Chapter 1071: Chapter 671: Bottleneck_2 Chapter 1071 -671: Bottleneck_2 “Oh…” Cheng Mo and the others saw that Mo Hua spoke methodically and it sounded quite sensible; they couldn’t help but nod their heads in agreement. Although Yu Er did not understand, she also nodded her head in admiration. “So…” Yang Qianjun was also somewhat curious, “Scouting, tracking, killing and extinguishing… cough, eliminating demons and defending the Dao, not alarming the enemy, how do you know about these things?” Mo Hua thought for a moment, then straightforwardly said, “Uncle Gu taught me!” Yang Qianjun was startled, “Uncle Gu?” Mo Hua explained, “From the Taoist Court, a kind-hearted Supervisor of the Gu Family in the Golden Core Realm, he taught me!” Mo Hua sighed, feeling grateful, “He was worried that I would be at a disadvantage in the Sect, and afraid that I would encounter dangers while performing tasks, so he told me all about his experiences in tracking and capturing Sin Cultivators in the Taoist Court.” “These were all taught by Uncle Gu!” Mo Hua said it decisively, emphasizing it once more. “Taoist Court, Gu Family, Golden Core Realm Supervisor…” The expressions of Yang Qianjun and others became serious. They looked again at Yu Er, who was by Mo Hua’s side, and nodded silently to themselves. This child by Mo Hua’s side, named Yu Er, is a direct lineage of the Shangguan Family. The Shangguan Family and the Gu Family have very close relations. It was reasonable for Mo Hua to have a good relationship with the Shangguan Family and connections with the Gu Family. And since the Gu Family had held positions in the Taoist Court for generations, operating in accordance with the Taoist Law, they were naturally very familiar with matters of tracking and capturing criminals. It was also reasonable that Uncle Gu from the Gu Family taught him these things. Although the methods were a “bit ruthless.” But when dealing with Demon Cultivators, if you are not a bit ruthless, others will be ruthless towards you. Yang Qianjun and others suddenly understood. No wonder Mo Hua, although a Formation Master, was so proficient in tracking, assassination, and trapping. It turned out all these were taught… Their previous doubts and qualms gradually faded away. They continued to eat for a while, and the atmosphere became even more harmonious. After eating and drinking his fill, as Mo Hua laid down to digest, he heard Cheng Mo and the others muttering, discussing how to spend the 300 Merit Points. Cheng Mo was talking about buying some kind of gold-earth Stone. Situ Jian spoke about saving up more to buy a special Fire Spirit Sword from Taixu Gate. Yang Qianjun and Yi Li were discussing buying some Spiritual Objects needed for breaking through bottlenecks… Mo Hua felt puzzled and asked, “Aren’t all of you noble family’s sons? Doesn’t your family provide the things needed for cultivation? Why do you still need to exchange them from the Sect?” Situ Jian and the others were all taken aback. Cheng Mo said, “Aren’t you also… oh right, you’re not…” He scratched his head and explained, “Cultivation resources, no matter how many, are never too much. Leaving aside Spirit Stones for now, like Spiritual Objects needed for breakthroughs in cultivation techniques, Spiritual Artifacts needed for Taoist Skills, the more the better.” “In practicing cultivation techniques, the more Spiritual Objects you have, the stronger your Spiritual Power becomes.” “In forging Spiritual Artifacts, the more expensive the materials, the higher the quality.” “The cultivation of top descendants of noble families requires a lot of resources to strive for perfection.” “Even though the family provides a lot, it’s limited since the family has so many disciples; unless your Spiritual Root is against the heavens, they will not dedicate all resources to just one person.” “Especially for disciples with Top-Grade Spiritual Roots, cultivating top-grade methods, the required Spirit Stones and Spiritual Objects are quite expensive.” “A few are manageable, but with many descendants, scarce and valuable Spiritual Objects won’t be enough to go around…” Situ Jian nodded and continued, “Generally, the resources provided by the family to disciples are only seventy to eighty percent.” “These resources are enough for your cultivation, but not enough for ‘striving for perfection’…” “If you want to establish a profound foundation, perfect the cultivation method to the limits, refine higher quality Spiritual Artifacts, and stand out among the geniuses, you must pursue perfection in everything, trying to reach the ultimate…” “All these require a lot of resources.” “Oh…” Mo Hua listened, somewhat bewildered. Situ Jian, fearing that Mo Hua might not understand, gave an example, “Not considering specific limits of Spiritual Roots, assuming full potential to cultivate a hundred cycles of Circulatory Heavenly Spiritual Power.” “Typical noble family’s sons, relying on family provision, cultivating seventy to eighty percent, condensing seventy to eighty cycles of Spiritual Power, that would be enough.” “But if you want to go further, cultivate to ninety cycles, or even above ninety cycles of Spiritual Power, you will need additional resources.” “Beyond ninety cycles of Spiritual Power, each cycle is extremely difficult to cultivate, and the cost is also huge.” “It might be that from ninety to ninety-one, this one cycle of Spiritual Power might require more resources than what you’ve used from the start up to eighty cycles.” “The closer to the peak, the more this holds true.” “If you want to stand out in the Sect, you must try every possible way to strive for perfection, cultivate to the extreme, and achieve perfection.” “But these additional cultivation resources, you’ll have to figure out on your own.” “Your parents, grandparents, or direct ancestors, if they are high in realm and hold prominent positions in the family, will solve part of it for you.” “The rest, you’ll have to strive for in the Sect.” “The same is true for cultivation methods, and so are some Taoist Skills, Spiritual Artifacts, etc…” “And as ‘hard currency’ that can be exchanged for various kinds of resources and legacies, Sect Merit Points are naturally extremely scarce, never enough…” Mo Hua’s mouth agape, was utterly shocked. Never had he felt such a vast disparity in cultivation between the rich and the poor. The cultivation of genius disciples and his own path as a Loose Cultivator were worlds apart. He himself was just making do, just barely getting by.