Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

The spiritual energy of the spirit crystals was indeed exquisite. Chen Xuanzhou didn't need to refine it too much; it could be completely integrated into his own magical power without any problems.

However, just like when he used spirit crystals to cultivate, the consumption was too fast. Even after receiving the infusion of three spirit crystals, he did not feel much improvement in his cultivation.

However, the purpose of this was not to improve cultivation. Having just crossed the late stage of Qi Refining, no matter how solid the foundation is, one cannot do this.

At this moment, the Lotus Crossing had already ended, and the five-colored lotus petals had long since been withdrawn. Chen Xuanzhou scanned it with his spiritual sense, not knowing whether it was because of the short time or because he had used spirit crystals.

He found no damage to Lotus Ferry.

Of course, it's also possible that it has just undergone the restoration of the condensed pearl, and the ritual object is still intact and has a stronger ability to withstand damage. A short-term initiation is not enough to cause significant damage to it.

As for the outcome, you'll understand as you use it more.

When he was receiving the initiation, he discovered the limitation of this kind of secret technique: how to hone his own magical power in a short period of time so that there would be no mixing of magical power before and after the initiation.

He possesses unparalleled mastery over his cultivation techniques, coupled with perfect control over the spiritual energy within his body, so naturally he has no fear of such things, but ordinary people do not have such conditions.

Therefore, he prepared to create a secret technique so that cultivators could hone their foundation at any time.

This is not only for the Chen family, but also for myself.

If he had such a secret technique, he wouldn't need to consume spirit crystals to cultivate every time; ordinary spirit stones would be no problem at all.

This can greatly reduce the consumption of incense offerings for him.

The incense offerings were just used not to refine spiritual energy, but more for experimentation in preparation for future spell creation.

With his current mastery of magic, under such an intense infusion of spiritual energy, and with the help of incense, there wouldn't be any problems if he only slightly modified the trajectory of the cultivation technique.

Chen Xuanzhou got up, put the Lotus Ferry into his storage bag, and then opened the gate and headed towards a small mountain next to Zuowang Peak. Compared to Zuowang Peak, this small mountain was nothing special.

The mountain was less than a hundred feet high, and there were few pavilions or towers on it. Only a small, solitary tower stood atop the mountain. When Chen Xuanzhou arrived on the wind, he didn't even encounter a single person.

Despite its desolate appearance, this small tower holds the entire heritage of the Chen family of Xizhou. Logically, such a place should be sparsely populated, if not bustling with people.

The reason for this is something that anyone who has read "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" will understand; it's just like the Yellow Maple Valley—they don't have any particularly impressive lineage to offer.

Only children who have just embarked on their spiritual journey occasionally come here. The vast majority of these children are ordinary people whose parents do not have spiritual roots, otherwise their parents would have enough for their needs.

Chen Xuanzhou came here only to find some basic cultivation techniques and some incomplete secret arts for reference and research.

When he stepped inside, there was no one on duty in the small tower. On the first floor, there were books on the shelves. Apart from a few martial arts techniques, most of them were common knowledge about cultivation, as well as some biographies.

He had practically worn out all the books here, so he didn't linger and headed straight for the central staircase. Once he reached the second floor, half of the bookshelves were gone. On the outer side of the tower, there was a row of desks for people to read.

"Xuanzhou, what brings you to this Scripture Tower?"

An aged voice came from a bookshelf on one side. Chen Xuanzhou turned his head and saw an old man with white hair and beard slowly getting down from the bookshelf.

"Elder Mo, I've been consuming too many pills lately, and my cultivation speed has been too fast. So I thought I'd come here to learn more about cultivation techniques to help me improve my composure."

"Hehehe, in the entire Chen family, or rather, in the entire cultivation world, there are probably very few young people with your composure. Alright, I won't waste any more of your time, go quickly."

The old man's face was beaming with smiles, his wrinkles crinkling together, making his eyes almost invisible.

"yes!"

Chen Xuanzhou bowed to the old man before rummaging through the bookshelves. Knowing the place well, he quickly gathered a pile of jade slips and chose a sunny desk to sit down at.

The jade slip in his hand contained not only fire-attribute techniques, but also earth and metal-attribute techniques, with earth-attribute being the most prominent. He had previously considered creating his own techniques.

When he has free time, he sometimes idly ponders some basic principles, but because of the ten-year limit, he doesn't have the time to do so.

Therefore, he did not choose the cultivation method randomly, but rather based on his previous ideas and made preliminary attempts.

First of all, his current main cultivation technique is still fire-attribute, which is unchangeable. However, his Blazing Sun Technique is already considered to be on the path of purifying mana among basic cultivation techniques.

At least within the Chen family, there is no other technique that can compare to it. Chen Xuanzhou can only match it with the fire attribute, which is mutually reinforcing and restraining.

The first element he chose was naturally the earth element. In the Five Elements, earth overcomes fire. It was precisely because of this principle of mutual restraint that he thought of using the earth element to hone the power of the Blazing Sun Technique.

However, this earth-attribute magical power requires extremely precise control; otherwise, before it can even have a tempering effect, it will become the most powerful and unusual magical force, not to mention how it can even serve its tempering purpose.

Chen Xuanzhou sat on the table, picking up each jade slip to examine it. He didn't need to read every single word; he just glanced at the characteristics of the techniques and could basically determine whether they were useful or not.

These are all basic cultivation techniques, unlike those that lead to the Nascent Soul or Divine Transformation stages, which have many twists and turns. Therefore, further selection will not take him too much time.

As the sun began to set, Chen Xuanzhou, carrying seven jade slips, approached Elder Mo, who was guarding the tower.

"Elder Mo, could you please make copies of these jade slips for me?"

Mo Lao naturally accepted the jade slip, and in a short while, he handed the copy to Chen Xuanzhou. After Chen Xuanzhou took it, he also put the original jade slips back in their original places.

Back at his residence, Chen Xuanzhou did not rush to use the incense to enhance his comprehension and comprehend the jade slips containing the cultivation techniques. Instead, he carefully studied each one.

They don't understand at all, yet they immediately use incense. Incense isn't that cheap.

Among the seven jade slips, he first took out a set of techniques called Rock-Solid Technique. This set of techniques was the one that emphasized the foundation the most among the seven.

The magical power he cultivated was also profound and steady, deeply understanding the earth element's virtue of bearing all things.

Having studied various spells over the years, Chen Xuanzhou has long had a deep understanding of the operation of various magical powers.

Without needing to cultivate, one can discern the meridian pathways through which various refined magical powers operate within this cultivation method. Although incomplete, it can still serve as a reference.

Having initially developed some feasible ideas in my mind, it took a long time of accumulation to get to this point.