Born with immortal seed

Chapter 29 Cultivating Divine Sense
Time flies.

Ten feet away from the quiet room, insects and ants crawled, and butterflies fluttered and landed on the flower stamens.

This scene was vividly etched in Bai Zichen's mind, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

Only when a slight feeling of fatigue arose did he withdraw his divine sense.

"Divine sense is truly profound. It has not been in vain that I have devoted the last three years of painstaking effort and most of my energy to the art of forging gods."

Over three years, through countless cycles of meditation and deep sleep, Bai Zichen finally managed to fully sketch the Great Furnace of Heaven and Earth within his sea of ​​consciousness.

Once the primordial furnace of heaven and earth is formed, it is as if acupoints in the sea of ​​consciousness are opened, and divine consciousness arises spontaneously.

Having a photographic memory and introspecting are just the most basic functions.

Within a radius of ten feet, he could perceive any movement of the grass or wind, regardless of the cultivator's level below the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, with a mere sweep of his divine sense.

Most importantly, of the three stages of Foundation Building—Essence, Qi, and Spirit—the stage of Divine Sense, which is the most difficult for most people, has already been opened ahead of schedule.

The difficulty of foundation building has been reduced by half.

"Next, we will continue to use the image of the furnace of heaven and earth in our sea of ​​consciousness as a foundation to constantly refine and strengthen our divine sense."

Bai Zichen lifted the protective restrictions and pushed open the door to the quiet room.

"The Divine Forging Technique is good, but we can't continue to invest so much time in it. With our Qi Refining cultivation level, it would take several years to even slightly strengthen our divine sense, making the cost-effectiveness of cultivation too low."

"I've been sleeping all the time these past few years, and my cultivation has fallen behind. I'll go get a new batch of pills these next couple of days to make up for the lost time."

In three years, Bai Zichen only used the four remaining Qi-replenishing pills to advance to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

As it turns out, his suspected special physique was only useful when breaking through bottlenecks.

Without the boost from the elixirs, his cultivation speed returned to the average level of someone with three spiritual roots.

However, this problem is easy to solve. With Bai Zichen's current family contributions, there are enough resources to provide him with all the resources to cultivate to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining in one go.

"The chubby guy went to run a caravan with his father, and Chongwu was assigned a family mission to collect nectar last month, so he probably hasn't returned yet."

"Since I have nothing else to do, I'll take a look around the family storeroom."

Bai Zichen could somewhat understand why people said that cultivators were inherently cold-hearted.

Even Qi Refining cultivators, as long as they still aspire to the path of immortality, will not see their fellow clansmen or friends for a year or two. When their cultivation reaches a higher level, a single separation might last for several years or even decades.

Aside from close family members, it is indeed difficult for cultivators to develop deep feelings for outsiders.

The Bai family's warehouse was located deep within Hanxiu Peak. The last time Bai Zichen came here was six years ago when the Ghost Spirit Sect invaded, and the clansmen hid in the warehouse to escape.

Looking at this simple stone house, Bai Zichen's thoughts seemed to return to that day of fierce fighting and corpses strewn across the field.

It was on that day that the illusion of the cultivation world was completely ripped away, revealing the cruelty and bloodshed hidden beneath.

Without protective methods, how can one attain the path to immortality?

In front of the warehouse, a bamboo chair was occupied by an elderly man with a ruddy complexion, who was holding a book in his hand and reading it with a nodding head.

"Greetings, sir. I am Bai Zichen, and I have come here today to exchange for what I need for cultivation."

Bai Zichen's divine sense swept over the old man and found that he was actually at the ninth level of Qi Refining, with a cultivation level similar to that of the elders.

However, the flow of magical power in his body was sluggish and slow, probably because his meridians had suffered irreversible damage, which affected the normal operation of his cultivation technique.

"You're Bai Zichen? I've heard your name so often these past few years, but this is the first time we've met."

The old man tossed the book aside and examined it with great interest.

