Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 48 The first level of Qi training

Looking at Li Ji'an quietly, especially at his expression that seemed to be always calm and composed, Chen Qingling sneered, and finally found an opportunity to attack him.

"Are you losing your mind?"

"I've already told you that I can only complete one cycle of energy in one day."

"You need to recognize yourself. You only have two wisps of fire spiritual induction, and you're already thirty years old, yet you're still practicing the Nine Yang Art. Wake up, Uncle Li!"

Li Ji'an ignored him and focused on sensing the effect of the spiritual energy circulating in his body.

"Spiritual energy can cleanse the body, but the effect is not as good as the nourishment of qi and blood."

"The soul also needs to be tempered."

"What exactly is this spiritual energy of heaven and earth? Where does it come from? It's so mysterious..."

After realizing the role of spiritual energy in spiritual practice, Li Ji'an calmed his mind once again and continued his second cycle of practice, wanting to complete the process of transforming spiritual energy into magic power as quickly as possible.

Chen Qingling, who was expecting to see Li Ji'an's disappointed expression, suddenly blushed when he saw that Li Ji'an completely ignored his ridicule. However, this time, when he carefully sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations when Li Ji'an practiced the technique for the second time, he suddenly discovered that he had actually successfully completed a cycle.

"You...you...you, cough cough cough~" He was holding his breath in his lungs, causing him to cough continuously.

Li Ji'an finished his second cycle of cultivation and looked up at him. "Don't be surprised. Your brother should have told you that my physical training skills are also quite good, because I have a good understanding."

"Comprehension..." Chen Qingling swallowed his saliva, feeling rather dissatisfied.

"I'm not surprised, it's just... hmph, what's so great about having a good understanding? The Qi Refining Stage requires the accumulation of mana. It's true that you have weak spiritual roots and are old. Even if you comprehend the skills faster, what's the point? When you truly start to refine your mana, you'll understand the gap between us."

After saying this, he walked out in a huff.

Li Ji'an nodded secretly, agreeing with his statement.

He is self-aware.

"This is the source of energy that releases spells and unleashes magical powers..."

Sure enough, after he had circulated for five cycles, he sensed almost a hundred times the amount of spiritual energy, and finally refined less than one-third of the magic power. He finally understood what Chen Zhaohu and others meant by poor spiritual roots and the feeling of despair in cultivation.

According to the experience of others he knew, the proportion of magic power refined by ordinary low-grade spiritual roots can reach at least about 5%.

And he, just one percent, still owes a little.

However, instead of despairing, he was quite expectant.

"It won't be long before I can become the immortal I once imagined. My magic..."

He immediately continued to practice without sleep or food.

In the following days, he asked Chen Qingling to take him to familiarize himself with the stalls in the market selling spiritual rice, spiritual noodles, and monster meat. These were all necessities of life, and there were also talismans, such as the Dust Purification Talisman, the Heart Purification Talisman, and so on...

However, most of them cannot be used for the time being and I cannot afford them, so I just bought a little spiritual rice and spiritual noodles.

Spiritual rice and spiritual noodles can replenish a small amount of spiritual energy, and it is directly replenished into the body, eliminating the process of absorbing it from the heaven and earth. It only needs to be refined, which is very useful for improving the efficiency of practice.

However, at the price of one dou and ten liang of spiritual sand, it is not possible to eat it every meal. It can only be eaten once every ten days or half a month.

A month passed in a flash. During this period, Li Ji'an almost never went out. Except for sleeping and eating, he was practicing his skills to absorb and refine the energy.

One day, when Li Ji'an was having dinner, he heard Chen Qingling going out downstairs.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

His brother worked so hard to create a cultivation environment for him, but he didn't cherish it very much.

During this month, Li Ji'an observed clearly that he practiced for a maximum of two hours a day.

Compared with the ten hours of practice he spent every day, it was a complete waste of time.

But he didn't meddle in other people's affairs, and everyone was responsible for their own actions.

