Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

The cave was filled with spiritual energy. It was originally a place like the land of fallen stars, which would automatically repel spiritual energy. However, this place was clearly set up by people from a holy land, so there was no shortage of spiritual energy in the cave, and that was enough.

Even so, circulating true qi was still extremely difficult. Lu Qian was practically gritting his teeth as he circulated his qi. If he was even slightly distracted, his true qi would become still and stagnant, like a pool of dead water, without any ripples.

"No wonder they say this place is good for building a strong foundation; anyone with even a little less patience probably couldn't stand the environment here!"

Lu Qian took out a Yellow Sprout Pill, swallowed it, and continued cultivating. This time he felt a little better, but it was still much more difficult than usual.

I don't know how others feel, but Lu Qian feels he's gotten used to it and can barely accept it.

However, when Lu Qian took the Qingling Pill and tried to stop after circulating his energy for eight cycles as usual, he found that he could still continue cultivating.

"What happened?"

He was naturally surprised. If cultivating here could allow him to circulate his Qi several more times, wouldn't that indirectly increase his cultivation speed?

However, Lu Qian quickly realized, "It should be that the true qi is restricted, so the pressure on the meridians is not so strong, so I can cultivate for a few cycles, which is a good thing."

He was currently worried about his slow cultivation speed, so he naturally seized the opportunity to continue cultivating. He didn't plan to go back just yet; he would stay for at least three days.

"When we get back, we'll have to ask Elder Tao if we can stay here for an extended period. That would be great."

However, thinking this way, Lu Qian did not have much hope, because what he could think of, others could certainly think of as well. Since no one chose to do it, there must be limitations that he was unaware of.

Moreover, judging from the level of security here, it doesn't seem that important. Jin Changgeng's behavior is also quite casual, so it's highly likely that it's not because this place is particularly rare, but for some other reason. After all, staying here for too long would have some adverse effects.

After that, Lu Qian continued to cultivate for three more cycles before stopping, feeling that his meridians had reached their limit.

"That's roughly eleven cycles, which is equivalent to circulating Qi through one major cycle and one minor cycle here!"

Ten small cycles make up one large cycle. Lower-level cultivators have a slower speed of circulating qi, so they use small cycles to count. Higher-level cultivators cultivate faster, so they naturally use large cycles to count.

However, advanced cultivators have more than just arduous cultivation to improve their cultivation level. In other words, arduous cultivation alone can only improve their cultivation level by a small amount. They must find other ways, such as refining pills or spiritual objects, because arduous cultivation can only play a limited role.

Lu Qian took out the Star Stone and continued cultivating the Star Undying Body. He didn't intend to waste time and wanted to see how this Starfall Land could help his Zhou Tian Star Aperture.

He had heard from Tao Pili that the patriarch of Xuantian Palace used his great supernatural powers to draw stars to fall, and specially created this place of starfall to facilitate the cultivation of the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a type of acupoint).

When Lu Qian was cultivating in the cave, his senses were not very clear, and he didn't know what it was like here.

He quickly began to circulate his Star Undying Body, drawing essence from the Star Stone. The next moment, he sensed something was wrong. The surrounding star power seemed to be overflowing, and the essence in the Star Stone also became restless, rushing into Lu Qian's body.

Lu Qian could almost see starlight shimmering on his palm bones. This was the essence of the Star Stone transforming his body. Once the transformation was complete, he would have mastered the Star Undying Body technique.

Originally, this speed should have been very slow, but now it suddenly became much faster. He could feel his palms becoming tough and powerful, and even if he failed to release the palm lightning, he might not suffer much injury.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian couldn't help but smile, "We're already in the Holy Land, and I'm still thinking about the Palm Thunder."

His expression suddenly changed slightly, and he felt his heart start beating faster—no, his mind was racing!

The mind, which had been dormant and only occasionally released some thoughts, suddenly became active. The thoughts within it grew rapidly, as if absorbing some kind of nourishment, and instantly became full of vitality.

"Hmm? So my cultivation of the Zhou Tian Star Aperture isn't complete; I need a place with abundant stellar energy to progress?"

Lu Qian instantly understood what was happening, but the changes were not over yet. As his heart pounded, strands of starstone essence were rapidly drawn out, flowing into his bones through his mouth and nose.

A cool sensation seemed to rush down his throat, but he felt nothing else. Starlight appeared all over Lu Qian's body; it was the essence of the Star Stone transforming his body.

However, because these essences were too dispersed, they immediately went out after a brief flash, but some changes were still left behind.

"I was completely wrong. The most important thing in cultivating the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a type of spiritual energy cultivation technique) is not spiritual energy, but the power of the stars!"

In just a few breaths, the second-tier star stone in Lu Qian's hand suddenly made a crisp sound, then shattered completely, fell to the ground, and merged into a gray-black mass.

He quickly took out a new star stone and continued to absorb its essence, feeling very optimistic. "If I continue to absorb the essence of the star stone at this rate, I will soon master the basics of the Star Immortal Body."

For such a long time before, Lu Qian hadn't used up a single Star Stone, but just now, he used up a Star Stone in just a few breaths. The difference was enormous, and it had nothing to do with his familiarity with the cultivation technique; the only thing that had changed was the environment.

Where the power of stars is abundant, the star apertures will become more active and thus play a sufficient role in accelerating the cultivation of the Zhou Tian star aperture inheritance!

"The Land of Fallen Stars is my blessed land. I must cultivate the Heavenly Star Aperture there!"

Lu Qian made up his mind, and then he saw the Star Stones being consumed one by one. Under the effect of the Mind Aperture, the bones in his body would occasionally shine with light. Stimulated by this speed, he even ignored the pain he was originally feeling, and only wanted to quickly master the Star Undying Body!

A day passed quickly. Lu Qian did not choose to go back with most of the people, but stayed here. It seemed that when his mind was first activated, he consumed the power he had accumulated over the past few days. Except for the first few star stones that allowed him to maintain his speed, the speed at which he absorbed the essence of the star stones was slower, but it was still many times faster than when he was in his own cave.

Two days later, after Lu Qian had used up dozens of star stones, he looked down at his body and found that his whole body was shimmering with light, like twinkling stars, but then dimmed and disappeared. He felt an urge to burst into laughter.

"Finally, I've mastered the basics of the Stellar Undying Body technique. Further improvement requires combining it with the Zhou Tian Star Aperture cultivation method; I can't just rely on absorbing the essence of star stones anymore!"

Although not much change could be seen from the outside, Lu Qian felt that he could withstand the low-level magic weapon without any problem. After all, he had consumed so many second-level spiritual materials. If he didn't even have this much effect, it would be unreasonable.

Moreover, Lu Qian didn't feel that his vital energy had been depleted much, which made him think deeply again.

"If we compare cultivation to an ox plowing a field, it's like whipping a stubborn ox; no matter how much fodder you use, it might not plow much land!"

"Cultivating in the Land of Fallen Stars is like having extremely loose and soft soil, and the oxen are exceptionally strong, easily plowing all the land without consuming much fodder!"

He used to herd cattle, so he subconsciously thought of this. Of course, he would still need to replenish his qi and blood in the future, since it was a body-refining technique. As long as he cultivated to a higher level, he would definitely need to replenish his qi and blood, without exception.