Six Realms Immortal Emperor

Participating in the wilderness trial was a big deal, and Xu Jingtian certainly couldn't hide it from Yue Zhi. He put away his storage bag and went to the alchemy room.

"What? You want to participate in the wilderness trial?" Ochi was shocked and hurriedly tried to dissuade him, "No, no, your cultivation is only at the first level of Qi Refining. If you go, you'll only be bullied by those disciples."

"What level of cultivation is required to go there?" Xu Jingtian was still unwilling to give up.

"Hmph, the wilderness trials are more dangerous than you can imagine. You need to be at least at the second level of Qi Refining to have any chance of survival. Most people at the third level of Qi Refining would risk going there to seek opportunities. I think you'd better stay in the alchemy room and behave yourself, lest you lose your life and I have to find a new disciple." Ochi said disdainfully.

"Only the second level of Qi Refining? Good, I'll try to break through my cultivation level and reach the second level of Qi Refining in the next few months," Xu Jingtian said confidently.

In fact, Xu Jingtian had quite a few pills in the storage bag he had seized. If he were to consume them directly, it would be enough for him to cultivate to the second level of Qi Refining. However, he wouldn't do that. Rapidly increasing his cultivation level would make his foundation unstable, so he decided to cultivate and hone his skills slowly, letting things take their natural course in time.

"You...you...what nonsense are you spouting now? Back then, you boasted that you could reach the first level of Qi Refining in just a few days. But half a year has passed, and you're still only at the first level of Qi Refining. This is only because you've been incredibly lucky lately. In the path of cultivation, the further you go, the harder it is to advance. Even for a genius disciple, it takes one or two years to go from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level. You think you can break through in just a few months?" Yue Zhi's beard trembled with anger as he spoke.

"Hehe, Elder Yuezhi, I've thought about it carefully. It might not work elsewhere, but it will work in your alchemy room. You work hard refining pills here, and I'll be immersed in the countless spiritual herbs and elixirs. Over time, I'll definitely cultivate faster than the other disciples." Xu Jingtian had spent a lot of time with Yuezhi and naturally knew his temperament. Seeing that Yuezhi was angry, he quickly started flattering him, spouting nonsense and attributing the effectiveness of his prayer beads to Yuezhi.

Ochi thought about it carefully, and then laughed out loud: "Good lad, what you said makes some sense. From today onwards, I'll refine pills here, and you can meditate and cultivate next to me. Let's see if you can reach the second level of Qi Refining."

"Oh, is that so? Can we not cultivate here?" Xu Jingtian was a little regretful. After all, his prayer beads were a very secretive matter, and if Ochi found out, who knows what might happen.

"What's wrong, kid? You don't want to?" Ochi saw his expression, glared at him, and his mustache stood up straight.

"No, no, no...it's not..." Xu Jingtian's eyes flickered, and he quickly came up with an excuse. "I'm afraid that staying here will delay the elders' alchemy. If something goes wrong, I can't bear the responsibility!"

"Don't worry, in all the years since I started out, I've never made a mistake in alchemy," Ochi said, stroking his beard with satisfaction.

"But what if something goes wrong? I can't guarantee that my cultivation will go smoothly. If I go into a dangerous situation of qi deviation and it affects the elder's alchemy, you can't blame me!" Xu Jingtian shamelessly revealed everything he could think of, whether it mattered or not.

"Pah!" Ochi couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Get lost in your cultivation deviation! That only happens when someone is breaking through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage, okay? You're just going from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level and you think you can go into cultivation deviation?"

"Oh, I was just using an analogy..." Xu Jingtian couldn't help but blush. He could only blame himself for not knowing enough about cultivation common sense; making things up would inevitably give him away.

"It's settled then. You'd better focus all your energy on cultivating here. If you don't reach the second level of Qi Refining, hehe, I'll throw you into the lowest room..." Ochi said sternly, his smile fading.

"What room is it, Elder Ochi?" Xu Jingtian's heart skipped a beat, as if he had guessed something.

"Oh, no, it's nothing." Ochi realized he'd let something slip and quickly corrected himself, "If you can't cultivate it, I'll throw you into the furnace to be refined into pills..."

When Ochi said that so casually, Xu Jingtian was so frightened that he shuddered.

Since he entered Wan Dan Pavilion, Yue Zhi had been treating him well one moment and bad the next, and it was impossible to predict what he would do in the future. One couldn't tell whether a cultivator in a sect was good or bad on the surface. For example, the gray-robed man he first encountered was actually using him to track Dongfang Siyu. And then there were Daoist Cen Yang and Daoist Tu Yang, who appeared to be venerable and otherworldly, but were actually ruthless and bloodthirsty demons.

