noffsinger Chapter 4: Do one good deed a day, and you will surely be rewarded.
Chapter 4: Do one good deed a day, and you will surely be rewarded.
Jade slip? !
As the divination indicated, it was auspicious to bury the deceased and to perform a good deed daily, which would surely bring blessings!
He looked around and, seeing that no one was around, immediately took the jade slip down.
The jade slip felt warm and smooth to the touch, and its texture was delicate; it was definitely not an ordinary item.
Shen Li couldn't wait to probe in with her divine sense.
The jade slip begins with a few ancient, golden characters: My legacy awaits its destined owner!
"Nine Revolutions Everlasting Technique - Qi Refining Chapter"!
The inheritance of martial arts techniques?
He was so excited that he almost cried out.
Thinking that there were other servants nearby, he quickly put the jade slip away.
In the time that followed, Shen Li continued to mechanically swing the axe on the surface, but his mind was in turmoil, filled with the inheritance in the jade slip, and he couldn't wait to study it.
Finally, the day's work is over.
Shen Li didn't even eat before rushing back to her courtyard and closing the door.
He let out a long sigh of relief and excitedly probed the jade slip with his divine sense once more.
Half an hour later, Shen Li withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip, his expression a mixture of excitement and hesitation.
It turns out that the owner of the jade slip was named Luo Huan, the last leader of the Shennong Sect.
The Shennong Sect has a history spanning thousands of years, but it has been lost to the long river of history.
However, the surviving disciples never gave up on restoring the sect's former glory. Unfortunately, the sect's core cultivation technique, the "Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique," was lost, leaving only the Qi Refining stage portion.
The successive patriarchs have been searching for the remaining parts.
Finally, Luo Huan's generation discovered that the Foundation Establishment Chapter was hidden in the Heavenly Demon Sect's Scripture Pavilion.
So Luo Huan sneaked in alone to steal the items, but was unfortunately exposed, seriously injured, and fled to the back mountain of the servants' quarters, where he eventually died in the wilderness.
Before his death, he embedded the Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique's Qi Refining Chapter into his own bones, waiting for a destined person to receive it.
Fortunately, the jade slip was hidden well, otherwise it would have been discovered long ago.
At the end of his last words, Luo Huan left a message: "If a person is destined to receive this inheritance, he will become the new leader of the Shennong Sect."
I hope you will carry on the legacy of your predecessors, find the follow-up techniques of the Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique, and restore the former glory of the Shennong Sect!
Luo Huan hereby expresses his gratitude.
A bitter smile appeared on his lips: Become the sect leader of Shennong Sect? To retrieve the subsequent cultivation techniques?
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
As a lowly servant at the first level of Qi Refining, working undercover in the Demonic Sect, my life hangs by a thread. How could I possibly have the energy to revitalize a sect that was destroyed thousands of years ago?
But he couldn't bear to give up this technique.
While it may not be the most advanced martial arts technique in the world, it is definitely among the top-tier.
The Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique is a wood-based cultivation method that absorbs the essence of plants for its own use. It emphasizes accumulating strength gradually and becoming stronger over time.
It is said that by cultivating to a high level, one can even embark on the path to immortality.
However, this technique has a fatal limitation: once practiced, one cannot switch to other techniques, otherwise one's life force will be cut off, rendering one a useless person.
In other words, this is a one-way street; if one cannot find a subsequent cultivation method, one will be stuck in the Qi Refining stage for life.
Shen Li stared at the jade slip, her mind in turmoil: Luo Huan, you really put me in a dilemma.
give up?
This is a top-tier cultivation technique, a chance that could change one's destiny.
Many people yearn for it but cannot obtain it; if I were to give it up, wouldn't that be a waste of its potential?
Cultivation?
Once you begin cultivating, you must find all the subsequent chapters: Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.
But how easy is it to conquer such a vast continent?
All the successive leaders of the Shennong Sect died because of this. Why should I, a nobody at the first level of Qi Refining, be allowed to do this?
