Chapter 402: Chapter 399: Comprehending the Cultivation Technique, Finally Achieving Success
In fact, the juvenile growth stage of many Spiritual Beasts is extrely prolonged, especially those with top-level bloodlines like Liu Wuxiang’s Black Water Mysterious Snake, Long Qian’s Jiao Dragon, and Ma Xingkong’s Heavenly Horse.
If they were to follow the normal growth speed of these Spiritual Beasts, for Liu Wuxiang and Ma Xingkong to ta such Lifebound Spiritual Beasts would purely be inviting trouble.
According to the growth speed of the genius disciples from major Sects, under normal circumstances, genius disciples usually succeed in Core Formation before they are sixty, and advance to the Purple Mansion Realm around the age of two or three hundred. If by the ti they beco Elders of the Inner Sect their Lifebound Spiritual Beasts are still in their juvenile stage with hardly any War Power, that would truly be a joke.
If they t even more talented Cultivators, like those like Gui Ling Ancestor who, at the end of the Ancient Great Tribulation, received the blessings of Qi Fortune from heaven and earth and made rapid progress in Cultivation, could reach the Dharma Image Realm within just a few decades. Based on the normal growth rate of Gui Ling Ancestor’s Lifebound Spiritual Turtle, when he reached the Dharma Image Realm, his Divine Turtle was perhaps still in the state of a Turtle Baby.
Without a thod to accelerate a Lifebound Spiritual Beast’s growth, the Dharma Form that Gui Ling Ancestor conjured might indeed be a toddler-sized Turtle Baby Dharma Image; to deploy it against an opponent would not only be questionable in terms of combat effectiveness but also rather embarrassing to put forth.
How utterly shaful, wouldn’t it be?
Luckily, the Beast Taming Sect possessed a secret technique that enables Spiritual Beasts to grow in tandem with Cultivators, accelerating their growth while the Cultivator also advanced, and the more resources provided, the faster the Spiritual Beast would grow.
Otherwise, Qin Long might also have the opportunity to experience the power of the Giant Dragon Baby Dharma Form in the future.
Of course, the accelerated growth of Spiritual Beasts inevitably ant they were not as strong as those that had grown naturally. However, because their essence matched well with that of the Cultivators, promoting mutual growth, they would not be significantly weaker.
Also, since Cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect tended to value the innate divine abilities of the Lifebound Spiritual Beasts more, they did not mind accelerating the growth rate of the Spiritual Beasts.
Qin Feng felt that with the cultivational resources he had left for his father, as well as the future benefits from the Red Copper Vein, they would be sufficient to support the rapid growth of his father’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast.
Even if Qin Long himself did not want to use too many resources, the Old Family Master would not agree.
Because the Old Family Master knew how powerful the potential of Qin Long’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast was—it was a Giant Dragon that could possess the strength of the Purple Mansion Realm once it matured!
In other words, just by nurturing Qin Long’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast into maturity, it could facilitate Qin Long’s understanding of the Law and easily enable him to advance to the Purple Mansion.
Such an inclusion of a cultivator from the Purple Mansion Realm into the family was deed worthy by Qin Guanbao, who would even honor Qin Long’s growth without himself Cultivating, especially since the family was now continually acquiring resources.
“Our Qin Family is now on the right track, guarding this vein of mine, and we simply won’t have to worry about resources for several hundred years; the only issue is that our foundation remains too weak,” sighed Qin Guanbao.
“Our family’s younger generation of Cultivators is too few, and most of them are diocre, making slow progress in Cultivation, with limited prospects for the future.
In my view, to improve our current situation, we need to birth more children.”
He saw Qin Feng staring intently at him and couldn’t help but blush, “Cough, I’m talking about encouraging the younger family mbers to have more children, not !”
“…”
Qin Feng’s mouth twitched, nearly bursting out laughing.
Where was the Old Family Head’s mind wandering—did I really expect him to go to such lengths himself?
Qin Guanbao, noticing the awkward expressions on father and son’s faces, imdiately realized his overreaction and tried to redy, “Many young mbers of our family are already married, and quite a few of their Daoist companions actually have better Talent than our family mbers. The children they produce have a higher chance of becoming Cultivators.
