A Farmer's Journey To Immortality - Chapter 544: Leveling Up the Spirit Cultivation Arts
Chapter 544: Leveling Up the Spirit Cultivation Arts
“So… I won’t have to spend decades training them step by step?”
Aksai asked, his voice filled with excitement. He couldn’t have imagined that he could use his Spirit Farming Points this way.
“Correct. Your soul will receive compressed intuitive understanding drawn from both the database I’ve collected and your own experiences.
Thanks to the various books and tomes you collected from Haitin, the database has recently been updated as well.
The practice sessions will be tailored to help you digest the information gathered from Haitin, the Holy Land Torel, and other sources more effectively.
This method can reduce decades of training to just a few sessions. However, you must still perform the base exercises so that your body, mind, and soul remain in harmony. This will ensure no backlash.
If you choose to raise the level of the Cultivation Arts forcefully using Spirit Farming Points, it may have negative consequences.
Furthermore, the amount of Spirit Farming Points required to raise these levels will also increase exponentially if you skip the practice sessions. As such, it is suggested that you invest time in conducting these brief sessions.”
Aksai’s eyes gleamed with interest. But he chuckled in the next moment before saying further. “That… sounds almost too good to be true. Will this shortcut cost me in some way in the long run? Because I don’t want to deal with the unstable foundation later on.”
The Neural Link Fabric replied calmly.
“It is not a shortcut, Master Aksai. It is the refinement of the experiences and knowledge you have gathered so far.
Of course, this method has its own set of limitations. Most of these come from the need to deepen the existing database to higher levels as well as your cultivation level.
But for now, it is recommended that you raise the levels of your Cultivation Arts using the suggested method. Your current cultivation realm now supports such soul-related upgrades.”
Aksai chuckled. “So… no backlash and unstable foundation. I just need to spend some Spirit Farming Points and be part of some practice sessions. Heh, now that’s something I can get behind.”
He looked up at the spectral screen again, then rubbed his hands together in excitement. “Alright. Let’s start with Artifact Forging. I’ve been meaning to sharpen that anyway.”
“Very well,” the Neural Link Fabric said. “Please begin the warm-up exercises for Artifact Forging. I will guide you step by step.”
Aksai made his way toward the tall stone building nestled within the Enchanted Everwood Farm’s isolated space.
This building, shaped like a fortress with glowing green vines running along its edges, was his private workshop—dedicated to artifact forging.
As he stepped inside, the door closed behind him with a quiet hum. The atmosphere inside smelled of old metal, burning ores, and aged wood—a scent he had always associated with long hours of craftsmanship.
The room was wide, with several forging tables, storage shelves filled with rare Spirit metals and minerals, and specialized equipment that could only be used by Spirit cultivators.
At this point, almost all of the equipment was 2nd Order in quality, meaning it could only be handled by a Foundation Building Expert like him.
Aksai rolled his shoulders and took a deep breath.
“I’m ready,” he said aloud.
The Neural Link Fabric responded at once in a gentle voice.
[ Begin with warming up your Spirit essence flow. Channel it into your hands and arms. Recall the 5th style breathing rhythm mentioned in the Sun-Moon Duality. ]
The Neural Link Fabric decided to insert the thought directly into Aksai’s mind instead of continuing on with the conversation. This way, he wouldn’t be distracted.
Aksai nodded and sat cross-legged in front of the large Spirit furnace. He closed his eyes and followed the breathing rhythm, allowing his Spirit essence to slowly circulate through his body and down into his fingertips.
His hands started to glow faintly. When he opened his eyes, his movements were steady, focused.
Time flew like running water.
On the first day, he followed the foundational steps. Melting metals with controlled heat, refining the impurities with precise Spirit spells, shaping the molten mass into cores and blades.
Each time he repeated a step, his understanding deepened. The Neural Link Fabric would inject fragments of intuitive knowledge directly into his soul, helping him understand why certain angles worked better, why certain energies were more compatible.
By the end of the first day, he wasn’t just following steps anymore. He was forging instinctively. His tools moved smoother. The shaping chisel felt like an extension of his fingers.
His breathing aligned with the forge’s rhythm. He smiled as he completed a Spirit artifact—an enhanced defensive bracer—with far better quality than anything he had made before.
[ Artifact Forging Expertise: High Level achieved ]
The Neural Link Fabric informed.
On the second day, he began working on more complex blueprints. The Neural Link Fabric fed him deeper insights, showing him layered diagrams, elemental affinity patterns, and balance structures.
