Chapter 3: Changing Cultivation Method

After the banquet, all the members of the chicken-raising team went off to get busy.

　　The three Lin brothers stayed behind to clean up the pots and pans.Lin Yunwen used the Water Spirit Technique to wash the dishes, while his brothers Lin Yunyi and Lin Yunxiao helped him.

　　Lin Yunwen suddenly said, "Third brother, are you about to break through to the second level of Qi Refining?"

　　Lin Yunyi nodded and said, "Yes."

　　Lin Yunwen said with some surprise, "That's fast!"

　　Lin Yunwen was somewhat suspicious; did his third brother truly possess five spiritual roots?

　　This cultivation speed is comparable to that of his elder brother, who has dual spiritual roots.

　　Of course, it might be because of his precocious intelligence. When he was three years old, he was still confused about the concept of "qi entering the body," while his younger brother had already read various cultivation classics at a very young age.

　　It could also be because of the good food; as long as those with five spiritual roots are willing to invest heavily, their cultivation speed in the early stages will not be slow.

　　However, the five spiritual roots are a bottomless pit, and the gap becomes more and more pronounced as the game progresses.

　　The fourth brother, Lin Yunxiao, glanced at Lin Yunyi and Lin Yunwen, then lowered his head somewhat dejectedly, looking like a wilted eggplant.

　　Lin Yunwen felt a little uncomfortable. His third and fourth brothers were twins, born only an hour apart.

　　Although both of them have spiritual roots, neither of them has very good spiritual roots.

　　Among the short ones, the fourth brother should have better spiritual roots. But it's strange that while the third brother is almost at the second level of Qi Refining, the fourth brother hasn't even managed to draw Qi into his body.

　　It's been three years. Even someone with four spiritual roots should have successfully guided qi into their body by now.

　　From a young age, the fourth brother had been the third brother's lackey, and this remained true even after the spiritual root test results came out.

　　If the third brother's rapid progress is attributed to eating spirit meat and spirit eggs, then the fourth brother has also eaten quite a lot of them over the years, so it's really hard to figure out where the problem lies.

　　Lin Yunwen wanted to advise Lin Yunxiao to focus on cultivation and stop playing around, but seeing his fourth brother's dejected appearance, he couldn't bring himself to say anything.

　　Lin Yunwen thought to himself: Although my fourth brother has no talent in Qi cultivation, he has made rapid progress in body cultivation. His innate strength is already quite great. My third brother's door was replaced with ironwood after being reinforced, but it still couldn't withstand my fourth brother's repeated blows.

　　With his talent, Fourth Brother would probably be trained as an elite disciple in a family specializing in body cultivation. Unfortunately, they are a family of cultivators, and Fourth Brother's behavior seems somewhat like he is not doing his proper job.

　　Lin Yunwen finished washing the dishes and left.

　　Lin Yunxiao quickly composed himself and said, "Third Brother, when are we going to kill another chicken?"

　　Lin Yunyi: "Once you've mastered Qi cultivation, I'll kill two more for you on your own."

　　Lin Yunxiao said somewhat dejectedly, "Maybe it's just like what my clansmen said, I really don't have the talent. I've tried for three years, but I still can't figure it out."

　　Lin Yunyi looked at Lin Yunxiao, his eyes gleaming. "After three years of painstaking observation by your third brother, it's clear that your inability to draw qi into your body isn't due to a lack of effort or a lack of talent, but rather, because you've been working in the wrong direction!"

　　Lin Yunxiao blinked, somewhat excited.

　　He has actually tried, but he really can't feel that so-called talent. Over the years, he has been criticized for not working hard and not being smart.

　　After being criticized so many times, Lin Yunxiao couldn't help but wonder if it was really true. But this time, his third brother gave him a different answer.

　　Lin Yunxiao asked, somewhat puzzled, "Are you working in the wrong direction?"

　　Lin Yunyi nodded seriously and said, "Yes, you are not suitable for cultivating the Gengjin Sword Technique. If you want to draw Qi into your body, then give up the Gengjin Sword Technique and switch to cultivating fire-type techniques."

　　Lin Yunxiao asked with some doubt, "Is it feasible? The only foundation-building technique in our family is the Gengjin Sword Technique. The other techniques can only be cultivated up to the ninth level of Qi Refining. Our ancestor used the Gengjin Sword Technique to build his foundation. Most of the cultivators in our family with spiritual roots have metal spiritual roots. They will also have someone to guide them in cultivating this technique. Moreover, I have metal, water, and fire spiritual roots. Water and fire spiritual roots are mutually destructive, so cultivating the Gengjin Sword Technique is the best choice."

　　Lin Yunyi: "You've been practicing the Gengjin Sword Technique for three years now. Do you think it's good? No matter how good the Gengjin Sword Technique is, it's useless if it's not suitable for you. The Fire Flame Technique at home is not bad. If you can master it quickly, you can find a way to find a follow-up technique later."

