12dz Chapter 27 One year has passed, and the fourth level of embryonic breathing has been achieved.
Chapter 27 One year has passed, and the fourth level of embryonic breathing has been achieved.
Lin Chao's coursework assessment was the slowest; after he finished, the rest was much faster and was completed in no time.
A total of 18 people were assessed. Two were rated A, 15 were rated B, and one was rated C. All of them passed.
The person in grade C didn't look too good. After all, he had passed, but it was hard to accept that he was the only one with the worst score.
Back inside the palace was the final step.
Completing one assignment leads to a new one.
Lin Yuan's new course requires him to cultivate two spiritual runes to perfection within one year, or he will be awarded Grade A if he completes them within six months.
Lin Yuan had already completed this assignment; he only needed to time it slightly.
Lin Chao's training still revolves around practical combat, requiring him to steadily reach the third level of the Fetal Breathing Realm within a year.
After listening, Lin Chao himself didn't seem to be under much pressure.
Lin Yuan felt that if his guess was correct, Lin Chao's combat ability had probably already reached the third level of the embryonic breathing stage during the entrance examination, so there would naturally be no trouble.
After receiving the new assignments, Lin Yuan returned to the quiet room in his residence.
He took out the Qi-Nourishing Pills that Zheng Wenyan had rewarded him with, three bottles in total, five pills in each bottle.
This is the first time I've seen the Peiyuan Pill. It differs from the Yangyuan Pill by only one character, and both are used by cultivators at the fourth level of the embryonic breathing stage or above.
The Peiyuan Pill is simply more effective and easier to refine.
It can be said to be a superior alternative to Yangyuan Dan.
Simply put, the Qi-Nourishing Pill is used by wealthy cultivators, who exchange money for time; the Qi-Nourishing Pill is used by poor cultivators, as it is slower to refine, but it is ultimately a pill that can only be used by cultivators at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
"I'm about to break through, I'll use the Qi Cultivation Pill to break through." Without hesitation, Lin Yuan threw a Qi Cultivation Pill into his mouth.
The moment the Peiyuan Pill entered his stomach, he mobilized his spiritual power and began to refine it.
Soon after, the gentle and easily refined effects of this elixir became apparent.
When in a meditative state, the triple blessing takes effect simultaneously.
External spiritual energy, Dao seed spiritual energy, and elixir spiritual energy—each type provides a separate boost.
The spiritual power within Lin Yuan's body increased rapidly, merging into every inch of his flesh and bones, and began to improve at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people.
Time passed slowly, and the night quietly came to an end.
As dawn broke, Lin Yuan felt a jolt in his body.
The breakthrough was successful, and the third level of fetal breathing was achieved.
Even though he had just broken through to the third level of the embryonic breathing stage, his basic strength already exceeded 100,000 jin.
Its overall strength is incredibly powerful; if it were in the mortal realm, it could easily fight its way in and out of an army of tens of thousands.
The reason they couldn't continue was because they were tired of killing, not because they were unable to continue.
Even if you exhaust your strength and lie there letting ordinary people kill you for a year, your defenses will not be broken unless your spiritual energy is cut off and you return to being a mortal.
This is the terrifying nature of the third level of fetal breathing.
Lin Yuan took less than half a year to achieve this.
"The next four levels of fetal breathing may take some time; the transition from the third to the fourth level is a qualitative change."
If the first to third levels of fetal breathing increase physical defense, then from the fourth level onwards, it enhances magical defense. The difference between the two is significant, and it takes a considerable amount of time to transform.
For the next period of time, Lin Yuan's life was very repetitive.
Attending classes, eating, and practicing meditation.
Two months later, he successfully completed the cultivation of the third spiritual rune.
In addition, some of his ideas from the previous assessment course have come true; he was indeed able to conceal a portion of his spiritual power using spirit runes.
Therefore, when Zheng Wenyan was taking the assessment of his cultivation studies, he saw that Zheng Wenyan had just broken through to the next level.
Of course, even so, he still received an A grade in his second academic assessment.
Zheng Wenyan was not too surprised by this result.
