Asking About Longevity: Chapter 103 Spells 1st update

 Chapter 103 Spells (1st update)

Mo Hua thought to himself, I deliberately made the title of the book so big that it can be seen from several feet away. What book do you want to ask about? How could this pretentiousness be any more fake?

“No need, I’ll just take a look.” Mo Hua said.

The more Mo Hua refused to agree, the more itchy Zhang Lan became. He took a closer look, then pretended to have just seen the title of the book and said:

""Collection of Qi Refining Spells", it's not bad. Want to learn spells? Have you reached the fifth level of Qi Refining?"

"We just arrived on the fifth floor. Let me take a look first. There's no rush." ​​Mo Hua pretended to be calm.

"How is it? Do you want me to teach you?" Zhang Lan raised his eyebrows.

“Uncle Zhang, are you a spiritual practitioner?”

 “Well, that’s right.”

"What do you mean... half-baked?" Mo Hua said.

Zhang Lan's face darkened, "What are you half-baked about? Where did you learn these messy words at such a young age?"

“I think your blood is not weak, but your spiritual power is not strong. Did I not see it?” Mo Hua asked.

Zhang Lan said proudly: "I used magic to cover my aura. Of course you can't see it. If you can also see it, wouldn't all my cultivation be in vain?"

“Oh, do you think you are cultivating both spirit and body?” Mo Hua asked curiously.

"It's not that easy to cultivate both spirit and body. I only trained my physical body a little to avoid being approached by physical cultivators when fighting with others. My major is spells. A monk who cultivates both spirit and body needs both unique qualifications and The inheritance of a famous family and a rich family, you may not be able to meet one in your life." Zhang Lan sighed.

Mo Hua is astonishing. He needs talent, inheritance, and family background. None of these three conditions are as big as the sky for Mo Hua. If he is reincarnated ten thousand times, he may not be able to succeed even once.

“Uncle Zhang, are you good at magic?”

 Zhang Lan said proudly: "It's not bad, just so-so."

 “That’s not very good.”

 Zhang Lan was so angry that he knocked Mo Hua on the head, "Do you understand that I am being humble? I am being humble!"

Mo Hua rubbed his little head and asked, "Which one is more powerful, you or Aunt Xue?"

"This," Zhang Lan hesitated, "I haven't had any experience with each other, how do I know?"

 “Then do you know how to do illusions?”

"of course not."

Mo Hua said: "Aunt Xue can do magic, but you can't, so you are definitely not as good as Aunt Xue! I'll ask Aunt Xue when I have time to see what kind of magic is best to learn."

 Zhang Lan was dissatisfied and said: "I just don't know how to use illusions. Other spells are not weaker than hers."

 “Really?” Mo Hua looked at Zhang Lan suspiciously.

“You can ask me any questions you have about Qi refining period spells.”

“Okay, if I want to learn magic now, which one is better?”

 “Is there anything you want to learn?” Zhang Lan asked.

Mo Hua handed the "Qi Refining Spells Collection" to Zhang Lan, "I picked a few spells, you can see which one is best to learn first."

Zhang Lan took the book and flipped through it a few times. He saw several spells on it and circled them with a pen.

 Fireball, water arrow, gold blade, earth and stone…

They can all be learned in the middle stage of Qi refining. The spells are not difficult and the spiritual power required to cast them is not too much.

Zhang Lan nodded and started learning basic spells. Don't aim too high. Mo Hua, a kid, has a pretty good eye.

Many monks just want to learn spells that are high-level, powerful, or rare. Little did they know that a higher level required more spiritual power, greater power, and longer casting time. The rarer the spell, the more demanding the conditions for learning it were.

Not to mention whether you can learn it or not, even if you learn it, a single spell will consume more than half of your spiritual energy. Once you fail to hit someone, you can basically just sit back and wait for death.

Zhang Lan stared at the ink painting for a while, and suddenly realized a question, "Are the spells you picked all attack-type spells?"

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment, "If you don't learn attack spells, then what are you going to learn?" "Don't you want to think about how to save your life?"

"That's right," Mo Hua suddenly realized, "You have to save your life first. If you can't save your life, who can you attack?"

 Qian Xing’s incident also made him understand that monks must have means to save their lives, otherwise they will be in a passive deadlock when they are suddenly in danger and have no ability to protect themselves.

"What are the life-saving spells, golden bell cover?" Mo Hua asked humbly.

“The golden bell is not bad, but it won’t be of much use to you.”

 “Why?” Mo Hua didn’t understand.

Zhang Lan looked at Mo Hua with a slightly disgusted look, "Don't you realize that your spiritual power is actually not strong?"

"That's because my cultivation level is low." Mo Hua argued with reason.

"Part of it is because of your low cultivation level, but the quality of your spiritual roots is mediocre. If I'm not wrong, the exercises you learned don't add much to spiritual power, so the spiritual power in your Qi Sea will definitely be higher than Those in the same realm are weaker."

Although Mo Hua doesn’t want to admit it, it seems that this is indeed true.

Zhang Lan looked at the ink painting and thought to himself that your spiritual root talent is average. If your spiritual root talent is as good as the formation talent, how can you repay it in the future?

 Sure enough, the way of heaven is relatively fair.

 Zhang Lan continued to explain: "If your spiritual power is weak, even if you cast defensive spells such as the Golden Bell, it won't last long. When your spiritual power is exhausted, you will still have to sit back and wait for death."

"Furthermore, the Golden Bell must predict the danger in advance and activate the spiritual power in advance. If it is attacked by a sneak attack and has no time to cast, it will be the same as not learning the spell."

Mo Hua was worried, "Then what should I learn?"

 You must have had your moments of worry too, so you don’t want to ask me!

 Zhang Lan felt secretly proud for a while.

 All problems during the Qi refining period are minor problems...as long as they don't involve formations.

Zhang Lan put on his airs for a while and then said to Mo Hua: "You can learn the body method."

  “Shenfa?”

“If you learn defensive spells like the Golden Bell Shield, you can only withstand attacks...” Zhang Lan glanced at the ink painting, “But your physical body and spiritual power cannot withstand it.”

Mo Hua nodded with deep understanding.

“So, if you learn body skills, you can advance and attack, retreat and hide. If you can’t, you can still run.” Zhang Lan said.

 “Wouldn’t there be any disadvantages?”

"There are definitely disadvantages. If you use defensive spells, you can at least get hit a few times before your spiritual power is exhausted. But if you use body skills to avoid it, you will either have clever footwork and escape unscathed. Otherwise, if you are not careful for a moment, you will be hit. If someone catches a flaw, the chances of success are basically worse."

“That’s the same as being attacked by others without any defense, right?”

"good."

Mo Hua hesitated for a moment and said: "For defensive spells, once the spiritual power is exhausted, they will be at the mercy of others. Once someone finds a flaw in the body magic spells, they are also like fish on the sword. But the body magic can be improved after all. Retreat, if you follow the example of a golden bell, you will really be unable to block or run away..."

 “Have you thought about it?”

 “Well, I’m learning Shenfa.”

Zhang Lan nodded, "It's quite smart. Since you can't be perfect, you can only use your strengths and avoid weaknesses."

Zhang Lan picked up the "Collection of Qi Refining Spells" and flipped through it. Then he picked up the pen on the table and drew out a few movement techniques. He was about to ask Mo Hua to choose one to practice, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

These movements are common movements during the Qi Refining period, so it is no problem for Mo Hua to learn them. But since they are common movements, he can teach them, and so can others. How can he show that he is superior in skills?

  It’s still the fifth update today.

Happy May Day everyone.

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)