31: Chapter 31: Terrifying Technique, Ninety Levels of Qi Refining

"What the fuck?!" Xiao Yuan almost threw the Jade Slip away, "Qi Condensation Stage... 18th Layer?!"

He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

That's right, it was clearly written: The Qi Condensation Stage has a total of 18 layers, every three layers form a minor Realm, every six layers act as a watershed, and only after reaching Perfection in the 18th layer can one attempt to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

With trembling hands, Xiao Yuan picked up the second Jade Slip.

Yimu Azure Emperor Skill — Qi Condensation 18th Layer.

The third, Guishui Ice Emperor Art — Qi Condensation 18th Layer.

The fourth, Binghuo Yang God Method — Qi Condensation 18th Layer.

The fifth, Wu Tu Sacred Body Art — still Qi Condensation 18th Layer!

Xiao Yuan slumped onto the cushion, staring at the cave ceiling with empty eyes.

"Five Cultivation Techniques, 18 layers each... adding up to 90 layers..."

"Other people's Qi Condensation Stage only has nine layers in total, and I fucking... have to Cultivate 90 layers?!"

"creation cauldron, oh creation cauldron, do you think I have too long to live?!"

He felt like crying without tears.

Cultivating the Five Elements simultaneously was already terrible enough, and now every Cultivation Technique had doubled. How many resources would this consume? How much time would it take?

But after calming down, Xiao Yuan carefully studied the new Cultivation Techniques, and his eyes gradually lit up.

Although the number of layers doubled, the difficulty of breaking through each layer was reduced a lot, and the spiritual power amplification brought by breaking through each layer far exceeded the original Cultivation Techniques.

More importantly — — every layer of these Cultivation Techniques had corresponding Spells, Body Refining methods, and even special Divine Abilities!

For example, the third layer of Gengjin Sword Soul Art could Cultivate the "Golden Brilliance Finger", the sixth layer was "Sword Qi Body Protection", and starting from the ninth layer, one could condense the "Sword Soul Seed"...

"Calculated this way..." Xiao Yuan touched his chin, "Although there are many layers, every layer has a substantial improvement, unlike the original Cultivation Techniques where the first few layers are purely for accumulating spiritual power."

"And with Qi Condensation 18th Layer Perfection... how many times would the total amount of spiritual power be compared to Cultivators of the same Realm?"

Thinking of this, he became excited again.

"Do it! Isn't it just 90 layers? I have the creation cauldron, perfect Medicinal Pills, and a Spirit Stone Ore vein! I'll pile it right up!"

Without further ado, he started.

Xiao Yuan first began to switch his cultivation to the Yimu Azure Emperor Skill — — what he originally cultivated was a Wood-attribute Cultivation Technique, so switching to this was the easiest.

Crossing his legs, focusing his mind, he circulated the new Cultivation Technique.

Inside his Dantian, the original cyan spiritual power began to circulate, purify, and transform according to the new route.

Three days later.

Xiao Yuan opened his eyes, and a cyan light flashed across them before disappearing.

"Qi Condensation 7th Layer... done!"

The new Cultivation Technique replaced the old one naturally.

Furthermore, he clearly felt that at the same Qi Condensation 7th Layer, his current spiritual power was more than thirty percent purer than before, and the total amount was also twenty percent more!

Right now, his spiritual power could even compare to the Qi Condensation 9th Layer.

"As expected of a product from the creation cauldron!" Xiao Yuan grinned.

He took out a bottle of perfect marrow cleansing pills from the Creation Cauldron Space — — he had already stockpiled a full 300 bottles of this kind of Medicinal Pill, with ten pills per bottle, which would be enough for him to use for a very long time.

He poured out one pill, tossed it into his mouth, and continued to Cultivate.

Next, the Gengjin Sword Soul Art!

Just as Xiao Yuan was bitterly cultivating in seclusion — —

In the mine tunnel, two "distinguished guests" were experiencing the most suffocating pursuit in their lives.

...

"What the hell kind of ghost place is this?!"

For the nth time, Li Sha stood at a fork in the road, looking at the three almost identical mine tunnels in front of him, and finally couldn't help cursing.

He had already wandered around in this maze-like Ore vein for a full four days!

Four days! For a Qi Condensation 9th Layer Cultivator, four days were enough for him to sweep through a small Cultivation Family!

But now, he hadn't even seen a shadow of his target.

The mine tunnels were intricate, fork roads were countless, and some places were blocked by cave-ins, requiring detours.

