"Ding~ You infused 240 days of true qi into the Jade Grape, gaining a five-thousandfold cultivation return, which is 1.2 million days of true qi cultivation."
"Ding~ Your Jade Grape has accumulated enough energy and successfully advanced, becoming a Grade 3 Lower-tier spiritual plant."
Yang Hong originally only wanted to check the cultivation required for practicing spells, but he didn't expect the Jade Grape to advance at that moment.
It was a pleasant surprise.
"Ding~ You have practiced the second-tier minor spell [Minor Rain Technique] for 1.2 million days, and the Minor Rain Technique has been upgraded to the Proficient realm."
Seeing that it had only reached the Proficient realm, Yang Hong's face turned bitter.
One had to know that spell proficiency had several levels:
Entry-level, Skilled, Minor Accomplishment, Mastery, Great Accomplishment, Proficient, and Perfected.
The lower the quality of a spell, the simpler it was to cultivate.
1.2 million days of cultivation were still not enough to elevate a second-tier spell to the highest level, the Perfected realm. This was a true pitfall!
1.2 million days,
That was over 3,287 years!
Even an ordinary sixth-tier Nascent Soul stage cultivator might not live that long.
From this, one could also see the astonishing power of the Grandmaster Return System.
"Perhaps there are certain restrictions for the Perfected realm proficiency?"
With this thought, Yang Hong experimented with several other spells.
"Ding~ You have practiced the first-tier common spell [Fireball Technique] for 960,000 days, and the Fireball Technique has been upgraded to the Proficient realm."
"Ding~ You have practiced the third-tier secret spell [Spring Scenery Demonic Melody] for 840,000 days, and the Spring Scenery Demonic Melody has been upgraded to the Proficient realm."
As expected, it wasn't that Yang Hong's returned cultivation was insufficient, but rather that the "Perfected" realm had certain special requirements.
The system provided no hints about the specific requirements, leaving Yang Hong to discover them himself.
However, Yang Hong surmised that it likely required the comprehension of some artistic conception or realm.
It couldn't be forced for now.
Yang Hong spent four days practicing all 28 spells.
As expected, all spells could only be cultivated to the Proficient realm.
However, the true purpose of the Grandmaster System wasn't to quickly cultivate spells to the Proficient realm, but for synthesis and evolution.
After practicing two spells of the same tier and level, the system sent a notification to Yang Hong.
First-tier minor spells could evolve if 10 types were learned;
First-tier common spells required 20 types.
Second-tier minor spells also required 20 types to evolve, while common spells doubled to 40 types.
Third-tier minor spells required 30 types, common spells 60, major spells 90, and secret spells doubled to 120 types.
Furthermore, when evolving again, it wasn't a direct tenfold increase; as long as the number of spells with the same number of evolutionary stages reached 10, they could evolve again.
Following this pattern, Yang Hong discovered that spells were indeed less advanced than cultivation methods.
After practicing spells, the number of martial arts required for the evolution of the Breathing Technique and Body Forging Technique also increased.
Practicing immortal cultivation methods also accumulated this martial arts evolution count after cultivation.
First-tier spells of any grade accumulated 1 martial arts count, second-tier accumulated 3, and third-tier accumulated 9.
Yang Hong estimated that this would continue in this manner.
The accumulation for immortal cultivation methods differed from spells.
From the jade slip of the unknown Nascent Soul cultivator, Yang Hong learned that
Cultivation methods were divided into five grades: Yellow, Mysterious, Earth, Heaven, and Immortal.
Moreover, each grade of cultivation method was further divided into four tiers: Lower, Middle, Upper, and Ultimate.
The classification was very complex.
After learning the six new cultivation methods, Yang Hong found that he temporarily couldn't determine the quality or grade of his cultivation methods.
Among them, the earliest he learned, "Mysterious Maiden Spiritual Gathering Technique," corresponded to 36 martial arts counts, and "Plain Girl Yang Cultivation Technique" corresponded to 28 martial arts counts.
Among the six new cultivation methods, the least was a technique called "Nine Heavens Ten Earth Demon Extermination True Scripture," which only increased the martial arts count by 12.
Yang Hong never expected that a technique written in an incredibly complex manner with a grand name would have such a low rating in the system.
Conversely, a technique called "Lion Tiger Roar" corresponded to 60 martial arts counts, which surprised Yang Hong greatly.
Yang Hong was a transmigration, a complete outsider with no teacher, so he couldn't distinguish the grades of immortal cultivation methods. In fact, he couldn't even clearly distinguish the grades of martial arts.
