[Improve Cultivation Talent]

[Ding, participant No. 265 envies you, +53 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 355 hates you, +23 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 125 envies you, +123 W.E]

....

[Ding, participant No. 69 admires you, +75 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 32 is jealous of you, +93 W.E]

....

[Ding, participant No. 176 envies you, +130 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 6 envies you, +150 W.E]

A symphony of chimes echoed in Jian Ning's mind as his W.E skyrocketed.

"Ling, show me my current W.E."

[Ding, displaying... ]

[Ding, total W.E: 264,000 W.E]

Jian Ning smiled brightly before furrowing his brows.

"Ling, if I want to increase my talent right now, will it cause any noise or anything else that might make it obvious I've just increased my talents?" asked Jian Ning with a slight frown.

After all, imagine if those old guys from the Purple Mansion Realm wanted to steal my opportunities or study my body to try to increase their talent like I did.

Moreover, unlike fortunate son like Jian Shi who have a huge luck and various hidden cards, Jian Ning had practically no solution if a much more powerful cultivator attacked him with the intention of capturing or killing him, after all he has only a sky rank luck.

[Ding, in response to the host, this time, no visible phenomenon will occur.]

Ling replied coldly, which caused Jian Ning to sigh in relief.

"Ling, increase my cultivation talent."

[Ding, congratulations to the host for increasing your cultivation talent from Low Earth rank to Middle Earth rank. Your W.E gain per minute has changed from 22 W.E/min to 30 W.E/min.]

Jian Ning suddenly felt his body change, as if it were evolving!

His cells became more active, multiplying at a dizzying speed, and absorbing energy much faster.

It was as if his very existence had ascended to a higher rank.

This showed just how important cultivation talent was. Jian Ning felt that his future path of cultivation would be smoother and longer.

"It seems that my choice to save W.E to increase my cultivation talent was a good one. Fortunately, my IQ is high enough to use Ling the right way," Jian Ning mentally congratulated himself.

In fact, the way Jian Ning used Ling was probably the most suitable for the functions offered by Ling.

Ling's main function is to enhance practically everything that appears on the host's status. So, instead of increasing things that can be easily and quickly improved, like cultivation, martial techniques, or artistic conceptions, it's better to use W.E to increase talents that can boost overall combat power and fluidify the understanding of martial techniques and artistic conceptions.

Jian Ning had long decided to only enhance his talents unless a delicate situation forced him to do otherwise. For example, if he faced powerful enemies, Jian Ning would naturally increase his cultivation base, his martial techniques, or his artistic conceptions, to face this danger.

"Ling, show me my status," Jian Ning joyfully commanded.

[Name: Jian Ning ]

[Cultivation: Rank 6 Qi Gathering [28,000/120,000] (+)]

[Age: 14 years old ]

[Body: Storm Body "Dormant"]

[Talent: Middle Earth rank cultivation talent [0/1,000,000] (+) // Middle Sky rank lightning talent [0/2,480,000] (+) // Middle Sky rank wind talent [1,010,000/5,000,000] (+) // Low King rank sword talent [60,000/10,000,000] (+) // Low Yellow rank ice talent (+)]

[Cultivation Technique: "Jian Family Technique" (Middle Yellow rank) – Mastered to Perfection – [2,185/3,200] (+)]

[Martial Skills: 'Leaf Sword Technique' (Middle Yellow rank) – Mastered to Perfection – [1,000/3,200] (+) // 'Mystic Phantom Steps' (Middle Yellow rank) – Mastered to the Peak – [230/1,600] (+) // 'Shadowless Sword Technique' (High Yellow rank) – Mastered to Peak Achievement – [9,600/9,600] (+) // 'Wind Breeze Steps' – Mastered to the Peak Achievement – [9,600/9,600] (+) // 'Shadowless Legs' (High Yellow rank) – Mastered to Perfection – [0/9,600] (+) // 'Hurricane Sword Art, One Move' (Currently Low Profound rank) – Mastered to Initial Stage – [0/800] (+)]

[Artistic Conceptions: 10% initial Sword Intent [0/100,000] (+) // 10% rank 1 Lightning Intent [0/100,000] // 70% rank 1 Wind Intent [0/100,000]]

[Luck: Sky rank [400/800]]

[Total Energy: 0 White Energy]

[White Energy per minute: 30 White Energy / minute]

"What? I need four times more W.E to level up my cultivation talent to the next level?" Jian Ning mentally exclaimed in shock.

[Ding, Ling would like to remind the host that increasing talents using points you gain passively every minute is already an unprecedented miracle, so it's completely normal for it to become more expensive.]

Ling said in a somewhat more human voice before Jian Ning could even ask.

It almost seemed like Ling was becoming smarter.

"Is Ling getting stronger...?" Jian Ning wondered internally.

[Ding, if the host becomes stronger, how could Ling remain stagnant?] Ling replied.

"It really seems like Ling is constantly evolving. It's starting to resemble the treasure spirits I've heard about in legends, as if it has its own personality," Jian Ning thought as he reflected on the origin of Ling.

...

This time, Ling made no comment, unlike previous times.

While Jian Ning was still pondering Ling's secret, Elder Xiang and Elder Tan had finished distributing the rewards to the other candidates and had reached Jian Ning's turn.

"Child Jian, I congratulate you for winning first place in this trial. Your talent has dazzled us, and we sincerely hope that your cultivation journey will reach heights we cannot imagine," declared Elder Xiang with a sincere tone and a broad smile on his face.

It was clear that the elder was very pleased with Jian Ning's result. In fact, he was also happy with the quality of the new sect disciples, as generally, only a few disciples reach the first rank each year, at most five times. But this time, there were 10 new disciples who reached this rank, setting a new record.

One could say that the entire top 11 was at least of the Qi Gathering rank, except for Jian Shi, of course.

Elder Tan then spoke.

"Child Jian, do you want me to give you the rewards in an offered spatial ring, or do you want to put them in your own?" Elder Tan asked kindly, which caused another shower of W.E from the other disciples.

[Ding, participant No. 499 envies you, +96 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 500 hates you, +16 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 500 is jealous of you, +152 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 25 is jealous of you, +68 W.E]

....

Jian Ning simply smiled before thanking Elder Tan. "The junior only has a low-rank spatial ring, so the junior thanks the senior for their gift," he replied with a charming and polite smile.

Jian Ning was obviously not going to refuse such a treasure as a spatial ring. Moreover, it was evident that the two elders liked him, so it was more likely that they would give him a higher-rank spatial ring than his own.

"Alright! Here, child Jian, in this spatial ring are your rewards," said Elder Tan as he handed him a spatial ring that was visibly of high rank.

With ten times more space than his low-rank spatial ring.

Jian Ning thanked him politely while taking the spatial ring, to the great dissatisfaction of the other disciples.

It should be noted that the two elders just handed out the rewards without even asking if they had spatial bags or spatial rings.

In fact, they gave the rewards into the participants' hands, and if they got stolen, it wasn't their problem. This earned several nasty looks towards Jian Shi from the other participants, especially the 11th ranked who was also of the first Qi Gathering rank.

[Ding, participant No. 429 envies you, +106 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 100 hates you, +69 W.E]

[Ding, participant No. 11 is jealous of you, +232 W.E]

.....

"Well, it's time to move on to the next trial, so follow me quietly!" declared Elder Xiang loudly before heading in the opposite direction of the forest.