Chapter 32: The Method of Cultivation and the Levels of Attainment (The Rolling Ball Seeking Collection)

  Upon arriving upstairs, the two of them couldn't help but pause in surprise. They saw that there were far fewer jade slips on the second floor compared to downstairs, only about one-tenth as many, roughly a hundred or so.

  "This level is all about the methods of cultivation. Generally, our Mo Xie Men cultivators will choose a main method to cultivate, which is the Mai Lun Zhuan Sha Shen Gong. This allows the cultivator to absorb yin energy and grow their powers. In addition, they can also choose one or more auxiliary methods to cultivate, which allow the cultivator to excel in certain aspects, such as Lian Ti Shu, Lian Shen Shu, Yu Gui Jue, and so on."

  As soon as the stone moved, he thought of the physical training technique passed down by his master, which should be a supporting method. He didn't expect that his master had actually opened up a small furnace for him, and he couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.

  "You must know that any skill method is divided into four levels, from high to low: 'Tian Di Xuan Huang', Tian level skills are the highest, and Huang level is the lowest. The standard for dividing levels is the power, potential and difficulty of the skill method, with the three being directly proportional. The greater the power, the higher the potential, and the greater the difficulty, the higher the level."

  Taking your cultivation of the Mysterious Wheel Turning Evil God Technique as an example, after long-term improvement by the sect's top masters, there are currently three levels: Earth Level, Mystic Level, and Yellow Level. What you cultivate is only the lowest-level Yellow Level technique; if you enter the Foundation Establishment period, you can exchange for the Mystic Level technique with contribution points from the sect.

  However, the difficulty and danger will also increase accordingly. When the time comes, you can decide whether to change or not.”

  Shi Dong was shocked to hear that, never expecting that the Gong Fa would have different levels, and what he had been practicing was only the lowest level of Gong Fa. If he could upgrade to Xuan level, he wondered how much more powerful it would be?

  Thinking of this, he hastily asked: "Fourth Brother, may I ask how much difference is there in the power of each rank's gong method?"

  "Each stage of power is three times that of the next, and the difficulty and danger also increase threefold." Huang Xiao Ru let out a cold laugh and added, "Every year in our sect there are some arrogant ones who as soon as they break through to a higher boundary, rashly switch to the next level's technique. The result is that after practicing for not long, their meridians become disordered and they die. It's not necessarily good to advance in stage, one must choose the most suitable technique for oneself."

  Shi Dong was shocked and exchanged a glance with Mao Feifei, seeing the same fear in her eyes.

  "Can't help but think: 'Every stage promotion triples the power, doesn't it mean that the Xuan stage cultivation method is three times faster than my current cultivation speed? And the Earth stage is nine times faster than the Yellow stage! Heaven, it's too terrifying!"

  Seeing the two of them looking uncertain, Huang Xiao Ru chuckled and said: "You two are thinking too much, the Xuanjie Gongfa is not that easy to obtain! Either you have to stand out in the sect's small and large competitions and get rewarded by the Sect Master! Or you have to desperately accumulate contribution points to exchange for a set. Taking the Xuanjie Mai Lüan Zhuan Sha Shen Gong as an example, exchanging it requires 1000 contribution points, equivalent to 1000 Spirit Stones. As for the Di Jie, don't even mention it, without tens of thousands of contribution points, don't even think about it."

  Shi Dong and Mao Feifei were shocked, with their mouths agape, unable to utter a word.

  Shi Dongyuan thought he was already a small rich man, with 94 bottles of Dan medicine in his bag and an additional 95 pieces of Sha Ling stone. He didn't expect that it still wasn't enough to exchange for a set of Xuanjie Gongfa, and couldn't help but sigh that the path of cultivating immortality was indeed bumpy. Without absolute opportunities and resources, one can't go far at all.

  At the same time, a surge of passion ignited in his heart. He thought about the upcoming competitions: the three-year sect small competition, the five-year sect small competition, and the ten-year sect grand competition. He told himself that he must strive to stand out, for if he could make a name for himself, he would gain recognition from the sect and possibly even obtain these precious techniques.

