Chapter 67 Breakthrough
Chapter 67 Breakthrough
Chen Yuan returned to the cave and came to the training room. He immediately took out the two jade slips and read them carefully.
Two hours later, he put down the jade slip, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
This is an unnamed secret technique that helps break through the bottleneck in the late stage of Qi Refining, but it comes at a great cost.
Practitioners need to transform 90% of the essence and blood in their bodies into a special kind of blood spiritual energy, which can temporarily elevate their cultivation to a level far beyond their current realm and break through the bottleneck in one fell swoop.
But after the breakthrough, due to the great loss of essence and blood, it can only be recovered slowly, which takes decades.
During this period, there will be no improvement in cultivation.
Practitioners can also use external forces to restore their essence and blood, but things that can restore essence and blood are all extremely precious. Even foundation-building cultivators find it difficult to obtain them, let alone Qi-refining cultivators.
But for Chen Yuan, this is not a problem.
With the jade beads in his hand, he can draw starlight into his body and restore his essence and blood.
He was about to leave Huanyue Market, but unexpectedly, an opportunity came his way.
But this nameless secret technique can only be effective in his hands. If other cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining obtain it, even if they break through the bottleneck, they can only be stuck at the seventh level of Qi Refining and will never make any progress in their lifetime.
Moreover, this technique is crazy and overbearing, full of demonic elements, and the ending leaves one wanting more, so there should be a sequel.
Chen Yuan guessed that the main purpose of this nameless secret technique was not to increase the chance of breaking through the bottleneck.
Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to spend such a huge amount just to break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi Refining.
Moreover, the masked monk did not trade with him directly at the Golden Toad Conference, but instead sent a message to him privately, and the transaction took place afterwards, which was also a bit strange.
This nameless secret technique must not be leaked to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Chen Yuan made up his mind, closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, concentrated his mind and calmed his spirit, preparing to perform the secret technique.
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Three days later, Chen Yuan adjusted his condition to the peak and began to perform secret techniques.
He used a special method to transform the blood and essence in his body into blood spirit bit by bit, and his face gradually turned pale.
This was a long process that lasted for thirteen days.
Ninety percent of the essence and blood in Chen Yuan's body were transformed into blood spiritual energy.
At this moment, he looked haggard, with gray hair and no trace of blood on his face, like a living corpse.
But the spiritual energy in his body is extremely rich, far beyond the level of a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator, and is almost close to that of a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.
Chen Yuan did not dare to waste time and immediately guided this huge amount of blood spiritual energy to break through the bottleneck.
With his current level of cultivation, he was unable to accommodate such a huge amount of spiritual energy.
But the blood spiritual energy is transformed from the essence and blood in his body, and has the same origin as his magic power. Only then can it flow along the route of practice and in the meridians, like a tide, impacting the bottleneck again and again.
The blood spiritual energy was too huge and had a very strong impact, so the originally unbreakable bottleneck soon began to loosen.
Chen Yuan continued to work hard, constantly practicing his skills, and the bottleneck was about to fall.
After thirty-six cycles, the blood spiritual energy was almost exhausted and the bottleneck was finally broken through.
Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, his dry lips slightly curved, revealing a hideous smile.
As his blood and spiritual energy were exhausted, he became even more haggard, skinny, and half human, half ghost.
But he had no time to pay attention to these things. He felt the more condensed magic power in his dantian, and his heart was filled with joy.
He put in a lot of effort and even used the secret magic techniques, and finally overcame this difficulty, and his cultivation level increased to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Before building his foundation, he will not encounter any bottlenecks.
A cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage will only encounter three bottlenecks at the third, sixth, and tenth levels of Qi Refining. Before that, he only needs to absorb spiritual energy to increase his cultivation.
If one's spiritual roots are excellent, the three bottlenecks can be easily broken through, such as cultivators with earthly spiritual roots or heavenly spiritual roots.
Pseudo-spiritual root cultivators will encounter two bottlenecks, and the bottleneck of the fourth level of Qi Refining can be broken in one day.
Legend has it that in ancient times, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant, and even cultivators with pseudo-spiritual roots had no bottlenecks and could successfully cultivate to the foundation-building stage without even needing foundation-building pills.
But for some reason, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became increasingly thinner, cultivation became increasingly difficult, cultivators encountered more and more bottlenecks, and spiritual root aptitude became increasingly important.
Chen Yuan spent such a huge price just to break through the bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining. When he reaches the tenth level of Qi Refining, the bottleneck he will encounter will only be more difficult.
But that was not the problem he had to consider now. If his essence and blood could not be restored, even reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining would be a long way off, let alone building a foundation.
Chen Yuan calmed his mind, closed his eyes and meditated to stabilize his state of mind.
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Three days later, Chen Yuan opened his eyes, stood up and walked out of the cave.
In order to facilitate the setting up of a spirit gathering array, the first-class cave was built into the mountain wall, but there was also a courtyard outside the cave.
It was late at night, and thousands of stars were dotted across the sky, shining brightly.
Chen Yuan took out the jade pendant and drew the starlight into his body.
Twenty breaths later, the starlight faded away.
The magic power that filled Chen Yuan's dantian dissipated.
His complexion became a little rosier, his dry white hair had a hint of luster, and the roots of his hair were stained with a hint of black.
He looked inward, felt his energy and blood recovering a little, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the speed of blood essence recovery this time was much slower than after taking the Boiling Blood Pill, he could afford to wait. The time before blood essence recovery could be used to refine pills and accumulate spirit stones.
