Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 300 - 157: Methods to Break Through Body Refinement Bottlenecks (Part 5)
These Jiang Hongguang and his wife are both around forty years old, and I hadn’t heard them mention having descendants before.
It’s quite unexpected that at this age, they had another son, which indeed surprised Chu Ning a bit.
Hearing Chu Ning’s congratulations, Jiang Hongguang laughed heartily.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Jiang Hongguang finally bid farewell and left.
Chu Ning, on the other hand, started pondering over what gift would be appropriate to give them.
Over the years, Chu Ning’s storage bag had accumulated quite a few items.
However, many of these items were obtained from defeating other cultivators.
Giving them to a baby celebrating a full month of life was undoubtedly inappropriate, and there was also the risk that if anyone recognized them, it might bring trouble to the recipient.
After some thought, Chu Ning decided that giving a few talismans would be more appropriate.
But of course, the grade shouldn’t be too low; intermediate talismans were a must. As for which talisman...
Chu Ning felt a slight inspiration in his heart at that moment.
Originally, he didn’t have many intermediate middle grade talismans, mostly purchased from the Cloud Sea Pavilion previously.
However, after going through the Spirit Realm and several other battles, he was left with only one or two.
Nonetheless, it seemed like he could try crafting this intermediate middle grade talisman himself.
In fact, after reaching Qi Refining Perfection and being able to make intermediate lower grade talismans, Chu Ning had already started analyzing the talisman source with these intermediate middle grade talismans.
Yet, previously, the success rate for crafting those intermediate lower grade talismans never really increased.
Thus, Chu Ning hadn’t attempted crafting the intermediate middle grade talisman.
Two months ago, after Cen Zijin finished making the Cloud Pattern Talisman Brush, Chu Ning began crafting more intermediate lower grade talismans.
The success rates for the intermediate lower grade talismans he currently knew had already surpassed seventy percent.
Thus, he could indeed attempt crafting the intermediate middle grade talisman.
Thinking of this, Chu Ning immediately headed to the Talisman Making Room.
After taking out his tools, he started thinking about an intermediate middle grade talisman called the Earth Arrow Spirit Talisman.
This talisman was an earth attribute defense talisman that Chu Ning purchased from the Cloud Sea Pavilion initially.
The talisman source analysis was already long completed, making it perfect for a practice attempt now.
Crafting intermediate middle grade talismans was indeed challenging; theoretically, Chu Ning could craft this talisman after analyzing its source.
However, when he actually attempted it, it wasn’t simple at all.
After all, this was a case of crafting a talisman beyond his current level.
After dozens of attempts, Chu Ning finally succeeded in crafting the first talisman.
This crafting success rate was indeed the lowest Chu Ning had encountered since learning talisman making.
However, upon completing the first talisman, the subsequent success rate quickly improved.
Over the next few days, Chu Ning continued to practice.
The crafting success rate swiftly increased from around ten percent to nearly thirty percent.
The quality of the talismans was also steadily improving and stabilizing.
Chu Ning selected the three Earth Arrow Talismans he was most satisfied with, then made a Hollow Jade Pendant using a piece of jade, placing the three talismans inside the pendant.
When the time set by Jiang Hongguang arrived, Chu Ning left his cave mansion and flew to the center of Feihong Island.
Since today they were expecting guests from other islands, Jiang Hongguang possibly thought it wasn’t good for too many people to know about the Tier Two Hidden Spirit Vein.
So the banquet was not held in his newly opened cave mansion.
Instead, it was set up in the original Island Lord’s Mansion within the island.
Previously, because of the scattered Spiritual Qi from the Tier One Spirit Vein, Jiang Hongguang hadn’t specifically opened a cave mansion.
Instead, he built a spacious courtyard in the island’s center as the Island Lord’s Mansion.
Chu Ning didn’t use the Wind Chasing Shuttle; instead, he flew over directly using the Divine Wind Escape.
He hadn’t used this escape technique much since acquiring it and wanted to take this opportunity to try it.
Flying to the center of Feihong Island, from a distance, Chu Ning saw a large courtyard.
When Chu Ning first came to Feihong Island, he’d visited once, and quickly descended in front of the courtyard.
"Is this Elder Chu?"
Chu Ning had just landed at the gate when a cultivator, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old and at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, approached respectfully and asked.
Chu Ning nodded, somewhat surprised, and said:
"You recognize me?"
This cultivator immediately bowed and saluted, saying:
"My master showed me your portrait and instructed me specifically to greet the elder here."
Hearing the young man’s words, Chu Ning couldn’t help but feel amused at how formally Jiang Hongguang was taking everything.
The fact that Jiang Hongguang had taken in disciples caught Chu Ning a bit off guard too.
But thinking about it, in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, reaching the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining already qualified someone to be a small isle master, so it seemed reasonable.
Under the guidance of this young cultivator, Chu Ning entered the main gate, and before he’d taken a few steps, Jiang Hongguang quickly came out to greet him.
"Fellow Daoist Chu is here. I apologize for not coming out to meet you; please forgive me."
Chu Ning cupped his hands towards him, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, you’re too kind."
As they conversed, Jiang Hongguang led Chu Ning into the main hall.
The young cultivator watching Chu Ning’s back was full of envy.
"I heard from my master that this Elder Chu is already at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and he’s younger than me."
The young man muttered softly.
Though Chu Ning had walked a bit far, he still heard the remark.
He then smiled and asked, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, how many disciples have you taken?"
Hearing this question, Jiang Hongguang immediately felt a bit embarrassed and replied:
"It’s embarrassing. In my early years, as I didn’t have children, I thought about having some juniors around.
Over time, I took in about seven or eight disciples; it’s somewhat a case of leading the young astray, making me a bit of a laughingstock for Fellow Daoist Chu."
"It’s not a big deal; the fact that these people can embark on the cultivation path is largely thanks to Fellow Daoist Jiang’s guidance."
