Chapter 1080: Sovereign In Peril
If the Li Family's cultivation methods and secret techniques were inferior to the Cui Family's, then why would the Cui Family wish to exchange for this spell? Li Ximing's hesitation clearly stemmed from this doubt. Cui Xianye immediately realized this and could not allow Li Ximing to feel awkward.
He respectfully said, "Daoist Master, my family's Sovereign In Peril technique is only of the fourth grade and accompanied by a single secret technique. How could it be worthy of comparison with your esteemed family's immortal art? Moreover, the Upper Mansion Bright Venerating Scripture is our family's foundational treasure. I would not dare recklessly bring it out without the elders' permission."
He made a decisive choice, dropping to his knees and bowing as he said, "This junior is willing to offer up a cultivation method to the Daoist Master, only asking for a single favor in return. May your divine ability, brilliant as the sun, shield Chongzhou beneath their radiance and protect the Cui Family in times of peril."
Li Ximing paused slightly, thinking to himself, A single favor in exchange for a Purple Mansion Realm Body Divine Ability? Even if it is merely a fourth grade technique with only one secret art... it is still a Purple Mansion Realm technique!
Cultivation in the Purple Mansion Realm was quite different from the Foundation Establishment Realm. Upon breaking through with an Immortal Foundation, one could not immediately practice the next divine ability. Instead, the current divine ability had to be cultivated to perfection.
This process could be painstakingly slow, since one could refine the ability little by little over decades, or it could be hastened by using spirit items, pills, and continuation-type spells to bring the ability to completion.
Once that divine ability reached perfection, the cultivator had to begin cultivating the next divine ability. With a Purple Mansion Realm technique, one could condense the Immortal Foundation within the qihai acupoint, then transport it into the Shenyang acupoint with the aid of oneโs divine ability. This was not as arduous as the Foundation Establishment Realm, since it was merely a matter of time.
Some cultivators could refine pills and swallow another's Immortal Foundation, then use spells to directly integrate it into the Shenyang acupoint, nurturing their divine ability that way. However, those like Li Ximing, without such shortcuts, could only rely on Purple Mansion Realm techniques and painstakingly train ability after ability step by step. Without these methods, they would remain stuck with a single ability until death. Thus, the importance of such a technique was self-evident.
For cultivators like Ning Tiaoxiao, who had been trapped in early Purple Mansion Realm for years without a suitable method, such a technique could be exchanged for far too much. It might even compel a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator to act not once, but multiple times.
Though Li Ximing trusted the Cui Family, he did not immediately agree. He sipped his tea in silence, while Cui Xianye continued to press his forehead to the floor and said, "The Cui Family has dwelled in isolation overseas for a thousand years, yet our loyalty has not wavered. In the past, the Li and Cui Families have often supported one another. Today, as we seek the Daoist Master's aid, it is also a matter of longstanding friendship.