15: Refining Golden Marrow Pill

Standing in the courtyard, Zhang Qingxiao felt a hint of chill.

A gust of wind blew, and the leaves on the trees fluttered to the ground, announcing the arrival of autumn.

Time flew by, and he had been in this world for over half a year.

All aspects were developing in the best direction.

Putting aside safety concerns, Zhang Qingxiao's current life was more comfortable than before his Transmigration.

After telling Zhou Yun to make lunch more abundant, Zhang Qingxiao began practicing Tiger Leopard Body Tempering Art and Chong Ling Swordplay in the courtyard.

With Grandmaster Level proficiency in Tiger Leopard Body Tempering Art and Chong Ling Swordplay, basically practicing a set daily could achieve excellent Body Refining effects.

After practicing, Zhang Qingxiao was again drenched in sweat, exhausted, and felt incredibly refreshed.

While resting, he took out the "Low-Grade Spell Detailed Explanation" that he had kept at the bottom of his box and began to study it.

There were quite a few Spells that could be Cultivated at Cultivation Level 4, about seven or eight types.

However, only two or three were truly useful, aside from the Fireball Technique he had already learned.

There were also Spirit Arrow Technique and Ice Technique.

Among them, Spirit Arrow Technique could be Cultivated at Qi Refining 1st Layer. According to the description in the Low-Grade Spell Detailed Explanation, after chanting the incantation, one could condense the spiritual power within the body and shoot it at the enemy.

Its power was ordinary, and its attack range was very short. For a Cultivator, it was far less practical than Fireball Technique.

Many people Cultivated it, but very few actually used it for attack.

Ice Technique could only be Cultivated at Cultivation Level 4. Its power was considerable and could cause a certain amount of damage to Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Stage Middle Stage.

Its only drawback was that it was too slow to cast, requiring not only an incantation but also hand seals.

Zhang Qingxiao wasn't too worried about this point. When the Fireball Technique's proficiency was low, it also required incantations and hand seals.

What used to take two or three breaths to complete could now be instantly cast.

He believed that once the Ice Technique's proficiency reached Great Master or Grandmaster Level, it could also be instantly cast.

At that time, its effectiveness would certainly not be inferior to Fireball Technique.

This time, he planned to learn both of these Spells and then gradually improve their proficiency.

In addition, there were two other somewhat useful Spells, Dust Removal Spell and Spirit Detection Technique, which he also planned to learn.

In one morning, besides the Ice Technique, Dust Removal Spell, Spirit Detection Technique, and Spirit Arrow Technique were all learned by him.

As a Spell that could only be Cultivated at Cultivation Level 4, Ice Technique was indeed much more difficult to Cultivate than the other low-grade Spells.

He basically learned the other low-grade Spells after practicing them once or twice.

However, the Ice Technique had very strict requirements for the coordination of incantations and hand seals, making it particularly prone to errors during practice.

Zhang Qingxiao was not in a hurry about this. He practiced patiently Over and over again and then summarized his experience.

At lunchtime, Zhou Yun learned that Zhang Qingxiao had Broken through to Cultivation Level 4, becoming a Cultivator in the Qi Refinement Stage Middle Stage.

She sincerely offered her blessings, but couldn't help but feel a bit nervous and worried.

Zhang Qingxiao was becoming increasingly outstanding, while she remained stagnant.

Besides cooking and doing housework, she only knew a little about making talisman skins.

Her Cultivation Realm had been stuck at Qi Refining 2nd Layer for a long time, and she didn't know when she would be able to Breakthrough to Qi Refining 3rd Layer.

"Hurry up and eat, why are you spacing out?"

Zhang Qingxiao saw Zhou Yun holding her bowl in a daze, waved his hand in front of her eyes, and said.

"Oh..."

Zhou Yun came back to her senses, not daring to meet Zhang Qingxiao's gaze, and ate with her head down, full of worries.

Zhang Qingxiao did not pay too much attention to Zhou Yun's unusual behavior.

Women always have a few days each month when they are different from usual.

Although Zhou Yun was a Cultivator, she had not yet achieved Immortal Ascension, so she naturally wouldn't be too different from ordinary people.

After lunch, Zhang Qingxiao told Zhou Yun to go back and rest well, and if her stomach hurt, to boil some brown sugar ginger water to drink, as it could relieve the pain.

At first, Zhou Yun didn't quite understand what he meant.

It wasn't until she got home that she realized, and her small face instantly turned rosy.

After all, she was an unmarried maiden, and being cared for by a man about her period was somewhat embarrassing.

At the same time, there was a hint of sweetness in her heart.

Zhang Qingxiao continued as usual in the afternoon: Alchemy, practicing Spells, and Cultivate.

After Breaking through to Cultivation Level 4, Yellow Dragon Pill had almost no effect.

The progress gained from taking Golden Marrow Pill combined with Low-Grade Spirit Stone for auxiliary Cultivation also decreased somewhat.

Five Golden Marrow Pills, plus five Low-Grade Spirit Stones, added two points of progress.

Two Golden Marrow Pills a day, and during Cultivation, he also needed to absorb Low-Grade Spirit Stones simultaneously, as well as the daily consumption of spiritual rice and Yao Beast meat.

Calculated, he needed to consume eighteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones every day.

If he relied solely on refining Yellow Dragon Pill to sustain himself, he would need to refine five Yellow Dragon Pills every day.

Refining a furnace of Yellow Dragon Pill took over an hour.

Five Yellow Dragon Pills would take six hours.

Because of this, Zhang Qingxiao felt helpless and could only diligently research the Golden Marrow Pill's Alchemy method.

He had already bought the Pill Formula a long time ago and had been studying it.

Previously, before Breaking through to Cultivation Level 4, the spiritual power in his body was not abundant enough to refine it.

With the experience of refining Yellow Dragon Pill, refining Golden Marrow Pill became much easier.

After wasting twenty portions of medicinal ingredients, he finally mastered the method for refining Golden Marrow Pill.

He directly purchased fifty portions of medicinal ingredients for refining Golden Marrow Pill from the market, and upon returning home, he began refining them frantically.

After being able to refine Golden Marrow Pill himself, his daily consumption immediately decreased.

He also had more time to practice Spells.

After nearly twenty days of practice, the proficiency of the newly acquired low-grade Spells had significantly increased.

"Name: Zhang Qingxiao"

"Identity: Chang Sheng Sect Utility Disciple"

"Aptitude: Mediocre"

"Lifespan: 32/80 years old"

"Realm: Cultivation Level 4, Progress: 18/100"

"Cultivation Technique:

ChangSheng Skill for Qi Refining Stage, Great Master: 368/800, Tiger Leopard Body Tempering Art, Grandmaster: 165/1600"

"Skills:

Alchemy: Pi Gu Pill, Proficient: 115/400, Yellow Dragon Pill, Skilled: 182/200, Golden Marrow Pill, Beginner: 92/100

Spells: Fireball Technique, Grandmaster: 12/1600, Dust Removal Spell, Beginner: 21/100, Spirit Detection Technique, Skilled: 88/200, Spirit Arrow Technique, Proficient: 356/400, Ice Technique, Skilled: 15/200

Swordplay: Chong Ling Swordplay, Grandmaster: 53/1600"

"The Golden Marrow Pill's proficiency is about to reach the Skilled level, and then I'll be able to dedicate more time to practicing Spells."

Looking at the data on the attribute panel, Zhang Qingxiao was extremely satisfied.

His hard work over these past twenty-odd days had also received its due reward.

Qi Refining Fifth Layer is just around the corner...

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