What was even more hateful was that deep within this Ore vein, there were certain Ores that interfered with perception. His perception was only twenty or thirty meters to begin with, and after the detection range was compressed, it was less than fifteen meters.

Fifteen meters! In such a complex mine tunnel, what difference was there from a blind person?

"Senior Brother... who are you looking for?" A timid voice came over.

Li Sha suddenly turned his head and saw a small and thin Qi Condensation 4th Layer Disciple holding a basket of Ore, looking at him in terror.

"Xiao Yuan! Do you know him?" Li Sha grabbed the other person's collar.

"I, I don't know him..." The Disciple shivered in fear, "There are nearly a thousand people in this Ore vein, how, how could I possibly recognize them all..."

"Trash!" Li Sha pushed him away and continued to grope forward.

As soon as he turned a corner — —

"Ouch!"

He collided head-on with someone who was also rushing along hurriedly.

The two retreated simultaneously, staring at each other vigilantly.

Qi Condensation 9th Layer? Li Sha narrowed his eyes.

Tie Tu also narrowed his eyes — — Qi Condensation 9th Layer? Qi Condensation 9th Layer Cultivators were rare in this Ore vein.

"Fellow Daoist is also... looking for someone?" Li Sha asked tentatively.

"Mining," Tie Tu said in a muffled voice, his hand pressing on the hilt of the blade at his waist.

The two confronted each other for three breaths, then tacitly chose separate fork roads and parted ways.

After walking far away, Li Sha spat: "He must be here to look for Xiao Yuan! That old fox Zhao Tianlei really sent people over!"

On the other side, Tie Tu was also cursing inwardly: "Chen Yin's men? They move fast!"

Both of them thought the other was a competitor, not knowing that they were actually brothers in misfortune — — both dizzy from spinning around in this damn Ore vein maze.

Tie Tu took out a tracking talisman. The talisman paper was slightly hot, indicating a certain direction.

His spirits perked up, and he sprinted in that direction.

Running for about a quarter of an hour, the tracking talisman became hotter and hotter — —

Then, he stopped in front of a stone wall.

The talisman paper was so hot it was almost going to burn, but in front of him... there was only a bare stone wall.

"An invisibility array?" Tie Tu frowned and slammed a punch onto the stone wall.

Gravel splattered, and behind the stone wall... was still stone.

"Fuxk!" Tie Tu understood — — what the tracking talisman sensed was Xiao Yuan's residual aura, but this aura might have attached to a certain Ore, been brought here by someone, and then buried behind the stone wall due to mine tunnel cave-ins or something!

He had worked hard to chase for half a day, only to chase a piece of stone!

"Xiao! Yuan!" Tie Tu roared up to the sky, his voice echoing in the mine tunnel.

Not far away, Li Sha, who was circling in another fork, heard this roar and sneered: "Looks like that guy got choked up too. Serves him right!"

He continued to grope around, and suddenly saw a line of small characters carved with a pickaxe on the wall of the mine tunnel ahead:

"Go forward fifty meters, turn right, then turn left, there is a rich Spirit Stone mine."

There were also arrow indicators below.

Li Sha's eyes lit up — — Mutual aid marks among miners? Maybe Xiao Yuan was also mining there!

According to the instructions, he went forward fifty meters, turned right, then turned left...

Then, he stood in front of a... latrine.

That's right, a simple toilet dug out by the miners.

There was another newly carved line of words on the wall: "Later arrivals, the shit is poisonous, be careful."

"Pfft hahahaha!" Suppressed laughter came from the side.

Several miners who had been squatting here for a long time looked at Li Sha's livid face and laughed so hard they banged on the wall.

"You... are courting death!" Li Sha flew into a rage, and the pressure of the Qi Condensation 9th Layer burst out.

Those miners were so frightened that they pulled up their pants and ran, shouting as they ran: "Senior Brother, spare our lives! We just wrote a tip to prevent someone from falling into the pit! Who knew you would actually believe it!"

Li Sha stood in place, his chest rising and falling violently.

He, an inner sect elite, Qi Condensation 9th Layer, took an assassination mission with a reward of a foundation establishment pill.

Now, after wandering around in the Ore vein for four days, stepping into pits, bumping into people, chasing stones, he was even played by a latrine.

"Xiao Yuan..." He gnashed his teeth, the killing intent in his eyes almost condensing into substance, "When I find you, I will definitely chop you into ten thousand pieces!"