Chapter 222 Master's Support

After listening to her disciple's account, Ge Ying inquired in detail about the various aspects of the disciple's cultivation, her brows furrowing involuntarily.

In her view, her disciple's cultivation was proceeding normally and without any mistakes.

Different cultivation methods do indeed have more suitable time periods for practice, and the efficiency of cultivation can vary considerably depending on the time.

For example, the best time to cultivate in the sect's Blazing Sun Furnace Scroll is during the day.

From sunrise to sunset, the efficiency of improving one's cultivation level is quite good, but cultivation at night is much less efficient and makes progress difficult.

The best time to practice is at noon, but that is also the time when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is most intense, and it is uncertain how many people can persevere through it.

Her first thought was that her disciple's prolonged cultivation had caused hidden injuries to his body.

"After you finish your cultivation, do you feel anything wrong with your body?"

Ji An gently shook his head and said:

"After finishing the cultivation, the abnormality in the body will disappear quickly."

The burning or icy sensation in the immortal veins will last for a while, and will completely dissipate after about 45 minutes.

I carefully examined my body and found nothing wrong; on the contrary, I felt refreshed and physically stable.

He paused for a moment, then slowly began to speak:

"I have a vague feeling that the cultivation technique has the effect of tempering the body and soul."

In the past month or so, he has increasingly felt that his internal organs are full of qi and blood and that he is full of energy.

Ge Ying herself also practices the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique, and she feels that the best time to practice is in the early morning and evening.

She could persist in cultivating until noon and midnight, but she never experienced the body-tempering and soul-tempering effects that her disciple had described.

Practicing the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique allows one to perceive the profound mysteries of Yin and Yang changes between heaven and earth.

Why have the sect's seniors never mentioned this in their annotations about cultivation techniques?

Or is it that the cultivation method varies from person to person, and the disciple's understanding of the cultivation method has reached a level that no one before him has ever reached?

She pondered for a long time and said softly:

"To be honest, the principles of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are closely related, containing profound and mysterious changes."

However, with our current level of understanding, we cannot comprehend the profound principles behind this change.

However, since you've had a thorough check-up, I think that's a good thing.

Her disciple had already given her enough surprises, so she was no longer surprised.

Whenever she thought the other person's potential had been fully realized, it would always bring a completely new shock.

"I only came into contact with profound methods like the transformation of Yin and Yang during the Chaoyuan period, which is another question I cannot answer."

Ge Ying sighed with a touch of self-deprecation and relief, then said gently:

"Go to Chaoyang Peak later to find Uncle Jia Yu; he will answer your questions."

She was pleased to have such a disciple, as the disciple could go further on the path of cultivation; however, she was also worried because she could no longer fulfill her duty of imparting knowledge and resolving doubts, which made her somewhat depressed.

She used her object manipulation technique to send a spirit peach into her disciple's hand:

"Here, you should try some too."

For cultivators like us who practice wood-element techniques, fire-element spiritual fruits can stimulate the yang fire within our magical power, which can be slightly helpful when breaking through to the Chaoyuan stage.

However, it is not advisable to eat too much of it, otherwise it will affect the purity of your magic power. In the future, when you eat spiritual fruits, it is better to choose wood-elemental and water-elemental spiritual fruits.

After eating, it's best to circulate your internal energy to refine the essence as soon as possible.

She picked up the peach and took a small bite. She immediately felt the warm juice overflowing, and the flesh was soft, tender, sweet and delicious.

As the juice entered his stomach, his fire-elemental spiritual power began to rise.

Ji An nodded slightly. His master's casual remark contained many details about cultivation.

After eating the spirit peach, he immediately activated the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique to refine it, making sure not a single bit of spiritual power was wasted.

A quarter of an hour later, Ge Ying saw that her disciple had refined the spirit peach, and the smile on her lips became even more gentle:

"Very good. Your efficiency in refining spiritual energy should be comparable to that of cultivators with Earth-grade aptitude."

Your current understanding of the techniques will greatly compensate for the impact of your aptitude.

The speed at which your cultivation has improved will astound other cultivators.

By observing a part of the leopard, she gained a more intuitive understanding of her disciple's cultivation progress.

Her biggest worry used to be her disciple's aptitude, which was only at the middle grade.

It is not easy to bridge the gap between oneself and a high-grade or even low-grade cultivator.

As cultivation levels increase, the aptitude of all cultivators also increases; however, the higher the initial aptitude, the lower the rate of aptitude improvement.

The improvement in aptitude of a cultivator with Heavenly Rank is even more minute, which gives other cultivators hope of catching up.

Ji An smiled and said:

"With the demonic calamity imminent, even the slightest improvement in cultivation is beneficial."

Before the situation deteriorates further, he will most likely not need to be on the front lines. However, it is wise to be cautious, and every improvement he makes now may be his lifeline in the future.

Ge Ying nodded gently and smiled:

"Among my many disciples, you are one of the few I trust the most."

In her mind, her fourth disciple Zhong Yuefei, her twelfth disciple Liu Yu, and the disciple she was about to close were the disciples on whom she placed high hopes.

Zhong Yuefei is skilled at refining pills, and her talent in this area is even stronger than hers. Her current ability is on par with hers, or even slightly better.

As one of the sect's top alchemists, he would be the one among the disciples least likely to personally participate in frontline battles.

Liu Yu possesses innate talent and a fire-elemental body, making him exceptionally skilled in combat. Even the Hall Master of the Enforcement Hall speaks highly of him.

