Spiritual Rain Technique

Xu Chunniang adjusted her cultivation schedule on the second day, having recently acquired two new sorceries. Previously, she slept for two shichen daily and spent the remaining ten shichen cultivating.

Now that she needed to learn sorceries, she allocated two of those ten cultivation shichen to studying.

Her Water Spiritual Root had higher purity, so she started with the "Spiritual Rain Technique."

With a slight movement of her fingers, Xu Chunniang produced a jade slip. She opened it and began practicing the sorcery according to the instructions within.

As a sorcery that could be cultivated at the first level of Qi Condensation, the "Spiritual Rain Technique" was not difficult to learn. It only required drawing Spiritual Qi from the dantian and transforming it into spiritual rain.

After memorizing the "Spiritual Rain Technique" proficiently, Xu Chunniang felt a bit more confident and decided to try it out.

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

Xu Chunniang pointed forward and uttered a soft command, but no rain fell.

"That doesn't seem right. My movements were too slow, and the Spiritual Qi dissipated directly into the air. I need to speed up and try again... Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

This time, it was slightly better. A few drops of drizzle sprinkled down from the sky.

Xu Chunniang was delighted; it seemed her direction was correct.

"Again!"

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

Beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Xu Chunniang's forehead. She struggled to control the Spiritual Qi, yet only a few drops of drizzle continued to fall.

Xu Chunniang's face turned slightly pale. Using the technique three times in a row had depleted her limited Spiritual Qi.

Feeling the emptiness of Spiritual Qi within her body, she frowned and summarized, "Even though I was faster this time than last time, the effect is almost the same. It must be because I don't have enough Spiritual Qi."

"It seems my cultivation at the first level of Qi Condensation can at most support me using the Spiritual Rain Technique three times."

Xu Chunniang rested for a moment, then sat down cross-legged to cultivate and replenish her depleted Spiritual Qi.

Whether it was her imagination or not, after Xu Chunniang refilled her Spiritual Qi, she felt her cultivation had subtly increased by a sliver.

However, this sliver of spiritual power was too weak, and she wasn't entirely sure if she was mistaken.

Unable to figure it out, she decided to try again.

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

By casting the Spiritual Rain Technique three times consecutively, Xu Chunniang successfully depleted the Spiritual Qi she had just replenished.

Satisfied that she made a slight improvement each time she used the Spiritual Rain Technique, Xu Chunniang sat cross-legged again. She wanted to verify her hypothesis.

After replenishing her spiritual power completely once more, Xu Chunniang was pleasantly surprised to find that her spiritual power had indeed subtly increased again compared to before.

This time, she was certain it wasn't her imagination!

"Could it be that completely depleting my Spiritual Qi and then replenishing it also serves as a form of cultivation?

This method is much faster than simply meditating, and it allows me to cultivate and practice sorcery simultaneously!"

Xu Chunniang suppressed her excitement. "It looks like my study plan needs a slight adjustment.

When my spiritual power is full, I'll practice the Spiritual Rain Technique, and when it's depleted, I'll meditate to recover. Once I've completely mastered the Spiritual Rain Technique, I'll then learn the Spring Growth Technique!"

After cultivating this way for a month, Xu Chunniang's cultivation steadily improved, and she also completely mastered the auxiliary sorcery, the Spiritual Rain Technique.

Now that she had learned the Spiritual Rain Technique, should she move on to learning the Spring Growth Technique?

During her rare leisure time, Xu Chunniang sat on a rock by the water pool, gently kicking her feet in the water.

While Xu Chunniang could still only cast the Spiritual Rain Technique three times, her casting range, duration, and the amount of spiritual rain were significantly better than when she first started.

With a casual flick of her wrist, Xu Chunniang cast the Spiritual Rain Technique. A mist formed above the water pool, and soon, rain began to fall.

The spiritually charged rainwater landed in the pool, creating ripples.

This spiritual rain lasted for more than ten breaths before gradually dissipating.

It was evident that Xu Chunniang had been strictly following her self-made study plan these past few days.

Looking at the perfectly cast spiritual rain before her, a thoughtful expression flickered across Xu Chunniang's face.

Practicing the Spiritual Rain Technique had gone smoothly, but she felt something was missing. Since the range of the rain could be increased, could it also be shrunk?

After all, while the rain looked substantial, the Spiritual Qi wasn't that concentrated.

If it were used to water spiritual plants, would concentrating the watering be more effective?

With this thought, Xu Chunniang's eyes lit up. She seemed to have found a direction for further practice of the Spiritual Rain Technique!

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

Casting the Spiritual Rain Technique once more, Xu Chunniang didn't aim for a wide range, long duration, or large volume of rain like before. Instead, she carefully controlled the range, making the area of effect for the Spiritual Rain Technique smaller.

Under her control, the range of the Spiritual Rain Technique indeed became smaller. Most of the water pool was covered in rain, with only a small area on the west side left dry.

"It's feasible!"

Xu Chunniang's eyes shone brighter. The direction for this practice session was to shrink the range!

This time, it only took Xu Chunniang half a month to complete her training. She could now control the Spiritual Rain Technique within a very small area.

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

With a soft shout from Xu Chunniang, a mass of misty vapor, about the size of a bowl, began to condense in mid-air.

Before long, a rapid spiritual rain gushed out from the mass of vapor, creating a spectacular scene, like a small waterfall.

Xu Chunniang shook her head regretfully. For now, this was the best she could do.

However, the rain was too intense. She intended to become a Spiritual Planter and care for spiritual plants. What if this rain killed the spiritual plants?

Xu Chunniang looked at the "small waterfall" that was still pouring out rain, feeling a bit worried. With such heavy and rapid rain, what should she do?

Perhaps she could try reducing the amount of rain? If there was less rain, the spiritual rain would fall slower and wouldn't drown the spiritual plants.

Xu Chunniang thought about it and felt it was worth a try. She began to consciously control the amount of rain.

"No, there's too much rain, it's hard to control!"

After just one attempt, she discovered the difficulty.

The rain was too abundant and too fast, carrying spiritual energy with it. Before she could even start controlling it, the rain had already fallen.

Xu Chunniang shook her head with a wry smile. Alas, it was all because she had cultivated too diligently over the past month. Her cultivation had improved significantly, causing the Spiritual Rain Technique to become even more effective.

If it were like a month ago, when she could only produce a light drizzle, she might have succeeded.

Thinking of this, Xu Chunniang suddenly froze.

After a moment, she came to her senses, feeling both annoyed and amused. "Xu Chunniang, you really are an idiot!"

If she disliked the excessive amount of rain, why not just use less spiritual qi? Wouldn't that naturally reduce the amount of rain?

Once she could control the amount of rain, she could gradually increase the spiritual qi!

"Spiritual Qi, transform into rain!"

This time, she only used about a tenth of the spiritual qi she had used before.