Chapter 137: Upgrading to the Wu Fire Spirit Body, Concealed Divine Ability

Chapter 137: Upgrading to the Wu Fire Spirit Body, Concealed Divine Ability

In the cultivation room, Chu Ning sat with his legs crossed. He glanced at the proficiency levels of his various cultivation techniques.

【Greenwood Eternal Spring Art (Lower Tier Yellow Rank), 3rd Layer (2095/2100)】

【Nine Transforming Body Refining Manual, 1st Volume, Unending Sinews 702/1500】

【Refine God Technique, 2nd Layer 83/2000】

Over the past fifty days, with all resources focused on cultivation, Chu Ning's proficiency had been increasing at a rate of nearly seven points per day.

The proficiency of the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art had increased by a full 350 points.

However, correspondingly, he had extremely compressed the time spent on body and spirit refining.

He only consumed a Golden Orchid Fruit every two days for body refining and practiced the Refine God Technique once every two days as well, using them merely to supplement his energy cultivation.

Naturally, the proficiency of these two techniques had increased very slowly.

Now, his proficiency in the third layer of the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art had reached 2095.

It would take him two months to complete the cultivation of all nine layers of the energy cultivation technique, and Chu Ning actually felt that it might be a bit too fast.

His current realm was not very stable.

However, he did not plan to stop at this point. He intended to first maximize his proficiency in the third layer of the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art.

After refreshing his spirit body, he would not rush to break through to the perfection of energy cultivation. Instead, he would take the time to stabilize his realm.

For now, his goal was to complete the remaining five proficiency points.

Chu Ning reached into his storage bag and took out a medium-grade spirit stone, then closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

He had tried this before—after reaching the ninth layer of energy cultivation, a medium-grade spirit stone could support an increase of six proficiency points.

It was enough.

Holding the medium-grade spirit stone, Chu Ning circulated the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art.

The spirit energy within the stone was instantly drawn into his body by Chu Ning.

At the same time, the stray heavenly spirit energy between heaven and earth quickly gathered towards him.

This cultivation session lasted an entire day!

One day later.

"Crack!"

The medium-grade spirit stone in Chu Ning's hand suddenly shattered, turning into powder.

At the same time, Chu Ning's eyes snapped open.

Without hesitation, he focused his attention on the proficiency levels in his mind.

【Greenwood Eternal Spring Art (Lower Tier Yellow Rank), 3rd Layer (2100/2100)】

"Greenwood Eternal Spring Art third layer, finally perfected. Now for the talent..."

Chu Ning thought, immediately looking down.

【Wood Generates Fire, Host Detected with Fire Spirit Root】

【Talent Refreshed, Reward Talent "Wu Fire Spirit Body":

1. Greatly enhances fire attribute spirit energy sensing ability, increasing the speed of cultivating fire-attribute techniques and spells; can be combined with Yin Wood Spirit Body, equally effective for cultivating Wood-Fire dual-attribute techniques and spells.

2. When using fire-attribute attack spells, spell attack power is doubled.

Hidden Divine Ability can be viewed:

There is a 50% chance of awakening a mutated Wind Spirit Root when cultivating Wood-Fire dual-attribute techniques.】

Seeing this long introduction, Chu Ning was both surprised and delighted.

His speculation was correct—after perfecting the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art, it had indeed refreshed his talent related to cultivation as he expected.

"Wu Fire Spirit Body!"

Chu Ning silently mouthed these four words, and a direction for his future cultivation immediately became clear in his mind.

Wood-attribute and fire-attribute techniques were undoubtedly excellent, but with the combination of the Yin Wood Spirit Body and the Wu Fire Spirit Body, the most suitable choice was undoubtedly wood-fire dual-attribute techniques.

After all, he could make full use of his cultivation methods like the Greenwood Spring Art, and the second innate ability of the Wu Fire Spirit Body was extremely overpowered.

"When using fire-attribute attack spells, spell attack power is doubled."

