I proved immortality with thunder magic.

The next day, after her morning lessons, Wang Fengying kept her promise and took Zhou Tai to the library.

With her, the managing disciple of Young Eagle Peak, personally vouching for him, Zhou Tai, a newly initiated handyman disciple, naturally gained easy access to the library.

The library on Spirit Beast Mountain is extremely large, and it is divided into an inner library and an outer library.

Only inner disciples and above can enter the inner pavilion, while outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples can enter the outer pavilion.

However, outer disciples can enter the library for free, while menial disciples like Zhou Tai only have three free entry opportunities per year. Beyond that, they will have to pay spirit stones or sect contribution points.

Zhou Tai is here to select a cultivation method, which does not count towards the three free opportunities.

Wang Fengying went all the way, personally leading him straight to the bookshelf that contained cultivation techniques for different spiritual roots, saving him a lot of time searching.

"Junior Brother Zhou has a rare lightning spiritual root aptitude. There aren't many basic cultivation techniques in the sect suitable for you to begin your cultivation journey. They should all be on this bookshelf. Take a look and see which one you want to choose."

After saying this, Wang Fengying went to rest in the reading area next door.

Zhou Tai knew that the other party was avoiding suspicion, after all, cultivating techniques is a private matter for cultivators.

He looked at the cultivation manuals on the bookshelf and immediately began to select one.

Although it was said to be a selection of cultivation methods, Zhou Tai didn't actually have many choices.

This bookshelf, which collects cultivation techniques for different spiritual roots, contains less than twenty techniques in total, with only three of them being techniques for the lightning spiritual root.

These three cultivation methods are respectively named "Xiao Lei Yuan Gong", "Zhen Lei Jue", and "Lei Yuan Jing", each with its own characteristics.

After a quick glance, Zhou Tai had a general understanding of the three cultivation methods.

According to his understanding, the Lesser Thunder Yuan Gong is the easiest and most stable to cultivate, and its characteristic is safety and stability.

The magic power cultivated by the Thunderclap Technique has a strong paralyzing effect. With this, one can also cast a unique lightning-attribute spell. Its characteristic is its great power, but its disadvantage is that it is difficult to cultivate and requires frequent practice in places struck by lightning.

The distinctive feature of the Thunder Origin Scripture is its profound magical power. After cultivation, one's magical power is one or two times more abundant than that of other cultivators of the same level, and the speed of magical power recovery is also faster than other cultivation methods. However, this also means that it takes longer to break through to the next realm.

Having understood all of this, Zhou Tai no longer needed to hesitate about which cultivation method to choose.

Without hesitation, he reached out and picked up the book "Little Thunder Yuan Technique," then carried it to the librarian in the outer section of the library.

According to the sect's rules, he could first copy the Qi Refining Stage 1 cultivation route of the "Minor Thunder Yuan Gong" and take it back to slowly study and practice it.

Later, when he cultivates to the second level of Qi Refining, he can copy and reproduce the second level, all the way up to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, aside from the first free copying, subsequent copies will require sect contribution points or spirit stones.

Zhou Tai approached the manager and explained his purpose. The Foundation Establishment master uncle who managed the outer library of the library only glanced at him before instructing a handyman disciple working there to help him copy the cultivation technique.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the first level of the cultivation method had been copied.

"Junior Brother Zhou, the cultivation technique you requested has been copied down. You can compare it with the text yourself. Once it leaves the library, I will not be responsible for it anymore."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai immediately thanked him and carefully compared the copied portion with the original cultivation method.

He carefully compared the two parts twice to make sure there were no mistakes, then nodded and said, "The comparison is correct. Thank you, senior brother."

After he put the original cultivation technique back on the bookshelf, Wang Fengying, who had been waiting for him in the reading area, immediately got up and urged him, "Since Junior Brother Zhou has already chosen the cultivation technique, let's go back first. I can't stay away from Young Eagle Peak for long now."

Zhou Tai had just chosen his cultivation method and wanted to go back and start practicing quickly. Upon hearing this, he immediately replied, "Junior brother obeys. Thank you for keeping Senior Sister Wang waiting."

The two immediately left the library and returned directly to Young Eagle Peak.

After returning to the mountain, Zhou Tai immediately shut himself in to study the first level of the "Little Thunder Yuan Gong" cultivation method.

Ever since he learned about cultivators, he had always longed for the path of immortality and vowed to become one of them.

Therefore, before entering the Spirit Beast Mountain, he spent most of his time reading, in addition to earning money.

He reads all kinds of books, whether they are medical books, Taoist scriptures, or all kinds of strange tales, he doesn't let go of anything that might be related to cultivating immortality.

This is when the benefits of his extensive reading became apparent.

