Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 77 - 74: Consecutive Breakthroughs

One Soul Stealing Flower after another went down his stomach. This state of cultivation, filled with spirituality, allowed Chen Qing’s practice to be as fast as Divine Speed!

His cultivation level kept climbing. In just a short hour, Chen Qing already felt a significant increase in his cultivation level.

At this pace, he was about to reach the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Realm!

The Spiritual Energy surged within him, and every inch of his flesh greedily grew!

Another hour passed, Chen Qing’s entire aura shook, and a wave of spiritual pressure rippled out; he had now reached the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Realm!

There were still plenty of Soul Stealing Flowers left. Chen Qing didn’t want to slack off, so he kept pushing, seeing if he could directly breach the seventh layer of Qi Refining!

Sleepless through the night, Chen Qing chewed the last petal of the Soul Stealing Flower, "Seems like I’m just a bit shy of the seventh layer."

Continuing such cultivation would surely become addictive.

But he was just one step away!

Forget it, he thought. I’ll buy another ten Soul Stealing Flowers and see if I can break through the bottleneck of the seventh layer.

I’m about to become a master of the seventh layer of Qi Refining!

In the martial world, reaching the seventh layer made one a rare master and a backbone of any sect.

At night, Chen Qing went down the mountain again and spent twelve thousand low-grade Spirit Stones to buy ten Soul Stealing Flowers.

According to the female cultivator at the Wanbao Pavilion, he had bought all the Soul Stealing Flowers they had.

Chen Qing couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

If he wanted to continue improving his cultivation, he would have to buy other Spiritual Medicines, though none had the potency of the Soul Stealing Flower.

Fortunately, the Blood Ginseng he had planted was about to mature.

When the time came, he could secretly consume some to boost his cultivation!

On his way back, Chen Qing passed by the War Affairs Hall where they were meeting. Seeing Chen Qing pass by, they didn’t shy away but continued their discussion.

"Wutong Mountain seems to have sent spies recently."

"Don’t know where they’ve gone."

"There’s no need to guess, they must have sent them our way!"

"Keep investigations quiet; don’t make unnecessary moves."

Chen Qing returned to his cave, lying in the stone chamber, eating Soul Stealing Flowers as if they were snacks.

Looks like I should find an opportunity to kill Huang Shengluan.

Not for any particular reason, just that Chen Qing wasn’t familiar with anyone else.

Also, Huang Shengluan held a high position; his death could throw Wutong Mountain into chaos for a few years.

In the past, Wuyou Mountain was always on the defensive, which was extremely exhausting for Chen Qing.

This time, Chen Qing decided to take the offensive; he didn’t know when this fellow would go out.

Killing him at his home in front of so many wouldn’t be right.

Better to let him die outside and keep things dignified.

After swallowing three more Soul Stealing Flowers, Chen Qing felt the time was right to break through the seventh layer of Qi Refining. He quickly got up, sat cross-legged, and began seriously cultivating in an attempt to break through!

Gathering all the Spiritual Energy in his body, he continually attacked the seventh meridian within him.

Qi Refining had ten layers, referring to the ten meridians within the body.

Breaking through each meridian was akin to reaching a new layer, providing more capacity for Spiritual Energy within.

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However, generally, no one referred to ten layers of Qi Refining as such; instead, they called it Qi Refining Perfection.

Once all ten were unblocked, they allowed for continuous circulation within the body, termed "small circulation," also known as Qi Refining Perfection.

Chen Qing persistently attacked the last hurdle of the seventh meridian, with the Spiritual Energy in his body crashing against the bottleneck like a great river.

An hour later, Chen Qing opened his eyes, "Still not quite there, but I feel close!"

Looking at the seven remaining Soul Stealing Flowers, Chen Qing grabbed them and started devouring them in big bites.

Might as well go all out to break through to the seventh layer of Qi Refining!

With seven Soul Stealing Flowers consumed, Chen Qing felt his whole body overflowing with spirituality; the Spiritual Energy within him seemed about to boil!

He concentrated fully, seriously attacking the bottleneck.

The Spiritual Energy within his body flowed endlessly; whenever Chen Qing used a large surge, a new supply would replenish it!

