The Longevity Family: Starting From The Branches And Leaves

Chapter 34: Second Stage Refiner (Seeking to Continue Reading)

The lazy autumn sunlight shone through the wooden window, casting scattered and intricate shadows in the room, as if one could see the faint dust particles dancing in the air.

Having just finished his meal, Chen Ling walked towards the cultivation room.

Clang clang!

By the courtyard, Qin Yelian was chopping tough beast meat.

Not far from her, Chu Yuqing was washing pots and pans.

He Yunxiu was teaching Xiaoping'an how to speak and recognize characters.

During this time in the courtyard, only the afternoon was filled with a sense of life.

At other times, everyone was busy with their cultivation.

Entering the cultivation room, Chen Ling sat cross-legged on a cushion and couldn't help but yawn, feeling a bit drowsy.

In the past half month, almost every day, he felt like his body was being drained.

He had to spend half an hour each day expelling the poison gas for Li Yourong, consuming a large amount of spiritual energy. Without two or three hours, he couldn't recover at all.

Originally, with the second-grade Dual Cultivation Technique, his recovery would be faster.

But after using up ten second-grade Dual Cultivation Pills, these days, he often experienced this state of fatigue.

Although he was busy every day, in order to gain merit points, he still worked overtime every night.

With his three wives taking turns, sometimes even gathering together, he felt sore and tired every night.

But for the sake of merit points, he could only grit his teeth and persevere!

Cultivation was not easy!

"I still need to find a way to buy another middle-grade or top-grade Dual Cultivation Technique!"

"This 'Playing with Dragons and Dancing with Phoenixes' is not working! I'm exhausted every day, but the results are minimal!"

"Could it be that I bought a fake cultivation technique?"

As Chen Ling pondered, he swallowed two ordinary Dual Cultivation Pills and circulated the Qingyan Art to refine and absorb them.

Without the second-grade Dual Cultivation Pills, he felt a bit anxious when consuming these ordinary Dual Cultivation Pills.

He was afraid that it would affect his future cultivation progress.

Although he had already adapted somewhat in these past few days, this was something he had to do out of necessity.

"This can't go on like this!"

After half a month of their combined cultivation, Li Yourong's body had eliminated one-third of the poison.

Originally, he could refine one artifact every two days, but now it took three days.

Among the eight artifacts from the Duobao Pavilion, six top-grade artifacts had been refined, but he didn't know how to start with the two supreme-grade artifacts.

Chen Ling's eyes flashed, "I can only quickly improve my cultivation level in order to better survive the upcoming market reshuffle."

"And Yunxiu and the others have average aptitude, so they need better elixirs to assist their cultivation. If the elixirs are too poor, their progress in the mid-stage of Qi Refining will be extremely slow, which would be more harm than good!"

Although he had to save Li Yourong, he couldn't neglect his family. That would be putting the cart before the horse!

"Perfect, these days, I've also accumulated 30 merit points. Let's see if I can refine a supreme-grade artifact with some additional points. If not, I can only temporarily give up."

With these thoughts, Chen Ling took a deep breath and opened his spiritual consciousness to access his personal attribute panel.

Name: Chen Ling

Merit Points: 30

Spirit Roots: Low-grade Spirit Roots in Four Elements (Metal, Wood, Fire, Earth, 2/100)(+)

Realm: Fifth Layer of Qi Refining

Cultivation Technique: Qingyan Art (Proficiency: 44/100)(+)

Skill: Basic Refining Technique (Proficiency: 50/100)

"Forty-Eight Forbidden Refining Techniques" (Initial Understanding: 38/100)(+)

Spirit Flame Finger (Initial Understanding: 80/100)(+)

Basic Puppet Technique (Entry Level: 5/100)(+)

Qingyun Sword Technique (Entry Level: 6/100)(+)

Divine Ability: None

Lifespan: 65 years(+)

Refiner: First Stage Top-grade

[Family Progress: There are four family members, generating one and a half Ancestral Fire Value per day.]

