3: Qi is drawn into the body, ascending directly to the second level.

The process was surprisingly simple.

First, pay one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Second, register your information and obtain a quasi-immortal jade token.

?

Isn't this just paying money to buy a certificate? Lu Xian noticed the fine print below.

Because of the past existence of a black market for buying immortal status, requiring a payment of fifty Spirit Stones to contact the household office, the County Magistrate was furious upon discovering this and specifically ordered the establishment of a direct-service office here.

No middlemen making a profit on the price difference!

Let the immortal path benefit every person with affinity!

Additional note: Quotas are limited and strictly follow the law of five-five distribution; once the current quasi-immortal quota is exhausted, even with ten thousand Spirit Stones, one cannot Cultivate.

Don't miss this opportunity, buy soon!

Lu Xian looked at the number below; 21,543 remained for this period.

Damn, no wonder the lottery outside is as hard as ascending to the heavens!

At this rate, if everyone pays one hundred Spirit Stones, that's over 2.1 million!

Why Cultivate if you have no money? Mortals can't accumulate one hundred Spirit Stones in a lifetime.

Only Loose Cultivators with some strength might fight for their descendants; as for members of Families and Sects with higher backgrounds, they might not need to spend anything at all.

If it weren't for Lu Xian cheating, he wouldn't have gotten it either.

He stepped into the pavilion.

Inside was a Cultivator on duty wearing grey official robes. He was too lazy to even lift his eyelids and said proactively, "Spirit Stones, name."

There wasn't a single extra word; it seemed he was accustomed to this.

Lu Xian pondered for a moment and decided to be cautious.

He handed over 100 Spirit Stones and said, "The name is Han Feiyu."

The Cultivator on duty accepted the Spirit Stones, took out a jade token, and with a slight release of mana from his fingertips, carved the three characters "Han Feiyu", while the back read "Quasi-Immortal".

Next, he pushed over a Formation Plate and the jade token, "Drop a drop of blood on the Formation Plate and the jade token, and the Quasi-Immortal Certificate will be activated and effective."

Lu Xian hesitated. Blood?

He felt there was a slight risk.

Seeing his hesitation, the Cultivator on duty transmitted his voice, "Hehe, you don't have to use your own. I have hundreds of other Mortals' blood here. Of course, that's a different price, only one thousand Spirit Stones!"

The voice actually sounded directly in his mind? Is this the method of an immortal?

Hearing this, Lu Xian's heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, there were business opportunities everywhere, even for forging identities.

Unfortunately, he only had 3 Spirit Stones left on him, so he had to give up for now.

He bit his fingertip and smeared blood on the Formation Plate and the jade token respectively; the blood was absorbed instantly.

The Formation Plate suddenly lit up, and white, cyan, blue, red, and yellow lights flashed in sequence, with the numbers "50", "50", "50", "50", and "50" appearing.

"Oh?"

The Cultivator on duty, who had been expressionless from the beginning, rarely showed surprise, "The Five Elements are complete, and each is fifty? That is rare."

"Sir, can you enlighten me?" Lu Xian cupped his hands and asked.

"Didn't your elders tell you? All Mortals have Spiritual Roots, but the attributes are determined by heaven."

"You possess the Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. These numbers are the strength of each Spiritual Root, from one to ninety-nine; the larger the number, the stronger the talent."

"Fifty is Medium Grade Aptitude... The mysteries of this cannot be explained in a few words; go back and read the instructions inside the quasi-immortal jade token yourself."

"This jade token, which is what is commonly called the Quasi-Immortal Certificate, comes with a basic Cultivation Technique and a few small Spells, and has many other wonderful uses..."

The Cultivator on duty rarely spoke so much.

Lu Xian put away the jade token, thanked him, and turned to leave.

Climbing the stone steps, he went straight home.

"Boss, should we chase him? That kid's waist was bulging just now; he had at least a hundred Spirit Stones. Finishing this job would be enough for us to enjoy ourselves in the Pleasure Pavilion for a long time!"

"Damn you, use your brain! Didn't you see him just come out of the household office? The Spirit Stones were already paid! Snatching that broken jade token is useless."

"..."

In a dark corner, the two brothers were plotting.

Lu Xian didn't know he had escaped a fatal disaster. In the dark and windy night, he moved like flying and rushed back to his home outside the city in one breath.

"Hoo, hoo—, it's steady, everything is steady!"

Leaning against the door, he panted heavily.

It had been a nerve-wracking day, pretending to have a background, and entering the black market.

He had decided not to guide Qi, not to go out!

In the Cultivation Chamber.

Lu Xian sat cross-legged and pressed the quasi-immortal jade token against his forehead.

Mortals have not opened their Divine Sense and can only read the information inside this way.

"Common Knowledge of the Immortal Dao", "Immortal Regulations of the Continent", "Hundred Explanations of Spiritual Roots", "Cultivation: From Entry to Old Ancestor"...

