I Cultivate Longevity in the Cultivation Realm-Chapter 76: The Fish Has Left the House

"This taste..."

Zhou Changwang filled a bowl to the brim with Thunder Spirit Rice. As he took a bite, his eyes involuntarily widened.

The texture of Spirit Rice itself was superb, and this Thunder Spirit Rice was not only soft, glutinous, and sweet but also seemed to erupt with a subtle power of thunder and lightning in his mouth, making his tongue tingle and giving him a euphoric feeling.

As the Thunder Spirit Rice went down to his stomach, the dense spiritual energy began to spread with the movement of his gut, and along with the power of thunder and lightning from the dense spiritual energy, a refreshing sensation ran through all his inner viscera.

He vaguely felt that even his internal organs were being trained, becoming more resilient and powerful.

After just half a bowl, he felt full and couldn’t take another bite.

This was a sign of spiritual energy abundance, almost overflowing.

Subsequently, his Five Elements Technique, which was already operating automatically, also began to accelerate with the push of this abundant spiritual energy, quickly absorbing and converting it like a grindstone.

"Just half a bowl of Thunder Spirit Rice spiritual energy is almost equivalent to the effect of one Spirit Revitalizing Pill?

And I don’t have to worry about the harm of erysipelas?"

Zhou Changwang was astonished, immediately immersing his heart spirit and operating his cultivation technique with all his might.

One circulation, two circulations...

Cultivation Level +1

When Zhou Changwang awoke from his cultivation, he felt an unprecedented comfort all over his body.

Inexplicably, he sensed a special affinity for the thunder attribute spiritual qi drifting in the world.

"I heard Chen Yushu say before that after eating Thunder Spirit Rice, there would be some residual thunder attribute spiritual qi, and at this time, practicing thunder attribute techniques or magic would have an enhanced effect..."

Instantly, Zhou Changwang recalled what Chen Yushu had said about Thunder Spirit Rice.

A slight comparison at this moment made him understand that the other person’s words were true.

He hurriedly disregarded the Little Spirit Dog, which was lazily lying on the ground comfortably rolling around, and directly went to the cultivation secret room. The structure of the Thousand Thunder Flashes rune flashed in his mind, and with a movement of his heart spirit, he began casting.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

The structures of the runes rapidly formed with his spiritual power control, easily resolving the previously somewhat stagnant rune connections at that moment.

Then, with the final rune structure successfully formed.

Boom!

The void resounded with an explosion.

Countless powers of thunder and lightning gathered, as Zhou Changwang pointed forward.

Zzzt!

Light burst forth, and streaks of lightning, like serpents, rapidly spread, forming hundreds and thousands of paths, swiftly striking the magic wall.

Zzzzz...

The void buzzed loudly, making quite a commotion.

Fortunately, the magic wall was inherently capable of nullifying all magic attacks, and this power of thunder and lightning, hitting it, did not create even a ripple.

Countless thunder serpents dissipated quickly.

Thousand Thunder Flashes +1

"Succeeded.

The thunder attribute technique Thousand Thunder Flashes has at last been successfully cast by me."

Zhou Changwang’s face showed a look of delight.

He had pondered this technique for as long as seven days, and originally estimated that it would take at least another day or two of refinement and harmonization to truly cast it.

Unexpectedly, because of a meal of Thunder Spirit Rice, everything went smoothly and naturally instead.

The joy in his heart was needless to be said.

He glanced at the attribute panel.

Magic: Thousand Thunder Flashes (Entry 1/100)

Satisfaction surged through him.

"The power of the Thousand Thunder Flashes, indeed as the steward from Bai’s Trading House said, isn’t much.

Hundreds and thousands of thunders crashing down seem impressive, but they probably couldn’t even kill that Iron Armor Pig I hunted before. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

It has its tricks in bluster, but when it comes to actual combat, my Geng Metal Finger, which has already formed a magic imprint, is more suitable."

Zhou Changwang, considering the power of this technique, wasn’t disappointed.

This technique was essentially just a dissected aspect of the Small Five Elements Thousand Thunder Skill.

It merely captures the ’Thousand Thunder’ characteristic, so its power is naturally much reduced.

Conversely, the Five Elements Thunder Transformation Technique, also dissected from the Small Five Elements Thousand Thunder Skill, truly lives up to the name of Thunder Skill in terms of power, genuinely more formidable.

But the price for that technique is too high, and since his real intent was to cultivate the Thunder Spirit Rice Tree, what he needed was the ’Thousand Thunder’ characteristic within this technique, so there’s no regret.

"Furthermore, this is just the entry stage.

If I reach mastery, small success, or even great success, the power of this technique might indeed be elevated."

After a brief pause, Zhou Changwang quickly operated his spiritual power again and began casting once more.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

After eleven breaths, the magic took shape.

A thousand paths of thunder once more spread across.

One path, two paths, three paths...

Currently, the Thunder Spirit Rice Trees in the backyard have only been planted recently and are still very tender, naturally not needing the washing of thunder and lightning too soon.

So, he could only repeatedly cast this technique onto the magic wall.

Thousand Thunder Flashes +1

Thousand Thunder Flashes +1

Thousand Thunder Flashes +2

...

