Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone Chapter 5 Destiny Calculation

Within the vast book repository lay a hundred thousand volumes of ancient tomes. Some detailed the varieties and forms of spirit medicines, others revealed artifact refining secrets, while more offered alchemy wisdom, miscellaneous stories and records, and diverse cultivation techniques, all jumbled and shelved throughout the library.

For instance, seventy-two methods existed for growing spiritual plants, complete with a host of vital cautions.

Additionally, eighteen formulas appeared for crafting the Foundation Establishment Pill.

One particular tome delved deeper into the precise steps for refining a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Regrettably, lacking a second-grade alchemist and the required spirit medicines, even possession of the formula rendered refinement impossible.

Believing a mere pill formula suffices to produce a Foundation Establishment Pill greatly underestimates the prowess of alchemists.

Alchemists demand dual wood and fire spiritual roots, robust soul force, and the skill to incinerate spirit medicines—conditions met by scant few cultivators, nurtured solely by mighty clans.

Loose cultivators face immense hurdles in becoming alchemists, save for those squandering endless spirit medicines in a blessed grotto heaven.

This mirrors the prior life's atomic bomb: its theory widely understood—gather nuclear fuel, centrifuge for separation, assemble and detonate. Yet fuel procurement and power generation halted countless nations, with only elites capable of production.

The Foundation Establishment Pill formula follows this very logic.

Numerous great powers deliberately released the Foundation Establishment Pill formula, hoping loose cultivators and minor clans would hunt spirit medicines on their behalf.

Should novices venture into ancient ruins, fail to identify spirit medicines, and destroy them, such waste proves costly.

Knowledge holds immeasurable value, yet remains impotent without application.

The divide between invaluable treasure and worthless scrap hinges on mastery of resources.

Stepping into the library, Lu Xuanji skipped the rest, beelining for the cultivation technique section to start perusing.

Cultivation technique manuals here lay in disarray: various attribute methods totaling around three hundred volumes; simulated techniques by Foundation Establishment elders, conceptual outlines, and personal cultivation logs—all freely accessible, no contribution points required.

These techniques covered only up to the Qi Refining Stage; advanced ones beyond Foundation Establishment demanded contribution points.

In the library's depths, Lu Xuanji flipped through cultivation technique scrolls one by one. His phone captured the text, saved it to files, then initiated destiny calculation.

[Destiny Calculation at your service, please confirm the calculation direction?]

"Two aims guide this calculation: boosting cultivation speed and perfect harmony with my attributes—mainly wood and fire, with earth as support," Lu Xuanji pondered.

Combat prowess could wait for now.

[Destiny calculation underway, calculation continues... it will take ten days to complete the calculation.]

Lu Xuanji let out a relieved breath,

the duration proved acceptably brief.

Continuing, he carefully examined each book, performing detailed assessments.

Ten days passed before the phone chimed.

[Ding. Destiny calculation completed, first version of the technique calculated, please name the technique?]

"Name this technique... Cyan Lotus Creation Technique," Lu Xuanji declared.

[Technique being transmitted]

Suddenly, the phone screen filled with text: a five-hundred-word outline, three thousand five hundred words of core content, plus step-by-step cultivation guides and explanations, totaling roughly thirty thousand words.

Crafted with Lu Xuanji’s physique as the blueprint.

Tailored flawlessly to him... For others, this technique would yield merely mediocre results.

Activating the technique shifted the spiritual qi flow through his body, altered meridian paths, breathing rhythms, and more.

After about half a day, Lu Xuanji fully switched to the "Cyan Lotus Creation Technique."

This method required barefoot stance on the earth during practice, drawing in terrestrial spiritual qi to feed wood attributes with earth essence, then fueling fire with wood.

Just one cycle brought Lu Xuanji a twenty percent surge in cultivation velocity.

A twenty percent faster pace might seem modest, yet over time, it shaves off vast stretches of effort.

Thanks to its ideal fit, battle strength would rise in tandem.

"Impressive, impressive."

Delight surged through Lu Xuanji.

Right then, an elder stepped inside, so he quickly offered a greeting, "Greetings to the Ancestor."

That elder happened to be the Lu Family’s Purple Mansion Ancestor, Lu Fuming.

"Reading a book?"

"Yes."

"Study diligently, yet don’t neglect your cultivation practice," advised the ancestor.

Lu Xuanji nodded his head in acknowledgment.

"Why did the family make the library free to access, unlike a century ago when contribution points were needed for entry?" inquired the ancestor. "Do you understand the reason?"

"Nothing costs more than something free; to gain, one must offer first." Lu Xuanji replied steadily. "Even fishing demands bait, much less dealing with people."

Strategies like this felt all too familiar from his prior life, echoing tactics from apps like Pinduoduo.

The ancestor chuckled heartily, his face beaming with approval. "You’re sharp indeed. Back a hundred years, when we opened the library for free, countless folks puzzled over it—including me at the time. Still, I pressed ahead since the Dan Yang Sect pioneered it, forcing us to imitate."

"Once the free library launched, our clan’s unity soared, and cultivation progress accelerated noticeably. During idle moments, numerous family cultivators flocked here to peruse books and expand their horizons."

"The ancestor is wise."

"This isn’t my wisdom—it belongs to the Dan Yang Sect’s forebears," murmured the ancestor, lost in thought for a moment.

"Our Lu Family’s founding ancestor was Lu Changsheng. In those days, he served merely as an outer disciple in the Dan Yang Sect. After flunking the evaluation, he departed, arrived in Qingfeng Commandery, wed three female cultivators, and founded the Lu Family. Amid storms and trials, a millennium has passed with endless rises and falls. During the Lu Family’s darkest hour, just a single Foundation Establishment cultivator stood guard, with under thirty cultivators total, teetering on the brink of scattering into loose cultivators... By fortune, we endured."

The ancestor delved into old memories, narrating the clan’s thousand-year saga.

Over the Lu Family’s millennium, grim eras struck when foes overran the ancestral grounds, slaughtering most cultivators; only a handful fled and painstakingly rebuilt.

Glorious peaks also shone, when three Purple Mansion Ancestors defended the clan, one reaching the eighth layer of Purple Mansion.

Reflections on bygone days brimmed with twists and turns.

"Xuanji, what’s your age?"

the ancestor inquired.

"Fourteen years old," Lu Xuanji answered.

"Spirit Root awakened at six, Qi Refining first layer by nine, then Qi Refining second layer in a mere five years—fine aptitude indeed," the ancestor nodded approvingly. "Did you consume any aiding elixirs?"

"No,"

Lu Xuanji replied.

Even the bargain White Sun Pill demanded one Spirit Stone for a set of ten.

"Achieving Qi Refining second layer in five years without aiding elixirs—despite Three Spirit Roots, your pace rivals Dual Spirit Roots." A flicker of astonishment and delight crossed the ancestor’s features.

"Matching Dual Spirit Root speed with mere Three Spirit Roots leaves two options: exceptional comprehension or a unique physique," dissected the ancestor, curiosity gleaming in his gaze. "Comprehension defies easy gauging. Unique physiques reveal themselves only at Foundation Establishment."

"Fewer elixirs in Qi Refining will aid you greatly. As the proverb goes, ’every medicine carries poison,’ and elixirs harbor elixir toxins. While boosting cultivation for those who ingest them, the toxins accumulate in the body. Upon major realm breakthroughs, they erupt, slashing success odds."

"Excessive elixir poison buildup causes many cultivators to falter at Foundation Establishment."