Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 16 One Night of Qi Awakening, Entering the Qi Refining Stage!

After returning to his room, Lin Chen began to try to guide Qi into his body.

This was not difficult for Lin Chen. Following the incantations and mental techniques in the Xuanhuang Qi-Guiding Technique, he quickly sensed spiritual energy again.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Chen attempted to draw wood spiritual energy into his body.

Between heaven and earth, spiritual energy is mixed, and the spiritual energy of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth) is interconnected.

It is not easy to separate the wood elemental energy and incorporate it into the body.

After trying it for an hour, Lin Chen gradually grasped the knack.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

Master Han Jihai brought over a spiritual food.

A bowl of spirit rice, two servings of spirit vegetables, and even a few tempting pieces of braised pork.

Han Jihai looked at Lin Chen with a smile and said:

"While spiritual practice is important, it's not something to rush..."

"You're at the age where you're growing, you should eat more!"

After Han Jihai left, Lin Chen looked at the spiritual food on the plate with a sense of helplessness.

"Is Master getting old and having no descendants? He's treating me like a junior member of his own family..."

Feeling a bittersweet happiness, he thought of his grandparents from his childhood.

They were like that back then, afraid of not having enough to eat, stuffing all sorts of food and drink into their mouths.

Lin Chen remembered that he was called "Little Fatty" back then.

Unfortunately, his grandparents died in an accident when he was ten years old, during a monster attack on the city.

After a brief sigh, Lin Chen continued eating, enjoying his meal immensely.

This braised pork was also spiritual meat, fatty but not greasy. After finishing the meal, Lin Chen felt his body filled with energy.

Without hesitation, Lin Chen resumed practicing the breathing technique.

After cultivating for two hours, Lin Chen glanced at the Qi and Blood value on his wrist.

——11.9!

It increased the Qi and Blood value by a full 0.4.

Lin Chen was shocked once again, and murmured:

"I see. Compared to spirit rice and spirit vegetables, spirit meat contains far more vital energy and blood!"

"Goodness, looking at it this way, if there were higher-grade spiritual meat... how much health and vitality would this meal increase?"

Lin Chen was somewhat surprised by the way his master, Han Jihai, fed him.

He'll probably advance to intermediate-level martial artist before he even gets back to Earth!

"Tsk tsk, who said Danfeng has poor resources?"

"Although Dan Peak's overall strength is the weakest among the five peaks, it has more disciples from the other peaks!"

"With so many disciples, the peak master can't take care of everyone. It would be very good if you could become an elder's disciple."

"No other peak is like Dan Peak, where the peak master teaches disciples step by step and even personally prepares spiritual food for them..."

After figuring this out, Lin Chen was in a great mood, thinking to himself that joining the Pill Peak was definitely the right thing to do!

After completing the breathing technique, Lin Chen continued to try to draw qi into his body, and made rapid progress.

From sensing the wood elemental energy to separating it, and then gradually being able to control it to bring it closer to the body.

Lin Chen was only one step away from drawing Qi into his body—formally incorporating the wood elemental Qi into his dantian!

After trying it for an afternoon, Lin Chen made remarkable progress.

In the evening, after he finished eating the spiritual food, his Qi and blood value increased again, reaching 12.2.

That night, Lin Chen didn't sleep; he spent the entire night thinking about how to guide Qi into his body.

As dawn approached, the morning glow shone warmly on Lin Chen through the window.

Lin Chenfu, as if guided by divine inspiration, successfully guided the spiritual energy into his dantian.

In an instant, Lin Chen felt a change in his body.

"Is this... the feeling of spiritual energy entering the body?"

"I am now... a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator!"

Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes, carefully sensing the changes in his body.

As if he had no teacher, he vaguely sensed an invisible and long-lasting energy slowly flowing within his dantian.

It's spiritual energy!

Lin Chen focused his mind and tried to control the spiritual energy in his dantian.

That wisp of spiritual energy, as weak as a hair, slowly gathered at Lin Chen's fingertips along his meridians.

