Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 102 The fifth level of Qi refining
"Then I'll choose the Sea-Suppressing Divine Power," Fang Jingxuan decided. Following his will, the bloodline points in Tuoyuan's body began to be consumed rapidly.

A moment later, Tuoyuan shook its head, feeling that it had gained a new innate ability in its mind, which it could use whenever it wanted.

However, since Tuoyuan has just awakened, he still needs to adapt to this supernatural power. In a few days, Tuoyuan will be able to use it more skillfully.

After resolving this matter, Fang Jingxuan was in a very good mood. In this way, if they were to besieged again in the future, Tuoyuan's triple protective spirit shield, plus the 'Immovable Golden Bell Mantra' that came with his magic weapon, would be so strong that even a great cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining would not be able to break through it in a short time.

During this time, he could safely use the Six Bones Divine Power to calculate the opponent's weaknesses with his divine soul, striving for a fatal blow and leaving himself ample time.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan felt his confidence grow even stronger. The feeling of gradually increasing his trump cards was truly intoxicating.

But amidst his joy, Fang Jingxuan also had some concerns.

Because Tuoyuan is unlikely to receive any further improvements in the near future.

As a water-dwelling spirit turtle, this species naturally grows and develops slowly, typically reaching adulthood at the age of sixty.

Tuoyuan is actually less than ten years old.

Tuoyuan has now reached adulthood, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, its strength will remain at the late stage of Qi Refining.

This is the upper limit of the potential of the Water Spirit Turtle species; very few individuals can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, Tuoyuan has been greatly strengthened, and four of his supernatural powers have been awakened. Compared to his peers, he can now fight seven or eight of them at the same level without being at a disadvantage.

As for whether the Moon Dew could be used to continuously improve Tuoyuan's cultivation so that he could successfully break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Fang Jingxuan himself was not sure.

This remains to be seen, depending on Tuoyuan's fate, but at present, the probability is indeed quite slim.

After all, now a drop of Moon Dew can only promote Tuoyuan's actual growth for twenty-three days, which is a rapid decline compared to the initial monthly increase from a single drop.

Fang Jingxuan estimated that when Tuoyuan entered the late stage of Qi Refining, the effect of the Moon Dew would be further weakened.

Fang Jingxuan now only hopes that his [Thousand Spirit Cypress] natal element can awaken a more powerful divine ability than [Moonlight Jade Dew] in the later stages, so as to perfectly continue Tuoyuan's growth rate.

Having dealt with Tuoyuan, Fang Jingxuan turned his attention to Liugu.

Last time, before going to the wilderness, Fang Jingxuan used nearly three hundred drops of Moon Essence Dew to open the six bones' orifices.

Therefore, he withheld his own share, as well as Tuoyuan's share.

In retrospect, Fang Jingxuan's decision at the time was absolutely correct. If Liu Gu had not opened his first acupoint, Fang Jingxuan would most likely have died in the wilderness.

Currently, the Six Bones have become Fang Jingxuan's strongest trump card, without exception.

Thinking back to that tiny bone catfish, Fang Jingxuan was somewhat surprised to see it grow to this extent. He had only intended to casually train some cannon fodder back then.

If it weren't for the appearance of the Six Bones, that big, clumsy, black, and thick barbarian bone would have been exactly what he had envisioned.

Now, Fang Jingxuan has also started raising that Savage Bone Catfish, just to see if this guy still has any value in training, and also to verify whether the appearance of Six Bones was an accident or some other reason.

Just keep it as a control group. Anyway, it's easy to keep it. Even if I forget to feed it for a month or two, it won't starve.

But Fang Jingxuan took Liu Gu very seriously, serving him with moonlight and jade dew every day, along with feeding him high-quality spirit rice.

It should be noted that Fang Jingxuan now considers himself quite wealthy, and he has only recently changed his original twelve-jin Pingjiang Spirit Rice from one low-grade spirit stone to three-jin Crescent Moon Rice.

As for Liu Gu, he first started eating blood ginseng rice, which cost three low-grade spirit stones per pound.

However, blood ginseng rice is expensive and effective, so Liu Gu obviously prefers to eat it, since it can nourish the body and blood, and eating more of it will make him grow faster.

