Three Techniques Mastered

After Yue Shuo finished reading the letter, he put it away. After some thought, he wrote another letter and had Gu Jiu send it for him.

The letter said that he would inquire about the pirates.

He would also cultivate diligently and avenge his father and mother in the future.

No matter what the circumstances were.

He had only just achieved Spirit Induction into the Body and was not even at Qi Refining Level One. He could not possibly rush out to sea to look for pirates right now.

Right now, he could not do anything!

He could only keep cultivating!

There were only two possibilities in this matter.

First, his father and mother might have been in league with the pirates, pretending to be abducted in order to seize the chance to leave their previous circumstances behind.

Second, his father and mother had accidentally been abducted by pirates.

Whether it was the first or second possibility, he had no way to investigate and uncover the truth.

At most, he could find a way to ask around.

It was perfectly reasonable for him to inquire into this matter.

It was also normal that he had not asked before. After all, he was only twelve. Without his elder brother "reminding" him, it was only natural that the thought had never occurred to him.

"Perhaps Big Brother was actually reminding me about this?"

The pirate attack was something everyone on Lesser Desolate Island in Yellow Town had heard about. It had clearly spread far and wide.

His background was also crystal clear.

"Could someone have gone to my home..."

"I achieved Spirit Induction into the Body quickly. Now that I've succeeded, as long as I slowly grind away at it, I'll eventually advance to Qi Refining Level One."

They were only Prospective Disciples for now.

Only upon reaching Qi Refining Level One could they be considered true guest disciples.

Yue Shuo fell into thought.

Afterward, he continued following his previous cultivation plan.

After getting up early, he cultivated the Wood Essence Art twice. It took only around three hours, leaving him just two points short of filling the proficiency for the beginner level.

[Wood Essence Art (Tier One): 98/100 (Beginner)]

Once he had dealt with the letter.

Yue Shuo also casually asked Gu Jiu to inquire, when he had time, about pirates in the area and any subsequent news regarding the previous pirate attack.

There was no need for him to personally go asking around for information.

After all, he did not know many people here. Perhaps he could ask those two people at the market.

But it was not yet the time.

At the very least, he would wait until he could produce Gathering Spirit Grass and trade it for cultivation resources before asking.

Yue Shuo was not truly a twelve-year-old boy.

He would not be moved to tears by a tiny favor from someone else.

Of course, he would remember the help others had given him and repay them when he had the ability and the opportunity.

Setting aside his worries, he continued cultivating!

After completing two Spirit Induction cultivation sessions that afternoon, the Wood Essence Art's proficiency had been filled.

[Wood Essence Art (Tier One): 0/200 (Mastery)]

With his first primary cultivation art reaching Mastery, Yue Shuo waited with great difficulty for his Divine Sense to recover before cultivating once more.

[Cultivation: 209.2/500 (+2.2)]

[Wood Essence Art (Tier One): 1/200 (Mastery)]

After reaching the Mastery level, its cultivation efficiency increased by one-tenth, and the cultivation time shortened once again.

It now took around one hour and twenty minutes.

To complete one round of Spirit Induction into the Body cultivation.

This had, in effect, increased the amount of his Divine Sense recovery, though previously it had only increased by one or two points per day in total.

He had merely shifted his daily schedule a little earlier.

His routine was fixed once more.

His cultivation time shortened again.

His Divine Sense recovery speed also seemed to have improved to a certain extent after recovering again and again.

After Yue Shuo completed his spellcasting and cultivation that night.

The next day, the twenty-fourth.

His twenty-third day on the island.

He began adjusting his cultivation schedule, changing from five Spirit Induction into the Body sessions per day to six. His time became tight again.

Another two or three days passed.

By the twenty-sixth of the month, it had been ten days since his last visit to the market.

Zou Chongying and Tian Wan sent servants to inform him that they were in seclusion.

They would gather and meet again on the fifteenth or sixteenth of next month.

This had already been mentioned last time.

Yue Shuo did not pay much attention to it. His focus was on the Spirit Induction and Qi-Nurturing cultivation data that was about to reach halfway.

And even more on the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique, which was only a few proficiency points away.

By the daytime of the twenty-seventh.

After cultivating for nearly a month, Yue Shuo finally saw his cultivation data pass the halfway mark. The tension between his brows melted away.

Soon!

In less than a month, he would be able to... attempt to advance to Qi Refining Level One!

Of course, the mere fifty-percent chance of breaking through was somewhat troubling.

However, the chance of a breakthrough could be improved through the environment.

And through raising one's level of mastery over a cultivation art.

Over the past month, Yue Shuo had constantly monitored his Cultivator Character Panel and had come to understand it far better than he had in the previous two years.

This panel had an activation process.

Not to mention that it had only activated ten years after he had transmigrated and been reborn.

As for cultivation efficiency, only after he completed a cultivation session following an improvement would its correction and changes take effect.

In other words.

Only after he reached the cultivation value required for a breakthrough.

Would the breakthrough chance.

Perhaps change and be corrected based on certain circumstances.

Therefore, Yue Shuo was not in a hurry.

At worst, he could fill five hundred cultivation points twice over.

With his current cultivation efficiency.

Provided his spell cultivation remained unchanged, he could complete five hundred cultivation points in just over a month!

After calculating it, thirty-eight days!

Perhaps it would not even take that long.

Because once the Wood Essence Art advanced to the Minor Success level, his cultivation efficiency would increase again.

At the same time, his cultivation time would be shortened even further.

Leaving him more time for his Divine Sense to recover.

Aside from the cultivation value gained from each session, the only thing affecting his cultivation efficiency was the recovery of his Divine Sense.

That night.

The Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique, which he had cultivated for twelve days, also reached the point where its beginner-level proficiency was full.

Not only had he cast it once over all one hundred Gathering Spirit Grass plants in the Spirit Field.

It reached—

[Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique (Tier One): 0/200 (Mastery)]

When he cast the Mastery-level Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique, however, he discovered that the cloud of spiritual mist had clearly grown larger.

A single casting could complete the watering and absorption for two Gathering Spirit Grass plants.

His control over the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique had also reached the point where he could move while casting, maintaining the spell while splitting it into two portions.

The planting spell Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique at the Mastery level.

Was more than twice as effective as before.

After absorbing the spiritual energy, a Gathering Spirit Grass plant could grow two leaves at once. Moreover, a single casting could complete the absorption for two plants.

In terms of efficiency.

It had increased fourfold!

That night, just after the spell advanced.

Yue Shuo completed the watering and enhancement of fourteen Gathering Spirit Grass plants, raising them from the seven-month stage to the nine-month stage.

Judging by the situation, over the next two days.

They would continue refining and absorbing spiritual energy, reaching the ten- and eleven-month stages.

Perhaps after he completed this round of watering.

They would become one-year Gathering Spirit Grass!

Before falling asleep on the twenty-seventh, he recorded the changed data once more.

[Cultivation: 261/500 (+2.2)]

[Wood Essence Art (Tier One): 25/200 (Mastery)]

[Qi-Replenishing Technique (Tier One): 69/200 (Mastery)]

[Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique (Tier One): 7/200 (Mastery)]

Three cultivation arts and spells at the Mastery level made him greatly anticipate the cultivation and growth to come.

Before sleeping, Yue Shuo was still thinking.

Should he report that he had mastered the Lesser Cloud-Rain Technique?

Perhaps Gu Jiu had already reported it?

After spending several days completing the second round of Gathering Spirit Grass watering, should he focus on cultivating ten ten-year plants first?

Right, exchanging for Spirit Carp required placing an order one month in advance.

That thought flashed through Yue Shuo's mind as he sank into sleep.