The road is vague

Chapter 67: Retreat and Practice
After mastering the "Enlightenment Technique", Li Mo felt that his spiritual power had been significantly enhanced.

Not only did he develop the Ethereal Transformation Technique because of this.

the most important is.

The bottleneck of the tenth level of Qi training will be weakened as a result. Coupled with the accumulation of experience during this period of time, he will be able to try to break through the bottleneck of the tenth level of Qi training.

Compared to condensing thunder crystals, improving one's own cultivation is undoubtedly more important.

He didn't want to follow Tian Fen's mistakes.

As for the "Seven Apertures Return to Origin Technique" obtained from Lu Qi, it requires practicing in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so there is no rush. So he got up and went to the Alchemy Hall, greeted Nie Zhen, and then entered his exclusive alchemy room again.

After the mechanism door was closed, the alchemy room instantly became quiet.

After taking out the cushion and putting it away, Li Mo took out the bottles and jars containing elixirs, and finally took out a jade box and placed them in front of him one by one.

In addition to the fourteen Shangyuan Qi-refining Pills he had left, there were also eleven various pills he had obtained after exchanging pill recipes with his senior brothers and sisters in the Alchemy Hall. In addition, there were two hundred-year-old spiritual medicines in his storage bag, which could be refined into Qi-refining Pills and exchanged for spirit stones at any time when necessary.

As for the things in this jade box, they are the medium-grade spirit stones rewarded after the year-end assessment, which can be used to help break through the bottleneck of the tenth level of Qi training.

After doing all this.

Li Mo took a deep breath and looked at the pills in front of him.

"I've made so many preparations. This time, unless all the elixirs are used up, I will not come out until I break through the tenth level of Qi training!"

It must be pointed out here that elixirs only serve to assist in spiritual practice.

It is not the case that one can improve their cultivation level after swallowing the elixir. The cultivator still needs to refine it with the luck of the small and large circulations before it can be converted into their own magical power. The elixir only provides more abundant spiritual energy.

Since Li Mo had already swallowed four Shangyuan Qi-training Pills before, in order not to waste too much medicinal properties, he could swallow six more.

This means that there will be eight Shangyuan Qi-training Pills left, which can be kept for later sale.

However, the unit price of Shangyuan Qi-training Pills is much higher than that of Qi-Ju Dan. It is not worth it for ordinary Qi-training disciples. Generally speaking, it can only be sold to disciples from aristocratic families with better economic conditions and inner-door Qi-training disciples. It is not as easy to sell as Qi-Ju Dan.

After making up his mind, Li Mo immediately swallowed a Shangyuan Qi-training Pill and circulated the Great Circulation in the secret room to refine it.

Time passes day by day.

Since the end of July, Li Mo has never left the secret room of the alchemy room.

It was not until the beginning of November, when the weather turned completely cold, that Li Mo walked out of the secret room wearing a thin crane cloak and looking excited.

"I didn't expect it to be so smooth. Not only did I break through the tenth level of Qi training, I even broke through the eleventh level in one go!"

He stood in the sun, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

"In addition to the effects of the Enlightenment Technique and the mid-grade spirit stone, there should also be insights from the ethereal dream."

More than two months ago.

Li Mo in the secret room, holding a medium-grade spirit stone, successfully broke through the ninth level of Qi training and entered the tenth level of Qi training.

During the whole process, he only consumed a small amount of spiritual power from the mid-grade spirit stone.

After a cultivator enters the tenth level of Qi training, the magic power in his dantian will not only become more refined, but the entire dantian will also be wrapped in a layer of magic power, forming a so-called magic power barrier.

In the next eleventh and twelfth levels of Qi training, the Dantian will enter the final stage of filling up with mana. This requires an extremely large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth to be continuously converted into mana. If there is no special opportunity or resources, it often takes a very long time.

Therefore, this process is extremely difficult for many Qi-cultivating practitioners, and disciples from aristocratic families often swallow a large number of pills during this stage.

