PDLP Chapter 5, 1 month, Spiritual Energy Level 3!
Chapter 5, 1 month, Spiritual Energy Level 3!
About half an hour later.
"Phew! I finally succeeded!"
Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief. After two failures, he finally imprinted his spiritual mark on the Water-Dividing Thorn.
It was fortunate that this was only a low-grade magic weapon. If it were a mid-grade magic weapon, with Chen Ye's current cultivation level, it would probably take him several days to successfully refine it.
Then, with a thought, Chen Ye saw the Water-Splitting Thorn tremble slightly and, under his mental control, slowly fly into the air.
Magical artifacts differ from ordinary weapons. They can be infused with spiritual power to make them sharper and cause greater damage, and they can also be manipulated by the cultivator's soul.
However, Chen Ye's current cultivation level is too low and his spiritual power is weak. At most, he can only control it within a ten-zhang radius around him. If he exceeds this distance, the probability of losing control will increase significantly.
Whoosh whoosh!
A moment later, as Chen Ye increased his control, the speed of the Water Splitter also increased, like a dark light shuttling back and forth in the small room.
"Unfortunately, there's nothing I can use to test the power of this magical artifact."
Chen Ye shook his head, put away his playful mood, put the Water-Dividing Thorn into his storage bag, and then his mind turned to the Life-Forging Lamp floating in his sea of consciousness.
[Subject: Chen Ye]
[Remaining lifespan: 125]
[Realm: Spiritual Nourishment Level 2 (171/200)]
【Cultivation Technique: Tidal Spirit Guiding Technique: Proficiency 135/200 (Can be used to deduce using Life Force)】
【技能：敛息熟练：17/30，御水熟练：8/30，灵感熟练：17/30】
Chen Ye's gaze lingered briefly on the skills before settling on the remaining lifespan.
If I remember correctly, before the pearl was smelted, this body only had sixty years of lifespan remaining.
After melting nine pearls and killing a mid-stage first-tier demon beast, Chen Ye's remaining lifespan soared to 125 years, more than doubling!
It should be noted that the lifespan of an ordinary Spirit Cultivator is at most two Jiazi (60 years), and that is assuming they die peacefully of old age without any hidden injuries.
Chen Ye's cultivation level was only at the second level of the Spirit Gathering stage, yet his lifespan had already broken the limit for Spirit Gathering cultivators, and it could continue to increase in the future.
The importance of lifespan to cultivators is self-evident. Many cultivators are unable to break through to the end of a major realm because they are just a few years too short, and ultimately die with regret.
Of course, Chen Ye doesn't need to consider this issue right now.
In his memory, he was only sixteen years old when he was taken into the Gong family. Even after three years of cultivation, he is only nineteen years old now.
Chen Ye was more concerned about another point.
"Can one deduce cultivation techniques simply by consuming one's lifespan?"
"Doesn't that mean that as long as I have enough lifespan, I can cultivate any cultivation technique to a high level or even a perfect state?"
Chen Ye looked at the attribute panel and pondered.
Considering that he can continuously gain lifespan by hunting demonic beasts, he has no worries about using it to deduce cultivation techniques. The only thing to be careful about is not to be greedy for cultivation and waste all his lifespan at once.
As for the cultivation technique that needs to be deduced... Chen Ye currently only cultivates the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique, and has no other choice.
Once Chen Ye made up his mind, his thoughts settled, and the remaining lifespan on the panel began to dissipate.
[You dedicated your lifespan to comprehending the Tidal Spirit Guiding Technique. This technique was created based on the power of the ocean tides. Although it is a technique for the Spirit Gathering stage, it has its unique aspects. After ten years of tireless study, you have finally mastered the Tidal Spirit Guiding Technique!]
As his lifespan continued to deplete, all sorts of insights and experiences regarding the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique flooded into his mind. Although it was "forced indoctrination," Chen Ye did not feel any sense of unfamiliarity or stagnation.
The obstacles and bottlenecks he had encountered in his previous cultivation were suddenly cleared up overnight, as if he had really cultivated for ten years.
The only thing that hasn't changed is that his cultivation level is still stagnant.
"It seems that no matter how much one improves their cultivation techniques, one's own spiritual realm still requires down-to-earth practice!"
Chen Ye thought to himself, "Even so, a deeper understanding of the technique will still greatly benefit my cultivation!"
carry on.
[You have continuously consumed fifty years of your lifespan to comprehend the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique to the minor level, but because you have not mastered the subsequent techniques of the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique, even if you consume another hundred years of your lifespan to deduce it, you will not be able to advance any further... Tide Spirit Guiding Technique: Minor Level (1/800)]
The information on the panel changed subtly. The proficiency of the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique directly increased from "proficient" to "minor achievement". However, correspondingly, Chen Ye's lifespan also decreased sharply to seventy-five years.
As for the subsequent techniques of the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique mentioned in the deduction, it's not that Chen Ye didn't practice them, but that the Gong family simply wouldn't give them to him!
As a newly emerging secret family a hundred years ago, the Gong family has absorbed a large number of people from other clans, but it is extremely strict in the transmission of cultivation techniques. A spiritual cultivation technique is divided into three parts: "beginning, middle and end" for transmission.
Chen Ye currently only possesses the cultivation technique for the early stage of Spirit Gathering. Only when he breaks through to the middle stage of Spirit Gathering will he be qualified to apply to the Gong family for subsequent cultivation techniques. And the purpose of doing so... is naturally to control the many non-family members of the clan.
However, Chen Ye could understand the Gong family's actions.
What if the person runs away after all the techniques have been taught at once? Then all the initial investment would be wasted.
"Treat others with sincerity, and I will treat them with sincerity in return. Although the Gong family's methods may not truly win people's hearts, they are enough to make people risk their lives for them..."
Chen Ye shook his head. It seemed that he could only wait until his cultivation broke through before trying to obtain the subsequent cultivation techniques.
After resting for a while, Chen Ye took out a Spirit Enhancement Pill from his storage bag and swallowed it. He then immediately sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique.
As the name suggests, the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique is best practiced when the tide rises at sea, but Chen Ye has just gained a lot of insights and understanding, so where would he find the patience to wait until that time?
As he circulated his cultivation technique, Chen Ye could clearly feel the spiritual energy circulating in the world being continuously drawn into his body.
Guided by divine consciousness, spiritual energy circulates through the eight extraordinary meridians and the two bridges of heaven and earth according to the circulation route of the cultivation technique. Finally, after being refined in the dantian, it is transformed into spiritual power and stored in the dantian.
Two hours later.
With a long, deep breath, Chen Ye finished his cultivation and quickly opened his attribute panel.
He could see that his own cultivation level had increased from "Spiritual Cultivation Level 2: 171/200" to "Spiritual Cultivation Level 2: 172/200".
"It's not easy!"
Chen Ye looked excited; his progress had increased by one point in just one training session.
At this rate, he could break through to the third level of the Spirit Gathering Realm in a month at most, and then he would have a chance to unlock the secret treasures... no, to be precise, he would have a chance to achieve immortality!
.........
Life on the ship was monotonous, but as long as you had a clear goal, time would pass quickly, and before you knew it, a month had passed.