The Wang family of Changshan County is a well-known cultivating family in the surrounding area, possessing a Foundation Establishment stage expert and nearly 10 late-stage Qi Refining stage cultivators. They occupy the Rank 2 middle-grade spiritual vein, the Changshan Mountain Range, and have been passed down for hundreds of years.
Wang Nannan, the ninth in the Nan generation of the Wang family, possesses the five spiritual roots of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. At 12 years old, he is precocious and possesses a composure uncommon for his age.
In a cool cave halfway up the mountain, Wang Nannan, sitting cross-legged on a futon, exhaled a breath of stale air. His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of a smile, appearing very lively in the morning sunlight.
"Finally broke through to the first level of Qi Refining." Wang Nannan calmed the spiritual energy within his body.
The cultivation speed of the five spiritual roots is too slow. It took half a year of cultivating the "Five Elements Scripture" to barely reach the first level of Qi Refining.
The spiritual energy cleared his meridians, giving Wang Nannan a burst of comfort. Since transmigrating into this world, this was the most comfortable moment for Wang Nannan.
"Cultivation, cultivation! Hahaha!" Wang Nannan laughed. Cultivation, which he had dreamed of in his previous life, had finally officially begun. This alone was enough to make many people from his previous life envious.
However, perhaps due to the transmigration, Wang Nannan became compatible with this world, and he had almost forgotten his memories from his previous life.
Feeling the difference in his body, a line of text suddenly appeared before Wang Nannan's eyes: "Bind the Wang family as your cultivating family?"
Wang Nannan subconsciously chose to bind, and the text changed again.
"Name: Wang Nannan Age: 12/98 Realm: Qi Refining First Level+ Technique: "Five Elements Scripture" (Entry 10%)+"
In addition, a surge of memories flooded into Wang Nannan's mind.
"This is a golden finger!" Wang Nannan was stunned. "Bound to the family, for every day the family exists, my lifespan increases by one year. I can consume lifespan to improve my realm, techniques, and the proficiency of the various cultivating arts, that is, each year of lifespan consumed increases proficiency equivalent to one year of hard cultivation."
In other words, if he wants to live forever, he must ensure the family's long-term existence.
In this case, developing the family is essential, because in the cultivating world, small families rarely last.
After understanding the function of the golden finger, Wang Nannan focused his attention on his panel. The panel was simple: name, age, realm, and the techniques he knew.
His age was twelve, and the 98 behind it should be his lifespan. Not bad, almost a century of life.
Looking at the technique section, the "Five Elements Scripture" was only at 10% entry level. Technique cultivation is divided into five realms: entry, proficiency, minor success, major success, and perfection. It took him half a year to barely reach entry level, which shows how low his talent is.
As for the "+" behind it, Wang Nannan curiously clicked it.
Instantly, a large amount of experience and spiritual energy poured in, causing Wang Nannan to tremble. His lifespan became 12/97, and his technique proficiency became (Entry 30%).
"So that's how it's used!" Wang Nannan understood. Looking at how one year of lifespan increased proficiency by twenty percent, alas! He was truly useless!
Fortunately, he had a golden finger, and everything was promising!
Continuing to click the "+", the proficiency of the "Five Elements Scripture" increased crazily, until it broke through to (Entry 90%). Wang Nannan quickly stopped, not continuing to improve it; as for the "+" behind the realm, Wang Nannan didn't dare to touch it, worried that once he broke through to the second level of Qi Refining, he wouldn't be able to explain it.
Yesterday, he was clearly an ordinary person who hadn't sensed spiritual energy, and overnight he reached the second level of Qi Refining. Once exposed, he would easily be soul-searched and studied.
Although the family members wouldn't do this, outsiders definitely would. For this reason, he had to be careful.
"Name: Wang Nannan Age: 12/93 Realm: Qi Refining First Level+ Technique: "Five Elements Scripture" (Entry 90%)+"
Satisfied, Wang Nannan got up and headed to his parents' place.
