Chapter 107 Methods of Improving Cultivation
After the magic talisman competition ended, Nanwang became famous in the Tianmo Sect.
According to the rewards agreed upon before the start of the competition, Nanwang, who successfully entered the finals, was successfully promoted to the advanced school and took classes with a group of disciples who had been practicing talismans for many years.
Even in the advanced school, Nanwang's strength was still unmatched.
Before Nan Wang's stunning voice, the head of the Talisman Hall and the teachers in charge of teaching had almost no impression of him. After all, Nan Wang had never handed in talisman homework before, and always used spirit stones to make up the number. They thought that Nan Wang was just like those disciples who had no ability but had money, and who just came here to get by.
Thinking about it now, they all had an epiphany - perhaps it was because these talisman operations were too simple and Nanwang simply didn't bother to hand them in!
Not long after, the disciples of the Advanced Talisman Hall saw the Talisman Hall Master personally opening the small stove for Nanwang.
They were not jealous of this because they all knew that Nan Wang was most likely to be the next leader of the Fu Hall.
At that time, Nanwang would no longer sit in the Fu Hall and take classes with them, but would stand on the stage and teach them.
For such a person, the best strategy is to take the opportunity to get close to him, make friends with him, and curry favor with him, rather than being jealous of him meaninglessly.
As a result, the disciples of Fu Tang tacitly recognized Nan Wang as the chief disciple, and went to him for help with all kinds of problems they did not understand.
Some disciples have a solid foundation but low talent. They do not seek help from Nanwang, but simply entrust Nanwang to draw talismans for them. The rewards are very generous. In addition to spirit stones, there are also many rare materials that are only produced in the Northern Territory.
The average talisman practitioner doesn't have the spare energy to take external orders, but Nanwang is different. His efficiency in drawing talismans is far higher than that of the average talisman practitioner.
The efficiency of using demonic energy is not as high as that of spiritual energy, and the demon cultivators are far less advanced in the creation of spells than the immortal cultivators. This has led to the demons being very dependent on talismans, and the effects of talismans are extremely diverse.
Nanwang really likes to study those talismans with strange uses, so he was happy to accept the order.
Although he himself could not use those rare materials, he knew that someone could.
He put away the materials, then went to the city to find Zhan Chenming, and asked Zhan Chenming to take them to the sect to give to his fifth junior sister or second senior brother.
Speaking of Zhan Chenming, he settled down outside Tianmo City and looked like he was not planning to return to Qingyun Sect.
In addition to acting as Nan Wang's liaison, Zhan Chenming spent his days either drinking in pubs or having fun in casinos. His life was so leisurely and happy that Nan Wang even wondered at one point whether he was going to give up cultivating immortals and return to the mortal world to be an ordinary person.
The most infuriating thing was that when Nan Wang caught Zhan Chenming in a casino one time, he always felt that his aura had changed. After asking, he found out that he had formed a golden elixir two days ago!
Yes, Zhan Chenming spent his days drinking, gambling, and playing games in the human world, living a leisurely life. In the end, he successfully broke through to the Golden Core stage and became the fifth person in the sect to break through to the Golden Core stage.
Is this possible?!
Nanwang didn’t understand.
By the way, the fourth person to achieve the Golden Core was Lingzhi. She achieved the Golden Core not long after Nanwang left. Her practice improved by leaps and bounds, and she was approaching Chu Songping, who was at the fifth Golden Core stage.
As the oldest true disciple, Zhan Chenming was actually the last one to reach the Jindan stage. However, he was a formation and body cultivator, so he was not that proficient in the use of spiritual energy. In addition, he also needed to take care of sealing the formation, so it was normal for his cultivation to fall a little, and no one would think there was a problem.
The one with the problem is the fourth true disciple, Nanwang Benwang, who is obviously still lingering in the early stage of Qi refining.
Except for the time in the Talisman Hall, Nanwang spent the rest of his time practicing. He practiced hard day and night, and finally he managed to reach the first level of Qi Refining.
And ever since he reached the first stage of Qi Refining, his cultivation level had become like that of a corporate slave who finally slapped his boss and resigned on the spot - he had completely collapsed.
…It’s the same true teaching, so why are there such huge differences between people?
Nanwang is extremely confused.
He didn't expect to achieve Dan formation, at least he should be able to break through to foundation building. His cultivation level at the first level of Qi refining was lower than that of many inner disciples, which was too embarrassing.
Before coming to the Demon Realm, Nan Wang actually secretly thought that it was possible that he was not good at using spiritual energy, but was good at using demonic energy, and he could promote his cultivation by cultivating demonic energy.
After coming to the Demonic Sect, Nan Wang realized that he had thought too much.
Although his ability to make talismans is unmatched, in terms of cultivation, Qi Wuqi, who was almost as good as him before, has now reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Even though he made so many magic talismans, his control over the demonic energy had not improved at all, and he was still about the same as when he first came to the demon world.
What made Nan Wang laugh and cry was that all his fellow disciples in the Demonic Sect believed that his cultivation had stagnated because he was "indulging in making talismans and had no intention of practicing", and they widely circulated his situation as a positive example.
Before long, there was even a rumor that "making talismans requires suppressing one's cultivation", which caused many disciples who followed suit to go astray.
In the end, it was the leader Tong Yan who came out personally to refute the rumors, which put them to rest.
The reason why Tong Yan came out to refute the rumors was not because he was worried that his disciples would go astray. Every disciple of the Demon Sect had nothing to do with him, and he didn't care at all.
