Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 195 - 140: First Layer of Qi Cultivation! Verdict

Chapter 195: Chapter 140: First Layer of Qi Cultivation! Verdict

Zhao Xing didn’t dare linger. He immediately flew off to meet up with the other evil cultivators, waiting to figure out what was going on before making any decisions.

Day after day passed by.

For Lu Chang’sheng, although he felt a little regret at Immortal Zhao Xing’s departure, deep down he was relieved.

In the blink of an eye, more than three years had gone by.

At the Lu Mansion, Lu Chang’sheng stared at the Immortal Technique before him, feeling conflicted.

Over these three years, he had perfected all twelve Root Source Techniques, condensing two units of magical power—each perfected Root Source Technique provided him with just about one-tenth of the standard magical power for the first stage of Qi Cultivation.

Of those, the first, the Five Elements True Body Skill, gave him the most magical power, and each one after provided less and less.

So, in the end, he could only produce two units’ worth.

"Beyond this, it’s ten units for the second stage of Qi Cultivation, twenty for the third, all the way to one hundred for the ninth."

Even after several years, Lu Chang’sheng still found the terminology awkward, but when in Rome...

Say it enough times, you get used to it.

"Relying on Root Source Techniques alone to break through to Qi Cultivation stage one is next to impossible. So, I still have to train Immortal Techniques."

The amplification of Root Source Techniques had its limits. That was the headache for Lu Chang’sheng.

Having the technique right in front of you, but unable to look at it or practice it, really grated on him.

Normally, he wouldn’t be like this, but lately, all sorts of things had been happening at home, and he was feeling increasingly tense.

And then there was Nangua—he hadn’t heard a single word from her in years, and he was starting to worry about her situation.

Closed-door cultivation?

He didn’t really buy it.

Qi Cultivators can shut themselves away that long?

He was more inclined to believe that things were rough for Nangua and she just couldn’t spare the attention for him anymore.

Either way, the sooner he could get to the Spirit Realm, the better.

At this thought, his face grew even more conflicted.

Never mind that he didn’t know how to get into the Spirit Realm—suppose he did know. What was the place like? Was it dangerous? All open questions.

The Spirit Realm wasn’t Great Yuan. Over there, Immortals roamed everywhere. If a nobody like him, just at the first stage of Qi Cultivation, wandered in, he’d probably get himself killed in no time.

He never once believed he could go toe to toe with Immortals like Meng Ping.

For starters, that guy’s technique that let him turn into an iron-tower Warrior wasn’t something the twelve Root Source Techniques he knew could stand up to.

Good thing that technique still hadn’t broken free of the limits of mortal strength—if it had, he really couldn’t handle it.

A chill swept over him.

Turning his head, he saw faint snow falling in the distance, and a trace of cold seeped in.

Just then, he felt a faint stirring inside him, and the conflict vanished from his face.

"The longer I live, the better my talent gets. Anyway, even if I learn this technique, it won’t pay off in a day or two."

If this Immortal Technique were a Martial Arts Technique, with his current aptitude, Lu Chang’sheng was sure he’d make quick progress. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

But this was an Immortal Technique!

He needed Spirit Root aptitude!

And his Spirit Root was, frankly, trash tier.

Thinking about it that way, the Elemental Refining Technique in front of him felt kind of pointless.

"Right now, what matters is finding an entrance to the Spirit Realm, and fast."

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Lu Chang’sheng looked up and saw a group heading his way.

"Chang’sheng, things at Black Mountain Prefecture have gotten worse. Shi Cong wants you to come oversee things, he’s offering ten rare treasures a year as payment."

Hong Yuan looked more and more worn by age, real fatigue showing in his eyes.

The Longevity Pill’s effects varied by person, and one pill only prolonged life by up to three years at most.

Good thing he’d gotten Lu Chang’sheng to refine him some Longevity Pills beforehand, and later found more ingredients and managed to make a whole bottle.

He’d be all right for a few more years.

Still, as the efficacy faded, his body got weaker year by year.

Lu Chang’sheng shook his head.

He didn’t want to get involved in this sort of thing.

Not that he was cold by nature, but lately monsters had been showing up nonstop—even with Black Mountain Prefecture hiring two or three times more soldiers than before, it was still barely manageable.

It was like they’d stirred up a whole nest of monsters.

In a situation like that, going there would just trap him, getting in the way of his own cultivation.

Hong Yuan saw this and didn’t press.

This was the merging of Great Yuan and the Spirit Realm—even Innate Martial Artists, hell, even Immortals, weren’t a hundred percent sure they could handle it all.

The one bright side: people found the monsters showed up mostly in Black Mountain Prefecture City and some surrounding areas, while other places didn’t get hit as badly.

Lately, more and more people fleeing from all over had come to Lu Family Manor to take shelter.

"There’s one more thing—"

Hong Yuan, Daoist Ruyi, Guan Hongxiu, and the others looked at Lu Chang’sheng, deadly serious.

"We’ve got a lead about getting to the Spirit Realm."

"What!"

Lu Chang’sheng exclaimed in delight.

"For real?"

"For real."

Everyone started discussing at once.

The news hadn’t come from an Immortal, but someone who really surprised Lu Chang’sheng.

Empress Zhu Qing.

These years, with no progress in his cultivation, even Hong Yuan seemed to have resigned himself, always making trips outside and bringing Hong Family juniors to visit here.

To deepen the connection between their families, he’d even had a few of Lu Haozi’s sons marry his granddaughters. The match everyone in the martial world envied—even outright resented—was his granddaughter marrying Lu Chang’sheng’s youngest son, Lu Ziyou.

You had to know, Scholar Lu’s two sons were the hottest commodities in all the Lu Mansion—countless girls dreamed of them.

To marry Lu Ziyou was to land rock-solid support throughout all of Great Yuan.