12dz Chapter 7 Qi Refining Level 4
Chapter 7 Qi Refining Level 4
"So it's my young friend Changqing!!"
"How can you go to such lengths? Your cultivation journey has only just begun; there's no need for such politeness."
Chen Fu gently stroked his gray beard as he chatted with Lin Changqing, his eyes becoming even more warm and peaceful.
He also noticed the storage bag on Lin Changqing's body and asked in confusion.
"Young friend, you were penniless just six months ago. How could you possibly need this storage bag and afford this spiritual tea now?"
"Could you tell me a thing or two?"
Seeing that Chen Fu, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, still talked to him in detail and didn't just send him away after accepting the gift, Lin Changqing felt a sense of warmth. It seems that there are indeed some rules to be found in the cultivation world when it comes to attracting people.
However, Lin Changqing did not want to go into too much detail. Instead, he briefly recounted the past. After all, he was still just a basic weapon refiner and was not up to par. Moreover, Chen Fu knew him very well. If he knew that he had such a talent for weapon refining, who knew what would happen? He would show it when he had more confidence.
"Old Chen, I've had some good fortune in the past six months and have gained a few spirit stones, but it's nothing to brag about."
"You, on the other hand, look as good as ever and are in excellent health!"
"Sigh, I'm getting old..."
Soon after, Lin Changqing returned to his residence.
This time, for some unknown reason, Lin Changqing ran into Wang Yi.
Wang Yi saw Lin Changqing and went up to talk to him, patting him on the shoulder.
"Brother Lin, is everything taken care of?!"
"It's all taken care of. I also want to thank Brother Wang for accompanying me all the way." When Lin Changqing went to the market, he didn't have a storage bag. He carried a bag of spirit stones on his chest, which was a bit too ostentatious. It was only with Wang Yi, a cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, that he was able to deter others from coveting it.
"Brother Wang, who are these two?" Lin Changqing also noticed the two women accompanying Wang Yi. However, these women all had one thing in common: they were all plump and graceful, but their faces were not quite as pretty.
Wang Yi glanced at the two mortal women behind him and said directly, "These are mortal women assigned to me by the Chen family. As you know, this is the only skill I have to earn spirit stones."
"..."
Lin Changqing was speechless, unsure how to respond. He was only eighteen years old, not yet of marriageable age, and his mind was focused on weapon crafting and cultivation, so he didn't know much about the pleasures of love and lust between men and women.
Perhaps because they practice the Everlasting Spring Technique, a wood-based cultivation method, these cultivators tend to focus on self-cultivation and preserving their vital essence, hoping to extend their lifespan.
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Six months later.
Lin Changqing has been in the cultivation world for a year, spending half the year on spiritual farming and the other half on weapon crafting.
He has now reached the point where he can successfully refine eight out of ten basic magical artifacts. The remaining two out of ten depend on luck. He has even refined some low-grade magical artifacts, but the success rate is not high and he is still losing money. He has not refined many.
Besides refining weapons, Lin Changqing usually stays in seclusion to cultivate diligently. Now that he has a surplus of spirit stones, he takes about three bottles of Golden Marrow Pills every month.
Inside the villa, in a small building.
Lin Changqing, dressed in a light blue robe, sat cross-legged, practicing the Everlasting Spring Technique.
The Changchun Gong has now been perfected, with subsequent Qi-refining techniques reaching the thirteenth level.
"Pseudo-spiritual root cultivation is slow, but I have medicine."
After taking a few Golden Marrow Pills, a gentle yet vibrant magical power flowed through his body.
Lin Changqing used his spiritual root to circulate his cultivation technique, absorbing the gentle spiritual energy from the pills and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the outside world, and finally transforming it into the power of the Everlasting Spring Technique.
"Taking pills makes cultivation much faster, but unfortunately I still don't have enough spirit stones to buy enough pills."
Now, half a year has passed, and after spending hundreds of spirit stones and emptying his pockets of pills, he has used them all for cultivation, and his cultivation level has barely reached the peak of the third level of Qi Refining.
The slow pace of cultivation is due to two main reasons: insufficient elixirs and the lack of spiritual veins and training grounds.