As a twelve-year-old kid, Wang Nannan naturally lived with his parents.
His father, Wang Xiangming, possessed the four spiritual roots of metal, wood, water, and fire, ranked 7th among his generation, and was a third level Qi Refining cultivator, as well as the great-grandson of the patriarch.
His mother, Zhou Min, possessed the four spiritual roots of wood, water, fire, and earth, came from another Foundation Establishment family, the Zhou family, and was a fourth level Qi Refining cultivator and a Rank 1 middle-grade talisman maker.
Although his parents' marriage was a family alliance, their relationship was good. Until now, they had two sons and one daughter, but only Wang Nannan had spiritual roots. The other two children lived in mortal cities.
Tasting the rice cooked with spiritual rice, a mouthful of fragrance lingered in his mouth, coupled with the meat of spiritual beasts, Wang Nannan was extremely satisfied.
This was also the benefit of being a cultivator. The spiritual rice and spiritual beast meat they ate were incomparable to ordinary things.
Watching their child eating heartily, the couple smiled.
"Nannan, you broke through?" Mother Zhou Min was a little surprised.
"Yes, mother, I broke through this morning," Wang Nannan said vaguely, unwilling to put down his chopsticks.
"It's good to break through, it's good to break through! When you reach the third level of Qi Refining, choose a cultivating art, and you won't have to worry about your future life," Father Wang Xiangming put a piece of spiritual beast meat into Wang Nannan's bowl.
Wang Nannan responded with a few words, devoured his meal, and ran out of his cave.
As a member of the Wang family, some cultural knowledge would be learned between the ages of 6-12, and after completing the spiritual root test at the age of twelve, children with spiritual roots would begin their cultivation path.
The Wang family would support the children until they were eighteen. Once the family members came of age, they would have to independently earn resources for cultivation.
For this reason, Wang Nannan had six years to concentrate on cultivation without being disturbed by worldly affairs.
As for the usual cultivation matters, they were mostly taken care of by their respective parents, with varying degrees of strictness. Because Wang Nannan behaved relatively calmly and knew how to take the initiative to cultivate, his parents were relatively lenient, rarely restricting him except for helping Wang Nannan point out some things he didn't understand.
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Running all the way out of his cave, he came to the family's library.
As a member of the Wang family, each person could receive three free Qi Refining stage techniques to learn. This was also Wang Nannan's purpose for coming here. His first free technique was the "Five Elements Scripture", which could simultaneously temper five spiritual roots, making his energy and spiritual power more profound. As a Qi Refining stage technique more suitable for five spiritual root cultivators, the "Five Elements Scripture" was the first choice for most five spiritual root cultivators, and Wang Nannan was no exception.
And this time, Wang Nannan thought of another technique and planned to exchange it.
The library was empty in the early morning because no one came, even the Wang family elder responsible for guarding the place was on the second floor of the library at this time.
"Great-Grandfather, Wang Nannan is here to receive a free technique," Wang Nannan shouted at the door and strode in.
Although there was no one at the door, the elder must be paying attention here at all times. It was impossible to steal the technique, and Wang Nannan shouted to inform the elder, and then he could go in and choose the technique himself.
There were three floors in the library. The first floor displayed the Qi Refining stage techniques collected by the Wang family over the years, and it was also the only place Wang Nannan was currently qualified to enter.
Seven or eight tall bookshelves were neatly arranged on the first floor. Wang Nannan went straight to the most conspicuous bookshelf and took a technique called "Turtle Breath Concealment Art" from the most conspicuous position.
Listen to the name, you know what it does without looking at the content!
"Turtle Breath Concealment Art" is a Qi Refining stage technique that can be cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining. When cultivated to the entry level, it can initially hide one's aura; when cultivated to proficiency, cultivators of the same level cannot detect it; when cultivated to minor success, cultivators higher than three or five minor realms will hardly notice you; when cultivated to major success, it can hide from cultivators one major realm higher than oneself; once refined to perfection, the aura is completely gone and will be actively ignored by other cultivators.