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Can knowledge be converted into power that rapidly increases spirit power cultivation speed, without negatively affecting one's foundation?
This kind of conversion naturally exists, but it also inevitably has its limits.
"However, I possess the talent of extraordinary perception. Wasn't the metamorphosis from my first spirit ring the best practical application of this very talent?"
As long as I make good use of my own advantages, anything is possible.
"Aaah."
Old Jack stretched his body, feeling the changes within himself. He was extremely excited.
I feel younger!
Feeling the abundant vitality within his body, Old Jack felt as if he could live for another twenty years!
"Grandpa, now that you've finished absorbing the spirit ring, let's leave this place first."
"Oh, right, right."
The figures of the old man and the young boy quickly departed from the Spirit Hunting Forest.
"Grandpa, what's the effect of your first spirit skill?" Su Wen was, in fact, quite curious about Old Jack's first spirit skill.
After all, Old Jack was the first food-system Spirit Master Su Wen had ever actually met.
"Let me sense it." Old Jack felt it out for a moment and said, "My first spirit skill seems to be called 'Vitality-Filled Little Sweet Potato.' Its effect is to rapidly restore a Spirit Master's condition, and it also increases the Spirit Master's recovery speed for a period of time afterward."
Oh?
Su Wen looked at Old Jack, somewhat surprised.
This had to be considered an extremely high-quality spirit skill.
The ability to rapidly restore a Spirit Master's condition... although it wasn't specialized, this all-purpose recovery was an excellent effect in itself.
It could likely restore spirit power, physical stamina, and perhaps even spiritual power.
Even if it couldn't directly restore spiritual power, the buff that continuously accelerated the Spirit Master's recovery after use should also help restore spiritual power.
It provided both a rapid recovery for emergencies and a subsequent buff.
Soon, thinking back to all the sweet potatoes he had eaten as a child, Su Wen felt that this was actually quite reasonable.
"During that period, my need for energy and my need for rapid physical recovery were both very high. That was likely the contribution of Old Jack's sweet potatoes. And his ability to provide that shows that Old Jack has developed his spirit well in this aspect."
Perhaps developing one's spirit is very difficult.
However, given enough time, one can always develop something.
Take Old Jack, for example. He might not have developed it purposefully, but having possessed his spirit for decades and occasionally needing to use it in daily life, he had naturally, over time, developed it.
After taking Old Jack to register at Spirit Hall, Su Wen returned to New Moon Village.
Su Wen stopped running around and focused single-mindedly on his cultivation.
"The 'Vitality-Filled Little Sweet Potato' not only has a decent name, but its effect is also top-notch."
After trying Old Jack's first spirit skill, the Vitality-Filled Little Sweet Potato, Su Wen incorporated it into his own cultivation regimen.
"With the Little Sweet Potato's buff, my recovery speed is consistently maintained at an extremely high level. My daily cultivation efficiency has risen by a whole notch."
This was especially true for his exploration and development of his internal and external techniques; his efficiency in that area practically doubled.
In the blink of an eye, half a year went by.
Su Wen was now eleven years old.
"It's been half a year. With the support of the Little Sweet Potato, my spirit power cultivation has been much faster. I should have accumulated enough origin spirit power equivalent to three levels."
Su Wen could actually sense the accumulation of his origin spirit power, so his cultivation efficiency wasn't negatively affected by a lack of visible progress.
On the contrary, with every additional bit of origin spirit power he accumulated, his motivation grew even stronger.
After all, only by accumulating more origin spirit power could he obtain his second spirit ring and initiate his spirit's second metamorphosis.
"However, in half a year, although I've tried to accelerate my cultivation speed in various ways, I've only managed to increase it by about thirty percent. With the continuous buff from the Little Sweet Potato, that adds another twenty percent."
In total, his cultivation efficiency was a full fifty percent faster than it was half a year ago.
Yet, Su Wen was still not satisfied.
"My internal technique doesn't need to be like the Xuantian Gong's 'unending and boundless' nature. What I'm pursuing is purely cultivation speed and quality."
As it turned out, a cultivation technique with a complete circulation cycle had an extremely obvious impact on spirit power cultivation speed.
Even Old Jack, just by learning the technique and truly grasping its basics—circulating his body's spirit power in one 'grand cycle' to form a unified whole—was able to break through the level 10 bottleneck he had been stuck at for so long. This just showed how important the cultivation technique was.
"Perfecting the internal and external techniques together added thirty percent efficiency."
Logically, the Little Sweet Potato shouldn't have had such a pronounced effect. However, it was exceptionally compatible with Su Wen's cultivation methods, making his external technique training more efficient, which in turn had a positive influence on his internal technique cultivation.
In other words, the Little Sweet Potato buffed his external training, which consequently affected Su Wen's overall cultivation efficiency.
"In the end, I can only rely on 'mimicry cultivation'."
Su Wen had tried it in Spirit Hall's library, and the effect was extremely obvious.
Although he didn't know why a 'mimicry' environment had such an effect on spirit power cultivation, Su Wen fully acknowledged its effectiveness.
"However, mimicry cultivation's environmental requirements are too strict. I can't just stay in the library all the time."
In the library, it was difficult to practice his external techniques. Without the complementary benefits of his external training, even with the mimicry buff, the effect was merely on par with his normal training with external cultivation.
"Visualize the library. I am in the library."
I am surrounded by books!
Unfortunately, Su Wen had not yet managed to develop such a method.
In his view, the most likely reason he hadn't succeeded was an issue with his spiritual power.
"If I can open a 'Sea of Consciousness', perhaps I can achieve real-time mimicry cultivation through visualization." Su Wen was greatly looking forward to his second spirit ring.
"Grandpa, it's time for me to go."
"Little Wen, when you're out there alone, you must be extra careful. Don't trust others easily, and you must..."
Old Jack was very reluctant to see him go, but he knew that as a Spirit Master, venturing out for experience was inevitable. He could only do his best to impart his own life experiences, hoping Su Wen wouldn't be deceived while he was away.
"Hehe, Grandpa, don't you worry, I'll remember all of it. I'll also contact you regularly. But you can't cut off my supply of Little Sweet Potatoes!"
"You rascal, I knew you were just after this old man's sweet potatoes." Old Jack harrumphed. "Don't worry. My sweet potatoes have a very long shelf life. I'll send you a batch once a month; the supply won't be cut off."
To support Su Wen's consumption, Old Jack would undoubtedly have to spend a considerable amount of time each day making the Little Sweet Potatoes.
But to Old Jack, this was nothing at all.
After leaving New Moon Village, Su Wen's mind began to churn.
"The Blue Silver Emperor..."
Tang Hao had to take care of Ah Yin, and he also returned to Holy Spirit Village... That means the valley where Ah Yin is located must be somewhere near Holy Spirit Village.
If I could just find the Blue Silver Emperor's location...
As for any psychological burden?
Su Wen felt absolutely none.
My parents were harmed by Tang Hao. What's wrong with taking the culprit's spirit bone as a small interest payment?
Besides, it had to be said, the Blue Silver Emperor was a plant-type spirit beast. It would be quite compatible with his Book Spirit.
"Unfortunately..."
(End of this chapter)