134: Chapter 135 Qi Refining Level Nine

Chen Qingyuan's eyes flickered slightly, but his vigilance did not diminish in the slightest.

"Senior, you jest. My cultivation is low and shallow; if I weren't cautious, I don't know how many times I would have already died. After all, one can know a person's face but not their heart."

"Hehe..."

Hearing this, Mo Yuan laughed in a low voice. He struggled to raise his hand and tossed the Red-Robed Cultivator's Storage Pouch over.

"Take it, *cough cough*... This thing, consider it compensation from this old man to you."

"If not for your intervention today, I fear I would have truly fallen into the hands of those two scumbags. I will remember this favor."

"I have always been clear about gratitude and grudges. I owe you a life today, and I will surely repay it in the future."

"It is just that I can barely protect myself now, and the trouble from Xuangguang Mountain follows me like a shadow... It is inconvenient to travel with you, lest I bring disaster upon you."

Chen Qingyuan glanced at the Storage Pouch on the ground. Thoughts raced through his mind, but in the end, he abandoned the idea of making a move right now!

"Senior, your generous gift is accepted with humility."

Yin Armor understood the intent and, without a change in expression, used its spear to lift the Storage Pouch!

"As for the favor, Senior need not worry about it. Today, you and I merely happened to meet by chance, and we were each just seeking to protect ourselves."

Mo Yuan knew that Chen Qingyuan did not want to be too deeply involved with him; after all, compared to Xuangguang Mountain, the Family was no different than a firefly before the bright moon.

Mo Yuan did not point this out.

"A fine 'each seeking to protect ourselves.' Since that is the case, let us part ways here. However..."

"Kid, you are not bad. Cautious, decisive, and you even have this kind of... hmm, Opportunity."

"If there is an Opportunity in the future, I will certainly visit to thank you in person. Let us set a term of five years, how about that?"

"By then, once my wish is fulfilled, whether I am alive or dead, I will surely find a way to seek you out and resolve today's Karma."

Chen Qingyuan did not know what kind of scheme this old fox was planning. He pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said,

"Senior, you are too kind."

"If Senior is safe and sound in five years, I will await your arrival at Lifeng Plain."

Mo Yuan nodded, "Then, kid, take care. Until we meet again if fate allows!"

Having said that, he leaned on his Flying Sword and walked, stumbling, deep into the dense forest.

Chen Qingyuan stood in place, and only after confirming that Mo Yuan's aura had completely vanished did he let out a long sigh of relief.

Dealing with such a cunning and deep-scheming person was not a bit easier than the battle just now.

He put away the three Storage Pouches!

He did not delay any longer, quickly used a fire snake talisman to clean up the traces he had left behind, summoned his willow leaf flying boat, and vanished into the vast sea of forest.

...

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, a year and a half had gone by!

Luzhou Mountain, the spiritual land at the back of the mountain.

After the meticulous care of Old Master Xie over these past few years, and nourished by a Spirit Cultivating Array that cost over ten thousand Spirit Stones,

the Spiritual Vein of Luzhou Mountain finally successfully advanced, becoming a High Grade first-tier one!

Both the concentration of Spiritual Qi and its coverage area had been significantly improved.

At the same time, relying on that precious second-tier spiritual spring, the Old Master successfully opened up three exclusive cultivation secret chambers in the back mountain.

One belonged to the Old Master for his own use, one belonged to Chen Qingyuan, and the remaining one was provided for other members of the Family who needed to Breakthrough.

This could be considered escaping the predicament of the past where the back mountain could only accommodate one person for seclusion.

On this day, inside the secret chamber belonging to Chen Qingyuan, the Spiritual Qi was thick as mist.

Chen Qingyuan, sitting cross-legged, felt the aura around him fluctuate violently before gradually returning to calm. He slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of sharp light flickered and vanished in his pupils.

A "Spirit Transformation Talisman" stuck to his chest had its spiritual light completely dim, turning into ordinary paper.

Ninth Level of Qi Refining!

Since returning from Yunmeng Immortal City, Chen Qingyuan had entered bitter cultivation.

