Chapter 39

The Scripture Pavilion is a crucial place where a sect stores its classics, but it is also the best venue for disciples to learn skills.

Due to his special status, when Rong Kexiong was reading the incantation, he immediately caught the attention of the other three late-stage Spirit Practitioners.

Seeing the obvious change in Rong Kexiong's expression, the three of them exchanged a surprised glance, their eyes filled with incomprehension.

Could it be that after reading the talisman book, he could comprehend it so quickly?

However, this thought flashed through their minds only momentarily. They were not unfamiliar with the Water Ripple Incantation in Rong Kexiong's hands. It was a famous secret technique among water-based incantations, known for its ability to confuse enemies, and almost all water-based Spirit Practitioners would choose to cultivate this incantation.

However, although the Water Ripple Incantation was only a first-tier lower-grade incantation, it was the most advanced among all first-tier incantations.

Due to the extremely powerful effects of the incantation, it required a very high level of control over water-based spiritual energy when performed.

Let alone a beginner Spirit Practitioner, even a peak-level Spirit Practitioner might not be able to easily comprehend this secret technique.

Therefore, they would never believe that Rong Kexiong could master the Water Ripple Incantation in just a short moment of meditation.

However, they would never know.

Rong Kexiong's divine consciousness was connected to a distant spirit body, and the spirit body was a natural Spirit Practitioner. Their control over their elemental power had reached an unimaginable and incomprehensible height. This was a natural ability of the spirit body, and even the most powerful humans or other beings could not match it.

After all, the spirit body itself was a part of the elemental energy of heaven and earth. One could say that they were the children of the elemental energy of heaven and earth, and their control over their elemental power was an innate ability.

If it were a high-level secret technique, the water-based spirit body might not be able to comprehend it at its current strength.

However, a mere first-tier incantation was far from being a challenge for the spirit body.

Almost the moment it received Rong Kexiong's intent, the water-based spirit body had already grasped the essence of the incantation and used its power to a nearly perfect degree in battle.

At the same time, Rong Kexiong, whose mental consciousness was connected to the spirit body, was also personally involved in the battle and had cast the Water Ripple Incantation several times.

At this point, even if Rong Kexiong had been completely ignorant of incantations before, he could now at least perform them in a standard manner.

Feeling the strange gazes around him, Rong Kexiong was taken aback and turned his head to look.

The three of them quickly smiled, seemingly trying to be friendly or showing concern for his condition.

Rong Kexiong nodded in return and closed his eyes again. This time, he was genuinely resting and recuperating.

After nearly half an hour, Rong Kexiong felt that his spirit had recovered sufficiently. He stood up, put the talisman book back in its place, and picked another one to read.

The three of them exchanged another glance, their eyes filled with shock.

They saw clearly that the first talisman book Rong Kexiong had chosen was a water-based incantation, and this time, he had chosen an earth-based incantation.

Just like with the previous talisman book, Rong Kexiong read it for a while, then immediately closed his eyes, seemingly in deep thought or calculation.

The three late-stage Spirit Practitioners in the room could sense a faint, strange energy fluctuation from Rong Kexiong.

However, this energy fluctuation was extremely subtle and not enough to trigger any incantation, so although they all sensed it, they were puzzled and could not understand it.

After a long time, Rong Kexiong opened his eyes, a smile on his face.

After a brief rest, he put the earth-based incantation back in its place and chose a metal-based incantation.

At this point, the three late-stage Spirit Practitioners in the room had no interest in studying any incantations. Instead, they kept exchanging glances, guessing what Rong Kexiong was up to.

Spirit Practitioners, even those at the peak of this realm, rarely studied multiple elemental incantations simultaneously.

Spirit Practitioners were merely the most basic rank in the spiritual system.

They were still in the stage of learning and laying the foundation. Expecting them to study composite incantations was simply a foolish act.

However, in just one day, Rong Kexiong had read three talisman books, and more puzzlingly, these three books belonged to different major elements, making it even harder for others to understand.

Rong Kexiong's method of reading talisman books was very different from that of ordinary people. After reading, he would close his eyes and meditate for a while, then rest for about half an hour.

In other words, he could finish reading a talisman book in at most two hours.

This speed was not particularly fast, but it was certainly not slow either.

However, when ordinary Spirit Practitioners entered the Scripture Pavilion, they would usually read only one talisman book at a time. After reading, they would spend a lot of time practicing until they successfully mastered the incantation or gave up if they found it unsuitable.

Behavior like Rong Kexiong's was not unheard of, but it was certainly rare. At least, in the hundreds of years of the Rong family's history, no one had ever done so.

