novelapdf Chapter 7: Birth of Spiritual Consciousness, Qi Refining Level 6
Chapter 7: Birth of Spiritual Consciousness, Qi Refining Level 6
When Jiang Chuan came to find Zhang Hao, the other party was sitting in a pavilion in the middle of the lake, leisurely sipping fragrant tea. Wisps of mist rose from the lake, giving him a rather otherworldly and ethereal appearance.
"Elder Zhang, I've recently gained some insights and am preparing to go into seclusion to break through to the next level. If anyone comes looking for me soon, please help me..."
Upon hearing Jiang Chuan's purpose, Zhang Hao agreed without hesitation.
He glanced at Jiang Chuan's cultivation level again and smiled as he reminded him of the precautions for breaking through.
"...To break through from the first to the second level of Qi Refining, it is necessary to open and unblock new spiritual apertures, allowing the cultivation method to form a new circulation. Remember not to use excessive force; it is necessary to proceed gradually to prevent damage to the meridians..."
"Thank you for your guidance, senior. I will keep it in mind!" Jiang Chuan said, clasping his hands in thanks.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard Zhang Hao's meaningful words.
"Ahem, Fellow Daoist Jiang, while matters between men and women are wonderful, one must exercise moderation!"
Jiang Chuan was taken aback at first, but when he saw Zhang Hao's strange, ambiguous smile, he immediately realized that he had been misunderstood.
It's no wonder the other party would think that way.
In the past few days, Wang Yuyan, this voluptuous and beautiful woman, came to see him several times, heavily made up, while he himself, due to his intense cultivation, was pale and weak, looking like he had indulged in excessive sexual activity...
He smiled, didn't bother to explain, and took his leave.
Back in the cabin, a flame appeared at his fingertips, which he used to light a candle, filling the room with dim light.
Jiang Chuan took out a miscellaneous book on cultivation called "The Chronicles of Yue Kingdom" and began to study it with great interest.
This is a miscellaneous book introducing the geography, customs, and cultivation sects and immortal forces of the Yue Kingdom. It is generally regarded as essential reading for independent cultivators in the market. He bought it for 3 Soul Shards.
"The Yue Kingdom has nine provinces, a vast expanse of thousands of miles, inaccessible to mortals... Tsk tsk, no wonder it's a world of cultivation, its area is truly enormous, comparable to tens of thousands of Earth's surface area..."
The area around Jingzhou, where Taihu Market is located, spans millions of miles. Within Jingzhou, there are one major sect and three major schools: the Nascent Soul sect, Luoyun Sect, and the Golden Core sects, Biyang Sect, Danxia Sect, and Tianjian Sect…
"...The path of cultivation is divided into several major realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation..."
Just as I guessed, it looks like a traditional "mortal cultivation" story, not the "mysterious divination" story that was very popular in my previous life...
Thankfully, the worldview of the mortal realm is far less terrifying than that of the mystical realm…
"There are nine levels in the Qi Refining stage. The first three levels are the early stage of Qi Refining, levels 4 to 6 are the middle stage, and levels 7 to 9 are the late stage... Breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining allows one to develop [Spiritual Consciousness]. At this stage, one can fly using magical artifacts?"
Jiang Chuan read the book with great interest, absorbing various knowledge about cultivation.
Although he has now reached the third level of Qi Refining, the process of improvement relied entirely on his own efforts and hard work.
Moreover, he is also conducting an experiment:
Besides being related to one's own spiritual root aptitude, is the lifespan consumed by cultivating with life force also related to one's own comprehension, or rather, one's level of understanding of cultivation?
If he had a lifespan of ten thousand years, and directly used his lifespan to increase his cultivation, would he definitely be able to break through to the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or even the Divine Transformation stage?
He didn't know either.
However, he felt it was highly unlikely to work. Even if it did, it would probably be the weakest among its kind...
"Starting today, I'll go into seclusion to cultivate, read, and farm..."
……
Time flies,
Time flies during the closed-door cultivation. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and it's time for the Dragon Blood Rice to ripen again.
Jiang Chuan stopped meditating, sensing his own progress, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"Without any external assistance, my cultivation speed is simply too slow. In this year, I've only opened two new spiritual apertures. To break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, it will take at least ten years, or perhaps I'll never be able to break through..."
The Evergreen Technique is only a low-grade first-level technique. These trash techniques all have one thing in common: they are easy to cultivate, easy to break through, have mediocre power, and have a low upper limit.
Even so, it is extremely difficult to find the corresponding spiritual apertures within the body that correspond to the cultivation method and to open them by circulating one's magical power.
