Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

After returning, Lu Qian began to cultivate the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a technique for cultivating the Heavenly Star Aperture). Of course, he first tested it in his mental world and found no problems before using it in reality.

However, in order to avoid damaging one's own cultivation level, the speed of switching cultivation techniques cannot be fast, and one must take Huangya Pills from time to time to replenish true energy.

At this point, Lu Qian began to feel that Huang Ya Dan was not enough.

After all, Huangya Dan is only a pill for cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining. Its medicinal power is quite strong when they first embark on their cultivation journey.

However, Lu Qian is now at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and his internal Qi capacity is more than ten times greater than before, so the medicinal power of Huangya Dan is naturally insufficient.

Of course, Huangyadan is not entirely useless, but it is true that its effects become less noticeable.

Two days later, Lu Qian went to the school and met Xie Xunzhen again.

This is only natural. Xie Xunzhen is Lu Qian’s nominal private tutor, so he needs to arrange various courses for him, urge Lu Qian to study hard, and answer his questions in a timely manner.

However, in reality, Lu Qian basically never asked Xie Xunzhen for advice on cultivation, nor did he have any intention of letting Xie Xunzhen observe his cultivation.

Lu Qian cultivates the long-lost Zhou Tian Xing Qiao technique, and he cannot let outsiders know about it. Therefore, Xie Xunzhen's role by his side is to relay messages to Tao Pili.

At this moment, Lu Qian spoke again, "I've already reached the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and now I want to improve my combat power. Do you have any recommended spells?"

He didn't say it was to pass the Ten Thousand Laws Battle Tower, but even without him saying it, Xie Xunzhen would understand.

Upon hearing this, Xie Xunzhen's thick, dark eyebrows twitched. He didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "Shouldn't we consult Elder Tao first?"

Regarding matters like cultivation, Lu Qian had never asked Xie Xunzhen before, and always communicated directly with Tao Pili. So, he was naturally surprised to suddenly ask Xie Xunzhen now.

Lu Qian shook his head, showing no intention of saying anything more.

Seeing this, Xie Xunzhen stopped asking and replied, "Generally speaking, those with water and fire in their spiritual roots will choose water and fire techniques. This is a relatively common choice because the power of water and fire techniques is guaranteed and the inheritance is very complete. Apart from being a bit difficult to learn, there are no other drawbacks."

Lu Qian's spiritual roots are wood, fire, and earth. In theory, he is qualified to cultivate water and fire techniques. However, those who cultivate water and fire techniques usually have at least two spiritual roots, and they are all water and fire spiritual roots. Those with three spiritual roots are relatively rare.

The reason why cultivating water and fire arts requires having at least one of the spiritual roots of water and fire is quite simple: water and fire arts are difficult to control. After all, the essence of water and fire arts lies in the conflict between water and fire, which is very unstable. Therefore, anyone with weak control is prone to injuring themselves.

If one possesses at least one of the spiritual roots of water or fire, one has an advantage in learning and controlling spells of the corresponding attribute, and can use that as a primary source to reduce the difficulty of cultivation.

Therefore, even without water and fire spiritual roots, it is still possible to cultivate water and fire Dao techniques. It's just that the difficulty is increased by another layer, making it even more difficult.

Lu Qian noticed that Xie Xunzhen's words seemed to have some unfinished business, so he quickly asked, "If you don't choose water and fire magic, what will you choose?"

Xie Xunzhen immediately said, "Apart from those with special spiritual roots who specifically choose special cultivation methods, most people will practice some sword techniques and physical combat skills, which are the most practical."

Swordsmanship is easy to understand. Whether you are just starting out or have reached a higher level, swordsmanship is never weak. It's just that it's quite selective. Some geniuses can make great progress in swordsmanship in a short time and become incredibly powerful. For most people, practicing magic is better than practicing swordsmanship, at least the progress is still visible.

The Tower of Ten Thousand Laws does not allow powerful magical artifacts to be brought in, which inherently weakens the power of swordsmanship. After all, without a good weapon, no matter how strong the swordsmanship is, it is difficult to unleash its full power.

As for physical combat techniques, they are mostly used by body-refining cultivators.

Although most body-refining cultivators are already powerful enough with just some mortal combat techniques, they still need specialized combat skills to fully unleash the power of body refinement.

Some advanced body-refining techniques come with their own physical skills, allowing one to perfectly unleash their power.

Lu Chen's Star Undying Body technique contains some physical skills, but they are too profound. With his current strength, he cannot unleash their power. Moreover, most of the inheritance of the Zhou Tian Star Aperture is incomplete. Even if Tao Pili managed to find some, it is hard to say how much of it is still intact.

Therefore, if Lu Qian intends to develop in this area, he still needs to select other physical combat techniques.

After all, at lower levels, body-refining cultivators are quite formidable fighters, and the rules of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower are also well-suited to body-refining cultivators, allowing them to fully unleash their power.

Xie Xunzhen continued, "Now that you've broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, you have one opportunity to choose between cultivation techniques and spells. Of course, you can also choose either cultivation techniques or spells entirely; the decision is yours!"

This is similar to the Canghai Sect, except that the Canghai Sect allows you to choose it when you enter the sect, while the Canglan Holy Land only allows you to choose it after you reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Perhaps it's because, for the Canglan Holy Land, the mid-stage of Qi Refining is considered the entry level, just enough to enter the Myriad Laws Battle Tower.

But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; once missed, it will never come again.

Lu Qian had already made up his mind. He decided to choose water and fire techniques, as well as a physical combat skill, all of which were useful to him at the moment.

"What suits you best is the best!"

After making up his mind, Lu Qian went to the school again. The Mu siblings had already arrived. When they saw Lu Qian, they found out that he had broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining and congratulated him.

Mu Dong then brought up the training mission, which was their biggest concern at the moment. "The instructor revealed some information before that this training mission will most likely involve a group operation and will be very short. This is going to be difficult."

The need to act together means this is no small matter; it's likely related to some major actions by the Holy Land, and the dangers are unpredictable—anything can happen on the battlefield.

Previously, Lu Qian had heard Mu Dong mention the training missions he had experienced. Most of them were assigned to him alone, such as finding a certain spiritual medicine, investigating a certain truth, or eliminating a wanted criminal.

Training missions involving group activities are usually arranged in secret realms that have already been explored, but now that we are in a state of war, it is unlikely to be so easy.

Most people guessed that it was probably to wipe out the remnants of the demonic path, and they were all involved in the operation.

The Heart Demon Sect had previously turned many forces against them, and each of them was deeply hidden. If the Holy Land wanted to find them, they could be found at any time.

The people of the Heart Demon Sect will not cooperate by lowering the difficulty just because these disciples of the Holy Land are carrying out a mission. Therefore, accidents are likely to happen, and accidents mean death and injury.

No wonder when Lu Qian returned, most of the people he met had solemn expressions and didn't look relaxed.