Ten minutes soon passed by.
The diligent Xia Ai promptly delivered the cultivated thod that had been sorted out for Li Jing.
Less common are the practises that heavily rely on a single type of elental spirit energy.
After all, apart from specific Earth Realms, the elental spirit energy that naturally floats between heaven and earth usually exists in a perfectly balanced state.
This is the balance of nature.
Elental imbalances often occur during special astronomical phenonon or distinct seasons.
For instance, during a rainy day.
Water and wind elental spirit energies tend to be more abundant and active.
And in case of a thunderstorm day.
In addition to water and wind elents, the thunder elent also becos plentiful.
Similarly, during the sumr solstice, the fire elent tends to be more abundant.
The hotter the weather, the more ample the fire elent naturally dispersed between heaven and earth.
Of course.
In so places where the sumr is not hot or even considered cold, there is no such thing as an abundance of fire elents even during the peak of sumr.
In such places, water elents and its variant ice elents usually remain extraordinarily abundant year round.
As an aside.
Among all major elental spirit energies, earth, tal and their relevant elental variants are less impacted by astronomical events, seasons and weather.
Earth elents tend to be abundant only in desert areas.
In order for tal elents to beco abundant, one usually needs to be in an Earth Realm with a large ore vein.
Put simply, the existence of elental spirit energy is closely related to various factors such as natural phenona, seasonal changes, local weather conditions and environntal conditions.
If a corresponding thod of cultivation is overly dependent on a particular type of elental spirit energy, failure to satisfy certain conditions may result in slow progress in cultivation.
As such, most cultivation thods are generally not "picky", they absorb whatever is available.
Essentially, no matter what type of elental spirit energy, they are all spirit energy.
In the process of Inhalation and Refinent of Qi, once absorbed into the human body, they will automatically transform into unattributed spirit energy.
There is a phenonon known as Elental Affinity in the human body.
However, regardless of whichever path to cultivation one follows, the human body is incapable of accommodating elental spirit energy.
Not only humans, but also monsters and other alien species cannot directly utilize elental spirit energy.
From a certain perspective.
Inhalation and Refinent of Qi in essence is a process of absorption and transformation.
When casting magic or utilizing a talent ability, only then will the spirit energy within a person, monster or alien species transform into a different form.
The Forbidden Skill System is an exception.
Forbidden skills do not change the form of spirit energy, but rather, are realized by stimulating the world around with the spirit energy within one’s body, thereby attracting resonance from the spirit energy dispersed in the world.
The reason why forbidden techniques are terrifying in their formidable power is because they essentially do not rely on the power of the practitioner but borrow power from the whole world instead.
It should be noted that.
Inhalation and Refinent of Qi is exclusively characteristic of the Orthodox Immortality Path and its branches.
Although the Western Magic System, Faith System, and related branch systems all acquire power through spirit energy, they fundantally differ greatly.
The cultivation thod that Li Jing required, which had a dependency on the thunder elent, was only selected and studied by those with specific physical conditions who had a demand for it.
Among a diverse array of elental spirit energies, the thunder elent itself is a particularly special and rare variant of elental spirit energy.
No matter the season, or the Earth Realm.
Under normal weather conditions, thunder elent spirit energy always stays at a relatively low level.
It only becos dense when a thunderstorm strikes.
Its increase in density has relatively stringent requirents.
There are many theories about the rise in the density of thunder elental spirit energy.
The most practical one is that it occurs due to the combined effects of water vapor, hot climate and wind power in natural science, involving the three major elents of water, wind, and fire.
The stringent requirents lead to a smaller demand.
As the demand decreases, naturally, the variety of cultivation thods also decreases.
Nevertheless, even so, the cultivation practices sorted out by Xia Ai still amount to thousands.
After all, Immortal Learning did not co into existence only after the founding of Longyu.
No one can clearly define when it actually appeared.
According to verifiable historical records, its ergence dates back at least five thousand years.
Although many cultivation thods have been lost over ti due to changes in eras, there are still a considerable number that have been passed down.
Furthermore, after the rapid developnt upon the founding of Longyu and the ergence of sciences closely related to Immortal Learning, the quantity of relatively less mainstream thods of cultivation isn’t lacking at all.
Looking at the densely packed text and astounding number of pages on his phone screen, Li Jing quickly skimd through the pages.
The basic cultivation thods.
He had ideas, and was also prepared to officially dive in.
But before that.
He needed to confirm whether he could take a shortcut in gaining so unique ability, just like when he learned magic techniques.
Unfortunately, however.
He flipped through nearly a hundred or so cultivation thods, yet there wasn’t any response on the status bar of the panel, no prompts popped up either.
