Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 85: Chapter 15: Breakthrough, Seventh-Layer Qi Refining!

Time flew by, and another year and a half passed.

On this day, Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the cushion, finishing his training for the day.

He slowly opened his eyes, revealing a sharp gleam.

He had finally reached the Peak of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining.

This year, he was twenty-nine years old.

Half a year earlier than expected.

However, he was still behind Lin Xueying and Wang Erniu and the others.

”Now, Xueying is probably about to step into the Ninth-Layer Qi Refining!” Zhou Xun speculated in his heart.

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In the Cloud Light Sect, within a certain Spiritual Spring.

A gentle and graceful young girl was sitting upright in the Spiritual Spring.

Suddenly, the Spiritual Qi around her body stirred slightly and then frantically drilled into the girl’s body.

No one knew how long it took before the turbulent Spiritual Qi calmed down again.

The girl also opened her eyes, the gleam in them was too dazzling to look at directly, and her Mana aura reached an astonishing Ninth-Layer Qi Refining.

The girl rose from the Spiritual Spring and walked toward the door.

Before she could step out, her clothes and skirt were already dry.

Outside the door, a woman in a white palace dress was waiting there.

”Xueying, how is it?” The woman asked with a gentle smile as she saw the girl emerge.

”Master, the effect of the Spiritual Spring is outstanding; it actually allowed me to leap over more than half of the Eighth Layer’s progress and directly break through to the Ninth Layer, saving me several years!” The girl said happily.

This girl was precisely Lin Xueying.

”The Moon Spirit Spring is unique to our Cloud Light Sect, and every year, only two Qi Refining Disciples have the opportunity to use it to greatly shorten their cultivation progress!” the woman in the palace dress explained.

This woman was naturally Master Fengyue, Lin Xueying’s teacher, and the newly promoted True Pill Cultivator of Cloud Light Sect.

”In a few years, you will reach the Peak of Qi Refining. The Foundation Establishment Pill has already been prepared for you by your teacher, and with your High-Grade Spirit Root talent, the breakthrough probability is eighty percent!”

”By then, will you, as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, still be attached to that young man!”

Master Fengyue’s eyes were shining.

She had been aware of Lin Xueying and Zhou Xun’s affair since she took this disciple, but she did not forcibly stop it and instead subtly influenced it.

As a True Pill Cultivator, she had seen many so-called love and hatred stories, which were just young cultivators’ impulsive actions. When their cultivation grew, and they witnessed higher landscapes, they would naturally change their previous thoughts.

”Master,”

”At that time, you, as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, will have a life span of two hundred years, while he only has half of yours. You will be in your prime while he will be old and feeble. By then, you will understand!” Master Fengyue said, her face showing reminiscence, seemingly persuading Lin Xueying or perhaps speaking of herself.

”Zhou Lang will definitely not stop at Qi Refining!” Lin Xueying said firmly.

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With his cultivation reaching the Peak of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining, Zhou Xun could now start making a breakthrough.

However, transitioning from Sixth-Layer to Seventh-Layer Qi Refining was quite a significant leap.

Countless Middle-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators had been stuck here for a lifetime.

Many young people at Sixth-Layer Qi Refining till their death, still at Sixth-Layer were not uncommon.

There were quite a few in Qingyue Square.

After all, breaking through to Late-Stage Qi Refining is a qualitative leap, second only to Foundation Establishment.

In Late-Stage Qi Refining, not only does the quality and quantity of Mana greatly increase, but Divine Sense will also emerge.

Possessing the skill of Divine Sense Control.

Strength doubles.

Zhou Xun naturally wanted to find a moment of optimal state and then consume that Spirit Gathering Pill exceeding the Premium Level, and then make a breakthrough in one go.

For three days straight, Zhou Xun did not make talismans or cultivate.

Instead, he calmed his mind, seeking the most tranquil point.

Finally, Zhou Xun reached a state of utmost peace, immediately closing the cave mansion door and activating all array restrictions.

Then bathing and entering the Quiet Chamber.

He placed the spirit bottle containing the Spirit Gathering Pill surpassing the Premium Level in front of him.

Sitting cross-legged, he slowly activated the Nourishing Essence Technique.

A moment later, Zhou Xun picked up the medicine bottle in front of him, unplugged the stopper, and poured the crystalline Spirit Gathering Pill into his palm.

Then swallowed it in one gulp.

The Spirit Gathering Pill slid down the throat into the abdomen.

A surge of extremely pure Spiritual Qi rose from the abdomen.

Zhou Xun immediately activated the Nourishing Essence Technique, and the Qi circulated around his meridians, eventually transforming into a purer Spiritual Power and merging into the Spiritual Power Group within the Dantian.

At the same time, a cool breeze rose, rushing directly to Zhou Xun’s head.

It merged into the sea of consciousness, making Zhou Xun’s mind clear and temporarily enhancing his Divine Sense.

It turned out that this Spirit Gathering Pill indeed had the effect of temporarily stimulating Divine Sense, coupled with that purer Spiritual Power, even more refined than Sixth-Layer Qi Refining.

No wonder it could assist cultivators in breaking through the shackles of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining.

This efficacy is nothing short of miraculous.

Actually, this was also because Zhou Xun’s elixir quality was too supreme.

Ordinary genuine Spirit Gathering Pills did not have the effect of stimulating Divine Sense.

The Premium Level ones might, but only slightly.

This Spirit Gathering Pill actually let Zhou Xun have the miraculous effect of Sixth-Layer Qi Refining Cultivation in advance.

If he still couldn’t break through to the Seventh Layer like this, he would really doubt his own talent.

Time flew by swiftly, but Zhou Xun immersed in the breakthrough had no concept of time.

Unknowing of how much time had passed.

Suddenly, the Spiritual Power within him changed, and his aura soared abruptly.

”Seventh-Layer Qi Refining, achieved!”

Zhou Xun opened his eyes, feeling the changes within himself.

The intensity of Spiritual Qi increased by at least fifty percent, and the quantity directly doubled.

The biggest change was still his Divine Sense, reaching over one hundred and twenty zhang.

It actually directly increased by twofold.

Exceeding even the hundred zhang of the typical Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Now, with just his Mana Cultivation alone, he could suppress Peak of Qi Refining Cultivators.

If he matched it with his Body Refining Technique, he dared to proclaim, no one below Foundation Establishment could rival him.

Zhou Xun patted the Storage Bag, took out a piece of Iron Essence, and placed it in the corner.

Then took out the High-Grade Round Wheel Spiritual Artifact, infusing Mana into it.

With a ”buzz,” the round wheel hovered mid-air.

”Go”

Pointing toward that piece of Iron Essence, the round wheel spun, slicing toward the Iron Essence.

With almost no resistance, the Iron Essence split in two.

Zhou Xun saw this and felt extremely satisfied.

This level of power improved at least twice compared to before.

And the Mana consumption was only thirty percent of what it had been originally.

This is the effect of increased Mana strength and enhanced Divine Sense.

With his Divine Sense exceeding the Foundation Establishment Stage, Zhou Xun had a strong feeling that he could achieve greater precision in Alchemy now.

Zhou Xun had a very strong feeling that if he made pills now, he could achieve a more premium level.

However, Qingyue Square was just a market established by a Foundation Establishment Clan, and Tier Two Spiritual Objects were scarce.

Zhou Xun couldn’t even find one stalk of Spirit Medicine per year to improve.

There’s no meal without flour.

As a Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, he needed to start preparing for Foundation Establishment. Such opportunities were not available in Qingyue Square.

Qingyue Square was just not suitable for pursuing the Dao.

The moment Zhou Xun broke through, he had already resolved to leave.

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