Time slips away bit by bit.
Finally, Shen Li gritted her teeth, a resolute glint in her eyes: With such an opportunity before her, how could she give it up?
Moreover, the Foundation Establishment chapter is located in the Heavenly Demon Sect's Scripture Pavilion.
I have a daily divination system to help me avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, and to predict the future.
What others cannot do, I may be able to do as well.
His gaze gradually hardened: the path of cultivation is inherently a struggle against fate; how can one hesitate?!
I will cultivate the Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique!
Thinking of this, Shen Li sat cross-legged and slowly circulated his magical power according to the cultivation route of the "Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique".
Previously, he had only practiced the most basic Qi Induction Technique, and coupled with his mediocre talent, it took him two years of arduous training to barely reach the first level of Qi Refining.
After joining the Heavenly Demon Sect, I was merely a menial servant and had no right to obtain advanced cultivation techniques.
Now that he has obtained a top-tier cultivation technique, he naturally wants to test its effects immediately.
The spiritual energy surged in from the Baihui acupoint and flowed slowly along the specific route of the cultivation technique.
After a long while, a cycle of Qi circulation ended. Shen Li opened his eyes and frowned slightly: the effect was indeed much stronger than the Qi Induction Technique, but it was far from the effect he had imagined.
He was somewhat disappointed. It was, after all, the most treasured tradition of the Shennong Sect, so how come it wasn't much different from the Qi Induction Technique when practiced?
Just as he was wondering, a sentence from the jade slip suddenly flashed through his mind: This technique uses plants and spiritual plants as a medium to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, transform it into one's own use, and then give back to the plants and spiritual plants, so that life can continue endlessly.
Shen Li's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that cultivation requires the presence of plants or spiritual plants in the surrounding area to achieve twice the result with half the effort?
So he immediately got up, quietly left the courtyard, and took advantage of the night to go to the back mountain, where he found a secluded place with dense trees and overgrown weeds.
Sit cross-legged and begin circulating the exercise again.
This time, it felt completely different.
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by something, gathering from all directions, passing through layers of grass and trees, being filtered and purified, and transforming into the purest wood spiritual energy, which then surged into his body.
The impure parts of the spiritual energy are fed back and absorbed by the surrounding plants, turning into nutrients.
It was as if he and the plants were cultivating themselves at the same time.
Shen Li was overjoyed and immediately began to fully circulate his cultivation technique.
Silent all night.
As dawn broke, Shen Li slowly opened her eyes, her face revealing an undisguised surprise.
His magical power has greatly improved and become increasingly refined, reaching the peak of the first level of Qi Refining!
His cultivation in one night was equivalent to half a month of hard work before. At this rate, he only needs to cultivate for a few more days to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.
The surrounding vegetation had grown considerably taller than the previous night, with its branches and leaves appearing even more lush and verdant, as if it too had undergone a thorough and exhilarating cultivation.
Shen Li sighed inwardly, thinking to himself: "Luckily I didn't give up, otherwise I would have missed out on such a wonderful technique!"
The opportunities provided by the daily divination were indeed extraordinary.
Besides, my strength is weak, and my top priority is to improve it. As for future techniques, what is more important than staying alive?!
Just as he was rejoicing over his progress in cultivation, a golden light flashed in his sea of consciousness, and ancient characters reappeared:
The divination result has been updated.
Today's divination result: Mixed fortune.
Suitable for: Transactions.
Taboo: Sacrifices, prayers.
[The divination text reads: At noon today, you purchased a Yin Ning Grass at a low price in the Heavenly Demon Sect's market and sold it at a high price.]
Shen Li was overjoyed.
I just got the cultivation technique and I'm really short of cultivation resources. This daily divination is a lifesaver!
Buy low and sell high, making a profit from the price difference – that suits me perfectly.
Then, taking advantage of the faint light of dawn, he quietly returned to the courtyard.