Chapter 474: Qi Refining Level 8
Qingyang sat on the futon in the meditation room, his eyes slightly closed, his five hearts facing upwards, just like a wood carving or clay sculpture. There had been no movement for two or three days, but huge changes were taking place in his body. The surging true qi flow washed the meridians again and again, gathered in the dantian, and attacked the shackles of the dantian again and again.
Qingyang had experienced this process many times before, and each breakthrough was almost the same. After an unknown period of time, the shackles in the dantian were suddenly opened, and the true qi in the meridians seemed to have found an outlet, and quickly gathered in the dantian.
Then a powerful divine power emanated from Qingyang's Yuanshen, covering the entire meditation room. This was a sign of Yuanshen's breakthrough, indicating that Qingyang was already a cultivator of the eighth level of Qi Refining.
Qingyang opened his eyes, took out a jar of spirit wine from the Zuixian gourd and poured it into his mouth. He had just broken through, and his internal true qi was exhausted and his spirit was exhausted, so he had to replenish it as soon as possible. The spirit wine he just drank had this effect. It was brewed by the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey later, but it was buried underground in the Drunken Immortal Gourd for seven or eight years, which was equivalent to hundreds of years of storage. The effect was amazing. Although it was not as good as the half jar left by Wuyou Sanren, it was not much different.
After the spirit wine entered his stomach, Qingyang's true energy gradually recovered and his spirit was replenished. Thinking that he had broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining at the age of thirty-four and was getting closer and closer to the foundation-building stage, Qingyang couldn't help but smile.
While his cultivation level improved, Qingyang's actual combat ability also improved greatly. Because of the long-term practice of the Concentrated Mind Technique, Qingyang's divine consciousness strength was much stronger than that of the cultivators of the same level, even compared with the ninth level of Qi Refining or even the perfect Qi Refining cultivators.
With a strong divine mind as a backing, it is much easier to control spiritual tools and magic tools. Not long after returning from Chaos Demon Valley, he refined the Four Elements Sword Formation and used four magic swords to form a huge sword formation to attack. The power is at least twice as strong as the original Three Elements Sword Formation.
Not only the Four Elements Sword Formation, but also Qingyang's Five Elements Sword Formation has taken shape. It's just that because of the short time of practice, the five magic swords are not coordinated enough, and the power is not much greater than the Four Elements Sword Formation. However, this is not a problem. As long as he practices diligently, he will use it proficiently sooner or later. By then, once the Five Elements Sword Formation is out, it will be invincible. It is estimated that there will be no rivals below the Qi Refining level.
Qingyang named the low-grade spiritual tool-level blue long sword obtained in Chaos Demon Valley Qingmu Sword. During this period, Qingyang also tried to control it.
The power of the lower-grade spiritual weapon is very great, even slightly higher than his own Sanyuan Sword Formation, but it consumes too much true energy and divine thoughts. With his current strength, it is a little difficult to use, not as convenient as the magic sword. However, not being able to use it now does not mean that it will not be used in the future. It will be fine when his cultivation level is improved. If his cultivation level reaches the foundation-building stage, and he is equipped with several other spiritual swords of the same level, he can display a more powerful sword formation.
During these seven years, Qingyang has devoted most of his energy to cultivation. He rarely cares about what happens inside and outside the sect, and he has hardly visited his friends. He even rarely takes care of the Drunken Immortal Gourd. Now that he has broken through his cultivation level, he is temporarily relieved and finally has time.
Seven years have passed, and the Drunken Immortal Gourd has undergone great changes. The whole space is green, the spiritual grass is lush, the spiritual flowers are brilliant, the spiritual fruit trees emit bursts of fragrance, the alcoholic bees are flying among the flowers, and the iron-armed monkeys are working in the fields. There is vitality everywhere.
Most of the spiritual herbs and flowers here were planted when Qingyang broke through the Qi Refining stage. It has been more than ten years now. Some of those with a short growth period have been harvested once. Those with a longer growth period are watered by the spiritual spring water in the Drunken Immortal Gourd, pollinated by spiritual insects such as the alcoholic bee, and taken care of by the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey. They grow extremely lush. Just from their appearance, they are much more effective than the spiritual medicines sold in the market.
The most conspicuous in the Drunken Immortal Gourd are the four spiritual objects around the Wine Pool Square. The Wannianhong has grown to more than one person tall, with a thick trunk and countless twigs radiating from top to bottom. The red flowers on the tree look like a red pagoda from a distance.
In recent years, Qingyang has collected the petals and nectar of the Wannianhong to refine the longevity pill, but he gave it to the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey. The effect is not great, but it is also useful.
The peach tree has also grown to eight feet tall, but there is still no sign of flowering. There are only leaves on the tree, which look lush and green. Qingyang had already seen that this peach tree was of a high level. Whether he would wait for it to bloom and bear fruit and pick the fruit in the future, or wait for the peach tree to grow into a material and cut it down to refine magic weapons, it would be very useful.
The changes in the grapevine were not very big. It just grew from five feet to eight feet high, and there were ten more leaves. It was wrapped around the rack set up by Qingyang and climbed up hard.
The biggest change was the gourd vine. As early as seven years ago, two flowers bloomed on the gourd vine. Now the male flowers have withered, and a small green gourd has grown in the position of the female flowers. It is only the size of a fingertip and looks very pleasing.
Such innate spiritual objects are rare in the entire cultivation world. This gourd must be a rare treasure. When it grows up, find a skilled refiner and it can at least be refined into a spiritual weapon.
Seven years have passed, and the Iron-Armed Monkey in the Drunken Immortal Gourd has become increasingly old. Perhaps it is because of the longevity pills it regularly consumes. Although the Iron-Armed Monkey is old, it has not yet reached the end of its lifespan and should be able to live for several more years.
Perhaps because of the blood jade paste that changed his aptitude, the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey's cultivation speed has increased a lot in the past few years, and he finally achieved the state of perfect Qi Refining as he wished. However, his life span is limited and he is old and weak. It is impossible to break through by relying on his own potential. I am afraid that he can only rely on the foundation-building pill. But the foundation-building pill is too rare. Even Qingyang himself does not have it, let alone the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey? Now he can only take it one step at a time, hoping that he can survive until that day.
The strength of the alcoholic queen bee has increased a little bit, reaching the third level of foundation building, and the six purple-backed alcoholic bees have also broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. The entire alcoholic bee colony has also grown a lot over the years. Now the number has reached more than 300, and even a few of them have purple lines on their backs. It seems that it will not take long to break through to the Qi Refining level.
The beehive of the alcoholic bee is several times larger than before. Fortunately, Qingyang moved the beehive to a tall spiritual fruit tree a few years ago, otherwise the wine pavilion would be completely occupied by the alcoholic bees.