Such a heaven-defying effect must be fully utilized.

Moreover, Chu Ning could basically confirm that the sect should have this type of technique.

After all, when he was in the Spirit Domain, Shang Rui had cultivated this type of technique.

At this moment, Chu Ning continued to ponder the next sentence.

【Hidden Divine Ability can be viewed: There is a 50% chance of awakening a mutated Wind Spirit Root when cultivating Wood-Fire dual-attribute techniques.】

He roughly understood the meaning of the latter sentence—if he chose to cultivate wood-fire dual-attribute techniques, there was a certain probability of awakening a mutated Wind Spirit Root.

This unusual spirit root was inherently related to wood and fire. If he could truly awaken it, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance his talent.

But the previous sentence...

"It says 'hidden ability can be viewed,' which implies that this ability is usually hidden, but I can see it now.

It seems unnecessary to include this sentence."

Chu Ning thought for a moment, then quickly realized something.

"Wait, does this mean that the previous spirit body refreshes also had hidden abilities, but I just couldn't see them?"

With this thought, Chu Ning refocused his attention on the proficiency display panel in his mind.

His gaze began to scan the introductions of the Yin Wood Spirit Body, the Yuan Fu Spirit Body, and the Zhen Fu Spirit Body.

In fact, these spirit body introductions had always been there, including those for the Tian Gang Fist and the Jing Lei Step.

Chu Ning had looked at them before, occasionally checking the content below when viewing his proficiency levels.

However, he had never seen any hidden talent introductions.

And now, as Chu Ning looked again,

"Is there really a hidden divine ability for every spirit body talent?"

Chu Ning was stunned, as each of the spirit body introductions now included an additional detail.

2. The cultivated wood-attribute spell power can shield peeping, and the strength of spell power can be concealed at will.

Hidden Divine Ability: The spirit energy gathered by wood-attribute spells used on spirit plants can be absorbed and transformed by the user. 】

"No wonder I was able to cultivate with the aid of the Greenwood Spring Art. So it was because of the hidden divine ability of the Yin Wood Spirit Body."

At this moment, a look of realization appeared on Chu Ning's face.

He had guessed this before; otherwise, why would so many people use the Greenwood Spring Art, and only he could cultivate faster?

At this moment, he finally found the answer.

"What about the Yuan Fu Spirit Body and the Zhen Fu Spirit Body?"

Chu Ning suddenly thought of this and immediately looked to check.

When using these two spirit bodies, he had never noticed any other hidden divine abilities.

【Yuan Fu Spirit Body:

1. Greatly enhances the talent for understanding and cultivating Fu Rune techniques;

2. Increases the success rate and quality of Fu Rune creation.

Hidden Divine Ability: Analyze and understand the origin of Fu Rune patterns (can only analyze and understand Fu Rune patterns one level higher than the user's current ability), and gain the ability to create Fu Runes after analysis. 】

Seeing the introduction of this hidden divine ability, Chu Ning's eyes widened slightly.

He understood the description, and because of this, he was surprised.

According to this divine ability, he could create low-grade intermediate Fu Runes, which meant he could analyze the rune patterns of low-grade intermediate Fu Runes.

And once he analyzed and understood them, he could directly master the technique of creating those Fu Runes.

"If that's the case, I don't have to worry about not having the corresponding Fu Rune techniques to learn.

For example, I can buy a low-grade intermediate Fu Rune, analyze its rune pattern, and master the technique of creating it.

I can even understand the secret Fu Rune techniques of other sects."

Chu Ning wasn't sure if his idea was correct, but if it was, then this hidden divine ability was incredibly powerful.

No wonder he hadn't discovered it before; he simply hadn't thought about it in this way.

Whenever he bought intermediate-grade Fu Runes, he used them directly without thinking about researching them.

"No wonder it's called the Yuan Fu Spirit Body," Chu Ning marveled.

At this moment, he quickly scanned the description of the Zhen Fu Spirit Body.

He still had that to check.