Such disciples will grow rapidly after the outbreak of the demonic calamity. As long as they do not encounter enemies far beyond their limits, they will surely become stronger and more courageous in battle and shine brightly.

Although Ji An, the last disciple, chose to become a spirit farmer, in the long run, his value is as rare as that of a high-level alchemist.

Its effects become more apparent over time.

Ji An smiled and said:

"Master, my speed in refining spiritual items has increased recently. I wonder how much merit I have left to exchange for spiritual items?"

He never asked how much merit he had exchanged for the high-level spiritual items he obtained from the eruption of Crimson Flame Peak.

"You've expended a lot of energy over the years. You only have a little over 900 points of minor merit left, and you haven't used any major merits yet, so you still have 90 points left."

If you convert everything into minor merit points, you'll have 10,000 left. How many minor merit points do you need to exchange for the spiritual items you consume each year?

Ji An thought carefully and said:

"It will take about nine hundred small merits."

Crimson Flame Peak is planted with Azure Dragon Wood, so wood-type spiritual items do not need to be exchanged from the sect's secret vault; otherwise, the consumption of minor merits would be much higher.

In other words, the small amount of energy his master possesses here can sustain him for another ten years.

However, he will inevitably break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment within ten years, which will further increase his consumption of spiritual items.

He needs to contribute more resources to exchange for minor merits, which is definitely enough to refine spiritual items. However, the current challenge is that he needs to accumulate more merits to exchange for Qi Cultivation Pills.

Fortunately, more and more second-tier spiritual plants are being cultivated on Crimson Flame Peak, giving him ample time to prepare.

Ji An thought for a moment and then said:

"Master, I want you to use these minor skills to help me exchange for the Profound Wood Gathering Spirit Pill."

Due to sect regulations, he is not currently qualified to exchange for this type of pill.

Ge Ying nodded slightly:

"You've done a good job of looking at things from a long-term perspective."

Over the years, I've accumulated some late-stage Foundation Establishment pills. You can come find me after you make another breakthrough.

She wholeheartedly agreed that her disciple was already preparing for the later stages of Foundation Establishment.

She stood up:

"Let's go, let's head to Chaoyang Peak, your teacher will accompany you."

At the beginning of the hour of You (5-7 PM), in the Treasure Pavilion.

The setting sun slowly sank, its soft light slanting across the windowpane.

Ji An stepped into the main hall, took out a small wooden box, and said with a smile:

"Uncle-Master, I've come to see you!"

The spirit peaches on Crimson Flame Peak are ripe; I picked two of the plumpest ones to bring to you.

Ge Ying raised her eyebrows slightly as she saw her disciple's skillful movements.

Many cultivators spend years cultivating and know very little about human relationships and social customs.

This phenomenon is more common among cultivators with excellent aptitude and rapid cultivation advancement, while ordinary cultivators and those without aspirations for cultivation are more worldly-wise.

This disciple has been cultivating diligently on Crimson Flame Peak for many years and has done a very good job in terms of interpersonal relationships.

Jia Yu was currently tallying resources and smiled:

"Ji is really good, he always remembers me."

"Please have a seat. I'll entertain you and your apprentice after I'm done with my work."

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Jia Yu put away the account book and said:

"Yesterday, Liu Suyun from Yunmeng Peak came by and said she wanted to exchange the Xuanmu Gathering Spirit Pill for you."

"So, you brought your master here today just to exchange for pills?"

Ji An chuckled and grinned, saying:

"Uncle-Master, you have a really good eye for people."

Jia Yu's lips curled up slightly, as if she had known it all along.

His expression quickly turned serious, and he explained the changes in the sect's decision-making process, saying:

"The number of pills that other cultivators can help exchange has decreased significantly compared to before. They can only exchange ten pills per year now. Did Xiao Liu tell you that?"

"I haven't received a message from my senior sister yet."

Ji An frowned slightly; this was not good news.

Ge Ying interjected:

"Uncle-Master, this policy doesn't affect me much. I have some extra redemption eligibility every year."

Furthermore, since I cultivate the wood element technique, I'll share some of my own pills with Ji An.

She was the sect's most outstanding alchemist and enjoyed certain privileges.

Now she has given up on further advancement and only needs to take a very small amount of pills to maintain her cultivation level and prevent it from regressing.

The remaining resources can all be left to the disciples.

The disciple accepted this favor and would naturally repay it to her descendant, Ge Luoying.

Jia Yu immediately understood her meaning, his expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice:

"Ge Ying, have you thought it through?"

If you could get your hands on a high-grade longevity pill, you might…

He looked at the aged female cultivator in front of him and did not continue speaking.

Having not seen each other for some time, the other party's vital energy began to deplete, and even if he obtained the Longevity Pill, there was little hope of breaking through to the Chaoyuan stage.

"Even if I get the Longevity Pill, I'll only be able to prolong my life. I know my situation clearly."

Looking back now, I regret that I wasn't diligent enough in my spiritual practice and was too distracted.

A flash of memory crossed Ge Ying's eyes. She sighed softly and took out her jade pendant:

"I'll redeem all of my Xuanmu Gathering Spirit Pill quota for this year."

Jia Yu sighed inwardly and silently entered the secret vault to retrieve the pills:

"A total of forty pills, which, given the treatment you've received, will only cost you 1,500 minor merits."

(End of this chapter)