The Benefits of Spirit Fields

It was still the Three Planting Arts.

Even though Gu Jiu had already become quite confident in his young master.

After hearing that he intended to earn Spirit Stones through the Three Planting Arts, he could not help reminding his young master to prioritize advancement.

"You go busy yourself first. I have my own arrangements!"

Yue Shuo smiled and had Gu Jiu continue patrolling the Spirit Field.

He himself returned to the inner room and copied out the Sharp Metal Art and Blazing Sun Art in their entirety.

After thinking it over.

He also copied out the other cultivation methods he had practiced.

Today, he still had one chance to practice a cultivation method.

Of course, if he did not mind disrupting his schedule, he could practice once more at midnight.

"An orderly routine is better for cultivation!"

Yue Shuo did not want to casually break the schedule he had set for himself.

So, he made a slight choice between the two new cultivation methods and kept the Sharp Metal Art, which came with an offensive spell.

He set the Blazing Sun Art aside to practice tomorrow.

Yue Shuo studied the Sharp Metal Art.

First-tier cultivation methods were not difficult, at least not to him.

There were two difficulties: sensing spiritual energy, and maintaining meditation.

After experiencing Spirit-Drawing Entry once.

It seemed that some kind of connection had already been opened between the human body and spiritual energy. It was as if they had already met.

Meeting again naturally was not difficult.

And as long as one possessed sufficient Divine Sense, one could expend it to maintain that "meeting and communication" with spiritual energy.

After drawing spiritual energy into the body.

That wisp of spiritual energy would naturally be refined according to one's cultivation method.

Even while meditating, one could make slight adjustments and control which cultivation method was used to refine it.

After all, first-tier Qi Refining methods truly were not difficult.

Especially the initial Spirit-Drawing Qi Refining portion.

It merely involved urging spiritual energy to circulate and accumulate within the body, travel through the acupoints, and refine it into a stream of attribute-aligned energy.

That was magical power.

At the beginning of Qi Refining, the attributes of one's magical power were actually heavily influenced by one's Spiritual Root.

Yue Shuo had a comprehension bonus.

[Comprehension: 120]

With a first-tier Qi Refining method in hand, he practically understood the Spirit-Drawing stage the moment he finished reading it.

Seeing that his Divine Sense had already reached five points.

He could not help standing up and leaving the courtyard, entering the Spirit Field once again with the array token.

Outside the Spirit Field, Gu Jiu was building a wooden cabin some distance away.

Seeing him, Gu Jiu hurried over at a jog.

Yue Shuo waved a hand, signaling him to continue with his work, then strolled directly through the Spirit Field.

Half an hour later.

[Divine Sense: 6/15]

Just as expected!

His Divine Sense recovered another notch faster inside the Spirit Field, though it had not reached the point of recovering one point every half hour.

After recovering his previous point, more than ten minutes had passed before he entered the Spirit Field.

He estimated that the efficiency had improved by around fifty percent.

Yue Shuo's eyes brightened.

However, he still did not perform Spirit-Drawing Entry in the Spirit Field, since he would be practicing the Sharp Metal Art this time.

It was metal-attributed.

Metal overcame wood.

He still knew this basic common sense of the Five Elements.

Returning to the courtyard, he practiced calligraphy again to calm his mind.

Then he entered meditation.

He drew spiritual energy into his body and practiced once more.

Two hours later, he opened his eyes and slowly exhaled. Glancing inward at his attribute panel, delight appeared on his face.

[Cultivation: 27/500 (+2/time)]

[Divine Sense: 1/15]

[Sharp Metal Art (First Tier): 1/100 (Beginner)]

(Beginner: You have learned the method of Qi Refining. Your Qi Refining cultivation speed +0.2. You vaguely sense that a first-tier spell can be activated.)

It had been four days since his first cultivation session.

He had already accumulated one-twentieth of the cultivation needed to advance to Qi Refining Level One.

And he had raised his cultivation efficiency to two points per session!

