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

Even after leaving the Hall of Life Lamp, the connection remained unbroken. With eyes closed, one could almost see the burning candlelight in the cave.

Yu Yan picked up the token at his waist, and the name on it had changed into his Daoist title, "Baiyan," arranged from top to bottom. If nothing unexpected happened, this would be his unchanging Daoist title from now on.

"Without realizing it, I've become a senior disciple."

Next, I need to go to the General Affairs Hall more often to accept missions and accumulate contribution points.

However, before that, it would be best to break through the barrier of the second level of Qi Refining.

Keep practicing!

He's going into seclusion!

They were just one step away from breaking through; it would be unreasonable not to.

Inside the courtyard of the Tranquil Meditation Center, Yu Yan put half a Yellow Dragon Pill into his mouth and began to circulate his cultivation technique.

No matter when, it's never wrong to focus on self-cultivation.

…………

In the blink of an eye.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the dawn broke through the sky, and the sun rose in the east.

As the morning glow passed by in the distance and reached the sky above Yuanfu Peak, it stood like a surging waterfall.

Purple mist surged down from the clouds and settled into the immortal peak.

Inside the room, Yu Yan slowly opened his eyes. With a thought, wisps of spiritual energy spread out, wrapping around the talisman brush on the table and slowly bringing it to his hand.

After so long of seclusion and cultivation, hard work pays off, and I have finally achieved a breakthrough.

Moreover, with the blessing of the "Spirit Talisman Scripture", Yu Yan mastered the ability to materialize spiritual energy, a skill that usually requires the third level of Qi Refining, while only at the second level of Qi Refining.

"call--"

"Qi Refining Level 2, another big step forward."

"Now, among the batch of immortal seedlings at Yuanfu Peak, my cultivation level should rank second."

Yu Yan silently made plans in his mind.

The first one is naturally Qi Hao, who broke through to the second level of Qi Refining three months ago.

I haven't fallen far behind.

But this is only to be expected.

After all, he didn't have to spend time on missions before, so he had more time to cultivate than them. In addition, he had a constant supply of Yellow Dragon Pills. It was these two advantages that prevented Yu Yan from falling too far behind Qi Hao.

However, that may not be possible in the future.

Putting aside the fact that Yu Yan will have to start taking on missions to earn contribution points, his cultivation time may be reduced afterward.

Luo Cheng and the others have now learned some basic talismans and can also exchange them for spirit stones at the Treasure Pavilion for cultivation. There is no need for them to spend too much time on the tasks of the General Affairs Hall.

Both cultivation resources and cultivation time will increase significantly.

Although Yu Yan can sell a wide variety and large quantity of basic talismans, his advantage is not as great as before. He may soon be overtaken by Qi Hao and caught up by others.

This is the helplessness of pseudo-spiritual roots.

Yu Yan sighed slightly, composed himself, and prepared to go to the General Affairs Hall to see if there were any suitable tasks for him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he bumped into Luo Cheng, who had raised his hand to knock.

"Brother Yu, you've emerged from seclusion!"

Such a long period of seclusion could not be kept secret from others. Luo Cheng knew a great deal about it and was very envious when he learned that Yu Yan was going to try to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Now that Yu Yan has emerged from seclusion and is in excellent spirits, he must have successfully broken through.

"Congratulations, Brother Yu, on your further progress on the path to immortality."

Luo Cheng bowed respectfully, then took out a life-sized burlap sack from his storage bag, opened the drawstring, and revealed that it was filled with black granular objects.

"Perfect timing, come and try the spirit rice I just grew recently."

At this point, he scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"This is my first time growing this, so I don't know how it will taste or how its spiritual energy will be. I'd like to ask Brother Yu to taste it and see if there's anything that needs improvement..."

Is this spiritual rice?

Yu Yan scooped up a handful of spirit rice and carefully examined it. It felt extremely rough to the touch, and he couldn't sense much spiritual energy in it.

Speaking of which, Luo Cheng really took the matter of spiritual farming to heart. Before choosing a Daoist name, Yu Yan knew that he had already started planting spiritual rice in preparation for future assignments.

It's quite amusing to outsiders that the immortal seedlings on Yuanfu Peak aren't seriously learning how to draw talismans; instead, they've started learning how to cultivate spirit rice.

Moreover, the quality of this kind of spiritual rice is...

It's really not that great.

But at least it's better than the food provided free of charge in the sect's canteen. Taste aside, at least it has a trace of spiritual energy, which is better than nothing.

"Brother Yu, why don't you cook a pot and try it? I also got some hot dishes from the canteen, so we can have it together for breakfast."

Luo Cheng was excited. After all, it was the first time he had grown spirit rice, and he couldn't suppress his desire to share it.

"But I usually eat in the canteen; there are no cooking utensils in the courtyard."

"That's easy!"

Luo Cheng grabbed Yu Yan's arm and pulled him toward his own courtyard.

"This bag of spirit rice is for you. I have more at home, and I also have cooking utensils. Come to my house, come on over!"

Unable to refuse Luo Cheng's hospitality, Yu Yan could only follow him into his room to watch him use his spiritual energy to ignite a fire and cook hot dishes.

With a steaming bowl of spirit rice placed before him, Yu Yan remained silent for a long time before finally taking a bite.

"Brother Yu, how is it?"

“…………”

"Luo Cheng, why don't you change your Daoist name?"

"what?"

……

After offering some words of comfort and seeing that Luo Cheng had regained his former confidence, Yu Yan hurriedly left and went to the General Affairs Hall without looking back.

As for the bag of "spiritual rice" that the other party gave me, I'll just leave it in my storage bag to gather dust for now; it won't take up much space anyway.

Not only does it contain very little spiritual energy, but it also tastes sour and bitter, like fermented spiritual rice, making it really hard to swallow.

Luo Lingnong's future is worrying.

……

There were very few people in the General Affairs Hall today; only Yu Yan had just entered, and he was interested in tasks related to talismans.

"Based on what you're looking for, there's only one quest recently issued by Li Lingying of Danfeng..."

Seeing that Yu Yan did not speak, the disciple who was receiving him continued:

"It says that a cleaning talisman is needed to help clean one's alchemy room. The alchemy room is very large, so it's best if the person accepting the task knows how to draw talismans so that they can clean while drawing. Completing the task will earn one contribution point."

"One contribution point?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Yan couldn't help but ask a question.

"How dare she issue this task?"

The disciple shrugged.

"Who can argue with that? But he is the only promising young talent to enter Danfeng in recent years. In the eyes of many people, the reward of a contribution point is fake; the favor between Danfeng disciples is what matters."

"No matter where you are in the cultivation world, alchemists are always in high demand."

Even though she's just an apprentice...

Yu Yan remained silent for a moment, offering no rebuttal, but preparing to choose another one.

Just then, a familiar face walked in.

It was Qi Hao.

The other person looked displeased and muttered something under their breath; you could only hear it clearly when they got closer.

"They told me to plant peach trees, but after I planted them, they said it wouldn't work and I had to plant different ones. I've planted one after another for almost two years now, and I haven't learned anything. I've even less contribution points. It's a complete waste of my cultivation time!"

"Even if I have to contribute more points, I will absolutely not go again. Let someone else go!"

He stormed up to the receptionist, slammed his identification token on the counter, and said indignantly:

"I'm posting a task to find someone to go to the Deadwood Dojo and help an old man plant trees."