It has grown taller, but the second acupoint on its back has not yet shown any signs of opening.

For this reason, Fang Jingxuan has fed the baby more than a hundred drops of Moon Essence Jade Dew over the past three or four months, but there is still no sign of anything happening.

Last time, it took 300 drops to open the first aperture. Fang Jingxuan calculated that 500 drops should be enough for the second aperture.

If all else fails, how about 700 drops?

Surely it can't be a thousand drops?
At a production rate of thirty drops per month, it would take nearly three years to produce a thousand drops.

How about we reduce Tuoyuan's share? Fang Jingxuan looked at the bewildered Tuoyuan and felt a little embarrassed, but if it really was a thousand drops, there was nothing he could do. He could only ask Tuoyuan to make do for now.

However, if the second orifice requires a thousand drops, what about the third or fourth orifice?

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan felt somewhat powerless. Oh well, he'd just have to endure it.

Having money in hand brings peace of mind, and with over four thousand low-grade spirit stones in hand, Fang Jingxuan was full of confidence.

Although things haven't been peaceful outside Red Leaf Market in the last two years, the Chu family and the Ning family have started fighting again, and the two families have begun to clash on a small scale over the spiritual land that the Lin family once owned.

Consequently, prices in the market also began to rise slowly, a situation very similar to that of two years ago.

But what does this have to do with Fang Jingxuan?

As long as Fang Jingxuan has food and drink, he can stay in the mansion for three years without any problem.

Time slipped away quietly in Fang Jingxuan's routine days.

Now, Fang Jingxuan has come to terms with it. He entrusts the talismans he draws to the talisman shops in the market for sale, and he is too lazy to run sales channels himself.

Although the profit is much less, it is very worry-free and can be used to cover the cost of drawing talismans, and also provide an extra income of dozens of low-grade spirit stones every month.

It is truly difficult for an individual to resist the combined suppression of the entire market's talisman shops, and Fang Jingxuan has no interest in fighting back. He would rather use that time for cultivation.

With a relaxed mindset, Fang Jingxuan enjoys a leisurely life every day. The only thing that requires his attention is worrying about what to eat each day.

And so, three months later, on this day, when Fang Jingxuan emerged from his meditation, he looked at his attribute panel and a smile appeared on his lips.

[Real name: Fang Jingxuan]

Age: 25

Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Level 5 (3/1500)

Finally reached the fifth level of Qi Refining! At a rate of one level per year, what level would that be in a Golden Core sect?

Fang Jingxuan smiled smugly, then looked at his own age, his smile faded, and his expression became somewhat silent.

At twenty-five, I've unknowingly grown another year older.

Although the life expectancy of Qi Refining cultivators is 120 years, the generally accepted last opportunity to establish a Foundation Establishment is before the age of 60.

If one cannot establish a foundation before the age of sixty, then it will be even more difficult later on.

Fang Jingxuan recalled the information about Chu Yunhou of the Chu family and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Ning family. They had all successfully established their foundations before the age of thirty.

The earlier one establishes their foundation, the higher their talent, and the greater their chances of forming their core later.

The patriarch of the Dan Ding Sect was said to have entered the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of twenty-four, and it wasn't until he was one hundred and forty-eight that he reached the Golden Core stage.

At over 140 years old, he is not young among Foundation Establishment cultivators. Compared to his outstanding performance during the Qi Refining stage, among Foundation Establishment cultivators, he is neither particularly outstanding nor a true prodigy.

It's like how students from all provinces are the pride of their families when they enter Tsinghua and Peking Universities, but their self-confidence suffers a severe blow.

Thinking about these things, my initial smugness immediately turned into self-reflection.

Fang Jingxuan, Fang Jingxuan, you're already complacent after only reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining?

Even with an attribute panel, you're still far from being as good as those geniuses.

What others started from is where you can catch up now. So, stay humble and avoid being arrogant.

After self-reflection, Fang Jingxuan felt that his temperament had matured a bit, and his gaze became calmer.

This tranquility only came to an abrupt end when Wei Tong was seen.

(End of this chapter)