【Zhen Fu Spirit Body:

1. Spell Fu: Can transform self-cast spells into Spell Fu to create Fu Runes (requires possession of corresponding attribute spirit body);

2. True Fu Spell: Can transform self-drawn Fu Runes into True Fu Spells and store them in a Fu Ring for instant casting (there is a limit to the number of Fu Runes that can be stored).

Hidden Divine Ability: After using True Fu Spells a hundred times, a Fu Seed can be condensed, allowing spell casting without the aid of a Fu Ring. Only one type of True Fu Spell of the same attribute can be chosen to condense a Fu Seed. 】

"Fu Seed," Chu Ning silently mouthed the two words, quickly understanding their meaning.

Before this, for example, when he turned the Crimson Flame Fire Fu into a True Fu Spell, he had to use the Fu Ring to cast it.

Every time he used it, he was essentially infusing a Fu Rune into the Fu Ring, making the casting faster.

But if he condensed a Fu Seed, he wouldn't need the Fu Rune or the Fu Ring anymore.

It would be as if he had directly mastered the Crimson Flame Fire Fu spell.

"So that's how it is!"

After using the True Fu Spell several times, Chu Ning had a vague feeling that this was how it worked.

Although it was slightly faster than activating a Fu Rune, the effect wasn't very significant.

However, with the addition of the hidden divine ability, it became much more powerful.

Chu Ning quickly digested this information and turned his attention to the Tian Gang Fist, Jing Lei Step, and the Forbidden God Technique.

However, he found that these three divine abilities did not have any hidden content.

"It seems that these hidden divine abilities only apply to the spirit bodies that are refreshed through cultivation," Chu Ning realized.

Even so, he was still overjoyed.

This time, after cultivating the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art to perfection, the gains were tremendous.

Not only did he refresh the Wu Fire Spirit Body, but the appearance of these hidden divine abilities also granted him more skills.

However, at this moment, Chu Ning temporarily set these thoughts aside.

Since he had already perfected the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art, his next cultivation direction was clear. The urgent task was to select a suitable cultivation technique as soon as possible.

Then, according to his previous plan, he would find an opportunity to leave this place.

With these thoughts in mind, Chu Ning couldn't contain his excitement. He got up and left the cave, heading straight for the library.

Chu Ning had been to the library several times before and was already familiar with the place.

Upon entering, he approached a middle-aged man with a long beard who was holding a book.

"Uncle Zhao!"

The middle-aged man looked up at Chu Ning and said indifferently, "Oh, it's Chu Ning. You can look at the books on the first floor, just go right in."

"Uncle Zhao, I'm here to look for cultivation techniques," Chu Ning said.

"Cultivation techniques? What kind?" The middle-aged man, Zhao, put down his book upon hearing Chu Ning's words.

"I previously cultivated the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art, but its grade is too low. I want to find more advanced techniques, preferably wood-attribute, or wood-earth, wood-fire, or wood-water attributed techniques," Chu Ning replied.

However, it's usually better for disciples to listen to their masters when it comes to cultivating or changing techniques. Feel free to browse."

Chu Ning's heart sank as he heard this. Browsing the introductions wasn't enough for him.

What he wanted was to take this technique with him or, at the very least, to memorize it completely.

Just as Chu Ning was about to speak, Zhao continued, "Of course, the sect has instructed us to support you disciples as much as we can in your cultivation endeavors.

Here's what we'll do. Give me your jade token, and I'll grant you access.

You may thoroughly examine three techniques from the collection, but the final decision on which one to cultivate is up to you and the Sect Master."

Hearing this, Chu Ning, who had been about to say something, was now overjoyed.

He didn't hide his happiness as he quickly took out his jade token and handed it to Zhao.

Zhao inscribed a few talismans on the token and then returned it.

"The techniques are on the third floor of the library. Go straight up, but remember to choose carefully. You can only take three, and there are no changes allowed afterward."

Hearing Liao's instructions, Chu Ning bowed and thanked him before rushing to the third floor.