The spiritual energy here is not as abundant as that of a major sect, so it has little effect on cultivation. In addition, the pills I take have developed resistance, and their effects are constantly decreasing. I need to purchase better pills or higher-quality Golden Marrow Pills.
"Sigh! Spirit stones, spirit stones, in the past six months, I've accumulated 183 years of lifespan. With that much lifespan, I can live to the Foundation Establishment stage. I should just take it slow!!"
Three months later, Lin Changqing broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, his lifespan exceeded two hundred years, and he made great progress in weapon crafting, already able to guarantee the success rate of low-grade magic weapons.
The spirit field is still being cultivated, but it's being tended haphazardly, so this year's harvest is unlikely to be large.
After reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining, Lin Changqing finished his cultivation and went out to relax and feel the atmosphere. Just then, Wang Yi invited him to his birthday banquet.
Three days later, the birthday banquet began.
There weren't many cultivators, only a few dozen, most of whom were sons-in-law of the Chen family.
At the banquet, Lin Changqing only recognized one person: Wan Xiaoshan.
Birthday celebrations are an unspoken rule in the Chen family. Whenever someone has a child, regardless of whether the child has spiritual roots, they will be rewarded with a sum of spirit stones to hold the celebration.
The motivation was simple: to encourage these sons-in-law with spiritual roots to have more children, preferably children with spiritual roots.
Wang Yi also held a birthday banquet according to custom. Perhaps in order to save some spirit stones, everything was kept simple and not very extravagant. Or perhaps the child born did not have a spiritual root and the spirit stones received were too few, so he did not want to make a big fuss.
Since we're all here to celebrate your birthday, we can't just eat the spiritual fruits and teas for free.
To express their gratitude, Wan Xiaoshan and Lin Changqing both gave small gifts.
The gifts given were not many spirit stones, about three per person. Some people received spirit rice or spirit tea, and the gifts varied.
During the banquet, through conversation, Lin Changqing gained a much deeper understanding of the cultivation world and also discovered that Wang Yi had become a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
As for Wan Xiaoshan, due to his focus on alchemy and spiritual fields, he neglected his cultivation and failed to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
After the banquet, Lin Changqing sought out Li Zhijing to clarify the idea he had mentioned earlier, and to see if the Li family would be willing to let him provide low-grade magical artifacts for the general store.
"Brother Changqing, the matter you mentioned last time has been approved. My Li family's general store is willing to take in a talent like you."
"However, the quality of the crafting must be guaranteed; it can't be too inferior, or it will ruin the reputation of the general store."
Li Zhijing was also happy for Lin Changqing. After all, the two had been cooperating for a short time and had established a foundation of trust. When it came to earning spirit stones, neither of them would treat the other unfairly.
"Of course, of course! Brother Li, we've cooperated many times, and you know that my magical artifacts have never disappointed you."
"This time, I also want to thank Brother Li for the recommendation. Brother Li will definitely get his share of the kickback."
"Of course, even if we refine a low-grade magic weapon, the basic magic weapons that Brother Li needs will still be provided as usual, and Brother Li will not be short of any spirit stones."
Hearing Lin Changqing's sensible attitude, Li Zhijing grinned, feeling quite gratified. He knew that Lin Changqing hadn't forgotten him, the matchmaker. However, he couldn't show too much concern for the spirit stones, but still expressed some care for Lin Changqing.
"Brother Changqing, are you prepared to forge a large number of magical artifacts? I wonder if your magical power and energy can sustain it? If not, perhaps you could reduce the number of basic magical artifacts you forge?"
Li Zhijing was unaware that Lin Changqing didn't expend much effort when crafting magical artifacts; his magical power consumption was even lower than others, and he could also gain lifespan.
Of course, Lin Changqing would not tell anyone any of this, and could only smile slightly and say, "Don't worry, Brother Li, I can refine even more for the sake of spirit stones."
Li Zhijing didn't know if Lin Changqing was capable, but seeing his insistence, she stopped trying to dissuade him. After all, she was profiting from the situation and couldn't cut off her own source of income.