As a foundational cultivation technique for cultivators, and since most cultivators begin their practice at the age of seven or eight, the cultivation path and formulas of "Xiao Lei Yuan Gong" are not difficult to understand and master. Zhou Tai understood its essence in just half a day.

Having grasped the essence, he began his first meditation practice without hesitation.

According to the ancient texts Zhou Tai had read before, cultivators who are new to cultivation generally find it difficult to enter a meditative state and sense the spiritual energy of the outside world.

Children, especially, are impatient and lack the patience to remain in a meditative state for long periods of time. They often need supervision and guidance from elders to successfully enter a meditative state.

But Zhou Tai was different. Before he went up the mountain, one of his essential daily activities was meditation, sitting alone in a dark and silent room for an hour.

Therefore, entering a meditative state was as simple and easy for him as eating and drinking.

As soon as he sat down to meditate, he quickly entered a deep state of concentration according to the key points of the cultivation technique, and soon felt the legendary spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the state of concentration.

Young Eagle Peak is located within the gate of Spirit Beast Mountain. Although it is far from the main peak, which has a fourth-order spiritual vein, its spiritual energy concentration is comparable to that of a second-order spiritual vein.

These spiritual energies of heaven and earth, invisible from ordinary perspectives, become as clearly visible as dancing dandelions in a meditative state, displaying a vibrant array of colors that are truly captivating.

Zhou Tai carefully memorized the incantation of the technique, visualized the arising and ceasing of lightning in his mind, and his breathing frequency changed with the arising and ceasing of lightning in his mind.

At first, it was difficult to match the breathing rate with the changes in the lightning in his mind, so he was unable to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body for refining.

But with his persistent attempts, the two frequencies finally began to match.

Once the frequencies matched, it was as if a combination lock had been unlocked. The lightning spiritual root within his body immediately released a powerful attraction to the lightning-attribute spiritual energy in the outside world, drawing those dandelion-like spiritual energies to swarm towards him.

The tingling sensation spread from his mouth and nose to his internal organs, reaching his dantian and extending to his limbs and bones. Zhou Tai almost broke out of his meditative state because of it.

Fortunately, he knew what he was doing. The scene he was visualizing changed into a deep, dark pool of thunder, and his breathing became faint, almost imperceptible.

At this moment, he no longer needed to attract more spiritual energy from heaven and earth into his body. Instead, he needed to refine the lightning-attribute spiritual energy that had entered his body and transform it into his first strand of magical power.

Once he possesses true magical power, refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will become much easier.

After an unknown amount of time, the first wisp of magical power was naturally born within Zhou Tai's body.

It was so faint that it was almost imperceptible, yet its presence was undeniably felt.

Zhou Tai tried to guide it throughout his body according to the key points of the exercise, and soon felt a faint warm current flowing through his meridians.

It worked!

Overjoyed, he could no longer remain calm and burst out laughing.

After laughing several times, he finally stopped and murmured with bright eyes, "According to the records, once you cultivate the first wisp of magical power, you can already be considered a first-level Qi Refining cultivator. The subsequent cultivation is just about continuing to increase the amount of magical power!"

"On my first attempt at cultivation, I was able to successfully enter a meditative state and cultivate magical power, which is an extremely rare example even in the scriptures. As long as I diligently practice and seek out opportunities in the future, who's to say that I can't achieve Foundation Establishment!"

Having lived two lives, and in this one even more so, having grown from a beggar to a tycoon, Zhou Tai has accumulated immense self-confidence.

His confidence grew even stronger after he learned that he possessed the exceptional talent of having a lightning spiritual root.

Therefore, even though others did not have high hopes for him, he never gave up and believed that he could successfully break through other people's perceptions.

To paraphrase his own words of encouragement, if even being reborn has happened to him, what else is impossible?

As long as you persevere and work hard, miracles will eventually happen!

However, confidence is not the same as arrogance. Zhou Tai's confidence was always kept to himself and he would not easily show it to others.

He did not reveal to anyone that he had successfully entered the Dao on his first attempt. Instead, he secluded himself for three days of practice before venturing out of his residence.

At this time, his magical power was still extremely weak, and it was difficult for others to detect.

But even if someone did discover it, cultivating a wisp of magic power in three days is not uncommon given his lightning spiritual root aptitude.

For the next few months, Zhou Tai would cultivate until he was completely exhausted every day, immersing himself in cultivation.

Three months later, the wisp of magic power in his body had become twelve wisps, each of which was several times stronger than the first one.

According to the cultivation method, as long as he can accumulate 81 strands of mana in his body, he can break through to the second level of the Qi Refining stage.

In other words, if everything goes smoothly, he will be able to reach the second level of Qi Refining in less than two years.

However, Zhou Tai knew that things would definitely not go so smoothly.

