Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 201 July
Ah this...

Zhou Qing was both amused and exasperated.

He finally understood that Lei Jiao was worried about the gift.

He roughly guessed Lei Jiao's thoughts, which were nothing more than: Ah! The sect is going to change its leader again. Wouldn't I have to give a greeting gift? Where would I get so many greeting gifts? I'm just a homeless dragon. There's nothing I can do but cut off my horns. Where am I going to get so many horns? It's so annoying. Why can't the sect leader be changed!
Thinking about it this way, this big guy is actually kind of cute.

Zhou Qing thought to himself that he was complaining, but he didn't hesitate to step forward and bow, saying, "Thank you, Ancestor Lei Jiao."

The sect leader said, "Starting tomorrow, Zhou Qing will be cultivating here. Please, Ancestor, restrain your lightning power."

The Thunder Dragon let out a melodious cry and then sank back to the surface of the water.

The sect leader smiled and said, "From now on, you can come by yourself."

Zhou Qing asked curiously, "Is that all? Isn't there a more formal ceremony?"

The sect leader chuckled and said, "It's enough that Ancestor Lei Jiao knows you and acknowledges you. What other ceremony is needed?"

This is true.

Zhou Qing nodded secretly.

Back at Ziyun Mountain, Zhou Qing began making arrangements for his "afterlife".

These ten years he had earned were extremely precious, and he didn't want to waste a single one of them. He planned to abandon all worldly affairs and do his best to improve his cultivation.

He summoned all the people in charge of his affairs to his home: Yu Liangmou, Cheng Feipeng, Xuanzhe, and Wu Tao.

These people each had their own areas of responsibility, and he explained to them one by one how to handle unexpected events and what level of trouble was appropriate for them to bother him.

After giving his instructions, he gathered all his fellow students together and held a banquet.

Nearly three years after they entered the sect, thanks to Zhou Qing, most of these nearly sixty junior brothers have broken through to the second level of Qi Refining, and the few who have not yet broken through have reached the peak of the first level of Qi Refining and may break through at any time.

Zhou Qing left them with anti-Qing and restoration formation tokens, instructing them to use the tokens to calm their minds before breaking through.

Using the Anti-Qing and Restoration Array Plate to break through to the first level of Qi Refining is a rare and extravagant act in the entire Western Continent.

Only Zhou Qing has this condition.

However, when handing over the array plate, Zhou Qing still earnestly instructed that it would be best to break through on one's own without relying on the array plate.

A righteous heart is the foundation of spiritual practice.

The array tablets are like crutches, helping cultivators to walk better, but if one relies on them too much, it may hinder the development of one's Dao heart.

The day after the banquet, Zhou Qing went to Leijiao Cave.

The lightning response in Leijiao Cave has indeed decreased significantly.

Zhou Qing plans to go into seclusion for a while.

He has now almost reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining. He plans to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining before going out to take a look.

Given the concentration of spiritual energy in the Thunder Dragon Cave, it should only take about a year.

Zhou Qing immersed himself in the honey-like viscous lake water, and before he could even use his magnetic field to absorb it, he felt spiritual energy seemingly trying to penetrate his body.

As he began to use the magnetic field to absorb spiritual energy into his body, waves immediately rippled across the lake.

He felt that cultivating here was five or six times more efficient than using high-grade spirit stones.

Zhou Qing was initially worried that his magnetic field ability would be discovered by Lei Jiao and cause trouble, but faced with such excellent cultivation conditions, he simply put aside his concerns and focused on cultivation.

Cultivators have a limited amount of time to cultivate each day. The initial basic time is two hours a day, and this time will gradually increase as their cultivation level deepens.

Because of his magnetic field ability, Zhou Qing initially cultivated for three hours a day. Now that he has broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and his magnetic field has increased more than tenfold, his daily cultivation time has increased to five hours. He cultivated for five hours straight.

When he awoke from his cultivation, he found the Thunder Dragon had poked its enormous head out of the water and was curiously examining him.

Zhou Qing's heart tightened, and he smiled, "Does the Ancestor have any instructions?"

The thunder dragon circled around him for a while, occasionally poking its head out to sniff, before finally diving back into the water with a puzzled expression.

Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

He guessed that the Thunder Dragon Ancestor must have noticed something unusual about him. A creature skilled in using electricity couldn't possibly be completely oblivious to magnetism.

However, it may not know the nature of this power.

Zhou Qing's cultivation here was somewhat risky, but the conditions were too favorable, so after careful consideration, he decided that the risk was worth taking.

Now it seems that he made the right bet.

Zhou Qing then resumed his cultivation with peace of mind.

He circulated his Qi for five hours each day, and spent the rest of his time either cultivating his Dao heart or pondering the horn given to him by the Thunder Dragon.

This horn is also a magnetic material and can be controlled by a magnetic field.

Moreover, it has extremely high hardness, far exceeding the material he currently uses to make iron shot.

If he could find a way to mold this material into projectiles, the power of his Iron Shot Technique would increase dramatically.

No matter how he tried, he could never break the thing.

Once, after he finished his cultivation, he discovered that the Thunder Dragon had surfaced again to observe it.

Recently, it has been observing Zhou Qing more and more frequently, and its attitude has become more and more intimate. Zhou Qing felt that Lei Jiao seemed to regard him as one of its kind.

Relying on this close relationship, Zhou Qing boldly asked, "Does the Ancestor have a way to destroy this horn and forge it into an object?"

Then, he saw the most obvious disdain and pride in Lei Jiao's eyes.

The meaning is clear: this thing is indestructible; even it cannot destroy itself.

Zhou Qing then realized that this horn might not be truly indestructible, but at least at the Golden Core level, there was no way to destroy it.

He had no choice but to temporarily abandon his attempt to personally forge it into a bullet, and planned to consult with the elders of the Qimen Hall Weapon Forging Institute after he came out of seclusion.

Zhou Qing began to devote all his energy to cultivation.

A month later, he broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining. At this point, the range of his magnetic field increased to a radius of five zhang, and its intensity also increased by two points.

In his spare time, he would ponder his magnetic field abilities.

In addition to training the differentiation of magnetic fields, the oscillation of magnetic fields, and precise manipulation, he also designed a standard for calculating magnetic field strength.

Finally, he measured that if his initial magnetic field strength was taken as one unit, and now that he had broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, his magnetic field strength had reached between twenty-five and twenty-six units, an increase of more than twenty times.

However, a magnetic field strength of up to twenty-six units was still insufficient for him to tear through the air as he had when he used the "Rejuvenation of Dead Trees" technique, and the difference was enormous.

Zhou Qing estimated that it would probably take until he reached the Foundation Establishment stage to achieve this under normal circumstances.

After breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, Zhou Qing's cultivation speed increased significantly once again.

Now, without the aid of any spirit stones, his cultivation speed is probably equivalent to that of forty spirit roots.

With such rapid cultivation, another six months passed, and he broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

(End of this chapter)