Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 5 Ambition of Youth

Back in his familiar cultivation room, Chen Beiwu immediately sat cross-legged and began to refine the vast spiritual energy within his body.

I sat there for more than half an hour.

"Not bad, your cultivation has improved again!"

Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, looking somewhat listless, but his aura was noticeably stronger than before.

Activating the Nine Breaths Chaos doesn't require him to provide all his mana; he only needs to use a sliver of mana as a switch to start it. However, Chen Beiwu always empties his mana to exploit the Nine Breaths Chaos.

The spiritual energy bestowed by the Nine Breaths Chaos is of extremely high quality, and its absorption efficiency is dozens of times higher than that of low-grade spirit stones. If he could come once a day, Chen Beiwu was confident that he could directly advance to the Foundation Establishment stage this year.

Unfortunately, this attempt to take advantage of the treasures wasn't always successful; Chen Beiwu had only succeeded five times in total.

But these five baptisms alone made the magical power flowing within his body surge like a mighty river, and the refinement and purity of his magical power far surpassed that of cultivators at the same level.

Chen Beiwu got up with satisfaction, pushed open the door of the training room, and saw Tie Dan with a tea tray on the ceiling and teacups on it.

That's right, Tiedan can clean and wash toilets, but he can't brew tea. It seems his mother has already gone home.

Chen Beiwu picked up the teacup and found that the tea was still warm.

"Did you make a point of keeping it warm?" Chen Beiwu asked softly.

Tie Dan nodded.

Its cultivation was shallow, and it could not draw upon the spiritual energy of the surrounding world to spit out fireballs to kill enemies, but it could easily mobilize spiritual energy to keep the tea tray warm.

"It's okay if the tea gets cold, but don't do it again next time, it'll burn your brain." Chen Beiwu touched Tie Dan's burning hot head. "You're already a bit slow, you can't get any slower."

Tie Dan nodded honestly and followed his master downstairs.

"Why are you so late today? You haven't even eaten dinner..."

Hearing footsteps, Huang Xiaoling turned her head while muttering to herself, then suddenly paused.

"You've broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining?" she asked hurriedly.

Although she failed to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in her early years and suffered hidden injuries, Huang Xiaoling's vision is still quite broad.

She knew that cultivators who broke through their ancestral apertures and entered the seventh level of Qi Refining often had hair that became black, thick, and lustrous, giving them a graceful and agile appearance. This was considered a hallmark of cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

"Seventh level of Qi Refining? Is that even a question? It's a piece of cake for me," Chen Beiwu said smugly.

If he didn't show off his breakthrough in cultivation to his family, wouldn't his breakthrough have been in vain?

"Okay, okay." Huang Xiaoling turned and went into the kitchen, where she cut four ounces of marbled spirit beast cured meat. "Let's add a dish tonight and celebrate, mother and daughter."

"Is Dad working overtime tonight?" Chen Beiwu asked.

"Yes, he's been quite busy with his project lately, and he often works overtime at night." After Mom finished speaking, a delicious aroma began to waft from the kitchen.

Before long, the dish was ready and served. A plate of glistening cured meat slices emitted an enticing aroma.

Tie Dan couldn't take his eyes off him, his mouth was constantly drooling, and crystal clear drool spread back and forth, almost dripping to the ground.

Upon smelling the aroma, Chen Beiwu swallowed hard.

These days, meat is common, but spirit beast meat that can be served on the table to nourish the body and strengthen the body, and can also be exchanged for spirit stones at crucial moments, is not common at all. It is not an exaggeration to call it a delicacy.

In recent years, the Immortal Alliance has become increasingly strict in its standards for slaughtering demonic beasts. Even farmed beasts must be slaughtered by certified butchers according to procedures to ensure that the processing and sale of beast meat are legal. This is even more true for spirit beasts, which have even higher standards.

There is a folk saying in Yuankong County: "A thousand bright spirit stones cannot compare to the treasure of a spirit beast."