Upon reaching the third floor, Chu Ning saw rows of neatly organized bookshelves.

Each row was separated and protected by a layer of restrictions.

The shelves were categorized by different levels and attributes of cultivation techniques.

However, among them, the highest level was only the upper-tier Xuan rank, and there were no Earth rank techniques to be seen.

"I wonder if the sect doesn't have Earth-rank techniques, or if they're just not within our viewing permissions," Chu Ning thought to himself, quickly dismissing the idea.

For him, whether or not there were Earth-rank techniques wasn't that important.

What mattered more was finding techniques suitable for his Yin Wood Spirit Body and Wu Fire Spirit Body.

Even though Chu Ning was eager to find wood-fire dual-attribute techniques, he didn't rush over to that section right away.

Instead, he first went to the shelf with upper-tier Xuan rank wood-attribute techniques.

After all, he wasn't sure if his actions were being monitored by Zhao.

It would be most reasonable for him to start by looking at wood-attribute techniques.

Moreover, Chu Ning did have a plan in mind. If he couldn't find any fire-wood dual-attribute techniques, then these wood-attribute techniques would be his backup options.

And it made sense to start with the upper-tier Xuan rank techniques.

However, when Chu Ning arrived at the shelf, he was surprised to find that there was only one upper-tier Xuan rank wood-attribute technique.

The Xuan Qing Art.

Chu Ning glanced through it briefly but didn't take it down immediately.

He moved on to the middle-tier Xuan rank wood-attribute techniques and then made his way to the fire-attribute techniques.

Again, he started with the upper-tier Xuan rank, where there was only one technique: the Red Lotus True Fire Art. As for the middle-tier Xuan rank fire-attribute techniques, there were several options, including the Flame Sun Manual and the Nine Yang Art.

It was only then that Chu Ning eagerly made his way to the dual-attribute section.

And there, he discovered that all the dual-attribute techniques were of the upper-tier Xuan rank.

After quickly browsing through the other dual-attribute techniques out of curiosity, he hurried over to the wood-fire dual-attribute section.

"It really exists!"

When Chu Ning saw a jade slip placed among the upper-tier Xuan rank wood-fire dual-attribute techniques, his eyes lit up.

Blazing Fire Divine Wood Art, an upper-tier Xuan rank, wood-fire dual-attribute technique, consisting of four layers.

Unlike the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art, whose first three layers corresponded to the early, middle, and late stages of Qi Refining, the Blazing Fire Divine Wood Art was the type of technique that could be cultivated continuously, even up to the Golden Core stage.

Moreover, the progression through the layers of this technique varied depending on the cultivator's talent. Some talented individuals might be able to complete the fourth layer during the Foundation Establishment stage, while others might only achieve it during the Core Formation stage.

Chu Ning specifically looked to see if it was suitable for Qi Refining cultivators, and upon confirming that it was, he made his decision.

Holding his jade token, Chu Ning took out the jade slips for the Xuan Qing Art, the Red Lotus True Fire Art, and the Blazing Fire Divine Wood Art.

Then, he made his way downstairs and found Zhao again.

"You have quite the ambition, choosing only upper-tier Xuan rank techniques," Zhao glanced at Chu Ning.

"However, keep in mind that cultivating a high-level technique isn't solely dependent on talent. If your foundation isn't solid enough, cultivating a more advanced technique might actually slow you down.

The breakthroughs required for higher-level techniques demand a deeper cultivation of spiritual power, which I'm sure you're aware of."

"I understand," Chu Ning replied.

Zhao nodded and took out a jade slip to record the transaction.

Then, he returned the three jade slips to Chu Ning.

"Take them. These are just copies. Study the cultivation methods carefully, and once you've decided on one, bring the other two back.

Hearing this, Chu Ning, who had been about to say something, was now overjoyed. He didn't hide his happiness as he quickly took out his jade token and handed it to Zhao.

