Being a Late Bloomer in the Cultivation World

After settling into the Talisman Heart Residence.

The next day, Wei Tu went to the Hee Mountain Huang Family's Library Pavilion to collect his "benefits."

Back on Danqiu Mountain, the Hee Mountain Huang Family had promised him a Tier Two Technique and a complete Tier Two Talisman Master Inheritance.

Now that he had broken through to Foundation Establishment, he was on the verge of switching to a Tier Two Technique, so he naturally wouldn't slack off on this matter.

After handing his Identity Token to the Guardian Elder and having his identity verified, Wei Tu entered the Library Pavilion without any trouble.

Contrary to what Wei Tu had observed from the outside, the Hee Mountain Huang Family's Library Pavilion seemed to use a Spatial Array. The space inside was several times larger than the building's exterior suggested.

The Library Pavilion was divided into three floors, organized according to Cultivation level.

It stored Cultivation Techniques and materials related to the Hundred Cultivation Techniques, arranged in order of the three Cultivation stages: Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core Pills.

There were quite a few Huang Family Cultivators browsing the texts on the first floor.

However, Wei Tu didn't linger.

After a quick glance, he headed straight for the second floor.

Compared to the abundance of texts on the first floor, the second floor had less than half as many, with only three sandalwood shelves standing against the walls. It was also completely empty.

Wei Tu walked over to the shelf labeled "Cultivation Technique" and began searching for a suitable Tier Two Technique.

During the Qi Refining Realm.

He had first cultivated the "Thick Earth Body" from the Five Elements Spirit Body, then switched to the Little Spring and Autumn Technique to condense his "Geomagnetic Spirit Body."

The Little Spring and Autumn Technique was the Cultivation Technique that Kou Hongying's master, Master Qin, had advised him to switch to back then.

As a Foundation Establishment Master, Master Qin possessed great foresight. The Little Spring and Autumn Technique he had recommended not only had a subsequent component for the Foundation Establishment Realm but also allowed for other Earth and Wood System techniques to be used as substitutes.

In other words, when it came to Cultivation Techniques, Wei Tu didn't need to worry too much about switching to a Tier Two Technique.

'The Huang Family actually has the follow-up technique for the Little Spring and Autumn Technique? Looks like I won't have to switch to another technique after all.'

After searching for a while, Wei Tu saw a Jade Scroll for the Little Spring and Autumn Technique on the shelf. A look of delight appeared on his face after he inspected it with his Guardian Map Divine Sense.

Although switching to another technique from the Little Spring and Autumn Technique wasn't difficult, finding its direct successor for Foundation Establishment was still a stroke of good fortune.

Next.

Wei Tu walked to the shelf labeled "Hundred Cultivation Techniques" and began to select a suitable Talisman Master Inheritance.

However, unlike with the Cultivation Technique Inheritances, the Hee Mountain Huang Family's collection of Talisman Master Inheritances was meager. They only had four types for Tier Two Talisman Masters.

'I'll choose this one.'

After a moment of selection and weighing the pros and cons, Wei Tu chose a Talisman Master Inheritance that included the Wood Thunder Talisman and the Water Thunder Talisman, both Tier Two Upper-Grade Talismans.

A good Talisman Master Inheritance has a synergistic relationship between its Low-Tier and High-Tier Talismans.

The Low-Tier Talismans serve as a foundation.

In other words, if a Talisman Master learns the Low-Tier Talismans of a system, learning the High-Tier Talismans within that same system becomes twice as effective for half the effort.

If one were to try and master a single High-Tier Talisman in isolation, the time wasted could be far greater than the time it would take to learn the entire system of Low-Tier Talismans plus that High-Tier Talisman combined.

Take the Demon Refining Talisman, for example.

The time it took Wei Tu to draw a High-Quality Demon Refining Talisman was several times longer than it took him to draw other Tier One Upper-Grade Talismans.

The reason was that the Demon Refining Talisman was not part of a system; its Talisman Making Technique stood alone.

Thunder Talismans.

Among all talismans, they are a special existence. A Talisman that can be called a Thunder Talisman is often unmatched among its peers, possessing immense power.

After advancing to Foundation Establishment, the flight effect of Wei Tu's Geomagnetic Primordial Light was no longer effective at restraining Same-Tier Cultivators.

