Mortal: I have a Spirit Gathering Cauldron

The Sutra Repository is located on the east side of the main peak of Huangfeng Valley. It is a five-story wooden pavilion with upturned eaves and a simple and elegant style.

In front of the building stands a stone tablet with the three large characters "Zangjingge" (Scripture Repository) engraved on it. The calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, and it is said to be the handwriting of an ancient ancestor who reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Lin Feng landed on the green leaf magic artifact in front of the Sutra Repository, put away the artifact, straightened his clothes, and stepped up the steps.

Inside the door sat an old man in gray robes, his face gaunt and his body thin, looking as if a gust of wind could blow him over.

However, Lin Feng noticed that the old man's aura was deep and restrained, with a faint sense of oppressive pressure that made people's hearts tremble. He was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator who had been at this level for decades.

"Senior brother." Lin Feng clasped his hands in greeting and handed over his identity token. "Lin Feng, a newly promoted Foundation Establishment disciple, has come to choose his main cultivation technique."

The gray-robed elder took the token, glanced at him with cloudy, stagnant eyes, and then took out a jade token from his sleeve and handed it over as well.

"Go in. There are restrictions above the third floor, but you can wander around the first and second floors freely. Once you've chosen, register with me."

Lin Feng accepted the jade token, thanked him, and pushed open the door to enter.

The first floor of the Sutra Repository is spacious and bright, with antique shelves filled with jade slips and classic texts arranged by category. Cultivation techniques, spells, elixir recipes, weapon diagrams, array diagrams, miscellaneous knowledge... everything is available.

Several Qi Refining stage disciples were squatting in a corner looking through jade slips. When they saw Lin Feng enter and sensed the Foundation Establishment stage aura emanating from him, they quickly stood up and bowed.

Lin Feng waved his hand, ignoring them, and headed straight for the stairs.

There was a barrier between the second and third floors, a transparent spiritual light that stood like a wall at the top of the stairs. Lin Feng channeled his magic power into the jade tablet, and the tablet's spiritual light flickered slightly. It was as if something had torn a hole in the barrier, revealing the stairs behind it.

He took back the jade pendant and went up to the third floor.

The layout of the third floor is completely different from that of the first and second floors. There are no antique display shelves here, only rows of stone bookshelves, neatly arranged along the walls. Each bookshelf holds only a jade slip, with the name and brief description of the cultivation technique engraved below it.

The bookshelves were separated by barriers, and spiritual light flowed between them, protecting each jade slip perfectly.

Lin Feng stood at the top of the stairs, his gaze sweeping across the entire floor.

"The essence of Yellow Maple Valley lies here," he murmured.

He walked to the nearest bookshelf, pressed the jade tablet against the barrier, and the spiritual light dissipated, revealing the jade slip underneath.

"The Azure Origin Sword Manual is the sect's signature technique of the Ancient Profound Sword Sect. It requires a wood-elemental spiritual root to cultivate. It consists of six levels and can be cultivated up to the late Foundation Establishment stage. The sword techniques are fierce, combining offense and defense. When cultivated to a high level, it can form a sword formation with boundless power."

Lin Feng's lips twitched as he read the description.

The Azure Origin Sword Technique.

Han Li's signature cultivation technique is a top-tier technique he's cultivated from the mortal realm all the way to the spirit realm. If he had a wood elemental root, he would have chosen this one even if it meant death. Unfortunately, he doesn't; of the four elemental roots, he's missing wood. Fate played a cruel joke on him.

"Forget it, what's not mine can't be forced." Lin Feng shook his head, put down the jade slip, and walked to the next bookshelf.

The "Mysterious Ice Technique" requires either a water spirit root or a unique ice spirit root. When cultivated to a high level, it can condense ice into weapons, combining offense and defense.

The "True Scripture of Blazing Fire" requires a fire spirit root; when cultivated to a high level, it can summon true fire to incinerate all things.

The "Thick Earth Technique" requires an earth elemental root and boasts incredible defensive capabilities, but lacks offensive options.

The Golden Edge Technique requires a metal spiritual root. It is sharp and fierce, with extremely strong attack power, but relatively weak defense.

Lin Feng read through the books one by one, and the more he read, the more he felt something was wrong.

Most of these cultivation methods only have the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages, with virtually no Nascent Soul stages. Although his four spiritual roots are mixed, he still possesses all four elements of metal, water, earth, and fire, giving him a considerable number of cultivation methods to choose from. The problem is that these methods are all too mediocre.

They were either too offensive, too defensive, or too focused on quick results; none of them were top-tier techniques.