He browsed quickly and became interested in the theory of Spiritual Roots.

Although there are more than a hundred types of Spiritual Root attributes, ninety-nine percent of people cannot escape the scope of the Five Elements.

For every additional Spiritual Root one Cultivates, the resources required increase exponentially.

What truly determines the speed of Cultivation is the strength of the Spiritual Root.

The cultivation world divides Spiritual Roots into five grades: Waste, Low, Medium, High, and Ultimate, with every twenty points as a boundary.

Lu Xian has five Spiritual Roots, and their strength is fifty points each, falling into the Medium Grade category, neither high nor low, just standard.

Looking at it this way, in those Families with deep foundations and Sects with infinite resources, the Five Elements Ultimate Spiritual Root is perfect.

With sufficient resources, Five Spirit Simultaneous Cultivation means being invincible at the same level!

Lu Xian decisively decided on Five Spirit Simultaneous Cultivation; as long as he upgraded the building, he wouldn't worry about resources.

He flipped through the attached Cultivation Technique in the jade token: "Primordial Art".

"Primordial Art" is a non-attribute basic Cultivation Technique; when Cultivating, one can choose which attribute of Spiritual Qi to absorb. It is a must-have for low-level Cultivators!

After reading it carefully several times and memorizing the content, Lu Xian began to attempt the first step of the immortal path.

Open the lower Dantian and guide Qi into the body!

After a while, the free Spiritual Qi in the space was attracted, and wisps entered his body, flowing slowly along specific Meridians, refining, and finally converging into the Dantian Qi Sea three inches below the navel.

His whole body felt warm, floating like an immortal; Lu Xian felt it was even more refreshing than getting high.

He moved his mind, circulated the wisp of mana he had just refined, and wrapped it around his fingertips.

"Not bad."

At this moment, Lu Xian had stepped into the first level of Qi Refining.

Becoming a true Cultivator!

He condensed his mana in his palm and tapped the air gently; a strong wind whistled, and he estimated it had the strength of a thousand pounds!

It was incomparable to before.

"There is a difference between immortals and Mortals! Once you enter the immortal path, it is as deep as the sea; from now on, only seek the highest peak." Lu Xian sighed with emotion.

Intensify Cultivation, and when his strength improves a little, he will proceed to upgrade the building.

In this cycle, longevity can be sought!

He glanced at the effect of [Cultivation Chamber Level 1], [Qi Deviation risk -10%, Cultivation speed +20%].

He was even more motivated.

...

Two hours later, dawn broke.

Lu Xian opened his eyes, felt the mana in his body, and couldn't help frowning.

It's too slow, the progress is barely visible.

Suddenly, he thought of something and took out the six jade marrow eggs he had saved from the kitchen.

Without caring about manners, he chewed them raw, shell and all, into his stomach!

A warm current struck, and Lu Xian operated the "Primordial Art" to refine it quickly.

He didn't know what this warm current was before, only feeling his body was comfortable; now it seems to be pure Spiritual Qi, it was really a waste.

Another hour, have another one!

Come again... come again...

After finishing the sixth jade marrow egg, Lu Xian noticed a thin Bottleneck to the second level, and he gathered his courage, operating the Cultivation Technique with all his might.

In an instant, the Dantian Qi Sea expanded by a circle!

His aura became a bit stronger.

Qi Refining Second Level!

This feeling of not needing to go out to fight and accumulate resources is really good.

The cultivation base being like a freebie is really satisfying.

Lu Xian couldn't help but curl his lips, wanting to look through the small Spells in the jade token and experience the true means of an immortal.

"Knock, knock, knock." The courtyard door was suddenly knocked.

Who?

Since Lu Xian transmigrated, except for his neighbors and old acquaintances at the Hundred Elixirs Hall, he hardly knew anyone.

Could it be Old Man Zhao from next door coming to sponge off a meal again?

He pushed open the courtyard door with doubt.

Two people were standing outside the door, their faces somewhat familiar, staring at him with cold scrutiny.

Lu Xian tried hard to recall, and finally remembered in his blurry memory.

The visitors were actually the close friends of the original owner's parents, Chen Changfeng and his wife Liu Shi.

"What brings you two here today?"

Lu Xian was expressionless, his tone distant.

After the original owner's parents died, he moved from the city to this Shantytown, and this "close friend" couple had never shown their faces.

Coming now definitely wasn't for anything good.

Sure enough, Liu Shi spoke first, with a commanding tone: "Lu Xian, right? You've lost your job and don't have the qualifications to Cultivate, so let's call off the marriage contract from back then."

"Marriage contract, what marriage contract?" Lu Xian frowned slightly.

Liu Shi wanted to say more, but Chen Changfeng beside her changed his expression, surprised: "Nephew Lu... you... you have reached Qi Refining?!!"