10: How to use white labels

It was the first time he had slept so comfortably.

When he woke up, the room was tidy, and Liu Xiange had already left.

The leftover clear wine and food scraps from before his hangover had been cleaned up, and there was warm vegetable porridge on the table.

"I can't remember, I really can't remember, the alcohol was too strong!"

Fang Huai changed into clean clothes and set off for Miasma Valley, where Liu, Shen, and Zhang were already waiting at the entrance.

Zhang Zhu greeted him warmly, Liu Xiange was organizing her Storage Pouch with a faint smile, and Shen Yuan's expression was calm, as if she had never mentioned the words about serving him for life.

The three of them acting so normally made him feel like last night's events were truly like a mirage, just a big dream.

In the following days, the four of them put all their effort into collecting Evil Qi while guarding against the Pei Family Members.

To his surprise, Pei Long never appeared. If it weren't for the fact that the Pei Family Members were still huddling together for warmth, he would have suspected that Pei Long had met with an accident and died.

That day, before Fang Huai had even left, the three of them knocked on his door in a panic, telling him of a disaster:

Feng Wuwang had come to the Miscellaneous Labor Valley yesterday and taken Pei Long away, saying he wanted to Cultivate him.

A sense of crisis arose. Fang Huai had originally intended to lay low in the Miscellaneous Labor Valley and save up some contribution points first, but now it seemed he had to accelerate his Cultivation.

When he first met Feng Wuwang, the other party was already at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. After collecting nine hundred souls from Sishui Town, who knew how much he had improved.

Pei Long might be busy with Cultivation now and have no time to trouble Fang Huai, but if he succeeded in his Cultivation, he would definitely come back for revenge.

After pointing out a few sources of baleful qi to the three of them, Fang Huai exchanged all the collected Evil Qi for contribution points, went to the Cultivation Room, found a secluded room, and slipped inside.

According to the description in the "Hundred Fiends Art", reaching the First Level of Qi Refining required first obtaining the sensation of Qi, then condensing the Qi Sea.

Anyone capable of Cultivation has a Spiritual Root within their body; the Spiritual Root naturally attracts Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, which is the origin of the sensation of Qi.

Afterward, one draws the Spiritual Qi into the body, follows the Meridians for a full cycle, and then it flows into the Dantian. As days accumulate, the Spiritual Qi in the Dantian fills up into a sea, and only then can one truly step into the First Level of Qi Refining.

It sounds simple, but in reality, the proportion of Servants who step into the First Level of Qi Refining is pitifully low.

He sat cross-legged, calmed his mind to practice the Breath Circulation Method, and attempted Drawing Qi into the Body.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the Meridians were completely empty.

Two quarters of an hour passed, and his fingertips felt slightly numb. He thought the sensation of Qi was coming, only to discover it was just stiffness from sitting for too long.

An hour passed, and fine sweat had already seeped from his forehead. Just then, a ticklish sensation suddenly came from his abdomen.

"I have it! I have the sensation of Qi!"

...

Damn poisonous mosquito!

Fang Huai slapped a patterned-wing mosquito to death, feeling annoyed inside. Was his Aptitude really that poor? Or was the concentration of Spiritual Qi in this Cultivation Room too low?

According to the Cultivation Technique, as long as the method is correct, one will definitely have the sensation of Qi; condensing the Qi Sea is the difficult part.

How come for him, there wasn't any feeling even after an hour?

Fang Huai was unwilling to give up, thinking no wonder there were few people here; this Cultivation Room must be of poor quality.

After stuffing a few miasma cleansing pills to the Guardian Disciple, he successfully switched to a high-quality Cultivation Room.

Another hour passed, and Fang Huai walked out with a dark face.

Still no sensation of Qi!

Unable to figure out the problem, he felt extremely irritable and glared resentfully at the many Disciples passing by.

Among these people were Servants, as well as Qi Refining Disciples who couldn't afford the outer Sect Cultivation Rooms.

The most eye-catching one was a Disciple at the Qi Refining Second Layer.

【Drawing Qi into the Body (White)】?

【Drawing Qi into the Body: Drawn by the Spiritual Root, absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into the body】

Fang Huai was captivated by his tag.

Even if he didn't have the sensation of Qi and couldn't autonomously perform Drawing Qi into the Body, couldn't he just use someone else's 【Drawing Qi into the Body】 tag?

It was just that he had never successfully exchanged for this white tag before.

His thoughts turned, and the light screen blurred.

It had actually successfully exchanged the tag, and the points he had saved for a long time were consumed by 10 in an instant.

No wonder it had never succeeded before; it turned out he didn't have enough points.