In his view, with his superior physical constitution and the Qi-cultivating pills he gave him, it was quite normal for him to reach the third level of the embryonic breathing stage in three months.
In fact, he gave Lin Yuan the Qi-cultivating pill because he wanted Lin Yuan to also achieve a first-class grade in another assessment and obtain more resources.
This time, Lin Yuan received 2000 sect contribution points, 1000 more than last time, because the difficulty of the assessment had increased, and the reward would naturally increase as well.
And just like last time, Zheng Wenyan rewarded him with three bottles of Peiyuan Pills.
In fact, the last batch of Qi-cultivating pills and the Lin Yuan were not used up, and the sect's contribution was not used at all.
In fact, not only Lin Yuan, but any disciple of Xin Huo Peak who performs even slightly well will not lack resources.
Each teacher would find various reasons to provide their disciples with resources for cultivation, ensuring that the disciples would not be in a difficult situation.
The same was true for Lin Chao's side.
After completing his first cultivation task, Lin Yuan's second cultivation task was to reach the fourth level of the Fetal Breathing stage before leaving Xinhuo Peak.
This course is special; as long as it can be completed before leaving the Flame Peak, it will be considered Grade A, and the reward for the assessment is 5000 sect contribution points.
This alone gives you an idea of how difficult it is to progress from the third to the fourth level of fetal breathing.
Even with his superior physical attributes, the sect believed that it would take him more than two years to break through.
If the coursework cannot be completed, it will be converted into a sect task and graded according to the sect task.
The reward will be much lower then.
Lin Yuan naturally aimed for the top-tier assessment in his cultivation.
With multiple methods combined, he still had some confidence.
He had never experienced it before, so he wasn't sure how long it would take.
And so another three months passed.
Lin Yuan showed Zheng Wenyan the two spiritual patterns on his left leg that had been cultivated to perfection, achieving a first-class rating in his studies and earning another 2000 sect contribution points and a new set of studies.
The new course requires cultivating the third spiritual rune and perfecting it before leaving the Flame Peak. The reward is the same as for the cultivation course.
His sect contribution points reached 5000.
Although the number may not seem large, it is actually a considerable contribution to the sect.
Lin Yuan went to the resource exchange office.
A bottle of Nourishing Essence Pills contains ten pills and only requires 100 sect contribution points, and the quality is even better than what he obtained by killing and robbing.
A bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills contains five pills and only requires 200 sect contribution points.
He currently has enough sect contribution points to exchange for a full 25 bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills.
With his third-level embryonic breathing ability, the effects of a single Qi-cultivating pill could last for at least seven or eight days.
Teacher Zheng Wenyan gave him 30 pills, which he still hasn't used up.
It can be said that Lin Yuan's resources are increasing the more he uses them.
Of course, this won't work once you reach the fourth level of fetal breathing.
At that time, his speed of refining pills will increase significantly, and his energy consumption will also increase.
Of course, Lin Yuan was not flustered at all.
As his cultivation level improved, his own essence also continued to increase, becoming incomparable to what it was before.
The spiritual energy obtained from refining one's essence using the Dao Seed is extremely vast.
He even felt that he would be able to achieve self-sustaining growth in the future.
And so, a year had passed since he first joined the Sword Sect.
Lin Yuan was completely absorbed in his residence.
He has now completed the fourth spirit rune of the Spirit Forging Blade, and it is nearing completion.
The boost to cultivation speed from the four spiritual runes is more terrifying than imagined, like an exponential increase.
Therefore, only seven or eight months after breaking through to the third level of the embryonic breathing stage, he had already completed his cultivation to perfection.
He refined a Qi-Nourishing Pill.
The threshold between the two realms was broken effortlessly, without any hindrance, and it was a natural progression.
Fourth level of embryonic breathing, done!
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At the same time, Chen Changming found the sect leader.
"Sect Master, the next steps for Fire Peak have been finalized. Please review them. If there are no issues, they will be implemented at Fire Peak."
The sect leader took the plan, glancing at it as he asked, "Changming, what happened to those three from a year ago?"