After reading three talisman books, Rong Kexiong did not continue browsing because he felt tired.

He stood up, nodded slightly to the three senior brothers, and left with a smile.

After watching him leave, the three of them could not help but whisper to each other.

"Senior brothers, what is Junior Brother Kexiong doing?"

"I think he is learning incantations."

"He already has Senior Sister Wang's guidance, why does he need to come here to read on his own?" one of them said enviously.

He was one of Wang Xiaoxiao's admirers and was envious of Rong Kexiong's treatment. However, he knew that his own talent in spiritual cultivation was far inferior to Rong Kexiong's, so he could not enjoy such benefits.

Another person chuckled lightly, "This is simple, we can just ask someone."

The three of them were veteran Spirit Practitioners in the family, with a higher status than the servants in the Scripture Pavilion.

After a brief inquiry, they immediately learned the reason, and even Huang Zixuan's evaluation of him was relayed to them.

Upon receiving this information, they could not help but laugh.

They had never encountered such an arrogant person before.

A beginner Spirit Practitioner actually wanted to learn all elemental incantations, truly not knowing the vastness of the world.

Before long, rumors about Rong Kexiong spread throughout the Spirit Hall. However, everyone unanimously believed that this young man's confidence was overly inflated, and he was likely to fall soon.

Rong Kexiong, however, paid no attention to the outside world and devoted all his energy to learning and practicing incantations.

Every day, he would report to the Scripture Pavilion on time and read two or three talisman books.

After reading, he would transmit the contents of the talisman books to the spirit bodies through the shadow in the Yin Hall's sphere, and they would learn and cast the incantations.

During the casting process, Rong Kexiong's consciousness remained attached to the spirit bodies.

He clearly sensed the formation process of all the incantations. Although his physical body had not cast any incantations, he had experienced the casting of each incantation at least a hundred times. Moreover, in these hundreds of casts, there was not a single mistake.

For an entire month, he immersed himself in the Scripture Pavilion.

A month later, when he picked up a talisman book to read, he frowned and put it back.

This was because the talisman book did not contain a basic elemental incantation but a first-tier lower-grade ice-based incantation.

Among the spirit bodies Rong Kexiong currently possessed, although there were five spirit body Spirit Practitioners, none of them were ice-based. Therefore, even if he learned this incantation, he could not master it in a short time.

Looking at the bookshelf in front of him, he had already read more than half of the talisman books.

The reason why the five-element incantations were called basic was for a good reason.

The number of basic five-element incantations actually far outnumbered those of other elements.

Taking a deep look at the bookshelf that had kept him engrossed for a month, Rong Kexiong turned and left without hesitation.

After he left, those who had been closely watching him finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If Rong Kexiong were to read incantations outside the basic five elements, Huang Zixuan, who was in charge of the Scripture Pavilion, might have to break his promise and intervene.

Rong Kexiong returned home as usual, but to his surprise, his grandfather, Rong Jielin, was pacing outside his door, seemingly having waited for a long time.

"Grandfather, is there something you need?" Rong Kexiong hurried forward and said, "If you wanted to see me, you just needed to say so. There was no need for you to come in person."

Rong Jielin smiled slightly and said, "Good child, I was just taking a walk and happened to pass by."

Rong Kexiong blinked twice. He naturally knew that the old man was not being sincere.

Coughing lightly, Rong Jielin said, "Kexiong, I heard that you have been going to the Spirit Hall's Scripture Pavilion every day to read incantations?"

Rong Kexiong was taken aback and said, "Grandfather, how did you find out?"

Rong Jielin cultivated true qi, which was incompatible with spiritual energy. For news from the Spirit Hall to reach his ears, it would have to go through many people.

"Hehe, I just happened to hear someone talking about it and paid attention," Rong Jielin put away his smile and said slowly, "Kexiong, tell me honestly, why are you in such a hurry?" He paused and continued, "Although the cultivation methods of the spiritual path and the martial path are somewhat different, one thing is absolutely correct: the foundation. The more solid your foundation, the greater your future achievements will be. Sigh, you have just started on the spiritual path, how can you be so greedy?"

Rong Kexiong touched his nose and said with a bitter smile, "Grandfather, don't worry, I won't go there from tomorrow."

Rong Jielin was stunned and looked at his grandson suspiciously.

According to his thinking, to make his grandson give up this foolish idea, he would have to use a lot of persuasion, or even resort to the authority of an elder.

However, he did not expect Rong Kexiong to agree so easily...