Chapter 125
Chapter 125: Art of Longevity
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Lin Muyu didn’t dwell on this evil book any longer and picked up the next book to continue flipping through:
“Blood and Flesh Devouring Technique.”
“Another evil book…”
She flipped through two pages and lost interest, directly throwing the book next to the previous evil book, feeling increasingly indignant in her heart.
She didn’t believe it, among these hundred or so books before her, could they all possibly be evil books?
But when she picked up the third book and saw the title clearly, she was completely stunned:
“Postpartum Care for **…? Where on earth did this book come from?”
She hurriedly flipped through several pages quickly, confirming she hadn’t seen wrong.
The book was entirely about postpartum feeding and care methods for **, having absolutely nothing to do with cultivation.
“It’s probably a book left behind by civilians who were harmed by that evil cultivator. He might have casually collected it into his storage ring.”
Su Wanqing shook her head, her tone carrying a hint of regret, while one hand quietly wrapped around Lin Muyu’s waist, gently nuzzling against her arm.
Lin Muyu was feeling annoyed by the succession of bizarre books and didn’t notice Su Wanqing’s subtle movements, continuing to bury her head in the books:
“Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.”
She flipped through several pages and discovered this was merely a book recording ordinary folk martial arts, completely useless to cultivators.
Although the internal energy in martial arts was a type of spiritual energy, the utilization rate of spiritual energy was truly too poor.
People without spirit roots could never utilize more than one percent of spiritual energy.
If a martial arts grandmaster were to fight Lin Muyu, he would probably be beaten up by her.
……
Just like that, Lin Muyu flipped through book after book. After going through over 20 books, she finally found a useful cultivation technique among the pile of “garbage books.”
《Thunder Transformation Art》
She eagerly opened it, seeing written on the pages:
“Can transform one’s other attribute spiritual power into thunderous force. Practitioners need not possess thunder spirit root to use lightning spells.”
Lin Muyu’s eyes immediately lit up, saying excitedly:
“What a treasure! To actually be able to transform spiritual power attributes, for people without thunder spirit root, this is simply a heaven-sent opportunity!”
But Su Wanqing frowned, saying thoughtfully:
“I think I’ve heard of this cultivation technique somewhere. It’s from the Xuanlei Sect.”
Not everyone in the Xuanlei Sect possessed the rare thunder spirit root. Many disciples relied on this cultivation technique to transform other attribute spiritual power into thunder attribute, allowing them to cultivate the sect’s lightning spells.
“You mean this is a core cultivation technique of the Xuanlei Sect?”
Lin Muyu’s expression instantly became grave.
If people from the Xuanlei Sect knew she possessed this cultivation technique, they would definitely suspect her of stealing their teachings, and that would spell big trouble.
Su Wanqing seemed to see through her concerns and softly consoled:
“It’s fine. You can practice it secretly. As long as you don’t casually display lightning spells in front of others, no one will discover it.”
“Having more skills never hurts. One more cultivation technique means one more trump card.”
Actually, she had her own trump cards too, the Blood Burning technique was just one of them.
“Do you want it? This cultivation technique should be useful to you too, right?”
Lin Muyu turned to look at Su Wanqing, wanting to give this good cultivation technique to her.
Su Wanqing was the main force against the skeleton giant.
“No need. I already have many things to cultivate right now. Even if I took this cultivation technique, I couldn’t use it. You should keep it.”
Su Wanqing’s tone carried a hint of indulgence, looking at Lin Muyu with gentle eyes as she declined her kind offer.
But just then, Lin Muyu finally noticed something was wrong.
Su Wanqing’s body was too close to hers, the warm breath could even brush against her ear.
She quickly shook her body, pulling back a little distance, saying with some resistance:
“Don’t get so close to me!”
Actually, Lin Muyu usually didn’t mind pretty older sisters getting close to her, but Su Wanqing had a record, so she needed to avoid her.
“Oh…”
Su Wanqing responded with a wronged voice, reluctantly loosening the hand that was wrapped around Lin Muyu’s waist, her eyes full of disappointment.
