The cultivation is difficult and abnormal, looking at the qualifications, comparing the efforts, fighting for resources, relying on the background, of course, a few chances are also indispensable. Qualifications and hard work are the prerequisites for stepping into the cultivation world, resources and heritage are the guarantee of the path of cultivation, and opportunities are elusive and elusive, but they cannot be ignored either.

Throughout the history of the cultivation world, some people have relied on amazing qualifications to achieve earth-shattering achievements, some people have relied on unremitting efforts to break through the world, some people have relied on the accumulation of resources to rise to the top, some people have relied on their heritage to be wanton, and some people have been able to ascend to the sky step by step.

If you want to say which of these five aspects is more important, no one can give an answer. Every aspect is important, and it cannot be discarded. If there is a lack of resources and heritage on the path of cultivation, and the opportunity is not known, only hard work and qualifications, then how to go on the path of cultivation. The answer is actually that many practitioners know and do the same. That is to learn a kind of cultivation skill and rely on the cultivation skill to obtain the accumulation of resources. When ordinary monks first come into contact with cultivation, resources and heritage are not sought-after, and only those children of the family or high-level members of the sect will not have the trouble of resource background. This practice is jokingly called the practice of the common people, and it is also the most common practice in the practice world.

Jiuhua Academy is a famous sect in the Beicang Continent, and has always had its own unique views on the teaching of cultivation skills. If you want to learn a certain cultivation skill, you must complete certain tasks corresponding to it. Completing the tasks of the sect gives you the opportunity to learn the cultivation skills, which greatly stimulates the enthusiasm of the disciples in the sect to complete the tasks, and transforms the enthusiasm of the disciples into contributions to the sect in disguise. Although the other sects have slightly different ways of imparting skills, they have the same path and achieve similar results. Of course, these are only the inheritance of middle- and low-level skills, and the inheritance of high-level cultivation skills are all the foundation of each sect, and if it is not for the special contribution to the sect, it is extremely difficult to learn, after all, the Fa cannot be passed on lightly.

Two months passed quietly, and Xu Chenglin's expectation of the fifth layer of the refining body was not reached, but the cultivation was firmly at the peak of the fourth layer of the exercises, and breaking through the fifth layer was in front of him. The reason why this is so is because in the past two months, Xu Chenglin has not put all his energy into cultivation. Between the two months, Xu Chenglin sometimes cultivated, and sometimes went out to perform tasks. The tasks of the Rune Hall and the Thousand Machine Pavilion were completed by him one by one in the past two months. If you talk about gains, you really get a lot.

Xu Chenglin was quite interested in the two skills of talisman making and formation, but God seemed to have played a joke with him. The talisman making is about talent, and the practitioners of the examination school are the good induction of heaven and earth aura and the control of spiritual power, and the strokes on the talisman paper are all the true embodiment of these. According to Xu Chenglin's opinion, it takes him less time to induce qi into his body than others, and he should be very talented in aura sensing and spiritual power control, but the actual situation is otherwise. While on a mission in the Rune Hall, Xu Chenglin tested his control over aura sensing and spiritual power. And the results of the test made him a little disappointed, Xu Chenglin's two qualifications were only average. Medium qualifications are not that they can't learn the art of talisman making, but they won't be able to enter the realm too quickly, and they may not have too good achievements in the future. Knowing that practicing the art of talisman making would not be too high, of course Xu Chenglin would not choose again. In the future, the skills of the cultivation path must be suitable for you.

Entering Baoshan and returning empty-handed, Xu Chenglin has not been stupid to this extent. Although he has no outstanding talent in the art of talisman making, he can still do it with a rough understanding of the art of talisman making.

Speaking of the formation of the Thousand Machine Pavilion, Xu Chenglin felt even more headache. The art of formation is vast and profound, covering a wide range. Xu Chenglin was diligent in thinking, and the art of formation was what he was most interested in. Learning formations requires extensive knowledge and profound calculations, both of which Xu Chenglin does not lack. It's just a pity that his knowledge and methods of calculation were learned from the mundane world. The knowledge of the spiritual world and the method of calculation were very different from what he had studied. If you have to learn the formation strongly, you have to spend a lot of time learning the knowledge of the cultivation world. Knowledge such as astronomy and geography, treasures, elixirs, exercises, and secret techniques all need to be learned by heart. Learning this knowledge and accumulating it to a certain level is not something that can be done overnight. After thinking about it, Xu Chenglin gave up studying the formation.

Xu Chenglin recalled the experience of the past two months, and felt emotion in his heart. The two cultivation skills that he was interested in were not suitable for learning for various reasons, which undoubtedly made him feel lost. In addition to being lost, Xu Chenglin also felt deeply helpless. If the talent is not enough, it is difficult to cultivate the talisman, and the accumulation is insufficient. Giving up the study of these two skills, Xu Chenglin is also in pain.

Looking at the only remaining red task jade slip in his hand, Xu Chenglin was very confused.

"I don't like Lingzhi and alchemy very much, so it's okay to let others learn. The two skills that I am interested in, talisman making and formation, are also because of my congenital deficiencies and cannot be learned. Of the original five tasks, now only those related to refining are left. I don't know if I can learn this alchemy technique, but if not, what if I can?"

People are like this, when there are multiple choices, they will be confused and don't know how to choose. When faced with a difficult choice, you will be confused again. And confusion and stagnation will never solve any problems. Although the realm of the fourth layer of the calcined body is not high, if you want to take a step forward, it is not something that dozens of low-grade spirit stones can pile up.