Aksai’s Spirit sense was sharp enough to pick up the smallest of flaws before they appeared. His forging wasn’t just about creating objects—it became a process of carving his will into form.
He made tools that could adapt to their user’s Spirit root. Rings that could store elemental spells. Even a belt buckle that functioned as a backup defensive artifact. Each item was more complex than the last, and yet he crafted them with growing ease.
His hands were blackened with soot. His robe was stained with Spirit ash. But his eyes sparkled.
[ Artifact Forging Expertise: Master Level achieved ]
By the third day, Aksai didn’t need the Neural Link Fabric to speak as much. Its prompts came only now and then—small nudges and insights.
Most of the time, Aksai was ahead of the instructions. He moved across the room like a veteran master. His Spirit essence flowed without resistance. His every strike on the metal had precision and force.
He began to forge artifacts that included formation arrays directly within them. He fused rare metals and embedded runes that he created on the spot. His thoughts and the furnace were in sync. There were times when the flames responded to his emotions.
By nightfall of the third day, Aksai stood before a long workbench. On it lay an intricate Spirit sword with glowing veins running along the blade, a protective necklace carved from beast bone and crystal, and a pair of footwear that could bend gravity slightly.
All three items were works of a grandmaster.
[ Artifact Forging Expertise: Grandmaster Level achieved ]
The Neural Link Fabric confirmed in a soft tone.
Aksai finally sat down beside the furnace, sweat trailing down his temples, his arms heavy. He looked at his creations, his smile slow but deep.
He felt relieved that he had a way to upgrade all of his Spirit Cultivation Arts without having to spend a whole lot of time, effort, and resources. This way, he could continue to explore the otherworlds without compromising on his path as a Spirit cultivator.
If anything, he could use the knowledge and resources he would gather from otherworlds to expedite the process of leveling up his cultivation arts.
Aksai was excited. As such, he didn’t stop. After freshening up, he got outside the Enchanted Everwood Farm and started traveling for a couple of days. After finding another secure checkpoint, he got back to Enchanted Everwood Farm.
It was time to level up another Spirit Cultivation Art.
Aksai stood quietly in front of a wide wooden table in one of the smaller rooms inside his Enchanted Everwood Farm. This room was dedicated solely to the creation of talismans.
The shelves were filled with different types of Spirit papers, beast blood, essence ink, fine brushes, and sealing threads. The scent of dried herbs and faint traces of ink lingered in the air.
He had also kept the books, tomes, scrolls, and other resources related to the Heretic Dao he had received from Mao and Haitin in this room.
He took a deep breath and rolled up his sleeves.
“Alright,” Aksai said calmly, placing his palm on the center of the table. “Let’s begin with talismans this time.”
The Neural Link Fabric responded in its soft, now-familiar voice.
“Initializing Talisman Creation sequence. This time, we will include references from the Heretic Dao manuscripts you stored recently.”
Aksai began the practice with the standard warm-up exercises—breathing slowly, syncing his Spirit essence with the tip of the brush, adjusting his wrist to control the ink flow. His first talisman was a simple Flame Burst. The brush moved smoothly across the paper as the rune lines glowed faintly behind the dark ink.
“Your lines are smoother than before,” the Neural Link Fabric noted. “Your control over essence flow is improving.”
Over the course of the first day, Aksai kept creating and destroying dozens of talismans—Flame Burst, Wind Slice, Stone Skin, and even ones that were called small illusions.
Each time, the Neural Link Fabric injected a little more insight into his mind. The Heretic Dao’s understanding of layered intent allowed Aksai to craft talismans with multiple effects hidden in one symbol.
By nightfall, the energy coming from each talisman was more concentrated, more stable, and a lot faster to activate.
[ Talisman Creation Expertise: High Level achieved ]
The Neural Link Fabric reported.
The second day, Aksai dived into deeper concepts.
The Heretic Dao had many risky but clever ways to embed conditional triggers inside talismans—triggers that could respond to a person’s emotion, Spirit essence signature, Qi signature, or even sound. These weren’t things normal talisman creation methods and arts as well as regular talisman masters could do.
He began experimenting.
He made a talisman that would explode only when fear was sensed. Another that would turn into smoke only if a specific name was called.
These weren’t battle-grade talismans, but they helped him understand how to embed higher logic and intent into every stroke.
By the end of the second day, he was working faster than ever, barely needing any verbal guidance.
[ Talisman Creation Expertise: Master Level achieved ]
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