Again and again, Lu Ye tried and failed, but he did not become discouraged. Instead, he became more enthusiastic, as each failure accumulated experience.
The biggest challenge in enhancing the spirit acumen with a spirit pattern is the surge of one's own spirit energy. The circulating spirit energy would disperse the spirit pattern.
Therefore, if Lu Ye wanted to enhance his spirit acumen with a spirit pattern, he had to avoid the impact of the spirit energy, or it would be impossible to succeed.
However, this would lead to another issue: if the constructed spirit pattern was too far from the spirit acumen, it would not be very effective. For example, if Lu Ye constructed the spirit pattern on his hand, the spirit pattern would gather spirit energy, but his body would find it difficult to accept the external spirit energy, making it impossible to convert it into his own spirit energy.
To maintain the stability of the spirit pattern while making it effective, he needed to find a balance.
Fortunately, the cost of constructing a spirit-gathering pattern was not high, which Lu Ye had discovered when he obtained the spirit pattern.
Two hours later, he still had not succeeded.
Lu Ye tried to change the shape of the spirit pattern. Normally, a spirit pattern would be a flat shape when deployed, and only those with deep expertise in this field could modify the spirit pattern.
Although Lu Ye had not studied the knowledge of spirit patterns, when he obtained these spirit patterns, a large amount of information about them flooded his mind, allowing him to understand their various subtleties.
For the three spirit patterns he currently mastered, Lu Ye had the ability to change their shapes; what he lacked was practical experience.
Again and again, he tried, and finally, after half a day, a spirit-gathering pattern formed, and this time, it was not dispersed by his circulating spirit energy.
He succeeded!
Lu Ye showed a pleased expression and silently perceived. He could sense that under the effect of the spirit pattern, the surrounding spirit energy gathered and flowed into the spirit acumen, converting into his own spirit energy.
At this moment, the spirit-gathering pattern had been transformed into a funnel shape and was enhanced on the spirit acumen, with the tip of the funnel slightly piercing into the spirit acumen.
In other words, the spirit energy gathered from the outside would directly pass through this small funnel and be injected into his spirit acumen, converting into spirit energy without passing through his body.
Thus, regardless of whether Lu Ye's talent was one leaf or sixty-four leaves, it would not affect the effect of the spirit-gathering pattern.
I am truly a little genius! Lu Ye couldn't help but praise himself in his heart.
Although he had successfully enhanced his spirit acumen with the spirit-gathering pattern and started to absorb the spirit energy of heaven and earth, the effect was limited due to the small size of the spirit-gathering pattern.
This is just one spirit acumen...
Lu Ye currently had twenty-nine spirit acuities...
What would be the effect if he enhanced all twenty-nine spirit acuities with spirit-gathering patterns?
Lu Ye couldn't help but look forward to it. If this idea could be implemented, he wouldn't be limited to consuming spirit pills in the future. He could also absorb the spirit energy of heaven and earth! Not only would it save a large amount of cultivation resources, but it would also improve his cultivation efficiency.
This thought came to him, and Lu Ye couldn't contain himself. He immediately began to try.
With the experience of the first success, the second attempt became much easier.
In less than half an hour, Lu Ye had enhanced his second spirit acumen with a small funnel-shaped spirit pattern, followed by the third, fourth, and so on. Lu Ye gradually became more skilled.
By the time he reached the tenth spirit acumen, Lu Ye could vaguely feel the effect. By the twentieth, the effect was more noticeable. When he had enhanced all twenty-nine spirit acuities with spirit-gathering patterns, it was already night.
At this point, he clearly felt the spirit energy of heaven and earth continuously flowing into his spirit acuities, converting into his own strength as the spirit energy surged and flowed.
The spirit-gathering pattern could last for a long time because it continuously gathered the spirit energy of heaven and earth to replenish itself. In principle, as long as Lu Ye did not actively dissipate these spirit patterns, they would continue indefinitely.
Of course, this was theoretically impossible. At the moment, Lu Ye's state was stable, so the spirit patterns could be maintained. However, if he engaged in combat, his spirit energy would surge and fluctuate, easily destroying the spirit patterns.
But in the end, this was a cost-free deal. Lu Ye only needed to construct the spirit patterns on his spirit acuities at the right time, and then he didn't need to do anything. The spirit energy of heaven and earth would be gathered and flow into his body. He could even do other things...
Now, it was a matter of how much benefit these spirit patterns would bring him over a certain period.
To determine this, he calmed his mind and perceived the changes in his spirit energy.
Three hours later, he came to a conclusion: if the spirit patterns on the twenty-nine spirit acuities could last for a day and a night, the benefits would be roughly equivalent to taking one Spirit Nourishing Pill...
Not much, but not insignificant.
It was important to note that this was only twenty-nine spirit acuities. Cultivators had a total of three hundred and sixty spirit acuities. If one day Lu Ye could enhance all three hundred and sixty spirit acuities with spirit-gathering patterns, the benefits would be substantial.
Currently, he had many Spirit Nourishing Pills, the auxiliary cultivation technique Taotie Feast, and the spirit-gathering pattern to assist him. Lu Ye was eager to find a place to cultivate and reach the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Stream Realm...
However, what frustrated him was that he did not have a suitable cultivation technique.
The Golden Cicada Freedom Technique he obtained from Manager Yang could only be cultivated to the Third Layer of the Spirit Stream Realm.
He originally planned to go to the next market town and check if the Tianji Merchant Alliance's branch could sell him a cultivation technique. For this, he had sold four pieces of magnetic ore and accumulated over two hundred spirit stones.
But who would have thought he would be stuck in the Sky Splitting Gorge for the time being.
This was a bit worrying...
After some thought, Lu Ye raised his hand and tapped on his battlefield mark, sending a message.
Chu Tian was meditating to recover when he suddenly felt a message. He quickly checked and found that it was from Lu Ye.
With the lesson from earlier in mind, Chu Tian cautiously replied: "Junior Brother One Leaf, what is it?"
"Do you have a Mystic-level cultivation technique? Sell me one."
Chu Tian was very puzzled: "Why do you need a Mystic-level cultivation technique?"
In the tunnel, Lu Ye looked at Chu Tian's reply speechlessly, thinking this guy must be an idiot. He patiently replied: "To cultivate!"
Chu Tian, looking at Lu Ye's reply, couldn't help but scratch his head.
A moment later, the message reached the Mystic Sect's base.
Wang Yang had a surprised look on his face as he looked at Xiao Zhu: "Is the message correct?"
Xiao Zhu nodded: "It's from Chu Tian, so it should be correct."
Wang Yang thought for a moment and couldn't help but click his tongue: "It's indeed the style of those major sects. They let their disciples rely entirely on themselves, not even providing cultivation techniques. It seems he was previously cultivating a Yellow-level technique, and now that he has reached the Third Layer of the Spirit Stream Realm, he needs a new technique."
"Chu Tian is waiting for a reply. How should we respond?"
"It's just a cultivation technique, a common thing. Give it to him. Have Chu Tian ask what element he is."
"Okay." Xiao Zhu nodded, thinking that disciples from major sects seemed quite pitiful. Although the Mystic Sect was only a Ninth Rank, the senior and junior disciples helped each other in the early stages of cultivation, avoiding many hardships.
"By the way, don't give it for free. Those major sects are wary of this. Sell it to him, but charge less spirit stones. He's quite poor too."