Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 302 - 158: Flame Divine Wood Technique First Layer Perfection, Talent Refreshed

Chapter 302: Chapter 158: Flame Divine Wood Technique First Layer Perfection, Talent Refreshed

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s inquiry, Wen Yanchao explained with a smile:

"Indeed, it has been like this for years. Previously, the Thousand Islands Alliance suspected that this might be due to some remnant array restriction from ancient times.

They even speculated that this might be the site of an ancient sect, so Shuiyun Island was always under the jurisdiction of the Thousand Islands Alliance.

Until the Cen family also spent a lot of time here, but still found nothing unusual.

And the spirit vein of this island is really too low, so the Thousand Islands Alliance abandoned it to be managed by other cultivators."

Chu Ning nodded slightly upon hearing this.

It is said that hundreds of years ago, indeed, ancient sect ruins appeared in these Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, which attracted the attention of many cultivators and led to many battles.

"So Fellow Daoist Wen took over the management of this island?"

"No!" Wen Yanchao shook his head.

"Back then, there were still some cultivators who were unwilling to give up, and even a Foundation Establishment cultivator managed it for a while, but they too found nothing.

Additionally, life on this island is inconvenient for low tier cultivators and mortals, it’s not very popular, and income is average, so it ended up in my hands."

Wen Yanchao chuckled slightly as he said this:

"It just so happens that I cultivate water attribute skills and techniques, so this kind of place actually makes me feel quite at home."

Chu Ning nodded slightly upon hearing this; he was not particularly sensitive to water spiritual qi.

However, since Wen Yanchao said so, it seemed that the water spiritual qi in this place might be relatively more abundant.

As they spoke, they headed towards Wen Yanchao’s cave mansion.

Since it was Chu Ning’s first visit, Wen Yanchao deliberately wanted Chu Ning to see Shuiyun Island, so they did not traverse too swiftly.

After a while longer, they finally arrived at Wen Yanchao’s cave mansion.

Indeed, as Wen Yanchao mentioned, the island did not seem to have a large population.

According to Wen Yanchao, there were not many spirit fields cultivated on this island.

Instead, the island was abundant in a type of spirit fish called Black-tailed Flood Dragon Fish, which is a good supplement for qi.

Thus, many people on the island raised this type of spirit fish.

Simultaneously, every day, there were cultivators from outside who came around the island for fishing.

Wen Yanchao even specially took Chu Ning to see a spot. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"I wonder if the cultivator at that time happened to obtain the Soul-Stabilizing Bead this way."

Chu Ning pondered slightly in his heart; it was inconvenient to ask the specific location back then.

However, Chu Ning feigned curiosity and asked Wen Yanchao a few questions, secretly noting down the larger fishing spots on the island.

All of this was naturally because Chu Ning had some suspicion that the Divine Dream Ascendant related to the Refining Spirit Technique might leave behind some clues around here.

Chu Ning only possessed the first two layers of the Refining Spirit Technique, and after starting to cultivate the Second Layer, he sought relevant information multiple times.

However, there was hardly any mention of the Refining Spirit Technique.

The only connection Chu Ning had to the Divine Dream Ascendant was the Soul-Stabilizing Bead.

Since the Soul-Stabilizing Bead appeared on Shuiyun Island, Chu Ning inevitably had to explore it in due course.

The group entered Wen Yanchao’s cave mansion, and at first glance, Chu Ning couldn’t help but laugh:

"Fellow Daoist Wen, it is rare to see someone with such a fondness for books like you."

Wen Yanchao brought them into a house lined with bookshelves, no less than a dozen rows.

All were filled with books.

In the cultivation world, many cultivators were accustomed to Jade Scrolls; rooms filled with such books were indeed rare for Chu Ning.

Hearing Chu Ning’s words, Wen Yanchao laughed heartily:

"Don’t laugh at me, Brother Chu, it’s just a hobby of mine to collect some books and pictures.

To tell you the truth, there are even many books from the mortal world here."

Chu Ning didn’t mind; in the cultivation world, apart from some miscellaneous books, the rest recorded cultivation secrets.

It wouldn’t be possible for Wen Yanchao to collect so many secrets.

Collecting some mortal world books was quite normal.

Wen Yanchao seemed intent on showing off and began introducing the books to Chu Ning and the others.

"You might not be interested in these books, Brother Chu, but I have a considerable collection of maps, some of which are ancient maps, which might pique your interest."

As he spoke, Wen Yanchao casually took out two scrolls resembling animal hides and unfurled them.

"For instance, Shuiyun Island was previously called Shuiyun Cave; this ancient map was collected with quite an effort.

For that, I even specially made a current map of Shuiyun Island to compare the locations with the ancient map."

Looking at the two maps presented by Wen Yanchao, Chu Ning’s heart stirred.

The current map of Shuiyun Island held by Wen Yanchao was unremarkable.

However, the ancient map instantly struck a chord with Chu Ning.

Many parts of the map, as it turned out, matched the fragment of animal hide Chu Ning had acquired from the conflict involving Great Monarch Peng of Shadow Moon Island, He Mingjin of Bita Island, and a nameless middle-aged cultivator.

Initially, Chu Ning did not know what location the fragment marked.

Moreover, being incomplete, it was of no use by itself.

Yet Chu Ning remembered that the map he held precisely marked a position.

If he could locate the exact position using the ancient map from Shuiyun Island, having other parts of the fragment might not even matter.

The thought flashed quickly through his mind, and Chu Ning appeared intrigued as he spoke:

"This is quite interesting; for instance, where is your current cave mansion located on the ancient map?"