Chapter 184 – Refining Essence and Transforming Qi
Chapter 184 – Refining Essence and Transforming Qi
Kong Huan raised his head and muttered.
“Is this a case of Taoist Friend Xu failing to climb the mountain and giving up on himself? Or is it that Daolord Xu is attempting to find another way to get the attention of the Sacred Mountain’s Spirit in such a way as to be recognized?”
Kong Huan’s words were not heard by Xu Chuniang, who was immersed in her cultivation, her perception of the outside world becoming blurred.
It was unknown whether it was because the aura in the Little Zephyr Realm was even more dense, or for some other reason, cultivating on this Endless Mountain was several times more efficient than usual.
As her cultivation deepened, she even entered into a metaphysical realm.
When she looked internally, she was practically insightful and clear, even capturing the direction of the flow of aura with perfect accuracy.
Xu Chuniang could even “see” every strand of aura traveling through her meridians.
As her meditation deepened, she felt as if she had entered some sort of subtle state.
Her body seemed to have become a container for the spiritual qi, and between each breath, a cool and clear feeling came from the Hundred Meetings Point, descending and spreading throughout her body.
It was only after several hours that Xu Chuniang was able to detach herself from this state.
She stopped her cultivation, having an unprecedented sense of calm, and sat in place to sense what she had gained.
The so-called qi practice was actually “qi refining”, absorbing aura for one’s own use was only the first step, what was more important was refining essence and transforming qi.
With his own body as a cauldron, constantly refining the essence of the spirit veins, so as to achieve the purpose of refining the essence of the gas.
With this in mind, her realm suddenly fell.
Starting from the middle of the ninth level of qi cultivation, she directly fell to the early stage of the ninth level of qi cultivation, and then she even directly fell through the ninth level of qi cultivation to the eighth level of qi cultivation.
It wasn’t until her cultivation stayed at the early stage of the seventh level of Qi cultivation that she managed to stop the downward trend.
At the same time, Xu Chuniang’s cultivation rapidly compressed, solidifying and stabilizing several times more than before.
On the surface, her realm had fallen more than two layers.
But in truth, the benefits of cultivation solidification were undoubtedly greater.
There might not be too much change in strength, but it invariably increased her potential, and even more so when she built her foundation in the future, she laid a solid and firm foundation.
The reasoning is so reasonable, but Xu Chuniang watched, his hard-earned cultivation, but a few breaths of time fell two layers, the heart is really difficult to describe the taste.
Originally she also thought out of the small zephyr realm, on the basis of the matter to start to come, but now the sudden change, directly disrupted her plans.
The good thing was that she was simply not cultivating enough, resulting in the fall of the realm.
As long as she absorbed enough spiritual qi, she would be able to make up for her cultivation in a short period of time.
Xu Chuniang took half a quarter of an hour to adjust her mood, exhaling a mouthful of turbid air as she continued to meditate and cultivate.
Taking advantage of the fact that she was now in the Little Zephyr Realm, which was full of spiritual qi, one more moment of cultivation counted as a moment.
Xu Chuniang did not make much noise, but this place was so quiet that Kong Huan noticed it almost as soon as her cultivation began to fall.
“What’s going on, how did her cultivation lower, I didn’t see it wrong, right?”
Kong Huan rubbed his eyes incredulously, almost suspecting that he was hallucinating.
He had never heard of the matter of a cultivation drop occurring on a sacred mountain, could it be that he had angered the Soul of the Sacred Mountain?
“No, after Daoist Xu’s cultivation fell from the ninth level of Qi cultivation to the seventh level of Qi cultivation, her aura was stronger instead. How did she do that?”
For a moment, Kong Huan scratched his heart, almost wanting to find Xu Chuniang and ask for an explanation.
But after seeing that she had once again entered the state of meditation, he opened his mouth several times to speak, but in the end, nothing came out.
Kong Huan was fidgety, and in the end, he rose up and looked towards the holy mountain, a look of determination in his eyes. Since Daoist Xu had gained some sort of chance through meditation and cultivation, if he were to follow her example, would he be able to similarly gain a chance?
Just as this thought rose in Kong Huan’s mind, he could no longer hold back, ignoring the long darkened sky and traveling towards the holy mountain.
After stepping onto the holy mountain, Kong Huan thought briefly, stopped at the same height as Xu Chuniang, and directly began to meditate.
Xu Chuniang did not know that Kong Huan had made the same decision as her after seeing the change in her cultivation level.
Even if she knew, she wouldn’t care.
Kong Huan cultivated for a few days, and always came up empty-handed.
Seeing that time was passing day by day, more and more people were coming to the Holy Mountain.
Among these cultivators, there were two people who leapt twenty to thirty steps on the first day of climbing, leaving the others far behind.
After seeing this scene, Kong Huan was completely unable to sit still, and eventually gave up meditating in the same spot and turned to continue climbing the mountain.
Among the crowd of mountain climbing cultivators, Xu Chuniang’s figure meditating and practicing at the foot of the mountain was particularly conspicuous.
From time to time, there were people casting curious gazes towards her, and there were even more people who imitated her.
It was just that these people, like Kong Huan, gained nothing after persisting for some time, and in the end could only give up helplessly, wasting a few days of work for nothing.
“What the hell is this female cultivator doing, really treating the Sacred Mountain as her own cave? It’s simply delaying our time!”
A male cultivator ended his meditation and said in a bad mood.
His words immediately drew resonance from certain people around him.
“Who says it isn’t, it’s not good to meditate and cultivate anywhere but on the Holy Mountain, isn’t this deliberately misleading us?”
“I suspect that she can’t climb the mountain, that’s why she came up with this method, so that other people won’t be able to get the treasures either.”
The ones who complained were ultimately the minority, and more cultivators were sensible.
“You people from Weaponry Peak are so unreasonable, you have to blame the others for your own faults. That female cultivator was meditating and practicing in a good way, did she get in your way?”
“That’s right, that female cultivator has been meditating since the first day I came to the Sacred Mountain, you guys think that she has gained a chance by doing so, that’s why you did as you were told, and now you’re coming to blame others for wasting your time, it’s really ridiculous.”
The male cultivator from the Weaponry Peak from earlier couldn’t help but blush and open his mouth in shame.
“If you’re talking about me, just talk about me, what’s all this talk about Weaponry Peak, you Hundred Flower Peak, all you know is dealing with poisonous insects and sorcery all day long, and it’s not a good thing either!”
“It’s not for you to comment on the good or bad of my Hundred Flower Peak, at least we won’t be as stupid as you.”
“You!”
The male cultivator of Weapon Peak was furious, feeling that this female cultivator was unreasonable, but he couldn’t argue with her.
“Alright, alright, we’re all fellow disciples, let’s not talk too much. Forget about that female cultivator, hurry up and climb the mountain for the recognition of the Sacred Mountain’s Soul, that’s the right thing to do.”
Under the mediation of the others, several people finally stopped arguing and each found a place to start climbing.
Xu Chuniang, who was not far away, was always meditating and practicing, not paying any attention to the movements in the outside world.
These days, she had been meditating and practicing, trying to re-enter the previous state of the arcane.
She vaguely sensed that being in that state was extremely beneficial to cultivation and enlightenment.
However, Xu Chuniang had tried a hundred times over these days, and had never been able to do so.
There were times when she even felt that there was only a layer of fog separating her from that state, but that layer of fog, however, could not be lifted.
(End of chapter)