Quietly giving up his get-rich-quick ntality, Li Jing returned to the beginning of the docunt page and started flipping through again earnestly.
Being able to sense spirit energy is only the foundation of rudintary cultivation thods.
The key is to choose one that suits oneself.
Everyone’s Qi sense varies in strength, and individual talents are also different.
So more subtle cultivation thods are not sothing just anyone can wield.
Weak Qi sense, poor talents.
All one can choose are the more common, standard cultivation thods.
A suitable cultivation thod can significantly impact the cultivator themselves.
Standard cultivation thods are not within Li Jing’s consideration.
The cultivation thod with a high dependency on thunder elental spirit energy is already considered special.
The related cultivation thods in front of him amount to thousands.
If it’s impossible to take a shortcut, then his only choice is to carefully select one himself.
Xia Ai was very considerate.
The sorted-out cultivation thods are neatly arranged according to their characteristics.
Behind each thod of cultivation, from low to high, is a note on its degree of dependency on thunder elental spirit energy.
In addition to this, she also collected personal experiences from pioneers who had previously chosen the related cultivation thods.
After a thorough look, Li Jing directly chose to flip towards the end of the docunt.
The cultivation thods ranked at the beginning in the docunt do indeed have a high dependency on thunder elental spirit energy, but they’re not picky about other elental spirit energies; they rely act faster when absorbing thunder elental spirit energy.
Li Jing’s current condition is.
He can only sense thunder elental spirit energy.
What the future holds, he doesn’t know.
But for now, he feels that it’s more reliable to pick a cultivation thod that is highly dependent on thunder elental spirit energy, and to the point where it can’t coexist with other elental spirit energies.
The more unique and unconventional the cultivation thod, the better.
It often proves more useful under specific conditions.
The existence of distinct things, most of the ti, is justified.
Of course.
There are also instances where they can trick people.
Files containing cultivation thods that are extrely unpopular were sent by Xia Ai.
However, most of these cultivation thods et Li Jing’s unique needs.
At first glance.
Most cultivation thods can only absorb and emit the energy of the Thunder Elent, and a small portion could barely absorb one or two other elents.
These cultivation thods share a common characteristic.
That is, during a thunderstorm, they have an extrely high efficiency of in-and-out flow that cultivators must be cautious of their conditions.
Being able to absorb a lot of spiritual Qi is not necessarily a good thing.
Specifically, it depends on how much you can transform.
If the transformation efficiency can’t keep up, the consequences can be grievous.
If too much Thunder Elent is absorbed and cannot be transford promptly, an excessive accumulation of elental spiritual Qi may cause damage to internal organs.
Worse still, a thunderstorm may occur within the body, blotting out everything inside and out.
In this regard, Li Jing has no worries.
Considering his physical strength, even if a thunderstorm should occur within his body, he won’t feel a thing.
Without guidance, the elental spiritual Qi would rely cause so basic phenona to occur.
Unless these phenona reach the level of the Eighth Realm or forbidden skill, they won’t harm him in the slightest.
The problem at the mont is, which one should he choose?
Having browsed through to the very last cultivation thod at the end of the file, Li Jing found himself struggling to make a choice.
At first glance, these cultivation thods all seem rather exotic.
Among them, so interesting ones allow control over Thunder Fire upon starting.
The ability to control Thunder Fire can be very convenient when refining artifacts and eliminates the need to learn the unique "Fire Control" skill in the Artifact Refinent Skill.
Another thod deepens the understanding of Thunder Elent spiritual Qi once started.
After successful initiation, one would learn Thunder Skills faster than others, and therefore be more effective when producing talisman related to Thunder Skills.
They all seem rather appealing at first glance.
However, these thods are not what Li Jing needs.
Although the comprehensive Thunder Skill no longer exists, its function remains intact.
Li Jing can manipulate the Five Thunder elents according to his needs.
In front of the all-consuming Fire Thunder, the Thunder fire induced by the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi can’t even be considered a sibling.
As for learning Thunder Skill, he’s got the unfair advantage.
Regarding the talisman creation.
With his cultivation level at Seventh Realm, there will not be any difficulty as long as he learns it.
The higher the realm.
The higher their understanding of things in the world, and hence the faster they pick up new things.
When not involved in the relevant aspect, the advantage won’t be apparent.
However, once involved, enlightennt would naturally co to mind as long as it’s not a realm that is temporarily inaccessible.
After much consideration, Li Jing eventually chose the very last cultivation thod at the end of the page.
This thod is called Thousand Thunder Attraction.
