The Programmer Cultivator

Chapter 100 - 96: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique

The shattered rune fragments flowed directly into the core of the vortex, into the Spirit Nurturing Technique’s placental sphere.

Instantly, the entire script flickered with golden light.

When everything stabilized, Zhang Deming discovered that the Summoning God Skill’s rune had vanished.

And his only equipped skill, the Spirit Nurturing Technique, had also changed.

Cultivation Technique: Cyan Wood Divine Refining Technique (Tier Two)

Cultivation: Apprentice Lv3 (5752/45000)

Skill: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Skill Lv2 (0/10)

The Spirit Nurturing Technique had not only upgraded to a Secret Level Mid Grade Tier Two Technique, but had also transformed from a Miscellaneous Art Secondary Profession Technique into a composite technique that could both produce and summon.

Especially after sensing the effects of this technique, Zhang Deming knew that the foundation of his cultivation was now set.

This mutated technique would indisputably become his Tai Chi Rune Core, the fundamental basis for his Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, it was also the most suitable Foundation Magical Technique for him.

The Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique, aside from the original functions of the Spirit Nurturing Technique, had two additional effects.

First, it was a Summoning Technique, but unlike other Summoners, he couldn’t summon pets to fight for him.

At least, the form it took was vastly different.

The first effect was that he could only summon the skills of people who had learned them through his Spirit Nurturing Ball.

This ability seemed a bit useless. After all, to create a Spirit Nurturing Ball for a skill, he had to know the skill himself.

He had to master a skill before he could create a Spirit Nurturing Ball for it. Yet, when he used his summoning ability, he could only summon that same skill from a person who had learned it through the ball.

’So it seems I don’t need to summon anything, right? After all, I achieve Mastery the moment I learn a skill, while others are only at the Entry Level. The summoned skill would be weaker than my own!’

’Is this logic completely flawed?’

However, it wasn’t that the summon was completely unnecessary.

Because after a technique reached Mastery, it could be further developed into a High Tier technique.

But in essence, it would still belong to the original technique.

Therefore, if someone learned a technique through the Spirit Nurturing Ball and then, through cultivation, raised it to a High Tier, he could still summon it.

So, among its seemingly useless effects, this part was somewhat serviceable.

’But only just. After all, cultivating a technique is already hard enough. Thinking of upgrading it?’

The second effect, however, was truly exciting.

He could summon other people’s Mirror Images, or even their consciousness, to help him fight—much like summoning a pet. He could also fuse them into his own body to fight.

This still had a restriction: the summoned target needed to have used a technique learned from his Spirit Nurturing Ball as their Rune Core, or as a technique closely related to their core.

In other words, the summoning target needed to be at least at the quasi-Tai Chi level of strength.

’Hmm, that seems like a normal effect for a Tier Two Technique, I guess.’

Take Feng Mingyou for example. If he were to learn the Spirit Water Technique from a Spirit Nurturing Ball given to him by Zhang Deming, and then use that technique as the basis for his Rune Core Creation to be promoted to the Tai Chi Stage...

...then Zhang Deming could directly summon his Mirror Image, fuse it into his own body, and fight with nearly all of Feng Mingyou’s power combined with his own.

Alternatively, with Feng Mingyou’s permission, he could use a method similar to the Summoning God Skill to summon a Mirror Image imbued with his consciousness to fight for him, like a pet.

These were the new summoning effects of the Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique. All in all, they were very powerful.

Of course, there were certain limitations. If he wanted to become powerful beyond ordinary people, he would need to cultivate a few powerful cultivators who used the techniques from his Spirit Nurturing Beads as their foundation!

’But haven’t I already started down this path? Now, I just need to keep going!’

’Oh, right.’ The Spirit Nurturing Rune had also changed. It was no longer a small sphere with a placenta inside.

Instead, it was a small white ball. When Zhang Deming sent his consciousness into it, he was pleasantly surprised to find that it was similar to the Summoning Space created by some Summoning Skills.

Only, this space wasn’t for holding pets. He could freely modify the settings of this space, though it wasn’t real, much like a virtual scene in a video game.

But as long as he didn’t let anyone know, no one would discover it was fake.

Furthermore, he now had the ability to pull people’s consciousnesses over, not just proactively go to them.

Understanding all this, Zhang Deming’s eyes flashed. ’The prestige of the Blue Sky Alliance can be upgraded again, can’t it?’

’A backstory doesn’t have to just be a story, after all!’

For all these reasons, it could be said that no technique was more suitable than the Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique to serve as his Rune Core for Foundation Establishment and promotion to the Tai Chi Stage!

After a long while of excitement, Zhang Deming finally calmed down.

