Chapter 23 Late Stage of Qi Refining

Time flew by, and golden autumn arrived once more. Today was another harvest season.

The spirit rice in Black Magpie Mountain was ripe again, and Brother Ox had become the main harvester this year.

Brother Ox had already broken through to the Qi Refining Second Layer, and his Harvesting Technique and Storage Technique were perfectly executed.

In front of a spirit field, Brother Ox's hooves were performing the Harvesting Technique, cutting the golden rice stalks into neat rows.

Chen Li praised him from the side. Zhu Lingyue from Concentric Heart Hall also brought the two little ones to see the harvest, and the two little ones clapped their hands and danced with excitement.

After finishing the harvest at Black Magpie Mountain, the ox and the man teleported to Luoxia Mountain.

It took another half a day for Brother Ox to harvest, and by evening, the man and the ox had teleported back to Black Magpie Mountain, next to Zizai Pavilion.

In ten days, Brother Ox used the Storage Technique to thresh the rice stalks, the Fire Control Technique to dry them, and then sealed them into a Storage Pouch.

This harvest yielded about eight mu of spirit rice, totaling around four thousand jin. The yield was good, and Brother Ox was this year's little harvesting expert.

The planting was also mainly done by Brother Ox. His Planting Technique was also very smooth; it wasn't in vain that Chen Li personally taught Brother Ox so many techniques!

Although Brother Ox often protested by lying on his back with all four hooves in the air when being taught, it was all out of love, and today that love bore fruit. Brother Ox could now fully take over the farming.

"Brother Ox, you are the best!" Chen Li praised directly, then threw a pile of Cultivation Techniques to Brother Ox for him to learn on his own.

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After planting, Chen Li spent several more days with Zhu Lingyue and the two children, and then officially entered seclusion to Breakthrough to the Late Stage Qi Refining!

Inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Li had one hundred bottles of qi overflowing pill lined up!

Chen Li opened a bottle, began to swallow the medicine, absorb it, increase his Cultivation, and once absorbed, he moved to the next bottle, repeating the process.

Breaking through from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer to the Seventh Level of Qi Refining is a major hurdle in the Qi Refinement Stage, especially for those with four or five Spiritual Roots. However, no matter how big the hurdle, it can be overcome with medicine!

Days passed, and Chen Li continued to swallow medicine and Cultivate...

Inside Concentric Heart Hall, Zhu Lingyue was also slowly swallowing medicine and Cultivating. The two little ones were slowly growing up, Brother Ox by the spirit rice field was slowly learning techniques, and the spirit rice was sprouting and growing. Inside Black Magpie Mountain, there was a scene of peaceful vitality.

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The Golden Core Luo Family was also located in the Taihu Mountain Range, not far from the Beast Hunting Sect.

At this moment, in a Cultivation Hall, Luo Haoyun had broken through to the Eighth Level of Qi Refining.

Since the last time he went out and his Foundation Establishment Protector died, his Family had strictly forbidden him from going out again, only allowing him to leave after Cultivating and breaking through. After several months, this Dual Spiritual Root Genius had broken through again!

Luo Haoyun once again went to the Deliberation Hall to meet his elders, applying to travel again. Seeing Luo Haoyun break through again in such a short time, the Family was very satisfied. This time, they assigned him a white-haired, Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Protector Old Man.

He once again arrived at the Beast Hunting Sect Cultivation Market, holding the portrait of the man resembling Yanzu, and began to ask people.

It was the same teahouse as last time. A pale-faced Young Master was there, also with a Protector, but the Protector had changed to an old man.

The Foundation Establishment Old Man said, "Young Master, are you looking for the Robber Cultivator from last time?"

Luo Haoyun nodded and said, "Yes. After these past few days of investigation, he bought Fourth-rank Formation Materials in the market, as well as a large quantity of medicinal herbs under a hundred years old and seeds. However, his Cultivation was initially detected as Qi Refining Fifth Layer, but this person is very likely a Fourth-rank Formation Master. Whether he is in the Qi Refinement Stage is unknown; he might have hidden his Cultivation."

