After binding with a genius, I became an immortal by exploiting loopholes.

It worked!

Gazing at this scene, Lu Qingchen couldn't help but recall a line from a famous ancient poem written by the "Poet Immortal" in his previous life: "An immortal touched my head, and I received eternal life..."

Unfortunately, Chu Yunfeng was not granted immortality through the "hair-tying ceremony," but instead, unknowingly, Lu Qingchen diverted his future cultivation!

Lu Qingchen dared not linger, much less stare for too long, lest he attract attention.

He suppressed the urge to immediately check the changes on the stele, pretending to be attracted by a peculiar "Seven Stars Accompanying the Moon Grass" in the herb garden. He stopped to admire it for a moment, then continued forward along the path, slowly increasing the distance between himself and the open space.

Only after walking quite a distance, ensuring that Wang Hao and Chu Yunfeng couldn't see the change in his facial expression, did Lu Qingchen finally breathe a long sigh of relief.

The clenched fist slowly loosened, revealing a sweaty palm.

The first "Cultivation Wheel" on the Ling Shu Dao Stele has already been tied to that chosen one of heaven!

For the next half hour, Lu Qingchen absentmindedly "sense" the rich spiritual energy and vitality of the plants around him, his mind already back on the Dao stele in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He could vaguely sense that the weak connection was still present, like an extremely secret passage slowly drawing some kind of invisible "nutrients".

When the time came, Lu Qingchen returned to the rendezvous point on time.

Wang Hao opened his eyes, stood up, and looked him over: "How was it? Did you gain anything?"

Lu Qingchen's face revealed a mixture of fatigue and excitement: "The vitality of the wood element here is indeed abundant. My cultivation technique is flowing more smoothly now, and I seem to have grasped a bit of the secret to cultivation. Thank you for your help, Senior Brother!"

Wang Hao gave a noncommittal "hmm," assuming it was mostly psychological, and didn't ask any further questions: "It's good that you've gained something. Let's go, it's time to go back."

The two returned along the same route, without exchanging a word.

When they returned to their room at Yuxin Peak, it was three-quarters past noon.

Li Si and the others were cultivating in the courtyard when they saw Lu Qingchen return. Wang Ming casually asked, "Lu Qingchen, where have you been all afternoon? Elder Chen might be checking the 'Meridian and Acupoint Chart' this afternoon."

"I went to a secluded spot in the back of the mountain to practice my kung fu for a while, hoping to calm my mind."

Lu Qingchen gave a perfunctory reply and pushed open the door to enter the house.

After closing the door, he immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, pretending to cultivate, but in reality, he couldn't wait to sink his consciousness into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The pitch-black stele stood silently, but unlike before, a faint, pale golden thread appeared near the base of the stele. The other end of the thread disappeared into the void, its destination unknown.

This should be the manifestation of the "wheel system" established with Chu Yunfeng.

At the same time, the inscription information has also been updated:

[Ling Shu Dao Stele]

[Monument Owner: Lu Qingchen]

[Realm: Yi Jin Stage]

[Spiritual Root: Low-grade of the Five Spiritual Roots]

[Bound Wheel Position: One (Currently Available to Bound: One)]

[Current gear system: One (affiliated with: Chu Yunfeng)]

[Rotation ratio: 5/5]

[Rotation status: Established, awaiting first settlement (settlement time: Chenshi (7-9 AM) the following day)]

"Pending initial settlement..."

Lu Qingchen pondered these words, his heart filled with anticipation. "We won't know how much help this 'Cultivation Wheel' can provide until tomorrow at Chenshi (7-9 AM)."

Although there is still a long wait, the successful establishment has already lifted most of the weight off his shoulders.

At least, he seized a glimmer of hope!

In the afternoon, Elder Chen had other business to attend to and did not come to check the "Meridian and Acupoint Chart".

When Lu Qingchen practiced the "Yi Jin Xi Sui Zhuang Gong", he felt his mind was much calmer and his efficiency seemed to have improved slightly.

He knew it was mostly psychological, but the feeling of having hope and something to look forward to was what truly sustained him.

He didn't suffer from insomnia that night; instead, he fell into a deep sleep, filled with anticipation for the next morning's hour.

He knew that starting tomorrow, his path to immortality would be completely different.

......

The next day, at Chen Shi (7-9 AM).

Lu Qingchen woke up early and the first thing he did was summon the Dao Stele.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the pitch-black Dao stele stood silently.

On one side of the monument, the phantom of Chu Yunfeng sits cross-legged, surrounded by a flowing spiritual light.

In the dantian of the illusory figure, a pale golden bead the size of a grain of rice was slowly rotating, emitting a warm glow.

With a thought, Lu Qingchen sent the luminous bead out of the illusory image and into his palm, which was formed by his consciousness.

It felt warm to the touch, like holding a pill that had just been taken out of the furnace, filled with pure cultivation essence.

He tried to draw upon its power, and the light bead trembled slightly. A warm current flowed through his meridians, merging into his limbs and bones.

This is five percent of Chu Yunfeng's cultivation results in one day.

Lu Qingchen took a deep breath and focused all his energy on absorbing the power from the light orb.

A warm current surged out from the depths of his dantian without warning, quickly flowing through his limbs and bones, while the light orb shrank at a visible speed, eventually turning into nothingness.

This "cultivation" was extremely pure, requiring almost no refining, and automatically integrated into his meridians, bones, and internal organs.

The Yi Jin Xi Sui Zhuang Gong (a type of exercise) automatically accelerates its operation, perfectly absorbing this external force.

In just three breaths, the warm and pure current completely dissipated, permeating every part of the body.

Lu Qingchen immediately closed his eyes and looked inward, carefully sensing the changes in his body.

His first focus was on the major meridians he had just begun practicing yesterday, where he had only felt a slight sensation – especially the areas along the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian and the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian in his arms.

"Um?!"

A clear sense of enhancement came through!

Yesterday, I had to deliberately practice the "Yi Jin Xi Sui Zhuang Gong" and concentrate all my energy to barely touch and stretch these tendons and ligaments. Now, they have become noticeably more flexible and elastic!

Where the warm current passes, the meridians seem to be carefully combed, stretched, and strengthened by invisible, skillful hands, completing a highly efficient tempering process.

He could perceive through his inner vision that the two main meridians seemed to have solidified a bit, and their connection with the surrounding muscles and bones had become smoother.

This is not an illusion, but a real increase in the strength of the meridians!

"My Yi Jin Jing progress... has actually improved!"

Lu Qingchen was shocked.

He originally estimated that he had just stepped into the threshold of Yi Jin Jing and that his progress was probably barely "one percent".

But after absorbing this "alien cultivation" from Chu Yunfeng, he felt that the strength of the two main tendons in his arms had been greatly improved!

This means that his initial progress in the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Technique) has taken a small but solid step forward thanks to this external force.

"Is this a direct manifestation of the difference in talent...?"

Lu Qingchen murmured.

Chu Yunfeng's daily cultivation increased by five percent, which, after being transformed by the Spirit Pivot Dao Stele, actually saved him a lot of hard work in his Yi Jin Jing cultivation!

This is just the beginning, merely Chu Yunfeng's output when he was at the first level of Qi Refining.

If he were to reach a higher level, wouldn't the effects of the cultivation he receives each day be even more astonishing?

......