: Qi Refining Level 3 Successfully Completed! Rank Advancement!

And so, Lu Yun refined the pills at a rate of three Qi-Nourishing Pills every two days.

On the third day, Qin Yue and Ye Xiu came to find him.

When they heard about the annulment of the engagement, they wanted to offer some words of comfort to their brother who had suffered repeated setbacks.

"What? You got a hundred spirit stones as compensation!?" Ye Xiu was so jealous he felt like his body was about to break apart.

"Why don't I have a fiancée like that?"

Qin Yue didn't have much of a concept of what ten spirit stones or a hundred spirit stones were; they were astronomical figures.

He still felt that dignity was more important.

If it were him, he wouldn't even have the face to go out.

"Brother Lu can still laugh, that's typical of him!"

The two also sent each other invitations to their respective ascension banquets on the fifth day.

Lu Yun had no intention of attending the banquet, and that day he had Shen He deliver a Qi-Nourishing Pill to each of them.

Let alone a hundred spirit stones, even ten would be enough to make some people take the risk.

Uncle Shen hasn't gone out these past few days; he's been staying home taking care of him.

Five days later, fewer clansmen came to the house to borrow money.

But on the sixth day, my aunt's family heard the news from somewhere and two relatives also came.

The aunt was so angry she laughed and chased the person out with a broom.

She was counting on her family's support, but they ended up causing trouble.

Although his aunt complained every day, she never mentioned lending money to others.

......

Eighth day.

Lu Yun refined the thirteenth Qi-Nourishing Pill.

"The true method is powerful, but it's not without its problems."

Sensing the more than two hundred streams of true energy in his dantian, he felt a little worried.

"Feng Zhuo broke through the third level with 130 shares, while I have 220 shares and I still don't feel anything."

The ranking only considers how high your realm is, who cares how many strands of true qi you have in your dantian.

"I thought I could break through by taking the Qi Cultivation Pill, but it seems I'll have to take a Spirit Nourishing Pill as well."

Sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, Lu Yun no longer hesitated to spend money.

Having more true qi at the same level is always a good thing, as it strengthens one's foundation.

He swallowed a Spirit Nourishing Pill.

A surge of spiritual energy, nearly ten times larger than that of the Peiyuan Pill, erupted forth.

Visualize a faint flame between your eyebrows, and fully circulate the Elixir Method.

Eight or nine shares were added in just one week!

He only felt a breakthrough when he went from 220 shares to 300 shares.

"My body can't take it anymore."

Lu Yun frowned as he felt a swelling and bloating sensation in his dantian.

The cultivation breakthrough was too rapid, and the true qi could not nourish the physical body in a short time.

In eight days, the number of shares increased from fifteen to three hundred.

too fast.

The solution is simple: slow down your spiritual practice, or practice methods to strengthen your physical body.

Every cultivator will encounter this hurdle when they reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining. They must cultivate a body tempering method in order to continue advancing.

There was a book in the storage bag left by my father called "Holy Blood Tempering Technique".

It sounds like the holy way.

Above this, there is another combat method that can both temper the body and enhance true qi in battle, which is quite precious.

It is said that one of the conditions for Foundation Establishment is to master a battle technique to perfection.

"My physical body can still hold on. Using more true qi to nourish it can alleviate the problem. We can talk about body tempering later."

Lu Yun stopped thinking about it and focused all his energy on refining the Spirit Nourishing Pill.

When the 330 streams of true energy arrive.

The limit of the second level of Qi Refining has finally been reached.

With the help of the true Dharma, and the burning flames, Lu Yun did not feel any bottleneck at all.

It rushed past in one go.

The dantian space expanded again, and the true qi returned to nourish the body, nourishing the limbs and bones.

"Qi Refining Stage 3, accomplished."

In the hall, Uncle Shen sensed the aura emanating from the next room and a smile appeared on his face.

"She's run out of pills and still eats monster meat every day. Outsiders just think Xiaoyun has a dozen or so spirit stones left."

After several days of fermentation, who in the city didn't know that the Shen family had a spendthrift son?

In order to break through to the third level of Qi Refining within ten days, he spent a full seventy spirit stones and ate spirit beast meat every day.

"Wealthy and powerful" is not even an adequate description.

He's such a spendthrift.

The toad, unable to reach the swan's heart, unexpectedly made a fortune.

Should we tell Xiaoyun about this?

Shen Tingzhang rubbed his forehead, genuinely worried that Lu Yun's youthful spirit wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure.

After Lu Yun came out, he reduced the rumors circulating in the city to nine-tenths before speaking.

Lu Yun waved his hand, not caring at all.

"It's just a little bit of hardship."

"With this mindset, you might be able to enter the Immortal Academy in the future, reach the late stage of Qi Refining, and establish your own family."

Shen Tingzhang greatly appreciated Lu Yun's reaction.

"Let's go, let's go to the Immortal Ascension Hall first."

The two left the Shen family's residence through a side gate, and the city seemed more prosperous than usual.

However, there was no unpleasant incident like Lu Yun's appearance immediately sparking discussion.