However, this mutation also served as a warning: he shouldn’t assume that just because he had the panel, he could brute-force his way into learning defunct techniques.

Take the Summoning God Skill, for instance. He hadn’t known before, but now it was clear that some supreme master had acted, fundamentally uprooting the Divine Dao from the level of the Dao itself.

That was the only way to explain why the rune shattered the instant it formed—the Hongmeng Realm did not permit the existence of the Divine Dao.

After sorting through the changes to his Spirit Nurturing Technique, he looked down and picked up the Spirit Water Technique, a technique focused more on healing and control.

"Ordinary Energy: 2. Small plug-in editable.

Editing conditions met!

Currently, only the Dantian Disc category is enabled. Please enter a command to jump to the Dantian category and edit the plug-in."

He skillfully typed ’/Dantian’.

Zhang Deming: Dantian> If () {Spirit Water Technique cast successfully} else {Spirit Water Technique cast failed}.

There were no special points to consider, so he didn’t need to be overly careful with the modifications.

If (Cast Spirit Water Technique AND Have a certain amount of Spiritual Qi)

{Then, Spirit Water Technique cast successfully}

Else {Then, Spirit Water Technique cast failed}.

As the ball of light condensed, it eventually flew into his Dantian and formed a rune that looked like a tiny, flowing stream of water.

Looking at the Qi Fortune Light Ball he had once again depleted, he gave a wry smile. ’It seems the Qi Fortune Light Balls are still not enough,’ he thought.

With a lift of his hand, a stream of water filled with Spirit Charm appeared in his palm.

He felt the intense Spiritual Qi drain. It had been a long time since he’d felt a technique consume so much Spiritual Qi, not since his promotion to Advanced Apprentice.

Dispelling the stream of water in his hand, Zhang Deming let out a long breath.

Now that his resource pipeline was complete, he also had a clear path for his promotion and a direction for his core technique.

All that was left was to stockpile resources, accumulate Experience Points, and prepare the necessary materials for his promotion.

Just then, the Identity Card in his pocket buzzed with a notification.

When Zhang Deming went outside, he found it was a delivery from the transfer department. Zong En had already signed for it on his behalf.

He brought it inside and saw that it was two shares—twenty units—of One-Star Water Attribute Materials.

One set was ten exquisite fish scales, their Spirituality clearly incomparable to the unranked materials of the Apprentice Level.

The other was ten units of a flowing, jelly-like substance. Zhang Deming didn’t quite recognize what material it was.

Holding the materials, Zhang Deming began to create the Spirit Nurturing Ball.

He had worried that using the Tier One Spirit Nurturing Technique to create a medium for a Tier Two Technique would be difficult and have a low success rate, so he had requested twenty portions to be safe.

Now that his Spirit Nurturing Technique had not only leveled up but also transformed into the Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique, he wasn’t so worried anymore.

With Zhang Deming’s current cultivation, his entire Spiritual Power reserve was enough for two attempts.

His luck was good; he succeeded on the first try.

Zhang Deming immediately began a cycle of restoring his Spiritual Power, making another attempt, and then restoring it again.

Each cycle took about two to three hours. Zhang Deming cultivated instead of sleeping, grinding through five cycles until the next day.

He used ten portions of materials and succeeded three times. He wasn’t sure if the success rate had actually increased or if the first success was just pure luck.

Without a larger sample size, he couldn’t be certain.

Zhang Deming took the Spirit Nurturing Beads and went directly to Little Qing Mountain.

Feng Mingyou’s small courtyard was as quiet as ever, as if time itself had stood still there.

Compared to the strife-filled Sect, this place was practically a paradise.

Of course, there were plenty of backwater places like this in the Celestial Spirit Sect. After all, such "paradises" also corresponded with titles like "dirt poor," "miserable," and "marginalized."

"You’re here? If you’d taken any longer, I was starting to worry you’d run off with the money." Seeing Zhang Deming, Feng Mingyou was clearly in a good mood, a rare smile on his face as he initiated a joke.

Zhang Deming shook his head and said, "There’s no sister-in-law to run away with. Where’s the fun in that?"

Feng Mingyou: "???"

’He can’t even get the reference. How boring!’

’Looks like my great Jiangnan Leather Factory won’t be opening a branch in this Otherworld. At least, not in the Hongmeng Realm.’

"So, can you now tell me how you’re going to help me quickly reach Entry Level and master a Tier Two Technique?" Feng Mingyou asked.

Zhang Deming looked at Feng Mingyou, cleared his throat, and said, "Allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Zhang Deming, a Yellow Character One-Star member of the Blue Sky Alliance."

Feng Mingyou was stunned by Zhang Deming’s introduction. After a long moment, his expression soured as he said, "The Blue Sky Alliance?"

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