Before long.
Chen Xuan arrived at the residence assigned by Neiwu Hall.
After closing the door, he sat down on the edge of the bed.
The temporary residence was not large: one bed, one table, and one chair. A wooden rack stood in the corner, holding a coarse pottery teapot and two overturned teacups.
Outside the window lay a bamboo grove. When the wind passed through, the bamboo rustled softly. It was a rare bit of peace and quiet; compared to the small hut in the outer sect where he had lived for three years, this place was already quite respectable.
With a thought, Chen Xuan opened the panel.
Host: Chen Xuan Fate: Zhaoxi Bizheng Bone Aptitude: Above-Average Realm: Qi Casting Realm Fifth Layer (Mid-Tongqiao) Martial Arts: Giant Whale Body Refining Technique/Level Nine, Mountain Crushing Fist/Mastery, Vajra Technique/Level Eleven (Acupoints Opened: 74/108), Nine Shadow Killing Sword/Level Two (Proficient), Huanri Technique/Qi Casting Realm Second Layer (Qi Channels Opened: 108/180), Five Elements Divine Technique/Not Initiated, Yimu Huasheng Technique/Not Initiated, Heishui True Scripture/Not Initiated, Xuanhuo True Technique/Not Initiated, Houtu Zaiwu Technique/Not Initiated Zhaoxi Value: 18
Eighteen points of Zhaoxi Value meant eighteen years of cultivation.
Chen Xuan's gaze fell upon that row of "Not Initiated" labels, and he already had a plan in mind.
There were four top-tier techniques, and each had to be cultivated from the beginning.
Without Zhaoxi Value, with his Above-Average Bone Aptitude, cultivating a top-tier technique from nothing to the First Layer of Qi Casting and opening thirty-six qi channels would take at least ten years.
For all four techniques combined, that would be forty years.
In other words, for another martial artist with Above-Average Bone Aptitude to cultivate the Five Elements Divine Technique, merely producing true qi from these four techniques would take forty years. Including