After all, with half a year of study gone, these menial disciples will soon be assigned to various organizations in the mountains to do their work. At that time, they will be burdened with miscellaneous tasks and will hardly have much time and energy to concentrate on cultivation, so their cultivation speed will naturally decrease.

Moreover, the difficulty of cultivation increases significantly with each step. The difficulty of going from the second to the third level of Qi Refining is definitely much greater than that of going from the first to the second level.

It's too early for him to be happy.

On this day, with only two days left until the six-month period was over, Wang Fengying suddenly ordered someone to summon Zhou Tai to her residence.

When Zhou Tai arrived at the place, he found that in addition to Wang Fengying, there was also a rather beautiful woman in green in the room.

His eyes flickered slightly, not daring to look at the woman in green for long, and he directly bowed to Wang Fengying and said, "Greetings, Senior Sister Wang. May I ask what brings you here, Senior Sister?"

Wang Fengying waved her hand, indicating that he didn't need to be so polite, and then said with a smile, "Junior Brother Zhou, your cultivation has improved greatly these past few months. As expected of someone with a lightning-attribute unique spiritual root, you are indeed far superior to us with four spiritual roots!"

Hearing her words, Zhou Tai couldn't help but smile bitterly and wave his hands repeatedly, saying, "Senior Sister Wang, please don't joke with me. My lightning spiritual root, which I only started cultivating at the age of thirty-seven, even with the best aptitude, will hardly have any chance of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in the future. It can be said that I have completely disgraced cultivators with different spiritual roots!"

After he finished speaking, his face was full of melancholy.

Wang Fengying carefully examined his expression, but she couldn't find any flaws.

However, she had already anticipated this situation, and Zhou Tai's answer was within her expectations.

He immediately began to comfort him as planned: "In terms of cultivation age, Junior Brother Zhou is indeed quite late. However, the talent of the Thunder Spirit Root is rare after all. Even if he really cannot establish his foundation in the future, his combat ability alone will far surpass that of us Five Elements Spirit Root cultivators. Junior Brother Zhou does not need to feel inferior."

"Besides, who says you can't establish your foundation if you start cultivating late? There are rare examples in the cultivation world of people over sixty who have successfully established their foundation, but they're not entirely nonexistent. If Junior Brother Zhou can get some good fortune, with your aptitude, you're not entirely without a chance in the future!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Tai's expression changed drastically. He looked at her excitedly and asked repeatedly, "Really? Senior Sister Wang, are you sure what you're saying? Is it really possible for someone over sixty to successfully establish their foundation?"

Wang Fengying was very satisfied with his reaction. Upon hearing this, she immediately smiled and said, "Of course it's true. Not to mention other sects in Heng Kingdom, even in our Spirit Beast Mountain, more than two hundred years ago, a senior successfully established his foundation at the age of sixty-four, and later even cultivated to the late stage of foundation establishment!"

Upon hearing her words, Zhou Tai's excitement subsided somewhat, and he couldn't help but frown and ask, "Sixty-four years old doesn't seem that old. Are there any examples of people who have succeeded at an even older age?"

This reaction was somewhat unexpected for Wang Fengying. She remained silent for a moment before forcing a smile and saying, "Of course there are examples in the cultivation world of people successfully establishing their foundation at the age of one hundred, but those examples all relied on the support of high-level cultivators. Junior Brother Zhou, don't overthink it!"

Before Zhou Tai could respond, she immediately continued, "Besides, with Junior Brother Zhou's talent, if he could get help from a benefactor now, it wouldn't be impossible for him to reach the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage by the age of sixty!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai's eyes flashed, and he looked thoughtfully at Wang Fengying, then at the woman in green.

He then gave Wang Fengying a wry smile and said, "Senior Sister Wang makes it sound so easy. I also wish I had a benefactor to help me, but I come from a humble background. I even have to offer treasures to get a chance to take the spiritual root test before entering the sect. Where am I supposed to find a benefactor?"

Upon hearing his words, Wang Fengying looked at him meaningfully and said, "Junior Brother Zhou was able to rise from a beggar to a wealthy man with immense riches in the mortal world, which shows he is an extremely intelligent person. Let's be frank and not beat around the bush!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai's expression changed. He immediately composed himself and looked at Wang Fengying with a solemn expression.

Seeing this, Wang Fengying was not surprised but delighted and said with a smile: "That's right, Junior Brother Zhou, there's no need for you and me to pretend. It's best if we speak frankly and openly."

Facing Wang Fengying's radiant smile, Zhou Tai remained solemn. After a moment's thought, he asked in a deep voice, "Then I must ask Senior Sister Wang, what exactly do you mean by 'support from a benefactor'? What price do I need to pay?"