Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 108 Sixth Level of Qi Refining
As spring passes, summer ends, and autumn rushes by, the bleakness of winter arrives in the blink of an eye.

The turmoil surrounding that cave dwelling lasted for more than half a year, and finally came to an end.

The cultivators of Baishan consumed the lives of over a thousand cultivators before they could completely digest this secret realm.

During this time, Fang Jingxuan and Wang Xinyu had been hearing about the lucky person outside who had obtained some kind of opportunity, leaping from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

There are also cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining who obtained top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, consumed them on the spot, and successfully became Foundation Establishment cultivators.

More often, news circulated about how to get rich quickly, which made many independent cultivators yearn for it.

However, Fang Jingxuan listened to these messages but didn't take them to heart. He meditated and cultivated step by step, carefully counting down the days, looking forward to the day when he could become a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator.

When prices outside rise a bit, he buys less; when prices drop a bit, he stocks up. By living frugally like this, he manages to live a stable life.

On this day, snowflakes fell from the sky, and the year's work was coming to an end.

Fang Jingxuan reached out and took the tiny snowflakes, watching them melt in his palm. He recalled the scene when he first saw snow and contemplated the heart of heaven and earth, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Not far away, Tuoyuan also moved into the greenhouse. Although with its current cultivation level, it was not afraid of the cold, it was more comfortable. Who would choose to be outside in the wind?

Tuoyuan is quite clever, so naturally he also wanted to find a comfortable place to stay.

Over the past six months, Tuoyuan's size increase has not been significant, after all, it is already an adult and no longer develops as rapidly as during its growth period. However, after such a long period of feeding, Tuoyuan's internal structure has undergone tremendous changes.

Whether it's strength, speed, or water control talent, it's all about twice what it was six months ago.

Among the adult Water Spirit Turtles, there are differences in strength, and Tuoyuan is the strongest among them.

Fang Jingxuan now estimates that Tuoyuan is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining on the surface, but in a real battle, even the Qi Refining Eighth or Ninth Level Water Spirit Turtle would be no match for it.

If Tuoyuan were released back into the wild, it would surely become a leader with many wives and concubines, becoming the Great King of Spirit Turtles.

As for fighting a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator alone, Fang Jingxuan felt that Tuoyuan was somewhat overwhelmed, after all, human cultivators have many tricks up their sleeves, are insidious and ruthless, and are impossible to guard against.

After admiring the snow scene for a while, Fang Jingxuan turned around and went back to the quiet room. His cultivation progress has now reached [Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 5 (1485/1500)].

With his breakthrough imminent in the next few days, Fang Jingxuan showed no intention of going out.

Three days later, Fang Jingxuan woke up from his meditation and felt that his magical power had increased by about 50%, which made him very happy.

In the early stages of Qi Refining, each advancement to a minor realm increases one's magical power by 30%.

In the middle stage of Qi Refining, it's about 50%, and in the late stage of Qi Refining, each time you advance to the next level, it's 70%.

Therefore, cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm become more powerful as they progress, with each level of cultivation bringing a massive increase in magical power.

For example, a cultivator at the sixth level of the mid-stage Qi Refining realm can have about five times less total mana than a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining realm. How can they possibly win?

Unless one cultivates a high-level technique, which can increase one or two times each time, it is possible to surpass a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator while only being in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

However, such techniques have always been the true teachings of various schools and sects. Fang Jingxuan, a rogue cultivator, should just honestly practice the "Three-Turn Wheel Meridian Technique," a common low-level technique.

Thinking about the cultivation method, Fang Jingxuan felt a little regretful. His master's cultivation method was not suitable for him, so he could only find the "Three-Turn Wheel Meridian Technique" to practice on his own.

When cultivating a technique, one must consider one's spiritual root and comprehension. Sometimes, even if the spiritual root is compatible, the compatibility may be incompatible, making cultivation extremely difficult. Fang Jingxuan felt that he didn't need to rush to change techniques for the time being. Although the "Three-Turn Wheel Meridian Technique" was ordinary, its advantage lay in its stability.

However, the total amount of magical power he cultivated was only at the average level of the rogue cultivators of Baishan, and could not compare to the disciples of those Foundation Establishment families.

Fang Jingxuan also had a decision in mind regarding this.

Either wait until you break through the bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining, or if you can't break through the bottleneck for a long time, then you can change your cultivation method during this period to avoid wasting cultivation time.

In any case, during the bottleneck period of cultivation, meditation will not increase the progress of cultivation, and changing the cultivation method will take at least one or two years to complete.

If you successfully break through the bottleneck, then continue cultivating until the late stage of Qi Refining. When you are about to establish your foundation, change your cultivation method as well.

In addition, the later you switch cultivation techniques, the higher the grade of the technique you are likely to acquire.

Right now, I'm lucky if I can get a mid-grade cultivation technique. But when I reach the late stage of Qi Refining, with my strength at that time, I'll have a chance to try and get a high-grade or even a low-grade cultivation technique.

Fang Jingxuan suppressed these distracting thoughts and looked at the attribute panel. Sure enough, to perfect the sixth level of Qi Refining, he needed 2,100 points.

[Cultivation level: Qi Refining Level 6 (1/2100)]

Even though Fang Jingxuan had expected this, he was still somewhat depressed, not because the points were high, but because he was running out of money.

For more than eight months, I have been spending one or two hundred low-grade spirit stones every month, and the two thousand I had before are about to run out.

At this moment, the sound of cracking came from the spirit-gathering array again, and the five low-grade spirit stones were ruined once more.

After exchanging the spirit stones, Fang Jingxuan thought for a moment. He had been staying at home for almost a year and a half, cultivating all the way from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level. It was time to go out and get some exercise and earn some extra money.

No one gets rich without windfall gains. If I had continued to make money by ferrying passengers, I'm afraid I would only be at the fourth level of Qi Refining by now.

He understood that in the Baishan region, there was a tradition of cannibalism, and honest, law-abiding cultivators were not welcome here.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan pondered to himself that with his current strength, he could probably handle a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator.

The cultivators at the eighth level of Qi Refining are already the most active cultivators in the surrounding area.

Because cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining are all busy preparing for Foundation Establishment, making various preparations in advance, and scrambling around for materials for Foundation Establishment Pills, they have no time to wander around aimlessly.

Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining are rarely seen on ordinary days, and even those at the eighth level of Qi Refining are rare. On the market, most of the cultivators are rogue cultivators at the early and middle stages of Qi Refining.

Fang Jingxuan hadn't yet decided where to go to make money, but he definitely couldn't go back to the Wilderness.

Recalling the Golden Core and Golden Cicada, Fang Jingxuan still felt a little scared. He was lucky last time, but if he provoked it again, it was hard to say what would happen.

I'll just bully those rogue cultivators in the mid-stage of Qi Refining. They're a bit poor, but it's safer that way.

In short, we are all at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, so let's have a fair fight to avoid anyone saying that my victory was unfair.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan chuckled. His newly acquired Zhenyue Mace hadn't even been used yet.

(End of this chapter)