Chapter 13: Great Expansion Spirit Refining Art

"Mm-hmm, I also feel the clan just wants to cultivate a reliable bellwether, that's why they set up the clan school." Su Cheng chimed in. "With the clan school around, I don't think the clan will be too disappointed. After all, they enroll over a hundred students every year—surely they can produce some reliable ones?"

"You make a good point." Su Wuji gave Su Cheng a direct thumbs-up.

Su Yunhu sighed. "Sigh, the road ahead is tough. I'd better hurry up and cultivate. Otherwise, if I can't even hold on to a spot in the top ten of the class, I'll become a laughingstock."

"Right, right, let's all cultivate together." Su Wuji also said.

Not long after everyone resumed cultivating, Liu Shi came over.

"I'm here. Is everyone cultivating over here doing alright?"

"Fine."

"Okay."

"Not bad."

"Passable."

The four answered in unison.

"Do you have any questions about cultivation you want to ask?"

The four students shook their heads together.

"Then I should also explain to everyone the relevant points to pay attention to when cultivating from Qi Refining Layer One to Qi Refining Layer Two.

Please listen carefully.

The first point is that every wisp of magic power from Qi Refining Layer One needs to be nurtured into the magic power of Qi Refining Layer Two, and only after cultivating out a hundred wisps can your cultivation break through to Qi Refining Layer Two.

I'm not lying to you.

If you forcefully break through without having cultivated all your Qi Refining Layer One magic power into Qi Refining Layer Two magic power,

in the future you'll most likely get stuck before Qi Refining Layer Four.

Because your foundation will be unstable.

The second point is, when you are condensing your magic power, every single wisp must be condensed as much as possible until it cannot be condensed any further.

To what degree must it be condensed? It means every wisp of magic power you cultivate must have a fixed shape, and can maintain it long-term without falling apart.

You can condense your magic power into spheres, needles, threads, T-shapes, small swords, small blades, small spears, willow leaves, crescent moons—any of those is fine.

As long as their form is fixed and they don't fall apart easily."

Liu Shi even revealed her own magic power for a moment; the magic power she had condensed was in the shape of a willow leaf. A large willow leaf with a beautiful appearance.

"This isn't one wisp of magic power, by the way, this is one stream of magic power.

Once you reach Foundation Establishment in the future, the magic power you condense will look just like this."

The four little students stared without so much as a blink.

They suspected Liu Shi of deliberately showing off!

Liu Shi smiled and continued, "Because whether your Qi Refining Layer One magic power is condensed enough isn't obvious yet. Once you reach Qi Refining Layer Two and have condensed Qi Refining Layer Two magic power, when you want to break through to Qi Refining Layer Three, you'll be able to feel it clearly.

Because every wisp of Layer Two base magic power is far more powerful than every wisp of Layer One base magic power.

Correspondingly, their ability to draw in spiritual energy and magic power from the outside is also stronger; they pull at each other, and those magic powers with unstable foundations that aren't refined enough will collapse on their own.

So if the magic power you condense isn't pure enough, in three to five days it'll collapse on its own and become nourishment for other magic power. The problem is, the other magic power may not have finished absorbing yet, and the large amount of spiritual energy produced by the collapsing magic power will spill out of your body. If it really comes to that, your Qi Refining Layer Three will truly become a distant prospect. It'll take a great deal of time to break through it.

In that case, you might as well not have come to the clan school to cultivate—the loose cultivators outside follow the exact same path as you."

Liu Shi looked at them with a warning gaze and continued, "The third point is, you're still young now, so just use medicinal bath packets to soak in every day—don't take pills. No matter how good a pill's effects are, they leave behind pill poison that accumulates in your bodies. If you don't want to smoothly establish your foundation in the future, then go ahead and take them.

The fourth point is, don't tell outsiders about the Cultivation Techniques the school gives you. Not even your parents, brothers, or sisters. If you do tell, you'll have to pray you aren't discovered, because if the clan school finds out, you'll be expelled.

Alright, that's the four points. Just remember them. Do you understand?"

The four students nodded in unison once more.

"Then everyone else cultivate well. Su Jin, come out with me for a moment."

Su Jin quickly stood up and followed Liu Shi to another classroom next door.

"This is the third spare classroom. Do you know why I called you over?" Liu Shi asked.

"I don't know. Liu Shi, are all these classrooms with closed doors along this row spare classrooms for our class?" Su Jin curiously looked around the place.

"Yes, this whole row is spare classrooms for our class. Don't think that just because Class One only has twenty-six people—ahem, twenty-five now,

the clan has poured an ocean of various resources into you all.

So you must study hard." Liu Shi said.

Su Jin nodded.

Liu Shi continued, "Qi Refining Layer One students cannot share a classroom with Qi Refining Layer Two students. Because starting from Qi Refining Layer Two, you can begin learning various spells.

This place is prepared for future Qi Refining Layer Two students. Here everyone can learn and practice various spells. See those flowerpots filled with soil in the corners of this classroom?

Many wood-type spells will find these flowerpots useful."

Upon hearing this, Su Jin was immediately filled with longing.

At Qi Refining Layer Two, she could learn spells!

That would be quite nice.

Unfortunately, at her current pace, she still needed over fifty days before she could break through to Qi Refining Layer Two.

"Right, have you started cultivating that Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique your big brother brought back for you?" Liu Shi asked.

"Not yet. I'm still mulling it over—that Cultivation Technique is a bit difficult." Su Jin said.

"Would you like Liu Shi to explain the first chapter to you?"

"Yes." Su Jin thought to herself, Liu Shi, if you don't explain it to me, I'll probably have to puzzle over it for many more days.

"Alright, then Liu Shi will explain it to you now." Liu Shi gestured with her eyes for Su Jin to sit down, then sat down herself, and began explaining the first chapter of a certain Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique to her.

The Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique Su Jian had brought for Su Jin was called the "Great Expansion Spirit Refining Art," one of the top Spirit Refining Cultivation Techniques in the clan school.

Of course, it was also very difficult to cultivate.

The most difficult part of this Spirit-Refining Cultivation Technique is that one must first have a visualization object; the more real this visualization object is, the easier it is to memorize. The more easily the opening of this Technique is mastered. "This Spirit-Refining visualization object is extremely critical. It relates to your cultivation when you enter the Foundation Establishment realm in the future."

Therefore, when choosing a visualization object, one must be extremely cautious.

"It is best to find things related to your cultivation method; there will be some hidden benefits." Instructor Liu advised.

"Then what is Instructor Liu's visualization object?" Su Jin asked hurriedly.

"My visualization object is a willow tree." Instructor Liu said; this was equivalent to indirectly telling Su Jin that she was also cultivating the Great Expansion Spirit-Refining Art.