18. The First Interpretation of the Inscription

"Son, you can enter the top ten of the Taoist Academy assessment!"

  Zhou Shan was a little confused for a moment.

  Li Ru rolled his eyes at him, touched Zhou Ling's head, and said with relief, "My son has good qualifications, is sensible and studious, so what's wrong with entering the top ten!"

  "Dad, Mom, whether I can enter the top ten or not, I will strive for the Taoist Academy bonus, so you don't have to worry!"

  Zhou Ling said sensibly.

  Looking at the sensible Zhou Ling, Zhou Shan showed a gratified smile on his face. At this moment, the vicissitudes on his face seemed to disappear and turned into a hearty smile.

  "Ling'er, what's the matter with this technique?"

  At this time, Li Ru thought of the technique and asked softly.

  Zhou Ling did not hide it and told them that Wang Xin took the technique from home for him.

  But he said it was borrowed.

  "This!"

  After hearing Zhou Ling's words, the couple looked at each other.

  "You two children are really making a fuss!" Li Ru sighed.

  But at this point, there was nothing she could do. She could only smile and said softly, "Xiao Xin'er has helped you so much. Wait until one day when mother has a rest."

  "Invite her to your home for dinner. Mother will thank her very much!"

  Zhou Ling agreed obediently.

  "In addition, as for the assessment of the Taoist Academy, you just need to do your best. You should still take steady steps in your cultivation and don't rush."

  ​​"You can still be supported by your family for cultivation. Don't be distracted!"

  Li Ru said seriously again.

  Zhou Ling nodded.

  Then he went back to his room to sleep.

  "Why did you go to pour wine again?"

  "I'm in a good mood today. I'll drink a few more glasses!"

  "Pour me a glass too!"

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  The couple's happy laughter came from outside.

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  The new semester has begun.

  Zhou Ling is more than five years old and is at the second level of Qi Refining. This level of cultivation is considered upper-middle in the school. After

  three years of enrollment, the next step is the assessment of class division.

  As soon as the class started, Liu Yan asked the disciples one by one about their cultivation during the holiday.

  He praised Zhou Ling and three other disciples who had made significant progress.

  Then he got straight to the point and said, "The coming semester is crucial for you."

  "Because in three months, there will be a class assessment test."

  "Disciples who meet the requirements will be divided into Classes A1 to A6, which are key classes."

  "For disciples who can reach the top ten, the Taoist academy will waive their tuition fees and also offer certain rewards."

  "And this assessment is divided into two aspects: spiritual power assessment and skill assessment."

  "Spiritual power is of self-evident importance to cultivators. If your spiritual power is weak, your cultivation and combat power will be one level lower than others."

  "The most important difference between cultivators is the difference in spiritual power."

  "The spiritual roots determine the degree of fit between the cultivator and the spiritual power, and the skills determine the speed and quality of absorbing spiritual energy. Both are indispensable."

  "Spiritual roots are innate and difficult to change, but acquired efforts and skills of cultivation can increase the speed of absorbing spiritual power."

  "As for skills, they are the manifestation of spiritual power, which can be expressed through various techniques, alchemy, refining and other means."

  "So it is vital for you to choose the right skills and practice skills!"

  "I have already solved the skills aspect, and the next step is to choose skills!" Zhou Ling muttered in his heart.

  Liu Yan continued, "Those disciples who haven't chosen a method to practice should choose one as soon as possible."

  "Of course, if you continue to practice the original breathing method, that's fine, but the speed will be much slower."

  "Disciples who have already made a choice can start learning various basic skills according to their own attributes."

  "As for the choice of methods and skills, you have already learned about them in the original basic courses. If you don't know, you can check it out or ask me!"

  The disciples were quiet for a moment, and then a disciple raised his hand and asked,     "Teacher, I am now at the second level of Qi training, and I am mainly practicing earth-attributed techniques. I wonder what skills I should choose?"

  Liu Yan glanced at the disciple and said with a smile, "The skills must be compatible with your own spiritual root attributes and techniques, so that you can achieve twice the result with half the effort." "

  For earth-attributed techniques, you can choose runes as the main skills, and construction and defense types as auxiliary skills."

  "Teacher, I have water spiritual roots. Can I practice alchemy?" a disciple asked in a low voice.

  "Most of the alchemy techniques are fire-refining methods, but there are also a small part of water-refining methods. However, this kind of complete inheritance is relatively rare, and it is not recommended to practice." Liu Yan explained.

  "Can I choose skills that are inconsistent with my spiritual root attributes?" Another disciple asked.

  "Yes, but the effect is minimal, and you will give up in the end, and it will just be a waste of time." Liu Yan said.

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  Finally, Liu Yan said seriously, "According to what I just introduced, think carefully about the skills you want to practice next."

  "Choose a suitable one. Remember, you should do what you can according to your own situation and don't be too ambitious."

  "The main skills are not necessarily the four major skills. There are also puppets, animal taming, spiritual plants, medicine hunting, prospecting, spiritual judgment, etc."

  "After you are sure, report it, and I will give you the basic practice method."

  Then he handed out paper and asked the disciples to fill in the choice of practice skills.

  The disciples couldn't help but start discussing.

  "Zhou Ling, have you decided to refine weapons?"

  Wang Xin asked in a low voice.

  Zhou Ling nodded and asked, "What about you?"

  "I learned some alchemy from my mother at home, but I prefer formations."

  "How do you think I should choose?"

  Wang Xin asked hesitantly.

  Zhou Ling looked at Wang Xin and was stunned for a moment. Alchemy and formations are both big consumers of resources, but with Wang Xin's background, she is not afraid.

  But he couldn't give her any random advice. After thinking for a while, he said, "Which one do you think will make faster progress? Just major in it, and practice the other one as an auxiliary skill!"

  "Yes!"

  Wang Xin nodded slightly.

  Zhou Ling also quickly filled in the materials and handed them over to Liu Yan.

  He chose to major in refining equipment, and other optional skills were body refining and medicine hunting.

  In the afternoon, he received three jade slips from Liu Yan.

  "The Beginning of Basic Inscriptions"

  "Dayang Fist"

  "The Initial Hundred Ordinary Spiritual Medicines"

  In addition, Liu Yan rewarded him for his progress during this period and gave him a first-level lower-grade inscription pen.

  And some paper for practicing drawing inscriptions.

  And told Zhou Ling to keep working hard and not to slack off.

  With his grades, he has a good chance of entering the key Taoist class.

  Zhou Ling was also grateful in his heart. If he could have met such a good teacher in his previous life, he would not have been able to get even three books.

  Come out to society and deliver food early!

  After a sigh, Zhou Ling began to look at the jade slips.

  He had already mastered "Dayang Fist" and "The Initial Hundred Ordinary Spiritual Medicines".

  So I only read "Basic Inscriptions".

  Compared with "Spirit Flame Art", this "Basic Inscriptions" is undoubtedly much simpler.

  The first part is about the basic practice of inscriptions, introducing how to guide spiritual energy, drive spiritual power, and carve inscriptions.

  The latter part is some commonly used basic inscriptions.

  As for practicing inscriptions, you need to spend spiritual stones to buy from the sect.

  "First get familiar with the inscriptions, and then practice when I go back tonight!"

  Zhou Ling said secretly.

  (End of this chapter)