Chapter 28: Ice Needle Technique
Lin Xuan then began to cultivate the second spell, the Ice Needle Skill!
Although this was only a middle ranked spell, yet it was rather special as its power could even be compared to quite a few high ranked spells that could only be cultivated at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
In the cultivation world, spells were categorized into three grades, the low-grade ones first, so how were the middle-grade and high-grade ones differentiated?
Power?
Yes, but not all of them, in fact, the main criterion for distinguishing them is that the ones that can be cultivated at the Spiritual Dynamism Stage are the middle-ranked spells, while the ones that must be cultivated at the Foundation Establishment Stage are the high-ranked spells.
Generally speaking, high order spells are more demanding and naturally stronger, but there are exceptions to everything, and amongst the middle order spells, there is the only one that is special, and that is the Ice Needle Skill!
Spiritual Dynamic Stage can also be cultivated, but the power of the Ice Needle Skill is no less powerful than some high ranked spells, for this issue, it is said that some senior cultivators even argued, saying that it should be categorized as a high ranked spell.
But for some unknown reason, this proposal didn't pass, and the Ice Needle Technique was still classified as a middle-ranked spell in the Complete Book of Spells, but of course, it was the strongest of the middle-ranked ones.
Some people jokingly referred to the Ice Needle Technique as a "pseudo middle rank spell".
Spiritual movement stage can be cultivated, the power can be compared with the high level spells, at first listen, the ice needle skill has a great temptation, low level disciples should all want to cultivate, however, the real situation is not so, the world can not be such a good thing, just as there is how much to pay for how much to gain, although the power of the ice needle skill tops the intermediate level spells, but difficult to cultivate is also notorious.
Its requirements for mana were not that high, but to be practiced, the divine sense had to be very strong, because the so-called Ice Needle Skill was actually using spiritual energy to condense the moisture in the air into hundreds of ice needles, each one of which was as strong as steel, and then maneuvering these ice needles to hurt the enemy.
Although each ice needle was small, manipulating hundreds of them at the same time demanded an unimaginably high level of divine sense, and practicing it was extremely strenuous.
Over the past thousand years, I don't know how many low level cultivators in the Spiritual Movement Stage had tried it, but in the end, very few were able to practice it. Before Foundation Establishment, to learn the Ice Needle Skill, one needed to be very tough and perseverant.
Lin Xuan's notes, written in great detail, not only contained the cultivation method of the Ice Needle Skill, but also these words that the Chair had said to them at that time.
Difficulties are in front of them, but Lin Xuan is not afraid, dare not say anything else, for perseverance, Lin Xuan is confident beyond measure, refining the heart road is not only cultivators above the foundation stage dare to go in, but he himself as well endured the torture of the illusionary realm.
The power of the Ice Needle Skill makes Lin Xuan's eyes greedy, after learning it, his own strength will make great progress, no matter what, he can't back down.
Lin Xuan began to cultivate hard, it turned out to be harder than he thought, the first few days, there was almost no progress, even though Lin Xuan's divine sense, was far more powerful than disciples of the same cultivation, cultivating the Ice Needle Skill, still made him suffer a lot.
For other people, doing something, or practicing a spell, failing once or twice was normal, failing three or four times could be tolerated, but if they failed seven or eight times or even more, they would surely be disheartened and choose to give up.
Can't say they don't have patience, this is also considered human nature, but Lin Xuan is different, he is mentally tough, belongs to the indomitable kind, think of the beginning, didn't obtain the ability to purify, know that ordinary people cultivate immortality is difficult and incomparable, but Lin Xuan still insisted on it amidst the cynicism and ridicule.
Other than that, just impacting the second layer of the Spiritual Movement Stage he had failed dozens of times, but still practiced without complaint.
So in the first few days of practicing the Ice Needle Skill, despite not having made the slightest progress, Lin Xuan, not to mention being discouraged, didn't even feel anxious and consistently practiced.
The teacher made it very clear that although over the past ten thousand years, there have been very few Spiritual Dynamic Stage disciples who have been able to practice it, there are always others who can, so why can't I do it?
With this kind of not to achieve the goal, will not stop the mentality, Lin Xuan diligently practice, failed over and over again, but the more frustrated the more courageous, finally, two months later, Ice Needle Technique slightly accomplished.
Compared to learning the Spiritual Shield, which only took three days, the speed of mastering the Ice Needle Technique seemed to be very slow on the surface, but it wasn't, according to the records, not to mention the lower ranked disciples of the Spiritual Dynamics Stage, even if they were experts entering the Foundation Establishment Stage, if they wanted to master the Ice Needle Technique, it would take them almost two months, so Lin Xuan's speed was actually already quite astonishing.
The reason why he had such an achievement was because of his hard work and his character to never give up, and secondly, it had to do with the large amount of marrow cleansing pills that he needed every day.
Nine pills per day, one of which was also a precious middle grade Dan, the powerful medicinal power not only helped to raise cultivation, but was also beneficial for practicing spells, so it was no surprise that Lin Xuan had been able to master the Ice Needle Skill in a relatively short period of time.
And as the strongest middle-ranked spell, the Ice Needle Skill was also renowned, and on the day it was practiced, Lin Xuan once again went to that mysterious canyon that only he knew about, and quietly tested its power.
First chose a boulder weighing more than a thousand pounds, as the target of the attack, then Lin Xuan began to mobilize the spiritual energy in his body, he stretched out his right hand, piercing sound, the upper part of the palm of the white fog lingering, the fog appeared in the hundreds of crystal clear ice needles.
With a wave of Lin Xuan's hand, those ice needles flew over like boulders, and amidst the cold light, the hard boulders were riddled with holes and were shattered into sieves.
Lin Xuan nodded his head with satisfaction, then applied a low level Giant Power Technique to himself, and pushed the boulder off the cliff, although this canyon was very hidden, and even if someone came, they wouldn't know that he was the one who performed the Ice Needle Technique that left traces on the stone, but Lin Xuan had always been meticulous in his approach, and tried to leave as many cracks as possible, and pushed the boulder off the cliff in order to make it fool-proof.
After doing all this, Lin Xuan began to evaluate his ice needle skill, honestly, according to the description of the chair, his own manipulation of a hundred ice needles at the same time can only be regarded as a slight success, when the ice needle skill practiced to the point of pure perfection, it is said to be able to manipulate nearly a thousand ice needles at a time, then it is really the sky is covered, it is difficult to resist.
Though he was mesmerized, Lin Xuan was not the kind of person who was impractical, with the cultivation level of the Spiritual Dynamic Stage, it was impossible to practice the Ice Needle Technique to the peak, not to mention that even with the current one hundred Ice Needles, the power could be compared to certain high level techniques.
One should be both motivated but not overly ambitious, and in this current state, one had already reached one's intended goal.
