“Can’t you remember anything good I’ve said?” Mr. Zhuang said, displeased.
“Back in the day, when you were unmatched, you never had anything good to say.”
Mr. Zhuang looked slightly disgruntled and changed the subject. “Let’s focus on the important task at hand, picking a cultivation technique.”
Mr. Zhuang then started rummaging through the room again. Anything he deemed suitable, he kept; the unsuitable ones, he tossed aside without a second thought.
Old Kui silently followed behind Mr. Zhuang cleaning up, occasionally handing him a jade slip or two. Mr. Zhuang would glance at them, show a bit of disdain, but nevertheless, he kept them aside while muttering:
“Your taste in selecting cultivation techniques is still as pedestrian as ever…”
The next day, after Mo Hua spent the day working on Formations, he was about to head home in the evening when he saw Mr. Zhuang wave to him from the bamboo pavilion.
Mo Hua approached, paid his respects, and couldn’t help but express his confusion, “Gentleman, is there something you wish to instruct?”
Mr. Zhuang simply placed a large bundle of mixed jade slips and texts before Mo Hua, “Take your pick.”
Mo Hua’s mouth fell open in shock, “Gentleman…”
“Since you’ve called me ‘Gentleman’, I can’t treat you too poorly; giving away a cultivation technique is just a trivial matter.”
Remembering Mr. Zhuang, who would usually be indolent and capable of lounging in a chair all day, Mo Hua looked at the large bundle of carefully selected cultivation techniques in front of him and felt a warmth in his heart. Standing up, he respectfully paid homage once again.
“Pick one yourself; I’m going to meditate for a while.”
Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and lay back down in the chair, closing his eyes for a little rest.
Mo Hua tried not to disturb Mr. Zhuang as he gently and attentively flipped through the pile of cultivation techniques before him.
Spirit Transfering Jue, Sitting Taoist Skill, Heaven and Earth Eryi Classic, Immortal Path Divine Technique…
Just reading the names of these techniques revealed their mystery, with even more extraordinary effects—some could amplify Spiritual Power, others allowed for Spirit and Body Dual Cultivation, and some even reduced bottlenecks in Cultivation. The least advanced among them could help cultivate up to thirty cycles of Spiritual Power, and many of the required Heaven and Earth spiritual items were familiar to Mo Hua.
Even with Mo Hua’s modest experience in Qi Refinement, the familiarity suggested that while these Spiritual Objects were rare, they were not the unique treasures that were priceless or as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, or Innate Spirit Objects.
This indicated that Mr. Zhuang must have put a lot of thought into selecting these techniques.
Mo Hua quietly took note of this kindness and then focused on choosing a cultivation technique.
First, he picked the cheapest ones, requiring the fewest Heaven and Earth spiritual items; next, he looked for those that could cultivate the highest cycles of Spiritual Power; then, those most suitable in attributes; and finally, the most practical in effects…
Mo Hua went back and forth, eventually narrowing down to a few options that seemed most appropriate, but then he began to worry again.
The least required Spirit Objects still didn’t mean none, and when converted into monetary terms, it would still require over a thousand Spirit Stones.
During the past few days, Mo Hua had looked at cultivation techniques that required tens of thousands of Spirit Stones worth of Spirit Objects. Compared to those, a few thousand Spirit Stones was already the cheapest.
But Mo Hua suddenly realized that even just a few thousand Spirit Stones were, in fact, something he absolutely could not afford.
Mo Hua felt somewhat at a loss at that moment.
Just then, Mo Hua came across a rough, crudely-fashioned jade slip that looked distinctly out of place among the various refined and elegant books and jade slips.
Mo Hua held it in his hand, submerged his Divine Sense into it, and the simple, ancient characters for “Heaven Yan Jue” appeared in his mind. As he continued to read further, he suddenly felt that the explanation for this technique seemed to be missing something.
After pondering for a moment, Mo Hua suddenly remembered that there was no mention of required Heaven and Earth spiritual items for this technique.
Does that mean that the cultivation of this technique does not require any additional Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects?
The moment this thought surfaced, it sent waves of excitement through Mo Hua’s young mind, leaving him feeling almost overwhelmed with emotion.