The main reason for choosing Thousand Thunder Attraction is because it’s special enough.
This thod involves invoking continuous thunder strikes during thunderstorms, forcibly absorbing the energy from these strikes and transforming it into the most basic Thunder Elent spiritual Qi for absorption and transformation.
Talking about the highest efficiency in cultivation.
It stands out among the thousands of cultivation thods sorted out by Xia Ai.
Of course, there are also obvious drawbacks.
This thod is not suitable as the basic cultivation thod for those venturing into cultivation. It can only be adopted after obtaining certain cultivation level and self-protection ability, otherwise, they could do nothing but watch during thunderstorms.
A thunder strike in a natural phenonon, no matter how ordinary, could easily send a Second Realm cultivator to heaven.
Those in the Third Realm could barely survive it.
However, if they are constantly hit by thunder strikes during cultivation, those in the Third Realm would not be able to withstand it.
When you’re seriously cultivating, you can’t really split your focus to operate a Defense Law against thunder strikes.
The most important thing about cultivation is concentration.
Being distracted is not advisable.
Moreover, if you really use Defense Law to resist thunder strikes, there is a question of whether the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi contained in the thunder strikes can be successfully absorbed by you.
Once it hits the Defense Law, the power of the thunder strike dissipates...
Bearing thunder strikes is not a problem for Li Jing.
What attracts him is its peerless efficiency among related cultivation thods.
Thunderstorms are hard to co by.
However, natural phenonon is not a problem for Li Jing now.
With the rule of Thunder Punishnt in effect.
As long as he carefully perceives the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi, the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi naturally fluctuating in the world will show him signs of affinity and gradually gather around him.
If it accumulates to a certain degree, it will induce a thunderstorm climate.
Previously in Yun Cheng, Fu Yao had stopped him because of this and asked him not to gather more Thunder Elent spiritual Qi.
Having made a decision, Li Jing carefully reviewed the cultivation thod’s formula, exercise route, and precautions.
After going through the important points, Li Jing cross-leggedly sat on the sofa.
In the beginning, to embark on the journey of cultivation, he had done quite a bit of howork.
He understands how to practice.
The fundantal problem was that he didn’t possess Qi sense at that ti.
Now, with the cultivation level of the Seventh Realm.
Under the support of the cognition brought by the realm, he had already understood just by simply reading the formula and exercise route.
What he wants to verify at this mont is.
Whether he could successfully absorb the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi for his own use.
Sitting cross-legged, Li Jing cald his mind.
The naturally fluctuating Thunder Elent spiritual Qi in the world started to gather around him due to this.
Having sensed this, he tried as hard as possible not to feel the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi to avoid attracting too much elental spiritual Qi.
The cultivation thod starts operating.
The original spiritual power flow route inside Li Jing subtly changed, turning into the exercise route of Thousand Thunder Attraction and stabilized.
This signifies his successful initiation.
Following that, he smoothly absorbed the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi through in-and-out flow.
No.
To be precise.
It wasn’t him absorbing the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi through in-and-out flow, but the Thunder Elent spiritual Qi going into his body on its own because he was doing in-and-out flow.
At least to Li Jing’s senses.
He did not feel as though he was absorbing anything.
The Thunder Elent Spirit Qi inside his body was easily converted into attribute-less Spirit Qi, which was then absorbed by the denser and much higher quality spiritual power within him.
The conversion process was very efficient.
Li Jing could clearly feel it.
If there was ever a situation where he used too much spiritual power, he could try to recover it quickly through this thod.
Although he had three Origins, there was almost an inexhaustible amount of spiritual power in his body.
His natural recovery speed was very fast, as long as he took a breath, his spiritual power would recover rapidly.
But in a pinch, this could be another way to recover.
This could be considered a pleasant surprise.
With this understanding, Li Jing opened his eyes and stopped the exercise.
He had successfully started on the practice path.
However, there were also significant problems.
In the short ti of his practice, he had absorbed a considerable amount of Thunder Elent Spirit Qi.
This Thunder Elent Spirit Qi was willingly "delivered" to him, with high efficiency indeed.
But the converted Spirit Qi had too low quality and could not augnt his spiritual power after being absorbed.
If he wished to enhance his cultivation level this way, it would require great effort.
Like the thod of recovery he just ntioned, he would need to fully imrse himself in it.
This posed a fatal problem.
If he were to sink his mind fully into the practice, who knows how much Thunder Elent Spirit Qi he would attract.
This was simply unfeasible.
After all, the Thunder Elent Spirit Qi he could absorb directly was relatively rare. The majority was gathered around him, "queuing up" and waiting, and the accumulating Thunder Elent Spirit Qi would trigger changes in natural phenona.
