After more than an hour, Zhang Ling finally raised his head again.
This cultivation method seemed to be the inherited technique of the Xuanling Sect. He had seen mentions of this ancient sect in some ancient books, which claimed that its core technique was a method called the Yuanling Skill.
He had previously guessed that the items in this storage bag belonged to an ancient cultivator of the Kunshan Sect, and since the Kunshan Sect was a branch of the Xuanling Sect, it made sense that it would have the Xuanling Sect's inherited technique.
However, most of these traditional techniques were secretly passed down, accessible only to core disciples. How could this complete inherited technique be recorded on a brocade?
Zhang Ling's mind wandered as he thought. He had already roughly examined this technique, and it was genuine, divided into twelve levels that could be cultivated all the way to the late Nascent Soul stage.
Furthermore, there were several methods for refining natal magic treasures. The spiritual power cultivated would be about thirty percent greater than that of other cultivators at the same level in each realm.
Although this technique was an ancient one, it did not have strict requirements for aptitude, and any spiritual root could cultivate it.
The only difference was that there were some variations in the meridian pathways for circulating the technique depending on the spiritual root. There was a passage of several thousand words specifically explaining this.
Suddenly, Zhang Ling raised his hand, and two different jade slips appeared in his palm, one yellow and one cyan. These were the techniques he had previously selected from the seven or eight earth-attribute techniques as suitable for him.
One was called the 'Guicang Great Art,' and the other was the 'Kunshan Swordplay.' Now, adding the 'Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill,' Zhang Ling was momentarily faced with a difficult choice.
Especially the Kunshan Swordplay, which was also the inherited technique of the Kunshan Sect, contained several good secret techniques that were quite powerful when used.
Zhang Ling held the two jade slips in one hand and the white brocade in the other, feeling somewhat conflicted. He had originally hoped to obtain a good technique, but now he had three.
Over the next few days, Zhang Ling stayed in the quiet room, studying these three techniques and analyzing their strengths and weaknesses.
Soon after, he put away the two jade slips and began to study the Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill recorded on the brocade. After careful comparison, he decided to switch to cultivating this technique.
After all, in ancient times, the Xuanling Sect was the parent sect of the Kunshan Sect, and its inherited technique must have its unique qualities.
It was just that this technique was somewhat slow in terms of advancement speed, but Zhang Ling had the mysterious little bead as his foundation, and he had no shortage of pills, so his speed was no slower than other techniques.
Moreover, the natal magic treasures within it were quite powerful, which made Zhang Ling quite eager.
Another reason was that this technique was known for being neutral and balanced. No matter what attribute of technique he had cultivated before, switching to this technique would not be difficult.
In addition, it came with several good secret techniques, such as the Xuanling Shield, a spiritual power shield that could condense into small shields of spiritual light that quickly rotated around the body.
At the same time, if a certain direction was attacked strongly, the spiritual shields could stack up, instantly increasing the defense by several times.
Moreover, the stronger the cultivation, the more Xuanling Shields could be condensed, and the stronger the defense would be.
The entire technique also included a breath concealment technique called the 'Guiyuan Breathing Technique'.
Unlike ordinary breath concealment techniques, this secret technique could still exert about seventy percent of its original strength after being used. Ordinary breath concealment techniques would expose one's cultivation as soon as one or two percent of one's strength was used.
In addition, this technique was very compatible, and the secret techniques from the original cultivation technique could be used without being affected.
For example, the Heavy Yuan Profound Light from Zhang Ling's cultivation of the Qian Earth Skill was quite powerful, and he was happy that he could still use it after switching techniques.
These many reasons made Zhang Ling determined to switch to the Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill.
Over the next month, he carefully studied this technique. Gradually, he began to cultivate this technique in seclusion.
As time passed, Fire Cloud Island once again fell into peace, and five years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Zhang Ling laughed heartily and opened the door to his cave.
At this time, his body was full of spiritual power, covered with a layer of light yellow spiritual light. Judging from the density of the light, it seemed to be a bit weaker than the spiritual power he had cultivated with the Qian Earth Skill before, but this was just an illusion.
Now he had cultivated the Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill to the fifth level, and the spiritual power in his body was even more condensed than before, corresponding to the early stage of the Golden Core realm.
The reason he was able to switch so quickly was because the technique was highly compatible. If he had cultivated the other two techniques, it would have taken at least ten years to switch successfully.
Although this technique was divided into twelve levels, in terms of cultivation realms, it was actually only divided into ten levels, which could be cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage.
The other two levels were not main cultivation techniques, but knowledge related to secret techniques. One of them explained the subtle differences in the operation of the five elements of spiritual power, with diagrams of the respective energy pathways for each of the five elements.
This ancient inherited technique was naturally not just a single earth-attribute technique. All five elements could be cultivated.
The other one recorded a magical secret technique called the Five Elements Inverse Spirit Technique.
This secret technique was very demanding to cultivate and could only be cultivated after reaching the late Nascent Soul stage.
Its effect was also frighteningly large, actually being used to break through to the God Transformation stage. It was said to increase the chance of breakthrough by twenty percent.
Zhang Ling could not believe it.
This secret technique also had a great risk in cultivation. After cultivating the Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill to the tenth level, one would already have the cultivation of the late Nascent Soul stage, but to cultivate this secret technique, one had to seal the Nascent Soul in the body.
Then, a wisp of the Nascent Soul's original energy was extracted and converted into spiritual power of other attributes, and the remaining five elements of spiritual power were cultivated to a certain level, at least reaching the early stage of the Nascent Soul.
Finally, the main Nascent Soul and the other four spiritual infants were fused through a secret technique, and the total amount of spiritual power in the body was infinitely increased to a level close to the God Transformation stage, and then a breakthrough was made.
This was the core theory of the Five Elements Inverse Spirit Technique. It also introduced that this secret technique was researched jointly by several ancestors.
However, since this secret technique was researched, only one Supreme Elder named Yuanzhen Ancestor had successfully cultivated it. After that, no other cultivator had ever successfully cultivated it.
This was also common sense. Even cultivators with heavenly spiritual root aptitude could not guarantee that they had a 100% chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, let alone other cultivators.
Cultivators fought with the heavens for their lives, and there was no time to cultivate all five elements. Zhang Ling could not imagine how long this would take.
Even with the mysterious little bead and endless pill assistance, he could not help but feel a little helpless when he saw this secret technique.
But it was too early to think about these things now. Zhang Ling had now completed the transfer to the Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill. All he had to do was cultivate step by step.
Next, he should prepare to refine his natal magic treasure. Only by refining a natal magic treasure could one be considered a true Golden Core cultivator.
The Di Yuan Zhen Ling Skill recorded more than a dozen different methods for refining natal magic treasures. These natal magic treasures included different attributes of the five elements.
The natal magic treasure suitable for him required spiritual objects with gold and earth attributes for its refining, and the choice of the main material of the magic treasure was extremely important if he wanted the magic treasure to be more powerful.
Spiritual mines with gold and earth attributes were easy to find, and all kinds of jade could be counted as gold and earth spiritual mines, but most of them were ordinary materials.
Zhang Ling naturally looked down on them. He wanted to find spiritual objects with special power to refine his natal magic treasure.
Only in this way could his strength be rapidly improved.
