Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 20 Breakthrough to Intermediate Martial Artist, Return to Blue Star!

Han Jihai smiled upon seeing this:

"Little Chen, why don't you quickly thank your senior sister?"

"Thank you so much, Senior Sister!"

Lin Chen quickly replied, then raised the jade pendant in his hand to examine it closely.

The jade pendant revealed mysterious patterns under the sunlight, and it seemed as if a warm energy was nourishing his body.

This is a spirit jade!

Lin Chen was startled. Although he didn't know the origin of this jade pendant, he figured it must be extremely valuable.

Han Jihai hadn't paid any attention at first, but he was stunned when he saw the jade pendant in Lin Chen's hand.

He glanced down at his empty belt and was immediately filled with rage.

"Michael, you actually stole my jade pendant!"

"No wonder I couldn't find the jade pendant... Turns out you stole it! That was a jade pendant passed down from your grandmaster..."

Seeing Han Jihai glaring and puffing out his beard in anger, Mi Ke'er let out a burp and said nonchalantly:

"Burp~"

"Old man, isn't the whole point of taking on a junior disciple to inherit his mantle?"

"Since this jade pendant will belong to him after you die anyway, you might as well give it to him sooner!"

Upon hearing this, Han Jihai nearly coughed up blood and roared:

"You little brat, I'm not dead yet!"

"Damn it, this jade pendant is gone... I'll lose at least two years of my life!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen was instantly jolted and wanted to return the jade pendant.

But Miko stopped her, saying:

"Old man, who are you trying to fool?"

"You told me more than twenty years ago that you were going to die... but twenty years have passed, and you're still the same!"

"I suspect you'll still be alive and well after I die!"

"Just tell me, are you willing to give this jade pendant to your junior brother?"

Han Jihai was momentarily speechless after hearing this. He glanced at Lin Chen and finally sighed helplessly:

"I guess I'm just unlucky... how did I end up taking you as my disciple?"

"Get the hell out there and get back to refining pills! Just looking at you annoys me!"

After hearing this, Mi Ke'er chuckled and winked at Lin Chen, saying:

"Senior sister's going to sleep now! I'll treat you to some tequila when I make it in a couple of days!"

With that, Miko went back to her room to sleep, tipsy.

"Tequila?"

Han Jihai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then hurriedly ran to the herb garden.

Not long after, Lin Chen heard a roar.

"You wicked disciple! My thousand-year-old agave flower, which I painstakingly cultivated!"

Upon seeing the relationship between the master and disciple, Lin Chen stood at the doorway and awkwardly touched his nose.

His master and senior sister seemed to be somewhat different from what he had imagined.

So, what about the remaining two senior brothers?

Lin Chen was a little curious. According to Han Jihai, the other two senior brothers had gone out to do sect missions.

It will be a month or two before I can come back...

……

Since Lin Chen took the Marrow Cleansing Pill, he has become increasingly fascinated by the Dao of Alchemy.

After lunch, he knocked on Han Jihai's door, wanting to inquire about alchemy.

Master Han is still a little sad, seemingly heartbroken over his angelica root.

Lin Chen stood in the training room for a while before saying somewhat embarrassedly:

"Master, um... I've already reached the first level of my Everlasting Spring Technique, and I'd like to ask about alchemy..."

Upon seeing Lin Chen, Han Jihai sighed and said earnestly:

"Xiao Chen, you're a good kid... but please don't follow in the footsteps of your senior brothers and sisters!"

Seeing Lin Chen nod in agreement, Han Jihai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"By the way, you said you wanted to learn alchemy?"

"You're still a long way off! I'll teach you alchemy when you reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining!"

"I'll need to find you a spiritual fire later, so that it will be easier to refine pills."

"As for now..."

Han Jihai thought for a moment and asked:

"Would you like to learn the art of spirit nurturing from me?"

Nurturing Spirits?

Lin Chen's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly replied, "This disciple is willing!"

The so-called art of nurturing spirits is actually the art of cultivating spirit plants and cultivating spirit fields...

Lin Chen wanted to promote spiritual plants and spiritual rice to Blue Star, and he was worried about not having the opportunity to get spiritual rice seeds!

To everyone's surprise, Han Jihai was even more excited than Lin Chen after hearing his agreement, and tears even welled up in his eyes.

"Heaven has eyes! Finally, there's a disciple willing to learn the art of nurturing spirits from me..."

"My lineage can be considered to have a successor..."