However, the whole process was too difficult, and Lin Chen tried several times and exerted a lot of effort before he was able to do it.

"Hiss... Is this spiritual energy?"

"According to the Xuanhuang Qi-Inducing Technique, as long as spiritual energy is generated in the body, no matter how weak it is, it is considered to have entered the first level of Qi Refining."

"And as one's cultivation level continues to improve, the spiritual energy within the dantian will also become increasingly abundant..."

"At the same time, entering the Qi Refining stage also allows the birth of a faint divine consciousness."

After pondering for a while, Lin Chen realized that he could vaguely see into his soul and sense the spiritual energy in his dantian, which should mean that his divine consciousness had begun to emerge.

However, he had just entered the Qi Refining stage, and his spiritual sense was too weak.

Afterwards, one needs to cultivate the method of divine sense or improve one's realm in order to continuously strengthen one's divine sense.

"I've heard that powerful Qi Refining cultivators can extend their divine sense to ten zhang (approximately 33 meters)... and Foundation Establishment cultivators can extend their divine sense to hundreds or even thousands of meters!"

"But for me right now, my divine sense can only perform preliminary introspection to observe any unusual activity within my body."

Lin Chen suddenly thought of something and murmured:

"Martial artists cultivate their physical bodies but cannot see inward with their spirit and soul, and therefore cannot fully control their own bodies and internal organs."

"But I have developed divine consciousness and can see inward with my soul... Doesn't this mean that I have an unprecedented advantage over other martial artists in the martial arts world?"

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's eyes brightened slightly.

Using the methods of cultivators to enhance martial arts cultivation, the two complement each other...

It might create an unprecedented path for martial arts!

So Lin Chen began practicing the breathing technique again.

After drinking a vial of nutrient solution, Lin Chen could feel a surge of energy from the air slowly flowing into his body as he continued to breathe.

This energy is different from spiritual energy, yet it can enter his body and strengthen his physical body!

Ordinary martial artists, after inhaling and exhaling energy into their bodies using breathing techniques, can only follow the breathing patterns and cannot control it precisely.

This means that some energy will inevitably be consumed in the body, and it will not be able to perfectly reach where it should go.

However, Lin Chen can now use his inner vision to guide energy to strengthen his physical body, which greatly reduces energy consumption.

It was difficult to guide him at first, but after many attempts, he gradually became proficient.

After cultivating for two hours, Lin Chen glanced at the Qi and Blood value on his wristwatch.

——12.4!

In just two hours, it actually improved by 0.2!

The efficiency is almost twice as fast as before!

"Hiss... Introspection of the divine soul is so incredibly helpful to martial arts!"

"If this method could be introduced to Earth, wouldn't the cultivation speed of all martial artists double!"

Lin Chen was deeply shocked at this moment; he could already imagine the impact that cultivation would have on Blue Star Energy...

Martial artists on Blue Star do not need to cultivate to a very high level. As long as they enter the Qi Refining stage and develop divine consciousness, it will greatly benefit their progress in martial arts!

"This is another major discovery!"

Lin Chen silently made a note of it.

After a night of cultivation, dawn was breaking.

Lin Chen not only did not feel tired, but also felt refreshed.

This is the difference between martial arts and spiritual cultivation.

Martial arts nourish the body but not the spirit. Even highly skilled martial artists, full of energy, still need sleep and rest.

Cultivators place more emphasis on their vital energy and spirit, and meditation can completely replace sleep.

"Phew, reaching the Qi Refining stage in just one night... that's a bit too astonishing!"

"It's best not to tell the master for now."

So Lin Chen stayed peacefully in his disciple's residence for the next few days to cultivate.

As for Han Jihai, he seemed to be busy refining pills and did not come to visit.

Lin Chen's spiritual energy in his dantian increased, and his blood energy value reached 15 points!

Lin Chen finally found Han Jihai early on the fourth day.

Upon hearing Lin Chen's report, Han Jihai nearly bit off his tongue.

"What did you say? You've entered the Qi Refining stage?!"

(End of this chapter)