A Biography of the Liu Family in Peach Blossom Mountain

Chapter 11: A New Day

Liu Zhangxu was a highly disciplined individual. In this regard, his father Liu Shihao had a significant influence on him.

Upon learning that Liu Zhangxu possessed the Three Spiritual Roots aptitude, his father had high expectations for him, hoping that his son would go further on the path of cultivation.

Therefore, since Liu Zhangxu began practicing at the age of 8, Liu Shihao had devised a rigorous training plan for his son, personally guiding Liu Zhangxu's cultivation and even sacrificing his own cultivation time.

The most frequent thing his father Liu Shihao said was that cultivation is a lifelong endeavor and one must never relax. By arranging one's cultivation time properly and persisting in the long term, good results will be achieved.

Good cultivation habits are more important than anything else. Liu Zhangxu also strongly agreed with this point and had always followed his father's teachings.

Thanks to the unwavering efforts of the father and son, Liu Zhangxu had the fastest cultivation speed among his peers in the family.

Many cultivators, despite having decent aptitude, failed to strictly demand of themselves and would spend more time idling than cultivating, indulging in temporary pleasures. They couldn't endure the long and monotonous cultivation life, ultimately wasting their own good talents. In the end, their progress in cultivation was slow, and they regretted it when they grew old.

On the other hand, those cultivators who initially had poor aptitude often achieved the Gold Core, Nascent Soul, and Great Dao through their persistent efforts.

Therefore, if one wants to go further on the path of cultivation, besides needing good aptitude, one needs great perseverance, great determination, great courage, and great wisdom.

After clarifying his own path of cultivation, Liu Zhangxu immediately took action.

He first arranged his daily schedule. He practiced techniques in the morning and evening, cultivated spells and swordsmanship in the morning, made talismans in the afternoon, and managed the Spirit Field and Spirit Fruit trees.

Liu Zhangxu practiced techniques in the morning and evening because these two time periods were less likely to be disturbed. Cultivation techniques were most sensitive to interruptions, especially during critical moments of cultivation. If disturbed, it could lead to breakthrough failures or even demonic possession.

Although Liu Zhangxu was not satisfied with the Qi Refining technique of the Foundation Building stage, this technique could be cultivated to the early stage of Foundation Building. Moreover, the mana cultivated from this technique was relatively pure, which was very beneficial for cultivators to break through the Foundation Building stage.

As for spells, Liu Zhangxu only knew Fireball, Spiritual Eye Technique, Clairaudience, and Light Body Technique.

During the recent demon-hunting operation, Liu Zhangxu deeply felt the lack of combat techniques. Although he achieved fruitful results in the demon-hunting operation, luck played a significant role.

Therefore, Liu Zhangxu decided to learn several more spells according to his own needs.

In terms of offensive spells, Liu Zhangxu planned to learn Water Arrow Technique, which was a group attack spell. Although its power was not as great as Fireball, it was very effective against large-area targets.

In terms of defensive spells, Earth Wall and Golden Armor spells have the best defensive effects. Unfortunately, Liu Zhangxu does not have the Golden Spirit Root or the Earth Spirit Root, so he can only choose the Wooden Shield spell.

In addition, Liu Zhangxu is also planning to learn the Entangling spell, which has a good effect of trapping enemies.

In terms of swordsmanship, Liu Zhangxu doesn't have any good sword techniques. He plans to ask his father during lunchtime.

Also, although he has a talisman pen, he still needs to exchange for the ink and paper used to make talismans from the clan's treasury.

Liu Zhangxu first goes to his training room to practice spells. This training room is built with Qinggang Stone, which is a Rank One Low Grade spiritual material. The stone is hard but cannot be used for refining. It is widely distributed and has a very low price, mainly used for the construction of halls and city walls.

The clan has several Qinggang Stone mines. The stone required for Liu Zhangxu's training room costs a total of 55 clan contribution points, equivalent to 55 low-grade spiritual stones.

Liu Zhangxu's training room is eight feet high, eight zhang long, and two zhang wide. The facilities in the training room are relatively simple, with only a cushion and a target stone made of Qinggang Stone for practicing spells.

Liu Zhangxu first practices the Fireball spell. Currently, his Fireball spell has only reached a small achievement. In this demon hunting operation, he struggles to deal with agile Demonic Beasts due to his slow casting speed.

Liu Zhangxu continuously forms hand seals, and fist-sized fireballs quickly shoot towards the target stone. For a while, sparks fly on the target stone, and soon this one-foot-thick target stone is full of pits and holes.

After practicing for a while and depleting his mana, he starts to meditate to restore his mana.

After restoring his mana, he starts practicing the Water Arrow Technique. Following the cultivation route recorded in the spell, a mist of water vapor appears in the air, but before he can condense the water arrow, it disappears because his cultivation route is incorrect.

Liu Zhangxu is not discouraged and continuously summarizes his experience and adjusts his cultivation route. Finally, he starts to condense the shape of a water arrow. After shooting the water arrow, only a water mark is left on the target stone.

Although it currently lacks power, as long as he continues to practice, the power will gradually increase.

Wooden Shield spell requires the caster to condense wood attribute spiritual energy in front of them. The defensive effect of the Wooden Shield spell depends on the density of the condensed wood attribute spiritual energy.

After half an hour of practice, Liu Zhangxu only manages to produce a green shadow. It will take a longer time to refine the Wooden Shield spell into a usable state.

The Entangling spell is also a wood attribute spell, which requires the caster to condense wood attribute spiritual energy into vine-like or rope-like forms to bind the enemy. It is also a very practical spell.

Since both the Entangling spell and the Wooden Shield spell are wood attribute spells, it is easy to understand that with the foundation of the Wooden Shield spell, Liu Zhangxu will soon be able to condense rope-like green shadows. With more practice in the future, he will improve.

(End of this chapter)