After binding with a genius, I became an immortal by exploiting loopholes.

Chapter 114 Chu Yunfeng Breaks Through to the Fourth Level of Qi Refining

Because even now, Chu Yunfeng has not yet overcome this bottleneck and advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining!

In addition, the practice of "Green Wood Sword Technique" is also progressing steadily.

After failing twice on the first night, Lu Qingchen would spend half an hour every night repeatedly refining his technique.

On the third night, he finally condensed a complete cyan sword aura. Although it was only half a foot long, it was much stronger than the fleeting aura he had seen the first time. The sword aura condensed at his fingertips and remained stable for about three breaths before slowly dissipating.

On the fifth night, he was able to control the sword energy to fly out of his hand, but it only flew three feet before dissipating into a pale blue mist.

By the eighth night, the sword energy was finally able to fly more than ten feet away, leaving a faint white mark on the rock behind the house.

That night, Lu Qingchen withdrew his spiritual energy, feeling quite satisfied.

Progress may be slow, but every step is taken firmly.

The first level, "Condensing Qi into a Sharp Edge," is considered a barely passable entry point. The rest requires gradual and persistent effort, which cannot be rushed.

The batch of high-quality spirit rice that has been deeply infused with spirit energy in the spirit protection field has also fully matured in the past few days.

This batch of spirit rice underwent several deep infusions from beginning to end. The rice ears were much fuller than those in the spirit fields outside, and the grains were also larger. The rice husks had a very faint golden luster.

Lu Qingchen harvested the crops under cover of night, bundled them together with the stalks, put them into a storage bag, and brought them back to the house to thresh them slowly.

We harvested a total of several dozen kilograms, not a large quantity, but the quality far surpasses that of the shallow-dip Lingling rice found elsewhere.

He selected the plumpest rice to keep as seeds for the next season, then turned over several bowls of new rice, washed it, and put it in a pot to cook.

As soon as the water boiled, a rich, fragrant aroma wafted out from the cracks in the pot lid, filling the entire room.

The aroma is much richer than that of ordinary Jade Spirit Rice, with an indescribable sweetness that whets the appetite just by smelling it.

Lu Qingchen lifted the pot lid, and the grains of rice were crystal clear, glowing with a faint luminescence, even better than the batch of spirit rice he had grown on Panlong Peak.

He filled a bowl, picked up a piece with his chopsticks, and put it in his mouth.

The rice grains were soft and glutinous, melting in the mouth. A warm and pure spiritual energy slowly spread in the abdomen, flowing gently into the dantian along the meridians.

Lu Qingchen closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, feeling a slight tremor in his heart.

This spiritual energy is at least three to five times more concentrated than the spiritual rice outside with its shallow spiritual energy, and it can be directly absorbed by the dantian without much deliberate refining.

After finishing the bowl, the pure energy in my dantian actually increased slightly—though not much, it was just from one bowl of rice.

If one eats this kind of spiritual rice at every meal, the cumulative effect on cultivation will be considerable.

He ate another bowl, then put down his chopsticks, staring at the remaining spirit rice in the pot, already having made up his mind.

The next morning, Lu Qingchen set aside a special plot of land in the spirit protection field for food rations.

The place is small, about half an acre, close to the cave but not directly above it. This way, it can absorb the spiritual energy dissipated by the earth's veins and the cave's concealment will not be affected by daily trampling.

This land will be used specifically for growing high-quality spirit rice with deep spiritual cultivation, and all the produce will be kept as his own food, not a single grain will be given away.

Although deep spiritual cultivation consumes more cultivation points than ordinary spiritual rice, the investment is absolutely worthwhile.

The spiritual energy accumulated from the three meals a day is enough to compensate for extra hard training, and there are no side effects.

In the long run, this is equivalent to having an additional means of accelerating cultivation—spiritual food assistance.

He squatted by the edge of the grain field, pressing the selected seeds one by one into the soil.

Each seed was imbued with a trace of the Dao Stele's cultivation, pure and gentle.

After watering thoroughly and casting a Spirit Nourishing Spell, pale green spiritual light seeped from my palm and enveloped the seeds.

In the protective spirit field, the earth vein spirit embryo quietly breathes in and out of the cave, the seeds in the food field are quietly sprouting underground, and the seedlings of vermilion fruit and jade marrow fungus sway gently in the morning light.

That small plot of land held all his wealth, both what he could show to others and what he couldn't!

That evening, Lu Qingchen had just come out of the spirit protection field when his mind stirred slightly.

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the Dao Stele underwent a change.

He hurried back into the house, sat cross-legged on the bed, and let his consciousness sink into the sea of ​​knowledge.

The dark stele still stands unchanged since time immemorial, its surface covered with slowly flowing patterns.

On one side of the monument, Chu Yunfeng's illusory figure sat cross-legged, his body suddenly radiating spiritual light. The pure energy in his dantian rapidly rotated, compressed, and condensed—then stabilized, and his aura was much stronger than before.

The fourth level of Qi Refining.

Lu Qingchen stared at the illusory figure for a long time, a complex feeling welling up in his heart.

A dual-elemental root of superior quality is indeed not something that ordinary bottlenecks can withstand.

He was held back for a while when he reached the third to fourth level of Qi Refining, but he eventually overcame it.

Despite the感慨 (feelings of deep emotion), the benefits are undeniable.

The faster Chu Yunfeng broke through, the more cultivation he gained each day.

Previously, when Chu Yunfeng was at the third level of Qi Refining, the cultivation he gained each day had already benefited him greatly. Tempering spiritual roots, cultivating spiritual plants, and practicing cultivation techniques all depended on the accumulation of Dao Tablets.

Now that he has broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, the base amount of cultivation he gains each day is even greater, so the "five points" he can get from reincarnation naturally increase accordingly.

This will have long-term benefits for his future spiritual root tempering and cultivation improvement.

"He should be able to secure first place in the rookie assessment."

Lu Qingchen muttered to himself, then shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Chu Yunfeng's breakthrough is a good thing, but that is Chu Yunfeng's path.

He still has to walk his own path step by step.

A few days later, Zhao Demao strolled to the end of the village with his hands behind his back.

He stood outside the spirit field for a while, peering through the pale blue light barrier at the faint green within, before turning and walking to Lu Qingchen's spirit field.

Lu Qingchen was squatting on the edge of the field loosening the soil for the spirit rice. When he saw him coming, he straightened up and greeted him.

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"Manager Lu."

Zhao Demao cut to the chase, "The sect's new talent assessment is about to begin. Are you interested in signing up?"

Lu Qingchen asked curiously, "Master, what are the rewards for the new talent assessment?"

"First place: one Qi-Nourishing Pill, one Barrier-Breaking Pill, and a set of mid-grade magic artifacts."

"Second place: one Qi-Nourishing Pill and one mid-grade magic weapon. Third place and below also receive spirit stones and low-grade magic weapons, but they are not as good as the top three."

Lu Qingchen's heart stirred slightly upon hearing the Breakthrough Pill.

This item can help break through the seventh level of Qi Refining, which is a key bottleneck from the middle to the later stages of Qi Refining.

However, upon further reflection, he realized that he was only at the third level of Qi Refining, several levels away from the seventh level. Moreover, if Chu Yunfeng took first place, the Breakthrough Pill would naturally fall into Chu Yunfeng's hands.

The faster Chu Yunfeng breaks through, the better for him.

As for personally competing for this ranking—how could a mere cultivator with five spiritual roots, who had only revealed himself to be at the second level of Qi Refining, compete with those prodigies?

Going there would only be a waste of time and effort, and it would also expose them to the sect and attract unnecessary attention.