Chapter 58: Ice Witch Bloodline

Why not ask Su Cheng and Su Wuji?

She had made up her mind. During her cultivation in the Third Classroom, Su Jin had deliberately observed Su Wuji and Su Cheng.

She discovered that both of them had chosen to concurrently cultivate the Spirit Refining technique.

And both had chosen the Great Expansion Spirit Refining Art!

Su Wuji had clearly entered the first stage; since Su Jin had explained her insights on the Great Expansion Spirit Refining Art to him last time, he had briefly attained enlightenment, and his cultivation speed for the technique had accelerated significantly.

It seemed he would break through to the first level of Spirit Refining within no more than ten days.

Su Cheng’s Spirit Refining technique had clearly not yet been mastered; he was still struggling to comprehend it.

When everyone took a break, Su Jin summoned them to drink Ice-Sunken Dew and asked Su Cheng: “Have you completely abandoned your Body Refining technique?”

“No, only temporarily. After all, I still intend to pursue the Triple Cultivation path,” Su Cheng chuckled. “My Body Refining technique is incredibly difficult. Even though I’ve barely entered the first stage, my daily progress is slower than a snail’s. I’ve even wondered if I picked the wrong technique—if it really doesn’t work, I’m thinking of switching to the Blood Spirit Body Refining Art like Su Wuji.”

Countless senior elders in our Su family have cultivated the Blood Spirit Body Refining Art—it’s absolutely stable and easy to practice. It rarely causes qi deviation, and you won’t struggle to find auxiliary cultivation resources.

It’s Kancheng the most suitable Body Refining scripture for members of our Su family,” Su Wuji immediately recommended the Blood Spirit Body Refining Art upon hearing Su Cheng’s words.

His grandfather had praised it as miraculous; naturally, he held this Body Refining technique in high regard.

“What’s the name of the Body Refining technique you’re cultivating?” Su Jin asked curiously.

“I’m cultivating the Thunder Rhino Body Refining Art. It’s a technique modeled after the ancient Thunder Beast, the Thunder Rhino.

My father specifically retrieved it for me.

He said that if I could master this technique, my survival rate during missions outside the sect would greatly increase.

Crucially, when using any martial skill, this technique automatically generates lightning strikes, leaving your opponents wishing they were dead.”

“So it’s a Body Refining technique with an innate special attribute—those are extremely rare. Once mastered, its power is immense. If you truly succeed, you’ll be among the top Body Refining cultivators of your generation. Most importantly, the sect adores cultivators like you.

If you master this technique, when you join the sect, they’ll surely assign you a prestigious, resource-rich Master,” Su Wuji said.

But techniques with innate special attributes are hard to cultivate.

Therefore, anyone who succeeds in them receives the sect’s favor.

A Master, resources, the best cultivation location—all come as standard.

Others beg desperately for such advantages; you receive them effortlessly on your very first day of joining. The treatment is practically that of a chosen one.

“The problem is, this Body Refining technique is just too hard. I can’t even imagine when I’ll reach the minor accomplishment stage—I don’t even know when I’ll break through to Body Refining Level One,” Su Cheng sighed.

“A technique with an innate special attribute, and you’re progressing extremely slowly. Could it be that this technique simply doesn’t match your constitution?” Su Jin asked.

“Huh?” Su Cheng stared at her in shock.

“I recall you mentioned you have the Ice Witch Bloodline. Do you think the Ice Witch Bloodline and Thunder-based techniques are compatible?” Su Jin countered.

Cough, cough, cough—Su Wuji coughed several times to mask his astonishment.

Right—if Su Cheng wasn’t lying, then his Ice Witch Bloodline and Thunder technique are like oil and water.

“I think you should ask Master Liu to examine you. If your bloodline truly conflicts with your technique, you’ll have to either change your bloodline or change your technique. No other options,” Su Jin said, spreading her hands.

“So you mean my slow progress in Thunder Rhino Body Refining Art isn’t due to poor talent, but because my bloodline is blocking me?” Su Cheng immediately understood. “Come to think of it, that’s possible.

I always thought that when I tried to comprehend the Thunder-based Body Refining Art, I grasped the principles easily—but whenever I actually cultivated, something went wrong. No matter how well I understood it, my progress remained as slow as a snail’s.

If it’s truly a bloodline issue, I can’t just replace my entire bloodline.”

Su Cheng himself let out a bitter laugh.

“So in the end, you’ll have to switch your Body Refining technique,” Su Wuji said sympathetically.

Su Cheng fell silent.

After a long while, he suddenly stood up. “I’m going to see Master Liu.”

He left immediately.

Su Jin and Su Wuji stared, dumbfounded—had he made up his mind too quickly?

Just before dismissal, Su Cheng returned—accompanied by Master Liu.

Upon returning, he announced with a smile: “I donated my Thunder Rhino Body Refining Art to the clan school and exchanged it for the school’s top-tier special-attribute Body Refining Art: the Ice Serpent Body Refining Art.”

Master Liu smiled along: “Our student Su Cheng possesses a powerful Ice Witch Bloodline, and his witch blood has already begun awakening.

After awakening, his body naturally draws in Ice-element spiritual energy.

His previous technique, Thunder Rhino Body Refining Art, clashed with his Ice Witch Bloodline.

That’s why his progress was always so slow.

I examined his bloodline and confirmed our suspicion: there is indeed a severe conflict between his bloodline and his technique.

If Su Cheng continued cultivating Thunder Rhino Body Refining Art, he would only waste his time, energy, and talent.

Later, the principal directly contacted Su Cheng’s family.

They permitted Su Cheng to submit his family’s Thunder Rhino Body Refining Art to the clan school in exchange for the school’s special-attribute Body Refining Art: the Ice Serpent Body Refining Art.

Since you two train with Su Cheng regularly, I’m informing you—but don’t spread it around. After all, what technique Su Cheng cultivates is his own business.”

Su Wuji and Su Jin understood Master Liu’s meaning immediately.

You’re being told because you’d notice anyway.

But don’t make a public fuss—letting the whole class know would be inappropriate.

Su Jin and the others nodded vigorously in agreement.

“Master Liu, since Su Cheng has awakened his Ice Witch Bloodline, should he transfer to the Water Class?” Su Jin asked. She thought: Ice Witch Bloodline should be transferred to the Water Class, right?

Su Cheng immediately shook his head—he refused to go.

He’d heard that the Water Class instructor forced students to chant embarrassing slogans daily, and every ten days, they selected the ten slowest-progressing students to stand in front of the class for an entire lesson on cultivation basics.

Compared to that instructor, his own Wood Class teacher, Master Liu, was like the gentlest little auntie.