Because the process of Li Mo breaking through the tenth level of Qi training was too easy, he still had a lot of the various pills he had prepared left, and most of the spiritual energy in the medium-grade spirit stone was still unused, so he simply continued to swallow pills and practice in the secret room.

Therefore, with the help of medium-grade spirit stones and a large number of elixirs, he actually reached the eleventh level of Qi training in one breath!

There are still four months left until the final examination.

Taking part in the graduation examination with the cultivation level of the eleventh level of Qi training is undoubtedly a crushing level compared to the cultivation levels of the disciples who took part in the graduation examinations of the previous and previous sessions.

After all, when the previous batch of disciples and the previous batch of disciples took the graduation examination, their highest cultivation level was only the ninth level of Qi training.

It is so difficult to break through the tenth level of Qi training, let alone the eleventh level of Qi training which requires a huge accumulation of mana.

But the situation seems to be different this time.

"That Jiang Sheng is clearly a disciple the Jiang family has devoted all their efforts to supporting. This time, he might even be able to reach the tenth or even eleventh level of Qi training. After all, he already knew my eighth level of Qi training from last year's year-end assessment. He will definitely give it his all next time, no matter the cost. And that Ye Yimeng, her background is quite mysterious, so I must not be careless."

Thinking of Jiang Sheng's cultivation, various magical instruments, spells, and secret techniques, a trace of solemnity could not help but flash across Li Mo's eyes.

Ye Yimeng is an even greater concern.

If he was unlucky enough to meet them early in the final examination, even with the cultivation level of the eleventh level of Qi training, Li Mo still felt unsafe. After all, the magic weapons, techniques, and background of the two were not comparable to his.

"Strive to reach the twelfth level of Qi training?"

Any magical instruments, techniques, and foundation must be based on the cultivator's cultivation. For every three points increase in magic power and spiritual consciousness, the power of the magical instruments and spells will increase by at least one point. At the same time, they can also sustain combat for a longer period of time, which is the foundation of the great way.

However, as soon as this thought came to mind, Li Mo sighed again.

Although he still had some pills on him, the mana required to advance to the twelfth level of Qi training was too enormous. These pills were completely unable to support him to reach the twelfth level of Qi training. It was almost equivalent to him retraining the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth levels of Qi training all over again!
As for the mana required to reach the twelfth level of Qi training and the great perfection of the twelfth level of Qi training, it is extremely exaggerated for a cultivator in the Qi training stage. He has heard Wei Cang describe this torment.

Otherwise, Lingmu Sect would not have so many Qi-cultivating disciples going to Zhongshan State to participate in the war with Lu State.

However, when the war ended, these people still failed to establish a foundation.

In addition to the objective factor of the thin spiritual energy outside after leaving the master, the main reason is that after the tenth level of Qi training, the process of accumulating magic power is too difficult.

After completing the twelfth level of Qi training, one only needs to transform the gaseous magic power in the Dantian into liquid form to generate a wonderful spiritual pressure, and the foundation will be established.

However, there are very few cultivators who can build their foundation naturally.

Most cultivators need to rely on foundation-building pills to complete this step. Therefore, the last step for almost every cultivator in the Qi training stage is how to obtain a foundation-building pill, or even multiple foundation-building pills.

Things like Foundation Establishment Pills would naturally not appear in ordinary markets or in transactions between low-level disciples.

"I remember that Senior Sister Chen Rong is good at refining Foundation Establishment Pills. Perhaps I can get some advice from her. Besides, I have a master now. As Lu Qi is a Jindan cultivator, he might have a few on him. Oh, and Senior Brother Wei Cang also said that he would take me to the trade fair for the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect. It's still two months away, so I need to prepare."

There is one more thing that Li Mo plans to deal with.

That is the big tomb that the Jade Fox Wang Ying mentioned, which is most likely left behind by the ancient Lingzhao Mountain.

