The Cultivation Technique "Wind"
Feng Xiaotian made no particular effort to conceal his level-forty Soul Power. With his talent, he should have reached it long ago.
Although only a few days had passed, Feng Xiaotian didn't care that he had advanced two Soul Power levels. He might do even more things later that would be far more astonishing.
"Level forty? It really is a level-forty Soul Power fluctuation!" Ling Qiu spoke up again.
Feng Qingyang was delighted. It seemed his son had finally seen the light and started paying attention to cultivating his Soul Power. He could also clearly sense that Feng Xiaotian's Soul Power was very stable.
Though pleased, Feng Qingyang maintained a stern expression. "Level-forty Soul Power doesn't even count as acceptable for someone of your talent and age. Don't get too carried away."
Feng Qingyang said, "All right, Ling Qiu and I will take you to look for your Fourth Soul Ring tomorrow."
That was generally how elders reacted when they saw a junior advance to the point of needing a Soul Ring. Feng Xiaotian said, "Dad, Mom, I want to cultivate for a while longer. And I can handle the Soul Ring myself."
"Handle it yourself?" Feng Qingyang was taken aback. "Soul Beasts over four thousand years old aren't that easy to hunt, Xiaotian. Are you sure?"
Feng Xiaotian said, "I'm sure. Searching for a Soul Ring will also be a chance for me to gain experience."
"All right. If you need us, Xiaotian, make sure you tell us early. Your mother and I will always support you. But I can only leave the team in your hands for two years. If it hasn't developed well within that time, I'll personally take over," Feng Qingyang said seriously.
In any case, leading a team was a huge test for his son. Even if he didn't do well in two years, they would still have another two years to set things right.
Feng Xiaotian said, "All right, it's settled, then!"
On the second day after returning to Godwind, Feng Xiaotian's cultivation routine was finally fully on track.
Each day, apart from giving Huo Ying her medicine once, he spent practically all his time cultivating.
Huo Ying's presence also meant that Feng Xiaotian didn't have to worry at all about his commission from spending Simp Coins for the next three months. Two hundred thousand came in every day.
On the morning of the tenth day after returning to Godwind, after giving Huo Wu her medicine, Feng Xiaotian finally became wealthy.
He hadn't spent a single Wolf Warrior Coin in those ten days. Added to what he had left from before, he now had a total of 2.84 million Wolf Warrior Coins saved up.
Feng Xiaotian finally turned his attention to the cultivation technique he had long coveted in the system, as well as the immortal-grade medicinal herb he wanted.
The high-quality immortal-grade medicinal herb, the Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower, cost two million Wolf Warrior Coins. It was an essential immortal-grade herb for cultivating the Wind Spirit Body.
Next was the basic chapter of the cultivation technique "Wind," which cost five hundred thousand Wolf Warrior Coins.
The name of this cultivation technique was very simple. The single word "Wind" was its full name.
Of course, besides techniques like "Wind," there was a whole series of techniques such as "Fire," "Water," "Thunder," and "Earth." For now, though, Feng Xiaotian could only cultivate "Wind."
Cultivate the five elements and all sorts of other attributes together? At least for now, Feng Xiaotian couldn't do it.
But on the Douluo Continent, having just the "Wind" cultivation technique was enough.
As usual, Feng Xiaotian skipped class and shut his door tight.
"System, exchange for the basic chapter of 'Wind' and the high-quality immortal-grade Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower!"
In an instant, his Wolf Warrior Coins dropped from 2.84 million to 340,000.
But in the next moment, the cultivation technique "Wind" appeared in his mind, and he memorized it completely in an instant. The immortal-grade Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower had also appeared in his hand.
Cultivating the Wind Spirit Body was simple: eat the immortal-grade medicinal herb, then circulate the technique.
But unlike martial techniques and movement techniques, it couldn't be mastered quickly by spending Wolf Warrior Coins. Just like using the Dragon Tiger Body Tempering Technique, he had to do it himself.
Feng Xiaotian first familiarized himself with the technique, simulating its circulation in his mind several times and trying it out a few times as well.
Perhaps because he didn't have a Wind Spirit Body, the Soul Power he cultivated with "Wind" simply couldn't be stored in his dantian. He couldn't use it either, and in the end, it could only dissipate.
But the more familiar Feng Xiaotian became with the technique, the more he realized that cultivating it seemed like a bit of a trap.
The basic chapter of "Wind" had only two functions: one was the circulation route for cultivation, and the other was how to forge a Wind Spirit Body!
Using a Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower could produce a Wind Spirit Body, but only the worst kind.
That was because Wind Spirit Bodies were divided into nine stars, with one star the worst and nine stars the best.
A single Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower only barely met the minimum requirement for cultivating this technique.
As for raising the quality of the Wind Spirit Body afterward, he would have to rely almost entirely on piling up items bought from the system with Wolf Warrior Coins.
The number of Wolf Warrior Coins required was staggering. The Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower he had just exchanged for would barely get him a one-star Wind Spirit Body, but reaching two stars would cost ten million Wolf Warrior Coins, and three stars would cost fifty million. As for four stars, the cost was counted in hundreds of millions.
Yet the power of this technique once cultivated depended on the level of one's Wind Spirit Body.
Damn it, this was just like the Dragon Tiger Body Tempering Technique and the technique he had exchanged for before. The technique itself was very cheap to exchange for, but when it came time to cultivate it, he discovered it was outrageously expensive.
Worse still, before exchanging for a technique, Feng Xiaotian couldn't know its full contents. He could only look at the description and evaluation provided by the system.
Ah... System, you're such a rip-off! Feng Xiaotian thought.
It was a rip-off, but he had already exchanged for the items, so he had to cultivate it anyway, didn't he? Besides, Feng Xiaotian couldn't find anything better in the system at short notice.
So Feng Xiaotian sat cross-legged and began adjusting his state. After familiarizing himself with the technique a few more times, he ate the Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower in one bite, then began circulating the method for cultivating the Wind Spirit Body.
Time passed slowly. Feng Xiaotian kept his eyes tightly shut as his body was gradually covered in a pale cyan light.
His body changed slightly, but not in the same way as when he had used the Dragon-Tiger Body-Tempering Paste before.
This time, it was as though he were shedding his mortal body and bones. A little dark brown substance began seeping onto the floor where Feng Xiaotian sat cross-legged.
From morning until evening, all the way into the dead of night.
Feng Xiaotian remained in cultivation until he smelled a faint, foul stench. It was extremely unpleasant, and only then did he open his eyes.
"Did it work? But this stinks too much!" Feng Xiaotian murmured.
Feng Xiaotian immediately stood up and found quite a lot of grime on his body.
He knew this was an effect of using the Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower, but it would only appear when cultivating the Wind Spirit Body.
Even better, when the "Wind" technique forged a Wind Spirit Body using a high-quality Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower, all of the flower's medicinal effects would be applied to the body to forge it.
So this time, he had absorbed all of the Nine-Star Wind Jade Flower's medicinal effects.
The problem of conflicting medicinal effects that Feng Xiaotian had worried about no longer existed at all. He could now take other immortal-grade medicinal herbs without worry!