My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

After seeing his uncle off, Wei Jing held the porcelain bottle in his hand, his heart heavy.

Having cultivated for so long, he naturally knew the value of this Qi-Nourishing Pill.

A Qi-Nourishing Pill can be sold for about three spirit stones in the market for independent cultivators outside. Even if you exchange it with contribution points in the clan, you can get a lot of discounts.

However, ordinary members of the Wei family can only earn contribution points by taking on family missions. After exchanging a bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills, they will have very few contribution points left in a month.

Although my uncle wasn't an ordinary member of the clan, he still earned his contribution points by traveling and working hard every day.

"Uncle, don't worry! I will cultivate diligently." Wei Jing clenched the cold porcelain bottle in his hand.

"The Secret Realm of the Year Void? There are still five years left. I wonder how far I can cultivate and whether I can obtain a spot."

Time is of the essence! Especially since he heard just two days ago that the Grand Elder's grandson, Wei Long, had actually broken through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Wei Long is the same age as him, but his spiritual root was detected three months earlier.

Wei Jing hadn't felt anything at first, as he had no bottlenecks in his cultivation and only needed to follow the steps. However, the Suixu Secret Realm five years later gave him a sense of urgency.

He had a premonition that Weilong would become a strong competitor for him in the future.

"Then let's cultivate!" Wei Jing took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, and carefully took out a Qi-nourishing pill and swallowed it.

Instantly, the powerful medicinal force dissolved and surged into his limbs and bones.

Wei Jing quickly activated the Yi Wood Evergreen Technique, circulating it throughout his body to refine the immense medicinal power. At the same time, external spiritual energy began to flow into Wei Jing's body.

Wei Jing's mind was almost completely immersed in himself, absorbing and refining.

Cultivation is that simple and tedious.

However, with every bit of effort he put in, his cultivation would improve a little. Wei Jing found this feeling of reaping what he sowed to be wonderful.

As a result, Wei Jing became even more reclusive in the days that followed, and even skipped classes for more than half a month.

Wei Qingmu knew about his situation, but didn't say anything, assuming he was just upset by Wei Long.

A few days later, his uncle Wei Yue came to visit and told him some news.

"The granddaughter of Feng Baoguo, the current patriarch of the Feng family, is engaged to Wei Long?" Wei Jing was surprised, and the image of that crazy woman Feng Yuting flashed through his mind instantly.

That makes sense. It turns out she wasn't there as a guest that day; she was there to choose a husband.

"Thank goodness I wasn't elected!"

"Thank goodness!" Wei Jing patted his chest in relief.

Wei Yue tapped his forehead and said, "What are you thinking! She's the granddaughter of the Feng family, with dual spiritual roots. No matter how they choose, they won't choose you."

"You're just overthinking it; you're like a toad trying to eat swan meat."

Wei Jing: ...

Uncle, is your nephew really that bad in your eyes? Wei Jing glared at Wei Yue with a resentful look in his eyes.

"Alright, stop thinking about these things and focus on your cultivation."

The two chatted about everyday matters, and after Wei Yue gave Wei Jing a few pointers on his cultivation, he left.

The snow outside the courtyard was getting heavier and heavier, and the end of the year was approaching, but cultivators did not have the custom of celebrating the New Year.

For them, a few months can easily pass in seclusion or when studying a spell, and for those old monsters with profound cultivation, a seclusion can last for several years.

For cultivators, time truly passes in the blink of an eye.

Another six months passed, and Wei Jing had been at Jade Stack Peak for over a year. With the continuous supply of Qi-Nourishing Pills, his cultivation had finally taken a step forward.

"Whoosh!" Wei Jing exhaled a breath of white mist, and the surging spiritual power emanating from his body roared out.

With a thought, Wei Jing gathered his spiritual power at his fingertips and pointed it at the rosewood chair in the room.

With a loud bang, the rosewood chair shattered into pieces, splintering into fragments.