After all, the "Lingzhao Sword Manual" on the so-called Jiujiang Leilong Taishou was most likely obtained from the tomb here.

Although according to what the Jade Fox Wang Ying said.

She saw with her own eyes that the tomb had been emptied, leaving only a lonely altar, which was being carefully studied by the Taoist Wen invited by Tai Shou. In the end, she was chased by the Taoist Wen and fled from there.

But after all, it involves the ancient Lingzhao Mountain, which is also the place where Jiujiang Leilong Zhou Tai made his fortune.

Now that he has achieved success in Taoism, even if he meets that Taoist Wen again, it should not be a problem. Naturally, he plans to explore and see if there is any opportunity.

Taoist Wen was the helper invited by Jiujiang Leilong.

Wang Ying's analysis at the time was not unreasonable. Jiujiang Leilong Taishou was afraid of internal strife, so it was unlikely that he would invite any strong people.

So theoretically, the strength of this Taoist scholar is probably lower than his.

Even if the Jiujiang Thunder Dragon was resurrected, with Li Mo's current strength, he could easily kill it!

"With my current strength at the eleventh level of Qi training, I can already wield a high-grade magical weapon. Should I replace the Thunder Sword?"

After a little thought, Li Mo shook his head.

He was using the Thunder Sword quite smoothly, so he wanted to save spirit stones as much as possible. He could wait until he attended the Lingmu Sect's trade fair for foundation-building cultivators before replacing his magic weapon.

Li Mo returned to his dormitory while thinking about all sorts of things. He happened to see Ma Ling and Niu Li coming out of the dormitory. They looked very sweet and happy. They had a very good relationship and there was no need to hide it.

Niu Li saw Li Mo and took the initiative to say hello.

"Li Mo, where have you been carrying out your mission recently?"

Ma Ling looked surprised.

"Why are you wearing so little? Aren't you cold?"

Li Mo then realized that he was only wearing a thin crane cloak, which was out of place with the cold weather in early November.

But he didn't feel cold.

Perhaps it was because the Creation Pill had improved his physical fitness, or perhaps it was because his magic power was becoming stronger, which gradually improved his adaptability.

"I've been in seclusion in the Alchemy Hall for a while. Now that you mention it, I feel a bit cold!"

Li Mo responded with a smile.

He didn't want to be special.

Ma Ling couldn't help laughing when she heard that.

"Haha, why don't you go back and change your clothes? Look, we've all started wearing fleece clothes."

Niu Li stretched.

"We are going to practice martial arts. You and Yang Guang haven't been here for a long time. Do you want to join us tonight?"

"Forget it."

After Li Mo entered the house, he changed his clothes and responded, "I won't disturb your world of two. I have to go on a long trip in two days and will have to go down the mountain to prepare."

"Okay, let's go!"

Ma Ling and Niu Li walked away side by side.

After changing his clothes, Li Mo combed his hair carefully in front of the bronze mirror. Looking at his increasingly mature self in the mirror, he couldn't help but nod and smile slightly.

Now he is nineteen years old and in the prime of his youth.

"Next year will be the year of coming of age."

Li Mo couldn't help but think of his deceased master Zhang Dongliang, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

After a brief moment of loss, Li Mo shook his head.

Lu Qi has already gone out to travel outside the temple, and given Lu Qi's personality, he will definitely not hold a coming-of-age ceremony for him.

Now that Li Mo has no parents, he naturally cannot hold a solemn ceremony like many people do, and can only wear the noble hat himself. Fortunately, he is mentally mature and has grown up now. Although he is sad, he has also become much stronger and will no longer be sentimental because of this.

After shaking his head and sighing, Li Mo left the dormitory and walked towards the market at the foot of the mountain.

He still had two hundred-year-old elixirs that he had obtained when exchanging pill recipes. He planned to refine them into Qi Gathering Pills and then sell them together with the extra Shangyuan Qi Training Pills.