Zhao inscribed a few talismans on the token and then returned it, saying, "The techniques are on the third floor of the library. Go straight up, but remember to choose carefully. You can only take three, and there will be no changes allowed afterward."

Hearing Liao's instructions, Chu Ning bowed and thanked him before rushing to the third floor.

Upon reaching his destination, he saw rows of neatly organized bookshelves, each row separated and protected by a layer of restrictions. The shelves were categorized by the different levels and attributes of cultivation techniques. However, among them, the highest level was only the upper-tier Xuan rank, and there were no Earth-rank techniques to be seen.

"I wonder if the sect doesn't have any Earth-rank techniques or if they're just not within our viewing permissions," Chu Ning thought to himself, quickly dismissing the idea. For him, whether or not there were Earth-rank techniques wasn't the most important concern. What mattered more was finding techniques suitable for his Yin Wood Spirit Body and Wu Fire Spirit Body.

Although Chu Ning was eager to find wood-fire dual-attribute techniques, he didn't rush over to that section right away. Instead, he first went to the shelf with upper-tier Xuan rank wood-attribute techniques. After all, he wasn't sure if his actions were being monitored by Zhao, and it would be most reasonable for him to start by perusing the wood-attribute techniques.

Moreover, Chu Ning did have a plan in mind. If he couldn't find any fire-wood dual-attribute techniques, then these wood-attribute techniques would serve as his backup options. And it made sense to start with the upper-tier Xuan rank techniques.

However, when he arrived at the shelf, he was surprised to find only one upper-tier Xuan rank wood-attribute technique—the Xuan Qing Art. Chu Ning glanced through it briefly but didn't take it down immediately. He moved on to the middle-tier Xuan rank wood-attribute techniques and then made his way to the fire-attribute section.

Again, he started with the upper-tier Xuan rank, where there was only one technique: the Red Lotus True Fire Art. As for the middle-tier Xuan rank fire-attribute techniques, there were several options, including the Flame Sun Manual and the Nine Yang Art.

It was only then that Chu Ning eagerly made his way to the dual-attribute section, and there, he discovered that all the dual-attribute techniques were of the upper-tier Xuan rank. After quickly browsing through the other dual-attribute techniques out of curiosity, he hurried over to the wood-fire dual-attribute area.

"It really exists!" Chu Ning's eyes lit up when he saw a jade slip placed among the upper-tier Xuan rank wood-fire dual-attribute techniques.

Blazing Fire Divine Wood Art, an upper-tier Xuan rank, wood-fire dual-attribute technique, consisting of four layers. Unlike the Greenwood Eternal Spring Art, whose first three layers corresponded to the early, middle, and late stages of Qi Refining, the Blazing Fire Divine Wood Art was the type of technique that could be cultivated continuously, even up to the Golden Core stage.

Moreover, the progression through the layers of this technique varied depending on the cultivator's talent. Some talented individuals might be able to complete the fourth layer during the Foundation Establishment stage, while others might only achieve it during the Core Formation stage.

Chu Ning specifically checked to see if it was suitable for Qi Refining cultivators, and upon confirming that it was, he made his decision.

Holding his jade token, he took out the jade slips for the Xuan Qing Art, the Red Lotus True Fire Art, and the Blazing Fire Divine Wood Art. Then, he made his way downstairs and found Zhao again.

"You have quite the ambition, choosing only upper-tier Xuan rank techniques," Zhao glanced at Chu Ning. "However, keep in mind that cultivating a high-level technique isn't solely dependent on talent. If your foundation isn't solid enough, cultivating a more advanced technique might actually slow you down. The breakthroughs required for higher-level techniques demand a deeper cultivation of spiritual power, which I'm sure you're aware of."

"I understand," Chu Ning replied.

Zhao nodded and took out a jade slip to record the transaction. Then, he returned the three jade slips to Chu Ning. "Take them. These are just copies. Study the cultivation methods carefully, and once you've decided on one, bring the other two back."

(End of Chapter)

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