  "By the way, I forgot to tell you that the higher your qualifications, the lower the difficulty of cultivating high-level skills. I think Mao Feifei has a B-class qualification and will be able to cultivate Xuan-stage skills in the future. Shi Dong, you only have a C-class qualification, and it can be said that Xuan-stage skills are out of reach for you. Forcing yourself to cultivate them will surely bring disaster!"

  Shi Dong heard these words, as if a bucket of ice water was poured from his head, and his heart suddenly cooled down. He had been ambitious to stand out and compete with Lei Huan for the position of direct disciple, but he didn't expect to be hit by a setback just as he was starting out.

  Good heavens! Don't play with people like this!

  "Brother, don't be sad. If you can't cultivate the Xuanjie method in the future, I'll accompany you and not practice either." Ma Feifei saw Shi Dong's expression was off, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand to pat his shoulder and comfort him.

  Shi Dong smiled gratefully, took a deep breath, calmed himself down and thought: "The Xuanjie method is something to be done after entering the foundation period, cough! Why think so much? For now, let's hurry up and choose a suitable auxiliary method for me, and then choose a spell that is reasonable. Leave future matters to the future, maybe things will have changed by then!"

  Thinking of this, he smiled slightly at Huang Xiaoru, "Thank you for the reminder, Fourth Brother. What kind of auxiliary cultivation method and technique is suitable for me? Why did you say earlier that cultivating the Ghost Taming Way is particularly difficult?"

  Jian Shi's mood adjusted so quickly, Huang Xieru secretly praised him in his heart, twirling his long beard, and walked to the window sill on one side to sit down. Shi Dong and the others hurriedly followed over, standing by with their hands hanging down.

  He was seen through the window, his eyes gazing out at the pavilions and waterside kiosks, with a vast expanse of misty waves, and he said quietly: "I don't know if you've heard Master say it before, but the divine powers of cultivators are divided into three types - magical techniques, magical treasures, or internal energy."

  Shi Dong immediately thought of his master's guidance, saying that he was practicing the Body Tempering Technique to achieve spiritual power, and couldn't help but nod his head. Mao Feifei also nodded along with him.

  "Magic and divine power are the result of mobilizing the true energy within one's body, driving the power of the law. For example, the Five Elements magic is the power of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; the divine power of magical artifacts is to refine the power of the law into a tool, making it possess certain divine powers. The Shui Ling sword that your master gave you is just a low-level artifact, an inferior product with limited power. As for the divine power of strength, it specifically refers to cultivating one's physical body and relying on one's physical strength to fight."

  His heart was racing with excitement, as if he saw a vast world unfolding before his eyes, and he had taken another small step on the path of cultivation. However, the three avenues of magic, treasure, and force were like three great roads, and although he had already made some progress in the avenue of force, the other two roads still lay before him, waiting to be explored.

  Huang Xiaoru continued, "You two should know that for us Mo Sha Men cultivators, it's difficult to continue with our magical abilities."

  "What? Why?" Ma Feifei couldn't help but ask, Shi Dong also followed with curiosity.

  "It's just that our Mo Xie Men cultivators cultivate yin energy, and the main magical abilities refer to the Five Elements spell, without a spiritual root, there is no spiritual energy in the body, it's very difficult to mobilize external spiritual energy to drive the Five Elements spell. For us Mo Xie Men cultivators, there are only a few demonic magic spells that can utilize yin energy, among which the most common one is 'Shuaishanlei', this is a yellow-level spell, its effect is to condense Shuashen Qi and shoot it out, instantly exploding and using high temperature and heat to kill enemies."

  Mao Feifei, having suffered a great loss at the hands of Lei Huan, nodded in agreement with Shi Dong: "Younger brother, Fourth Brother is right. This Shaoshanlei may be just a yellow-level spell, but it's very practical and not difficult to cultivate. It has a remarkable effect when used against ghosts. I chose this spell, why don't you choose it too?"