　　Lin Yunxiao hesitated for a moment, then said, "But, Father, Ancestor..."

　　Lin Yunyi snorted and said with some arrogance, "What do those illiterate elders know? They only mislead the younger generation. Here's what we'll do: you go into seclusion to cultivate the Flame Fire Technique. If you can't draw Qi into your body after a month, I'll kill two chickens for you!"

　　Upon hearing this, Lin Yunxiao nodded solemnly and said, "Third Brother, I'll listen to you."

　　Lin Yunyi smiled and said, "As long as you choose the right path, you will have a bright future."

　　Hearing Lin Yunyi's words, Lin Yunxiao felt a surge of excitement. "Third Brother, do you really think so?"

　　Lin Yunyi nodded and said, "Of course, Fourth Brother, don't underestimate yourself. You're much better than that show-off eldest brother. You're my twin brother."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Third brother is indeed much smarter than eldest brother."

　　...

　　One day later.

　　Lin Yunwen was summoned by the members of the chicken-raising team.

　　Lin Yunwen looked at Lin Yunyi, full of confusion, and said, "Killing chickens again? Two of them?"

　　Lin Yunyi nodded and said, "Yes, two of them are the fattest, and the payment has been prepared."

　　Looking at the eggs in the basket, Lin Yunwen said helplessly, "This isn't about the fee; we just killed them a day ago."

　　Although spirit chicken can nourish a cultivator's body, if a cultivator's cultivation level is insufficient, consuming large amounts of it in a short period of time can easily lead to over-nourishment and a situation where the body is too weak to tolerate the nourishment.

　　Lin Yunyi, with his hands behind his back, said, "Fourth Brother has successfully guided Qi into his body. I promise to kill two chickens as a reward for him."

　　Lin Yunwen looked at Lin Yunxiao and said with some surprise, "He's drawn in Qi? Really!"

　　Lin Yunxiao said confidently, "That's right, I have already guided Qi into my body."

　　Lin Yunxiao proudly raised his head, feeling a surge of triumph.

　　Looking at Lin Yunxiao's arrogant demeanor, Lin Yunwen suddenly felt a little uneasy.

　　Lin Yunwen felt that the fourth brother, Lin Yunxiao, was a carbon copy of the third brother, Lin Yunyi.

　　Lin Yunyi always looked at the people in his family as if they were idiots. It was acceptable for the family to have one "talent" like the third brother, but two would be a bit too many.

　　Lin Yunwen grabbed Lin Yunxiao's hand, examined it, and said with surprise, "You really have drawn Qi into your body, but why is it fire-type spiritual power?"

　　Lin Yunxiao grinned and said, "That's right, fire-type spiritual power. I cultivated the Flame Technique. Third Brother was right. Father and Ancestor, those illiterate elders, didn't understand anything. I listened to Third Brother and switched to cultivating the Flame Technique. I was able to draw Qi into my body immediately. If I had known it was this simple, why would I have wasted three years!"

　　Lin Yunwen gave Lin Yunyi a complicated look, "Illiterate elder!"

　　Is this the image of the father and the ancestor in the third brother's mind?

　　My third brother's idea is truly outrageous!

　　Lin Yunyi looked at Lin Yunwen's expression, then at his smug fourth brother, and was speechless. This little idiot of a brother spilled everything. Was it something to casually say like "illiterate elder"? Although his brother was a fool, he was still his twin brother. He should just let it go!

　　Lin Yunyi changed the subject, saying, "Big brother, let's kill a chicken."

　　Lin Yunwen nodded and said, "Alright then, Fourth Brother has successfully guided Qi into his body, we should definitely celebrate."

　　The two chickens were quickly cooked, and Lin Yunxiao hugged a chicken leg and started gnawing on it with great relish.

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Big brother, third brother, you guys eat too! But all the chicken legs are mine."

　　Although a chicken was killed the day before, it was divided among more than a dozen people, and Lin Yunxiao didn't even get a chicken leg, only a chicken wing.

　　This meant he could have four chicken legs all to himself, and Lin Yunxiao felt an unprecedented sense of abundance.

　　Lin Yunwen looked at Lin Yunxiao, who was wolfing down his food, and said, "You've only just started to cultivate Qi, so eat slowly, or you won't be able to digest it."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "It's okay, I'm fine."

　　Lin Yunwen sensed that Lin Yunxiao's spiritual power was rapidly increasing. The spiritual meat he ate was being converted into fire spiritual power. It was truly terrifying that he had such an astonishing speed of spiritual power conversion after just advancing in his cultivation level.

　　Lin Yunwen frowned. Everyone in the family said that his father had given birth to a pair of genius sons and a pair of good-for-nothing sons.

　　Lin Yunwen suddenly had a feeling that his two "useless younger brothers" were more amazing than the other.