"Amazing!" Wei Jing was overjoyed. This power was no less than that of the pistol in his previous life. If you pointed it at close range, a mortal's flesh and blood would definitely not be able to withstand it, and a hole would be pierced in the body on the spot.

However, Wei Jing's move was not a spell; it was just a way for him to arbitrarily release his spiritual power.

He hasn't even really started practicing magic yet!

"If even a spell is this powerful, how strong must real magic be?" Wei Jing narrowed his eyes, beginning to look forward to it.

I've reached the second level of Qi Refining; it's time to find an elder to learn magic from.

Wei Jing should have started learning magic long ago, but in order to pursue a breakthrough in his cultivation, he put the matter of learning magic aside.

"He has broken through to the second level of Qi Refining. It's a pity that my uncle is away on a long journey escorting spirit rice, otherwise he would be very happy to hear this news."

Wei Jing took a shower, tidied himself up, and prepared to go to the Wei Qingmu clan's ancestral home.

He ran into Wei Tiezhu, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, as soon as he stepped out.

"Brother Jing, Brother Jing, I successfully guided Qi into my body last night. I am now a true cultivator!" Wei Tiezhu exclaimed excitedly, circling around Wei Jing.

It was as if he had been excited and thrilled when he first tasted braised pork on Jade Stack Peak.

At the time, Wei Tiezhu exclaimed, "Cultivating immortality is great! You get to eat meat when you cultivate immortality!"

"Amazing! Amazing! Incredible!" Wei Jing smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

"Ha ha!"

"Come on, let's go find the clan elder. I have many questions to ask him." Wei Tiezhu eagerly pulled his hand.

……

Early in the morning, Wei Qingmu, being old, needed little sleep.

So he got up early and tended to the flowers and plants in the yard. When he turned around, he saw two boys heading straight for his house.

"Elder, elder!"

"I succeeded, I have successfully guided the Qi into my body."

Wei Tiezhu suddenly lunged into Wei Qingmu's arms, causing Wei Qingmu's face to flush red. Fortunately, the old man had cultivation; if it had been an ordinary old man, he might have died on the spot from such a collision.

"Good! Good! Not bad!" Wei Qingmu didn't hold back his praise, stroking the black boy's head with his withered and old hand.

It's been over a year since Wei Tiezhu went up the mountain, and his tanned skin hasn't shown any signs of turning white in the past six months.

"Hehe!" Wei Tiezhu was in a great mood after receiving praise from the clan elder for the first time.

"Elder!" Wei Jing bowed respectfully.

"I heard you've been obsessed with cultivation lately, cultivating all the time, whether your eyes are open or closed. That's not good. Cultivation requires gradual progress and a balance between work and rest."

"If you do this, you're more likely to develop demonic obstacles, and you might even encounter cultivation bottlenecks prematurely."

Wei Qingmu gave earnest advice, and Wei Jing dared not refute it, but just listened attentively.

"Did you encounter some problems in your cultivation and come to ask this old man for advice?" Wei Qingmu said casually, then turned around, picked up the hoe and bucket, and went into the house.

Wei Jing is a talented child, and it's a good thing that he's interested in competing with Wei Long; what young person isn't competitive?

But going too far is ultimately not good.

That day, the Feng family daughter came to choose a husband. The clan leader recommended Wei Long and Wei Jing, but they did not reveal anything about Wei Jing's overnight entry into the Dao. As expected, Wei Jing was not chosen.

Elder Wei Lie was furious, but he didn't reveal anything about Wei Jing's special status to the Feng family.

Not long after the selection of a son-in-law, Wei Long broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Wei Qingmu naturally assumed that Wei Jing was cultivating so desperately because he was competing with Wei Long!

"Yes, Elder, I have broken through to the second level of Qi Refining. I feel that I have fallen behind in my spell cultivation, so I came here specifically to seek your guidance."

"hiss!"

"You broke through?" Wei Qingmu suddenly turned his head and looked at Wei Jing in shock.

Wei Tiezhu also looked bewildered. He had only just begun to draw in Qi, and Wei Tiezhu had already reached the second level of Qi Refining?

Is that correct?