novelapdf Chapter 12: Breakthrough in Qi Refining
Chapter 12: Breakthrough in Qi Refining
Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.
The news of Li Wu's shop opening spread among the independent cultivators in the neighborhood.
The shop area is not small; the front shop is ten zhang long and five zhang wide.
There are four rooms in the backyard, one for storing materials and another for grinding animal repellent powder.
The other two rooms can be used for staff to rest.
Next to the shop was a pill shop owned by the Zhao family. The location was not bad. Although it was not in the city center, it was on the main road, so there was a lot of foot traffic.
"Come and take a look! There's a bottle of forty catties of spirit rice in the beast-repelling powder!"
The shop assistants stood at the shop entrance, trying to attract customers.
A bottle of 40 jin of spirit rice is 10 jin less than before.
This price is very attractive.
The store was soon packed with people.
"Fellow Daoist Li, give me two bottles!"
A loud shout came from the crowd, and then the crowd parted to the sides, and a man carrying a large knife slowly walked into the shop.
It was Niu Er who arrived; he had now reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.
After breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, he did not choose to become a retainer of a powerful family, but instead continued to lead his own team in and out of Chishan.
In the past two years, he has frequently bought animal repellent powder from Li Wu, and he is considered a regular customer.
Upon seeing that it was him, Li Wu immediately greeted him with a smile and came out from behind the counter.
"Fellow Daoist Niu, come, come, I specially saved two bottles for you."
Li Wu personally handed the box containing two bottles of beast-repelling powder to Niu Er'er.
Niu Er, a rough and burly man, mumbled an "Mmm" and then said:
Thanks.
Immediately, the henchman beside him stepped forward to hand over the spirit stones, and just as he was about to leave, Li Wu hurriedly called out to him:
"Fellow Daoist Niu, wait!"
Niu Er paused for a moment, then turned to look at him with a puzzled expression.
"What, do I owe you spirit rice?"
"Of course not."
Li Wu smiled and explained:
"Fellow Daoist Niu, my shop is newly opened today. In addition to selling beast-repelling powder, there is something else I would like to inform you all."
Upon hearing this, the noise in the shop suddenly subsided, and everyone's eyes turned to Li Wu.
"Starting today, this shop will also be posting orders for various spiritual items. Fellow Daoists are welcome to come and take a look and accept the orders according to their own abilities."
Li Wu's decision was naturally for the sake of the shops in Jianxiawu.
Over the past two years, through his research on the spiritual items in the markets of both worlds, he has found many elixirs, talismans, and other items that are not available in Jianxiawu.
However, since Li Wu currently has limited spirit stones, he can't buy many pills, talismans, and other items, so he mainly focuses on medicinal herbs, spirit ores, and other materials.
These spiritual items can be obtained by purchasing them from other shops or by posting notices for independent cultivators to search for them in the mountains.
Li Wu naturally chose the latter, even though it would be slower, because it was cheaper.
Upon hearing his words, some of the independent cultivators immediately wanted to take the job.
Niu Er also shouted:
"Fellow Daoist Li, give me the most expensive order."
…………
A year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Li Wu sat cross-legged in the room. He took out a jade bottle, inside which floated a silvery-white spiritual energy. He probed it with his spiritual sense and could hear booming thunder.
"This is the [Tribulation Lightning Primordial Qi]."
The [Tribulation Thunder Primordial Qi], which takes ten years to collect, he had ten people collect it in just one year.
Ten people, one year, and they get this one share.
"How powerful would a Qi Refining Realm cultivator who has advanced by absorbing such spiritual energy from heaven and earth be?" Li Wu couldn't imagine.
It should be noted that in this world, reaching the Qi Refining Realm only requires guiding a wisp of spiritual energy into the dantian.
Moreover, there are no restrictions on the type of spiritual energy.
However, the cultivation methods of the Yue Kingdom require different amounts of spiritual energy from heaven and earth to be absorbed for each type of cultivation, which is related to one's future path in the Dao.
