Immortality

Chapter 70 Breakthrough Again (Seeking monthly ticket)

I was so absorbed in my practice that I didn’t realize how much time had passed.

In the dark.

As Fang Sheng practiced his skills, he felt that every one of his thoughts turned into small trickles, flowing continuously into the depths of his heart.

The magic power in the body is like a clear spring in the mountains, flowing gently, and like huge waves in the deep sea, hiding surging power.

The spiritual energy from the outside world is constantly absorbed into the body, converted into magic power, and continuously enhances one's own foundation.

This feeling is extremely wonderful, as if being embraced by heaven and earth, making people intoxicated...

Wait until you wake up again.

It is already the tenth day of retreat.

Fang Sheng immediately checked his body and felt that the magic power in his body had reached a new level, filling his entire body and constantly nourishing every tiny meridian.

"The fifth level of Qi Refining has been achieved!"

He counted with his fingers, let out a long breath, and deeply felt the difficulty of practicing.

"It takes this much time to break through in a high-grade cave. If it's in Qingfeng Forest, it will be even more difficult."

“At this moment, I envy those cultivators with strong backgrounds who can reach the third-level spiritual vein and break through the bottleneck…”

After twenty years of practice, he reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

On average, one level is reached every four years.

If it were a higher spiritual root, by now at least the foundation would have been established.

Even those with medium spiritual roots have already entered the late stage of Qi Refining and are sprinting towards perfection in Qi Refining.

I only climbed one small step, but it seemed so difficult.

Fang Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

The goal he set for himself has always been to build a solid foundation in this life, or even higher.

But now that I think about it, it seems to be getting more and more difficult.

Among the four major stages of foundation building, the first one is the "physical body stage", which has extremely high age requirements.

By the time I reach perfection in my Qi training, I would probably be sixty years old, in the most optimistic scenario.

Even though he is now practicing Mingshui Gong and also training his body, he can maintain his body functions and is beneficial to building his foundation.

However, this age is still too old for building a foundation.

Almost reaching the limit.

This does not take into account the difficulty of building the foundation itself.

Back then, people like Zheng Chilong failed twice, and were so frustrated that they doubted life and gave up on it...

Fang Sheng sat there for a while, his faith still firm:
“Whether you can do it or not is a question of ability.”

"Whether you want to do it or not is a matter of attitude..."

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The goal has been set, and what we need to do next is to achieve it step by step.”

With the current qualification of sixteen spiritual roots, it would take about six years to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

At that time, the small bottleneck will appear again.

"So, what I have to do is to raise my spiritual roots to twenty-one strands within six years."

"In this way, the small bottleneck will also be postponed to the sixth level of perfection..."

Fang Sheng stood up, removed the concealing formation of the cave, and returned to the courtyard.

The best caves are scattered along the shores of the deep lake.

The scenery is usually beautiful. Looking out, you can not only see the water and sky merging into one, but also the newly built second-level cave residence of the He family in Taoyun Mountain.

Above the boundless blue waves.

A huge black iron island shaped like a crane floated on the water, as if it was about to spread its wings and fly away in the next moment.

According to Ao Yueru, the huge island is called Fuxian Island.

Below the island is the second-level spiritual land that the He family received.

In essence, Fuxian Island is a giant magical instrument. With the help of a formation, it can transmit the spiritual energy from the spiritual land at the bottom of the lake, thereby providing a place for foundation-building monks to live and practice.

"This kind of giant magical weapon is extremely expensive, and only the third-level weapon refiners in Taihua Immortal City can refine it."

"It can be seen that the He family has great expectations for Shenhu Market..."

……

The heated discussion about Fang Sheng lasted for a while in the market town, and then gradually died down.

Because Fang Sheng seldom shows up, he basically stays in the cave, carefully studying the inheritance of top-grade alchemy.

He doesn't care about fame, and his previous actions were just to show his fangs.

Now that the goal has been achieved, it is time to tone down the edge.

Otherwise, he would be actively causing trouble. Without his participation, everyone gradually lost interest.

However, many people have already secretly remembered it in their hearts.

The Qingyang Alchemist is not someone you can easily mess with. Not only does he have a strong backer, he also has considerable strength himself.

"Don't provoke him unless necessary..."

During this time.

As the representative of the Zheng family, Master Cangshui came in person to discuss cooperation.

I hope Fang Sheng will continue to supply the alchemy workshop with high-quality elixirs.

The mode of cooperation is similar to that before, and the materials are still provided by the Zheng family.

The biggest change is the share of the profits between the two parties.

Before, it was a 50-50 split.

Now, the Zheng family only wants 20% of the profit.

Fang Sheng thought about it carefully and finally decided to agree.

They really gave too much...

By this calculation, for one top-grade pill, he could get more than twenty spirit stones.

The Zheng family paid for the materials, but in the end only made a few spirit stones, which could be considered as doing charity.

"Thank you. The patriarch had previously searched for top-grade alchemists in the East Vein, but no one was willing to agree..."

Alchemist Cangshui sighed, with an indelible sadness between his brows.

The reason behind this is naturally the He family of Taoyun Mountain.

Their blockade of the Zheng family has entered a new stage.

"In recent years, the He family has been establishing an alchemist alliance to recruit top-grade alchemists from all over the world. The Floating Fairy Island over there is one of the bargaining chips used to win over the major alchemists..."

There were no outsiders in the cave, and Master Cangshui spoke in a resentful tone, revealing a lot of information...

A few days later.

Fang Sheng opened up an alchemy room inside the cave, and later added a top-grade alchemy furnace.

Magical tools such as alchemy furnaces and tripods are much more expensive than ordinary magical tools.

Even the most common high-grade alchemy furnace costs twice as much as other high-grade magical instruments.

A total of 1,800 spirit stones are required.

Among them, the two thousand spirit stones donated by Zhao Miaoyan that year were of great help.

Otherwise, Fang Sheng would not be able to come up with such a large amount of working capital at once.

The alchemy room has been set up.

Fang Sheng began to supply top-grade elixirs to Zheng’s Alchemy Workshop.

In addition to the previous Fire Sky Pill, he was also trying to refine other high-quality pills...

It was five years ago that I received the jade slip inheritance.

He has digested the vast contents of the middle-grade alchemy and officially entered the realm of the high-grade alchemy.

From time to time, people come to entrust me with alchemy.

However, they were all commissions for mid- and low-grade elixirs, so I simply turned them all down.

In the blink of an eye.

Two months passed.

An unexpected guest came from outside the cave.

"Master Hefang?"

The middle-aged man in front of him had an elegant look, a smile in his eyes, and seemed quite friendly.

This person was the direct descendant of the He family who was sent here to manage the entire Shenhufang City.

It was Fang Sheng’s first time to come into close contact with someone from the He family.

"Master Qingyang, I have long heard of your great name."

Master He bowed and looked into the courtyard, as if he wanted to go in and talk.

Fang Sheng stepped aside and invited him in.

The two exchanged pleasantries in the courtyard before getting down to business:
"I have seen the pills produced by Qingyang Alchemist recently. They are no worse than those produced by the orthodox top-grade alchemists..."

Master He paused slightly, his eyes falling on the Taoist jade token on Fang Sheng's waist.

Then he continued:

"I wonder if Master Qingyang is interested in taking an order?"

(End of this chapter)