Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 112 The Secret of Qi Cultivation
"Junior Sister's personality remains as aloof as ever." Jiang Yuyan picked up a cup of tea and took a sip.

The Golden Palace Pill is a third-tier precious pill that is essential for Foundation Establishment cultivators to form their Core, and it is priceless.

Even though the Mirror Moon Sect is a renowned alchemy sect in the Southern Wilderness Region, it would take them a hundred years to refine five to six batches of Golden Palace Pills.

The number of pills produced is between fifteen and eighteen, and some pills need to be shared with the two major sects that cooperate closely with the sect.

Based on a century as a generation, the number of Golden Elixir pills that a hundred true disciples within the sect can compete for is only five to seven.

In other words, if a disciple of a sect wants to securely obtain the Golden Palace Pill, they must rank in the top five on the Mirror Moon Ranking.

If it weren't for her repeated failures to form her core, which greatly disappointed the sect's higher-ups and caused her to fall from the top five on the Mirror Moon Ranking to ninth, Jiang Yuyan wouldn't have needed to seek out Yun Yishu, the fifth true disciple of this generation.

"Senior Sister, please speak frankly." Yun Yishu put away the tea set directly, looking directly at Jiang Yuyan, making no attempt to hide her intention to see her out.

"How about I offer you an ancient secret technique that can increase the probability of Nascent Soul formation in exchange for my junior sister's share of Golden Palace Pills?" Jiang Yuyan confidently offered.

With Yun Yishu's aptitude and foundation, even without taking the Golden Palace Pill, there is a 30-40% chance that she will successfully form her core.

"Could it be that Senior Sister failed to form her core twice because of that Nascent Soul Formation secret technique?" Yun Yishu asked calmly.

“There’s no such thing as a Core Formation that doesn’t fail,” Jiang Yuyan changed the subject. “Gathering the Immortal Golden Essence is extremely difficult. Even with the Golden Palace Pill, very few disciples in a sect can successfully pass on their true teachings.”

"Senior sister isn't sincere." Yun Yishu shook her head, deciding not to continue the conversation.

"If you don't want to, then forget it." Jiang Yuyan simply got up and gracefully left.

The bait had already been laid; she didn't believe Yun Yishu wouldn't be tempted.

Ignoring Jiang Yuyan's departure, Yun Yishu extended her right palm, and the communication talisman outside the cave immediately transformed into a rainbow of light and fell into her palm.

……

A secluded dwelling by the water and moon.

Having received a response from the communication talisman, Chen Beiwu opened the cave door and waited quietly.

"Junior brother, what do you think Qi cultivation is?" A clear, cold female voice with penetrating power suddenly rang out.

Chen Beiwu looked up and saw that Senior Sister Yun had appeared in front of him at some point, like a beauty who had stepped out of an ancient scroll.

“Cultivators draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to temper their physical bodies and condense their magical power in order to refine themselves; this is called Qi cultivation,” Chen Beiwu replied.

“Junior brother is partly right.” Yun Yishu shook her head and said, “Qi cultivation is the first step for a cultivator to embark on the path to immortality, and it is also a crucial step.”

"The reason why cultivators accumulate magical power, explore the potential of the human body, and break through the limits of the spirit during the Qi Refining stage is ultimately to lay a solid foundation so that they can progress more steadily in subsequent stages such as Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul."

Chen Beiwu chimed in, "I see."

Unlike the ignorant rogue cultivators of the Southern Wilderness, he was bombarded with knowledge from the Immortal Alliance's official website and naturally knew how important the Qi Refining stage was for cultivators.

"Does Senior Sister know how to reach the thirteenth level of Qi Refining?" Chen Beiwu asked the question he was most concerned about.

Yun Yishu countered, "Do you know the essential difference between a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining and one at the tenth level of Qi Refining?"

"Is it a stronger foundation in strength?" Chen Beiwu asked cautiously. "No, it's the difference in talent. This determines how many resources a cultivator needs to consume to cultivate Qi."

