Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

However, the two were just ordinary low-level cultivators among mortals. Although they had the protection of their families, it only provided them with some basic security. They could only do some family tasks, and their income was extremely limited.

Because he was young, he lived with his parents. Sometimes, thinking he was asleep, they would talk about their future plans, which he would overhear.

Since they discovered that he was more mature than his peers from a young age, the two of them had already given up on the path of cultivation. Over the years, they had been cutting back on their cultivation needs, but they had only managed to save less than two hundred spirit stones.

Not only were the two of them of average talent, but they also had little talent for other crafts. Not to mention high-level skills like alchemy and weapon crafting, their parents simply didn't have the financial means to support them in trying them.

However, even the most basic talisman-making technique was only at the beginner level for the two of them, which was far from impressive and was the main reason for their financial straits.

Therefore, this little bit of family wealth must be used wisely, as his starting capital. Otherwise, if he keeps cultivating, his family might be drained dry by the time he reaches his parents' level of cultivation.

Therefore, the first step in spiritual practice is to resolve the issues of wealth, companions, Dharma, and environment.

My incense burner isn't like Han Tianzun's Heavenly Bottle, which can acquire spiritual herbs in bulk and achieve rapid growth by taking pills.

Of course, the incense beads inside the incense burner have other functions besides enhancing comprehension.

Otherwise, relying solely on comprehension, it's impossible to rapidly improve one's cultivation level. The mortal world emphasizes scientific cultivation, with everything based on material factors.

Refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to improve one's cultivation is the material foundation of all cultivation. Otherwise, even with extraordinary comprehension, one cannot achieve sudden enlightenment and ascend to immortality in a single day!

He picked up the storage bag his mother had given him. Since it was the lowest-level storage bag, it didn't need to be refined. He infused it with a wisp of magic power and opened it.

There wasn't much inside, in fact, very little: a jade slip, a pill bottle, and ten glittering spirit stones.

Chen Xuanzhou first took out the jade slip, which contained the entire Blazing Sun Technique and various records of cultivation experience.

In addition, there is a complete encyclopedia of basic cultivation, covering all aspects, although he had already consulted many of the contents in the clan's library.

But the parents still included everything, no matter how small.

He put the jade slip aside for the moment, picked up the pill bottle, which contained ten pills, the Fire Essence Pills that were most suitable for his cultivation method.

He poured out one pill, placed it in his palm, and took out a bead to fuse it with the elixir. However, he stopped just before they came into contact and instead brought the elixir closer to the wisp of orange incense.

It's not easy to condense these beads; it took six years to condense just over a hundred. We can't afford to waste them like this.

Although these orange incense sticks are also rare, they are still more expensive than a whole Fire Essence Pill. After all, this Fire Essence Pill only costs a few spirit stones.

Thinking of the spirit stones, Chen Xuanzhou picked up his storage bag and the spirit stones again.

He placed the three items before him, hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the spirit stone, infusing the wisp of orange incense into it.

Compared to the latter two, which are man-made, spirit stones, though the most common, are naturally formed and nurtured by nature. In his view, their carrying capacity and upper limit must be the highest.

Under Chen Xuanzhou's close supervision.

As soon as the incense was absorbed, the spirit stone in his hand began to crack and pop. Its outer layer immediately dimmed, and eventually the outer layer completely turned into ordinary stone, cracking and peeling off in pieces.

A tiny particle, no bigger than a fingernail, was revealed inside. Although I didn't hold it in my hand to feel it, the purity of the spiritual energy emanating from its cracked outer shell was unmatched by the other spirit stones.

"Could this be a mid-grade spirit stone?"

Chen Xuanzhou murmured to himself.

However, he had never seen a mid-grade spirit stone before and could not distinguish them, but this was definitely not comparable to a low-grade spirit stone.

Why not come and experience it for yourself! This thought immediately came to Chen Xuanzhou's mind.

Looking at the spirit stone in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little restless. He had just experienced a sudden enlightenment and had mastered the cultivation technique to a very high degree.

Using this spiritual stone for cultivation will not cause any instability in one's foundation.

However, he first picked up an ordinary low-grade spirit stone, held it in his palm, and needed a comparison before testing it.

The Blazing Sun Technique began to operate instinctively. With the spirit stone in hand, cultivation was completely different from when he was drawing in Qi.

One must constantly expend energy and spirit to pursue a goddess, while the spiritual energy within a spirit stone has the opposite effect; if one is the goddess, the spiritual energy rushes towards them like a pack of sycophants.

Because of a thorough understanding of the technique, it not only consumes less energy but also refines the energy faster and can be sustained for a longer period of time, finishing in less than a quarter of an hour.

This is far from his limit, but rather the limit of the spirit stones in his possession.

"Hmph, just a bunch of useless greyhounds, all soft and weak."

As Chen Xuanzhou complained, he felt the faint magical power within his body had now grown significantly stronger.

Instead of rushing to use the mutated spirit stone for cultivation, he first put it into his storage bag, then picked up the jade slip and slowly began to read it.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Chen Xuanzhou was not surprised at all and got up.

"Come in, Mother."

When the door opened, his mother was indeed there.

Looking at Chen Xuanzhou, who was still holding the jade slip in his hand, she felt gratified, but also a little heartbroken. She felt helpless about her own limited abilities and the inability to help the child much.

"Xuanzhou, it's time for you to eat. You've just entered the Qi Refining stage, there's no need to rush."

"Okay, Mother! I'm just flipping through it casually, comparing my cultivation experiences with those I've seen before, to see what the differences are."

It can be considered a short rest during a break in my practice.

Seeing a hint of worry between his mother's brows, Chen Xuanzhou smiled and comforted her.

As they spoke, the two entered the living room, but their father was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Father?"

"Oh, just now your Uncle Houyuan asked him to go catch a cloud-patterned jackal together. He ate it first, and we'll eat it too, or it'll get cold."

Chen Xuanzhou looked at the dishes that hadn't been touched much, especially the red-striped fish, which hadn't been touched at all.

However, he didn't say anything and sat down to eat heartily, especially the plate of spirit fish, which he ate most of until he couldn't eat anymore.

Instead of being hesitant and making excuses at this time, it would be better to make the most of all resources; this is the greatest filial piety towards one's parents.

After finishing his meal, instead of going back to his secluded retreat for spiritual practice, he went out of the house and started running around on the mountain.

This wasn't the first time he'd done this; he'd been doing it for two years now. And he wasn't just running around aimlessly; he was using a basic set of worldly martial arts called the Soaring Cloud Step.

Being accepted by the Chen family must have its unique features. First, it does not require internal energy. It is similar to the blinking sword technique, which is a footwork technique that uses force to achieve agility and movement.