Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 14 Entering the Qi Refining Stage

"Then, it's almost time for a breakthrough."

Back in the cabin, Gu Mo took a deep breath. The effect of the Yijing marrow-cleansing technique brought about by the perfect-level cleaning technique had become weaker and weaker during this period of time.

Of course, the main reason was that the spirit stones had run out. During this period, Gu Mo changed the spirit stones in the flowerpots for planting sunflowers three times and used up all the nine spirit stones he had on hand.

If he delays any longer, the spirit stones in the flowerpot will be completely used up, and Gu Mo will be out of food.

After adjusting his state, Gu Mo slowly practiced the Qi Gathering Technique, guiding the pure spiritual energy in his body to begin the first small circulation.

With Gu Mo's control over his spiritual power and the purity of his spiritual power, those meridians were easily opened up. In just a few hours, Gu Mo successfully completed the first small cycle. As mentioned before, there would be no obstacles for Gu Mo to enter the Qi Refining Stage.

The small circulation was connected, and the spiritual power that was like stagnant water in the dantian began to circulate. The flowing spiritual power began to wash over Gu Mo's body like a rushing river, and the Yijing marrow-cutting process of breaking through the realm began.

"Three hours!"

Gu Mo slowly opened his eyes, calculated the time, and was slightly shocked to find that the time he had gained from the Yi Jing marrow-cutting technique during this breakthrough was actually three hours.

According to the information about the breakthrough in the Qi Refining Stage that Gu Mo had learned, the time it takes to perform the Yi Jing marrow cutting in general is only about an hour. However, this time, Gu Mo did it three times as long as others. This is enough to show that his previous use of the Perfect Level Cleansing Technique to perform the Yi Jing marrow cutting in advance was effective.

The three times longer Yijing marrow-cutting time gave Gu Mo wider and stronger meridians and physique. The wider meridians could accommodate more spiritual power and also allow faster circulation of spiritual power.

The source of a cultivator's spiritual power is the Dantian, but the spiritual power is constantly flowing, so extra spiritual power can also be stored in the meridians. This extra spiritual power is the cultivator's foundation.

At this moment, Gu Mo's total spiritual power is three times that of other cultivators who have just entered the Qi Refining Stage.

In addition to the increase in the total amount of spiritual power, the Yijing marrow-cutting effect on the physical strength is also very obvious. With his hands clenched, Gu Mo felt a surge of power surging. This power is roughly three times that of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator.

It is no exaggeration to say that with Gu Mo's current foundation, although he has just entered the first level of Qi Refining, he can definitely be regarded as a cultivator of the second level of Qi Refining.

This is very important for Gu Mo, because, in the next period of time, Gu Mo will prepare to start accumulating the essence of the sun, and his practice will then come to a standstill. With the spiritual power and physique comparable to the second level of Qi Refining, Gu Mo has the confidence to suspend his practice.

Once he has enough sunflowers, Gu Mo's cultivation will be able to catch up.

After getting familiar with the increase in strength that came with the realm breakthrough, Gu Mo casually performed a perfect-level cleansing technique on himself to remove the filth brought by the Yijing marrow-damaging technique.

But when the perfect level of cleansing technique fell on him, Gu Mo's face showed surprise. The originally very weak effect of Yijing marrow-cutting had actually become stronger.

Logically speaking, when Gu Mo entered the Qi Refining Stage, the Yijing marrow-cutting effect of the Perfect Level Cleansing Technique would disappear, but the result was just the opposite.

After a moment of surprise, Gu Mo immediately reacted. The reason for this result was actually very simple. It was because Gu Mo had too little spiritual power before and was unable to fully perform the perfect level cleaning technique.

Now that Gu Mo has achieved a breakthrough in his realm, his spiritual power far exceeds that of the Qi Induction Stage, not to mention that his spiritual power is still three times that of the same period. This means that the spiritual power that Gu Mo can mobilize at this moment is many times more than that of the previous Qi Induction Stage.

When spiritual energy is sufficient, the power of the perfect-level cleansing technique is exerted to the maximum, and naturally the effect of the Yijing marrow-cutting technique is also enhanced.

This result made Gu Mo extremely surprised. The Yi Jing marrow cutting was a treatment that could only be enjoyed after a realm breakthrough. After reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, one could enjoy the Yi Jing marrow cutting nine times in total.

Each time it can bring a significant improvement to the cultivator, but Gu Mo can use the perfect level of cleaning technique to experience the effect of Yijing marrow at any time, so that when he breaks through the second level of Qi Refining, he will get more benefits, just like this breakthrough. "It's worth spending so much time!"

Gu Mo let out a long sigh. The hard practice of the cleaning technique and the delay in breaking through led to this great harvest.

After spending a few days consolidating his cultivation, Gu Mo got up and left his hut. Now it was time to leave. There was the Black Mist Space, and some important things were placed in the Black Mist Space by Gu Mo. Therefore, he had nothing to pack and went directly to the Personnel Hall in the east.

That is where the menial disciples from each peak are selected. The various peaks of Qinglu Sect had sent people here long ago. Those who entered the Qi Refining Stage and wanted to join the menial disciples from each peak would sign up here.

Entering the Personnel Hall, there are quite a few people, and these people are basically gathered in front of four tables. These four tables represent the four peaks of Alchemy, Equipment, Array, and Talisman.

Gu Mo just glanced and then turned his gaze to a table in the corner, which was his target.

"Meet this senior brother!"

Gu Mo came to the table representing the Lingzhi Church and saluted the young man who was sitting in a daze on the chair behind the table.

"oh oh!"

Hearing someone calling him, Mai Yunfa, who had been daydreaming, suddenly came back to his senses, glanced at the young man in front of him, and asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"Senior brother, is this Lingzhi Hall?" The other party's reaction made Gu Mo doubt for a moment whether he had come to the wrong place.

"Ah, yes, yes!"

After hearing Gu Mo's words, Mai Yunfa also reacted. The young man in front of him wanted to join Lingzhitang. At that moment, Mai Yunfa's eyes were a little moist. This year was finally not a zero anymore.

He knew the situation of Lingzhi Church very well, because he had been recruiting people here over the years, but in the end no one took the initiative to sign up.

Everyone went straight for the elixirs, weapons, formations, and talismans next door. Even if they were rejected, those people would still try to taming beasts, puppets, feng shui, etc.

Basically, only those menial disciples who are unwanted by anyone will be forcibly assigned to the Spiritual Planting Hall after the waiting time limit has expired.

It is conceivable what level those unwanted menial disciples can reach, and spiritual field management is not an easy job, which also causes the Spiritual Planting Hall to spend more energy on cultivation, and the final result is not satisfactory.

Since the level of the menial disciples under his command is not good enough, the outer disciples of Lingzhitang have to take on more tasks, which greatly affects the practice of the outer disciples.

Faced with this situation, Lingzhitang has also thought of some solutions, such as increasing the salary to attract qualified menial disciples to sign up voluntarily, but the problem is that the salary increase is useless, and Lingzhitang is still not as good as those popular peaks.

The salary has been increased, so who will provide the extra resources? It cannot squeeze out the resources of the outer disciples of Lingzhi Hall or even the deacons and hall masters.

But Lingzhitang was unwilling to just lie down like that, so Lingzhitang came up with some preferential policies that did not require spending resources. But the effect, from Mai Yunfa's excited expression, it can be seen that no one paid attention to these empty words.

"Junior brother, you have definitely come to the right place to join Lingzhitang. Let me tell you!" Mai Yunfa enthusiastically told Gu Mo about the preferential policies for joining Lingzhitang.

(End of this chapter)