As the sun set, the water curtain on the training ground gradually dissipated.
Ling Yun and Sister Bing'er stood up, both feeling that the spirit power in their dantian was much more condensed than usual.
The ice crystals on Bing'er's fingertips had not completely vanished.
In the distance, the floating platforms of the senior students lit up with blue Spirit lamps, like stars sinking into the lake.
"Alright, everyone, return to your classrooms, grab your books, and then you're dismissed," the teacher said, leading us back.
During dinner, Grandpa suddenly asked Ling Yun, "Ling Yun, your spirit power has already reached level ten.
Are you planning to acquire a spirit ring now, or wait for Bing'er for a while and go together to acquire a spirit ring?"
Ling Yun lowered his head and thought for a moment, "I'll wait for Sister Bing'er.
Sister Bing'er's spirit power is only a little short of level 10.
Then we can go together and save ourselves an extra trip." Sister Bing'er was also very happy to hear this.
After dinner, Ling Yun went to Grandpa's study.
I knocked on the door from outside and called out, "Grandpa, I have something to tell you."
"Come in," Grandpa said.
Following his call, I carefully pushed open the door and entered the room.
Standing before Grandpa's desk, Ling Yun took a deep breath, composed himself, and then slowly pulled a book from his embrace.
The book looked somewhat worn, its cover slightly yellowed, but it exuded a mysterious aura.
Ling Yun gently placed the book on Grandpa's desk, then stepped back and respectfully said, "Grandpa, this is a cultivation method I stumbled upon, called Formless Divine Skill.
As far as I know, this skill can greatly increase one's spirit power cultivation speed, and the spirit power cultivated through Formless Divine Skill is also of much higher quality than the spirit power cultivated by ordinary advanced meditation methods."
Ling Yun paused, then continued, "I want to offer this book to the family, so that all family members can cultivate it.
This way, our family's strength will surely become even greater."
Grandpa's face showed a hint of surprise after hearing my words.
He slowly stood up, walked to the desk, picked up the skill book, and began to read it carefully.
As he read deeper, Grandpa's expression grew more solemn, and his hands began to tremble slightly.
Clearly, the content of this skill greatly shocked him.
After a long while, Grandpa slowly put down the skill book, looked up at me, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Yun'er, are you really going to offer this Formless Divine Skill to the family?
You are still young and may not understand the value of this skill.
This skill is extremely precious.
Any family or power that obtains it would treat it as a treasure to protect the family, becoming the family's most core inheritance.
Let me tell you this: any power, as long as it obtains this skill, will become a top power on this continent within a century.
Are you truly decided?"
"Yes, Grandpa.
I have decided to offer this skill to the family, because I am also a member of this family.
Only when the family is stronger can I live better.
And I also hope that Grandpa, Dad, Mom, and my sisters become stronger."
Ling Yun continued, "Actually, ever since Mom brought me back, whether it was Grandpa, Dad, or Mom, they all treated me as their own, and their care for me was no less than for my two sisters.
I also truly regard them as my real family, as a member of this family from the bottom of my heart."
Grandpa was very excited after hearing this, because he understood in his heart what significance this skill held for the family.
If everyone in the family cultivated this skill, then anyone with innate spirit power reaching level seven would be very likely to reach level 90 and become a Titled Douluo.
Not to mention those with innate spirit power reaching level 8 or even 9; their future growth potential was simply unimaginable.
At this moment, Ling Yun suddenly asked, "Grandpa, you are already level 88.
If you cultivate this skill, how long will it take to reach level 90 and become a Titled Douluo?"
Grandpa composed himself and excitedly said, "Originally, I was confident I could cultivate to level 90 within 5 years.
Now with this skill, I am confident that I only need three years to reach level 90 and become a Titled Douluo."
"Yun'er, do not spread this matter for now.
Let me discuss it with your father and second uncle tomorrow before making a decision.
It's getting late, you should go back and rest."
The next day, Grandpa and Father discussed for a whole morning and finally set a standard: the skill could not be fully passed down at once.
Formless Divine Skill is divided into 10 layers, corresponding exactly to the 10 cultivation realms of a Spirit Master.
Grandpa and the others decided that there would be no restrictions for direct family members; as long as their spirit power reached the corresponding level, they could go to him to receive the corresponding layer of the skill.
In fact, there were not many direct family members; in Grandpa's generation, he was the only one.
In Dad's generation, there were only the three brothers plus Mom and two aunts, and in our third generation, there were only 7 people.
The rest were some affiliated minor powers or rogue Spirit Masters in the family.
For these affiliated powers, only the first three layers would be passed down.
Even just the first three layers of this Formless Divine Skill were stronger than the advanced meditation methods of many large powers.
I believe the family should be able to attract many rogue Spirit Masters to serve the family with this.
The family's strength would also grow faster.
If someone could make a significant contribution to the family, the family would also give corresponding rewards, passing down the later layers of the skill, but at most, only the first 6 layers could be passed down.
Skill layers above the 6th layer could only be cultivated by core direct family members.
Thus, three weeks passed in a blink of an eye.
We went to school during the day.
In the morning, we went to the classroom to learn Spirit Master knowledge, and in the afternoon, we went to the simulated training ground to cultivate spirit power.
On this day, Sister Bing'er's spirit power finally reached level ten.
It originally took a month to cultivate to level 10, but ever since she started cultivating Formless Divine Skill, Sister Bing'er's cultivation speed increased greatly, so she finished more than a week early.
As for Ling Yun, he started cultivating Azure Lotus Sword Art at the age of 2, and after many years of cultivation, Ling Yun's Azure Lotus Sword Art had already reached the introductory stage.
Ling Yun's physical body and Spirit had also reached the strength of a level 20 Spirit Master.
Ling Yun's spirit power quality was also many times stronger than that of ordinary Spirit Masters.
This was also thanks to Ling Yun's talent and comprehension being much stronger than ordinary Spirit Masters; if it were an ordinary Spirit Master, it would take at least level 30 to reach the introductory stage.
As for Qingyun Swordplay, Ling Yun could also skillfully master the first three forms.
The weather was particularly good today.
Last night, Father had already said that he would take us to acquire the spirit rings for Ling Yun and Sister Bing'er's Spirits this time.
Early in the morning, the three of us took a carriage to the Soul Hunting Forest.
The Soul Hunting Forest is a Spirit Beast forest kept by the royal family; its area is not large, the oldest Spirit Beasts inside are only 5000 years old, and the types of Spirit Beasts are also relatively few, making it relatively safe inside.
Those who come here to acquire spirit rings are mostly low-level Spirit Masters.
For your first spirit ring, hunting a hundred-year Spirit Beast will suffice.
Follow me, don't get separated.
The three of us walked for a distance and saw a small river.
There were many Spirit Beasts drinking water by the river.
Most of these were low-level Spirit Beasts, and even hundred-year ones were rare.
We continued to walk forward for some time.
Finally, many hundred-year Spirit Beasts began to appear.
Father pointed to a green little bird on a branch not far away and told me, "Ling Yun, look, that's a Green Feather Bird, about 300 years old.
It's very suitable for your first ring."
Ling Yun pondered for a moment, "Father, my physique is now comparable to a level 20 Spirit Master.
My first spirit ring should be able to obtain one close to a thousand years."
"No, that's too dangerous.
Absorbing a spirit ring is very dangerous; if you can't endure it, at best you become a cripple, at worst your spirit power explodes and you die.
There is no chance to start over.
It's better to be conservative."