"Tomorrow, I'll practice the other one! Then I'll ask around about other first-tier cultivation methods. Chong Ying and Tian Wan can help with that..."

Aside from fleecing the new disciples.

He had also considered visiting the market district.

As for exposing the fact that he could stack cultivation effects, Yue Shuo had not entertained that thought in the slightest.

Yue Shuo returned to the Spirit Field.

The sky gradually darkened.

It was roughly the hour of the dog.

This time, he wandered through the Spirit Field for more than three hours before seeing his Divine Sense recover to six points.

During those three-plus hours.

He personally watched fresh shoots emerge from several seeds brimming with stronger vitality.

Once they had sprouted, condensing a ball of spiritual water to irrigate them would surely benefit the growth of the Spirit Grass shoots.

Unfortunately, Yue Shuo did not yet know the Lesser Cloud Rain Spell.

Of course, his mind had not been blank during those three hours either.

As he walked, he studied the Lesser Cloud Rain Spell in his mind.

He was merely waiting for his Divine Sense to recover to six points before attempting to practice it.

However, when he saw that his Divine Sense had recovered to six points, he calculated that there were still nearly two hours until midnight, his usual bedtime.

It was almost two hours earlier than usual.

That made him hesitate.

Should he practice a Qi Refining method instead?

The more methods he practiced, the faster his cultivation speed would become.

With that thought, Yue Shuo decisively adjusted his plan, left the Spirit Field, returned to the small courtyard, and calmed his mind before drawing in spiritual energy once more.

However, this Spirit-Drawing session encountered a small problem.

After ending a cultivation session lasting one hour and forty-some minutes, Yue Shuo immediately checked the Cultivator Character Panel.

There were no changes above.

[Cultivation: 29/500 (+2/time)]

[Divine Sense: 1/15]

[Cultivation Methods: Tai Chi Fist, Wood Essence Art, Evergreen Method, Thousand Waves Formula, Water Spirit Formula, Sharp Metal Art]

[Unpracticed: Origin Return Art, Blazing Sun Art]

The Origin Return Art and Blazing Sun Art that he had copied down but not practiced both appeared under the new category of unpracticed cultivation methods.

Yue Shuo fell silent.

Had he made a mistake while cultivating, or... was his plan to stack cultivation efficiency impossible?

Yet the cultivation efficiency after his cultivation level still showed +2.

That meant the methods he had previously practiced had successfully stacked.

"Is it a problem with the Blazing Sun Art itself? Or... is there actually a limit to how many Qi Refining methods one can practice?"

If it were a problem with the Blazing Sun Art itself.

It should not have appeared in his record of unpracticed cultivation methods.

So there was a very high possibility that.

There was actually an upper limit on the number of Qi Refining methods he could practice.

This darkened Yue Shuo's expression somewhat, but he quickly adjusted his mindset.

Since he could not stack quantity without limit.

Then he would stack quality instead!

Cultivation levels included Beginner, Proficient, Minor Success, Major Success, Perfection—and whether there might be an even higher limit beyond Perfection remained unknown.

[Wood Essence Art (First Tier): 12/100 (Beginner)]

After practicing the Wood Essence Art another eighty-nine times, he could reach the Proficient level.

At present, he could practice at least five times a day!

With the Divine Sense recovery efficiency inside the Spirit Field, and some careful penny-pinching, he might even squeeze out one more session.

"If I sleep in the Spirit Field, could I replenish my Divine Sense faster overnight?"

Yue Shuo acted as soon as the thought struck him.

He immediately grabbed his bedding and headed for the Spirit Field.

It was already midnight.

When Gu Jiu saw his young master emerge carrying bedding, he was completely baffled. At first, he thought his young master was bringing the bedding to him.

Then he saw his young master carry it into the Spirit Field.

Gu Jiu: "..."

He suddenly felt that spending every day on chores, while only setting aside four hours to practice martial arts, was simply wasting his life away!