This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Jiang Liu frantically popped Qi Refining Pills into his mouth one by one, causing his cultivation level to rise rapidly.

[Using a Qi Refining Pill increases cultivation points by 100]

[Using a Qi Refining Pill increases cultivation points by 100]

[Using a Qi Refining Pill increases cultivation points by 100]

......

[Realm level advanced to Qi Refining Stage 8]

[Note: Your cultivation level has reached the late stage of Qi Refining. The effect of consuming the lowest grade magic pill will be halved.]

[Using a Qi Refining Pill increases cultivation points by 25]

[Using a Qi Refining Pill increases cultivation points by 25]

Jiang Liu: "??????"

Jiang Liu suddenly paused, his mind filled with questions as he listened to the notification sound.

Late stage of Qi Refining?

Does taking the lowest-grade pill reduce its effectiveness by half?

Holy crap, there's even such a setting!

Jiang Liu's face darkened; looking at the hundreds of Qi Refining Pills in his backpack, he suddenly felt they weren't so appealing anymore.

He had also speculated that this game wouldn't allow you to ascend to immortality by taking drugs; no game ever does that.

But... this drug punishment came way too fast, didn't it?

He thought he wouldn't be able to use the Qi Refining Pill until he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, but he didn't expect that the effect of the Qi Refining Pill would be halved in the late stage of Qi Refining.

What a pity, he was hoping to directly reach the Foundation Establishment stage, now he's doomed.

"That's fine, at least it wasn't a waste of time."

Although he was somewhat disappointed, he didn't care too much. The Qi Refining Pill was only a low-grade magic pill. Once he got his hands on a mid-grade or high-grade magic pill, he would continue to consume it.

With several hundred Qi Refining Pills, his alchemist level increased by two levels. With his current alchemist level, even if he were to refine mid-grade or high-grade magic pills, the success rate would not be too low.

The first recharge gift pack, the Crimson Flame Furnace, truly lives up to its name!

The eighth, ninth, and tenth levels of Qi Refining belong to the late stage of Qi Refining. A single Qi Refining Pill only adds 25 cultivation points.

You won't lose out if you eat it!

Anyway, I'm only one level away from making it onto the leaderboard!

The moment I reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, a system notification appeared in my field of vision.

[Congratulations to the player for reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining, unlocking the 'Resource Training' feature]

The resource book is open!

Chapter 19 Resource Book

The second day of the opening of the fourth server of the Immortal Cultivation Era!

Qi Refining Level 8!

What are those top players in server 1 doing? Do they even know how to play the game? It took them two years to reach the Golden Core stage, how bad are they!

After getting stuck on the welfare version client when the server opened yesterday, Jiang Liu knew that his path of cultivation would be smooth sailing, but he never expected to level up so quickly.

So this is the eighth level of Qi Refining?

Is cultivating immortality such a simple thing?

No matter how hard he found it hard to believe, he had indeed reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Jiang Liu looked somewhat dazed, but quickly calmed down. He was only at the Qi Refining stage, the lowest level of cultivation, and there was nothing to brag about.

He paused for a few seconds, then turned to look at the newly opened [Resource Training].

[Resource Training] is right next to [Story Training]. Click to enter, and three dungeons will appear in his sight.

The three dungeons are named [Golden Scales Opening the Pillar], [Secret Mechanisms], and [Immortal Forest Herbs and Stones].

These correspond to three types: spirit stone book, cultivation book, and material book.

Currently, only the first stage is open. The second stage will be opened after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

It was a very standard and common type of resource book, nothing much to look at, so Jiang Liu directly clicked on [Golden Scales Opening Pillars].

【Golden Scale Pillar Opening】: Attack the Golden Scale Pillar within 5 minutes. The more damage you deal, the more spirit stones you will obtain.

I'm so happy! Finally, there's another way to obtain spirit stones!

It's just pile driving, nothing complicated.

Jiang Liu decisively used the 'Immersive Experience' function, and his vision went dark and the world spun around him as he entered a fake world of cultivation.

Opening his eyes, he found himself in a white stone training ground. A ten-zhang-tall golden pillar stood in the training ground, its surface engraved with golden dragons and adorned with numerous inscriptions that looked like ghostly scribbles.

Ten seconds left in the countdown.

Jiang Liu gripped the Rising Sun Sword, and the instant the countdown ended, his water elemental energy suddenly burst forth, unleashing a series of water elemental sword energies that slashed through the void at the golden scale pillar!

