Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Chapter 107 The Path to Foundation Building (1)

Physical body, cultivation level, and spirit.

This corresponds to the three stages of foundation building.

The most difficult part is the mental hurdle.

Because mental strength is innate; there are no methods to cultivate it later in life.

Even if it exists.

That is also a very precious existence.

At least the entire Qingheng Sect doesn't have that.

Therefore, whether or not one can overcome the mental hurdle depends entirely on fate.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan doesn't need to worry about mental health issues.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s a time traveler, but his mental strength is naturally higher than others.

In addition, he drank a lot of spiritual tea.

They ate the seeds of the lotus.

Therefore, his mental strength is top-tier in the entire Qi Refining stage.

Aside from the mental hurdle, all that's left is the physical and emotional hurdle.

And the cultivation level barrier.

The Blood and Flesh Barrier, Zhang Yan possesses the Thunder Flame Body Tempering Technique.

This is a superior body-strengthening exercise.

With the help of the Thunder Flame Token, Zhang Yan can easily train his body.

At least you don't have to worry about your physical body not being strong enough when you're building your foundation.

Therefore, Zhang Yan has almost overcome the two most difficult hurdles for ordinary cultivators.

The remaining challenge is simply the cultivation level.

This was the most difficult part for Zhang Yan.

the reason is simple.

Because his training period was relatively short.

Secondly, and most importantly.

He needs to switch to studying the Taiyi Yantian Record.

This is a very troublesome cultivation technique, and before that, he needs to complete his earth-elemental spiritual root.

Then he began to cultivate earth-based magic again.

The Taiyi Evolution Record requires the mixing of various magical powers to generate Primordial Qi.

Therefore, the more spiritual roots one has, the more magical power one cultivates, and the more and stronger the primordial energy one possesses.

However, the cultivation speed will also be slower.

Even in the Taiyi Sect of the past, there were few people who possessed all five elements.

It's not that it's rare, but rather that I've never heard of it before.

Zhang Yan now aims to become someone with all five elements, cultivating the Taiyi Yantian Record.

"I need to replenish my earth-elemental spiritual root first." With that thought, Zhang Yan took a deep breath, took out an earth-elemental spiritual object, and immediately began to absorb it.

He absorbs it very quickly.

It didn't take long at all to completely absorb the earth-type spiritual object.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain shot through my body.

However, he had already become accustomed to this and taken it for granted.

Not afraid at all.

After absorbing the earth-elemental spiritual object, Zhang Yan tried absorbing a wisp of spiritual energy, which he easily converted into earth-elemental magic power.

"Excellent, excellent. In this way, I only need to raise all this magic power to the twelfth level of Qi Refining." Thinking of this, Zhang Yan felt a surge of joy.

However, the goal is to raise all five elements of magical power to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

but!

There are techniques involved.

Because Zhang Yan's highest level of magical power is currently wood-based.

He has reached the tenth level of Qi Refining.

So he first increased his wood-type magic power.

After thinking for a moment, he went straight to the cultivation room inside the sect without hesitation.

The cultivation rooms of the Qingheng Sect are different from those of the smaller families.

The cultivation room of a small family basically only serves to gather and lock in spiritual energy.

However, the cultivation rooms of the Qingheng Sect can help refine spiritual energy.

For example, if he wants to cultivate wood-based magic, the cultivation room can directly provide him with pure wood-based magic to absorb.

Generally speaking, only cultivators who are about to break through to a higher realm will use the cultivation room.

Zhang Yan, however, now plans to live and cultivate in the cultivation room.

This will increase his cultivation speed.

but!

Similarly, a large number of spirit stones are also required.

Although the sect won't make money off your training room.

But you can't let the sect lose money, can you?

Fortunately, unlike others, Zhang Yan is a true disciple and therefore receives an even lower discount.

Most importantly, he had rendered meritorious service to the sect.

In the ancient city, they earned a lot of spirit stones for the sect.

The sect still owes him a sum of spirit stones, so for Zhang Yan now, he has nothing but money and spirit stones.

You can’t spend it all, you can’t spend it all.

So he moved directly into the cultivation room.

It must be said that although the cultivation room is small, the spiritual energy inside is really rich!
I was almost completely immersed in an ocean of spiritual energy.

There was absolutely no waste.

Zhang Yan sat cross-legged and began absorbing the spiritual energy around him.

Because his wood-type spiritual root has been improved.

Therefore, there were no obstacles in cultivation at all.

With the addition of resources, Zhang Yan broke through from the tenth level of Qi Refining to the eleventh level in just half a year.

"I must continue." After breaking through, Zhang Yan felt a wave of comfort wash over him, but he didn't stop. He simply relaxed a little and then continued cultivating.

Although there is only one realm difference between the eleventh level of Qi Refining and the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

However, the difficulty is extraordinary.

Many cultivators who reach this stage even need the help of elixirs.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan had previously practiced the Pure Yang Boy Skill, and he had already reached a terrifying level in it.

Therefore, although there were obstacles during his cultivation, they were not as terrifying as they were.

With the attack of pure yang energy, the passes were quickly breached.

"Qi Refining Level 12!" When Zhang Yan reached Qi Refining Level 12, he was greatly encouraged.

"Finally broken through!" Although the twelfth level of Qi Refining is also the peak of Qi Refining, but...
It's different from before.

