So-called talent is actually divided into two parts.
One part is bone structure, and the other is Comprehension Ability.
Bone structure refers to the strength and quality of one's Physique.
Cultivators with special Physiques have bone structures far surpassing ordinary people, making their Cultivation twice as effective.
Their absorption of energy is also more complete.
Their Cultivation speed is very fast, and they encounter fewer Bottlenecks, so they can easily leave their peers far behind.
As for Comprehension Ability.
It refers to a person's ability to comprehend.
People with high Comprehension Ability can grasp a Cultivation Technique after reading it once and memorize a Martial Skill after learning it once.
Many things that others find difficult to understand and obscure can be easily resolved in their eyes.
The higher a Cultivator's Realm, the more they need to sense Heaven and Earth and comprehend various Heaven and Earth powers.
Therefore, the later the stage, the more the importance of Comprehension Ability can be reflected.
It can be said that Comprehension Ability determines the upper limit of a Cultivator's achievement!
And bone structure determines a Cultivator's lower limit!
"Hundred Sword Mountain recruits Disciples every three years. Currently, there should be no old Disciples in the Outer Sect who have been here for more than nine years. Those who cannot Breakthrough to Qi Circulation Realm and enter the Inner Sect within nine years would have been sent down the mountain long ago!"
"This Senior Brother Li of yours should be an Outer Sect Disciple from the previous batch!"
"Three years to only reach Spiritual Aperture Realm Third Stage, one has to say this kind of bone structure is too poor!"
"But he somehow managed to Cultivate the Dripping Water Pierces the Sky Sword to Perfection, and he also possesses an extremely strong combat Comprehension Ability!"
"If his Cultivation cannot be raised, this Comprehension Ability will be wasted!"
The Sword Spirit's tone sounded as if he felt some pity for Li Xuanfeng.
"Senior Brother Li is a very good person. If I become stronger in the future, I will definitely help him if I have the chance!"
Wei Qingyan nodded.
After two encounters, she had a good impression of Li Xuanfeng.
Wei Qingyan dragged the two Gale Wolves corpses down the mountain, attracting many surprised gazes.
Many Disciples even thought Wei Qingyan had killed them and went forward to congratulate her.
After learning that a Senior Brother had killed them, many Disciples breathed a sigh of relief.
For them, a Body Tempering Realm Cultivator killing Advanced Second-rank Yao Beasts was a bit too exaggerated.
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【Ding! Wei Qingyan obtained five bottles of Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid, eighty times return, you obtained three Barrier Breaking Pills!】
Not long after Li Xuanfeng returned to his residence, the expected System prompt sounded.
The reason he gave the two Gale Wolves he killed to Wei Qingyan was not because he was benevolent, saving people and giving away spoils of war for no reason.
It was because giving them to Wei Qingyan would maximize the benefits!
The System's prompt at this moment was enough to prove his method was correct!
Wei Qingyan obviously took the two corpses to the Affairs Hall to exchange for Cultivation resources.
In the System's judgment, Li Xuanfeng's participation in this matter reached eighty percent, so it returned eighty times the value.
"It seems this time it's a quality return!"
Li Xuanfeng's heart stirred, and three pure white Medicinal Pills appeared in his palm out of thin air.
Items returned by the System are stored in the System space, and Li Xuanfeng can retrieve them with his mind.
Returns are divided into quantity returns and quality returns.
If it were a quantity return, Li Xuanfeng would have received four hundred bottles of Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid at this moment.
But now, what was returned were three Barrier Breaking Pills.
This indicates that they are eighty times more valuable than five bottles of Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid!
"With the Barrier Breaking Pills, I can also Breakthrough my Realm on my own!"
Li Xuanfeng muttered to himself.
Barrier Breaking Pill is a Second-rank Medicinal Pill that can help Cultivators below Spirit Aperture Realm Seventh Stage break through the Spiritual Aperture barrier and directly Breakthrough a minor Realm!
This Pill is most effective only the first time it is taken.
