In Lin Fan's study
"Now that you've advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage, what are your plans?"
"Ah? What does father mean?" Lin Yang really didn't have any plans. He always did whatever task the system issued. Now his father asked him about his plans, which stumped Lin Yang. He had no choice but to ask his father's opinion first.
"What I mean is that you should focus on research and development. You have a talent for developing the Jade Message Slips. Don't waste it."
Lin Fan was doing this under orders from the Elders Council, but Lin Yang was thinking of his father's love for him. Although it was during the Demonic Calamity, combat professions were still not recognized by the big families.
It is a helpless move for a large family like theirs to practice a secondary profession above the Jindan stage. Otherwise, they would all choose research and development-type secondary professions, and the combat professions would only need to adopt death squads, and they would not need to bother to practice.
Unfortunately, now is the demon disaster period, and these big families, like those independent cultivators, have to take up combat professions part-time, or even take combat professions as their main profession.
Lin Yang grew up in a large family, so he naturally understood the principle of "research and development are the most important" pursued by the Ting family.
Lin Yang nodded
"Okay, Dad, I understand."
"Beep—Announcement of a continuous task: The first magical weapon.
Task: Improve the Jade Message Slip in three other aspects.
Reward: Fire Spirit Sword Refining Method."
Lin Fan then said something and let Lin Yang go. When he left, Lin Yang heard
"Don't worry about the Zhao family's affairs. Someone will naturally take care of it."
This was the first time Lin Yang heard Lin Fan tell him these secrets. Lin Fan had never told him before.
I don’t know if it’s because of his age or his cultivation level.
After returning home, Lin Yang received the reward for today's task.
Familiar memories are instilled.
Thinking and recalling the memory he just absorbed, he frowned and said
"It's so complicated, yet it's just one of the five elements. Can it be combined or divided? If it's just a single one, it wouldn't be surprising. Is this the natal magic sword created specifically for the 'Five Elements Hunyuan Sword Technique'? That's right, otherwise how can it be called a true method!"
Lin Yang entered the virtual refining room and, with the help of a hundred times time ratio, carefully analyzed it and conducted a simulation experiment.
"Spiritual weapon is the name given to a successful natal magical weapon. A magical weapon is only called a spiritual weapon when it has spirituality. To acquire spirituality, one must naturally cultivate it through the cultivator's own spirituality.
This is truly... a miraculous method. Every method the system gives is incredibly rare and unique. A method like this for refining one's natal flying sword?! Amazing!
The traditional and common method of refining a natal magic weapon is blood refining. As long as the product is finished and the materials are up to standard, it will be fine.
Powerful rituals, such as those of their own great cultivation families, focus on the cultivation of the mind, incorporating both blood and mind-sword intent. For example, sword cultivation requires the unity of both the wielder and the instrument. Using the finest materials, one prioritizes sword intent, refining the most suitable magical instrument for their own destiny.
And this one actually adds the factor of spiritual roots into the equation. The more I analyze it, the more amazing it becomes!"
Lin Yang had mastered the "Science of Refining" to a high level. He had also studied the Jade Message Slips for a while and had his own opinions on refining. However, Lin Yang's foundation was still too shallow. The more he analyzed, the more powerful it became, but he still couldn't come up with a clear conclusion.
“One only regrets not having read enough books when one needs them!
It seems that I need to have the opportunity to learn all this knowledge and then further study.
There is a task now, which is to improve the other three aspects of the message jade slip.
It’s a good time to study the other three subjects in depth.”
Lin Yang read the "Wood Spirit Sword Refining Method" again and shook his head.
"It's just one of them, it's incomplete. It's better to collect all the Five Elements Spirit Sword Techniques first."
It can only be part of it and has no practical effect.
Lin Yang turned to the other three aspects of the Jade Slip Workshop. He checked his Merit Points and saw they had already reached over 5,000. Putting everything else aside, he spent 4,000 Merit Points to raise each of the four 'disciplines' to Expert level.
This digestion took more than three years in the virtual space, and about ten days in the real world.
"Sure enough, these four disciplines complement each other and are also self-contained. It's truly amazing. The system said that as long as I master these four disciplines, I will be able to conduct research on my own without any guidance. And it's true."
These disciplines are like internal cultivation techniques, with specific tools like jade slips representing specialized sword techniques or magic. Furthermore, specific plans are the specific strategies for each specific battle.
If the internal training skills are high enough, even an ordinary sword technique can exert considerable power.
Refining equipment continues.
These four subjects are the most important foundation. Without them, you can't be considered a weapon refiner. Even if you are given a specific weapon refinement method, you won't understand it.
For example, the "Method of Refining the Wood Spirit Sword" is much simpler and easier to understand when I read it now.
"The most difficult thing is Psionics, it's really..."
Lin Yang had never imagined that such a thing could actually happen! If he hadn't learned psychic power, he wouldn't have understood it at all! This had absolutely never happened in the world of cultivation.
"If we release this, the impact will be too great. Simply put, it's a great opportunity!"
Lin Yang recalled the knowledge content of "Psychic Powers" and felt a little nervous.
"It's truly terrifying that a weapon refiner could reach such a level. No wonder my father asked me to delve into weapon refinery. No wonder cultivator families are so interested in research-based careers. No wonder research-based cultivators dominated the field before the demonic disaster. Such great merit and great fortune! How could it not attract cultivators to flock to it and become its mainstream?!"
If just one branch of "Psychic Powers" is studied and promoted, its merits will be enough to create another cultivation family like the Guigu Lin family.
"Oh, don't think about this for now, let's finish the task first."
Lin Yang thought
'The matter of "Psychic Powers" is too big, so it's better not to think about it. My own cultivation level is too low, so it's better not to think about it too deeply.
Follow the system tasks. Once the system thinks it's ready for promotion, it will naturally issue me related tasks.'
With the four disciplines as a foundation, and then conducting research and development, even without the system to provide solutions, Lin Yang is confident that he can develop it in the virtual space in more than ten years.
Should I directly purchase it from the system using my merit points, or develop it myself?
These two choices left Lin Yang in a dilemma, because they involved two different directions: to simply cultivate the sword and refine the weapon just to get by, or to truly invest time and energy in refining the weapon.
Lin Yang was having difficulty making a decision and muttered to himself. The person in charge of the workshop thought he was asking him and replied:
"You can start with your own research and development, and then purchase from the system when you see results. You can compare and find your own shortcomings, strengthen your own research and development capabilities, and better complete the task."
After hearing this, Lin Yang laughed out loud.
"Yes, that's indeed a solution. Let's do it."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
