Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Something’s Wrong with Qiu Qianhai’s Breakthrough

”Whoosh—”

Ji Yuan inwardly viewed his Dantian, gazing at the Spiritual Energy Pill Cloud that had formed, and let out a long sigh of relief.

The hallmark of breaking through the later stage of the Qi Cultivation Stage is the formation of a Spiritual Energy Pill Cloud within the Dantian, meaning that to break through the later stage, one needs a large reserve of Spirit Stones.

If not, the breakthrough process will halt once the Spirit Stones run out, making progress impossible.

Ji Yuan had prepared four Mid-grade Spirit Stones; the first two he absorbed were still insufficient for his breakthrough... Of the remaining two Mid-grade Spirit Stones, only one-third of their Spiritual Qi remained.

To break through the later stage of Qi Cultivation, at least over three hundred Spirit Stones are necessary.

No wonder there are so few who have reached the later stages of Qi Cultivation in the Cloud Rain Marsh.

Condensing the Pill Cloud is the mark of the later stage of Qi Cultivation. To continue improving one’s cultivation afterward, one must condense more Pill Clouds until the Dantian is filled, signifying having reached the Peak of Qi Refining.

To advance to Foundation Establishment, one must continue to compress the Spiritual Qi in the Dantian, liquefying it into Elixir Liquid.

When the Elixir Liquid fills the Dantian, it means one’s cultivation has reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment.

Finally, compressing the Elixir Liquid into a solid form signifies reaching... Golden Core!

At this thought, Ji Yuan continued to absorb Spiritual Qi to stabilize his cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, another four days passed. Only when the last two Mid-grade Spirit Stones in his hand turned into dust did his cultivation finally stabilize completely.

In fact, he had already stabilized two days prior, but the remaining traces of Spiritual Qi in the Mid-grade Spirit Stones had no other use for him.

Ji Yuan decided to absorb them thoroughly in one go.

Four days later.

Ji Yuan brushed off the powder from the Spirit Stones and emerged from the room feeling refreshed. Qiu Qianhai, who had been waiting inside the room for a long time, immediately stood up, his eyes brimming with joy.

”Great! Now I, Qiu Qianhai, also have a friend in the later stage of Qi Cultivation!”

Ji Yuan cast a slight glance at him, then shook his sleeves and carried his hands behind his back, slightly leaning backward.

”What... did you call me?”

Upon hearing this, Qiu Qianhai hurriedly patted the nonexistent dust off his clothes, bowed with cupped hands, and solemnly said, ”Junior Qiu Qianhai greets Elder Ji.”

”Not bad, a perceptive one.”

”Get lost.”

Qiu Qianhai laughed as he stood up.

After his amusement passed, he suddenly recalled something and hurriedly said, ”A few days ago, after you broke through the later stage of Qi Cultivation, some of the neighbors seemed to sense the energy and brought congratulatory gifts.”

”Oh? You didn’t accept them, did you?”

”No, I turned them all away,” Qiu Qianhai said with a laugh, hands on his hips, ”I looked like a proper servant of a big house at the time.”

”That’s good.”

Ji Yuan stretched lazily and casually slapped a Calm Heart Talisman on Qiu Qianhai.

”Alright, go and break through yourself. We’ll talk after your cultivation is up.”

”Okay.”

Having waited so long, Qiu Qianhai was naturally eager.

Watching him rush excitedly into the room, Ji Yuan went to the front courtyard and summoned his various magical artifacts.

After breaking through to the later stage of Qi Cultivation, his strength had significantly increased, demanding reacquaintance with these magical artifacts.

Previously, the desired effect required using five parts of his strength; now, perhaps only two parts would suffice.

With this thought, Ji Yuan first injected Spiritual Qi into the Magical Artifact Boots on his feet. Instantly, he felt as light as a feather, and with just a step, he crossed the entire courtyard to reach the doorway.

This seemed to be the limit of the boots.

Ji Yuan looked back; one step, three zhang... is the limit of these low-grade boots.

Not very suitable for fleeing, but very apt for close combat offense and defense, especially when paired with his Water-Split Dragon Spear.

With this thought, his right hand formed a grasping motion, and the water-blue spear with blades on both ends was in his hand.

With a casual swing, two strands of Spiritual Qi rampaged around him.