You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

Purple gourd space.

"Is this the Qi Refining Realm? It's completely different from the Body Refining Realm and the so-called external release of spiritual power." Chen Huai'an opened his palm, and a ball of flame bloomed on it. He still couldn't hide his shock.

Why were menial disciples at the Body Refinement Realm considered ants in the eyes of outer disciples at the Qi Refining Realm? He hadn't deeply realized this before, but now, he truly felt the vast difference between the two.

In the late stage of Body Refinement, one possesses spiritual power within the body and can even project it outwards. Many outer disciples in the Qi Refining stage can also project their spiritual power outwards.

However, this kind of spiritual energy projection was on a completely different level from the spiritual energy projection he had known before.

One method is to forcibly release the spiritual energy from the dantian, while the other is to control it freely through the dantian and divine sense.

Willingness and coercion are two different things.

If Chen Huai'an were to face Zhang Kui, who was ranked 25th on the Spirit Ranking, he could defeat him with just one move.

The saying "Without refining qi, one cannot enter the immortal realm" is absolutely true.

At the very moment Chen Huai'an broke through, his entire body underwent a tremendous transformation.

When Chen Huai'an opened up his dantian, the spiritual energy he had stored in his dantian suddenly burst forth, impacting his limbs and bones, immediately expelling some impurities from his body. Similarly, he gained a deeper understanding of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Previously, when absorbing spiritual energy into his body to temper his physical form, he forcibly used his divine sense to draw in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that was floating around him. But now it's different. As he circulates the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique, the spiritual energy of the five elements floating around him will enter his meridians through the tiny pores of his body and then converge towards his dantian.

Drawing qi into the body is the first step in the Qi cultivation process.

It's not really about how many detours Chen Huai'an took in his cultivation.

This is actually a process, a gradual process.

"Now that I've broken through to the Qi Refining Realm, I have a certain degree of self-defense power within the Qingyun Sect. However, trouble is piling up. I wonder what kind of mischief that bastard Su Daqiang will get up to this time." Chen Huai'an thought about how Su Daqiang was involved with the Zhang family, and he was sure that trouble would come looking for him once he finished his seclusion.

He has now broken through to the Qi Refining Realm, and it's impossible for him to remain a menial outer disciple forever.

Only by becoming an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect will you receive the sect's protection; otherwise, if you die, no one will care.

These past two days, Chen Huai'an has been absorbing the spiritual energy from the Five Elements Spirit Stones to cultivate, and he hasn't been taking care of his space much.

If you want the medicinal herbs in the space to grow well, you must take care of them often, loosening the soil and watering them.

The spiritual herbs in this space will be key to his future cultivation.

This breakthrough cost him 25 high-grade Five Elements spirit stones. If converted to low-grade spirit stones, that would be worth 25,000 ordinary low-grade spirit stones.

After this breakthrough, his dantian expanded. Previously, it was filled with the five elements of spiritual energy, but now, this energy permeated his body and limbs, leaving his dantian empty again. To break through to the first level of Qi Refining, he must refill his dantian.

The greatest advantage of breaking through to the Qi Refining realm is the ability to project one's divine sense outwards. In fact, Chen Huai'an had already been able to project his divine sense outwards long ago, but now, the range of his perception has been greatly expanded.

Chen Huai'an doesn't yet have a standard to measure just how strong it is; he'll only know by going out to test it.

"Spirit stones, I need a lot of spirit stones now." Chen Huai'an really didn't dare to think about how many spirit stones he would need for each breakthrough in his cultivation level.

Without this purple gourd, Chen Huai'an would have been an ordinary person his whole life, and breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm would have been impossible.

To obtain spirit stones, Chen Huai'an couldn't rely on selling body-refining pills indefinitely.

Selling high-grade body-refining pills will eventually attract attention, but if he takes some ordinary trinkets to the market to exchange for spirit stones, and then sends the spirit stones into his spatial storage to refine them, the resources he consumes for breaking through won't be too terrifying.

The spiritual grains and herbs in the space can be exchanged for spirit stones—no, he wants to exchange them for the Five Elements Spirit Stones.

"Brother Chen, run! There are quite a few outer disciples on the Miscellaneous Service Peak looking for you." As soon as Chen Huai'an came out of the space, he saw Liu Qiaogui, who was looking at Chen Huai'an anxiously.

Liu Qiaogui thought Chen Huai'an had already run away and found a safe place to hide and cultivate in seclusion, but he never expected that this guy would swagger in front of him.

"Outer disciples are looking for me. What do they want?" Chen Huai'an asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Brother Chen, do you think you're engaged to Su Wanying, the sect leader's disciple?" Liu Qiaogui instantly became engrossed in gossip and asked Chen Huai'an.

When Chen Huai'an heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he had a very bad feeling.

Now even Liu Qiaogui, a menial disciple, knows that he is engaged to Su Wanying. Does that mean that many disciples of the Qingyun Sect know that this good-for-nothing is engaged to Su Wanying?

Will Su Wanying's admirers cause him trouble?

Needless to say, this news was definitely not leaked by Su Wanying, but by that bastard Su Daqiang. That guy just wanted to use someone else to do his dirty work.

A chilling killing intent flashed in Chen Huai'an's eyes. "This bastard really can't be allowed to live."

If he had known, he should have found a way to kill that bastard when he first saw Su Daqiang. Letting that bastard live a few more days and causing him a lot of trouble.

If we don't get rid of Su Daqiang, that bastard will keep causing trouble for us in Qingyun Sect.

With Chen Huai'an's current strength, taking down Su Daqiang would be a piece of cake.

Chen Huai'an was determined to get rid of Su Daqiang as soon as possible.

Chen Huai'an originally wanted to register at the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall as soon as possible, since he had already broken through to the Qi Refining realm and could become an outer disciple. However, he now felt that he shouldn't. If he registered as an outer disciple now, Su Daqiang would definitely take the opportunity to send more outer disciples to deal with him. Also, if Su Daqiang died at this critical juncture, many people would suspect him.

However, if Chen Huai'an hadn't broken through to the Qi Refining realm and was only at the Body Refining realm, many people probably wouldn't have thought that Chen Huai'an would dare to lay a hand on Su Daqiang, the steward.

The salary he received as an outer disciple was only a dozen or so low-grade spirit stones a month. This amount of spirit stones was just a drop in the ocean for Chen Huai'an. As long as he sold the spiritual herbs in his space, he could obtain a large number of spirit stones to buy cultivation resources.

By doing this, Chen Huai'an would have to remain as a menial disciple for several more months, which he could accept.

"Alright, I understand. I won't stay in the sect for long. I'll take on another sect mission to hunt demonic beasts in the Qingyun Mountains." Chen Huai'an instructed Liu Qiaogui before taking his leave.

He has now broken through the Qi Refining realm and is using the Breath Concealing Technique to suppress his cultivation at the Body Refining realm.

Chen Huai'an came to the mission hall again to accept the mission.

Many outer disciples asked acquaintances to inquire about Chen Huai'an's whereabouts.

Chen Huai'an had just finished accepting a mission to hunt down a demon beast when news about him reached the ears of an outer disciple.

This person is at the peak of the first level of Qi Refining Realm, and he specializes in running errands for some inner disciples.

After accepting the mission, Chen Huai'an did not linger in the mission hall. Under the watchful eyes of several outer sect servants, he immediately headed down the mountain, giving the impression that he was rushing to complete the mission.

In a secluded place, Chen Huai'an changed his appearance again and re-entered the Miscellaneous Service Peak.