The Foundation Establishment Old Man said, "The Family's Fourth-rank Formation Master said before that he could never comprehend a Fourth-rank Formation during the Qi Refinement Stage, so the conclusion is that someone in the Qi Refinement Stage cannot be a Fourth-rank Formation Master!"

Luo Haoyun nodded, then shook his head: "He might be a Genius Formation Master, and I am a Genius! I know some people cannot be judged by ordinary standards, so this person is highly likely to be at the Middle Stage or Late Stage of Qi Refining, and then used a Fourth-rank Formation to kill the Protector."

The Foundation Establishment Old Man said, "Then what about this person buying a large quantity of medicinal herbs under a hundred years old and seeds? How do you explain that?"

Luo Haoyun pondered, his pale face showing no emotional fluctuations, and said, "Alchemy!"

Luo Haoyun shook his head again. If he was both a Genius Formation Master and an Alchemist, wouldn't that make him even more of a Prodigy than himself?

Impossible, he was already at the Eighth Level of Qi Refining before seventeen, and he was a Golden Core Seed!

Who could be more of a Prodigy than him!

"Then is this person a Loose Cultivator, from an Immortal Cultivation Family, or from a Sect?" the Foundation Establishment Old Man asked again.

"It can't be someone from a Sect!"

Luo Haoyun thought again; it was truly difficult to determine if he was a Loose Cultivator or from an Immortal Cultivation Family!

A Loose Cultivator could buy seeds to plant around his Immortal Cave, or someone from an Immortal Cultivation Family could come out to purchase them!

The key was that both Loose Cultivator Formation Masters and Family Formation Masters lived relatively comfortably and wouldn't lack Spirit Stones if they sold many Formations, so it was hard to distinguish.

Luo Haoyun shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't think about it. I can't guess at all. Last time was just my bad luck. The next time I see him, I will definitely make him wish he were dead!"

"Young Master is absolutely right. Anyone who dares to lay a deadly hand on our Luo Family will surely be made to wish they were dead!"

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In Black Magpie Mountain, inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Li, who was swallowing medicine, suddenly sneezed. Who the hell was thinking about him so much?

Only five bottles left. He could already feel that threshold; the medicinal power was about to accumulate to that Realm.

So he swallowed another bottle, and after absorbing and Cultivating, he felt he was still a little short. He took another bottle, and sure enough, there was a rumble inside his body!

That Realm was broken, and spiritual power infused his entire body, making him feel completely comfortable!

He had broken through to the Late Stage Qi Refining, the Seventh Level of Qi Refining!

It was truly not easy. His five Spiritual Root constitution only broke through after swallowing ninety-seven bottles of qi overflowing pill. Without such a Family background, who knows when he would be able to break through.

Even he, who swallowed medicine, found it difficult, let alone those five Spiritual Root Cultivators who had no medicine to swallow!

After Chen Li broke through to the Late Stage Qi Refining, he felt his strength had increased several times. His spiritual power felt very solid, and he felt he could fly on his sword for three or four hours longer than in the Mid-stage Qi Refining.

He checked the time and realized that six months had passed. His continuous Cultivation, day and night, had still taken six months!

He couldn't imagine how long it would take without swallowing medicine!

After leaving seclusion, Chen Li flew to Concentric Heart Hall.

Inside Concentric Heart Hall, Zhu Lingyue was overjoyed to see Chen Li emerge from seclusion, now in the Late Stage Qi Refining. The two little tots almost forgot their father.

After some greetings, nothing major had happened in these six months. Liangxi County was still Liangxi County.

Just a few families often came to buy some first and second-tier Formations, which Zhu Lingyue could handle.

The two little tots could already say some simple phrases, such as "Mommy, hungry, hug."

However, the two of them had also been holding back for so long. After coaxing the two little tots to sleep, the two, like dry tinder meeting a raging fire, "battled" again, turning the world upside down!