Cultivation begins with harvest.

"The Golden Wind Battle Technique is a very common battle technique. It moves like a golden spear clearing the way. In the hands of a Xuan cultivator, wherever it goes, there is the momentum of trampling troops and a surprise attack. Donglai is only at the first level of body refinement. The effect he has achieved is that the wind is a bit stronger, but you have seen the actual effect."

Chung Chi explained.

As Wei Donglai moved, the wind technique he used was amplified by the vortex, and some of the scattered wind was gathered by the golden wind that was brought up and continuously applied to Wei Donglai, forming a golden cloak-like garment. This allowed Wei Donglai to directly punch the stone statue from behind, and with one blow, a deep crack appeared in the stone statue.

This is clearly not a pure Golden Wind Battle Technique, but rather an effect achieved by combining it with many auxiliary spells.

He clenched his fist and released it, unleashing bursts of wind like drills from his fingertips that pierced directly through the stone statue.

Suddenly, Wei Donglai pulled back sharply, and with a yank of his right hand, the vortex at the base of the stone statue spread out like a large net, binding the statue and dragging it along.

Chen Guang realized that Wei Donglai's wind magic system was a fighting style similar to that of Xuanxiu, with excellent close-range control and destructive capabilities.

It can also continuously gather the scattered magical power, becoming stronger with each battle.

The ability to pull the stone statue was mainly due to magic. The statue, weighing several thousand kilograms, was easily pulled and dragged away in an instant, demonstrating its immense power.

His mature system, which was clearly visible to the naked eye, was used again and again to show Chen Guang. Chen Guang could feel that Wei Donglai was slowing down his movements to accommodate him, just so that Chen Guang could understand it.

Chung Chi would occasionally offer explanations, deepening Chen Guang's understanding.

The stone statue was shattered in one-tenth of the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. To demonstrate the effect, it was naturally not intentionally maintained at the level of the third level of Qi Refining.

"This kind of attack is coherent enough. This kind of coherent attack needs to be honed through experience. It's a direction you should strive for." Wei Donglai approached Chen Guang without blushing or panting.

Next, Wei Donglai showed Chen Guang the various facilities in the training ground.

There are holes that test defense, spraying water and air jets with low lethality but strong impact; there's a corridor that tests reaction speed, firing cotton-headed arrows randomly from both sides; and there's a tofu table that tests the finesse of control, requiring tofu to destroy hard obstacles placed on its surface without breaking it...

There are indeed many varieties.

Some things seem useless, but you can feel their exquisite beauty as soon as you start using them.

Wei Donglai also demonstrated how he evaded Chen Guangmian's fire needle attack using only lightness and qi observation techniques.

It amazed Chen Guangdu, who found it incredible.

But that was the Qi Hall's Qi Observation Technique, the foundation of the Qi Hall, which Chen Guang naturally couldn't do. However, it reminded Chen Guang that he needed a sufficient Qi Concealment Technique to hide the movement of his attack.

They are all Qi cultivators, and they make no attempt to conceal their intentions. In fact, one can detect the intentions of a battle based on some changes in "Qi". Most cultivators rely on guesswork, but if they encounter a Qi Hall cultivator like Wei Donglai, their Cotton Fire Needle will be an open secret, leaving no room for deception.

However, as long as there is some concealment, Wei Donglai will have to guess. Otherwise, Qi Hall would have been invincible long ago, and everyone in Qingheng Sect would have to master the art of observing qi. The main purpose of the art of observing qi is not for combat. Being able to do this is already a high-level application developed by Qi Hall. It is still described as the art of observing qi, but it is actually not that accurate.

"In the future, it would be best if the junior brothers came to the training ground four or five times a month and stayed for two or three hours each time for better results. During this period, Senior Brother Zhong and I will come, but a month after winter begins, Senior Brother Zhong and I will return to Xuefeng."

"Senior brother, how much does the training ground cost?"

"A training ground like this costs 2,000 silver coins per hour. You can choose a lower-tier training ground, which has many types. The one labeled 'Agility' is designed only for speed and reaction; the one labeled 'Strength' is designed to test power and defense... It only costs 450 silver coins per hour. However, this standard is enough before the mid-stage of Qi Refining. But once you reach the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining, it will be a bit too narrow."

"This is the required number of practice sessions. Any less... and Junior Brother might need to adjust his standards for combat."

Zhong Qi had already put it very tactfully. If you still can't do it after practicing so little, then you should lower your standards. If you're bad at it and unwilling to practice, you should just be a spirit farmer and work hard towards becoming a spirit plant master.

To reap rewards, one must make necessary sacrifices.

After exchanging a few more words, Zhong Qi returned the Thousand Needle Wren to Chen Guang, and the group parted ways to attend to their own affairs.

Incidentally, he gave Chen Guang more than thirty seeds of Concentration Flower. The current limit for the Ice Mist Array is thirty plants; any more would affect the quality. However, with the help of the White Mist Duckweed, it is not impossible to have more, at least a few more plants are possible.

He was thinking he should go to the noodle market again, as he didn't have enough coins to buy the ideal combination of spells and defensive artifacts.

There are only so many things left to trade, so we can only continue to offer spiritual items like Concentration Pills.

Another approach is to buy materials and refine the pills yourself.

Putting everything else aside, the mastery of Chi Rong Dan is unparalleled. Other best-selling pills wouldn't dare to touch it easily, but Chi Rong Dan is a piece of cake.

The only problem is the lack of start-up capital; we'll have to wait until Yue Ni Chang has matured and has another economic project before we can proceed.

Back at the branch campus, Chen Guang noticed something unusual about the eldest Thousand Needle Wren. Some of its feathers were stained with a layer of blood, which was golden and had a particularly foul odor. It had to be singled out. The eldest Thousand Needle Wren's once domineering eyes had become somewhat dull and lifeless. Even when Chen Guang called out to it, it could only manage a muffled chirp in response.

All these signs indicate that the leader was affected by, and even suffered a backlash from, the metal elemental magic.

It's not that this only happened today; the boss has been somewhat depressed for some time now, and there have been some noticeable signs of it. This outcome was to be expected.

Once the external conditions are met, the way a thousand-needle grows up is entirely up to it, at least during its juvenile stage.

After two days of such torment, the spirit beast's tenacious vitality finally ran out, and the eldest Thousand Needle Wren breathed its last.

I felt a little sad, after all, I had put so much effort into it.

However, its siblings were more open-minded than Chen Guang. On the contrary, because the eldest brother left the nest, they were all excited and lively, and each of them ate an extra insect.

Seeing this, Chen Guang felt helpless. He couldn't expect these little families to have fully human thinking, so he simply buried the eldest and the unhatched youngest together and called it a day.

To be honest, the youngest son has vanished without a trace, truly returning to dust.

"The first essential thought in cultivating immortality is to avoid such a grave that belongs to oneself," Chen Guang suddenly thought.