Shen Tingzhang then cast the Qingfeng spell on the two of them.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, we arrived at the meditation hall.

There are two trees in front of the hall, one is a peach tree, and the other is also a peach tree.

They passed through the peach trees and went inside to request an audience with the disciples of the Immortal Academy.

Upon seeing the two arrive, the disciples of the Immortal Academy showed no surprise.

In recent days, quite a few cultivators have come to advance their ranks.

Upon seeing the name on the Immortal Ascension Scroll, they looked at it from head to toe with some surprise.

"You're Lu Yun?"

The fact that a Flame Spirit from the neighboring Immortal Academy brought a Foundation Establishment cultivator to their door to annul their engagement was a rare occurrence even in the Azure Mist Domain, and they found it quite amusing.

"It is indeed Lu Yun. Greetings, senior brothers."

"Excellent, excellent, adding luster to our Qinglan Domain."

The two disciples of the Immortal Academy looked at Lu Yun and smiled, "From now on, the spiritual geniuses from the Pill Academy next door will only be fit to be spiritual servants in our Hundred Refinements Immortal Hall."

Lu Yun remained silent.

Even the disciples of the Immortal Academy are so gossipy.

Guided by the disciples of the Immortal Academy, he entered a completely enclosed quiet room and placed the Ascension Seal on the white jade platform once again.

After demonstrating his Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation, a rosy glow flashed across the stage.

The rank is updated automatically.

"There is a rank 8 upper-level rogue cultivator named Lu Yun, aged 20, whose cultivation has been upgraded to the third level of Qi Refining, and his level has been raised."

Finally—the lower seventh rank.

"Actually, you have decent aptitude. If it weren't for your father having spent ten years in the Holy Path, you wouldn't have been able to achieve the seventh rank in the initial evaluation. Don't give up on yourself."

The disciples of the Immortal Academy found Lu Yun quite interesting and said a few more words to him.

"Thank you for informing me, senior brother."

Lu Yun thought to himself, "As expected," and was thus demoted two ranks.

"The magic boat will arrive the day after tomorrow, so don't be late. Our Hundred Refinements Immortal Academy needs talents like you."

As Lu Yun and Uncle Shen left the cultivation hall, two disciples from the Immortal Academy warmly saw them off.

……

Upon returning home, Lu Yun first stored away the Gathering Yuan Pill and the Spirit Nourishing Pill.

If you don't have enough spirit stones, it's more cost-effective to practice Qi cultivation by consuming spirit rice.

With the dust settled and the news of Lu Yun's successful advancement to the third level of Qi Refining spread, many people shook their heads in disbelief.

"What a spendthrift! He's eaten seventy or eighty spirit stones in ten days!"

Shen He was quite happy, while her aunt kept nagging as she prepared bedding and clothes for Lu Yun to leave home.

With nothing else to do, Lu Yun locked himself in his quiet room and began studying the "Holy Blood Tempering Technique".

This method has six layers in total.

With the sixth level of perfection, close combat against cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining is a piece of cake.

The last page reads: Cultivators who pursue a pure body-refining path must combine it with movement techniques and combat skills, and must not allow themselves to fall behind.

"It seems the creator of this Body Tempering Technique suffered quite a bit."

Lu Yun chuckled and shook his head. He had just asked Uncle Shen about it.

The battle technique uses the cultivator's true energy as a guide, leveraging the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, making it incredibly powerful.

Learn it to fight against opponents of higher levels.

It was far beyond what he could achieve with techniques like fireballs and golden blades.

The Immortal Hall has many inherited battle techniques, and comprehending them once costs dozens or even hundreds of spirit stones.

"The Shen family also has a combat technique, which seems to be a movement technique, but they certainly won't pass it on to me, a member of an outsider clan."

Lu Yun stopped thinking about it and continued to study the Body Tempering Technique.

The core of this method lies in using spiritual energy to nourish blood and strengthen the physical body.

There are also many annotations above, written by different people, explaining things in great detail.

It's easy to learn.

"Spiritual energy, spiritual energy, and more spiritual energy."

As he closed the Body Tempering Technique, Lu Yun couldn't help but miss the era when the ancestral lineage was unbroken and spiritual energy was everywhere.

I've heard that taking a simple breath is equivalent to eating a mouthful of magic rice.

Without spiritual energy, one cannot make a single step on the path of cultivation.

Without spiritual veins, even a full cycle of the True Qi Technique yields only a few dozen strands of true qi.

Too little.

The third level of Qi cultivation involves three hundred strands, which is equivalent to three hundred thousand threads.

"Born into the mortal world, without the nourishment of spiritual beings, even if one cultivates the true arts, one will not achieve much."

Recognizing this reality, Lu Yun took out the spirit rice and swallowed it, attempting to use the Body Tempering Technique.

The spiritual energy within the rice is gentler, making it suitable for a beginner like him.

Threads of spiritual energy permeate the blood and qi, flowing to the limbs and bones, nourishing the internal organs.

An hour later, he opened his eyes.

The progress of the Body Tempering Technique is negligible.

However, the gilded embroidered ball swayed gently in his sea of ​​consciousness.