Chapter 58: The Gift

Mo Hua returned home, about to break through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and needed to discuss the matter of cultivation methods with his parents.

Mo Shan and Liu Ru Hua were quite happy. For Mo Hua to become a fourth-layer Qi Refining cultivator at his age, he was considered outstanding among his peers in Tong Xian City.

As for the cultivation method, Mo Shan told Mo Hua not to worry:

"Your mother and I have already discussed it. If we can't learn the cultivation methods from Tong Xian Sect, then we can only find some experienced loose cultivators to teach you. There is a senior named Han among the demon hunters in Tong Xian City. He has a small five-element spiritual root, and his quality is also middle-grade. In a few days, I'll invite Senior Han for a drink and conveniently ask him to help us out. Senior Han is a warm and upright person; he should be willing to help. At that time, we'll just give him some spirit stones as a reward. Only..."

Mo Shan paused for a moment, then said again: "Only Senior Han is also from a loose cultivator background. He often says that although his cultivation method has been passed down through his family and is quite complete, it's not considered a good inheritance. Cultivating it might not have much prospect in the future..."

Mo Shan hoped to give Mo Hua the best, but this was all he could provide, and he felt somewhat lost.

Mo Hua instead comforted him, saying: "Dad, I want to be an array master in the future. As an array master, as long as my divine sense is abundant, the cultivation method itself doesn't matter too much. It's fine as long as it can be cultivated steadily. This cultivation method has been passed down through Senior Han's generations, which means it's steady to cultivate and won't have any problems. That's better than anything."

Mo Shan's expression eased a bit, and Liu Ru Hua also stroked Mo Hua's head, saying warmly:

"Let's eat. Rest early after eating. You still have to follow Mister Zhuang to learn array methods tomorrow."

"Okay." Mo Hua nodded obediently.

Bai Zi Sheng said he would help Mo Hua find several cultivation methods. Mo Hua didn't mention it to his parents because the larger the clan, the stricter the inheritance within the clan, and things wouldn't be casually spread outside.

Moreover, he didn't want to accept favors without contributing anything in return. He didn't want to owe Bai Zi Sheng a favor, especially since he couldn't repay this favor right now.

Who knew that the next day, Bai Zi Sheng actually brought several jade slips and, like a thief, handed them over to Mo Hua.

"I took these out secretly while Aunt Xue wasn't paying attention. You can look at them yourself and see if there's a suitable one. If there is, pick one to keep, and I'll return the rest."

Mo Hua's mouth dropped open, not knowing what to say.

Bai Zi Sheng became proud, "How about it, aren't you very moved!"

Bai Zi Sheng looked somewhat arrogant but was also very enthusiastic towards others.

Mo Hua said: "You secretly took out the cultivation methods, won't you be punished?"

Bai Zi Sheng snorted, "I'm a direct descendant of the Bai family. Not to mention a few middle-to-lower grade cultivation methods, even ancestral innate treasures, if I take them, they wouldn't dare do anything to me."

Mo Hua's eyes clearly showed his disbelief.

Bai Zi Sheng was unconvinced, "I can deceive you."

"At most, it's just a confinement for one or two years, it's nothing."

Bai Zi Xi's tone was flat, but her eyes held a slight smile.

Bai Zi Sheng's face turned a little red.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then still shook his head and said: "I can't take these cultivation methods, I can't implicate you."

Bai Zi Sheng said unhappily: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

Bai Zi Xi also said softly: "Although these cultivation methods are precious, to the Bai family, they are not too rare. Just cultivate them, nothing will happen. Otherwise, Aunt Xue wouldn't have let Brother take them out."

"Exactly, exactly!" Bai Zi Sheng quickly nodded, then suddenly said "ah," "How did Aunt Xue know I took out the cultivation methods?"

Bai Zi Xi glanced at him lightly, "Everything you do, which one isn't seen by Aunt Xue? Only you yourself think others don't know."

Bai Zi Sheng slumped his shoulders, feeling somewhat dejected.

Mo Hua would be lying if he said he wasn't moved. He also wanted to know what kind of cultivation methods world families and large clans cultivate, and what exactly were their wonderful aspects.

After thinking clearly, Mo Hua no longer declined. He silently remembered the good intentions of the Bai family siblings in his heart, then took the jade slips from Bai Zi Sheng's hand and looked at them:

Small Five Elements Art, suitable for cultivating with a middle-grade five-element spiritual root, it is a simplified version of the upper-grade Big Five Elements Art. Cultivators can refine at most thirty-three Heavenly Circuits of spiritual power and can control the five types of five-element spells: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It is simple and commonly used...

Spirit Hidden Art, suitable for cultivating with a middle-grade water-element spiritual root, can cultivate twenty-eight Heavenly Circuits of spiritual power, suitable for hidden spells...

Fierce Flame Art, suitable for cultivating with a middle-grade fire-element spiritual root, can refine thirty-five Heavenly Circuits of spiritual power and can increase the power of fire-element spells by one to two percent...

