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Chapter 40 Middle stage of Qi training
After returning to the cave, Lu Yan closed the restriction at the entrance of the cave.

To some extent, He Luyuan's sudden appearance is actually a good thing.

This storage bag of unknown origin was ultimately a hidden danger. The appearance of He Luyuan was like a wake-up call for him in advance, giving him enough time to prepare for the crisis behind it.

"Is he a cultivator from the Red Lotus Devil Sect who is in the process of building his foundation? It just so happens that I also need the subsequent exercises of the Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra. It saves me a lot of trouble if he delivers himself to me."

"However, with my current strength, it may be risky to fight against a foundation-building demon cultivator. To be on the safe side, I must improve my strength."

Lu Yan took out the Yuling Pill purchased from Yushan Market from his storage bag.

In fact, what Lu Yan said to He Luyuan was not an excuse. He bought so many elixirs just to break through the initial stage of Qi training in one go.

He Luyuan and the people behind him certainly don't care about this matter. In their opinion, there is no difference whether Lu Yan is in the early stage or the middle stage of Qi training.

But for Lu Yan, once he advances to the middle stage of Qi training, his strength will have a qualitative leap.

After taking a Jade Spirit Pill, Lu Yan began his practice for the day.

Half a month passed in a flash. With sufficient supply of spiritual energy and elixirs, Lu Yan reached the middle stage of Qi training with almost no obstacles.

The smooth progress of the cultivation surprised Lu Yan, who had prepared elixirs for breaking through the realm in advance.

His aptitude can only be considered average, and the total time he has spent in practice is less than a year. If he advances too quickly, it will easily lead to a bottleneck.

But during his practice, Lu Yan never encountered any bottleneck.

After the breakthrough, Lu Yan carefully examined his own situation and noticed that the reason why he did not encounter a bottleneck was that his magic power was too pure, as if he had never taken any elixirs and had slowly refined his magic power step by step.

This result immediately reminded Lu Yan of the solar spiritual energy he absorbed in the apocalyptic version.

Compared to the steady breathing of moonlight spiritual energy every night, Lu Yan spent relatively less time practicing during the day. Usually, after slaughtering people in an area, he would let the Soul Banner sacrifice the ghosts while he would take time to practice for a while.

Since the content of the Great Sun Spiritual Energy in the ruined city was extremely small and it was all integrated into the sunlight, Lu Yan was unable to clearly sense the existence of the Great Sun Spiritual Energy. After practicing for three months, he did not notice anything unusual.

Looking back now, the reason why his magic power is so pure should be due to the spiritual energy of the sun.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan took out three sunstones from his storage bag and looked at them carefully.

“These three sun stones contain the purest solar spiritual energy. If they are refined, they should also have the effect of purifying mana. This is definitely a rare treasure in the immortal cultivation version.

The purity of mana is largely related to the stability of the foundation and the breakthrough of the realm. If it is sold to the disciples of those big sects, it may be able to exchange for a lot of benefits. "

"It's just that I'm just a small cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training now, and I don't have this trading channel for the time being."

Feeling a little regretful, Lu Yan put the sunstone back into his storage bag.

Now that his foundation is solid, he does not need the Sunstone to purify his magic power again.

Just halfway through a month, Lu Yan had completed a breakthrough in his cultivation, but this was just the beginning for Lu Yan.

Opening the storage bag, Lu Yan took out a set of formation plates and arranged them inside the cave.

This set of soul-hiding array was obtained from the looting monks before, and it was one of the few things left by Lu Yan. The soul-hiding array was not a profound array, but its effect was highly valued by Lu Yan. The soul-hiding array could hide the fluctuations of spiritual energy and isolate it from the outside world.

The reason why Lu Yan set up a soul-hiding formation in the cave was for only one purpose, and that was to refine the Hundred Souls Banner again!

As the formation was activated, Lu Yan took out the Hundred Souls Banner from his storage bag. Ghostly fog filled the entire cave and instantly turned it into a dark ghost den.

Hundreds of resentful souls gathered in the cave, and at the front, two main souls at the peak of Qi training knelt on one knee with their heads lowered.

If it weren't for the Soul Concealing Formation, the noise of just opening the Hundred Souls Banner would be enough to shock the entire cave area.

Lu Yan's eyes swept across the many resentful souls present. He raised the soul flag in his hand high and mobilized all the magic power in his body.

It seemed as if the endless black fog began to shrink and actively merged into the bodies of the resentful souls. The next moment, the eight hundred resentful souls began to transform.

The hideous and resentful faces all over their bodies began to be absorbed into their bodies, the illusory souls began to gradually solidify, and a fierce aura burst out from these ghosts.

Normally, Lu Yan killed more than 100,000 zombies in three months, and the number of resentful souls he sacrificed should be far more than 800, but Lu Yan did not do so.

Eight hundred heads were already the limit of what he could control with his current level of cultivation. If there were more, although he could suppress them with the help of the Xuanhuang Merit Fire, it would affect the battle.

Therefore, Lu Yan only sacrificed eight hundred resentful souls, and integrated all the excess zombie souls into the Hundred Souls Banner and stored them as ghost mist.

When Lu Yan is promoted to the fourth level of Qi training, he can integrate these ghost mists into the body of the resentful soul to enable it to complete its promotion together.

The aura of the middle stage of Qi training was revealed from the resentful spirits. Their pale faces were filled with ferocious and brutal intent. This emotion seemed to have merged into their souls. Even the ghost energy became aggressive, wanting to tear apart all living creatures.

At this moment, they are no longer resentful spirits, but evil spirits at the middle stage of Qi training. Although they have only crossed a small realm, their strength has almost doubled.

The eight hundred evil ghosts completed their promotion, and their cultivation level once again caught up with Lu Yan. The increase in strength made the evil ghosts restless again, and there was a bit of eagerness in their eyes when they looked at Lu Yan.

Faced with such a situation, Lu Yan didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.

The next second, a light like a torch suddenly burst out from Lu Yan's body, and the Xuanhuang Merit Fire was ignited from the void.

The immense merits of eradicating the chaos of the last days flowed around Lu Yan. Wherever the light reached, the sound of the chanting of the gods and Buddhas seemed to be revealed. The majestic and righteous aura easily suppressed the underworld and ghosts in front of him.

Under the shining light of the Xuanhuang Merit Fire, the evil ghosts let out shrill roars, and their solid souls melted like ice and snow.

During this process, only the two main souls in the front were not affected.

After a moment, the brilliance of the Xuanhuang Merit Fire faded, and the evil spirits, having gotten a chance to breathe, knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to offend in the slightest.

Lu Yan's eyes calmly swept across the eight hundred evil spirits present, knowing very well that this was just an appetizer.

With the soul flag in his hand waving, a huge soul bound by ghost fog appeared in the cave. It was the soul of the giant corpse king that was hunted down in the last version of the apocalypse.

Previously, due to his weak cultivation, Lu Yan had been suppressing the soul of the Corpse King inside the Soul Banner.

Now that I have broken through to the middle stage of Qi training, the resentful souls have been promoted to evil ghosts, and I can finally add another main soul to the Soul Banner.

(End of this chapter)