It had been so long since she had been this intimately close to Lin Muyu. Before her heart could even feel joy, she was pushed away.
Most of the remaining books were still useless “garbage books.” Taking advantage of Lin Muyu’s absorption in reading, Su Wanqing quietly moved closer again.
Her shoulder lightly touched Lin Muyu’s shoulder, gradually closing the distance bit by bit.
Just then, Lin Muyu picked up a book with a yellowed cover. After seeing the title clearly, her eyes immediately lit up:
“Art of Longevity!”
She hurriedly opened the pages and read carefully. Soon she understood the principle behind this cultivation technique.
《Art of Longevity》 could only be cultivated by those with wood spirit root. The principle of longevity was this:
Cultivators could establish a connection with a spiritual plant, sharing the plant’s life force.
Most spiritual plants had extremely long lifespans, and some rare divine plants could even live as long as heaven and earth.
As long as one could find a suitable spiritual plant, cultivators could achieve “longevity” by borrowing the plant’s life force.
But this cultivation technique also had two major difficulties:
First, after cultivating this technique, the spiritual plant would be “planted” inside the cultivator’s body in a special way, requiring nourishment from the cultivator’s spiritual power and nutrients.
If one encountered a spiritual plant with extremely high nutritional demands, the cultivator might very well be drained of spiritual power and life force by the plant, ultimately meeting the fate of death and soul destruction.
Second, those spiritual plants with extremely strong life force that could grant humans longevity had mostly already awakened their spiritual intelligence, some even possessing their own consciousness. Getting them to willingly establish a connection with humans was extremely difficult.
Despite the numerous difficulties, Lin Muyu was still tempted.
Longevity, this was something all cultivators dreamed of.
After hesitating for a moment, she still turned to ask Su Wanqing:
“Do you want this 《Art of Longevity》?”
“I’ll give it to you. I don’t have wood spirit root, and this cultivation technique suits you well.”
Su Wanqing gently shook her head. She didn’t have wood spirit root and couldn’t cultivate this technique.
Besides, as long as she could hold her junior sister, she was already very satisfied.
Lin Muyu naturally noticed that Su Wanqing had quietly moved closer again.
However, thinking that she had gotten two useful cultivation techniques for free, she felt somewhat embarrassed, so she tacitly allowed Su Wanqing’s closeness without pushing her away again.
Lin Muyu continued searching for gold among the miscellaneous books…
Before long, another book caught Lin Muyu’s attention.
“Take this 《Extreme Cold Ice》.”
Lin Muyu just looked at the title and immediately handed the book to Su Wanqing beside her.
She had just been wondering how there could possibly be no opportunities for Su Wanqing.
Sure enough, the female lead’s opportunities never missed their entrance, she mused inwardly.
“A divine technique?!”
Su Wanqing took the book, flipped through several pages, and suddenly became delighted.
She then eagerly flipped through several more pages, her gaze sweeping over those obscure yet exquisite runes, and her eyes instantly brightened.
Indeed, Lin Muyu was her lucky star!
“Moreover… this is actually a divine technique from Ice Valley!”
“Ice Valley?”
Lin Muyu was startled at the words. Although she had heard many sect names at Qinglan Sect, this name was somewhat unfamiliar to her.
Su Wanqing swallowed, her voice still carrying unsubsided excitement:
“That’s a reclusive sect located in the continent’s polar regions. Though they have few disciples, each one is proficient in ice-type spells. It’s a sacred place in the hearts of all ice spirit root cultivators.”
Her knowledge of this sect came only from what her master had mentioned.
She’d heard there was someone there no weaker than her master.
One must know that divine techniques were rare treasures that transcended ordinary spells. Common cultivators might never encounter one in their entire lifetime.
The most fundamental difference between divine techniques and spells was that once a divine technique was mastered, it could not only greatly enhance one’s strength but also provide extremely strong amplification to spells of the same attribute. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it something cultivators dreamed of.
Lin Muyu stroked her chin thoughtfully:
“So does this mean we’re secretly learning other sects’ cultivation techniques again?”
But since it was from a reclusive sect in the polar regions, Su Wanqing should be able to use it freely, right?