Mastering Spells

When he returned to his rented house, Zhang Xuan first sorted out the supplies and placed the three cultivation techniques on the table. Immediately after, he opened the familiar space and let out Little Moon.

The people in the world of cultivation did not accept demonic beasts. If he rashly released a familiar like Little Moon, it might cause misunderstandings among passersby.

Hence, after they came to the city, Zhang Xuan had Little Moon stay in the familiar space. And since she had stayed for too long, Little Moon was feeling uncomfortable.

As soon as she got out, Little Moon was like a happy child as she surrounded Zhang Xuan. However, after a few jumps, she suddenly turned around and ignored Zhang Xuan.

"Little Moon? Little Moon!" Zhang Xuan called out. Little Moon glanced at him and then ignored him.

Zhang Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, seeing that this little fellow was throwing a tantrum. He walked up and stroked Little Moon's back. "Don't be angry. I'll give you a massage tonight."

Although they had arrived at Yuan Wu City, Little Moon's strength could not be left behind. Thus, when Zhang Xuan came, he had also brought some earth spirit essence and moon dew cream.

The so-called massage was to continue applying moon dew cream for Little Moon.

Thinking about the comfort of a massage, Little Moon's tsundere attitude disappeared. She lowered her head and rubbed against Zhang Xuan's body.

"You'll be easily abducted like this," Zhang Xuan teased and told Little Moon, "You can play by yourself first. I want to cultivate." 

Ever since she had the familiar space, there were no longer any barriers between the human and the beast. Little Moon couldn't understand Zhang Xuan's words, but she could feel his thoughts through the familiar space.

At the same time, Zhang Xuan could understand Little Moon's thoughts.

Hence, after Zhang Xuan's warning, Little Moon retreated to the side.

Zhang Xuan picked up the three basic cultivation techniques and started to practice the spirit techniques.

The first task was to practice the fireball spell. Needless to say, the fireball spell was to condense a fireball outside the body by stimulating the genuine Qi in the body and using it to attack.

After mastering the advanced technique, the fireball spell could also be spread out and form a free flame shape, not limited to a ball.

Naturally, with Zhang Xuan's current strength, he was far from being able to master it. After all, he had just started practicing magic, and it would take a long time for him to advance.

After reading the main points of the fireball spell, Zhang Xuan calmed down and started to activate the true Qi in his body.

At Qi Gathering level 3, the genuine Qi in his body was still very weak, and he had just reached the point where he could let the genuine Qi flow through his meridians.

Thus, when he tried to condense the fireball for the first time, he felt a little tired.

There wasn't much true Qi that had gushed out of his dantian, and after flowing through his meridians layer by layer, there wasn't much left. When this true Qi was urged out of his body, the fireball condensed was only the size of a glass bead.

Just this alone took Zhang Xuan a lot of effort.

'This isn't a fireball spell. It's more like a windproof lighter.' Zhang Xuan's mouth twitched. If outsiders saw this fireball spell, they would laugh their heads off.

Luckily, only he and Little Moon were in the room. While Zhang Xuan was practicing, Little Moon was playing by the side, fiddling with the things in the corner from time to time. It knew that it shouldn't disturb Zhang Xuan's cultivation, so it didn't tear down the house like before.

Zhang Xuan glanced at Little Moon and continued to cultivate. After a few tries, he was finally able to control the true Qi in his body.

However, his foundation wasn't strong enough, and using his true Qi frequently consumed a lot of his energy. After a few practices, Zhang Xuan's face turned red, and he couldn't control his strength.

'Looks like I need to improve my foundation as soon as possible.' Zhang Xuan realized that he wasn't good enough. He rested for a while, and after his true Qi recovered, he continued to practice.

This time, they were going to the wild to pick moon dew grass, and some demonic beasts would appear from time to time.

Zhang Xuan wouldn't go deep into the forest as that would be suicide. But no matter what, he had to plan ahead and raise his combat strength. 

Even though Little Moon had a certain level of combat power now, he could not rely on her for everything. If he encountered a group of demonic beasts and Little Moon couldn't deal with them, he would at least have a way to protect himself.

Unknowingly, four hours had passed. After a few breaks and practice, Zhang Xuan finally grasped the basics of the fireball spell.

He calmed his mind and once again began to activate the genuine Qi in his body.

This time, the thin true Qi dispersed from his dantian and flowed out through a specific vein. Under the guidance of his consciousness, it gathered at Zhang Xuan's fingertip.

Whoosh! 

A fireball the size of a goose egg appeared on Zhang Xuan's fingertip. The bright light immediately lit up half the house.

"Wuwu~" Little Moon noticed this and was really curious, so she walked around Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan also smiled. After spending so much effort, the fireball spell had finally achieved some small success.

Next, Zhang Xuan started to practice the wind-controlling technique.

The imperial wind spell was a spell used for traveling. As the name implied, one could ride the wind and move forward after learning it, greatly increasing their movement speed.

Since he couldn't do it in the room, Zhang Xuan went outside to practice. He wasn't worried that it would cause a commotion. The people of the immortal cultivation world had long become accustomed to spells like riding the wind.

As the saying went, "One meridian is connected, and a hundred meridians are connected." With the foundation he had built from practicing the fireball spell, Zhang Xuan had long mastered the trick of circulating true Qi, so his practice of the imperial wind spell was quite smooth.

After trying a few times, Zhang Xuan found the key to getting started.

"Wind-controlling spell!" Zhang Xuan shouted as he channeled the true Qi from his dantian into his meridians.

As soon as he finished speaking, a light breeze appeared around Zhang Xuan's body, causing his speed to increase greatly. In Little Moon's eyes, Zhang Xuan had almost turned into an afterimage!

In an instant, Zhang Xuan walked around the room four to five times. After retracting his true Qi, Zhang Xuan stopped at the door.

With the imperial wind spell, he wouldn't have to worry even if he were to encounter danger. It didn't matter if he couldn't beat them, he would just run away.

The last one was the art of rejuvenation. The effect of rejuvenation was even simpler. It was a continuous healing spell.

Zhang Xuan only needed to use his true Qi to surround the target, and it would speed up the recovery.

Of course, this kind of spell was not immediate. It was only equivalent to speeding up the healing of the injury, and the healing effect was limited. If the injury was too serious, the basic rejuvenation spell was powerless and could only play the role of maintaining the injury.

However, to Zhang Xuan, these three spirit techniques were enough.

The fireball spell focused on killing, the rejuvenation spell could increase the number of mistakes one could make, and the imperial wind spell could allow one to retreat in time.

Without the guidance of a senior, Zhang Xuan had to figure out many things by himself. He spent an entire day practicing the three spirit techniques.

After mastering the three techniques, Zhang Xuan finally heaved a sigh of relief. "I finally have the means to protect myself. Even without Little Moon, I'm no longer a weak mortal."

This kind of growth made Zhang Xuan feel safe. However, he had also clearly realized his current weakness. As he had just entered Qi Gathering level 3, his own foundation was too weak. It was to the extent that he had to stop and recover temporarily when he was practicing just now.

"It seems I'll have to learn some talisman techniques in the future and engrave these techniques on the talismans. Otherwise, if I encountered a long battle, my foundation would appear to be too shallow."