Subsequent consumption will rapidly decrease in effectiveness, becoming progressively worse.
"Let's begin!"
Li Xuanfeng didn't waste any time. He directly consumed a Barrier Breaking Pill, then began to meditate and Cultivate, aiming for a higher Realm.
Evening.
A powerful Aura suddenly surged from Li Xuanfeng, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, causing his robes to billow without wind.
"Breakthrough!"
Li Xuanfeng opened his eyes.
After exhausting the power of one Barrier Breaking Pill, he successfully Broke through to Spirit Aperture Realm Fourth Stage!
"On the path of Cultivation, Cultivation Technique, wealth, companions, and land are all important. Resources are indeed crucial!"
Li Xuanfeng murmured.
If resources are sufficient, even with poor bone structure, one can become a master by simply pouring in resources.
Unfortunately, Li Xuanfeng had no background, and no one would waste resources on him for no reason.
That's why he had been unable to break through the Spirit Aperture Realm barrier for so long.
"I wonder if the remaining two can help me Breakthrough another Realm?"
Li Xuanfeng spread his palm, and two Medicinal Pills appeared.
He couldn't give these two Medicinal Pills to Wei Qingyan and then wait for the System to return them.
Because items that the System has already returned cannot be returned again if given to the bound target, cutting off Li Xuanfeng's fantasy of a nested return.
Since that's the case, he might as well use them himself!
"Regardless, I'll give it a try!"
Li Xuanfeng immediately swallowed the two Barrier Breaking Pills.
Time flowed by.
In a blink of an eye, the bright moon hung high, and the night sky was silent.
"It failed."
"The effect is indeed greatly reduced!"
Those two Barrier Breaking Pills did not enable Li Xuanfeng to successfully Breakthrough to Spirit Aperture Realm Fifth Stage.
However, they did wear down a significant part of his Spiritual Aperture barrier, so he wasn't too far from successfully Breaking through to the Fifth Stage.
【Ding! Wei Qingyan's Cultivation has improved, her Realm has Broke through to Body Tempering Realm Ninth Stage, fifty times return, you have Broke through to Spirit Aperture Realm Seventh Stage!】
The System prompt sounded at this moment.
Pure power descended out of thin air, and Li Xuanfeng's Cultivation began to rapidly climb!
The fifth barrier, which he had failed to Breakthrough, was easily broken through at this moment!
Then came the sixth.
And then the seventh!
The Innate True Qi in his Spiritual Aperture fed back into his body, and the quality of Li Xuanfeng's True Qi achieved three consecutive jumps, his strength surging significantly!
"So strong!"
Li Xuanfeng clenched his fist, feeling the surging power.
The power returned by the System was pure and without any Impurities, as if Li Xuanfeng had Cultivated it himself, with no discomfort whatsoever.
Therefore, he could perfectly control it!
"As expected, it still has to be a high-multiple return!"
In the dark night, Li Xuanfeng's eyes seemed to shine.
Wei Qingyan used the Gale Wolves he killed to exchange for Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid.
Then she used the Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid to Cultivate and Broke through to Body Tempering Realm Ninth Stage.
The System determined his participation in this to be fifty percent, so it gave Li Xuanfeng a fifty-fold return.
"Once our relationship is established, I'll find an opportunity to perform an empowerment on her, and I'll be able to receive a hundred-fold return!"
Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.
For imparting Cultivation through empowerment, the participation rate would definitely be one hundred percent, and Li Xuanfeng would receive a hundred-fold return.
That kind of improvement speed would surely be extremely exaggerated.
However, imparting Cultivation through empowerment is not easy; if not properly controlled, it can cause harm to both parties.
Furthermore, their relationship has not yet reached that point, so this matter can only be pursued gradually.
"As long as she uses the Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid she exchanged today to Cultivate, any Cultivation increase will be returned to me at fifty times the rate!"
"She probably hasn't used up all five bottles of Body Tempering Spiritual Liquid yet!"
"After all, the better a Cultivator's bone structure, the higher their absorption rate of resources!"
