Tempered Immortal

Chapter 29 - Problem

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One of the hardest to learn techniques, Ice Needles, has already been grasped, and the last technique, Imperial Wind, was much easier. Of course, this was in comparison, it still took Lin Xuan nearly a week to grasp.

Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators could ride on their Spirit Tools, and travel thousands of miles a day. Spirit Condensation cultivators did not have this kind of ability. But the Imperial Wind spell was also extraordinary. Take Lin Xuan for an example, with one movement, he could float nearly fifty feet, and jumping up, he could easily reach a height of close to twenty feet.

Using the Imperial Wind Technique to travel, in the eyes of ordinary people, was already like flying. Also, after grasping this kind of technique, the body would become much more flexible. The benefits were obvious.

The perfect combination of offense, defense, and support techniques greatly increased Lin Xuan’s power.

After more than a month of practice, even though he wanted to break into the fifth layer, he still needed some more time. But with the dual assistance of his diligence and pills, Lin Xuan’s spiritual power increased a lot. And apart from his daily cultivation, he continued to explore Spirit Tools.

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Days flew by.

Holding Golden Rope, with a gentle flick, Lin Xuan injected his spiritual power. It instantly lengthened, and under the control of his Spiritual Sense, it was dancing in the air like a spiritual snake.

“Forward!”

With a point of his finger, Golden Rope accurately wrapped around the big tree in front of him. This was the mystic canyon, there was not enough space in his room to practice, so Lin Xuan quietly came to this deserted place.

After much hard work, he finally grasped this mid-grade Spirit Tool. However, looking at Golden Rope that was wrapped around the tree, Lin Xuan was silent.

Lin Xuan then waved his hand and recovered Golden Rope. He had a pensive look on his face.

“Looks like my telekinesis is still not good enough.”

On the surface, Lin Xuan looked very skillful at controlling Golden Rope. But according to the records in the books and the teachings of the elders of the sect, mid-grade Spirit Tools were much more powerful than this. His ability only allowed him to display at most ten or twenty percent of its power.

The reason for this situation was not because Lin Xuan lacked spiritual power, but because there was a problem with the way he performed telekinesis.

Even though telekinesis allowed one to control Spirit Tools, it was still the most basic and most superficial, and only an entry-level skill. If one really wanted to fully utilize the power of the Spirit Tool, then they would need to learn more advanced techniques.

But this difficult problem was placed in front of Lin Xuan. There was no way to learn such an advanced technique at the Young Hawks Pavilion!

The more advanced version of telekinesis is the Spiritual Control Art, which was a mid-grade technique. It should be stored on the second floor of the library and the only way to read it would be to meet one of the following two conditions.

One way was to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage and become a high-level cultivator of the sect, which naturally granted the qualifications to enter. But Lin Xuan directly rejected this idea. How can the path of cultivation be that easy? Even now, with the support of pills, wanting to establish the foundation, would still require a long time.

And the second way, as a Spirit Condensation disciple, if one showed outstanding talent, and possessed a Spirit Tool, one can also petition the Sect Master for admission onto the second floor of the library to consult the Spiritual Control Art.

On the surface, this seemed like a practical choice that could solve Lin Xuan’s problem, but this was also a dead end. There was only one reason. After petitioning, if he wanted to be granted permission, then he must be tested. Although Lin Xuan’s cultivation, compared to the other disciples of the sect, can be considered outstanding, he would be hard-pressed wanting to meet the requirements of the assessment.

Don’t forget, Lin Xuan was not some genius, but the complete opposite. He couldn’t be more ordinary and didn’t even have Spiritual Roots.

A disciple without Spiritual Roots could actually outshine the majority of the other disciples. If this kind of situation came to light, it would be strange for those old sly foxes to not be suspicious.

If they discovered the Blue Star Sea in his Dantian…

Lin Xuan would not put his head on the block like this.

Back then, when he took great pains to become a steward of Red Dawn Mountain, the main purpose was, of course, for the trash pills. But that was not all, his other goal was to quietly go into hiding, and to avoid notice.

Because usually, no one came to the trash pills storage room, those who willingly applied to become the steward were usually low leveled cultivators with no hope of making breakthroughs. Hiding among them, not only did he avoid notice, but he could also safely practice his cultivation.

For Lin Xuan to make this kind of decision was really killing two birds with one stone.

By securing the source of pills, he could improve his cultivation without the scrutiny of others.

Of course, it was not one hundred percent safe. The only possible flaw was the fact that Lin Xuan went to the Young Hawks pavilion to listen to lectures.

That cannot be helped, as techniques must be learned. But Lin Xuan was very careful, each time he went, he picked the most remote corners.

To ascertain the cultivation of others, one must use their Spiritual Sense to check the other person. According to the established practices of the cultivation world, this was an act of hostility, and few would do it.

So even though a few months have passed, Lin Xuan’s cultivation also jumped from the first layer to the fourth layer, but currently, no one had discovered that fact.

Of the two methods to enter the second floor of the library, either he could not fulfill it or he was afraid that someone would discover his cultivation level. Lin Xuan has met an unprecedented problem.

Do I have to control Spirit Tools with telekinesis? It was barely adequate and could only display ten or twenty percent of its power. This was clearly a reckless waste, and Lin Xuan was unwilling to do so in his head.

And even without considering Spirit Tools, he could surely require more advanced techniques to pair with his rising cultivation. To cultivators, spiritual power was the foundation, and techniques built were upon this foundation. The two must complement each other so they were indispensable. Only then could one display great power.

Although Lin Xuan did not have spiritual roots, he did have a smart brain, or else he wouldn’t be able to calculate every step before making decisions. But how, he really did face a conundrum.

Of course, Lin Xuan was not worried like others, one couldn’t solve problems while depressed, rather, it would make the situation worse. Every day, he still cultivated when it was time to cultivate, and purified pills when it was time to purify pills, conforming to his cultivation routine.

Only in his spare time did he contemplate how to solve this problem in front of him.

Translated by: James1kd2

Edited by: UnderTheMoon