Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 124: Chapter 54: Spirit Wood True Technique

Master White Cloud and all his disciples reside within White Cloud Mountain.

The peak is Master White Cloud’s cave mansion.

From the foot of the mountain to the summit, it’s the residential area for Master White Cloud’s disciples, where many pavilions and towers are constructed.

Additionally, several core institutions such as the Treasure Vault and Library are also located on White Cloud Mountain.

Leaving the cave mansion on Golden Spring Lane, Zhou Xun headed towards White Cloud Mountain, arriving at the mountain’s foot within an hour.

At the mountain entrance, there were two guards with Late-Stage Qi Cultivation.

Wearing standard spirit armor of White Cloud Immortal City and holding standard spears, Zhou Xun sensed that they were all high-grade spiritual artifacts.

Zhou Xun took out his token and handed it to the guard for inspection.

After a moment, the guard respectfully returned the token to Zhou Xun.

”Honored Guest Elder Zhou, please!”

Zhou Xun nodded and proceeded into White Cloud Mountain.

Ascending along the Han White Marble steps, after about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Zhou Xun arrived at a fork in the road.

Glancing at the direction sign indicating the Library, Zhou Xun walked over.

Momentarily, a seven-story tall building appeared before Zhou Xun, with a gilded plaque atop, inscribed with the three bold characters ”Library.”

Zhou Xun stepped inside with large strides.

At the entrance of the first floor stood an elderly man with graying hair and a lean figure dressed in a cyan gown, holding a book, deeply immersed in reading.

Zhou Xun’s arrival interrupted his interest, yet this person was not annoyed and instead smiled warmly and spoke.

”Daoist friend, please present your identity token!”

Zhou Xun promptly took out the token and handed it to the slender elder.

”So it is Honored Guest Elder Zhou, I am Luo Zhiqing, the steward of this Library!”

After checking, the elder returned it to Zhou Xun, then continued to speak:

”I see it’s Honored Guest Elder Zhou’s first time here at the Library, let me briefly introduce it to you,”

”The Library has seven floors; the first six are open to the public, the seventh requires Master White Cloud’s command slip for entry,”

”Below the third floor are stored materials of Cultivation Realm wonders and some common cultivation technique secret skills,”

”The jade scrolls here can be viewed freely. If you wish to copy them away, just deduct the corresponding contribution points,”

”As for the fourth to sixth floors, they contain high-level cultivation skills, top-tier cultivation technique secret skills. Each jade scroll only has parts viewable, for complete access, contribution must be deducted accordingly,”

”Though Honored Guest Elder Zhou has one free copying opportunity!”

The elder simply introduced.

”Thank you, Daoist friend!”

Zhou Xun cupped his hands in thanks.

It saved Zhou Xun a lot of time.

Immediately, he ascended straight to the fourth floor via the staircase.

The fourth floor space was not large, about a dozen feet in size, with shelves full around, neatly housing assorted jade scrolls.

Zhou Xun’s expression remained calm, as he walked straight to the shelf labeled ”Cultivation Techniques,” and began to examine.

”Fire Spirit True Technique,” suitable for fire attribute spirit root cultivators, rapid cultivation progress, requires fire attribute spiritual materials for cultivation, immensely powerful...

”Water Manipulation Technique,” suitable for water attribute spirit root cultivators, slow progress, advantage of small technique bottleneck, easy breakthrough, suitable for an even-tempered and peaceful demeanor...

”Spiritual Sand Body-Refining Technique,” body refining technique, uses spiritual sand as materials, absorbing spiritual sand essence to temper the body, consists of seven layers, with physical strength equivalent to quasi-Third Tier demon beast.

”Cyan Bamboo Technique,” wood attribute technique, slow cultivation progress, balanced and peaceful...

”Ancient Evergreen Technique,” wood attribute technique, average mana strength, faster cultivation speed... has effects of rejuvenation and vitality maintenance!

”Spirit Wood True Technique,” wood attribute technique, mana slightly weak, not favorable for magical combat, excels in balance and peace, has rejuvenation effects, improves cultivation speed if a lifebound spirit plant is sacrificially refined...

