Chapter 170: Spring Rain Technique, Blood Nerve, Cultivation!

After a long while, Wang Ping'an finished resting, looked up at the World Pearl, and saw one spirit fruit sapling after another; it was clear that the spirit energy in the World Pearl swirled around the saplings, was absorbed by them, and became nourishment for their growth.

After that.

Wang Ping'an glanced again at a water field not far away.

It was from a night when, while his mother and his grandparents slept, he controlled a Paper Person with a storage bag to the family well, filled the bag with a large amount of well water, and brought it into the World Pearl.

Through his hard work, he fashioned a water field within the World Pearl.

In principle, the best place to plant spirit rice is a spirit field with abundant spirit water; the Land God in his World Pearl is filled with tremendous energy, devouring Low‑grade Spirit Stones and absorbing wandering spirit energy.

To put it bluntly, the Land God in his World Pearl can truly be called a spirit field.

However, spirit water is not easy to find; it requires a spirit spring, and the spring yields only limited spirit water each day. Not exaggerating, a drop of premium spirit spring water can be sold for a Low‑grade Spirit Stone.

Even ordinary spirit spring water is quite valuable; not exaggerating, possessing a spirit spring is tantamount to owning a gold mine.

The spirit water required for the water field is not a trivial amount; even though he could easily exchange Talisman for Low‑grade Spirit Stones, he currently needs Low‑grade Spirit Stones in many places, leaving none spare to buy spirit water.

Spending Low‑grade Spirit Stones to buy spirit water is worse than letting the World Pearl devour and expand its area.

Soon.

Wang Ping'an first used the Skill: Planting and Skill: Breeding once on the water field seeded with spirit rice, then applied each once to the spirit fruit saplings one by one.

Whether regarding his magical power or Spirit Power, the consumption was enormous.

However.

At this moment, because of his long cultivation of the Spirit Nurturing Technique, his Spirit Power surged, and moreover he has two artificial dantian in his body, each storing a large amount of magical power.

This allowed him to continuously, for a long time, use the two skills—Planting and Breeding—on the spirit fruit saplings without exhausting his Spirit Power and magical power.

Afterwards.

Wang Ping'an recalled that not long ago, when he bought spirit fruit saplings and met the store's sales requirement, they gave him the complimentary Spring Rain Technique; as he was about to upgrade the Spring Rain Technique to the Proficient level, a thought surfaced in his mind.

"Why not try first, using different levels of Spring Rain Technique proficiency, to see what different effects occur?"

Wang Ping'an said curiously.

If you want to do it, just do it.

Since the Spring Rain Technique had not yet been upgraded and was only at Entry Level, Wang Ping'an first used the Entry Level Spring Rain Technique on a nearby spirit fruit sapling.

A cloud of mist formed, slowly sprinkling around the sapling; with Wang Ping'an employing the Skill: Dharma Eye, he could clearly see the sapling rapidly absorbing the mist.

Vitality surged instantly!

The spirit fruit sapling grew several inches, and its leaves turned much greener.

Ding! You spent ten Merit points to upgrade Skill: Spring Rain Technique, Entry Level→Proficient!

Wang Ping'an opened the panel, located the Spring Rain Technique, tapped the sparkling '+' behind it, and a mechanical, cold voice rang in his mind.

Wang Ping'an immediately used the Proficient level Spring Rain Technique on another nearby spirit fruit sapling!

Soon after the Spring Rain Technique finished, the sapling absorbed fine rain, and it was clear that every aspect of the sapling was markedly enhanced—twice as strong as the effect of the Entry Level Spring Rain Technique used nearby.

"Is the effect of Entry Level and Proficient level Spring Rain Technique really this obvious?"

Wang Ping'an said in surprise.

Ding! You spent one hundred Merit points to upgrade Skill: Spring Rain Technique, Proficient→Mastery!

Wang Ping'an upgraded the Spring Rain Technique again, and as the mechanical cold voice sounded in his mind, he once more used the Mastery level Spring Rain Technique on another nearby spirit fruit sapling.

A light rain appeared!

Not long after.

The sapling received a clear strengthening effect, which did not surprise Wang Ping'an, but when he saw with his own eyes three saplings using different proficiency levels of Spring Rain Technique, the enhancement effects differed.

He was still very shocked!

Each effect was more astonishing than the last!

"Is this the Mastery level Spring Rain Technique? The effect is truly intense; if used intermittently on spirit fruit saplings and spirit rice seeds, it would greatly shorten their growth time!"

Wang Ping'an's eyes lit up; just as he was about to use the Mastery level Spring Rain Technique on every kind of spirit fruit sapling, his peripheral vision caught over three thousand Merit points, and a flash of insight flickered in his mind as he mused:

"Perhaps I should upgrade the Spring Rain Technique to Cultivation; maybe—no, it will certainly shorten the growth time of spirit fruit saplings and spirit rice again!"

Thinking this, Wang Ping'an was eager to upgrade the Spring Rain Technique, but he realized that many of his current skills also needed to reach Cultivation.

For a moment he hesitated, unsure what decision to make.

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Wang Ping'an gritted his teeth and said, "Well, let's first upgrade the Spring Rain Technique to Cultivation; after all, with over three thousand Merit points we can still upgrade two other skills, and there's no shortage of ways to keep gaining Merit!"

With that thought, Wang Ping'an no longer hesitated and upgraded the Spring Rain Technique again.

Ding! You spent one thousand Merit points to upgrade Skill: Spring Rain Technique, Mastery→Cultivation!

With the Spring Rain Technique upgraded, Wang Ping'an couldn't wait to use the Cultivation level Spring Rain Technique on each spirit fruit sapling; its obvious effect still startled him somewhat.

However.

What filled Wang Ping'an's heart even more was excitement!

Seeing the clearly effective Cultivation level Spring Rain Technique, Wang Ping'an felt great confidence; the spirit fruit saplings that normally needed three to five years to mature could now mature in a year and a half or even less.

After a long while, Wang Ping'an used the Spring Rain Technique repeatedly on each spirit fruit sapling, each once, which drained his Spirit Power and magical power enormously, and he collapsed to the ground.

He gasped heavily, breathing in large gulps!

Wang Ping'an slumped on the ground, opened the system again, stared at the dense data, and his gaze finally rested on Technique: Blood Nerve.

It was the cultivation method the old veteran Lei Feng had sold him at the market not long ago under the pretense of a trial.

He was curious what benefits would arise if he upgraded Blood Nerve to Cultivation.

Ding! You spent one thousand Merit points to upgrade Technique: Blood Nerve, Mastery→Cultivation!

"Cultivation level Blood Nerve, you better not disappoint me!"

As a mechanical, cold voice sounded in his mind, Wang Ping'an whispered a prayer and immediately began practicing the freshly upgraded Blood Nerve.

(End of chapter)