"No wonder Huangfeng Valley isn't ranked among the top seven sects," Lin Feng thought to himself. "If their cultivation techniques are weak, their foundation will be weak too. No wonder they're at the bottom of the seven sects."

He continued reading.

When Lin Feng reached the third row of bookshelves, he suddenly stopped.

On the bookshelf in front of him lay a dark blue jade slip. Inscribed at the bottom of the slip were three characters: "Golden Light Technique".

Lin Feng picked up the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.

"The Golden Light Technique is a metal-attribute cultivation method that requires a metal spiritual root to practice. It has nine levels and can be cultivated to the late stage of Core Formation. The metal-attribute magical power cultivated is sharp and fierce. After Core Formation, one can refine a natal magic weapon: the Primordial Magnetic Golden Light Token..."

Yuan Ci Jin Guang Ling.

Lin Feng's pupils contracted slightly.

Magnetic field.

These two words exploded in his mind, like lighting a fuse that strung together countless fragments of memory.

Chaotic Star Sea, Twin Saints of the Star Palace, Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.

The Star Palace Twin Saints cultivate the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, a divine power capable of suppressing all the five elements of magic in the world.

Why does the natal magic weapon of this "Golden Light Manual" contain the words "Primordial Magnetism"? Is it a coincidence, or is there a connection?

Unfortunately, he could only see the introduction to the technique and not the specific content, so Lin Feng had to put the book "Golden Light Technique" down for the time being and continue reading.

Fourth row, fifth row, sixth row...

Looking through the cultivation manuals, most were mediocre. A few were decent, but they all had various flaws. Some were slow to cultivate, some were weak in combat, and some only allowed cultivation up to the Foundation Establishment stage.

After walking through the last row of bookshelves, Lin Feng had already made up his mind.

He returned to the third row and took another jade slip from the bookshelf.

The Illusionary Spirit Technique.

This cultivation technique was one he had his eye on for a long time. The synopsis said it could be cultivated to the early Nascent Soul stage, with a cultivation speed that was above average and combat power that was above average, making it well-rounded in all aspects. Although it didn't have any particularly outstanding features, its strength lay in its comprehensiveness, without any major weaknesses.

Most importantly, it does not require a wood-attribute spiritual root and the ability to cultivate.

"Let's exchange for both the 'Illusionary Spirit Technique' and the 'Golden Light Technique'," Lin Feng said, holding the two jade slips in his hand. "I'm really curious about the 'Golden Light Technique'."

He took the two jade slips and walked down the stairs.

At the entrance on the first floor, the old man in gray was still dozing off.

Lin Feng placed the two jade slips on the table, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Senior brother, I've made my choice."

The old man in gray opened his eyes, glanced at the two jade slips on the table, and a strange light flashed in his cloudy eyes.

"The Illusionary Spirit Technique and the Golden Light Technique, two cultivation manuals?" The old man's voice was hoarse, like the sound of sandpaper rubbing together. "Are you sure?"

"Sure."

"The 'Illusionary Spirit Technique' is a free benefit for your Foundation Establishment stage. However, the 'Golden Light Technique' requires contribution points to exchange for." The old man took out a booklet from under the table, flipped through it, and said, "The 'Golden Light Technique' costs three thousand contribution points."

Lin Feng was prepared.

During his trip to the Crimson Forbidden Land, he handed over more than thirty century-old spiritual herbs, exchanged them for Foundation Establishment Pills, and received some contribution points, plus the Foundation Establishment contribution point reward. Adding to this the contribution points he had accumulated over the years, he had nearly three thousand contribution points in total. He could afford three thousand points.

"I'll change it." Lin Feng took out his identity token from his storage bag and handed it to the old man.

The old man took the token, crossed out three thousand points on it, and then returned the token to him.

"You can take away a copy of the 'Illusionary Spirit Technique,' and the same goes for the 'Golden Light Technique.'" The old man took out two jade slips from under the table and placed them next to the two original jade slips. "Make a heavenly oath that it shall not be passed on to outsiders."

Lin Feng nodded, immediately swore not to reveal the secret, and put the two rubbings of the jade slips into his storage bag.

"Thank you, senior brother."

The old man in gray waved his hand, closed his eyes, and continued to doze off.

Lin Feng walked out of the Sutra Repository and ascended into the air on the Green Leaf Magic Artifact.

The pressure of the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator was released once more, eliciting another gasp of amazement from the Qi Refining disciples below. But Lin Feng's mind was no longer on that.

He was thinking about the "Golden Light Technique".

I'll go back to the attic first and check out the rest of the "Golden Light Manual"; I'm really curious.