Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

If you can't even understand the text, then how will you cultivate the cultivation techniques?

Faced with Zhou Chun's question, Zhou Daoyi simply smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand these characters for now, the Zhou Family has collected translations of them. When you cultivate, just follow the translations to practice."

"I brought you here today mainly to let you see these two Dao Carrying Artifacts in person, so you can understand how truly valuable heritages are protected and passed down."

At this point, his expression changed, and he earnestly cautioned Zhou Chun, "Furthermore, I want to take this opportunity to warn you about something. In the future, whether it's cultivation techniques or secret techniques you come across outside, do not rush into practicing them."

"Be aware that many cultivators will intentionally carry incomplete versions of precious top-tier cultivation techniques or secret art cultivation methods, creating abridged compilations for personal carrying. This way, if they unfortunately fall to the enemy, they can still use it to harm the enemy!"

"Also, when trading or buying such items, you must personally copy them directly from the Dao Carrying Artifacts and Secret Foils they possess, and carefully check beforehand whether the Dao Carrying Artifacts are intact and whether they are ancient artifacts, as well as checking the Dao Scripts for any signs of patching!"

"You should know that some unscrupulous cultivators might also deliberately repair damaged Dao Carrying Artifacts or produce forgeries to sell for profit!"

Zhou Chun actually had read about these pieces of knowledge in "Detailed Explanation of Foundation Establishment" before.

But such knowledge, merely conveyed in writing, is nowhere as impactful as witnessing the two Dao Carrying Artifacts with his own eyes and personally hearing the Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi's admonitions today.

Listening to the cautions, Zhou Chun felt a chill in his heart and nodded solemnly, "The younger generation understands. I will definitely bear in mind the teachings from the Clan Leader today."

Pleased with his understanding, Zhou Daoyi nodded in satisfaction and said, "Good, now you can take these two Dao Carrying Artifacts into your hands for a closer look. I will also explain to you the strengths and weaknesses of these two top-tier cultivation techniques to facilitate your choice."

Speaking, he began to describe the cultivation techniques recorded on the two Dao Carrying Artifacts to Zhou Chun.

The cultivation technique recorded on the golden ancient cauldron was called "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique," comprising eight chapters, divided into four inner and four outer chapters.

The inner four chapters are the methods of cultivation, each corresponding to the four major cultivation realms of Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.

The outer four chapters are methods for defending and protecting oneself, recording Divine Skills and spell cultivation methods for conquering enemies.

This technique doesn't have particularly high demands on the cultivator's innate talent—having a Spiritual Root that contains the Metal Attribute is sufficient.

But this doesn't mean that the technique is easy to cultivate.

In order to cultivate the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique," one must first absorb a large amount of pure Golden Qi. In the Dantian, the Power Essence and Golden Qi are used to forge a "Dao Cauldron." All subsequent cultivation would then be based on this "Dao Cauldron."

The process of forging the "Dao Cauldron" is extremely dangerous, often resulting in damage to the Dantian and meridians. Many cultivators, lured by the power of this technique, have lost their lives in strong practice!

Even if the "Dao Cauldron" is successfully forged, during the cultivation process, one would need to constantly absorb Golden Qi to temper the "Dao Cauldron," and the quality requirement for Golden Qi would become increasingly higher.

Also, every time a major realm is broken through, the "Dao Cauldron" needs to be shattered and reforged. If the reforging fails, not only would one's cultivation level turn to ash, but the cultivator himself would perish completely!

Therefore, if one cultivates this technique, it means that the cultivator not only needs to endure the severe consequences of a failed breakthrough at every major realm.

Even if the breakthrough is successful, one still has to face the life-and-death trial of Reforging of the Shattered Cauldron!

Of course, there's an equivalence of danger and reward.

Not to mention the protective and defending methods recorded in the outer four chapters of the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique," the technique itself, once mastered, is greatly beneficial.

The Mana cultivated through the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique," containing the rich power of Metal, can temper the physical body, making it stronger than that of ordinary cultivators at the same stage. It's even possible to withstand attacks from lower-ranked Magic Artifacts with one's body.

At the same time, this type of Mana has extremely strong penetrative and destructive force. Merely invading someone else's body with it could inflict excruciating pain similar to being torn apart, making it difficult to refine and expel.

Moreover, when using this type of Mana to activate Metal Attribute Spells or Spirit Gold-crafted Magic Artifacts, the power of the spell or Magic Artifact can be significantly increased!

Plus, once one has cultivated the first chapter of the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique" and forged the "Dao Cauldron," a very useful Divine Skill, "Golden Cauldron Profound Light," accompanies it. Its power is immense, and as one's cultivation level raises, its power continues to increase, usable for one's whole life!

Lastly, the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique" allows for incredibly fast advancement of Mana, ensuring that a cultivator's progress won't be delayed by practicing this technique.

The cultivation technique recorded on the green bamboo slips is called the "Myriad Woods True Technique," divided into twelve layers, with every three layers corresponding to a cultivation realm, and it also records several protective and defensive methods.

This technique also does not require the cultivator to have high innate qualifications; it is sufficient to have a Spiritual Root containing the Wood Attribute.

However, this technique is very resource-intensive to cultivate!

For just the first layer, the foundation level, one needs to find thirty different types of Spirit Wood and harvest their essence to merge with their Mana, condensing a "Dao Wood" within the sea of Qi. Future cultivation will also be based on this "Dao Wood."