What he cares about is that the rumors are getting more and more outrageous, and may eventually affect the real leader Nanwang.
That's why he took action.
However, Nanwang did not understand Tong Yan's kindness at all.
On the contrary, Tong Yan's highly respected status in the Demonic Cult made Nan Wang feel extremely threatened.
When he was in Qingyun Sect, Nanwang always felt that it didn't matter if his cultivation was not high, because there were many people to help him support half the sky. But after coming to the Demon Sect, he found that Qingyun Sect had so many enemies, and those who were eyeing Qingyun Sect were so powerful.
The crisis prompted Nanwang to practice hard, draw talismans desperately, and try every possible way to improve his strength.
Fortunately, strength and cultivation are not completely linked. Even if his cultivation cannot be improved, his strength can be enhanced through other means, such as making talismans, spells, and swords...
It is said that people are born in comfort and die in sorrow, and this is really the truth.
In order to get more opportunities to exercise, Nanwang even prepared to travel to the secret realm.
The danger level of the secret realm is very low before it collapses, and sometimes attackers with exposed identities will pop up automatically.
For these harmless secret realms, nearby sects will send people to explore them. It is best to conquer the secret realm in one go. If you cannot conquer it, you can also bring back secret realm materials and clues to pave the way for future conquers.
However, the early strategies all come with missions, which require exploring every aspect of the secret realm. Although the danger is not great, it is rather complicated and is considered a hard job that few people are willing to do.
It is just right for cultivators like Nan Wang who have a relatively low level of cultivation and are in urgent need of improving their strength.
Nanwang had been to the Fairy Fox Secret Realm once, so he had some experience in conquering secret realms. With the dangerous Fairy Fox Secret Realm ahead, these small secret realms in the Northern Territory were just copies for him to gain experience.
However, with secret realms, no matter how simple or easy they are, accidents will happen.
When Lingzhi led a group of Qingyun Sect disciples to the Fairy Fox Secret Realm, he never dreamed that they would face such a disastrous ending.
Fortunately, problems in the secret realm are just a matter of probability.
In most secret realms, there will be no accidents, but in the secret realms where accidents will occur... Nan Wang knows all of them in theory.
The original novel describes the secret realm in great detail, and the current timeline has reached the point where the hero's power in the original novel has risen wildly.
At least Nanwang knows all the secret realms in the past ten years.
He simply won't go to those dangerous secret places.
However, even though Nan Wang thought he was already very conservative and could go to the secret realm to kill people indiscriminately, there were still people who thought he was too radical.
That person is the leader of the Demonic Cult, Tong Yan.
Or rather, Zhong Wangsheng.
It can be said that Zhong Wangsheng was extremely opposed to and tried to obstruct Nanwang's going to the secret realm.
In his opinion, if Nan Wang lacked any materials, he could just tell him directly and he would find a way to get them for him.
If Nanwang asked him further how he did it, he would vaguely say that he contacted his former fellow disciples, or he would talk about other things.
No matter what excuse he used, the materials that Nan Wang casually brought up would appear on his desk the next day. They were all found by him for Nan Wang.
As this happened so many times, Zhong Wangsheng himself probably felt that something was wrong, so he simply used his power as the leader to add a contribution point system within the sect. All disciples and protectors in the sect could use contribution points to redeem warehouse resources. If there were any resources that were not available in the warehouse, the disciples could ask the person in charge, and the person in charge would fill the warehouse in a timely manner.
As for how to earn contribution points, there is a set of general rules on the surface. For example, all disciples can get contribution points regularly, go to Futang for classes every day to earn contribution points, or complete the work within the church step by step to earn contribution points...but no one knows what is done behind the scenes.
Nan Wang only knew that he had done nothing, but the number of contribution points was astonishingly high, enough to empty the entire warehouse of the Tianmo Sect.
After solving Nanwang's resource shortage in a covert way, Zhong Wangsheng gave Nanwang another solution to his lagging cultivation problem:
He can practice both.
Although Nan Wang rejected the suggestion of dual cultivation on the grounds that he would be devoted to An Nuo for the rest of his life and would never play two women at the same time, Zhong Wangsheng still emphasized that even if he only practiced dual cultivation with An Nuo, he could still improve his cultivation, and the speed of improvement would be at least much faster than relying on himself.
Nan Wang really didn't know where Zhong Wangsheng came from this bizarre conclusion. In order to convince Zhong Wangsheng, he could only pretend that he was practicing with Annuo every day, but still couldn't improve his cultivation, in exchange for the right to go to the secret realm.
In the dead of night, Nanwang and Annuo were lying on the bed, and Nanwang carefully analyzed the situation for Annuo:
"Did you see that? Although Zhong Wangsheng was very nice to me on the surface, he was secretly worried that I would threaten his position when I became stronger, so he blocked me everywhere to prevent me from increasing my strength!"
"We must deceive him and pretend that we have practiced dual cultivation but it has no effect. This way he will have no reason to stop me from going to the secret realm!"
An Nuo blinked his big eyes and looked at Nan Wang in the dark: "Why do we have to pretend to practice dual cultivation? Can't we really practice dual cultivation?"
Nanwang tried to explain: "Neither of us knows how to practice dual cultivation, so it would be useless even if we did."
An Nuo looked at him steadily: "Even if it doesn't work, I still want to practice with you, is that not okay?"
Nanwang: “……?”