[Hint: Having a dual cultivation partner can also increase Ancestral Fire Value!]

"Forty-Eight Refining Techniques and Forbidden Laws," level up!"

Chen Ling's divine sense lightly touched the "Forty-Eight Refining Techniques and Forbidden Laws."

As the Ancestral Fire Value on the panel rapidly decreased, a figure appeared in his sea of consciousness, drawing forbidden laws.

The figure wielded spiritual energy like a brush, shining brightly and dazzlingly.

Chen Ling felt as if time had frozen, and with each stroke of spiritual power, the figure was clearly visible in his sea of consciousness, as if engraved in his mind.

At the same time, the uses and combinations of many materials became clear to him in this moment, as if a door had been opened in his understanding.

Even the fifth, sixth, and even seventh-level forbidden laws gained a deeper comprehension in this moment.

After a moment, the figure in his sea of consciousness gradually dissipated.

His gaze swept over.

The Ancestral Fire Value column returned to zero.

At the same time, in the skill column, "Forty-Eight Refining Techniques and Forbidden Laws" (Proficiency: 12/100) (+).

A hint of joy flashed in Chen Ling's eyes as he whispered, "I finally mastered the eighth-level forbidden laws!"

"Even my father-in-law, who spent half his life, only managed to grasp the surface of the eighth-level forbidden laws. My current strength is far beyond his!"

For ordinary refiners, many of them spend their entire lives without being able to draw an eighth-level forbidden law.

Mastering the eighth-level forbidden laws means qualifying as a second-tier refiner.

Even in the entire Jinshan market, the number of second-tier refiners is extremely limited.

It should be noted that comprehending the eighth-level forbidden laws not only requires sufficient talent but also guidance from a renowned master.

These scattered cultivators simply do not possess that.

Even though the He family belongs to a refining family, He Jing has never successfully crafted a top-grade artifact containing eighth-level forbidden laws.

Feeling the abundant spiritual energy in his body at this moment, Chen Ling took out a spiritual board from his storage bag and began to attempt drawing the eighth-level forbidden laws.

The two top-grade artifacts he was refining this time were a four-sided shield with eighth-level and seventh-level forbidden laws combined, and a Thunderwood Sword with eighth-level lightning forbidden laws.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Ling decided to try the Thunderwood Sword first.

Taking a deep breath and stabilizing his mind, he began to infuse spiritual power into the spiritual board.

With the improvement of the Qingyan Decision and his proficiency in refining, not only did his drawing speed increase, but the consumption of spiritual power was also minimal.

...

Half an hour quickly passed.

After studying the Thunderwood Sword for a while, Chen Ling finally approached perfection.

Compared to seventh-level forbidden laws, eighth-level forbidden laws were more than twice as difficult. They required drawing dozens of spiritual patterns, and the circulation of spiritual power was more complex, emphasizing the harmony and coordination of the patterns.

He engraved the final spiritual pattern onto the spiritual board, and a flash of lightning appeared on the board.

The air around him buzzed.

At the same time, a faint magical power rippled like waves.

"Crackle!"

Flickering electric arcs appeared on the spiritual board.

Then the spiritual patterns dimmed, and the lightning disappeared into them.

"Let's give it a try!"

Chen Ling put down the spiritual board and sat down, taking a moment to recover his spiritual power.

He had already opened fifty-seven spiritual acupoints in his body and was not far from reaching the sixth layer of Qi Refining with his current spiritual cultivation.

Originally, with his current level of spiritual energy, it would be difficult for him to support drawing eighth-level forbidden laws.

However, he considered that his proficiency in the Qingyan Decision and forbidden laws far exceeded that of ordinary refiners.

So he decided to give it a try.

If he succeeded, that would be great.

If not, it would just be a waste of some materials.

These materials were provided by the Treasure Pavilion, so he wouldn't be at a loss!

As long as he could refine this Thunderwood Sword, he would officially become a second-tier refiner!

(End of this chapter)