If he further studies the Thousand Thunder Attraction and masters this cultivation thod, the situation might improve.
But at this beginner stage.
To cultivate using the Thousand Thunder Attraction, he would need to go to an uninhabited area.
Otherwise, wherever he goes, a thunderstorm would ensue.
Due to the characteristic of Thousand Thunder Attraction which directly absorbs lightning strikes, he couldn’t practice it secretly either.
If people see a thunderstorm appearing and lightning strikes continuously hitting him, those who don’t know might even think it’s a "Cultivator passing through a calamity".
Those who do know would surely bla him.
Taking a light breath, Li Jing gave up the idea of enhancing his cultivation level through this thod.
He didn’t have much aspiration for this in the first place.
Now that he’s taken the first step in the cultivation thod, he should start thinking about trying out Immortal Learning related to crafting.
Immortal crafting is an absolute goldmine.
But it also involves high-stakes gambling.
Previously, Li Jing had considered trying to beco wealthy through this thod.
Now that he’s not short of money, he’s thinking more about how to invest his assets more effectively.
Spirit Crystals are valuable, yet they are just a form of monetary substitute.
What he needs are things that can be exchanged for his own needs.
He simply can’t get these things through patrol work.
The items exchanged for rits in the work of the Managent Bureau are largely equivalent in value, but you can’t exchange them for top-notch items.
Speaking of rits.
He currently has more than five million rits in his account with nowhere to spend, shouldn’t he make good use of them?
Exchanging things and then selling them off is definitely not worth it.
The items exchanged at the Managent Bureau are all "commodities" at market price.
Take those to the market and sell, they can make a small profit.
Turn those into "products" related to Immortal Crafting is the real way to make a profit.
Should he start with an Artifact Refinent Skill?
After pondering for a mont, Li Jing picked up his phone and sent a ssage to Xiao Ai.
"Xiao Ai, search through the whole network, find the Artifact Refinent Skill that has the best reputation and is related to the Thunder Elent Spirit Qi."
"Received."
Xiao Ai replied.
Within two seconds, she sent over a comprehensive list of crafting thods.
thods related to Immortal Crafting.
Both this and Artifact Refinent Skill are completely free.
No matter which nation it is, all encourage citizens to venture into crafting related fields for profit.
Those who want to set foot in this field need to consider talent as well as family circumstances.
Among these factors, talent is secondary.
As long as their cultivation level is high enough and their understanding of the world deep enough, mastering the thods of Immortal Craft making won’t be particularly difficult.
The challenge is whether or not your fortune can withstand the costs of crafting...
Low level cultivators, unless they are the rare wealthy, cannot enter this field.
High level cultivators generally have a substantial amount of wealth.
But it’s highly unlikely that they would refine a few low-level spirit weapons simply for fun...
What can you do with such a small amount of money?
In Li Jing’s case.
If he wanted to make that little money, he might as well think about slaying a few more monsters.
Therefore, in the field of Immortal Crafting, there has long been a vicious cycle.
Those with high cultivation levels are reluctant to invest in the crafting field.
On the one hand, the price they could earn is not enough to excite them, and on the other hand, they are already in the Sixth or Seventh Realm, and they don’t lack the small amount of money. It’s better to put more effort into cultivation and strive for further progress.
Another point is that.
If they start learning late, they would need to spend a lot of ti and energy practicing crafting thods and integrating their knowledge.
The relevant industry.
Depends on luck, but also personal techniques and proficiency.
This directly leads to only those who have been involved in crafting related fields from the beginning of their cultivation choosing this path. Most of the people proficient in crafting have generally low cultivation levels.
For example, the alchemy master, Mo Qi, who has a mysterious connection with Li Jing.
Even if he is not the North Star of the alchemy field, he is considered top-tier.
However, his cultivation level only reaches the Four Realm.
In the final analysis.
It’s because Mo Qi has spent too much ti in the field of alchemy, leaving him no ti for cultivation.
For this aspect, Li Jing does not need to worry.
Simply because he doesn’t cultivate.
He has plenty of ti.
Once he learns the techniques, he can delve into them at his leisure.
Now, he also has sufficient wealth to casually craft.
Unlike the cultivation thods related to Thunder Elent Spirit Qi, which, although they are not popular, still number in the thousands, the number of feasible Artifact Refinent Skills on the market is much less.
So, Xiaozai easily found the Artifact Refinent Skill that Li Jing requested.
While Li Jing was about to study the Artifact Refinent Skill sent by Xiaozai, a panel popped up in his sight.