The spiritual aperture is the gateway to the human body's potential!
The human body contains countless spiritual apertures, and different attributes and grades of cultivation techniques correspond to completely different spiritual apertures.
The higher the grade of the cultivation technique, the more spiritual apertures it can open, and the quality and quantity of the cultivated magical power will naturally increase accordingly.
For the lowest-grade low-level cultivation technique like the "Evergreen Skill," each breakthrough requires opening 36 spiritual acupoints. For mid-grade techniques, this requires opening 72 spiritual acupoints, and for high-grade techniques, 108, and so on...
Therefore, he now understood why those high-level cultivation techniques were difficult to spread.
Because ordinary cultivators simply cannot learn it; it is specially prepared for exceptional geniuses.
Just as Mr. Qian said,
"Even the dumbest person can't learn calculus by age 14, right?"
People are ultimately different.
……
Jiang Chuan finished his cultivation, got up and went to his own spiritual field, and began harvesting under the cover of night when no one was around.
Under pressure from Old Man Wang and Wang Yuyan, he decided to devour as much Dragon Blood Rice as possible this time in order to gain more lifespan.
It's worth mentioning that since he greeted Zhang Hao and began his "secluded cultivation," Old Man Wang and his companion have never come in to disturb him again...
Three days later,
In order to extend his lifespan as much as possible, Jiang Chuan hid during the day and went out at night, finally "harvesting" all the dragon blood rice in this acre, gaining a total lifespan of 50 years, leaving only some straw and fresh spirit rice to deceive people.
[Remaining lifespan: 57 years]
Having acquired a lifespan, Jiang Chuan did not hesitate to continue improving his cultivation.
Strength is the foundation.
As each year of lifespan is invested, a series of notification sounds ring in my mind.
[You have practiced breathing exercises for thirteen years, opening 34 new spiritual acupoints. You attempted to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, but failed.]
[You have practiced breathing exercises for fourteen years, and you continued to try to break through the bottleneck of the fourth level of Qi Refining, but failed.]
[After sixteen years of practicing breathing exercises and drawing lessons from your two previous failed attempts to break through, you have succeeded in breaking through the fourth level of Qi Refining. A "spiritual consciousness" has been born within you, and the quality and quantity of your magical power have undergone a transformation.]
[You have practiced breathing exercises for twenty-eight years, opened thirty-six more spiritual apertures, and successfully broke through the bottleneck of the fifth level of Qi Refining. The quality and quantity of your magical power have greatly increased.]
[You have practiced breathing exercises for forty-two years, and you have opened 36 new spiritual acupoints... Due to long-term study and practice, your understanding of the Evergreen Technique has deepened, reaching the level of mastery... You attempted to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining, and the breakthrough was successful, resulting in a significant increase in both the quality and quantity of your magical power.]
After his cultivation level reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, Jiang Chuan decisively stopped the Life-Giving Evolution.
After evolution stops,
The next moment, his body was filled with immense power, his dantian and qi sea expanded more than tenfold compared to before, and the magic power within them also increased several times.
"...Phew, I've reached the sixth level of Qi Refining! Awesome!"
Jiang Chuan smiled, feeling quite pleased. His Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation was considered above average among the tens of thousands of independent cultivators in the entire Taihu Market…
"But what is [spiritual consciousness]?"
Jiang Chuan was very curious about the "spiritual consciousness" that would arise after breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. He had learned from books that once one had spiritual consciousness, one could fly on magical artifacts, but he had never experienced it firsthand...
After studying it for a long time,
He finally figured out the nature of "spiritual consciousness".
The so-called "spiritual consciousness" is a special power generated when the power of the soul grows to a certain level.
After his cultivation broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, his "Sea of Consciousness" was also successfully opened. His spiritual consciousness was born in the Sea of Consciousness, and he could control various objects to fly, somewhat like the "spiritual power" in martial arts novels. The path of cultivation is indeed very wondrous...
Jiang Chuan tried to use his "spiritual consciousness" to control the brush, making it fly around the room, sometimes up and sometimes down, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, just as if he were controlling it with his own hands.
This is just an ordinary calligraphy brush; what if it were a flying magic weapon?
"I roughly understand what 'flying with a flying artifact' means... I really want to try it, but unfortunately I'm still missing a flying artifact."
He couldn't help but feel regretful.
Flying on a sword
It is probably the deepest desire in the heart of every Chinese man.
A single sword traverses three thousand miles, roaming the North Sea in the morning and the Cangwu Mountains in the evening.
Who wouldn't want to be a dashing and unparalleled sword immortal?
……