Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes: I Possess the Heavenly Book of Merit

After leaving the talisman area with the envelope, Yu Yan went to the pill area not far away.

I used the remaining low-grade spirit stones to buy a Yellow Dragon Pill to aid my cultivation.

During these seven days, even though Yu Yan had just entered the first level of Qi Refining, and even though he was just a minor cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining, he could clearly feel that his spiritual power had hardly increased by relying on his own cultivation.

To accelerate cultivation, the Yellow Dragon Pill is an indispensable elixir.

In one round trip, the spirit stones in his hand were completely used up; they came quickly and went quickly.

Yu Yan still had twenty-five contribution points in his token, but he didn't plan to use them in the Treasure Pavilion.

Within the Luoxia Sect, contribution points can be used as spirit stones, or you can go to the General Affairs Hall to exchange them for cultivation techniques, spells, or a complete collection of talismans.

Yu Yan had noticed the layout of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and had wandered around inside for a while, but he did not find any shops selling books on magic or talismans.

To learn spells or higher-level talismans, you need to use contribution points to exchange for them at the General Affairs Hall.

Therefore, it's best to spend as few contribution points as possible. Since you can now sell talismans to earn spirit stones, it's better to save the contribution points in your tokens and use them when you need them most in the future.

People like Luo Cheng don't know how to draw talismans yet, so they can only take on missions to earn contribution points, and then spend those points in the end, so they can't accumulate any.

Back in his room, Yu Yan lay down on the bed, opened the bottle of Huanglongdan, and the rich aroma of the medicine immediately filled the entire room.

He could feel his spiritual energy stirring even after just a slight sniff.

Although it was only a first-tier pill, it was more than enough for Yu Yan's cultivation.

He closed his eyes, recited a set of calming incantations, and his mind returned to a clear state. Then he put the Yellow Dragon Pill in his mouth and slowly circulated the "Spirit Talisman Scripture".

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a powerful medicinal force transformed into spiritual energy that surged into his dantian, completely shattering the tranquility and stirring up the spiritual energy throughout Yu Yan's body.

His face turned bright red in an instant, and he frantically circulated his cultivation technique, constantly trying to control the spiritual energy that was about to spiral out of control and refine it little by little.

The blood vessels beneath his skin swelled slightly. Yu Yan gritted his teeth, knowing that half of the medicine's potency was simply unabsorbable and could only be dispersed and slowly expelled from his body.

"call--"

Yu Yan let out a long sigh, opened his eyes, and saw that it was already late at night. Feeling the rich spiritual energy in the room, he thought that he couldn't waste it no matter what.

So he laid out the talisman paper, took the talisman brush, and began drawing talismans without stopping for a moment.

While continuously outputting spiritual power, he also circulated his cultivation technique to absorb all the spiritual energy that had just been released.

He didn't put down the talisman brush until the morning light shone on the table the next day, looking exhausted.

Being able to focus on one thing at a time is still too difficult for him right now; after working all night, he only managed to draw two Wind Runes.

Who would have thought that Yu Yan couldn't even refine a single Yellow Dragon Pill?

I clearly asked the disciple who sells pills, and he said that the Yellow Dragon Pill is also very friendly to cultivators at the first level of Qi Refining. There is no problem in taking one pill after each cultivation session.

"Perhaps it's because he's never encountered a buyer with five spiritual roots in the sect, so his minimum standard is based on four spiritual roots."

We were really a bit careless.

Fortunately, he had strong control over his spiritual energy, so no damage was caused.

Half of the Huanglong Pill's medicinal power had evaporated, which made Yu Yan feel a little distressed.

He felt the slight increase in spiritual power within his body and marveled at how effective the Yellow Dragon Pill truly was.

"Next time you cultivate, try swallowing only half the pill."

Sigh, those senior brothers and sisters who sell pills can just focus on collecting spirit stones, while he has so much more to consider...

Next, Yu Yan maintained a pace of at least two basic talismans per day.

While using the resources obtained from exchanging talismans to cultivate, they also learn the basic talismans that follow.

The runes at the back of the book became increasingly complex. By the last few pages, Yu Yan had to copy them, studying day and night for a month before he could barely master them.

……

In the blink of an eye, nearly a year and a half has passed.

Yu Yan and the other immortal seedlings have been in the cultivation world for almost two years.

Even with poor adaptability, he has now integrated into the sect.

A new batch of immortal seedlings was brought in, and Yu Yan and the others moved out of the place where they lived together and came to a Taoist temple called "Jingxin" where they each had their own courtyard.

However, with new blood being added, there are also old people leaving.

According to the sect's rules, if a disciple is not promoted to an inner disciple within ten years, he will be sent outside the sect to either cultivate spirit fields, mine spirit stones, or be sent to the mortal realm under the sect's jurisdiction as a guardian immortal master.

On this day, Yu Yan and Luo Cheng had just finished attending the Immortal Peak's dispatch conference and were returning to their respective dojos with the other immortal seedlings.

"The sect really treats its disciples well. Even if they don't enter the inner sect, they can continue to cultivate."

Luo Cheng yawned, unable to shake off that lazy feeling.

Over the past year, his attitude towards cultivation has changed, becoming extremely pessimistic.

I always felt I had no chance of becoming an inner disciple, so I had already prepared an escape route for myself.

"Leaving the sect to cultivate spirit fields and exchange spirit rice for spirit stones will allow me to continue cultivating. It's much better than spending all my time grinding spirit talismans."

Yu Yan walked beside him without saying a word.

Although I don't agree with him giving up like that, upon closer reflection, someone like Luo Cheng has no talent in drawing talismans and his cultivation progress is also average.

If one cannot become an inner disciple, cultivating with spirit rice outside is indeed better than drawing spirit talismans.

In fact, Yu Yan was also considering his future plans.

With the help of the Heavenly Book, Yu Yan was determined to make a full-fledged attempt to become an inner disciple.

"Brother Yu, what do you think? Should I wait another year and voluntarily apply to leave? I heard I can get extra spirit stones as compensation..."

"Too dangerous."

Yu Yan's words were concise and to the point.

Outer disciples of the Luoxia Sect can apply to go out after three years of joining. After being sent out, their treatment is improved compared to that of outer disciples, and they even receive a certain amount of spirit stone subsidies every month.

But the outside world doesn't offer the same safe cultivation environment as the Luoxia Sect.

"That's right, three years is too fast. I'll cultivate properly for a while longer and gain some self-defense capabilities before we talk about it."

Luo Cheng put away his ulterior motives.

Yu Yan suddenly stopped, gazing at the moonlight on the mountain path, and said softly:

"Didn't that senior disciple who left say something like, 'Besides breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining within ten years, are there other ways to become an inner disciple?'"

Luo Cheng was taken aback.

"It seems there is such a saying, but it was only mentioned in passing."

He glanced at Qi Hao and the others who had walked away, then leaned closer to Yu Yan and whispered:

"Brother Yu, do you wish to become an inner disciple?"

"But I still feel that no matter what method we use, the requirements for inner disciples are too high. It's better to prepare early."

Yu Yan nodded, but ultimately said nothing more.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and everyone's circumstances are different. What works for someone else may not work for you.

"You could try asking Wei Jing at Baibaolou. She's well-informed; if there really is another way, perhaps she'll know."