17: Learn spells

Gu Changan then picked up the Five Elements Qi Refining Art and began to Cultivate.

Since the upper limit of this Cultivation Technique was very high, reaching the yellow rank supreme grade, just like the Top-grade Qi Refining Formula.

However, the Top-grade Qi Refining Formula was non-attribute, meaning it could only contain one portion of Spiritual Qi.

In contrast, the Five Elements Qi Refining Art possessed five attributes, meaning one would have five portions of Spiritual Qi when they Cultivate.

This was precisely why the Five Elements Spirit Root Cultivate slower than other Spiritual Roots.

Other Spiritual Roots only needed to absorb one portion of Spiritual Qi, and once the total amount was reached, they could upgrade to the next Rank.

But the Five Elements Spirit Root needs to absorb five portions of Spiritual Qi, so the cultivation speed was naturally five times slower than others.

Of course, if one successfully Cultivate, their own Foundation would also be five times more powerful than others.

However, absorbing one portion of Spiritual Qi takes a certain amount of time, and absorbing five portions would waste even more time.

This was one reason why no one favored the Five Elements Spirit Root; their Lifespan would be exhausted before they even reached Foundation Establishment.

Not to mention that in this era of scarce Spiritual Qi, the cultivation of the Five Elements Spirit Root was even more difficult.

Therefore, larger organizations only accepted Disciples with three Spiritual Roots or more.

Those with four or Five Spirit Roots were simply abandoned and made into Utility Disciples, continuing to contribute their all to the organization.

Gu Changan felt somewhat emotional, but he was different. With an unlimited supply of top-grade Medicinal Pills, how could he not achieve Immortal Ascension?

Gu Changan felt lucky to have obtained the treasure gathering basin.

After calming down, he began to slowly switch his Cultivation Technique to the Five Elements Qi Refining Art.

He guided the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian through specific meridians, gathering it back into the Dantian to be stored.

In this way, the original Spiritual Qi slowly transformed into five portions, distributed in the five corners of the Dantian.

Gu Changan's cultivation at the 2nd level of Qi Refining slowly dropped back to the 1st level.

Without hesitation, Gu Changan immediately swallowed another top-grade qi gathering pill.

The five vortexes in his Dantian simultaneously drew Spiritual Qi from various parts of his body, and then the five vortexes slowly grew larger.

However, it felt as though the Spiritual Qi from the top-grade qi gathering pill was hardly consumed, as it continued to flood his entire body.

Like this, taking one pill in the morning and one at night, it took him two and a half days to return to the 2nd level of Qi Refining.

Gu Changan also felt the difficulty of a Cultivator's journey.

It took him five top-grade qi gathering pills just to reach the 2nd level of Qi Refining; how were others supposed to survive?

However, it might be due to his Cultivation Technique being a yellow rank supreme grade, so the consumption was naturally higher.

Unknowingly, three days had passed, and it was time to Cultivate some Spells for self-defense.

Gu Changan looked through them and decided to Cultivate two types of Spells. One was the Sword Qi Technique, chosen for its fast attack speed.

After all, in the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that cannot be broken.

Moreover, its attack power was strong! Metal-attribute Sword Qi was exceptionally sharp, whether for cutting or attacking!

For defense, he chose the Earth Evasion Technique, because whether in the city or the forest, his feet would always be in contact with the ground, providing earth-attribute Spiritual Qi.

When used, its range of application was quite broad!

There weren't many restrictions either!

As for control: Entanglement Technique, and healing: Spirit Healing Technique, he would Cultivate those later when he had time.

Following the description in the Cultivation Technique, Gu Changan mobilized the metal-attribute Spiritual Qi in his Dantian, moved it through his body's meridians to his arms, and released it through his fingers.

With a "poof" sound, a hole appeared in the floor in front of him.

Gu Changan was startled. He hadn't expected the Sword Qi Technique to be so powerful.

Having damaged the building in the small courtyard, Gu Changan went out into the yard, stood under a locust tree, and began to practice continuously with "poof", "poof", "poof" sounds.