My suggestion is for these young people to take advantage now and have more children, especially since our family currently has ample resources to nurture them from a young age, which will certainly cultivate so promising talents in the future.”
“Exactly.”
Qin Long nodded and said, “There has been an increase in youngsters opening their Spiritual Acupoints over the past two years, and with Qin Yang and a few others who haven’t married yet, we could also help them select suitable ones soon, to get married and bring forth more descendants earlier.”
“That should still be up to their personal wishes.”
Qin Feng had a slightly different opinion, “If the talent of the clan mbers is average and their future potential seems limited, letting them marry early is fine, but for Qin Yang and other kin with decent abilities, we shouldn’t rush into finding them Daoist companions too early.
Especially Qin Yang—he has cultivated the ‘Void Shattering Technique’ and has established a strong foundation. As long as the resources can keep up, reaching the Golden Core Realm shouldn’t be a problem. It would be inappropriate to just find him any Daoist companion.”
“Fair enough.”
Qin Guanbao agreed, “That lad is indeed quite savvy, let’s hold off on his case for now, so he won’t be delayed in his Cultivation by family trivialities.”
Continuing, he turned the conversation to Qin Long, “Have you ever thought about finding another Daoist companion to accompany you, and incidentally contribute to the family’s cause?
Old Man thinks your seed isn’t bad, why not consider taking another Daoist companion to father a few children? We don’t ask for talents like Feng’er, but reaching half of Feng’er’s capacity would do!
Speaking of which, so families coming to congratulate us have ntioned, both openly and secretly, that if you are willing, they wouldn’t only send their daughters but would also accompany them with substantial dowries.
Among them, Anshan County’s Gao Family has shown the most sincerity. The Gao Family Master said that as long as you nod, he not only would marry off his daughter with the best talent, CuilLan, but also gift an exceptional Magical Treasure left by their ancestral Patriarch as part of the dowry.
I’ve seen that girl from the Gao Family—her appearance and figure are unquestionable. She has managed to cultivate to the Foundation Establishnt Realm at a young age, and her talent matches yours. Would you consider it?”
“How did this topic shift to ?”
Qin Long shook his head helplessly, “Having Feng as my child is enough for ; I really have no intention of finding another woman. Uncle Jiu, don’t bother yourself on my account.”
The Old Family Master sighed, “What, you still haven’t forgotten her?”
“Hmm?”
Qin Feng looked up instantly and faced his father, “Who? Does father still have an old fla?”
“Scram!”
Qin Long glared at him irritably and smacked his son on the head, “What old fla? Don’t speak rudely!”
“What is it then?”
Qin Feng asked curiously.
“It was a woman your dad t during his travels when he was young.”
The Old Family Master explained, “Your dad, when he was young, was quite handso too, much alike back in my days. Along with his hearty personality, he was quite popular among won. During his early travels, he t a woman but because our family was weak and our status far from her family’s, her family opposed it and they eventually had to part ways without a result.”
“What about now?”
Qin Feng asked, “Now that father has reached the Golden Core Realm and given enough resources, could raise his Lifebound Spiritual Beast. It won’t be many years before father can reach the Purple Mansion Realm. Shouldn’t it be possible by then?”
“Possible for what?”
Qin Long said with a cold face, scolding him, “Stop worrying about my affairs. Just focus on your cultivation. Why do you keep worrying about your old man’s marriage issues? Are you so eager to find yourself a stepmother?”
“No, I…”
“What ‘I’?”
Qin Long said irritably, “In the future, don’t ddle in these things. She’s already married. Do you want to break them up and act as a ho-wrecker?”
“Uh… forget I said anything.”
Qin Feng chuckled and quickly stood up, “Since there’s nothing else at ho, I’ll be leaving now.”
“Go on then.”
The Old Family Master sighed lightly, “Keeping you tied at ho isn’t good either. Go back to the sect for cultivation and strive to achieve the Purple Mansion Realm soon. That way, you’ll have more say in the Inner Sect.”
“Yes.”
Qin Feng bade farewell to the two elders and did not disturb the other family mbers, as most of the family was busy at the mines. The rest were often shuttling between Luofeng Cliff and the mines on Golden Mountain Goats, transporting refined Red Copper back to the family storage.
