The journey of spiritual practice is extremely difficult. It depends on qualifications, hard work, resources, and foundation. Of course, a few opportunities are also indispensable. Qualification and hard work are the prerequisites for entering the world of practice, and resources and foundation are

The guarantee of the path of spiritual practice is that opportunities are elusive and elusive, but they cannot be ignored.

Throughout the history of the spiritual world, some people have achieved astonishing achievements by virtue of their astonishing qualifications, some have made a name for themselves by relying on unremitting efforts, some have risen to great heights by relying on the accumulation of resources, some have relied on the foundation to do whatever they want, and still others have been blessed with unparalleled opportunities and reached the sky in one step.

If you say which of these five aspects is more important, no one can give an answer. Every aspect is important, but none of them can be discarded. If resources and foundation are scarce on the path of spiritual practice, and opportunities are unknown, and only hard work and qualifications are available, then

How should we go on the road of spiritual practice? The answer is actually known to many practitioners, and they all do it this way. That is to learn a practice technique and rely on the practice technique to obtain resources and accumulate foundation. When ordinary monks come into contact with practice for the first time, their resources and foundation are both

It is something that one cannot hope for. Only those children of aristocratic families or high-level sects will have the trouble of not having resources. This way of practice is jokingly called civilian practice, and it is also the most common way of practice in the practice world.

Jiuhua Academy is a well-known sect in Beicang Continent. It has always had its own unique views on teaching cultivation techniques. If you want to learn a certain cultivation technique, you must complete certain corresponding sect tasks. Completing the sect tasks will give you a chance.

Learning and practicing skills greatly stimulates the enthusiasm of disciples in completing tasks, and in disguise turns the disciples' enthusiasm into contributions to the sect. Although other sects teach skills in slightly different ways, they achieve the same goal by different paths and achieve similar results. Of course, the results are similar.

These are only the inheritance of middle and low-level skills, and the inheritance of high-level cultivation skills are the foundation of each sect. Unless you have made special contributions to the sect, it is extremely difficult to learn. After all, the Dharma cannot be passed on lightly.

Two months have passed quietly. Xu Chenglin has not reached the fifth level of body forging that he expected, but his cultivation has steadily stayed at the peak of the fourth level. Breaking through to the fifth level is just around the corner. The reason for this is because of this

Within two months, Xu Chenglin did not devote all his energy to cultivation. During the two months, Xu Chenglin sometimes practiced and sometimes went out to perform tasks. The tasks of Shenfu Hall and Qianji Pavilion were completed one by one during these two months.

It was completed by him. If we talk about gains, we really got a lot.

Xu Chenglin is very interested in the two skills of making talismans and formations, but unfortunately God seems to have played a joke on him. Making talismans requires talent, and the practitioners who take the exam must have good induction and spiritual power of the aura of heaven and earth.

His control, every stroke on the talisman paper, are all true manifestations of these. According to Xu Chenglin, he takes less time to introduce Qi into his body than others, and he should be very talented in aura sensing and spiritual power control.

But the actual situation is different. When performing tasks in Shenfu Hall, Xu Chenglin tested his control of aura induction and spiritual power. The results of the test made him a little disappointed. Xu Chenglin's two qualifications were only average. Intermediate qualifications

It's not that you can't learn the art of making talismans, it's just that your progress in practice won't be too fast, and you may not have very good achievements in the future. Knowing that you won't have very high achievements in practicing the art of making talismans, Xu Chenglin certainly won't choose any more.

The skills you practice must be suitable for you.

Xu Chenglin was not stupid enough to enter Treasure Mountain and return empty-handed. Although he did not have extraordinary talent in the art of making talismans, he could still roughly understand the method of making talismans.

When it comes to the formations of Qianji Pavilion, Xu Chenglin feels even more headache. The art of formations is profound and covers a wide range of areas. Xu Chenglin is diligent in thinking, and the art of formations is what he is most interested in. Learning formations requires a broad knowledge

Knowledge and profound calculations are actually not lacking in Xu Chenglin. It's just a pity that his knowledge and calculation methods were learned from the secular world. They are from the spiritual world.

The knowledge and calculation methods are very different from what he learned. If he insists on learning formations, he will have to spend a lot of time learning the knowledge of the spiritual world. Astronomy, geography, treasures, elixirs, exercises and secrets, etc.

They all require careful study. Learning this knowledge and accumulating it to a certain level cannot be accomplished overnight. After thinking about it, Xu Chenglin gave up studying the formation.

Xu Chenglin recalled the experience of the past two months with emotion in his heart. The two cultivation techniques that he was interested in were not suitable for learning due to various reasons, which undoubtedly made him feel disappointed. In addition to being disappointed, Xu Chenglin also felt deeply helpless.

.It is difficult to cultivate the talisman if you are not talented enough, and it is difficult to form the formation if you do not have enough accumulation. Xu Chenglin is also heartbroken when he gives up the study of these two skills.

Looking at the only red mission jade slip left in his hand, Xu Chenglin felt very confused.

"I don't like spiritual planting and alchemy very much, so I just let others learn it. Talisman making and formation are two skills that I am interested in, but I can't learn them because of my innate deficiencies. Of the five tasks at the beginning, the only ones left now are and alchemy.

I have completed a task related to weapons. I don’t know if I can learn the art of weapon refining. What if I can’t?”

People are like this. When there are multiple choices, they will be confused and don't know how to choose. Once they encounter a difficult choice, they will be confused again. And being confused and stagnant will never solve any problem. Forged Body Four

Although the realm of the first level is not high, if you want to go one step further, you won't be able to pile up dozens of low-grade spiritual stones.

