11: Chapter 11 Forged in Fire
Meanwhile.
Ji Yebai was tending to that spirit gathering grass.
The matter of killing Xu Tai with a single punch...
He didn't take it to heart at all.
His only concern was that it might attract the attention of the local police.
But he believed Wang Yue and the others would handle it well, perhaps even without calling the police.
The twenty-first century.
Although technology was prevalent and the nation was prosperous with long-term peace and stability.
This did not mean that everything would be resolved through the power of the state.
Furthermore.
The battles in the depths of the jungle in his previous life...
Had long since allowed him to develop a mindset far beyond that of ordinary people.
The death of a person was something he didn't even care about.
Therefore.
As soon as he returned, Ji Yebai devoted himself entirely to saving the spirit gathering grass.
At this moment.
The spirit gathering grass only had two leaves left.
And they were withered and listless.
It made Ji Yebai feel very distressed.
To this end.
He specifically went to the mountain spring to dig up a large amount of soil.
And piled up a suitable area right next to the cave.
He planted the spirit gathering grass there.
Ji Yebai looked at the watered spirit gathering grass and pondered for a moment.
He turned back to the cave and brought out the bone-forging flowers he had picked over the past few days.
The bone-forging flowers were maturing one after another; the two in his hand had just been harvested the day before yesterday.
He had planned to consume them in two days.
But now...
"spirit gathering grass, oh spirit gathering grass, for your sake, I've even given up my bone-forging flowers! You must survive!"
Ji Yebai pressed his palms together, crushing the bone-forging flowers to extract their juice.
Drops of red flower juice dripped onto the roots of the spirit gathering grass.
Spiritual plants all contain a large amount of Spiritual Qi.
Ji Yebai wanted to use the Spiritual Qi within the bone-forging flowers to activate the spirit gathering grass.
To compensate for the Spiritual Qi the spirit gathering grass had lost.
After finishing all this, Ji Yebai turned around and began to check himself.
Today, within a short period, he had used his qi sense multiple times in succession.
And all of them were in an explosive state.
For his own qi sense, the loss was immense.
Just like now.
At this moment, the Qi he could feel within Ji Yebai's body was less than twenty percent of its usual amount.
One could see just how great the consumption was.
And these losses only began to show signs of being replenished after Ji Yebai boiled and drank two bowls of spirit ginseng water.
On the third day.
Ji Yebai stopped his Cultivation.
He felt the qi sense filling his body once again and smiled.
With a steady supply of spirit ginseng water and even consuming a bone-forging flower, he finally returned to the stage where his qi sense was full.
It was clear how difficult it was to recover after using one's qi sense.
"However..."
Ji Yebai felt the qi sense within him and made an unexpected discovery.
He found that the Qi present now was slightly more condensed than it had been a few days ago.
This discovery surprised Ji Yebai somewhat.
He hadn't truly experienced this in his previous life.
In his previous life, he stayed at home, Cultivating continuously; after developing his qi sense, he worked day and night for three full years before finally developing Internal Energy.
His qi sense was rarely consumed in large quantities.
Therefore, he had never experienced the process of Qi condensation.
"Interesting!"
"qi sense condensation... could that rumor be true!?"
Ji Yebai stroked his chin and murmured to himself.
In his previous life, while adventuring in the deep mountains, he had heard a rumor.
After a qi sense is born, it can be continuously condensed.
The more condensed it is, the stronger the qi sense becomes, and the stronger the foundational accumulation for the body will be.
With a deep foundation, it would be easier to break through realms in the Late Stage and go further.
It was said that those with good bone structures and wealthy backgrounds would suppress their Cultivation progress after developing a qi sense to temper it.
There was even a saying: "A hundred refinements turn into steel, and Internal Energy forms naturally!"
"A hundred refinements turn into steel, and Internal Energy forms naturally..."
Ji Yebai paced as he pondered.
If a hundred refinements truly led to the natural birth of Internal Energy...