"Chen'er, why didn't I meet you sooner! What sins did those disciples I took in before commit?"

Seeing that Han Jihai was about to lose his temper again, Lin Chen quickly interrupted and said:

"Master, let's learn the art of nurturing spirits first!"

Han Jihai nodded emphatically after hearing this, and then led Lin Chen to the spirit field.

"Chen'er, nurturing spirits is a complex science, including praying for rain, fertilizing, weeding, and accelerating ripening..."

"Of course, your first step in engaging with spirit nurturing is to sense the spirit of plants such as flowers, grasses, and trees..."

"Having learned the art of nurturing spirits, spirit plants that ordinary people can only cultivate for hundreds or thousands of years can be grown in our hands in just a few decades."

Han Jihai rambled on and on, then took out a small bag and handed it to Lin Chen.

"This bag contains spirit grains. Once you can sense the spirit of plants, you can try planting spirit rice..."

That afternoon, Lin Chen studied the art of nurturing spirits with Han Jihai for a long time.

He didn't return to the house until it got dark.

After a long day, Lin Chen had a few extra pieces of braised pork for dinner.

After eating and drinking his fill, he began practicing breathing techniques.

Two hours of cultivation passed quietly...

After Lin Chen finished his cultivation, he felt changes in his body.

I glanced at the health and mana value on my wristwatch without thinking—20.2!

"I've successfully broken through to the intermediate martial artist level?"

"Where did the bottleneck between beginner and intermediate martial artists go?!"

Lin Chen was taken aback and asked with some confusion.

Logically speaking, even a genius martial artist would be stuck for a day or two when faced with these minor bottlenecks.

But for Lin Chen, this bottleneck seemed to have disappeared.

This doesn't seem to be an effect of spiritual food...

"Wait, the Marrow Cleansing Pill! It cleanses the marrow and removes impurities..."

Lin Chen suddenly realized what was happening and said in shock:

"It's the effect of the Marrow Cleansing Pill! The Marrow Cleansing Pill allows martial artists to ignore martial arts bottlenecks?"

"This effect... is simply too overpowered?!"

Lin Chen found it hard to imagine how quickly his strength would have progressed if he hadn't encountered a bottleneck in martial arts!

And why are there no martial arts bottlenecks among all the martial artists in the entire Great Xia Kingdom?

Those demonic beasts and alien races are nothing!

At that point, everyone will be a martial god... Let's just push straight to the monster's lair...

Lin Chen pondered for a moment, then slowly said:

"In any case, the effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pill far exceeded my expectations."

"Once we return to Earth, the Marrow Cleansing Pill will surely attract the nation's attention!"

Lin Chen originally only wanted to bring back spirit rice and exotic metals, but he didn't expect to find such a pleasant surprise as the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

……

For the next two days, Lin Chen cultivated daily and followed his master to learn the art of nurturing spirits.

Gradually, Lin Chen could vaguely sense the so-called spirits of plants and trees...

It wasn't until the early hours of the eighth day that Lin Chen glanced at the countdown on his left arm.

1:12.

Lin Chen's time travel began at 6:00 AM on the first day and ended at 6:00 AM on the eighth day, exactly 168 hours later.

With his transmigration imminent, Lin Chen finished his cultivation and began to take stock of the supplies he would bring back to the Great Xia Kingdom.

"A small bag of spirit rice seeds, I definitely need to bring that back..."

"Nine Marrow Cleansing Pills remain..."

"Two Qingfeng Talismans, one bottle of Qi and Blood Pills..."

"And five pieces of foreign metal, totaling approximately fifteen kilograms..."

Lin Chen was careful; he didn't put all the supplies in the storage bag, but carried them close to his body.

Because of the unique way he traveled through time, Lin Chen was unsure whether he could bring the supplies in the storage bag back with him.

Strictly speaking, the alternate dimension inside the storage bag did not have direct contact with him.

As for the weapons he brought from the Great Xia Kingdom, Lin Chen left them in the room.

Anyway, it's only a matter of a moment to go and come back, so there's no fear of being discovered.

Looking at the various supplies piled high on his body, Lin Chen felt a sense of anticipation.

"A crucial step has been taken! Upon returning to Earth, the resources from the cultivation world will undoubtedly attract significant national attention!"

……

After making all the necessary preparations, Lin Chen took one last look at the countdown and silently recited the timeline.

"Three, two..."

"one!"

The next second, Lin Chen heard Wang Xinyu's voice.

"How long until we begin our time travel?"

(End of this chapter)