At this time, Xu Chenglin no longer counted on it and relied on the three low-grade spiritual stones given by the sect every month to make a breakthrough. Three low-grade spiritual stones were just better than nothing for Xu Chenglin now. The tasks of Shenfu Hall and Qianji Pavilion

, the reward is indeed generous. After two tasks, Xu Chenglin obtained more than sixty low-grade spiritual stones. The reward for the task issued by Bailiantang was as much as fifty low-grade spiritual stones. Even if it is not for learning the art of refining weapons,

This spiritual stone reward is something he cannot ignore.

"This is interesting. Some time ago, I claimed to be a genius in cultivation, but now I can't learn any cultivation technique. It's really ironic! The art of refining weapons is the only one left, that's it! I don't believe it, could it?

I, Xu Chenglin, can’t do anything?”

Half an hour later, Xu Chenglin arrived at the Bailian Hall. The entire sect's magic weapon refining, as well as the refining of some materials, were all completed in the Bailian Hall. From a distance, the sound of ping-pong-pong banging reached Xu Chenglin's ears.

The busy figures coming and going also caught his eye.

"This place is more like a blacksmith shop."

Seeing the true appearance of Bailiantang, Xu Chenglin was stunned for a moment.

Looking at the busy figures, Xu Chenglin tried several times, but still didn't have the nerve to disturb them. After waiting for a long time, Xu Chenglin finally caught a slightly leisurely figure. A slightly older middle-aged monk, from time to time

He gave guidance on everyone's work and seemed to be a supervisor.

"Excuse me, senior brother. I wonder if senior brother can help me take a look at this mission."

Xu Chenglin walked towards the middle-aged man and handed over the jade slip of the mission.

The middle-aged man took the jade slip and looked at the contents on it. The middle-aged man looked at Xu Chenglin carefully from top to bottom with strange eyes.

"This is a sect mission issued by our Bailian Hall. Are you here to complete this mission?"

The middle-aged senior brother looked at Xu Chenglin, as if he was hesitant to speak.

"As my senior brother said, do you know what conditions are needed to complete this task?"

Seeing the middle-aged man hesitate to speak, Xu Chenglin asked carefully.

"It's okay. This task takes a long time, and some people feel that the gain is not worth the loss. I've told you the situation, I wonder if junior brother is still willing to complete it?

become?"

"Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. I understand this problem. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You have to be rewarded but not waste your time. There's no such thing as perfection."

"Junior brother, just understand. Nothing is perfect in the world. If you want to learn skills but don't want to spend time, there is no such thing as good. Most of the young people nowadays are too ambitious, and very few are willing to be down-to-earth."

The middle-aged senior brother shook his head, looking deeply moved.

"What the senior brother taught me is that the junior brother will definitely complete the task down-to-earth."

"Haha, good, I am ambitious. I wonder if my junior brother is familiar with those weapon refining techniques?"

The middle-aged senior brother smiled kindly, and his eyes softened when he looked at Xu Chenglin.

Xu Chenglin touched his nose, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"Junior brother, I have just started, and I have never been exposed to these things."

The middle-aged senior brother was stunned for a moment, and then his brows furrowed. He unconsciously rubbed his forehead with his right hand, as if he had a severe headache.

"Is there any mistake? This person was sent here by the Foreign Affairs Department to play with me! It took a lot of effort for someone to take on this task, but he turned out to be a newcomer who doesn't know how to refine weapons."

The middle-aged senior brother is really having a headache. This task has been idle. If Xu Chenglin is dismissed, I don't know if anyone will take over the task next time. If Xu Chenglin is allowed to complete this task, he will have to teach Chenglin from the beginning.

The knowledge of weapon refining is also a troublesome matter.

The middle-aged senior brother looked at Xu Chenglin and slapped his forehead as if he had made some decision.

"Junior brother, I won't hide it from you. To complete this task, you must understand the refining method and some common sense about weapon refining methods. It will take a while to learn these things. I don't know if junior brother is still willing to complete this task.

Task?"

"I dare to ask, senior brother, after completing this task, can you learn other methods of refining weapons?"

"Of course, the purpose of teaching you the refining method and weapon refining knowledge in advance is to enable you to complete the task. This is not the same as teaching you the weapon refining method after completing the task."

"In this case, I decided to complete this task and ask my senior brother to teach me the refining method and the knowledge of weapon refining."

Xu Chenglin agreed without hesitation, and at the same time, he did not forget to salute the middle-aged senior brother with clasped fists.

"Okay, this book of selling gold and forging jade is the refining method of our Bailiantang. I will teach you some other knowledge of weapon refining later."

"Thank you, senior brother!"

Xu Chenglin took the book respectfully and couldn't help but flip through it.

"During this period, you can choose a place to live in the backyard of Bailiantang. If you don't understand anything, just ask someone casually. The people here are very kind, and they will not refuse."

The middle-aged senior brother smiled and nodded towards Xu Chenglin.

"Thank you, senior brother, for teaching me the Dharma!"

Xu Chenglin closed the book and bowed to the middle-aged senior brother again.

"Junior brother, there is no need to be too polite. It is important to grasp the contents of the book as soon as possible."

The two chatted for a while, and then the middle-aged senior brother went about his business, while Xu Chenglin went to the back hall to find a place to live. For the next period of time, Bailian Hall will be Xu Chenglin's temporary residence.

Xu Chenglin had already made up his mind to learn weapon refining, so even if it was not to complete the task, he would seriously study the book Selling Gold and Forging Jade. After all, it involved the knowledge of weapon refining, and there was no room for sloppiness on his part.

Half a month passed by in a flash. Through his own research and humbly asking for advice, he had mastered the refinement method of selling gold and forging jade to some extent. As for fully mastering it, he still needed to study it in the future.

Just make use of it.
Chapter completed!