My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 15 The Perfection of Spells
Although the difference between the third and fourth levels of Qi Induction appears to be only one level,
But that is indeed the watershed between the early stage and the middle stage of the Qi Induction Realm!
After reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining
Shen Changchuan has already escaped the weakest and lowest level on the path of cultivation!

Although in the eyes of those high-level cultivators, they are still ants.

But now, Shen Changchuan is just a slightly larger ant.

That's certainly something to be happy about.

However, Shen Changchuan was not blinded by excitement.

After a short day of rest,
He then continued his diligent cultivation.

time flies,
Since Shen Changchuan advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining,
More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Within a little over a month, several other nearby villages that had originally sought refuge under the jurisdiction of Dawan Village also learned of the change in the garrison commander of Dawan Village.

They all came to visit with gifts to congratulate Shen Changchuan on his arrival at his post.

There are six villages in total, and if you include Zhao Family Village, that makes seven.

They are all small villages within a hundred miles of Dawan Village.

These small, traditional cultivation families, passed down through generations, each possess only one or two acres of spiritual land, or even just a few acres, which sustains their meager existence.

These small cultivation families are all very weak.

The strongest cultivator within the family is probably at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining.

He only possessed one or two spells.

In total,
Zhao Hangao of Zhao Family Village is actually the strongest among them and owns the largest area of ​​spirit fields.

However, compared to Zhao Hangao's almost kneeling and humble posture,
Although the others were also extremely respectful to Shen Changchuan and dared not offend him, they were far from being as humble as he was.

It was only through indirect conversation that I learned that...

It turns out that the surrounding villages were unaware of Shen Changchuan's background.

They only assumed he was a member of a collateral branch of the Shen family.
Perhaps he spent spirit stones to curry favor with some important figure inside, which is why he was assigned to this lucrative post in Dawan Village.

This is not surprising.
After all, to the members of these small families, they were like ants facing towering mountains in front of the Shen family.

How could they possibly obtain such internal information from such a powerful force so easily?

Shen Changchuan's specific identity is unknown.
Therefore, they treated him with the same respect and deference as they had shown to the previous leader, Shen Shiying, without the servile attitude that Zhao Hangao had displayed.

This made Shen Changchuan feel a little doubtful.

Where did Zhao Hangao get information about his identity?

After all, Dawan Village is so far away from Tiannan City, the stronghold of the Shen family, that it is inconvenient to transmit information.

However, that thought only flashed through my mind for a moment.

Shen Changchuan did not intend to investigate further.

Maybe they found out from Shen Shiying's family after they left?
This matter has nothing to do with improving one's own strength, so there's no need to get to the bottom of it.

Shen Changchuan did not reveal his identity to the other smaller families afterward.
He's not the type to use his status to show off.

There's no need for that.

The two and a half years he spent in the Shen family compound made Shen Changchuan value his own strength far more than his status as the son of the head of the Shen family.

then,

In the month or so since he advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining,

Aside from receiving visits and gift-giving from smaller families and occasionally inspecting the growth of the spirit crops in the spirit fields,
He devoted almost all his time to self-cultivation.

It's a good thing that the heads of those small families have been visiting one after another.

Because the gifts they deliver are all spiritual items.

They might give spiritual fruits, medicinal herbs, or even, if they were poor, a few kilograms of spiritual grain as gifts.

Shen Changchuan accepted them all without hesitation.

And these things,
It also played a significant role in his later cultivation.

Because of the assistance of spiritual beings in cultivation.
In just over a month,

He not only solidified his cultivation level at the early stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining, but also took a big step forward on that foundation.

Shen Changchuan could sense that if he continued to cultivate diligently for another two months, he would be able to break through to the mid-stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining!
The speed at which his cultivation improved was so fast that even Shen Changchuan found it somewhat unbelievable.

But think about it carefully,

It doesn't seem that hard to understand.

Although his aptitude for cultivation wasn't high, it wasn't too bad either. Now, with ample spiritual resources, coupled with his persistent hard work and the mental transformation he experienced after leaving the suffocating environment of the Shen family compound, he was able to achieve his goals.

Such progress is indeed quite normal.

More than a month of effort,

The improvement is not just in terms of cultivation level.

With the assistance of sufficient spiritual objects in his cultivation, Shen Changchuan was able to work hard every day to develop new spells.

The result was that in just over a month,

He successfully maxed out all the spells on his character panel to 100% progress!
Name: Shen Changchuan
realm:

Qi-inducing Stage 4 (Early Stage)
Exercise:

Elephant Mountain Breathing Technique
Ritual implements:

Two gold needles (quasi-low-level magical artifacts)

Spells:

Golden Needle Strike: 100% (Perfect Trait: Slightly increases the accuracy of hidden weapons, negligible experience in practicing metal-elemental spells)

Lightness Skill: 100% (Perfect Trait: Slight increase in body speed, negligible experience gained from movement technique training)

Spiritual Eye Technique: 100% (Perfect Trait: Slight improvement in eyesight, negligible experience gained from eye technique training)

Wind Blade: 100% (Perfect Trait: Slightly increased sharpness, negligible Windwalk spell training experience)
Fireball: 100% (Perfect Trait: Slight increase in spell temperature, negligible experience gained from fire spell training)
Vine Spell: 100% (Perfect Trait: Slightly increases spell resilience, negligible wood element spell training experience)
"All the spells are now complete!"

Looking at the screen, the spell count was neatly set to 100%.

Shen Changchuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

I felt completely relaxed.

All the hard work of grinding spell proficiency non-stop for more than a month has been worth it!

All six magical arts were perfected.

And the benefits that came after mastering these spells were not beyond his expectations.

Each spell's suffix also introduced new characteristics.

With those characteristics,
Shen Changchuan could clearly feel that the power of a perfected spell was a notch higher than that of a spell that was not perfected!
Moreover, after mastering four spells in succession...

During these short, high-intensity training sessions,

Shen Changchuan also discovered another hidden characteristic of a perfect spell.

That's instantaneous!
Before a spell has been fully mastered, each spell requires the palms to form hand seals and coordinate with the circulation of magical power within the body to ultimately unleash the spell.

This process will take at least two or three seconds.

And after the completion
This time can be reduced to less than one second.

But this is not the limit!
If the spell's output power is reduced, thus decreasing the spell's inherent power, then this time can be reduced to less than one-tenth of a second!
This can practically be considered instantaneous.

After several trials, Shen Changchuan was able to unleash spells such as fireballs and wind blades with a mere wave of his hand!

Although this instantaneous spell is only two-thirds as powerful as the full version of the spell.

However, after some research, Shen Changchuan quickly found a way to mitigate its power.

That's rapid fire!
By utilizing the instantaneous nature of spells, the same spell can be activated consecutively within a short period of time.

Just like Shen Changchuan now, after training,
It is already capable of unleashing three fireballs, wind blades, and other offensive spells in a single second!

Its power actually increased rather than decreased.

this means,

Its significance in the course of battle is self-evident.

Greatly increased strength!

"I'm afraid even if you combined three or five of me from two months ago, I still wouldn't be a match for me now!"

"If I were to face that river monster again, I would now be at least 80% confident in killing it!"

Feeling the increase in power brought about by the perfection of the spell.

Shen Changchuan was full of confidence.

(End of this chapter)