Swish swish!

The golden scale pillar trembled violently from the attack, and one golden ingot after another was flung out from it, scattering like flowers from a fairy maiden and crashing to the ground with a clanging sound before disappearing like bubbles.

How tacky!

Jiang Liu stared wide-eyed at the sight of the gold ingots falling everywhere, and his hands moved faster and faster as he chopped with even more gusto.

In just three seconds, he collapsed, unleashing more than a dozen water-elemental sword energies, his spiritual energy completely drained.

The amount of spiritual energy in the Qi Refining stage is far too little, isn't it?

With his spiritual energy depleted, Jiang Liu didn't stop. He swung the Chaoyang Sword and slashed fiercely at the golden scale pillar. He didn't know any sword techniques; he just hacked away. The crisp metallic clanging sound continued without pause until five minutes later.

[Instance Completed]

[Rating: C]

[Spirit Stones Obtained: 4]

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh."

The scene shifted, and Jiang Liu, having been kicked out of the [Golden Scales Open the Pillar], was panting softly as he looked at the results screen.

Not bad, I exchanged 4 spirit stones in five minutes, a huge profit.

The evaluation was too low. He put in all his effort to get a C-level rating, which means his overall combat strength is not enough to support the eighth level of Qi Refining.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The only things that can improve his combat power are the top-grade water elemental root and the Rising Sun Sword. The Rising Sun Sword's built-in spells are also banned, and he can't use the Fire Blowing Palm either, so his combat power can't be that high.

"Looks like I'll have to learn some water-based magic..."

Jiang Liu secretly pondered that he might not be able to extract a top-grade fire spirit root for a long time, and the only way to quickly improve his combat power was to learn magic.

His only attack method was Water Spirit Sword Qi, which was merely condensing Water Spirit Qi and slashing it out. It didn't even qualify as a spell and couldn't fully unleash the strength of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

He has the realm but no combat power. If he continues like this after the realm arena opens, he'll probably get PK'd by people who are above his level, and that would be incredibly embarrassing.

"They say they want to use magic, but there's no fixed way to do that."

Jiang Liu looked distressed and could only think of checking Taobao later to see if they sold it.

Putting aside his idea of ​​selling spells for the time being, Jiang Liu immediately entered the [Secret Mechanism] instance.

[Secret Weapon]: Continuously counterattack against the attacks of the mechanical dummies. The more mechanical dummies you kill, the more cultivation points you gain.

The last one was driving piles, the next one is getting beaten?

Jiang Liu pursed his lips, but still activated the immersive experience.

Back in the White Stone Martial Arts Arena, this time there was no golden scale pillar in the center, but a two-meter-tall wooden dummy with bare hands.

Countdown.

Jiang Liu held the Chaoyang Sword, held his breath, and stared intently at the dummy opposite him.

[Round 1 begins]

The moment the countdown ended, the wooden dummy charged straight at Jiang Liu, completely unprepared and attacking without warning.

Jiang Liu aimed at the wooden dummy's arm and unleashed a burst of water-elemental sword energy, instantly severing the dummy's right arm.

He was stunned when a sword severed an arm.

"That simple?"

Jiang Liu was slightly taken aback. In the blink of an eye, the wooden dummy was in front of him, swinging its only remaining arm to strike Jiang Liu.

At a moderate pace, from Jiang Liu's perspective, it was as easy as children fighting. He easily dodged to the side and then severed the wooden dummy's other arm with another sword strike.

It's ten times simpler than the old man in episodes 1-7!

That scared me to death! I thought it was something much more serious!

Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow, his tense nerves relaxing. He quickly dismembered the wooden dummy into eight pieces, the scattered wooden blocks still twitching, almost making him laugh.

However, his smile vanished the next second.

In the second round, Jiang Liu easily dealt with two wooden dummies.

In the third round, with four wooden dummies, Jiang Liu was covered in sweat.

In the fourth round, with eight wooden dummies, Jiang Liu turned and ran.

In a training ground bigger than a basketball court, Jiang Liu ran while cursing, with more than a dozen wooden dummies chasing after him.

If the kill rate can't keep up with the placement rate, the number of dummies will increase until the challenger dies.

In the fifth round, sixteen more wooden dummies appeared. Jiang Liu stopped running, gritted his teeth, and charged into the pile of dummies, hacking away wildly.

A few seconds later.

[Instance Completed]

[Kill Count: 4]