In the past year and a half, apart from the starlight infusion, he had no other consumption. He sold all the remaining Hundred Spirit Pills and accumulated more than 1,200 spirit stones in his hands.
I used six hundred spirit stones to buy the nameless secret technique from the masked monk, and there are still six hundred and seventy-three left.
The difficulty of refining elixirs in the later stage of Qi Refining is much greater than that of the Bailing Pill, and it requires more practice and accumulation of experience.
The Zhang Family Alchemy Essentials records two elixir recipes for the late stage of Qi Refining, namely the "Bi Xin Dan" and the "Yu Hua Dan".
The medicinal power of the Bi Xin Dan is slightly weaker and is suitable for cultivators at the seventh and eighth levels of Qi Refining.
The medicinal power of Yuhua Dan is slightly stronger and is suitable for cultivators at the ninth and tenth levels of Qi Refining.
Chen Yuan planned to start with refining the Bi Xin Dan first, and proceed step by step to avoid wasting spiritual herbs.
He returned to the cave and, as usual, took a pill of the magic pill, closed his eyes and meditated to restore his magic power.
Half an hour later, Chen Yuan opened his eyes and took the second Bailing Pill.
Before breaking through the bottleneck, one pill of the panacea can restore all the magic power in the body.
But now, two are needed.
After his magic power was restored, Chen Yuan changed into a loose black robe and put on a bamboo hat to cover his haggard face and white hair. He went to the market and spent 220 spirit stones to buy ten furnaces of spiritual herbs for refining the Bi Xin Dan.
It takes seven days to refine a furnace of late-stage Qi Refining elixirs, and ten furnaces of spiritual herbs are enough for two months.
Moreover, eighty-year-old spiritual herbs are different from forty-year-old and sixty-year-old spiritual herbs. They can only be bought in Guiyuan Pavilion, and very few cultivators set up stalls to sell them.
Cultivators below the seventh level of Qi Refining have low strength, and most of them choose to rent spiritual fields and live a stable life.
However, cultivators who can cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining are all the best among the independent cultivators. How could they be willing to be exploited by Guiyuan Sect?
Most of them go into the mountains to hunt monsters. Only a very small number of monks with weak strength or who are as timid as mice will continue to rent spiritual fields and seek a stable life.
There are fewer cultivators renting spiritual fields, and the eighty-year-old spiritual herbs in the market have become extremely rare. They can only be bought from Guiyuan Pavilion, and the price is slightly higher than buying them from cultivators.
Although alchemists have a high status among independent cultivators, they are as small as ants in front of Guiyuan Sect and have no room for bargaining at all.
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After obtaining the spiritual herbs, Chen Yuan returned to the cave and began to refine the first batch of Bi Xin Dan.
The process of purifying the spiritual herbs went very smoothly. He had already refined hundreds of furnaces of pills and was very familiar with it.
However, refining the Bi Xin Dan requires four kinds of spiritual medicines, which greatly increases the difficulty of the pill-making process.
Chen Yuan accidentally dropped his hand and failed to refine the first batch of pills.
He summed up his experience, drew the starlight into his body, and then proceeded to refine the second batch of pills.
There was some progress this time, but he still failed in the process of condensing the pill.
In the third furnace, Chen Yuan had accumulated enough experience and finally refined two Bi Xin Dan.
As long as you refine the first batch of pills, the rest will be easy.
At the same time, after four times of starlight infusion, Chen Yuan's blood and essence were restored by 10%, his hair turned black again, and his dry cheeks became plump.
Cao You happened to come visiting, and when he saw Chen Yuan successfully break through the bottleneck, he immediately congratulated him.
Chen Yuan's cultivation breakthrough is also a good thing for Cao You.
He helped Chen Yuan sell the Bailing Pill, earning spirit stones while also expanding his network of contacts.
Later, Chen Yuan changed to refining late-stage elixirs, and Cao You sold them on his behalf. This allowed him to make friends with late-stage Qi-refining cultivators, which was of great benefit.
After seeing Cao You off, Chen Yuan continued to devote himself to refining the elixir.
After more than a month, all ten furnaces of spiritual herbs were refined, and the success rate of making pills increased to 30%.
After the twentieth furnace, the success rate of pills increased to 40%.
After the 30th furnace, the success rate of pills increased to 50%.
By the 40th furnace, the success rate of pill making increased to 60%, and all the lost blood and essence in Chen Yuan's body was restored.
After nearly a year of stagnation, the cultivation finally saw growth.
During this period, Chen Yuan refined more than 130 Bi Xin Dan.
To draw starlight into your body every month, you need to use four pills. After ten months, that would be forty pills.
He sold three bottles of elixirs, recovered spirit stones, and bought spirit herbs.
In the end, Chen Yuan only had sixty-four Bi Xin Dan left in his hand.
It takes three days to refine a Green Heart Pill, which is equivalent to one month of hard training.
With Chen Yuan's current training speed, he would need to practice non-stop for seven years to reach the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
For the next year, Chen Yuan practiced hard in seclusion, taking all the Bi Xin Dan, and with the help of his spiritual veins, he successfully broke through the eighth level of Qi training.
But at this time, there are less than two years left until the next Ascension Conference.
It is impossible for Chen Yuan, with his cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining and two mid-grade magical instruments, to fight with other cultivators.
He could only practice peacefully in Huanyue Market and wait for the Ascension Conference twelve years later.
(End of this chapter)