This Ochi in front of me seems even more domineering and unreasonable than those Taoist priests. Who knows what he might do to me?

Especially considering his current strength, compared to Ochi, he is far inferior. He is at the mercy of others, and the only crucial thing is to desperately improve his cultivation.

"Hehe, Elder Ochi, I was just joking. Of course, I would be more than happy to be able to cultivate here." Xu Jingtian's mind was particularly quick at this moment, and he must not anger Ochi.

"Hahaha, great. A cultivation prodigy, only at the first level of Qi Refining, yet possessing ten drops of spiritual liquid in his inner energy. I'm waiting to witness the next miracle!" Ochi was indeed delighted upon hearing this, laughing loudly as he spoke.

Sigh, I brought this on myself. Who told me to boast that I could improve my cultivation and reach the second level of Qi Refining in just a few months?

Xu Jingtian lay flat on the wooden bed. He felt a prickling sensation on his back as he recalled these words. Ochi's words were undoubtedly like a mountain pressing down on his heart.

Is it a blessing or a curse?

Will Ochi see through his mysterious rosary? And if he does, will he immediately kill and steal it?

He didn't know how he got back to his room. These questions kept popping into Xu Jingtian's mind, leaving him somewhat at a loss.

Xu Jingtian tried again to remove the prayer beads from his wrist, but to no avail; the beads remained tightly wrapped around his wrist. Now, with the strength of a thousand pounds in one arm, if it were ordinary prayer beads, he would have crushed them to pieces with such force.

But the prayer beads didn't budge in his hands at all, without a single crack or damage. It was truly amazing.

He silently recited the incantation, circulated the spiritual energy that had just gathered in his body, poured it into his arm, and pulled hard towards the prayer beads.

"Ah~" Xu Jingtian exerted more and more force, but the prayer beads seemed to be attached to his wrist, no matter how he moved them, they just wouldn't budge.

"It seems to be a real treasure, even the material is so sturdy." Xu Jingtian sighed helplessly. In just this short while, he was exhausted, and his negligible spiritual power was almost used up, but the prayer beads remained unchanged.

"Sigh, I hope it's a treasure that has recognized its owner, and that Ochi doesn't see through it!" Xu Jingtian could only pray that good fortune would come his way.

Beside the Golden Sun Crimson Cloud Furnace in Wandan Pavilion, Xu Jingtian sat cross-legged a few feet behind Yue Zhi. He also forced himself to steal a glance at Yue Zhi when he had a spare moment.

Ochi was busy refining pills, circulating his spiritual power while casting spells onto the furnace, unaware of the unusual behavior on Xu Jingtian's side.

Xu Jingtian looked at him and began to slowly circulate the cultivation incantation. The sparse spiritual energy around him was also mobilized and flowed slowly around him. He circulated the incantation extremely slowly, afraid that Yue Zhi would notice something amiss. Fortunately, nothing happened for the time being.

However, his cultivation method resulted in absorbing spiritual energy at a snail's pace, failing to achieve the effects of expelling the old and taking in the new, or tempering the body.

puff!puff!

Ochi's spiritual power struck the furnace, producing a series of sounds, but to Xu Jingtian, it felt like a death knell.

If he continues like this and doesn't fully commit to cultivation, it would be strange if Ochi didn't become suspicious.

do my best!

Xu Jingtian steeled his resolve and began to focus entirely on cultivation, the surrounding spiritual energy starting to flow around him. He had already reached the first level of Qi Refining and could sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy.

He could even sense the flow of spiritual energy, like smoke drifting towards him with the movement of air currents.

"Kid, that's more like it!" Ochi's cultivation was many times higher than his, so he naturally sensed the changes in the surrounding spiritual energy and praised Xu Jingtian.

Ochi is truly remarkable; even while busy refining pills, he still has the energy to keep an eye on Xu Jingtian's cultivation.

Fortunately, nothing was discovered, and Xu Jingtian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the prayer beads on his wrist, and thankfully, they neither flashed with light nor showed any unusual signs.

As before, the spiritual energy, after entering Xu Jingtian's body, was completely absorbed by the prayer beads on his wrist through his meridians. Having learned from his previous experience, he wasn't alarmed. Since the prayer beads had a limited capacity for absorbing spiritual energy, he would let them absorb as much as they wanted. He would repay them double later.

Xu Jingtian closed his eyes and began to cultivate boldly, and the flow of spiritual energy was much faster than before.

After an hour, Xu Jingtian suddenly discovered that the spiritual energy he was inhaling was much denser than before.

He hurriedly opened his eyes, and what he saw terrified him. The abundant spiritual energy that Yue Zhi had struck the furnace was not entirely absorbed by it; a small portion of it, along with the scattered spiritual energy around it, was drifting towards Xu Jingtian.