In this way, after he comes back from exploring the tomb, he can directly follow Senior Brother Wei Cang to participate in the trade fair for Foundation Establishment cultivators. Since it is a trade fair for Foundation Establishment cultivators, these Qi Condensation elixirs are naturally difficult to sell, so he has to exchange them for spirit stones in advance.

Soon he spent two hundred spirit stones to prepare the auxiliary medicines needed to refine two batches of Qi Gathering Pills.

the next day.

Because time was relatively urgent, Li Mo didn't know if there would be any unexpected accidents during the exploration of the tomb, so he didn't plan to set up a stall to sell them slowly. He brought forty-two Qi Gathering Pills and eight Shangyuan Qi Training Pills and went directly to the pharmacy.

After some bargaining, Li Mo finally sold the pills in a package for 1,660 spirit stones.

Adding to the dozens of spirit stones he still had on him, Li Mo had a huge sum of more than 1,700 spirit stones in his pocket, and he felt quite secure in his heart!

As far as Li Mo knows.

The foundation-building pills that appeared at some auctions were only priced between nine hundred and one thousand spirit stones. The foundation-building pills that occasionally appeared at some private trade fairs were even slightly cheaper.

However, these are all foundation-building pills that are circulated privately.

For the vast majority of cultivators in the Qi training stage, the easiest way to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill is to strive for it through various policies of the sect.

But Li Mo did not forget one other thing.

That is to buy silver essence!
The reason why Jiujiang Leilong Taishou prepared silver essence was to allow Wen Daoren to complete the incomplete runes on the altar. Although he only has a superficial understanding of rune restrictions now, there will definitely be no harm in preparing silver essence.

Moreover, silver essence is also a hard currency and can be converted into cash at any time.

"One hundred and thirty-five spirit stones for one penny?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo made an estimate in his mind.

It takes about one thousand taels of silver to refine one coin of silver essence, and it takes a lot of time and energy to refine it. To refine a top-grade magic weapon, at least two or three coins of silver essence must be added.

This price is the market price.

Li Mo nodded and gritted his teeth to buy four taels of silver essence.

Because he remembered that before Jiujiang Leilong Taishou was ambushed by the Tianfu Sect inspector, he seemed to laugh loudly and said something about refining four taels of silver essence, so it should be right for him to prepare four taels of silver essence in advance.

After leaving the material shop, Li Mo was about to return to his master, but suddenly stopped.

He saw an acquaintance on the street.

This is a woman with fair skin, quiet and elegant. At this moment, she is sitting on a wooden chair by the roadside. She is not affected by the passers-by and is concentrating on reading the book in her hand.

In front of her, there were various bottles and jars.

"Zhao Xiaonan?"

Li Mo looked at the sign in front of her again, which seemed to be selling spiritual tea.

At this time.

A middle-aged male cultivator came over and stopped in front of him.

"How much is Cuishan Qingcha?"

Zhao Xiaonan raised his head and revealed an elegant smile.

"Three spirit stones for one tael."

The man nodded.

"I want one or two."

After saying that, he took out three spirit stones. Zhao Xiaonan put down the book and stood up. He weighed out an ounce of spirit tea for him, put the tea into an exquisite wooden box, and completed the transaction.

Then she sat back on the wooden chair and continued to read the book she had not finished. Her eyes were serious and focused, not disturbed by the outside world. A faint smile appeared on her face again, and she seemed extremely satisfied with her life at the moment.

Li Mo couldn't help but recall the time when they spent the Flower Festival together after the first-year year-end assessment.

I remember that I was playing a grass-fighting game with her at that time, and Ma Ling asked me to play the pitching pot game out of spite. I had no choice but to leave, and the two of us never had any contact again after that.

Time flies.

Li Mo suddenly realized what he had missed. It was obvious that Wang Feng had made an intentional arrangement at that time, but he did not realize it.

After feeling anxious and worried, Li Mo sighed helplessly and tried not to think too much. Fate was something that could not be forced, so he continued to stride forward.

(End of this chapter)