Previously, his magical power could only circulate in individual meridians.

After reaching the twelfth level of Qi Refining, one has already opened up the entire body's energy channels.

It allows his magical power to circulate throughout his body.

The difference is so subtle that you can't see it unless you experience it firsthand. Let's not even talk about other things.

He is now capable of defeating at least three of himself at the eleventh level of Qi Refining.

Of course, this refers to the situation without using cheats.

If it were cheating...

Then it's impossible to calculate.

"The twelfth level of Qi Refining is still not enough. I need to reach the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining!" It took Zhang Yan two whole years to go from the eleventh level of Qi Refining to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

In addition to the previous six months.

In two and a half years, he cultivated from the tenth level of Qi Refining to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

"Looking at it this way, I'm a genius too." Zhang Yan chuckled softly. He hadn't expected that he could already be considered a genius without the system's support.

"Indeed, one must keep striving. Equipment slots are secondary..." Of course, he only dared to say this to himself, not to the equipment slots.

Although there is no Intelligence in the equipment slot.

But he has a sense of shame...

Let me sigh a little.

Zhang Yan then immersed himself in cultivation.

To Zhang Yan's surprise, it took him a year to reach the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

"This speed is too slow..." he sighed.

Cultivation is indeed a waste of time.

"My wood-elemental magic has reached the twentieth level of Qi Refining. The next step is to cultivate fire-elemental magic..."

The reason he chose fire magic is because his wood magic has reached the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

Wood generates fire.

Therefore, his cultivation of fire-based magic will receive certain enhancements.

His cultivation of fire magic was much faster than he had imagined.

It's like making progress every day.

The root cause of this phenomenon is quite simple.

That was the bottleneck in his Qi Refining stage cultivation, which he had already broken through using wood-type magic.

The cultivation of fire magic can be achieved simply by following the prescribed meditation method.

There are no real obstacles or barriers to speak of.

It involves continuously absorbing spiritual energy and then converting it into fire-based magical power.

Even because of the cultivation room, he didn't need to convert the fire magic himself.

It's readily available.

They've already fed him right to his mouth!
How could it be slow?

All he needs to do is absorb fire magic and then purify it!

Purify it vigorously.

Just quietly accumulate purity.

in this way……

Zhang Yan raised his fire-type magic to the perfect twelfth level of Qi Refining in less than three years.

This was many times faster than the increase in his wood-type magic power.

"but……"

Zhang Yan felt the magical power within his body.

Some things are not good.

The two types of magic show signs of fire magic being the dominant one.

"It seems I need to cultivate earth-elemental magic more quickly." Zhang Yan took a deep breath.

He has been in seclusion for more than six years.

This was the first time he had secluded himself for such a long time since coming to the world of cultivation.

However, he did not hesitate at all and immediately began cultivating the third type of magic.

This time, I'm cultivating earth-based magic.

With the experience from the previous two times, Zhang Yan's cultivation speed of earth-based magic was even faster.

Although the earth element magic power is only of the low-grade spiritual root.

But we have so many resources!

In just over two years, he reached the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

This speed can only be described as terrifying.

Aside from Zhang Yan himself, he had never heard of anyone who could raise their cultivation level from zero to the twelfth level of Qi Refining in just over two years.

"Next up is metal-based magic." Zhang Yan took a deep breath.

He only needs to raise his metal and water magic to the twelfth level of Qi Refining to fully switch to cultivating Taiyi Hunyuan Qi.

He has now cultivated three-fifths of the magical power he possessed before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

The speed is quite fast.

……

What Zhang Yan didn't know was...

While he was in seclusion for cultivation, the entire Qingheng Sect became tense.

There is no other reason.

The war of reclamation is about to begin, and the entire Qingheng faction is on a general mobilization.

So much so that...

All the true disciples have returned from Tianmu Mountain to take charge of the Qingheng Sect.

It can be said that, apart from a few disciples who went into seclusion, everyone began preparations.

“Junior Brother Zhang has been in seclusion for several years. Should we go and call him?”

"This is taking far too long." At this moment, in the Wood Spirit Peak, Mu Sen looked at the distant cultivation room with some worry.

"You don't need to worry about him. Let him cultivate in seclusion." Zhuge Wan scanned him with her divine sense and said with a smile, "Besides, Zhang Yan is a support-type talent. Do you really expect him to fight people to the death?"

Hear this.

Everyone was silent.

Yes, in the Qingheng Sect, the pioneering war is a topic that almost everyone has to talk about.

Almost every cultivator in the Qingheng Sect has been preparing for this.

The war of reclamation was fair to everyone.

Whether you are an outer disciple or an inner disciple.

Whether you are a steward or a sect leader, you need to go and explore new areas.

but……

Only someone like Zhang Yan is unnecessary.

Because they are typical cultivators skilled in martial arts, their combat strength is generally not strong enough.

But their skills are exceptional.

It is far more useful to keep them in the rear to provide logistical support to the front than to throw them into the front.

"Besides, with our Qingheng Sect's grand undertakings, how could we possibly lack a mere Qi Refining stage youth?" Zhuge Wan said with a light laugh.

Under normal circumstances, no one would care whether Zhang Yan came out of seclusion or not.

……

(End of this chapter)