Dong Chunyan was just a rogue cultivator, and her method of distinguishing immortal cultivation methods was to look at their names.
That "Nine Heavens Ten Earth Demon Extermination True Scripture" was her primary cultivation method.
One didn't know if Dong Chunyan would be angered back to life if she knew her main cultivation method was the worst.
As for Dong Chunyan's secondary cultivation method, "Spring Scenery Auspicious Technique," it corresponded to 45 martial arts counts, which was considered a good cultivation method.
It was a pity that Dong Chunyan, being ignorant, only practiced it to cast the secret spell [Spring Scenery Demonic Melody].
One didn't know how to describe this simpleton.
It was worth mentioning that "Lion Tiger Roar" and "Spring Scenery Auspicious Technique" were discovered together in the ruins of the Succubus Sect, along with the accompanying spell [Spring Scenery Demonic Melody].
However, the name of the cultivation method "Lion Tiger Roar" was too low-class, so Dong Chunyan did not fancy it.
Since Yang Hong discovered it, he naturally had to learn it well.
The martial arts, immortal cultivation methods, and spells he practiced, after evolving the Breathing Technique and Body Forging Technique, were not forgotten but merely faded. As long as Yang Hong wanted to use or cast them, he still could.
It was just that their power would be less than half of their original strength.
Therefore, Yang Hong prioritized practicing "Lion Tiger Roar."
Anyway, his cultivation was extremely simple; he just needed to farm.
The rest would be handled by the system's returns.
The days of cultivation (farming) always passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was late November, and the year was drawing to a close.
"Ding~ You infused 480 days of true qi into the Clear Heart Lotus, gaining a ten-thousandfold cultivation return, which is 4.8 million days of true qi cultivation."
"Ding~ Your cultivation has accumulated to ten million years in the Fusion Realm, reaching the limit of the Fusion Realm. Please evolve the Intermediate Body Forging Technique to break through to a higher cultivation realm."
As Yang Hong had predicted, his cultivation was stuck again after reaching ten million years in the Fusion Realm.
"Ding~ You have practiced the [Nine Heavens Ten Earth Demon Extermination True Scripture] for 4.8 million days, and the Nine Heavens Ten Earth Demon Extermination True Scripture has been upgraded to level 99."
As of today, all of Yang Hong's immortal cultivation methods were maxed out.
However, due to the different qualities of the cultivation methods, he was still unable to evolve them.
Even the numerous spells could not be evolved.
The requirement of the same tier and same level was indeed quite difficult.
This almost made Yang Hong want to let Jia Yuanchun and the others go out and snatch some.
But thinking about the dangers of the cultivation world, he held back.
He couldn't be reckless yet; his life was more important.
However, since his cultivation had progressed, it was natural to test it out.
When night fell, under the cover of darkness, the nine of them often cast the second-tier common spell [Invisibility Technique].
Under the watchful eyes of the imperial guards, they swaggered out of the palace.
Then, using the second-tier Lightness Technique, Wind Riding Technique, and Gentle Wind Technique, they flew to a forest more than a hundred miles away from Daxing City in half an hour.
"Bang~"
Wang Jing's fireball directly shattered a giant rock three zhang high.
"Rumble~~"
Zhang Lengyue's fire snake followed, completely pulverizing the cracked giant rock.
"Hissing~~ Sizzle~~"
Lu Xun's Minor Rain Technique directly extinguished the fire snake, and incidentally, further pulverized the already cracked stones.
Thermal expansion and contraction, it made sense.
This was something Yang Hong had taught them.
"Crack~ Crack~ Crack~"
Hu Qingyi and Zhou Fengzhi joined forces, casting Earth Solidification to turn into Rock. The fine stone fragments, combined with the surrounding soil, began to harden rapidly.
"Finger Earth to Steel~"
With a soft shout from Jia Yuanchun, a massive rock, four zhang square, slowly took shape.
"Clap, clap, clap. Good, good. Everyone has improved well."
Yang Hong applauded and slowly approached the giant rock. Then, with a gentle press of his palm, the giant rock cracked again.
However, this time, the giant rock split into perfectly uniform stone slabs, three inches wide, two zhang high, and four zhang long.
As for Li Xuefeng, who hadn't demonstrated his skills, he was silently casting wood-elemental magic on a small tree, accelerating its growth.
By the time everyone was about to leave, the small tree, which was originally only about 3 feet tall, had grown by over a foot.
By now, everyone around Yang Hong had cultivated to the Foundation Establishment realm.
Even in the Central Divine Continent, the most prosperous in cultivation civilization, this cultivation speed would be considered that of a genius.