[{"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-4":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},1024200,1333,"Chapter 4: Safety First","longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>After the transaction, Shopkeeper Ding warmly invited Shen Xuan and his wife to the lounge for a sit-down, personally brewing Spirit Tea for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuyao, I told you, Shen the Talisman Master is indeed a fine son-in-law! Look, he can already make exquisite Talismans, the good days are yet to come!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Grandpa Qingtai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the Spirit Tea, Shen Xuan spent a Spirit Stone to purchase a substandard Jade Hairpin Spiritual Artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water Phoenix Hairpin can gather weak water Spiritual Qi, enhancing cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When attacked at close range, it can automatically trigger a layer of Water Shield with a weak protective effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this, Shen Xuan also got Shopkeeper Ding to give him a book on Superior Inner Power Heart Method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jade Maiden Scripture,\" this is a secular Daoist Sect female inner power technique, focusing on gentle and tranquil movements, both internal and external cultivation, harmonizing blood and Qi, with a unique effect on women’s body care and health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Yuyao is merely a mortal woman, yet Shen Xuan is willing to spend Spirit Stones to buy artifacts and inner power techniques for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shopkeeper Ding observed and nodded secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This match was not a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Talisman Master capable of making exquisite Talismans has a promising future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he’s just a bit older, sixty years old!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, even in a Foundation Establishment cultivation clan, he would be a key cultivation subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan didn’t think much about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging pleasantries, he left the Ding Family shop with his young wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only five Spirit Stones remained in the Storage Pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went to the rice shop and meat shop, spending two Spirit Stones to buy twenty pounds of Spirit Rice, sixty pounds of refined rice, and ten pounds of Barbarian Beef.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way back, the vendor indeed saved the Profound Water Turtle for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Profound Water Turtle is also a juvenile but somewhat larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan haggled and finally paid two Spirit Stones and five Spirit Pearls to acquire it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The savings in the Storage Pouch were depleted, leaving only five Spirit Pearls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Shen Xuan was full of confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Yuyao prepared a sumptuous dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My husband has worked hard! Eat more and replenish your body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Yuyao said with a charming smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past ten days, under Shen Xuan’s guidance, she finally experienced the joy of intimacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With several sessions per day, she was particularly lively after being nurtured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She worried about her husband’s ability to handle it, affecting his cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, her husband is a sixty-year-old elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. You should also eat some Spirit Rice and Barbarian Beef. I’ll teach you to cultivate inner power refinement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Shen Xuan took out the \"Jade Maiden Scripture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuyao, this is a female Daoist cultivation technique, beneficial for health and wellbeing. If you break through to innate, it can also extend longevity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Yuyao accepted the \"Jade Maiden Scripture,\" feeling somewhat sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has no Spirit Root and cannot cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mortal body, living in the Market with Spiritual Qi nurture, ages slower than in the mundane world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After forty, she would start to age, and perhaps by then her husband won’t be as fond of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, her husband has poor talent, making breakthroughs hopeless in this lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they can still walk hand in hand, grow old together, and spend their lives mutually dependent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating, Shen Xuan went to the Practice Room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he adeptly stole the talent of Concealing Breath from the Profound Water Turtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Mysterious Jade Talisman, ancient golden characters once again shone brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Concealing Breath (8\u002F100)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dao Rhyme: 3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Breath Concealment Talisman: Mastery (42\u002F400)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Concealing Breath talent stole 5 points, Dao Rhyme increased by 2 points, and the proficiency of [Breath Concealment Talisman] enhanced by 10 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan was overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is much faster than cultivating alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the stolen talent reaches 100, what kind of gains will there be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan was full of motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed his daily schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation, talisman making, sleeping, eating, lastly, double exercises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young wife Ding Yuyao evidently couldn’t handle his high-frequency exercise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beauty is but bones wrapped in skin; form is empty, and emptiness is form!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t indulge in female beauty, cultivation and character building are the true paths to longevity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan secretly reminded himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next ten days, all 120 sets of [Breath Concealment Talisman] materials were used up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With increasing proficiency, using premium materials, the success rate of making Talismans steadily improved, and the high-quality rate was also rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fifty percent success rate, a twenty-five percent high-quality rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With ten Spirit Stones in cost, 60 Talismans were made, with 15 of them being high-quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan roughly calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not counting pen depreciation, in ten days he could earn five Spirit Stones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen per month, one hundred and eighty per year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan was startled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This income was something he could not previously conceive of!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Shen Xuan quickly calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely cannot be careless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Safety first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is merely gross income.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To continue cultivation requires continuous resource investment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That juvenile Profound Water Turtle is no small expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan repeatedly reminded himself, living cautiously is the real path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since introducing Qi into the body, it’s been over forty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over sixty years old, he doesn’t have a single Magical Artifact!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nestled in Cyan Dragon Bay Market, he never went out and never fought with cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even conscripted labor was replaced with Spirit Stones, let alone Secret Realm adventures or outdoor demon hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In terms of combat, probably no one is more useless than me.\" Shen Xuan pondered secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sold the Talismans he made to the Ding Family shop, exchanging them for Talisman materials and Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then purchased a juvenile Profound Water Turtle from a vendor, stealing its Concealing Breath talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After deducting food expenses, about eight Spirit Stones could be saved monthly for emergencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed like white horses running past a gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, half a year had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every ten days, Shen Xuan sold Talismans once and bought one juvenile Profound Water Turtle to steal its Concealing Breath talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, in the Mysterious Jade Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent: Concealing Breath (98\u002F100)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dao Rhyme: 36]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Breath Concealment Talisman: Mastery (396\u002F400)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proficiency of making [Breath Concealment Talisman] was constantly increasing, with success rates and high-quality rates steadily improving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, using 120 sets of premium materials could successfully create seventy [Breath Concealment Talismans], twenty of which are high-quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan exercised great caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each sale of [Breath Concealment Talismans] kept it at sixty pieces, with ten high-quality ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stored the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earning eighteen Spirit Stones per month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he could purchase more juvenile Profound Water Turtles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To not arouse suspicion, he kept the buying pace to ten days apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the neighbors outside gave him a nice-sounding nickname.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turtle Talisman Master!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, Shen Xuan smiled slightly, indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day is a special one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xuan became exceptionally excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this, he specially took his young wife to engage in an intense game of friendly competition in broad daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a blissful sleep, woke up, bathed, dressed, burned incense, and cleaned his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vaguely felt that this talent theft was of great significance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Spirit Root talent limited his cultivation upper limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just cultivation realm, but also talisman making skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, half a year has gone by; his level is very close to a middle-grade Talisman Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are all thanks to the Mysterious Jade Talisman’s effect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wealth has also accumulated sixty Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus sixty high-quality [Breath Concealment Talismans],\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, such earning speed was simply unimaginable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In cultivation, alchemy, array, artifact, talisman, each successful practice brings rapid Spirit Stone earnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately, my cultivation realm still cannot be improved!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These six months, Shen Xuan insisted on daily cultivation of the [Divine Hidden Sea Technique] for two hours but still did not feel any breakthrough chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mysterious Jade Talisman shows it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cultivation Technique: Divine Hidden Sea Technique Mastery (200\u002F200)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Realm: Qi Cultivation Third Layer: 100\u002F100]\u003C\u002Fp>",1350,"2026-06-03T09:12:56.907Z","2026-06-03T09:12:58.281Z",1,"novelbin.me","7f45c6c71f70719d28269877a17ee470eac7ce5801b6ae1010d72e63a3ba525e","longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-5","longevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-chapter-3",685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-my-talents-are-a-bit-abundant-cover.jpg"]