Upon seeing this, Zhou Xun’s heart was moved.

”Enhancing cultivation speed!”

Cultivators pursue spiritual advancement, isn’t it all for the enhancement of cultivation? As for the technique’s power, since he doesn’t plan to become a magical combat cultivator, there’s no need to mind.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Xun made a decision.

Choosing this ”Spirit Wood True Technique.”

This Spirit Wood True Technique can be cultivated until Late-Stage True Core, which is sufficient for him at present!

Even if unsuitable, one can acquire another at the Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion within the Immortal City.

The Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion is a powerful force across multiple Cultivation Countries, specializing in the business of cultivation technique secret skills.

Holding the jade scroll, Zhou Xun approached the lean elder.

Seeing this, the elder took out a blank jade scroll and copied the cultivation technique onto it, handing it to Zhou Xun.

”Your one-time free privilege has been used; next time you will need contribution points!”

Zhou Xun nodded, accepted the jade scroll, and bid farewell with cupped hands.

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Returning to the cave mansion, Zhou Xun took out the ”Spirit Wood True Technique” to examine.

Spirit Wood True Technique is an ancient technique, available here in White Cloud Immortal City in incomplete form, though sufficient for Zhou Xun at present.

If removing the method to sacrificially refine a lifebound spirit plant, this Spirit Wood True Technique would merely be a common wood attribute technique.

Balanced mana, steady progress, besides the praised rejuvenation effect, could be considered quite unremarkable.

Yet if a lifebound spirit plant is sacrificially refined, it can transform the mundane into miraculous.

Firstly, a lifebound spirit plant during its growth process occasionally nourishes the cultivator.

Achieving the effect of enhancing cultivation.

Moreover, this enhancement has no adverse effects.

Additionally, many marvelous secret techniques of ”Spirit Wood True Technique” rely on the lifebound spirit plant for execution.

For instance, spirit plant incarnation, able to substitute the protagonist for external travel, akin to having two bodies, unaffected by distance of ten thousand miles.

Or like the Wood Escape Technique, consuming part of the lifebound spirit plant’s life force, able to escape for ten thousand miles, a top-notch survival technique!

Another is the recovery power technique, draining lifebound spirit plant’s life force to restore the host’s body injuries, trained to the pinnacle, claims to be an undying body!

Furthermore, Spirit Wood Limit, transforms a large area into Spirit Wood Domain, within its boundaries, the host is nearly unbeatable, possessing abilities like spirit wood clone and instant teleportation.

What’s even more wonderful is that the requirement for a spirit plant to be sacrificially refined is non-specific.

Even a wild weed from the mortal world could be refined into a lifebound spirit plant.

After refining, the spirit plant itself gains the ability of tier breakthrough enhancement.

The height and challenge of enhancement differ, however.

To assist the advancement of the lifebound spirit plant, a secret technique called ”Soul Absorption Secret Technique” is recorded here.

Absorbing spirit plant essence, cultivating lifebound spirit plant, and promoting spirit plant advancement.

Sounds exceedingly similar to Zhou Xun’s Spring Condensation Scripture!

According to the scripture records, in ancient times, a powerful cultivator sacrificially refined a young common mulberry tree he had planted by hand.

Ultimately, this mulberry tree advanced to become a Tier Four Fire Silkwood.

Zhou Xun naturally had no interest in cultivating a common mulberry tree into a spirit plant.

Of course, sacrificial refining a lifebound spirit plant also has side effects.

If unfortunately, lifebound spirit plant is destroyed, the cultivator’s roots would be damaged, suffering great harm.

Furthermore, as sacrificial refinement deepens, this impact becomes increasingly severe.

Hence, the creator of the technique warned successors to cautiously refine lifebound spirit plants, and even if refined, strive not to use them in magical combat.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Xun’s heart was stirred.

Refining a lifebound spirit plant can enhance the plant’s own tier!

If he refines a Tier Two Peak spirit grass into a lifebound spirit plant and then cultivates it to quasi-Third Tier.

And then condenses it into essence, wouldn’t that potentially enhance his spirit root!