Li Xuanfeng mused inwardly.
The better a Cultivator's bone structure, the less resources are wasted.
With the same Cultivation resources, a Genius can Breakthrough several Realms, while a waste might struggle to Breakthrough even one Realm.
That's because during the absorption process of resources, there is definitely energy loss!
The better the bone structure, the less the loss!
The worse the bone structure, the more the loss!
Li Xuanfeng himself was an example.
In these three years, he had consumed quite a few resources, but many were wasted during the absorption process!
Therefore, his progress was slow, and the gap between him and those with better bone structures grew larger and larger.
For the next few days, Wei Qingyan once again went into secluded Cultivation.
She wanted to consume all the resources she had exchanged for and then Breakthrough to Spirit Aperture Realm in one go!
From Body Tempering Realm Ninth Stage to Spirit Aperture Realm, there was a major Realm barrier.
Even though Wei Qingyan's talent was excellent, she couldn't just Breakthrough instantly.
After all, her Supreme Sword Body had not yet Awakened.
In a blink of an eye, seven or eight days passed.
Late at night on this particular day.
【Ding! Wei Qingyan's Cultivation has improved, she has Broke through to Spirit Aperture Realm, fifty times return, you have Broke through to Spiritual Aperture Realm Ninth Stage Peak!】
The long-awaited System prompt sounded.
Pure energy descended, helping Li Xuanfeng to break through the eighth and ninth Spiritual Aperture barriers in one fell swoop.
The quality of the True Qi within his body achieved two consecutive jumps, transforming into Innate True Qi with one hundred percent purity!
And its richness reached Perfection.
Li Xuanfeng reached Spiritual Aperture Realm Ninth Stage Peak!
To advance further in strength, he could only Breakthrough to the next Realm — Qi Circulation Realm!
"Is this the feeling of all nine apertures being open?"
In the dark night, Li Xuanfeng was wide awake, feeling refreshed.
At this moment, he felt as if he had merged with Heaven and Earth, and with a slight perception, he could detect the Spiritual Qi wandering between Heaven and Earth.
Whether it was Body Tempering Realm or Spirit Aperture Realm, both were about "Cultivating oneself."
That is, cultivating the power within one's own body.
When all nine apertures are open, a Cultivator can connect with Heaven and Earth, and naturally use Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to refine and temper themselves, climbing step by step towards higher peaks!
"With my current Cultivation, coupled with my combat awareness, and adding the Three Feet Sword Enclosure and the Dripping Water Pierces the Sky Sword, I must be the number one person in the current Outer Sect, right?"
Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.
Twenty-four days had passed since the Disciple recruitment ceremony.
At that time, Li Xuanfeng was still troubled by his inability to Breakthrough to Spirit Aperture Realm, facing the prospect of being sent down the mountain.
In a blink of twenty-four days, he could now completely be called the number one in the Outer Sect!
The reason for such a huge change was his Awakening of the System and binding with Wei Qingyan.
"I must bind more people with Destiny!"
Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.
Just one Wei Qingyan brought him such gains. If he bound another, or even more, his strength improvement would reach an extremely exaggerated level!
These days, he had also been using the System to investigate various Disciples.
Unfortunately, Destiny is hard to find.
Aside from Wei Qingyan, he hadn't found a second one yet.
"There are many Inner Sect Disciples. I hope I can find someone with Destiny!"
Breaking through to Qi Circulation Realm allows one to be promoted to an Inner Sect Disciple.
As long as Wei Qingyan has another Breakthrough, after the System returns, Li Xuanfeng will be able to Breakthrough to Qi Circulation Realm.
The Hundred Sword Mountain Inner Sect is extremely vast, with the vast majority of Disciples gathered there, accumulated over a long period.
The Outer Sect only accounts for a very small portion.
The difference is like the population of a bustling metropolis compared to that of its suburbs.
Inner Sect Disciples are gradually replenished by Outer Sect Disciples!
The next day.
Thump, thump, thump!
Before morning practice had even begun.
Li Xuanfeng's door was knocked.