Gu Changan thought about it; wasn't this just like the Six Meridian Divine Sword?

Then he changed the path of the Sword Qi Technique to all ten fingers, and as a result, every finger could release the Sword Qi Technique!

Gu Changan laughed heartily; once you understand one principle, you understand them all!

When the metal-attribute Spiritual Qi in his Dantian was almost exhausted, he began to Cultivate the Earth Shield Technique.

Cultivating the Earth Shield Technique seemed different from the Sword Qi Technique!

The Sword Qi Technique was about exporting and launching energy, which was easy to understand.

But the Earth Shield Technique formed a light membrane on the surface of the body to provide protection.

To establish the light membrane, one could only use Spiritual Qi to connect the acupoints on the surface of the body, sketching a complex pattern that covered the entire body.

When activating the Earth Shield Technique, one would directly inject a large amount of earth-attribute Spiritual Qi to trigger the pattern, causing the complex pattern to float and form a light membrane!

Thus, the Earth Evasion Technique was used successfully!

Of course, one had to maintain the injection of earth-attribute Spiritual Qi; if the Spiritual Qi was cut off, the Earth Shield Technique would fail, and the protective effect would not be achieved!

Gu Changan put in a tremendous amount of effort to finally carve a complex pattern on the surface of his body.

As long as he didn't disturb it normally, this complex pattern would connect from end to end and rotate slowly, not affecting the absorption and release of Spiritual Qi at all.

He only needed to inject Spiritual Power when using it.

Gu Changan continuously experimented with the Earth Shield Technique—activating, releasing, and withdrawing it!

He practiced the entire process until he was proficient, ensuring that in an emergency, the Earth Shield Technique could be successfully released!

By the time Gu Changan finished Cultivating the Earth Shield Technique, it was dark again!

Cultivating day and night without distinction was truly exhausting.

Gu Changan thought of the Magical Artifact fragments he had harvested a few days ago; he could harvest another wave of Orange Treasure Qi, and just thinking about it made him happy!

He took out the treasure gathering basin and began to play with it, controlling it to completely absorb the Orange Treasure Qi from those Magical Artifact fragments.

At this moment, Gu Changan discovered that the batch of Magical Artifacts he had harvested earlier contained a trace of Orange Treasure Qi again.

Gu Changan was a bit dumbfounded!

He clearly remembered that when he put them into the treasure gathering basin before, all the Treasure Qi on the Magical Artifacts and Magic Treasures had been absorbed.

The orange gems and yellow gems on the treasure gathering basin, along with the Orange Treasure Qi and yellow treasure aura inside them, couldn't be faked!

Could it be?

The treasures inside the treasure gathering basin would automatically generate Treasure Qi?

Gu Changan suddenly thought, what about those Magic Treasures?

Then he took out those items from the Golden Core Stage: two Jade Slips, "Blood Refined Star Pivot Art" and "Star Pivot Grand Array".

Magic Treasure: a Blood-colored Small Flag, and that half-jadeized corpse.

Every item was entwined with a trace of yellow treasure aura!

Gu Changan laughed heartily; that's it!

treasure gathering basin, treasure gathering basin—it means treasures gather more and more.

Although the treasure gathering basin couldn't directly generate treasures, it could generate the corresponding Treasure Qi!

Gu Changan began to recall the functions of the treasure gathering basin.

1. Copying items! 2. Upgrading items! 3. Automatically producing Treasure Qi!

Recalling when he was in the underground space of the Ancient Forbidden Land, the treasure gathering basin would automatically absorb Treasure Qi from the outside world!

So, 4. The treasure gathering basin automatically absorbs Treasure Qi from the outside world!

5. It can also absorb human essence blood and convert it into Treasure Qi. (When he had just transmigrated, it absorbed the essence blood of several people from the Blood Fiend Alliance and copied the blood lingzhi!)

Thinking it over, it seemed there were only these few points for now.

He wondered what other functions were waiting for him to develop in the future!