Feeling it unnecessary to disrupt the newly organized operations just for his departure, he directly mounted the giant dragon and flew off from Qifeng Mountain towards the sect.
…
“Second Senior Brother.”
Riding the White Dragon, Qin Feng slowly landed on an open area of Heavenly Snake Ridge and greeted Hao Shicheng up ahead.
“Little Junior Brother is back.”
Hao Shicheng’s face broke into a simple, honest smile.
The last ti Qin Feng had returned, he brought quite a few Otherworld Spiritual dicines. Although so were not suited to growing in the Biluo Great World, many had survived.
Considering the characteristics of those dicines, once they grew, they would indeed have many uses, so he was genuinely pleased to see Qin Feng return.
“Is Master still in seclusion?”
Qin Feng asked.
“Indeed.”
Hao Shicheng replied, “After Master survived the Heavenly Tribulation, he didn’t stay outside long and soon went to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave for closed-door cultivation. According to Master, once he finishes his seclusion, his cultivation realm is expected to rise further.”
Qin Feng nodded, not surprised by this.
Since Ning Wuxu had initially fused with a Demon Beast possessing Divine Status using the Druid Transformation Technique, now that he had achieved the Immortal Dao, not only had he progressed further in his own path, but he also gained deeper insights into the laws of that Demon Beast. This period indeed marked his fastest growth stage.
“Senior Brother has already left with the Sect’s team to the Red Fla Demon Realm.”
Hao Shicheng sighed lightly, “Master, even after he cos out of seclusion, will choose to establish his Cave Mansion in Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven instead of treating Heavenly Snake Ridge as a place of cultivation anymore; hence, our Heavenly Snake Ridge will beco even more desolate in the future.
I have been alone during this ti. Although I’ve been free from disturbances and enjoyed so peace, it’s also been a bit uncomfortable as ti passed. Fortunately, you have returned; otherwise, I wouldn’t even have soone to talk to.”
Qin Feng smiled and said, “If Second Senior Brother finds the mountain not lively enough, why not take in a few disciples? Won’t that make it lively?”
“I am still unsure of my own Dao path, how dare I mislead the younger generation!”
Hao Shicheng shook his head, “Haven’t you seen that even our Senior Brother, who is of a higher cultivation, has yet to take any disciples? I have not even broken through the bottleneck in the Purple Mansion Realm, so I definitely do not dare to recklessly accept disciples. Otherwise, it would be regrettable if I delayed soone else’s cultivation.
Besides, our lineage has always had few disciples, unlike the nurous disciples under other Elders of the Spiritual Snake lineage. We never focus on quantity. Often there is only a single transmission over several generations. It was only because Master was quite unique and wanted to validate so of his ideas that he ended up taking in a few disciples like us.”
“Ah.”
Qin Feng stretched out his hand and patted the head of the White Dragon, “So from now on, is Heavenly Snake Ridge our cultivation ground, just for us brothers?”
“Yes.”
“That’s wonderful.”
Qin Feng smiled, “Without elders to bind us, without so many fellow sect mbers to constrain us, can’t we just do whatever we want?”
“What do you want to do?”
Hao Shicheng looked at him curiously, “Surely you don’t want to tear down Heavenly Snake Ridge, do you?”
“Not to that extent.”
Qin Feng shook his head, “I just suddenly rembered that since I beca a true disciple, I haven’t had the Sect help build a cultivation cave mansion yet. Our Heavenly Snake Ridge has always had few people, and everyone pursued naturalness; the living places are extrely simple. Thus, none of the predecessors left behind a luxurious cave mansion.
Second Senior Brother, how about we ask the Internal Affairs Hall to undertake a major construction project on Heavenly Snake Ridge and build a grand palace for us to live in comfortably? This way, no one will say that Heavenly Snake Ridge is shabby.”
“Who dares to say our Heavenly Snake Ridge is shabby?”
Hao Shicheng laughed, “Look at all the spiritual wood on this mountain, look at that vast expanse of spirit bamboo, look at those spiritual dicines that have been growing for how many years. It can be said that within the entire Sect, only the Creation lineage has more spiritual objects in their practice area than our Heavenly Snake Ridge. Others don’t compare.
It seems to you just want an excuse to build yourself a luxurious cave mansion. That’s up to you. After all, Master won’t be coming here often in the future. If we have any issues, we can just go directly to Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven to consult.