While this statement may be an exaggeration, the price of spirit beast meat is at least ten times higher than that of exotic beast meat, even for the same pound of meat. Some special spirit beast meat is even priceless, and only Golden Core cultivators are qualified to enjoy it.

Although the large piece of cured spirit beast meat hanging in Chen Beiwu's house was older than him and not a special breed, it was still a valuable commodity that could be exchanged for low-grade spirit stones.

Eat more.

Huang Xiaoling smiled and put the meat from the plate into Chen Beiwu's bowl.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces...

Before long, a small mountain appeared in Chen Beiwu's bowl.

He glanced at the nearly empty plate of cured meat on the table and quickly moved the bowls and chopsticks away.

"Mom, you should eat more too. I can do it myself."

If he keeps feeding them like this, he estimates that one person could finish all the spirit beast meat.

"You know that deer meat is very nourishing. I can only eat one or two pieces at most. Any more than that and my body can't handle it," Huang Xiaoling said with a smile.

She knew that cultivators practiced Qi cultivation, and part of their Qi came from their own bodies, while the other part came from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed during their daily cultivation.

The amount of spirit deer meat cut this time was not much, just enough for a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator to nourish his body through food, preventing his son from becoming physically depleted due to his rapid cultivation speed. Otherwise, she would not have been willing to use the spirit deer meat she had treasured for many years.

"It's delicious! Mom, your cooking skills have improved recently."

Not long after Chen Beiwu swallowed the spirit beast meat, a warm and powerful spiritual energy quickly permeated his body, nourishing his internal organs like spring rain, and even making his body feel much lighter.

"No wonder spirit beast meat is always so expensive and hard to find. The spiritual energy contained in this bite is no less than that of the Clear Water Pill, and its nourishing effect is even stronger." Chen Beiwu's face lit up with joy as he silently sensed the changes within his body.

"By the way, are you still doing a live stream tonight?" Huang Xiaoling suddenly asked.

"No live stream tonight, taking a few days off."

"Why don't you stop livestreaming from now on? Cultivation is more important," she said bluntly.

It’s different in the past.

My own child has excellent aptitude; he was able to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining at the age of sixteen.

If he can maintain this cultivation speed, entering the Seven Nine Upper Sect through the college entrance examination is practically a certainty, and he may even have a chance to enter the Thirteen Immortal Sects that countless cultivators dream of.

Unfortunately, she may not live to see that scene.

"I only stream three times a week, it won't interfere with my cultivation." Chen Beiwu looked at his mother. "You promised me before that you wouldn't interfere with my streaming."

Huang Xiaoling's eyes darkened slightly: "Fine, whatever you say."

Seeing the meter-long drool at the corner of Tie Dan's mouth, she picked up a piece of spirit beast meat and held it to his mouth, without mentioning the live stream again.

Chen Beiwu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, he doesn't like live streaming.

He preferred cultivation and fishing to live streaming, but he couldn't resist the fact that live streaming could earn him spirit stones to supplement his family's income.

Years ago, my mother suffered a hidden injury due to a failed attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and had to endure the torment of cold poison every year. Fortunately, this cold poison could be suppressed with a first-grade low-level rare pill, the Frost Cleansing Pill, so she no longer had to suffer from it.

However, the price of rare pills is not low. A bottle of Frost Cleansing Pill costs two low-grade spirit stones and can only be used for one month. In a year, the cost of medicine alone will be twenty-four low-grade spirit stones.

The parents worked hard all year and earned only about a hundred low-grade spirit stones, barely enough to cover their daily expenses, and they couldn't even pay off the debts they had incurred in previous years.

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu looked down at his heart.

People say that shallow waters can hardly produce true dragons, and the poor can hardly ascend to immortality. They also say that the most difficult disease to cure in this world is poverty.

Since he was able to obtain the treasure passed down from his ancestors, even if he doesn't become an immortal and roam the world freely, he should at least bring the Chen family to the top and keep them undisturbed by worldly affairs!

(End of this chapter)