17Chapter 17 Free Spell

Once a month, on his home visit day, Wang Nannan leisurely rode Si Xi within the clan grounds. Many unfamiliar cultivators passed by, making Wang Nannan feel lost. If he hadn't confirmed that his memories were intact and the surroundings were familiar, he would have thought he had transmigrated again.

Wang Nannan curiously observed these unfamiliar cultivators, noticing that they were all building houses.

Wang family cultivators usually lived in cave dwellings, so the clan grounds had very few buildings except for the thatched huts in the spirit fields. Now, many open spaces had thatched huts and wooden houses being built. Wang Nannan roughly counted about thirty.

Filled with questions, Wang Nannan returned to his own cave dwelling.

His parents had been waiting for a long time, and Wang Nannan could start eating as soon as he got home.

Sitting at the dining table, Wang Nannan voiced his doubts.

In response, his father, Wang Xiangming, smiled and said, "The centennial beast tide is coming in five years, you know that, right!"

Wang Nannan nodded. Although he was in the valley, Clan Head Great-Grandfather occasionally passed on news from the outside world, so Wang Nannan wasn't completely ignorant.

Moreover, he was well aware of the clan's latest policies. This time home, Wang Nannan also planned to freeload some techniques from the Scripture Pavilion. He was too poor to exchange them before, but now that he could get them for free, it would be a pity not to go.

"After the news of the centennial beast tide spread, many Qi Refining families came to the Clan Head for help, hoping we could help them preserve some of their bloodlines."

"After all, Qi Refining families have shallow foundations and can neither face the beast tide nor dare to run away from the Shennong Sect."

"With no way up to heaven or down to earth, they finally turned to us Foundation Establishment families for help."

"So, we went all in. The Clan Head chose to directly integrate them into the Wang family," his father, Wang Xiangming, said with a smug look.

"Can the Shennong Sect agree to this?" Wang Nannan retorted. The nearby Qi Refining families were also vassals of the Shennong Sect, and more or less cannon fodder in the future fight against the beast tide. How could the Shennong Sect allow the Wang family to do this?

"The Clan Head had already considered this, so he chose small families with only a few cultivators. These small families haven't been established for long, and the Shennong Sect doesn't care about them," Wang Xiangming continued to explain. "Moreover, we are letting them enter the Wang family through marriage. Even if the Shennong Sect wants to cause trouble, they can't stop cultivators from seeking Dao partners and having offspring, can they…"

Wang Nannan exclaimed, "Good heavens!" The Clan Head had really thought things through!

First, choosing to integrate through marriage could gradually turn them into their own people; men marrying in and women marrying out, and once they had offspring, they would all be Wang family members! No wonder he saw so many 'happiness' characters along the way; they were holding weddings!

Secondly, the number of cultivators wasn't large, only about thirty outsiders. This number wouldn't provoke criticism from the Shennong Sect, and the clan could effectively control them without causing chaos.

But on second thought, to survive, many cultivators seemed willing to give up a lot!

"What about those mortals?" Wang Nannan asked curiously, naturally referring to the Qi Refining families that had been integrated into the Wang family.

"The same method!"

"The mortals from those small families only number a few thousand, and they can easily be divided up among the Wang family members," his father, Wang Xiangming, replied with a smile.

"Don't listen to your father's nonsense. It was the Clan Head who ordered a blind date event to solve the problem," his mother, Zhou Min, glared at Wang Xiangming.

The family of three chatted and laughed, finishing the meal.

Because many resource contributions were halved, the Wang Nannan family's food standards were also much higher, and this meal was quite satisfying.

After eating and drinking his fill, Wang Nannan went to the Scripture Pavilion. Because it was free, the originally quiet Scripture Pavilion was now bustling with activity. Great-Grandfather Wang Minghui was still lying on his rocking chair, and no one dared to disturb him.

Wang Nannan quietly walked in and browsed through the first floor.

The Clan Head had said it was free, but only for the Qi Refining stage techniques on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion. As for the second floor, Wang Nannan was still not qualified to enter.

However, the first floor was enough.

And Wang Nannan's goal this time was one each of attack, defense, movement, and mental techniques, so that he would be well-equipped to deal with most situations in the Qi Refining stage.

Constantly flipping through and searching, it finally came together after half a day.

"Spirit Rhinoceros Palm", "Vajra Buddha Body", "Falling Leaf Footwork", and "Soul Technique".

"Spirit Rhinoceros Palm" could mobilize the spiritual energy in the body and use the power of the palm to release the spiritual energy, with power no weaker than sword energy of the same level.

"Vajra Buddha Body" was a body cultivation technique that could temper the body, strengthen the physical body, and ultimately reach the point of being able to withstand spells of the same level without injury.

"Falling Leaf Footwork" was a type of movement technique, mainly focusing on dodging within a square foot, with excellent effects in actual combat.

The final "Soul Technique" was for training soul power. When cultivated to perfection, it could forge divine sense in the Qi Refining stage and use divine sense to attack.

All four techniques could be cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining, which was enough for Wang Nannan's use.

Before leaving, Wang Nannan also chose "Introduction to Pill Refining". Although the Wang family had few alchemists, there was still a first-grade alchemist inheritance.

Moreover, he had obtained a lot of information about spiritual plants through the Spirit Planter inheritance, and learning the alchemist inheritance would save a lot of time.

In the valley, a young man was training with the sound of wind, and two old men were pointing out his mistakes by the side.

Wang Nannan, covered in sweat, finished a set of "Spirit Rhinoceros Palm" and finally got the hang of it.

"You kid, why have you been working so hard lately? It's making us two old guys have to accompany you," Wang Dingxi said with a laugh, naturally joking. These days, Wang Nannan had put a lot of effort into making the two elders happy.

"Isn't the centennial beast tide coming! I'm preparing in advance. After listening to your advice, I realized the importance of my own martial strength. I couldn't contribute enough before, but now I'm taking this opportunity to learn some," Wang Nannan shook his body, and sweat splattered everywhere.

"There are still five years! And even if the Shennong Sect conscripts, it won't be your turn," Wang Dingru said in a gentle tone.

"But it's good that your thinking has changed, so hurry up and cultivate!"

Day and night passed, and the young figure in the valley was either taking care of spiritual plants everywhere or cultivating non-stop from morning to night. His diligence satisfied the two elders.

Si Xi had been accompanying him, also training its own talent spells, seemingly hoping to be able to help one day.

"Clan Head Great-Grandfather is coming to pick spiritual herbs more and more frequently!" Wang Nannan said, watching the departing Wang Ming'ai.

After the spiritual herbs in the valley matured, they were picked by Wang Dingxi and Wang Dingru and placed in jade boxes, and finally taken away by Wang Ming'ai.

But these days, the Clan Head had been picking them himself.

The reason for this was probably also related to the centennial beast tide!