"Hmm? Experience points +2?"

Suddenly, Zhou Changwang was slightly taken aback, noting that as he executed the Thousand Thunder Flashes once more, his experience points unexpectedly increased by two points.

He quickly understood that this was due to consuming Thunder Spirit Rice.

The thunder attribute spiritual qi contained within the Thunder Spirit Rice allowed him to achieve twice the result with half the effort when cultivating thunder attribute techniques.

At this moment, he could only sigh, there’s just too little Thunder Spirit Rice.

A pound of Spirit Rice could at most serve two meals, so he could only take advantage of the current effect and practice as much as possible.

It’s just that with each casting of the Thousand Thunder Flashes technique, two-tenths of the spiritual power within his body got consumed, and by night, he could only increase the experience points of this technique to eighteen.

...

After ten days.

Zhou Changwang stood in the courtyard, slowly practicing the Celestial Essence Eight Techniques.

Then as he pushed forward with his hand, a rush of steaming heat instantly erupted from his body, and a large amount of sweat almost soaked his entire body, along with fine impurities being expelled as the steaming sweat flooded out.

"Finally, the Celestial Essence Eight Techniques have reached the mastery level."

After a long while, Zhou Changwang slowly regained his senses, revealing a hint of relaxation.

After more than a month of cultivation, he finally raised this Body Cultivation Technique to the mastery level.

Especially at the moment of breakthrough, an unexpected surge of oppressive force gave his body tremendous exercise, expelling a large amount of impurities.

"With the breakthrough of the Celestial Essence Eight Techniques, my physical strength has indeed improved significantly.

Although I can’t achieve being unharmed by a knife strike yet, my skin is tough and can withstand an attack from an ordinary Innate Martial Artist."

Zhou Changwang clenched his fists and swung hard forward.

Boom!

A piercing whistle sounded, as if his punch could shatter the air.

He even felt a special power arising within his body, ready to be unleashed with his punch.

"I’ve heard that Body Cultivators possess extremely powerful physiques, capable of creating force just by moving and making the air explode.

Although I can’t achieve that yet, I’m very close."

Zhou Changwang felt slightly excited.

Inexplicably, he recalled the middle-aged cultivator from the Rakshasa Gang who knocked on his door ten days ago. That person was undoubtedly a true Body Cultivator.

Although he knew he was far behind the other, that person was the first Body Cultivator he encountered, and if he met him again, he truly wanted to inquire about his current state.

As the saying goes, each field has its master, so naturally, as a half-baked Body Cultivator, he also wanted to learn more about body cultivation.

Afterwards, Zhou Changwang used the Cleaning Technique to clean himself thoroughly, and only then did he hurriedly head to the kitchen.

"The Spirit Rice is almost gone again.

Looks like I need to go out and restock."

Zhou Changwang glanced at the shallow layer of Spirit Rice in the rice jar and sighed, then scooped out a spoonful, thought for a moment, and scooped another spoonful.

One spoonful was no longer enough for his meal.

He was busy every day, not only needing to weed and deworm but also cultivate techniques, draw spirit talismans... Especially the practice of Celestial Essence Eight Techniques, which consumed a lot of energy, naturally requiring more Spirit Rice to supplement.

"Just right, the Talisman Paper is also running out, the spirit talismans drawn every day also need to be sold off a little to help with household expenses..."

Zhou Changwang calculated, hurriedly finished his Spirit Rice meal, and headed out the door.

...

"This guy sure is reclusive.

He’s stayed hidden for ten days and only now left the house once."

After Zhou Changwang hurriedly left, two figures appeared from behind a boulder, one of them cursed angrily, looking very displeased.

This boulder happened to be near the cliff edge next to Zhou Changwang’s courtyard, a place almost devoid of visitors.

And the two seemed to have been lurking here for several days, carrying a lot of resentment.

"Thankfully he finally went out, otherwise I would’ve recommended Boss Wei to just break in."

Following this, the other person spoke, a sinister expression on their youthful face that did not match their age.

The two were evidently followers from the Rakshasa Gang who had appeared last time.

One was named Liu Erhu, and the other was Xu Jiang, Old Xu’s grandson who’s acquainted with Zhou Changwang.

"You think Boss Wei doesn’t want to? He just has to consider the other people on South Street.

Most residents here have their own skills, and their relationships are intertwined. Although it’s not as formidable as the East District where high-tier cultivators reside, it should not be underestimated either.

Acting rashly and causing a stir could bring trouble.

However, given the recent turmoil in the marketplace, I believe that even if we forcefully enter, our Rakshasa Gang’s current influence could suppress it.

Even if you didn’t mention it, I guess Boss Wei can’t hold back much longer either.

His recent days haven’t been too easy."

The young Liu Erhu snorted coldly and said.

"Indeed, the Squad Leader is too forceful.

Boss Wei isn’t someone who easily suffers losses, I saw him last time with He..."

"Watch your tongue!"

Liu Erhu quickly interrupted him before continuing, "Go notify Boss Wei quickly, the ’fish’ has left home, I’ll continue guarding here in case he returns early."

"Got it."

Xu Jiang nodded hastily, then rushed off in one direction.