Technique Perfection, Cultivation Techniques Can Be Deduced

A flood of insights poured into Zhang Wan's mind. It took him some time to fully digest and absorb them all.

Afterward, Zhang Wan attempted to cast the Vitality Catalysis Technique. He could use it, but it felt very rough, and its effect was minimal.

Zhang Wan decided against slowly investing EXP into it to fully master it, unlike the Bone Piercing Finger.

He directly invested another 11 EXP into the Vitality Catalysis Technique, maxing out its proficiency.

With a total investment of 100 EXP, he had completely mastered the incomplete version of the Vitality Catalysis Technique.

In the courtyard, Zhang Wan cast the Vitality Catalysis Technique again. This time, it was incredibly smooth, and a wave of green light bloomed from his palm. He tried using it to stimulate the vitality of the weeds on the ground.

After being bathed in the green light, Zhang Wan felt the weeds' vitality surge, but no other changes occurred.

"As expected, the Vitality Catalysis Technique needs to be used in conjunction with the Extreme Growth Technique to achieve its maximum effect."

Simply stimulating vitality wasn't enough to significantly accelerate plant growth.

With that thought, Zhang Wan didn't hesitate. He directly invested a total of 93 EXP into the Extreme Growth Technique, maxing out both its insights and proficiency.

When he needed to save EXP, Zhang Wan would slowly accumulate it.

When he needed to use a large amount of EXP, Zhang Wan wouldn't be stingy.

After another moment of daze, Zhang Wan rubbed his temples.

Continuously digesting and absorbing the complete insights of two techniques had left him feeling groggy.

But it only lasted for a moment; he recovered after a short rest.

Then, Zhang Wan used the Extreme Growth Technique on the weeds he had previously affected with the Vitality Catalysis Technique.

A wave of white light ignited in his palm.

Instantly, the weeds on the ground grew wildly.

The weeds that had barely sprouted immediately grew to half a meter tall!

Zhang Wan's eyes lit up. This Extreme Spirit Planter path had some real potential!

While the growth of pseudo spirit plants and spirit plants was much more difficult than that of weeds, if weeds could grow so quickly, it likely wouldn't take too long to cultivate pseudo spirit plants and spirit plants.

Moreover, although he had completely mastered these two incomplete techniques, he couldn't fully unleash their power due to his current cultivation level and mana.

As his cultivation improved, the power of these two techniques would also increase.

After testing the power of the two techniques, Zhang Wan struck the weeds in front of him with a palm strike.

His internal force surged outward, and the patch of weeds was instantly shattered by the powerful force.

He then fetched a broom and dustpan to sweep away the residue, leaving no trace of the techniques he had used.

"The Extreme Spirit Planter path is indeed powerful, but I need to conceal the full might of these two techniques in front of others. After all, I only received the inheritance a few days ago, and mastering two key techniques so quickly would raise suspicions in anyone."

Zhang Wan didn't feel depressed. He had chosen the path of low-key development, so encountering such situations was common.

Of course, this wasn't a major problem.

If he had to hide his true cultivation abilities in public, he could simply use them in secret.

Meanwhile, his second sister, Zhang Lingshu, and his third brother, Zhang Yan, were already exhausted and had gone inside to rest.

Zhang Wan hadn't been careless enough to experiment with these two techniques in front of his siblings.

After dealing with the weed residue, Zhang Wan opened his status panel. He had 8,610 EXP remaining. It was a lot, but if he were to squander it by maxing out techniques like he just did, it could be used up quickly.

He had already used 193 EXP tonight, so he didn't plan to spend any more on improving his cultivation or martial skills.

Just then, Zhang Wan noticed that a "+" symbol had appeared next to the two completed, incomplete techniques.

"What is this?" Zhang Wan felt puzzled. With a thought, he clicked the plus sign.

A line of text appeared: "Can use EXP to deduce subsequent cultivation techniques."

EXP can be used to deduce subsequent cultivation techniques? A new system function? A new use for EXP? Various thoughts flashed through Zhang Wan's mind.

He was surprised, but not overly so.

The system was already mysterious, and another function appearing now wasn't strange.

However, Zhang Wan felt that it wasn't a sudden new function. It was likely that EXP could always be used for deduction, but he hadn't previously cultivated any of his techniques or martial skills to completion, which was why this feature hadn't been triggered.

At the same time, Zhang Wan recalled that when the mundane martial skill, Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist, was completed, there hadn't been an option for further deduction.

Perhaps this was also related to his own thoughts? Zhang Wan mused internally.

He speculated that the reason this function was activated might be a combination of the two incomplete techniques reaching completion and his own desire to obtain their subsequent techniques, which together triggered this hidden ability.

With that thought, Zhang Wan willed it, and the mundane martial skill, Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist, which had been hidden on his panel, reappeared.

As the thought of wanting to deduce the subsequent techniques for the Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist arose in Zhang Wan's mind, a "+" sign indeed appeared next to it on the panel.

"It really is related to my own thoughts." Zhang Wan confirmed his guess and then hid the Ox Demon Body Tempering Fist again.

This mundane martial skill now only served the purpose of verifying his hypothesis; there was no need for further deduction and improvement.

He wasn't without a cultivation technique for the Houtian Realm, so there was no point in spending EXP to improve a mundane martial art.

Looking at the "+" signs next to the two incomplete techniques, Zhang Wan's mind stirred, wanting to see how much EXP it would take to deduce them.

He clicked on it, and Zhang Wan's eye twitched.

To deduce the complete version of the Postnatal Realm Vitality Catalysis Technique requires six hundred EXP, and to deduce the complete version of the Postnatal Realm Extreme Growth Technique requires five hundred and eighty EXP.

The cost was frighteningly high.

"The EXP required to deduce cultivation techniques is too much!" Zhang Wan felt his teeth ache. For years, he had deliberately hoarded EXP and used it cautiously to avoid drawing too much attention and having people notice the oddities about him.

He had only managed to save a little over eight thousand EXP so far.

Originally, he thought this was quite a lot.

After all, reaching perfection in Postnatal First Layer only required a hundred and twenty EXP, and the entire Postnatal Ninth Layer would probably only need a little over a thousand EXP to reach its peak.

But now, deducing two complete Postnatal techniques would cost over a thousand EXP?

That was almost as much EXP as it would take to raise his cultivation to the peak of Postnatal Ninth Layer!

Of course, Zhang Wan could understand why so much EXP was needed.

While comprehending and cultivating existing cultivation techniques was difficult, it was nowhere near as hard as creating them.

Deducing the complete versions from two incomplete techniques was only a small step away from creating cultivation techniques, so it was normal for so much EXP to be required.

However, understanding or not, after seeing the required EXP, Zhang Wan decisively abandoned the idea of deducing the two techniques.

The EXP required was too much; it wasn't worth it.

Besides, the sect wasn't without its subsequent inheritances for Extreme Spirit Planters.

He didn't need to spend EXP to deduce them himself; he could find a way to obtain the subsequent inheritances from the sect later.