"Qi Refining Level 5... This level of cultivation is not bad, but considering your glory in the past few years, it's still a bit slow."

"But you're really patient. Despite receiving so many family contributions, you haven't come even once. That girl Bai Ling has exchanged all her contributions for breakthrough pills and Qi-replenishing pills. I heard she reached the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining a few months ago. Some people in the clan are already making sarcastic remarks, saying that you're just lucky for a while. The difference in spiritual roots is innate and can't be made up for by luck alone."

Bai Zichen gave a wry smile. It wasn't that he was composed; he was simply trapped by the Divine Forging Technique.

He spends twenty days a month in deep sleep recovering his energy, so even if he wanted to refine pills, he wouldn't have the time.

"It's just a matter of who's faster or slower right now. Let's see who breaks through to the late stage of Qi Refining first."

Bai Zichen was quite confident in his suspected spiritual body regarding breaking through the later bottleneck, and even the inheritance stone tablet of the Naihe Sect gave it a superior rating.

"Good ambition! Take your family token and come in with me."

The old man took out his family token and cast a spell on it, causing the outer layer of restrictions on the warehouse to dissipate, revealing a passage about the height of a person.

Bai Zichen also took out his family token, which represented his identity, from his storage bag. He activated it with his magic power, and a faint glow appeared. He then successfully entered the warehouse.

"The patriarch has decreed that you and Bai Ling are free to take anything from the storeroom, as long as you can contribute to the family."

With a wave of his hands, the old man caused the cabinets in the storeroom to open automatically, revealing a dazzling array of items.

Bai Zichen had a clear goal and walked straight to the two rows of cabinets labeled with pills.

"Qi-replenishing pills, purple ginseng pills, barrier-breaking pills, heart-clearing pills, blood-activating pills... The clan doesn't have many kinds of pills. We have to buy many of them from the Qingfeng Gate market because we don't have the ability to refine them ourselves."

"Old man, I need ten bottles of Qi-tonifying pills, five bottles of purple ginseng pills, and two bottles of blood-activating pills."

Bai Zichen quickly selected the pills he needed: Qi-replenishing pills and purple ginseng pills to enhance cultivation during the middle and late stages of Qi refining, respectively, and blood-activating pills mainly for body cultivators, which can strengthen blood and qi and temper the physical body.

As for the Breakthrough Pill, just ignore it. Why would someone with only a minor bottleneck in the late stage of Qi Refining need a pill to help them?

"Don't you need to switch to a bottle of Breakthrough Pill?"

The old man frowned slightly, looking puzzled.

"It's up to you. Anyway, we always keep a few bottles of Breakthrough Pills in the warehouse... After taking ten bottles of Qi-Boosting Pills, you'll be at your limit, and the effect will decline rapidly if you take more. As for these Purple Ginseng Pills, are you sure you didn't exchange them too early... Even if they're in a jade bottle, their effects will only last for ten years at most."

"Please settle your contribution, sir," Bai Zichen said with a smile, without answering.

"Sigh, whatever... If I had made so many contributions to the family when I was young, I could have been willful too! I wouldn't have exchanged them one or two at a time... Unlike you, who buys ten bottles at a time, you've practically cleared out the warehouse stock!"

"One bottle of Qi-boosting pills costs 100 contribution points, Blood-activating pills cost 50, and Purple Ginseng pills cost 200, for a total of 2,100 contribution points. After deductions, you will have 400 points remaining."

The old man took Bai Zichen's family token, wiped it on his hand, and the numbers in the fluorescent light jumped, turning into 400.

At the same time, the exchange information is entered into a jade slip, with corresponding information on both sides.

Bai Zichen contentedly put the large pile of pills into his storage bag, looking at the now much emptier pill counter, feeling a sense of satisfaction like emptying a shopping cart.

"Old man, how much contribution is required to exchange for a Bamboo Sword?"

Before leaving the warehouse, Bai Zichen glanced at the flying sword counter and asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)