At this time, Xu Chenglin no longer counted on it, and relied on the three lower-grade spirit stones given by the sect every month to make a breakthrough. The three lower-grade spirit stones are just better than nothing for the current Xu Chenglin. The tasks of the Rune Hall and the Thousand Machine Pavilion are indeed well paid. After two tasks, Xu Chenglin obtained more than 60 spirit stones. The reward for the tasks released by the Hundred Refining Hall is as much as fifty spirit stones. Even if it wasn't for the sake of learning the art of alchemy, this spirit stone reward was something he couldn't ignore.

"That's interesting, some time ago I claimed to be a genius in cultivation, but now I can't learn a cultivation skill, it's really ironic! The art of refining weapons, that's all that's left, that's it! I don't believe it, can't I Xu Chenglin do anything?"

Half an hour later, Xu Chenglin came to the Hundred Refining Hall. The refining of the magic weapons of the entire sect, as well as the refining of some materials, were all completed in the Hundred Refining Hall. Far away, the sound of ping-pong came into Xu Chenglin's ears. The busy figures coming and going also came into his eyes.

"It's more like a blacksmith's shop. ”

Seeing the true appearance of Bailian Hall, Xu Chenglin was a little stunned for a while.

Looking at the busy figures, Xu Chenglin tried several times, but he was still not embarrassed to disturb others. After waiting for a long time, Xu Chenglin finally caught a slightly leisurely figure. A middle-aged monk, who was a little older, gave instructions on everyone's work from time to time, and looked like a supervisor.

"I'm sorry to interrupt Senior Brother, I wonder if Senior Brother can help take a look at this task. ”

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

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

"This is the sect task released by our Hundred Refining Hall, is the junior brother here to complete this task?"

The middle-aged senior brother looked at Xu Chenglin, looking like he wanted to say something.

"As Senior Brother said, I don't know what conditions are needed to complete this task?"

Seeing that the middle-aged man wanted to speak and stopped, Xu Chenglin asked cautiously.

"It's nothing, it's a bit long, and some people feel that it's a bit more than worth the cost. The situation has told you, I wonder if the junior brother is still willing to complete it?"

"Thank you for reminding me, I know this problem. You can't have both fish and bear's paws, you need to be rewarded and don't waste time, how can there be a perfect thing. ”

"It's good that my brother understands, there is no perfect thing in the world. If you want to learn skills but don't want to spend time, how can there be such a good thing. Most of today's young people are ambitious, and there are very few who are willing to be down-to-earth. ”

The middle-aged senior brother shook his head, looking extremely emotional.

"The lesson of the senior brother is that the junior brother will definitely complete the task in a down-to-earth manner. ”

"Haha, good, ambitious. I don't know if my junior brother is familiar with those refining methods?"

The middle-aged senior brother smiled kindly, and watched Xu Chenglin's gaze soften.

Xu Chenglin touched his nose, slightly embarrassed.

"I've just started my career, and I haven't been exposed to these yet. ”

The middle-aged senior brother froze for a moment, and then his brows furrowed. His right hand unconsciously rubbed his forehead, as if he had a headache.

"Is there any mistake, this person was sent by the Foreign Affairs Hall to play with me! Finally, someone took this task, and it turned out to be a newcomer who didn't know how to refine weapons. ”

The middle-aged senior brother is really a headache, this task has been idle, if Xu Chenglin is resigned, I don't know if someone will take the task next time. If Xu Chenglin is asked to complete this task, he will have to teach Chenglin the knowledge of refining weapons from scratch, which is also a troublesome matter.

The middle-aged senior brother looked at Xu Chenglin, and patted his head as if he had made a decision.

"This junior brother, I won't hide it from you. To accomplish this task, you must understand the method of refining, and you must also understand some common sense of the method of refining. It will take a little time to learn these things, I wonder if the junior brother is still willing to complete this task?"

"Dare to ask Senior Brother, after completing this task, can I still learn other refining methods?"

"Of course, teaching your refining method and refining knowledge in advance is so that you can complete the task, which is not the same as completing the task to teach you the refining method. ”

"Since this is the case, then I have decided to complete this task, and I will also ask my senior brother to teach me the method of refining and the knowledge of refining. ”

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

"Okay, this gold forging jade book is the refining method of my Hundred Refining Hall, and I will pass on some other refining knowledge to you later. ”

"Thank you, brother!"

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

"During this time, you should choose a place to live in the backyard of the Hundred Refining Hall. If there's anything you don't understand, just grab an idler and ask. The people here are very kind, and they will not refuse. ”

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

"Thank you, Senior Brother, for teaching the Fa!"

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

"Junior disciples don't have to be polite, it's the right thing to grasp the content of the book as soon as possible. ”

The two talked for a while, and the middle-aged senior brother went straight to him, while Xu Chenglin went to the back hall to find a place to live. In the next period of time, Bailian Hall will be Xu Chenglin's temporary residence.

Xu Chenglin had already made up his mind to learn refining, so even if it wasn't for the completion of the task, he would seriously study the book of selling gold and forging jade. After all, it involves the knowledge of refining weapons, and he can't afford to be sloppy.

Half a month passed in a flash, and under his own research and humble advice, the refining method of selling gold and forging jade was mastered by him. As for the complete mastery, it needs to be learned and applied in the future.