Until another five months passed, one day, Li Ji'an looked at his Dantian and "saw" that the last part of the inner wall of his Dantian was moistened by magic power, and he opened his eyes happily.

"First level of Qi training!"

This result really surprised him. Chen Qingling had nine fire spirit roots and was practicing a mid-level technique. At that time, he had only reached the first level of Qi training in four months.

It has only been six months since he started practicing Qi, and he has already reached the first level.

"Nine strands of fire spirit roots are at least 50% more efficient at refining than my two strands. Plus, with the mid-level cultivation technique, it's another 10% or 20% higher..."

He had already mentally prepared himself to enter the first level of Qi training in two years.

And from the beginning, I planned to spend half a year experiencing the Qi training process, and then find a job to survive here.

I never thought...it would be an unexpected surprise!
"Could it be that there is a saying in the cultivation of immortality that hard work is rewarded by heaven?"

"Just because I practice five times as much as he does every day, my practice speed has caught up with his?"

"wrong!"

The next moment, Li Ji'an realized something was wrong.

I still remember that when Chen Qingling stepped into the first level of Qi training last year and became a true Qi training cultivator, Chen Zhaohu and several other Qi training cultivators praised him highly and praised Chen Zhaohu's efforts for Chen Qingling.

This is enough to show that Chen Qingling's progress in entering the first level of Qi training in April is in line with his talent and that mid-grade technique.

"The problem lies with me?" Li Ji'an was surprised and confused.

That night he found Chen Qingling again.

After indirect inquiry, he determined the reason and was surprised and happy.

It turned out that he had misunderstood Chen Qingling. It was not that Chen Qingling did not work hard, but that in the process of ordinary Qigong cultivators absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and refining magic power, their physical bodies had a limit to how much they could withstand the cleansing of the spiritual energy. After two hours, he was already overloaded and his body felt like it was being cut by a knife.

In addition to the limits of the physical body, the soul will also be consumed. If the limit is exceeded, the sea of consciousness will feel like it is being pricked by needles.

If you continue to absorb spiritual energy forcibly, your body will be damaged at best, and your sea of consciousness will be shaken at worst.

"In this way, perhaps I can look forward to something in this life... set a small goal and build a foundation!"

Li Ji'an was in high spirits when he returned to his own little house.

"With this mana, I should be able to cast spells..."

"As expected of a magical power that can communicate with the spirits of heaven and earth, it can actually suppress the power of Qi and blood."

After trying many times to stimulate his magic power, Li Ji'an chose to give up.

His comprehension is indeed much higher than that of ordinary people, but when faced with this kind of magic that requires communicating with the spirits of heaven and earth, he still cannot understand it. Perhaps it is because he has no foundation in this area.

After practicing a few more spells in the future, maybe I will be able to understand their essence and make some innovations.

After finishing his practice with satisfaction, Li Ji'an planned to suspend his practice for the next six months.

Half a year later, he only had eighteen spirit stones left. If he didn't make any more money, he would have trouble paying the rent next year.

When he had some free time, he picked up the letter he had received today.

When he first arrived in the market half a year ago, he wrote back to Zhao Shuyao, Zhang Tiezhu and Zhu Linxian to inform them of the situation and address.

As for Dong Jiangling, I couldn't write to him because he never returned and there was no news of him since then.

Three months before Li Ji'an came to Fangshi, Zhao Shuyao followed a trading company to a branch in the north. After that, she only replied to one letter from Li Ji'an, and there was a hint of numbness between the lines.

Zhang Tiezhu became more passionate and spoke with hope. He told others that he had received a martial art as a reward from the Yan family last August and had started practicing. He had already reached the first level of Qi training four months ago.

Zhu Linxian has always been a man of few words, and only said that he has embarked on a spiritual journey and everything is going well.

The new letter received today was from Zhao Shuyao from Jinhuang Fairy City.

When he opened the letter for the first time, Li Ji'an frowned slightly.

"Brother Li, cultivation is difficult, and the path to immortality is hopeless. We..."

　Sorry this chapter is a little late today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)