"Yin and Yang, the Five Virtues, the Twelve Qi, Fortune, Longevity and Prosperity... and what I cultivate is the path of [Divine Thunder]."
The Jade Pivot Edict of the Scripture of Punishment states: "The Divine Thunder can vanquish evil spirits, destroy demons and temples, purify the eight directions, circulate white Qi in the heavens, and shake the killing intent on the earth. Its power is awe-inspiring, its punishment is clear, and its justice is illustrious."
"This [Divine Thunder] is the way to reward good and punish evil, to govern life and death; it is the majesty of Heaven."
"However, this [Tribulation Lightning Qi] clashes with the mixed spiritual energy of the five elements within my body. If I want to cultivate the 'Jade Pivot Edict Exorcising Scripture,' I still need to dissipate all my spiritual energy," Li Wu said solemnly.
Although the cultivation techniques he had practiced previously also had attribute divisions, they only determined the primary and secondary attributes, not that he discarded all the spiritual energy of other attributes.
However, the methods of the Yue Kingdom are different. They specialize in only one type of skill. If other attributes are mixed in, one cannot even break through to the Qi Refining stage, let alone the Foundation Establishment stage.
Li Wu frowned and pondered for a moment, then closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, preparing to disperse all the spiritual energy in his dantian.
Subsequently, Li Wu used the "Jade Pivot Edict of Attack Scripture" to slowly draw out the [Kalpa Thunder Primordial Qi] in the bottle, following the incantation recorded within.
Then, silvery-white spiritual energy floated out of the bottle's mouth, flashing with lightning, and a rumbling thunder echoed throughout the room.
The spiritual energy entered his brow, crossed twelve levels, traveled through his meridians and acupoints, and finally returned to his dantian.
……
More than a month.
Li Wu's body was bursting with silver light, thunder was rolling, his black hair was as black as ink, his momentum was like a rainbow, and his blood and qi were soaring to the sky.
His dantian is now a completely different world.
Silvery-white lightning rolled like thunder in a thundercloud, constantly refining spiritual energy and transforming it into purer lightning.
Li Wu opened his eyes, a flash of lightning passing through them. The silver light surrounding him suddenly appeared, and in the next instant, his figure appeared in the courtyard.
He channeled his spiritual energy, and the silver light suddenly brightened. He slowly raised his foot and stepped into the air, and Li Wu actually stood steadily in mid-air.
"Upon reaching the Qi Refining Realm, one can walk on air!"
Li Wu was extremely excited. Although his current cultivation level had fallen back to the first level of Qi Refining, his strength was no less than that of the previous fourth level of Qi Refining.
Furthermore, the [Divine Thunder] sect advocates killing and warfare, so its actual combat power is probably even higher.
Li Wu made a hand seal, forming a silvery-white arc of electricity in his hand, and flung it toward the large tree in the courtyard.
boom!
Thunder rumbled, lightning struck the treetops, and the tree collapsed with a crash, its trunk shattering into pieces, branches scattered on the ground, and leaves bursting into flames.
Even the stone slabs on the ground were charred black.
"Comparable to a magical technique!" Li Cheng was startled.
"I just don't know where this [Divine Thunder] path stands among the many paths of cultivation."
Li Wu's current combat strength is comparable to a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator here, but over there he would only be a first-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
"Alchemy, talismans, magical artifacts... the expenses actually increase after reaching the Qi Refining realm."
Li Wuluo returned to the pavilion, sat on the stone chair, picked up the storage bag at his waist, and probed it with his spiritual sense.
"There are still sixty spirit stones left."
Over the past year, the shops in both realms have been doing fairly well, bringing in about sixteen or seventeen spirit stones in revenue each month.
However, the monthly revenue sharing, employee wages, and various other costs also amount to a considerable expense.
In addition, Li Wu also spent a lot of money on a storage bag and a Qi-gathering technique, so now he only has sixty spirit stones left.
"Let's go buy a magical artifact and some pills first."