Chapter 25: Cultivation Techniques
With a decision made, Li Lang quickly decided to check out the basic cultivation technique he found.
He took out his sect token and placed it on the counter by the entrance, along with the book. The old lady at the counter took hold of the items for a few seconds before returning them with a smile.
“I have deducted five contribution points. You have ninety-five left.”
“Thank you, Senior.”
The old lady raised an eyebrow at the strange kid.
“There is nothing to thank me for. Work hard, child.”
Li Lang nodded, and wasted no time, heading straight back to his room where he could read in silence. While there was a lot more to explore and various ways he could spend his contribution points, his thirst for knowledge had won out.
His lifelong obsession was to find a way to attain immortality. Having found such an outlandish method to reach his goals, he was determined to dissect its mechanics using the scientific method.
The room he was assigned wasn’t large enough for him to pace around, so he shifted and turned while reading on the bed. The Spirit Grove Basic Cultivation Technique wasn’t particularly long, just like all the other cultivation techniques at the library, so he quickly finished it.
A lot of the content was filler text that went on about nature and the cycle of life, and the main point was simple. It taught the reader that the cultivation techniques in the Energy Gathering realm simply affected how cultivators absorbed Qi.
The absorption of Qi relied on the power of imagination, and Spirit Grove’s manual went into detail on how to do so by picturing yourself as a tree, absorbing nutrients from the ground.
The simplicity of it was the reason why cultivation techniques weren’t that valued in the Energy Gathering realm. Cultivators didn’t spend much time absorbing Qi as they reached their limit quickly, and if they persisted, they would feel sharp pain, followed by other, more serious conditions.