Minor Five Elements Art

"You'll slowly accumulate experience as apprentices. Given time, as long as you're all committed, you'll definitely have the chance to get hands-on and learn this legacy!"

"Don't you think that's the logic?"

Lu Wanyuan looked at Lu Wanshan and the others as he asked.

"Mm, husband speaks the truth. It's just that this will take a long time, so we'll have to plan for it gradually."

Baili Qiuyue nodded.

"Founding a great cultivation family isn't something that happens easily. It's the result of generations of family members working together tirelessly. As the founding ancestors, we must set a good example!"

"We have one advantage over those rogue cultivators—we now have so many legacies, while they have nothing!"

"These legacies would fetch a good number of spirit stones if taken outside, so they can only be studied and learned within this mansion. They must not be taken out!"

"The main reason is that everyone's current cultivation realm is low, and our strength is lacking. I'm worried about unexpected situations."

"Do you all understand what I'm saying?"

Lu Wanyuan smiled as he looked at Lu Wanting and the others.

"Eldest Brother, I understand. I'll definitely pick a legacy and find an apprentice in the market to learn from, accumulating experience!"

Lu Wanting immediately nodded and stated her position.

"Mm, Xiao Ting, that's the right way to think. I'll set up a Library Pavilion at home. These legacies, along with the spells I've collected, will be kept there. Anyone who needs them can study them freely."

"Memorize them, and when you're working in the workshops, you'll definitely be able to use what you've learned. Just be sharp and don't leak the family's legacies. You'll surely get what you want—the key is practice making perfect..."

After Lu Wanyuan's earnest explanation, everyone finally understood what they needed to do.

Eldest Brother was asking them to first thoroughly study the legacies at home, get familiar with the market environment, and then find a workshop to apprentice in. After all, no master would come to teach them for free.

They'd have to learn by stealth in the workshops, working while studying. Since they had the legacies in hand, they only lacked practical experience, but the workshops would give them plenty of chances to practice. Compared to other apprentices, they'd pick things up quickly.

Now, the siblings had to choose a direction to develop in and make a long-term plan.

Especially for building a cultivation family—this was crucial. Why hadn't so many rogue cultivators founded families? Because family members lacked a lasting, unified goal, causing their efforts to never coalesce into a combined force. That was the root reason families never grew.

Four months later, Lu Wanyuan and the others had each found an apprenticeship.

Lu Wanshan was now an apprentice at the Heavenly Craft Workshop, Lu Wanhe a servant at the Spirit Talisman Pavilion, and Lu Wanting a servant at the Myriad Pills Pavilion.

Wanhe and Wanting, being younger, could only work as servants for now, helping out in the shops. Even so, they were overjoyed, having moved much closer to their goals. Once they performed well, they'd surely become apprentices—that part was easy enough.

What wasn't easy was the journey from apprentice to master. That took time and skill, but since they both had legacies in hand, becoming masters was only a matter of time. So they weren't worried at all. Eldest Brother Lu Wanyuan had already planned this out for them and given them a heads-up.

During this time, Lu Wanyuan had discarded his old low-grade cultivation technique. After all, it was a common, worthless one.

So he exchanged the 'Minor Five Elements Art' entry.

This Minor Five Elements Art was a technique that could be cultivated up to the Foundation Establishment realm, and it could absorb five-attribute spiritual energy. The key was that it seemed to be a simplified version.

Still, for now, it suited him perfectly. He had no other profound techniques—just that common one he'd been practicing for years without noticing anything special. The cultivation was far too slow, and he'd long wanted to get rid of it.

Now, after four months of cultivating the Minor Five Elements Art, he'd only just touched the threshold. He hadn't expected the technique to be so difficult—four whole months just to get a foothold.

And he'd used up all three bottles of Qi Gathering Pills. Fortunately, he later discovered something shocking: his dantian space was much larger than average, and the spiritual energy threads within were exceptionally dense and solid.

This meant he could draw on far more magic power than cultivators of the same rank.

A cultivator's strength was rooted in the amount of spiritual energy in their dantian. The more spiritual energy, the greater their power, and the stronger the spells and techniques they could unleash.

Lu Wanshan felt that the Minor Five Elements Art was tailor-made for him. As a five-attribute spiritual root cultivator, this technique fit perfectly. Practicing it allowed him to easily draw in surrounding spiritual energy, regardless of its attribute, and absorb it into his body.

The longer he cultivated, the more he found his meridians widening and becoming more resilient, and the faster he could refine spiritual energy within his body.

This was more than double the speed of ordinary cultivation. Don't underestimate that doubling—over months and years, the pace became terrifying!

Realizing this, Lu Wanyuan was sure he'd struck gold!

By now, most of the entries in his mind had been exchanged. Only a few remained that he couldn't yet use:

Three 'Concealment 2 Hours' entries, and four 'Fire Attribute Magic Power Amplification 2x' entries.

He'd exchanged the rest of the items and refined the Storage Ring. The ring's space was far larger than a Storage Bag—at least the size of several rooms, easily over a hundred cubic meters.

Of course, he didn't dare flaunt it. A space that large was something only Golden Core Cultivators could obtain, and not even every Foundation Establishment Cultivator had one.

So he strung it like a necklace and wore it around his neck, while still carrying a gray Storage Bag at his waist to fit his identity as a Qi Refining cultivator. Inside the bag were daily necessities and some unimportant items.

The Storage Ring held the important things: four first-tier legacies, three of which came from exchanged entries—Artifact Refining, Spirit Talismans, and Alchemy—while the Spirit Planting Legacy was given to him by his mother.

The other items—Thorn Spell, Earth Shield Spell, ten thousand spirit stones, and six high-grade magic tools—were also from exchanged entries.

He'd originally wanted to give each of his siblings a high-grade magic tool, but considering their current weakness, such tools would only be a death warrant for them, so he held back.

After finishing his cultivation, Lu Wanyuan immediately emerged from seclusion.

As he stepped out, he saw Baili Qiuyue walking toward him with a prominent belly, asking happily, "Husband, you're out of seclusion!"

"Yes, I'm done cultivating. I think with a bit more effort, I can reach Qi Refining Layer Four!"

He estimated that his current strength could already rival a cultivator at Qi Refining Layer Four.

He quickly walked over and embraced Baili Qiuyue. Her belly was noticeably larger now—thinking about it, she must be six or seven months along. In a few more months, he'd become a father. He was truly looking forward to it.

Thinking of this, he immediately crouched down, pressing his ear close to her belly as if to feel the baby's movements inside.

"Wow, this little one is quite mischievous in there. I wonder if you'll be able to keep them in line later on?"

Baili Qiuyue said with a sweet smile.

"Haha, even if it's the Monkey King himself, I can handle them!"

Lu Wanyuan laughed heartily.

"Who's the Monkey King? My baby isn't some monkey—don't talk nonsense!"

Baili Qiuyue scolded playfully.