Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 16 The Master Really Knows How to Play (Revised)
At this moment, perhaps only one sentence can express Yu Ding's feelings.

I finally found you, and I'm so glad I didn't give up.

Yu Ding has always been a pragmatist.

After pondering the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong for a while, Yu Ding sat down cross-legged, assumed a fighting stance, withdrew his thoughts, closed his eyes, and adjusted his breathing. The characters of the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong appeared in his mind.

Secretly regulate your breathing, yin and yang simmer within the cauldron.

One must understand one's nature and pass on one's destiny; one should not take the timing and intensity of one's actions lightly.

Mystery within mystery, mystery within mystery, boundless creation lies within...

"I've mastered it?"

After an incense stick had burned, Yu Ding opened his eyes with a look of astonishment.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there was indeed a lingering warmth in the lower dantian.

This is precisely the sign of cultivating the first layer of magical power.

"Is it the Nine Revolutions Yuan Technique that suits me, or..."

Yu Ding's expression turned somewhat strange: "How about we try again?"

After thinking for a moment, he closed his eyes, and with a thought, he circulated his inner energy to guide the magical power from his dantian, flowing along several acupoints on his upper body...

Not long after, Yu Ding opened his eyes in astonishment: "What's going on?"

People who are just starting to cultivate have very weak meridians.

When guiding magical energy to flow through the meridians, a distending pain will occur in the meridians. It is very painful and requires repeated adaptation and effort to successfully complete one cycle of the Small Heavenly Circuit.

Successfully circulating one's energy through the Small Heavenly Circuit three times signifies achieving the Refining Essence Realm. He used the method of circulating his Yuan Gong to mobilize his magical power, circulating it through the Small Heavenly Circuit five times in a row, yet he experienced no discomfort whatsoever.

in other words,

He is now a cultivator at the Refining Essence Realm.

"Why so fast?"

Yu Ding fell silent. Having grown accustomed to protagonists struggling with cultivation, his cultivation now seemed far too easy.

"Is this the body of a Golden Immortal...?"

Yu Ding looked down at himself, his brows furrowed slightly. But... Taiyi said that his Heavenly Gate had been closed, and his divine body had been reduced to a mortal body!
However, I remember that in the Investiture of the Gods, Yu Ding Zhenren came from the Yu Xu sect of the Chan sect, which valued talent, and was one of the Twelve Golden Immortals.

Therefore, even if it were reduced to a mortal body, this body would still be far superior to that of an ordinary person...

"Since I haven't practiced anything wrong... never mind, let's keep practicing..."

Half an hour later.

"I successfully guided the spirit into my body, refined my magical power, and circulated it three times. Have I become a Qi Refiner?"

Even though Yu Ding was mentally prepared, he was still slightly distracted.

Hopefully, this method won't be like the Dragon Elephant Prajna Gong, where it's extremely fast to cultivate in the early stages but becomes so slow in the later stages that it's unbearable.

Fortunately, no matter what, he has cultivated to the Qi Refining Realm and can be called a Qi Refiner.

The Qi Refining stage involves continuously cultivating and accumulating magical power to fill the dantian.

For those independent cultivators, reaching the Qi Refining Realm is a very long and painful process of accumulation.

But for him, not to mention the Jade Spring Mountain with its outrageously rich spiritual energy, just the immortal peach tree and the elixirs...

Gee!

"Qingyun!"

"I'm here, sir. What are your orders?"

"Give me that immortal peach with its purplish-blue aura."

"Okay, how many do you want?"

"all!"

Three days later, at night.

The cold moon hung high in the sky, and suddenly, the spiritual energy above the Golden Cloud Cave surged like waves.

"What's going on?" Yuan Hong and Qingyun rushed over and found the gate to Jinxia Cave tightly closed. The two were surprised and uncertain.

Suddenly, a purple auspicious light shot into the sky from above the cave, and the wave of spiritual energy dissipated instantly.

After a loud bang, the gate to the Golden Cloud Cave opened, and Yu Ding, with a smile on his face and surrounded by a clear light, slowly walked out.

"Hmm, what are you two doing here?" Yu Ding asked.

"Master, are you alright?" Yuan Hong asked anxiously.

Yu Ding smiled and said, "What could possibly be wrong with your master? By the way, disciple, do you see any changes in your master?"

Yuan Hong looked him up and down and said, "Nothing has changed!"

"No change?" Yu Ding was taken aback.

You can't see the amazing achievement of my master's Qi cultivation being perfected in just three days?

He asked suspiciously, "Then what level do you think your master has reached?"

After sensing it for a while, Yuan Hong said with a look of reverence, "Master's realm is immeasurably high and his cultivation is unfathomable. My cultivation level is too low to see it."

"Can't you see my level of cultivation?"

Yu Ding was taken aback. Generally speaking, those with higher cultivation levels can see through the cultivation of those with lower cultivation levels at a glance.

You should know that now that his cultivation has been destroyed, it is also his biggest worry, because he is afraid that someone will see through him at a glance.

Qingyun didn't see through it; well, he just assumed Qingyun's cultivation level was too low.

The Xuan Tian Sword Sect members didn't see through it. Fine, he'll just assume that Master Yu Ding's reputation is so great that they didn't dare to pry.

But even Yuan Hong, who was at the Returning Void Realm, couldn't see it. He wouldn't believe Yu Ding that there wasn't something wrong with it, even if you beat him to death.

Yu Ding fell into deep thought.

A moment later, a glint suddenly flashed in Yu Ding's eyes as he thought of something.

"Could it be because of that thing?"

Then, staring at Qingyun and Yuan Hong, he tentatively raised his hand and took off the jade hairpin from his head.

As the jade hairpin was removed, Yuan Hong and Qingyun were taken aback.

They only felt the otherworldly aura emanating from the jade cauldron vanish rapidly.

Although he was still handsome and flawless, he had lost the sacred and unapproachable aura he once possessed.

It's like one moment someone is a sacred and inviolable deity, and the next moment they become just like them.

Yu Ding asked Yuan Hong, "What level do you see your master at now?"

The two people's expressions confirmed some of his guesses.

"Twelfth level of Qi Refining? Master, why did you suppress your cultivation level so low?"

Yuan Hong smiled wryly and said, "I am at the Void Returning Realm. If you want to suppress your abilities, you should also be at the Void Returning Realm."

As expected... Yu Ding silently put on the jade hairpin, having found the answer in his heart.

But who the hell is suppressing my cultivation? I'd be overjoyed to have Golden Immortal cultivation.

At the same time, the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that came with the completion of the Qi Refining Technique in three days vanished in an instant.

Yu Ding suddenly realized that this was a dangerous world where gods and monsters roamed everywhere.

What's so special about him, who's only at the twelfth level of Qi Refining?
It doesn't count for anything, so I'd better just stay home and cultivate myself.

After putting on the jade hairpin, Qingyun and Yuan Hong exchanged a glance.

In an instant, the undisguised radiance on the old man at the twelfth level of Qi Refining reappeared, and he transformed once again into a sacred and inviolable immortal.

The old man really knows how to have fun!

Qingyun, standing to the side, couldn't help but think that the Qi Refining Realm aura that the master had just exuded was even more like that of someone at the twelfth level of Qi Refining than he himself.

However, only he and his senior brother Yuan Hong beside him knew that
The master's identity is that of a Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect, with unfathomable Taoist cultivation and an immeasurable level of attainment.

It's better to have a higher level of understanding, because you can lower yourself whenever you want. But if your level of understanding isn't high enough, you can't lower yourself much even if you want to.

(End of this chapter)