And the seventh meridian, under this continuous onslaught, showed signs of loosening.

Chen Qing was overjoyed and pushed harder!

He continuously attacked, and his consciousness could even sense the sound of Spiritual Energy clashing with his meridian.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Bang!

All the Spiritual Energy in his body entered an entirely new place!

The seventh layer of Qi Refining was breached!

A wave of energy rippled around Chen Qing’s body, a sign that the spiritual pressure within him had changed.

Opening new meridians didn’t expand the Dantian too much; what mattered was the spiritual pressure, or the purity of Spiritual Energy.

Spiritual Energy entered the body from the outside and was compressed by meridians; the more meridians it passed through, the purer the Spiritual Energy.

Thus, the level of Qi Refining influenced the spiritual pressure experienced, being a primary basis for assessing cultivation level.

Using the remaining medicine power, Chen Qing continued expanding the newly breached seventh meridian, stabilizing his cultivation.

After stabilizing his cultivation for two hours, Chen Qing finally opened his eyes. Using the Fog Gu, he adjusted his spiritual pressure to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, lying down to prepare for the new day.

Finally, he had reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining in his practice.

Though such cultivation speed was very fast, the Spirit Stones were indeed running low.

For the eighth layer of Qi Refining, there was no rush. Once the Spirit Ginseng and Blood Ginseng were harvested, with a good feast, it might be possible to reach the eighth layer of Qi Refining.

With the remaining Spirit Stones, he decided to continue enhancing the Wind Gu and Iron Skin Gu, and search for a Power Gu.

The Power Gu was inexpensive, far cheaper than domineering Gu like the sword Gu, costing only seven to eight thousand low-grade Spirit Stones; the remaining Spirit Stones would suffice.

The second day of February.

Chen Qing busied himself in the Blood Ginseng field, directing the disciples of the Spirit Plant Hall to continue watering with spirit beast blood.

Last night’s gathering wasn’t much of a discussion; Yao Feng and the scholar’s Spirit Stones were nearly drained by him.

Red Lotus, true to form, couldn’t hold onto money and bought a Fifth Transformation Copper Bone Gu for Chen Qing to guide.

He made a small profit of twenty middle-grade Spirit Stones.

For the Demon Clan, Copper Bone Gu was indeed better than Iron Skin Gu.

Claws and teeth were considered part of the bone.

For Demon Clan who excelled in close combat, Copper Bone Gu was not just a defensive Gu, but also an offensive one.

Both offensive and defensive, so they were quite valuable among the Demon Clan.

Only after Red Lotus found the rich patron Fu Luo could she afford to buy one.

What surprised Chen Qing was that after Fu Luo’s Luck Gu advanced to a Fortune Butterfly, it finally began seeking guidance from other Gu.

It was a sword Gu, but not an ordinary sword Gu; it was a spiritual item sword Gu.

[Spiritual Item Sword Gu: Lonely Shadow]

Quality: Seventh Transformation

Life Span: 78/270

Effect: Condenses twenty strands of Spiritual Energy into a single Lonely Shadow Sword Qi.

[Trait]: [Sword Nurturing Skill] Can nurture seven Lonely Shadow Swords within, capable of flying swords.

Growth Requirements: Night Ghost Core

Growth Progress: 5/100

Promotion Requirements: Five Shadow Creation Stones, seven Essence of the Void, one Sword Coffin

Spiritual item sword Gu were indeed extraordinary; a mere Seventh Transformation was already more powerful than his Ninth Transformation Sword Butterfly.

Chen Qing speculated that these so-called Lonely Shadow Sword Qi and Lonely Shadow Sword were possibly intangible, possibly not less powerful than his Geng Metal Sword.

Seeing such a treasure, Chen Qing could only sigh, truly a treasure.

Of course, in front of that Fortune Butterfly, everything seemed pale and powerless.

After the Fortune Butterfly advanced to Butterfly Transformation, it had no traits, nor any change in its effect description.

However, such a mysterious Gu, mysterious as gods, Chen Qing did not dare say the Butterfly Transformation was useless; only the user could truly feel the change within.