Then he could indeed take such a path.
He was a Rebirth, not a reincarnation, so his bone structures and Aptitude were still very poor; if he followed normal Cultivation and Breakthrough methods, he feared he would be like his previous life, forced to charge through again and again until finally succeeding.
But he only realized how much damage that kind of success had caused him after he became a Third-rate Martial Artist.
"Can I take this path!?"
Ji Yebai murmured.
He was tempted.
In his previous life, to become a Third-rate Martial Artist, he had attempted a Breakthrough six times before succeeding.
In this life, although he had the support of various spiritual plants and would have a smoother time...
He didn't think the difference would be that great.
The possibility of succeeding on the first try was still very low.
This had little to do with external conditions and was more related to his own bone structures and Aptitude.
Martial arts Cultivation.
bone structures and Aptitude were more important than anything else in the early stages of Cultivation.
Only after becoming a high-level Martial Artist would the influence of bone structures lessen slightly.
"Is it feasible!?"
Ji Yebai's thoughts spun rapidly.
"In this life, I have taken the lead. I have Heaven And Earth Treasures like spirit gathering grass, bone-forging flowers, and spirit ginseng for continuous nourishment, and spiritual plants are constantly being born in the mountains. There will be even more good things in the future."
"By constantly consuming my qi sense and then using spiritual plants to nourish it back, a Hundred Refinements to Steel... this path seems feasible..."
Ji Yebai was excited.
A Hundred Refinements to Steel, and Internal Energy is born naturally.
According to rumors, Internal Energy born this way is more powerful and pure than conventional Internal Energy.
And because it is Internal Energy born naturally, it holds unspeakable benefits for the Physical Body.
Ji Yebai licked his lips, his thoughts surging.
As long as the supply of spiritual plants and Spirit Medicine keeps up, he could theoretically keep replenishing his qi sense.
As a former Third-rate Martial Artist who had once developed Internal Energy...
At this point in time, no one had the same level of understanding as Ji Yebai.
The birth of Internal Energy...
Will cause the world to turn toward a different juncture.
A Third-rate Martial Artist possesses Divine Valor Strength and a very tough Physical Body; even if struck by a speeding car, they would not die.
A Second-rate Martial Artist has endless Internal Energy and reaction speeds beyond ordinary imagination, enough to dodge bullets from conventional firearms.
A First-Class Martial Artist masters Concepts, possesses powerful Divine Sense, and deep Internal Energy, enough to withstand artillery fire.
As for Xiantian Martial Artists, they exceed human imagination even further; ascending to Innate, transforming the physical frame, and birthing a Treasured Body, they can control thunder and lightning, or spit water to form soldiers.
The cicada knows before the wind moves!
They have unimaginable insight into hostility.
At least in his previous life, Ji Yebai had never heard of any Xiantian Martial Artist being killed.
"A Xiantian Martial Artist!"
"In this life, I will surely step into the Innate realm!!!"
Ji Yebai's heart surged with excitement.
He had made up his mind.
He would take the path of a Hundred Refinements to Steel.
Even if he failed, it would only cost him time.
As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a ten-thousand-foot building starts with its foundation.
Since his Aptitude and bone structures were poor, he would build up his foundation.
Make his foundation deeper, thicker, and more resilient.
Thinking of this.
Ji Yebai had already made a decision.
From now on, he would change his daily Cultivation method, consuming his qi sense and then constantly renewing it to achieve the goal of a hundred refinements.
Furthermore, in his spare time, he would patrol the mountains.
Constantly searching for spiritual plants within the range of the Small Spiritual Vein to replenish his qi sense.
With the passage of time, vegetation in the Spiritual Qi environment would continuously transform into new spiritual plants.
And all of these would be Ji Yebai's targets.
Deep in the mountains.
"..."
Terrifying!
A Small Lingzhi that had just transformed shivered for some reason, a sudden sense of foreboding arising.