Therefore, choosing Thunder Talismans as his means of combat was imperative for Wei Tu.

'Of course, the Geomagnetic Primordial Light isn't useless. It's just a bit lacking at the moment.'

Wei Tu thought of the Tier Two Spiritual Material needed to refine the Geomagnetic Primordial Light: the "Iron Magnetic Spirit Wood."

The Iron Magnetic Spirit Wood was recorded in the Little Spring and Autumn Technique as an essential Spiritual Material for advancing the "Geomagnetic Primordial Light."

After absorbing the "Iron Magnetic Spirit Wood," the Geomagnetic Primordial Light could transform and produce the "Primordial Forbidden."

The Primordial Forbidden was a Natural Restriction. Not only could it suppress Metal Magical Artifacts, but the Restriction it generated could also instantly crush an enemy with the force of Ten Thousand Jins.

Within the Foundation Establishment Realm, this method was considered a first-rate Divine Technique.

...

After leaving the Library Pavilion, Wei Tu obtained one-to-one replicas of the two Jade Scrolls.

Switching his Cultivation Technique would still take some time.

Therefore, Wei Tu planned to first visit Huang Peng's home and see his relatives.

Wei Tu took out the wooden plaque Huang Peng had given him the day before. He examined it for a moment and found that it was similar to his own Identity Token; it was Huang Peng's "Residence Order" for Cloud Crane Mountain.

Engraved on it were Huang Peng's address and the number of people in his household.

Leaving the Inner City of Cloud Crane Mountain, Wei Tu followed the address to a remote alley in the outer city and knocked on the door of a dilapidated, grimy house.

"Grand-uncle, you're here."

Huang Chengfu must have been waiting by the door, as he opened it the very instant he heard Wei Tu knock, bowing to greet him.

"Where's your father?"

Wei Tu swept his Guardian Map Divine Sense across the room and, seeing no sign of Huang Peng, asked casually.

"My father is a peddler. He has to go out to do business during the day and only comes back at night."

Huang Chengfu replied with his head lowered.

"Though your family has fallen on hard times, your spirit remains strong. Your family will surely rise again sooner or later."

Hearing this, a trace of admiration appeared in Wei Tu's eyes as he commented.

Back in Qingshan County, his uncle-in-law, Master Huang, had started as a merchant and built a family fortune.

Now, although Huang Peng's family was down and out within Cloud Crane Mountain, with their diligent, money-earning nature... he believed that Huang Peng's family would eventually become prominent.

Yesterday, when he had run into Huang Peng and his son, he had used his Guardian Map Divine Sense to check their Cultivation.

Huang Peng was average, still a Mortal.

But Huang Chengfu was different. At over thirty years of age, his Cultivation was already at the Qi Cultivation Second Layer, approaching the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.

This meant one thing.

Like Kou Liang, Huang Peng had chosen to no longer pursue the Immortal Dao, instead investing all the resources he earned into his offspring.

It would be difficult for Huang Chengfu to become the next Foundation Establishment Master Kou Hongying.

But it wouldn't be hard for him to become a cultivator at Middle-Stage Qi Cultivation or even Late-Stage Qi Cultivation in his lifetime.

In this way, generation after generation, sooner or later a Foundation Establishment Master from the Cultivation Realm would emerge from Huang Peng's family.

"Grand-uncle, please wait a moment. I'll go get my father and have him entertain you..."

Huang Chengfu scratched his head, said this to Wei Tu, and then ran out of the house and down the alley without a second glance.

—He was a simple person and didn't know any clever words; it was more appropriate to have his father, Huang Peng, host Wei Tu.

Seeing this, Wei Tu shook his head.

He didn't chase after Huang Chengfu to stop him. Instead, he walked into the Huang family home, went to his second aunt Wei Hong's Spiritual Position, and lit a stick of incense.

A quarter of an hour later, Huang Chengfu ran back home, panting and carrying a shoulder pole with goods. Following behind him were Huang Peng and a young girl in a ruqun-style dress who looked younger than Huang Chengfu.

"Cousin..."

"Grand-uncle..."

The entire Huang Peng family greeted Wei Tu with respectful bows.