Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

Chapter 293 - 170: Earth-Storage Spirit Turtle · Joyful Dew · Nine Strengths Mountain Shifting Technique

So now that it was his turn to cultivate, he realized he had no way to process the Tiger Bone.

’Maybe I should just eat it directly?’

Xiao Chen held the nine-foot-long bone. The way it felt, like a Top Grade Magical Artifact, told him this wasn’t a good idea.

This thing was still incredibly sturdy after all these years; it would probably chip a tooth.

Besides, the effects of digesting it directly probably wouldn’t be very good.

’Forget it. I’d better go find a Technique for circulating Qi Blood.’

Since he had decided to cultivate a Body Refining Technique, he couldn’t just do it half-heartedly.

However, forget Li State—even here in Hezhou, Cultivators who walked the Path of Body Refining were as rare as a phoenix’s feather.

Obtaining a suitable technique was no easy task.

In the past, Xiao Chen would have just gone to find one himself, but things were different now.

He went straight to Steward Chen.

Then, through Steward Chen’s connections, he found Zhu Hui.

Finally, with Zhu Hui’s help, he managed to contact Elder Tie Xin, one of the Ten Heroes of Li State, renowned for his Body Refining Techniques.

"Xiao, even the Yellow Level Techniques I possess are ancestral Secret Techniques passed down through my family for generations."

"Normally, even within the family, they are only ever passed down the Direct Lineage. We would never teach them to an outsider under any circumstances."

"But since you’ve asked today—and out of respect for Zhu and Chen—I will make this deal with you."

"However, you must promise me that you will never reveal this Cultivation Technique to an outsider."

"Aside from your own biological children, you cannot even pass it to your future disciples."

Elder Tie Xin spoke these last two sentences with great solemnity, clearly taking the matter to heart.

This was only because Xiao Chen had stated from the very beginning that he only wanted a Yellow Level Technique, not the core Earth Level inheritance.

Otherwise, Elder Tie Xin would have sooner died than agree.

After some negotiation, they reached a deal. For the price of three taels of Xutu Spirit Sand and Five Thousand Spirit Stones, Xiao Chen successfully acquired the *Nine Strengths Mountain Shifting Technique*.

It was said that once this Cultivation Technique was mastered to the Great Success Realm, one could lift a small mountain with their bare hands.

It also came with a special Qi Blood circulation chart.

For the next three days, Xiao Chen stayed in a guest room.

Every day, he followed Elder Tie Xin to learn how to circulate his Qi Blood.

At the same time, he memorized certain details that weren’t written in the Cultivation Technique, which were passed down orally.

This was, in fact, the first time he had ever been taught in such a manner.

Xiao Chen had asked Elder Tie Xin, "Why not just write these things directly into the Cultivation Technique?"

"By passing it down orally, aren’t you afraid that a mistake along the way will cause the true method to be lost?"

After all, in the Li Huo Sect’s Cultivation Techniques, every training method was laid out with perfect clarity.

For some of the more popular techniques, there were even accompanying notes and insights compiled by generations of sect elders, as if they were afraid the junior disciples wouldn’t be able to learn them.

Elder Tie Xin’s reply was a single sentence: "I deliberately concealed parts of the Heart Method so that if my enemies ever found my Cultivation Technique, they couldn’t just start practicing it."

Huh?

But after a moment’s thought, Xiao Chen realized there was some truth to it.

Without what he had learned over the past three days, he wouldn’t just be unable to cultivate it—he probably wouldn’t even be able to understand the text.

Even if someone tried to practice it by force, without the correct Technique to circulate their Qi Blood, they would likely injure themselves instead.

「Three days later.」

Under Elder Tie Xin’s one-on-one guidance, Xiao Chen successfully reached the entry-level of the *Nine Strengths Mountain Shifting Technique*.

He also learned about a cultivation taboo.

When a Cultivator had just achieved a Breakthrough Realm, the qi or Qi Blood in their body would be active and turbulent, not yet stable.

This was common knowledge. Elixirs like the Stabilizing Pill were used for the express purpose of helping a Cultivator quickly stabilize their Cultivation.

The taboo was that one could not achieve a breakthrough in both Qi Refining Cultivation and Body Refining Cultivation in a short period of time.

Doing so would leave a hidden vulnerability that would affect their success rate when attempting Core Formation in the future.

This was an issue discovered by one of Elder Tie Xin’s ancestors after undertaking the Dual Cultivation of Body and Technique.

Considering that while Xiao Chen himself might not need this information, his future children could potentially follow the path of Dual Cultivation of Body and Technique...

...Elder Tie Xin made a special point of mentioning it, to prevent future generations from making the same mistake.