Chapter 494: Announce the exercises
After leaving Jiang Li’s Spirit Platform, Bai Hongtu quickly snapped out of his dazed state. “Would you say this counts as an unprecedented discovery? We’ve actually advanced the cultivation process of the Spirit Platform by so much.”
Jiang Li shook his head. “It’s not our original creation. The Immortal Realm has a long history, and immortals also have families. I heard from the Immortal Elder that immortal families often possess unique methods that serve as their foundational heritage, kept secret and never shared externally. This is why immortal families have immortals overseeing them from above and cultivation techniques that lead their peers from below—this is the reason immortal families prosper endlessly. Among these unique methods, there are ways to advance Spirit Platform cultivation early.”
“How stingy.” Bai Hongtu had reason to say this, because the three of them wanted to spread the Spirit Platform cultivation method throughout the Nine Provinces.
“I will publish this Spirit Platform cultivation method under our three names,” Jiang Li stated.
“You don’t need to include me,” Yu Yin said, unwilling to be too conspicuous.
After Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu persuaded Yu Yin for a while, she finally agreed to have her name included.
Seeing Yu Yin’s agreement, Jiang Li continued, “Speaking of this, I have another idea.”
“What is it?”
“I want to establish Scripture Pavilions in various places and publish some common cultivation techniques.”
“That’s a good idea,” Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin nodded, since Jiang Li had done similar things long ago.
Currently on the market, besides the “Spiritual Energy Diagram,” there was another quite basic technique that could be cultivated from the Foundation Establishment stage all the way to the Unity Stage.
This was a technique personally compiled by Jiang Li—”The Seed Technique.”
Any cultivator could practice this technique without any barriers, but this technique had one major problem: it had absolutely no distinctive features.
For example, Jiang Li casually compiled numerous techniques and sold them to the system in exchange for source points. Although most of these techniques were of poor quality, each had its own characteristics—even the most useless could help people eat more or sleep better.
But “The Seed Technique” truly accomplished nothing after cultivation; it was simply the most straightforward Unity Stage technique. Its purpose was to provide an option for those who had no techniques to practice.
Actually, this technique had another function—it could let people know the detailed cultivation process from Foundation Establishment to Unity Stage, as well as the characteristics of each realm.
Due to the widespread dissemination of “The Seed Technique,” every cultivator in the Nine Provinces knew how to cultivate to the Unity Stage.
For example, initially in the Mysterious Secret Realm, a group of junior cultivators freely transformed in their dreams, fully utilizing their imagination to envision how powerful they could become. They could all imagine the specific appearance of the Unity Stage.
This was thanks to the teachers and transmission elders explaining “The Seed Technique” to them in their beginner cultivation courses.
Otherwise, no matter how rich their imagination, they couldn’t have imagined what a Unity Stage cultivator was truly like.
“The Seed Technique” was more like a textbook than an actual cultivation technique.
So one “Seed Technique” was far from enough—it was usable, but not the most suitable.
Cultivators’ cultivation methods varied widely, and when combined with various spiritual roots, constitutions, and cultivation talents, they produced countless cultivation techniques that were too numerous to count.
“With the spread of ‘The Seed Technique,’ although cultivators generally haven’t reached the Unity Stage in realm, they’ve already learned the theoretical foundation for cultivating to the Unity Stage.”
“My next plan is to publish some common cultivation techniques.”
Not all techniques were absolute secrets. Some techniques circulated widely among major sects and imperial dynasties, intended for outer sect disciples or external relatives to practice. These techniques were all high quality and could cultivate to the Unity Stage.
Jiang Li intended to publish these techniques.
If possible, Jiang Li would also like to spread the techniques he sold to the system.
However, considering those techniques had minimal practicality and some were even comical, Jiang Li dismissed this idea.
It was only because the system wasn’t picky—as long as a technique could cultivate to the Unity Stage, it would purchase it at the price of a Unity Stage technique, completely disregarding the technique’s actual usefulness.
“This is actually a good idea.”
The three shared similar philosophies in this regard. They believed the purpose of techniques lay in dissemination—there were no absolutely perfect techniques in the world. Even though their three techniques were nearly perfect, as their experience increased and cultivation grew, they would still discover flaws in their techniques and make improvements.
Being able to recognize technique deficiencies and make modifications was because the three had extraordinary talents. For an ordinary cultivator, achieving this was difficult—after their cultivation improved, they would only feel stagnation in spiritual energy circulation without recognizing the technique’s inherent problems.
“The more people practicing the same technique, the more likely they are to recognize the technique’s flaws, or enemies might develop countermeasures targeting these flaws. Through this process of contention, the technique continuously improves.”
The “Spiritual Energy Diagram” was a excellent example. The “Spiritual Energy Diagram” was compiled by immortals of the Immortal Realm, yet even it had numerous problems.
As the “Spiritual Energy Diagram” spread throughout the Nine Provinces, it was continuously improved and refined, eventually becoming its current version. Even with Jiang Li’s critical eye, he couldn’t find faults in the “Spiritual Energy Diagram.”
The three’s viewpoint belonged to a minority. More factions preferred to treasure and hoard techniques, unwilling to share.
“I will handle this matter personally. This way, when those factions come knocking with objections, they’ll only come to me and won’t bother you with complaints.” As the Human Sovereign, Jiang Li proactively shouldered the responsibility.
Bai Hongtu sneered. “Your words look down on people. My Dao Sect is the largest faction besides the Human Sovereign Hall—do you think I fear them? Unless they don’t want subsequent Spiritual Treasure cultivation methods.”
Previously, Bai Hongtu had been providing Spiritual Treasure cultivation methods free of charge, but that didn’t mean the Dao Sect was a charity. If anyone spoke out of turn, Bai Hongtu would definitely cease providing subsequent Spiritual Treasure cultivation methods to that faction and strictly prevent other factions from leaking secrets.
Yu Yin also showed no fear—she had no particular reason, simply not fearing trouble.
As the only Tribulation Transcendence Stage sovereign among the Nine Great Imperial Dynasties, she had the confidence to be unafraid of complications.
Like mapping the Nine Provinces, what Jiang Li was doing was something previous Human Sovereigns had never accomplished.
Previously, Jiang Li hadn’t directly published various techniques because he worried cultivators would become confused by the dazzling array of techniques, focusing only on selecting the highest level rather than the most suitable ones—this would put the cart before the horse.
So he first let “The Seed Technique” spread on the market, ensuring lower-level cultivators wouldn’t go crazy at the sight of Unity Stage techniques.
The adaptation period had passed—it was time to spread new techniques.
“Then this matter is settled. We’ll publish the Spirit Platform cultivation method and common techniques, all under our three names externally.” Yu Yin stood up preparing to leave.
Jiang Li asked curiously, “Where are you going?”
“To the Confucian School. They have a Confucian technique called ‘Words Become Reality.’ I want to combine this technique with my Dao of Painting to see if I can achieve any breakthroughs.”
“Good idea.” Jiang Li immediately knew this wasn’t something an ordinary person could conceive.
After Yu Yin left, Jiang Li also prepared to depart.
The system had issued another task, with the reward being the main ingredient for refining the Heavenly Sun Calamity Poison Pill—Soul-Severing Water.