rejuvenation Talismans would increase their exploitation of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He married a mortal woman from the Ding family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh, a mere mortal woman wouldn’t concern them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan contemplated for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he agreed to the shopkeeper Ding to sell him an additional ten high-quality Rejuvenation Talismans each month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Shen Xuan returned home, he heard some bad news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Friend Zhao is going to enlist for forced labor to clear land?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no choice. If I don’t go, the substitute labor tax is forty spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Chunsheng said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Cyan Dragon Bay, cultivators’ substitute labor taxes are based on their cultivation realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early-stage Qi Cultivation is six spirit stones, middle stage is fifteen spirit stones, and late stage is forty spirit stones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the cultivation realm, the more one must enlist for labor, and the higher the substitute tax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the last batch of mantis shrimp. If more spirit fish or demon shrimp are needed, selling spirit talismans will have to wait until I return from clearing land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No worries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending off Zhao Chunsheng, Shen Xuan looked at the mantis shrimp in the fishing bag with a heavy heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some unknown reason, he felt a sense of foreboding, as if something bad was about to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He married a mortal woman from the Ding family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By agreement, he was not required to enlist for labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he felt uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the practice room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mysterious jade talisman retracted its golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the mantis shrimp in the fishing bag floated belly up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Critical Strike Entry Level (2\u002F100)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dao Rhyme: 72]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spirit Root: Water 16\u002F100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Shen Xuan took only half a year to seize the critical strike talent of the mantis shrimp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan closed his eyes, slowly perceiving the life experience of the mantis shrimp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many tier-one middle-grade water attribute demon beasts, but they are abundant and cheap; those with unique talents are rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Cyan Dragon Bay Market is established by the Longze River, ensuring a large supply of cheap spirit fish and demon shrimp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan chose the mantis shrimp for its unique bloodline talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mantis shrimp have a pair of gnathopods, extremely powerful, folded like a heavyweight hammer breaking armor, extended like a pointy cone piercing through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When attacking prey, it can eject the gnathopods in a hundredth of a second, their speed several times greater than that of bullets, and the generated high temperatures can cause surrounding water to emit electric sparks, causing formidable damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is in the water!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imagine, if Shen Xuan’s Condensed Water Blade Technique, augmented with Water Control talent, gains added critical strike talent of the mantis shrimp, its power would greatly increase, capable of severely damaging late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Critical Strike talent points can be improved with diligent practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan added all 72 Dao Rhyme points to the self-healing talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Self-Healing Skilled (39\u002F200)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His water spirit root had reached sixteen points; it was time to break through to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, Shen Xuan had sensed the opportunity to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that, to enhance water spirit root talent, he delayed a little longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to operate the Divine Hidden Sea Technique, making the circulation of spiritual power through the meridians smoother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, it’s the spirit root talent that determines the limit of cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the spirit root keeps improving, Shen Xuan can continuously break the restrictions of cultivation realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s time to break through!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan stopped thinking further and started the Spirit Gathering Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat cross-legged, with full concentration, operating spiritual power to commence the breakthrough to Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Divine Hidden Sea Technique operated, the spiritual power within him gradually accelerated after several cycles, guided by his divine thought, rushing powerfully with increasing momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual power, akin to a vast ocean, surged majestically throughout his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This filled Shen Xuan with energy, like a tightly drawn bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon feeling the critical moment, Shen Xuan crushed two pieces of spirit stone in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refined spiritual Qi was absorbed from his palm into the dantian, turning ferociously and filling the meridians instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-awaiting Shen Xuan seized the chance, broke through the limitations forcefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura surged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan slowly opened his eyes, full of joy within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had broken through to Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easier than imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly deserving of a sixteen-point water spirit root talent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meridians suffered no damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His divine sense and spiritual power increased by twenty percent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sixty-five years old. Four years to break through one layer, really not easy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was still under the circumstances of purchasing the Spirit Gathering Array and replenishing spirit stones every day in recent years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, wanting to break through to Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer would take another two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, with the sixteen-point water spirit root sensitivity, the breakthrough of small barriers consumed two spirit stones and came naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lifespan: 65\u002F115]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cultivation Technique: Divine Hidden Sea Technique Mastery (132\u002F400)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Realm: Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer: 1\u002F100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lifespan increased by three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Hidden Sea Technique remained in the mastery stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems enhancing it to a small accomplishment needs waiting until breaking through to late-stage Qi Cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Concealing Breath Technique]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan concealed his aura, disguising himself as a Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the days that followed, Shen Xuan diligently made Rejuvenation Talismans to earn spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two months later, securing another hundred spirit stones in wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan did not hesitate, directly seeking out the shopkeeper Ding, choosing a middle-grade magical artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of Water-Splitting Mount Emei Needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A foot long, thicker in the middle, sharp at both ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tip is flat-shaped, diamond-shaped with a point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A circle in the middle to loop around the middle finger, mobile freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artifact is crafted with Profound Ice Cold Iron, suitable for battles underwater and at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan tried it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unleashing his full power, the pair of Water-Splitting Mount Emei Needles seemed like part of his body, controlled effortlessly, seamlessly maneuverable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual power of the Divine Hidden Sea Technique conducted through the Water-Splitting Mount Emei Needles without the slightest hindrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These needles, being water attribute artifacts, suited Shen Xuan well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some negotiation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan finally purchased this middle-grade artifact from the shopkeeper Ding for forty spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Longze River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching a depth of a hundred zhang, an inscrutable pitch-black river bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the deepest part of the Longze River, eerily cold, a domain of dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imposing water pressure everywhere deters average cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan’s figure darted forward swiftly, faintly emanating cyan spiritual light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, gained from the Water Control talent of the Blue-Feather Fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at the deep river bottom, his speed reached forty meters per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of unnamed spirit fish, sporting sharp strange teeth, half a foot long each, numbering in hundreds, was swimming at the river’s bottom, hunting various aquatic creatures in a regiment-like formation.\u003C\u002Fp>",1393,"2026-06-03T09:12:56.907Z","2026-06-03T09:12:58.281Z",1,"novelbin.me","eceedb915806dae991508e0117318dac287c85214b3fc98d96ac004d650dfdf5","longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-22","longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-20",685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-cover.jpg"]