Yun Yishu bluntly stated, "There are breakthrough pills available for exchange in the Xuanji Hall. One pill can advance a peak Qi Refining level 9 cultivator to the Qi Refining level 10, but the price is that they cannot cultivate for five years. Do you think it's worth it, Junior Brother?"

After considering it for a moment, Chen Beiwu shook his head: "It's not worth it."

Yun Yishu nodded slightly and continued to ask, "Junior Brother, you come from a rogue cultivator background, so you should know that most rogue cultivators in the Southern Wilderness attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining. Do you think they are short-sighted, or do they understand the gains and losses?"

Chen Beiwu: "It must be out of helplessness, after all, rogue cultivators lack resources and have no way to exchange for breakthrough pills."

“Wrong.” Yun Yishu shook her head and revealed the truth. “In the end, it was because the sect and the other four major sects joined forces to block all information about the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, so that in the eyes of the rogue cultivators in the Southern Wilderness, the highest level of Qi Refining was only the ninth level.”

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu asked in confusion, "Why?"

"The eleventh level of Qi Refining symbolizes the pinnacle of human potential, which coincides with the number of water generated by the heavens."

Those cultivators who can take this step can break through the shackles of their physical body, their blood and qi becoming as potent as mercury; the price is the consumption of vast amounts of resources.

"It is no exaggeration to say that the resources required to cultivate one Qi Refining eleventh level cultivator can at least cultivate dozens of Qi Refining ninth level cultivators."

"The twelve levels of Qi cultivation symbolize the Earth's poles and correspond to the Earthly Branches of the Heavenly Cycle."

A cultivator who can take this step can complete the ultimate cycle of mana circulation, making every action a form of cultivation. However, the resources and energy consumed are enough to cultivate at least several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"The thirteenth level of Qi Refining symbolizes the evolution of the heavens and is the ultimate number of the Heavenly Dao."

Those cultivators who can take this step can steal a glimpse of heavenly secrets, comprehend the Dao, return to their true nature, and undergo an unprecedented transformation in their spiritual root aptitude, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage within a single day.

Sister Yun's words made Chen Beiwu instantly understand.

The reason why the five major sects sealed off the information about the thirteenth level of Qi Refining was not only to limit the upper limit of rogue cultivators in the Southern Wilderness and eliminate potential competitors in advance, but also to better use Foundation Establishment Pills to harvest cultivation resources from rogue cultivators in various realms of the Earthly Evolution Realm.

"Most disciples in the sect's hierarchy know about the existence of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, but most of them choose to try to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage when they reach the tenth level of Qi Refining. Do you know why, junior brother?"

Chen Beiwu remained silent, waiting for his senior sister to continue.

"Because it's not worth it."

At this point, Yun Yishu paused, "Junior brother, you think it's not worth taking the Breakthrough Pill because it easily damages one's foundation and requires a period of time to recuperate and clear the toxins from the pill. For a cultivator with outstanding talent, this does more harm than good and is not worth the loss."

"Similarly, in the eyes of some disciples in the sect, the only difference between the eleventh level of Qi Refining and the tenth level is that the physical strength is slightly higher."

"Even if the probability of a Qi Refining eleventh level cultivator breaking through to Foundation Establishment can be increased by 50%, which is equivalent to taking a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, it is not worth them consuming so many resources. Unless it is a Qi Refining twelfth level cultivator who can increase the probability of a cultivator forming a Core in the future by an entire level."

"However, it is extremely difficult to reach the twelfth level of Qi Refining. Many disciples in the sect have cultivated for sixty years but still could not advance from the eleventh level of Qi Refining to the twelfth level."

"The lifespan of a Qi Refining cultivator is only a little over a hundred years, and even if they take longevity pills, they can only extend it to two hundred years."

"Now that you know all this, Junior Brother, do you still want the cultivation method for the thirteenth level of Qi Refining?" Yun Yishu stared at Chen Beiwu, her tone calm.

"Senior sister, I want to give it a try," Chen Beiwu said with a determined look in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)