Now that he was not lacking in Spirit Stones, he significantly reduced his time spent on talisman making, only setting aside a fixed time each morning to refine the necessary "Spirit Transformation Talisman",

and he only refined High Grade first-tier ones. Although the success rate was not high now, only getting two or three a day, it was enough for the Family to use.

Anyway, he did not intend to sell this stuff to the outside world.

The key was that the effect was good. A single High Grade first-tier Spirit Transformation Talisman, even with his cultivation, could increase his cultivation speed by more than one layer,

and for Chen Yanhu and the others, it was even more impressive, increasing their cultivation speed by a full three layers.

As a result, Chen Yanhu was now only twenty-three years old and already had the cultivation of Qi Refining Level Six, which was much stronger than they had been back then.

The rest of his time was entirely devoted to the cultivation of the "Essence Nurturing Art",

relying on the "Geng Metal Body Tempering Method" to polish his Physical Body, studying the "The True Explanation of Myriad Phenomena Talisman Formations",

and practicing his Cultivation Technique; his schedule was packed, with almost no leisure time.

Heaven does not fail those who are determined.

Relying on sufficient "yellow sprout pill", self-produced High Grade first-tier "Spirit Transformation Talisman", and the second-tier spiritual land,

just over two years after breaking through to the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining, he broke through the Bottleneck again, reaching the peak of the Qi Refinement Stage!

Such an astonishing cultivation speed, let alone Lifeng Plain, even looking at the entire Red Willow Lake region, was likely second only to those rare single-Spiritual Root Prodigies.

At this moment, he was truly only one step away from the long-dreamed-of path of Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, the gains this time were not just an increase in cultivation.

He moved his mind slightly and quietly released his Divine Sense.

In an instant, within a radius of one hundred zhang, every movement of the wind and grass, every crawl of an insect or ant, was clearly reflected in his mind, as if he were seeing it himself.

One hundred zhang of Divine Sense!

The breadth of its coverage had basically touched the threshold of an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The three barriers of Foundation Establishment—Divine Soul, mana, and Physical Body—this "Divine Soul barrier," the most difficult to overcome, had actually become the first one he reached Perfection in!

All of this had to be credited to the "Essence Nurturing Art" obtained from the Secret Realm.

One must know that in the vast world of cultivation, Cultivation Techniques that can directly train the Divine Soul are extremely rare.

Ordinary Cultivators can only rely on rare Medicinal Pills like the "soul nurturing pill" to slowly nourish their Divine Soul; this is a slow, grinding process,

not only is it expensive and limited in potency, but there are also insurmountable Bottlenecks!

Every medicine has its poison; pill toxicity is easy to remove, but "medicine resistance" is hard to eliminate. Relying on Medicinal Pills to improve the Divine Soul eventually reaches a limit, and it is extremely difficult to achieve a fundamental leap.

The profoundness of the "Essence Nurturing Art" lies in its ability to directly guide a Cultivator

to refine the pure Divine Soul Origin contained in heaven and earth spiritual objects such as "soul nurturing jade", "soul calming incense", and "soul nurturing pill"!

and convert it into nourishment for their own Divine Soul.

It was precisely by relying on this method that Chen Qingyuan, in the past year and a half, continuously refined the gentle Soul Power in the soul nurturing jade, absorbed soul calming incense, and supplemented it with the potency of the soul nurturing pill,

which allowed his Divine Soul strength to advance by leaps and bounds, breaking through the Divine Sense limit of the Qi Refinement Stage!

Even with such miraculous effects, he had now only cultivated the "Essence Nurturing Art" to the Minor Achievement of the first stage, the "Concentration Stage"!

There were still the two subsequent stages of "Spiritual Light" and "Manifestation," which were said to be extremely profound. Once cultivated, the Divine Sense might undergo a qualitative transformation,

giving rise to incredible Divine Abilities such as "Divine Sense Physicalization," "Divine Soul Leaving the Body," and even "Divine Soul Object Manipulation."

Suddenly!

Chen Qingyuan's Divine Sense, which he had not yet withdrawn, captured a series of light footsteps approaching from afar, mixed with the babbling, childish sounds of a toddler.