Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 148: Chapter 145: Advancement Through Communication

”I can’t believe it was actually resolved.”

”Yeah, I heard that Nangong City has a wide circle of friends, but even after asking so many people for help, no one had a solution.”

”But it’s not that strange. The injury was left by the Blood Evil Gourd. Once you’ve mastered the Magical Artifact, it’s pretty normal to be able to draw out its residual power.”

”What I didn’t expect, though, was that the Blood Evil Gourd would end up in Shen Changchuan’s hands. That’s what really surprised me.”

”Exactly. The reinforcements who killed the Blood Slaughter Three Demons must have witnessed the Blood Evil Gourd’s power during the fight, yet they still let it go... It seems the background of this young garrison commander from Dawan Village is not to be underestimated...”

When Nangong City, his hidden ailment cured, appeared before everyone completely unscathed, it immediately sparked widespread astonishment and a flurry of secret discussions.

And they had every reason to be astonished.

According to the rumors, Shen Changchuan had laid a trap for the Blood Slaughter Three Demons, calling in reinforcements to surround and kill them.

As shopkeepers of merchant associations, they were all too familiar with the concept of hiring help.

However, in their line of work, when you paid a hefty sum to hire helpers to deal with an enemy, the spoils of war from the defeated enemy belonged to the helpers.

No matter what treasures the enemy possessed, they couldn’t touch them.

This was the rule of their trade.

But now,

the incredibly powerful spoil of war, the Blood Evil Gourd, hadn’t been taken by the helpers. Instead, it had fallen into Shen Changchuan’s hands.

That meant one of two things: either the helpers were so extraordinarily powerful that they didn’t even care about the Blood Evil Gourd,

or Shen Changchuan’s background within the Tian Nan Shen Clan was so significant that the hired helpers showed him deference and didn’t touch the spoils.

A behemoth like the Tian Nan Shen Clan had numerous subordinate families under its command.

If Shen Changchuan’s status was high enough to call upon experts from these subordinate families, then no matter how tempting the spoils were, the experts wouldn’t dare take them.

But regardless of the reason,

it all pointed to one undeniable fact: Shen Changchuan, the master of Dawan Village, was anything but simple.

The men exchanged a glance, sharing a certain unspoken agreement.

Of course,

Si Houqing wasn’t present during their private gossip.

Otherwise,

as someone who knew the real inside story, he would have found their chatter utterly bizarre.

...

Shen Changchuan was unaware of the reactions outside after Nangong City was cured.

Now that the Blood Evil Power had been drawn out from Nangong City’s body, he needed some time to recuperate.

Shen Changchuan took this opportunity to exchange Cultivation insights and experiences with him.

He was especially interested in the Cultivation from the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer.

This was extremely important.

Because next, he planned to take the Cyan Jade Pills to accelerate his Cultivation speed and then break through to the Qi Introduction Eighth Layer.

Shen Changchuan was naturally cautious.

He generally made plans in advance for anything he did, creating contingency plans for various possibilities.

His upcoming Cultivation was no different.

The twenty Cyan Jade Pills represented almost the entirety of Shen Changchuan’s wealth.

If he couldn’t raise his Cultivation to the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer Peak before using up all the Cyan Jade Pills, he would have to spend a large sum of Spirit Stones to buy more.

That was too big of an expense.

Therefore, before entering seclusion to cultivate, Shen Changchuan wanted to make his preparations as perfect as possible.

Of course,

he didn’t neglect the key points of Cultivation before the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer, either.

Shen Changchuan often reflected on his own situation.

He was well aware of his own strengths and weaknesses.

Although he had managed to advance to the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer Realm in a short time over the past half-year,

the speed of his advancement meant he hadn’t had the chance to thoroughly experience every aspect of the realms from the Qi Introduction Fourth Layer to the Sixth Layer.

So even though he had done his best to solidify his Magical Power foundation in these three realms,

there were inevitably some gaps in other areas.

Exchanging pointers with a Cultivator of a higher Cultivation could, to some extent, make up for these deficiencies.

Although Shen Changchuan possessed the inherited insights of Shen Tingchu, a Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator,

it was hard to put into words.

It was like learning from a book—the effect was ultimately not as good as having someone to discuss with and teach you directly.

Moreover, he could absorb the inheritance from the Soul Emergence Realm faster if he could cross-reference it with practical, real-world examples.

Shen Changchuan was keenly aware of his weaknesses.

He also knew that the best method for him was to continuously communicate with other Late Stage Qi Introduction Cultivators, absorbing the ”nutrients” of their Cultivation experience and insights.

By using the stones of another mountain to polish his own jade, he could quickly compensate for the weaknesses in his foundation and prevent his Cultivation Realm from becoming ”unstable” due to his rapid advancement.

The final result,

was just as Shen Changchuan had expected.

Nearly ten days of discussion had yielded him great gains.

Not only did he gain a deeper understanding of his cultivation prior to the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer,

but by combining Shen Tingchu’s inheritance with Nangong City’s Cultivation Experience, he had also essentially resolved any potential issues with his Cultivation in the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer Realm.

From now on, Shen Changchuan probably didn’t need to worry about the Cultivation problems on the path from the Qi Introduction Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer.

He just needed to follow the steps, take his elixirs, and cultivate.

”On the Path of Immortal Cultivation, frequent communication is truly the Righteous Dao!”

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but sigh with emotion as he recalled the many things they had discussed.

A flash of understanding dawned in his mind.

The inherited cultivation insights from Shen Tingchu were a great thing.

They pointed Shen Changchuan in the direction of a grand path.

But at the same time,

perhaps because the venerable Shen Tingchu was a genius, or perhaps because as a Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator, many tricks of the trade were second nature to him, he hadn’t written them down in detail.

It was like a map of a road; although it showed you the direction,

it wouldn’t mark every pothole, rock, or tree blocking the way. You could only learn about those by walking the path yourself.

This was where

Nangong City’s practical Cultivation Experience came into play.

He didn’t have the clear, top-down perspective that came from Shen Tingchu’s lofty Cultivation,

but having stumbled and struggled his way forward on the path of cultivation, he remembered every hurdle and every obstacle clearly precisely because he had experienced those setbacks.

And because Shen Changchuan was his benefactor, he held nothing back, sharing all the hard-won secrets he had comprehended during his own Cultivation.

He even taught him step-by-step.

And so,

the combination of the venerable Shen Tingchu’s inherited insights and Nangong City’s practical Cultivation Experience brought Shen Changchuan immense benefits!

”Originally, I wasn’t sure if twenty Cyan Jade Pills would be enough to reach the Seventh Layer Peak, but now, I’m eighty to ninety percent confident!”

Shen Changchuan clenched his fist tightly, his eyes filled with confidence.