As for your Second Senior Brother, my strength is nowhere near yours, the great expert who slew the Red Lotus Sword Master of Taiyi Mountain. So, do whatever you want as long as you don’t demolish Master’s courtyard.”
“Second Senior Brother jests.”
Qin Feng smiled and then asked, “Since Master has beco an immortal, he will surely vacate the position of the Supre Elder of the Spiritual Snake lineage. Has anyone been chosen to take over as the new Great Elder?”
“Not yet; there is no rush for that. Many elders are still fighting in the Red Fla Demon Realm, and only after they return will it be decided.
Other elders are not like our Master who could suppress everyone with his cultivation realm. Those uncles and martial granduncles of ours who have cultivated to the Dharma Image Realm need to compete extensively to beco the Great Elder of the Spiritual Snake lineage. We’ll have to wait until things in the Red Fla Demon Realm have fully stabilized before a decision is made.”
After chatting casually for a while, Qin Feng left, riding the White Dragon directly to the Internal Affairs Hall to file a request for them to help build a cave mansion, and also visited the cultivation area of the Creation lineage. After finding out that Qin Xi and Wen Qing’er had also left the mountain gate for another realm, he returned to Heavenly Snake Ridge.
The next day, soone from the Internal Affairs Hall arrived.
Upon seeing who it was, Qin Feng imdiately smiled; it was an old acquaintance.
“Elder Chao, I didn’t expect it to be you again helping build a cave mansion!”
“What’s so unexpected about that? The Internal Affairs Hall is in charge of all the Sect’s construction, and it’s only us three old folks. When I heard that you wanted to build a cave mansion, I volunteered to take on this task and snatched it from Old Xiao.”
Chao Jinque, with hands behind his back, took in the scenery of Heavenly Snake Ridge and said, “Besides the Creation lineage, it’s only your Heavenly Snake Ridge that has built the fewest cave mansions.
Since today you actually want a separate cave mansion, how about we renovate Heavenly Snake Ridge from top to bottom without your Master knowing, and build several large palaces?”
Qin Feng rolled his eyes, “You must have taken a fancy to our mountain full of spiritual objects, right? To renovate the entire Heavenly Snake Ridge, you’re even greedier than .”
“Anyway, you’d be wasting these things if you kept them. It’s better to let our Internal Affairs Hall make use of them.”
“Don’t even think about it. If Master finds out I agreed to let you clear out all the spiritual objects on Heavenly Snake Ridge, he would definitely punish .”
“If you don’t agree, then forget it.”
Seeing Qin Feng say this, Chao Jinque no longer tempted him, but instead asked, “What kind of palace do you want? Not to boast, but as long as you provide the resources, even a grand palace as imnse as the mountain gate hall can be built by in the shortest ti possible.”
“No, it takes up too much space, and as a true disciple of the sect, the sect should construct my cave mansion without charging any fees, right? So why does Martial Uncle still want to ask for sothing?”
Qin Feng looked at Chao Jinque with suspicion and then said, “I’ve already considered it; since it’s just living there, there’s really no need to build an overly luxurious and huge palace, nor is there a need to disturb the environnt on Heavenly Snake Ridge. Martial Uncle, just help build a normal-sized cave mansion.”
“There’s no problem with that, according to the rules of the sect, you indeed don’t need to provide any resources.”
Chao Jinque readily agreed, but then continued, “However, given your progress in cultivation, it might not be many years before you advance to the next level, and then you’ll have to co to again to rebuild. Wouldn’t that be troubleso?
Instead of that, why not just build a cave mansion that can accommodate your cultivation continuously?
You’ve seen my craftsmanship, Martial Uncle’s. What do you think, how about offering sothing nice so I can build you the top-level kind of cave mansion, where you won’t have to keep changing back and forth whether you reach the Purple Mansion Realm or the Dharma Image Realm in the future?”
Qin Feng was very tempted, “What do you want, Martial Uncle?”
“Hehe, simple, just double the benefits you gave last ti.”
“So much?”
Qin Feng felt a bit of a pinch, “Last ti you traveled tens of thousands of miles away from the sect to build a mansion for my family, and only charged that much. Why are you charging so much this ti without even having to travel far within the sect?”