Overjoyed, he immediately found a Cultivation Room and practiced according to the Breath Circulation Method.

As soon as his mind settled, a tingling sensation came from his Meridians, making him unable to help but exclaim: "This is the feeling that Drawing Qi into the Body should have!"

Initially, after drawing the Spiritual Qi into the body, it was difficult to control, and most of it dissipated. Later, after becoming familiar with it, the Spiritual Qi flowed along the Meridians like an instinct, finally gathering in the Dantian.

He practiced for six hours in one breath until the 【Drawing Qi into the Body】 tag dissipated, and only then did he walk out of the Cultivation Room, still wanting more.

After he stepped out, he saw that the Qi Refining Second Layer Disciple was arguing intensely with the manager of the Cultivation Room.

"Your Cultivation Room has a problem. I practiced for six hours, changed rooms six times, and didn't have any Spiritual Qi enter my body!"

"Junior Brother, do not spout nonsense. The Cultivation Room has existed for a thousand years, and such a thing has never happened."

"You still dare to quibble? I am going to report this to the Sect!"

"Go ahead, you pauper. You can't afford the outer Sect Cultivation Rooms, so you come here to compete with the Servants. You have completely disgraced the outer Sect."

"..."

Fang Huai chuckled inwardly, feeling a bit guilty toward the other party. To compensate him, he "accidentally" dropped a bottle of Evil Qi.

The Disciple was sharp-eyed, bent down to pick it up, and left quickly.

【Hundred Fiends Art (Incomplete Manual) Entry: 21 / 100】

Fang Huai was quite satisfied.

He had previously asked the Guardian Disciple and learned that a Disciple with average Aptitude generally needs to spend one hundred hours to reach the First Level of Qi Refining.

That is to say, one can only advance 1 point of Cultivation progress per hour.

But Fang Huai was different. He used the tag of a Qi Refining Second Layer Disciple, which greatly increased the attraction of Spiritual Qi, allowing him to advance 21 points of Cultivation progress within six hours.

The only downside was that just exchanging for a white tag once required saving up ten days' worth of points, which left him a bit speechless.

By this time, it was already dark. Fang Huai simply spent his contribution points to rent a guest room and had a wonderful sleep. After waking up, he ordered a few poisonous scorpions without removing their tails to enjoy.

"Slightly poisonous, slightly spicy, mouth slightly numb!"

Fang Huai didn't care about the strange looks from other Disciples, dusted off his bottom, and left.

After putting his miscellaneous items back in the stone hut, he returned to Miasma Valley.

To his surprise, even without using the ability to view tags, he could vaguely feel strands of deathly Evil Qi of varying concentrations.

It turned out that the correct method for collecting Evil Qi was to first perform Drawing Qi into the Body. As long as Spiritual Qi enters the body, one can perceive the existence of the source of baleful qi.

The Servants of the Corpse Fiend Sect were always worried about not completing their Evil Qi collection tasks. Even if they were lucky enough to collect a bit more, they would hold onto it in case they didn't have enough for the next month.

Those who had extra energy to exchange for contribution points would prioritize buying Medicinal Pills or practicing the Body Tempering Art.

In their eyes, becoming a Qi Refining stage Disciple was too distant; it was better to first save their lives or strengthen their Physical Body.

It was precisely this viewpoint that made the fact that Drawing Qi into the Body could discover the source of baleful qi a secret.

Fang Huai found Liu, Shen, and Zhang, gathered them together, and told them about this.

Liu Xiange opened her eyes wide, disbelieving: "You mean, if we are bold enough, in the first month we exchange the Evil Qi for points to Cultivate, and after we have the sensation of Qi, we can directly perceive where the source of baleful qi is?"

Zhang Zhu was also shocked: "The correct method for collecting Evil Qi is actually this simple?"

Although Shen Yuan didn't speak, her mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were full of shock.

Fang Huai nodded and said: "That's right. If you don't believe me, go try it tomorrow."

"But I can't figure it out," Shen Yuan asked, "I can understand the Servants keeping it to themselves, but why doesn't the Sect tell everyone this method? Wouldn't they be able to collect more Evil Qi this way?"

Fang Huai sighed and said: "Tell everyone? If everyone can find the source of baleful qi, the mortality rate will indeed decrease.

But if this continues, the Evil Qi on the periphery of Miasma Valley will soon sharply decrease. When that time comes, the Servants will have no choice but to risk going deeper and die in the depths of Miasma Valley.

And if they die there, even if a source of baleful qi is generated, it will be difficult to collect. If this vicious cycle continues, I am afraid the Sect's Foundation will become unstable.

So, do you think the Sect would voluntarily tell everyone this secret?"