"Active Skill ’Thunder Implant’ found. Would you like to learn?"
Li Jing was surprised by the sudden ssage.
He had been studying and trying to research the Immortal Learning for creating things whenever he had free ti.
There were never any prompt ssages before.
But now there was one...
Was it because he had the basics in practicing the law?
How amazing!
If he could activate the skills, it ant he could use skill points.
And even...
He could try Boundary Breakthrough.
In the anti, he could save ti researching on his own.
This wasn’t because he didn’t want to research seriously!
It was because of the Panel Status Bar giving him an advantage!
Li Jing imdiately chose ’yes’.
"The active skill, ’Thunder Implant,’ has been successfully registered."
A new ssage popped up, and in hurry, Li Jing opened the panel.
Looking at it made him grin from ear to ear.
He really could allocate the points!
Without hesitating, Li Jing used five skill points to maximize his ’Thunder Implant’ skill and imdiately gained insight.
The Artifact Refinent Skill he had just started learning had reached Great Perfection.
Now, he was only one step away from becoming a master in Artifact Refinent, and that step was to gain "experience".
Should he find sowhere to test water refining an artifact right now?
Li Jing was on the edge of his seat.
Wanting to act on his thoughts, Li Jing quickly stood up.
Just as he was heading to the guest room door, a series of knocking echoed from outside.
Li Jing paused and furrowed his brows at the sound.
His Qi Sense told him a man and a woman had co to the door.
In the Capital City, he only knew a few people, and only three of them knew about his accommodation, the hotel.
Yulian and Jiu Li had taken a morning flight to Jianghai.
Sisi had gone shopping with Xiaoya.
Clearly.
The officials from Longyu had found him, and soone had co looking for him.
What was bound to co would co sooner or later.
Li Jing was not panicked.
But the timing chosen by the other party was impeccable.
They hadn’t co earlier, and they hadn’t co later. They showed up just when he was eager to practice Artifact Refinent.
With a sigh, Li Jing walked up to open the door.
Imdiately.
A pair of handso young man and woman appeared before his eyes.
When they saw him, the young man and woman both revealed warm smiles.
"Hello, Counselor Li," the young man initiated, and took out his Managent Bureau ID card.
"I am Wen Chaowen, under the jurisdiction of the Capital City Managent Bureau and work in the Internal Affairs Departnt. This is my colleague and my younger sister, Wen Wen."
With his words, the young woman beside him also took out her own ID card for presentation.
Seeing the two of them presenting their ID cards, Li Jing nodded.
"Nice to et you."
After responding, he asked.
"What brings you two here all of a sudden?"
He had an idea of why they had co.
The fact that they were from the Internal Affairs Departnt of the Managent Bureau confird his speculation.
The Internal Affairs Departnt of the Managent Bureau was mainly responsible for problems arising from within the bureau.
He might have realized it, but Li Jing had to play along.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be all too clear?
Wen Chaowen and Wen Wen were obviously cautious around Li Jing.
If Li Jing were still in his previous world, they would be the top-tier security and public safety personnel within the state, and they would never be polite to anyone.
But now matters involved Li Jing.
Not only was he a powerful individual with a spectacular background and a lot of potential, but they couldn’t just get pushy with him.
They ca because they confird that Li Jing had secretly crossed the border to the Northern God Country, which was very likely related to the incident of the God Church Country.
Why did they say "very likely"?
Li Jing was a tough man with many "priors".
In addition to that, he also had a close connection with Chen Jing, who had almost blown up the capital city in the past.
As the saying goes, "A man is known by the company he keeps."
It couldn’t be said that the suspicion against him wasn’t significant.
They also wanted to believe that Li Jing was aware why they were here.
Clearly he was playing dumb, they had no choice but to pretend they didn’t know.
Wen Wen cleared her throat and started speaking.
"Counselor Li, we are here on the orders of the director of the General Bureau. The director wants to talk to you."
"What?"
Li Jing was surprised.
The Director of the General Administration Bureau, wasn’t that Jiang Yini’s father?
This man wanted to talk to him, which was beyond his expectations.
He had thought that with the arrival of two people from the Internal Affairs Departnt, he could just put them off.
Who would have thought that this matter could escalate to the point where the Director of the General Administration Bureau, Jiang Liao, "summoned" him?
As he was in shock, Wen Chaowen turned and made a gesture of "please" with a smile.
"Counselor Li, we are following orders. Please cooperate and don’t make it difficult for us."
"Alright."
Li Jing nodded silently.
If Jiang Liao wanted to "summon" him, he had no choice but to go.
...
Reviews
All reviews (0)