The two skills that Chen Lin was studying were "The Art of Transforming Wood into Heavenly Thunder" and "The Art of Breathing in the Great Clearness".
The rest all fail to meet the requirements for cultivation.
The advantage of the Heavenly Thunder Transforming Wood Art is that it can be practiced by anyone with wood spiritual roots. After practicing it, one will possess the power of thunder, which is equivalent to having an extra attribute out of thin air, and can practice various thunder attribute spells.
Moreover, the magic power cultivated by this technique is very domineering and powerful, and it also has certain benefits for forming the elixir.
The disadvantage is that it requires the power of thunder to practice, and one has to wait until a thunderstorm to practice. Although the technique mentions that materials with thunder attributes can be used to assist in practice, thunder attribute materials are also very rare.
Cultivation is not about refining items, it is a long process. If lightning-attributed materials are used as an aid, the consumption would probably be an astronomical figure.
Another Taiqing breathing technique is a moderate and peaceful Taoist practice that can be practiced by people with all five elements.
The advantages are that the magic power is strong, it is not easy to have mental demons, it can nourish the body, promote health and longevity, and most importantly, it has a strong effect on forming elixir.
Chen Lin was quite satisfied with this technique, but it had a fatal flaw, which was its slow practice speed!
In addition, practicing this technique requires a calm and inactive state of mind, and going to the top of the mountain every day to absorb the vitality of the sunrise is not in line with the current environment.
With demons rampant and his life in danger at any moment, how could he have the time to go to the top of the mountain to breathe every morning
After hesitating for a while, Chen Lin memorized the two skills and began to look through the catalogs of other categories.
Anyway, his merits cannot be exchanged for anything, so he has plenty of time to think about it.
The next thing he looked at was the spells.
When it comes to the foundation-building stage, spells are no longer as varied as those in the Qi training stage. It is more about exploring the principles of the formation of spells rather than their forms of expression.
For example, fire spells. Once you understand the principles of fire spells, you can cast fireball, fire crow, or fire wall as you wish.
Therefore, most foundation-building cultivators only delve into a certain series of spells, seeking refinement rather than quantity.
Of course there are exceptions. For example, most cultivators will learn the art of escape if they can, and the more life-saving skills one has, the better.
The same goes for Chen Lin.
He has four spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, and fire, and he plans to learn all four escape techniques. As he has no corresponding spiritual roots, he needs a medium when casting the spell, so he will not consider the earth escape technique for the time being.
However, the earth escape technique is very useful, so he decided to exchange the method of refining the earth escape talisman and use the talisman to make up for this shortcoming.
Other escape techniques have various limitations and are no longer considered. If one chooses the Heavenly Thunder Transforming Wood Technique, then the thunder escape technique must be mastered and should be the main focus of research.
The Thunder Escape Technique is recognized as the fastest escape technique in the world of immortal cultivation. It is extremely mysterious. It is because he covets this escape technique that he wants to practice the Heavenly Thunder Transforming Wood Technique.
After looking for a while, Chen Lin flipped through the catalog of magical instruments and found that there were only some standard low-level magical instruments, while the more advanced ones showed that they required an application.
This is also normal. Treasures are not like martial arts that can be copied infinitely and cannot be supplied infinitely.
There are quite a few types of elixirs, including Marrow Cleansing Pills, Foundation Building Pills, etc. There are also reserves of Qingshuang Pills, Luobitan and other foundation building elixirs.
I took a look at the merits required to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill. It was one thousand merits, and there was no limit on the quantity.
The price is moderate. It seems that the Alliance really wants to gather a large number of Foundation Establishment Monks and has not raised the threshold too high.
The merit rewards for the demon hunting mission are very high. As long as you have the courage, you can accumulate enough merit for a foundation-building pill in a few times.
After looking for a while, Chen Lin had an idea in his mind. He stood up and went to the exchange window, exchanged the four escape techniques of gold, wood, water and fire, then stood up and left.
"Um?"
After leaving the exchange office, Chen Lin walked towards the Dan Pavilion while looking at the surrounding buildings.
Suddenly, he turned a corner, restrained the fluctuations of his magical power, and stood quietly by the wall.
After a while, a female Qigong practitioner turned around and poked her head in.
"Are you following me?"
Chen Lin looked at the other person with a strange look in his eyes.
This person was none other than Xu Ruolan, whom he had met several times.
I met him on Wudinghai Island two years ago. I didn't expect to meet him again here, and his cultivation has been improved to the late stage of Qi training.
"Greetings, Senior Chen. I am Xu Ruolan, and I have met you several times before in Kaiyuan City."
When Xu Ruolan was discovered, she was a little panicked, but she immediately calmed down and bowed.
Chen Lin was somewhat helpless. The other party actually recognized him. This sense of smell was truly unique. He always carried a sachet with him.
"You've got the wrong person. My name is Lin Feiyu, not your Senior Chen!"
He didn't want to recognize the other party and just scolded him coldly.
The two of them didn't have any friendship at all, they just had two transactions. If the other party came to him rashly, it must be nothing good.
After saying that, he turned and left.
Unexpectedly, another woman's voice was heard at this time.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, why do you have to keep me at a distance? After all, we are from the same city. We should stick together to keep each other warm in this chaotic world."
Following the sound, a familiar face appeared from the corner.
Chen Lintong's eyes shrank. It was actually Ye Jingyun!
And the other party has also advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage!
"Why, after not seeing you for several years, Brother Daoist Chen doesn't even recognize me as your master?"
Seeing Chen Lin's expression, Ye Jingyun smiled slightly, with a teasing tone in his voice.
Chen Lin had a blank expression on his face, but he was cursing in his heart, wondering how he could meet this woman again!
The other party is very scheming and has many tricks up his sleeve. He is on par with Yu Yuehai. He absolutely does not want to have any contact with him.
"Hmph, I don't understand what you're saying, but you're not qualified to be my master!"
After saying this in a cold voice, Chen Lin ignored the two of them and quickly flew away.
He decided that no matter how the other party confirmed his identity, he would not admit it.
Even if the two of them had some skills, they would not dare to cause trouble in Dan Ding City, let alone go to Dan Pavilion to find him. If they really dared to go, he would report to Mu Xingchen that these two people wanted to assassinate him, the Alliance Alchemist, and they might be the hidden agents of the Qishen Sect.
"Are you sure you didn't recognize the wrong person?"
After Chen Lin's figure disappeared, Ye Jingyun looked at Xu Ruolan with a frown.
"I'm sure you're not mistaken. It's that Chen Lin. My ability works on the soul. I can tell him apart no matter how he tries to hide. I actually saw him last time on the island in Wuding Sea, but I didn't dare to recognize him."
Xu Ruolan's tone was so certain that Ye Jingyun dispelled his doubts.
"Well, you are all really more cautious than each other, no wonder you can live so long. But the other party has already advanced to the foundation-building stage. I can't ask him to do things for me like before. I can only make a deal. Let's investigate his current identity first!"
She sighed, somewhat helpless.
I just heard Xu Ruolan say that she saw Chen Lin. She was very excited. She said that the other party was extremely lucky. Whether it was making talismans or refining pills, his chances were higher than others. She happened to have a pill that needed to be refined. She had found several alchemists but none of them could make it. She was missing him.
However, she didn't expect that the other party had already become a foundation-building cultivator, and many of her methods were no longer useful.
"Let's go, let's go back first."
Ye Jingyun greeted them, frowned, and left the place with Xu Ruolan.