Each of the four sects' trial towers has ten floors. Although it seems like there are only a few, there are a total of over 30,000 contribution points as a reward!
If converted to spirit stones, that's over three million...
Looking at it this way, that's quite a lot!
However, in reality, most Lingxiao disciples can only reach around the fourth or fifth level, with the fourth level of the Trial Tower accounting for 80-90% of the Lingxiao disciples...
To completely clear all ten levels, one must at least reach the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm and possess the talismanic skills to create various mid-grade spirit talismans in order to fully acquire these 30,000+ contribution points.
This means that only those at the level of the chief disciple can actually earn this contribution point!
It's essentially about giving, or rather nurturing, truly gifted talents!
For most ordinary Lingxiao disciples, obtaining one-third of the reward is basically the maximum they can achieve, and this is the case for all four main branches.
But that's enough. Nine thousand contribution points are equivalent to nine hundred thousand spirit stones, which is a very rich resource. Especially on the main peak, the value of contribution points is actually more than one hundred to one.
Because there are many rare resources that can be exchanged for using contribution points in the Hall of Affairs on the main peak, such as the spiritual herbs for precious pills like the Yellow Dragon Pill...
Outside, such rare and precious materials are hard to find unless you stake out an auction house. But on the main peak, they can be easily exchanged. This shows that the value of contribution points, although the normal ratio is 1 to 100, is actually much higher!
This contribution point is purely for incentive purposes, not to mention the rewards obtained through small and large competitions, plus the improvement in basic disciple benefits and resources. As long as you can stay on the main peak, you can basically meet the resources needed to cultivate to the Purple Mansion stage!
Even for a cultivator like Lin Xiuyuan, with such poor aptitude but a huge need for resources, if he could secure all the resources, it would be more than enough.
Starting from the seventh floor, the Trial Tower has already reached the Purple Mansion stage.
Even the sixth level and above involves quite a few mid-level spirit patterns. In the entire Lingxiao lineage, only a handful of people, such as Wang Qiuhe and the senior brother Zhong Qian mentioned earlier, have reached this level. Above that, there are only two or three geniuses in the Purple Mansion stage.
On the fifth level, there were only twenty or thirty people, basically representing the pinnacle of the current Lingxiao Foundation Establishment disciples. The sixth level, which Wang Qiuhe and the others passed through, belonged to the category of prodigies... Most Lingxiao disciples were only at the fourth level!
The first level only tests basic Eight Mysterious Spirit Patterns and Five Elements Spirit Patterns, as well as some special spirit patterns that are just barely enough to enter the next level, such as Spirit Returning Patterns and Spirit Binding Patterns, which are relatively basic.
Basically, any Lingxiao disciple can pass this level of trial and receive a reward of 500 contribution points.
These are all very basic talisman knowledge, which are already covered in the early stages of becoming a talisman master.
However, just as Elder Lin said during the previous lectures at the dojo, when they were low-level talisman masters, they all took shortcuts and never carefully or focused on the way of talismans.
Because the Qi Refining stage is the most important stage of cultivation. Although they are cultivators, their lifespan is no different from that of ordinary people. At most, they can extend their lifespan by consuming Qi all year round. The most important thing is to establish the foundation.
For independent cultivators, this is merely a spiritual profession used to earn resources to sustain their cultivation. They only need to master one or two types of talismans they are good at. Just like Lin Xiuyuan did back then, he had so many low-level talismans, but at each stage he only selected those with relatively high prices or those that were useful to him to refine.
For those scions of aristocratic families, having a lineage of cultivation techniques might allow them to study more comprehensively, but at most they might only study the Eight Profound Spiritual Patterns to solidify their foundation in talismanic arts... After all, they don't lack resources, and the right path is to improve their cultivation as quickly as possible and reach the Foundation Establishment stage.
The four words "cultivating immortality and achieving longevity" are enough to explain this. During the Qi Refining stage, the most important thing is to improve one's cultivation level and increase one's lifespan. Otherwise, one will be nothing but a handful of dust after a hundred years! Only when one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage will one have more lifespan and be able to cultivate while simultaneously cultivating one's spiritual profession.
This is a point of agreement among both independent cultivators and disciples of aristocratic sects. Only those from families specializing in talismans might have a more solid grasp of the art.
Therefore, even after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the Lingxiao lineage will still teach basic runes and spirit patterns, because that's just how the environment is, and cultivators ultimately aim to improve their cultivation level.
Therefore, unless you are a newcomer, this level is not difficult. After reaching the level of Spirit Talisman Master, you already have a certain foundation in the Way of Talismans, so learning the Eight Mysterious Spirit Patterns and basic Five Elements Talismans is not difficult.
It involves a lot of things, and it takes time to gradually understand and apply them to one's own life.
Generally speaking, within a newcomer period, that is, within ten years, one can basically learn and digest these basic talisman inheritances and successfully advance to the level of a spirit talisman master. Then, passing the first level of this trial tower and obtaining five hundred contribution points will be a piece of cake.
For example, on the first level of this Trial Tower, there are only Liao Fanghao and Lin Xiuyuan, both of whom are newcomers who have only been core disciples of the main peak for a few years.
Looking at Liao Fanghao now, it seems that he has only made less than halfway through and is currently facing the thirteenth jade slip trial.
Lin Xiuyuan withdrew his gaze, then slowly walked forward to the first jade slip. With a calm expression, he reached out and touched it, his divine sense flowing out from his fingers and instantly enveloping the jade slip in front of him.
In an instant, Lin Xiuyuan's consciousness seemed to have entered another world.
It was dark and empty, as if I had arrived in an endless starry sky, with a spiritual rune flickering with light in front of me.
It was as if someone had casually drawn a line with a highlighter on an endless black canvas, but the line was incomplete, as if the ink had run out halfway through...
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