“How could that be the sa?”
Chao Jinque said, “Your Qin Family is just a local small family, with only three dium Spirit Veins in total, and the mansion constructed is only for the ordinary cultivators of your Qin Family to cultivate in.
But where is this? This is Heavenly Snake Ridge!
And the cave mansion you want can allow cultivation up to the Dharma Image Realm without needing a change—it’s the top-level kind, so the price is naturally different.”
“Alright then.”
Qin Feng nodded helplessly, “I still have to trouble Martial Uncle to hurry it up a bit, I plan to go into seclusion soon to contemplate cultivation techniques.”
“Don’t worry, the sect’s treasury has ready-made materials, I’ll gather so people and bring them over. As long as we set up the formation base and channel the Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Vein, it will be completed very quickly.”
Seeing Qin Feng agree, Chao Jinque was overjoyed and imdiately began to draw up the design of the cave mansion according to the terrain and scenery chosen by Qin Feng. After settling all aspects, he imdiately summoned disciples to start construction. In just seven or eight days, a beautiful cave mansion was completed.
After visiting Qin Feng’s cave mansion, Hao Shicheng felt sowhat tempted, “Too bad I’m not a true disciple; I don’t have the qualifications to ask the sect to build such a beautiful cave mansion for , nor do I have so many resources to bribe Elder Chao, otherwise I would want such a cave mansion too.”
“If Martial Brother wants, I can speak on your behalf.”
“Forget it, I’ll just stay in my little yard.”
Hao Shicheng shook his head, “I’ve already gotten used to it, plus there are so many Spiritual dicines that need taking care of, and I don’t have the ti to spend in a cave mansion.”
After sending away his second senior brother, Qin Feng went directly to the Scripture Repository Hall, borrowed various cultivation techniques and scriptures he needed, and returned to his cave mansion to contemplate and refine his own cultivation techniques, perfecting his personal cultivation thod.
This seclusion was significantly longer than before.
Even though Qin Feng thought he had many ideas and a general direction for cultivation, the more techniques he borrowed and the more he learned, the more he realized that his previous thoughts were too vague and required too much detail.
Only now did he understand how difficult it was to contemplate cultivation techniques and open up a personal path of cultivation.
No wonder over 99% of cultivators simply stick to practicing established techniques; indeed, this path is challenging.
And among those nurous cultivators who choose to create their own techniques, over 99% unfortunately also end in failure.
Just like in the Beast Taming Sect, among the nurous technique inheritances, only a handful genuinely lead to the Immortal Dao, so of whom later achieved longevity as Supre Elders by practicing the predecessors’ created techniques.
Most of the remaining vast majority of technique inheritances were more or less still conceptual half-products, and the better ones that could be cultivated to the Purple Mansion Dharma Image Realm were considered very excellent techniques; still, many were just improving the Golden Core Realm cultivation thod.
However, what Qin Feng needed to reference was the wisdom crystallized by generations of the sect’s cultivators over tens of thousands of years; indeed, these incomplete techniques accumulated by the sect also constituted a substantial resource.
This legacy from predecessors allowed later cultivators who wanted to create their own techniques to reference so much, to see their ideas, to learn from the problems they summarized, and to avoid many detours.
Qin Feng, deeply imrsed in the contemplation of techniques in his own cave mansion, had lost track of ti and forgotten that only his second senior brother, Hao Shicheng, was left alone on Heavenly Snake Ridge tending to those exotic plants and flowers.
He recorded countless creative thoughts, carefully tried cultivating the techniques he comprehended ti after ti, and imdiately stopped whenever sothing wrong erged to prevent mishaps and damage to his ridians.
Over and over, engaging in this contemplation and cultivation, he did not feel bored but rather found pleasure in it, each day sinking his spirit deeply into his fantastic ideas, imrsed in the endless knowledge of the Longevity Dao.
Until one day, his technique ran smoothly, and countless streams of Spiritual Energy continuously flowed into his body with the operation of the technique. Suddenly, a great joy surged through his clear heart, awakening him.
He realized that he had initially comprehended his cultivation technique, which had now been thoroughly perfected up to the Golden Core Realm, and before reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, he no longer needed to worry about cultivation issues.
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