Water Wood Spirit Skill, suitable for cultivating with a middle-grade water-element and wood-element spiritual root, can refine thirty-six Heavenly Circuits of spiritual power. Cultivating this skill can cleanse meridians, warm and nourish the body, and reduce cultivation bottlenecks. This skill can nourish the body but cannot strengthen the body, and is not suitable as a main attack cultivation skill. Required spiritual objects: Heaven Ginseng Wood, Boundless Water, Spirit Transforming Liquid...

...

Mo Hua's eyes were dazzled, and he felt that each one was very good, but as he looked, his brows gradually furrowed.

"Not suitable for you?" Bai Zi Sheng asked when he saw Mo Hua frown.

Mo Hua pondered and asked: "What is Heaven Ginseng Wood?"

"Heaven Ginseng Wood is just the root wood of Heaven Ginseng, it can nourish the body, it's not a particularly famous thing."

"Then how many spirit stones does it cost?"

"Heaven Ginseng Bud is extremely famous, but Heaven Ginseng Wood is much cheaper, probably just a few hundred spirit stones for one branch." Bai Zi Sheng said somewhat unsurely.

"Then what is that Boundless Water?"

Bai Zi Sheng also didn't know, so he scratched his head and looked at Bai Zi Xi.

Bai Zi Xi's beautiful eyes slightly turned, and she said: "Boundless Water is the seawater of the Boundless Sea. It needs to be refined by an alchemist for forty-nine days to refine away the impurities in the seawater, and the final condensation is Boundless Water. Boundless Water is not famous, but it is labor-intensive. A small bottle of Boundless Water probably costs a thousand spirit stones. If it's in a remote area, it will be even more expensive, and this kind of spiritual object is quite obscure, even if you have spirit stones, you might not be able to buy it."

Mo Hua gently sucked in a breath of cold air.

What kind of cultivation methods were these? He couldn't cultivate them at all!

For cultivation methods like Water Wood Spirit Skill, even if they only required one branch of Heaven Ginseng Wood and one small bottle of Boundless Water, the spirit stones needed far exceeded Mo Hua's expectations.

Furthermore, looking at the description of the cultivation methods, cultivating requires spiritual objects, breaking through also requires spiritual objects, and the daily cultivation's spirit stones, accumulated up, would be an astronomical figure, far from what Mo Hua could bear.

This was still the consumption during the Qi Refining period. Let alone the Foundation Establishment Realm after that, the further back one cultivates, the more resources are needed. This is common knowledge.

Even if Mo Hua really became a first-grade array master and drew array methods day and night, he might not be able to bear the expense of this cultivation.

Mo Hua looked at Bai Zi Sheng, then at Bai Zi Xi, and couldn't help but ask: "Do the disciples in your family cultivate such cultivation methods?"

"Of course not," Bai Zi Sheng shook his head, "Direct descendants cultivate more superior cultivation methods. The heaven materials and earth treasures needed are much more famous than these. Some spiritual objects are even priceless and without market value, only treasured by the family itself, never spread outside."

"However, these cultivation methods cannot be spread outside. Even if they were to be spread outside, without these special spiritual objects needed for cultivation, others also couldn't cultivate them."

"The ones I gave you are the best among the cultivation methods that can be discretely spread outside. General side branch disciples or illegitimate children, if they don't have superior aptitude, might not even have the qualifications to cultivate them."

"Then, will your family provide the spiritual objects for cultivating these cultivation methods?" Mo Hua asked.

"I'm not sure about others, but everything Zi Xi and I use for cultivation is provided by Mom," Bai Zi Sheng said.

Bai Zi Xi glanced at Bai Zi Sheng, and said faintly:

"The family will divide grades according to the disciples' direct or illegitimate status and talent. The more direct a disciple is and the better their talent, the higher their rank within the clan, and the more cultivation resources they will be given. For direct descendants with superior talent, as long as it's needed for cultivation, they can basically take whatever they want..."

"Other disciples, if they want to cultivate better cultivation methods that exceed the cultivation resources needed for their fixed grade, then they have to find a way themselves. Generally, it's their parents or other relatives who spend merit points to exchange for spiritual objects within the clan."

"No matter what the situation, world family disciples only need to cultivate. They don't need to find a way to obtain the spirit stones and spiritual objects needed for cultivation themselves."

"That's right," Bai Zi Sheng nodded and said:

"Our Bai family is good, and other world families are the same. They have all continued for at least a thousand years, accumulating a thick foundation. The ways to obtain heaven materials and earth treasures are smooth. Except for those that are truly extinct, as long as they can be obtained, all heaven materials and earth treasures are not considered scarce."

Mo Hua was shocked in his heart. The resources of world families were as vast as the ocean, and their inheritances were as numerous as a misty sea, while what loose cultivators could obtain was merely a grain of sand in the vast sea.

No wonder the Qi Refining period is only the beginning for cultivators, but for bottom-level loose cultivators, it is a lifetime.