Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 84 The fourth level of Qi refining
Time flies, and more than ten days have passed since Fang Jingxuan safely redeemed his master's magic weapon.

During this period, he only did one thing, which was to go to the warehouse and quit his job.

After this war, Fang Jingxuan realized that the current situation was different from his previous life. Stability was no longer the mainstream, and fighting was the norm.

In the previous life, if I joined the system, I would have a guaranteed income for the rest of my life, but in the world of cultivation, in Baishan?
Ha ha!

Thinking that you can live a stable life once you get a job is unrealistic in Baishan.

Fang Jingxuan saw that the Chu family's action was well prepared and they achieved their goal in the end, but what happened next?
Did the Ning family just tolerate this? After being publicly slapped by the Chu family, if they didn't retaliate, would they still be the natives of Baishan?
It is foreseeable that there will be follow-up to this incident with the Chu family. What will happen if Fang Jingxuan forces them to join the war?
Once, twice, and so on again and again, Fang Jingxuan felt that sooner or later he would die fighting for the Chu family.

Hadn't I chosen to curry favor with Wei Tong in the first place for the sake of better cultivation? But now that the Chu family was caught in the vortex of war, what was the point of clinging to Wei Tong as a strong supporter?

So, Fang Jingxuan made a prompt decision and went to the warehouse to find Wei Tong and brought up the matter in a tactful way.

Fang Jingxuan said that after this war, he discovered his true nature, which is that he just wanted to live a peaceful life and didn't want to struggle anymore.

Wei Tong just felt sorry for Fang Jingxuan's idea, but he did not force Fang Jingxuan to continue.

In his opinion, even without Fang Jingxuan, there are still many young cultivators waiting to be promoted and waiting to curry favor with him. Why should he force someone to drink water?

Wei Tong readily agreed to this and let Fang Jingxuan go, but from then on, Fang Jingxuan could clearly feel that his relationship with Wei Tong had become distant.

If something happens in the future, mentioning Wei Tong again will not work, and it may even have a counterproductive effect. So Fang Jingxuan has made up his mind to rely on himself in the future.

However, Fang Jingxuan felt that Wang Xinyu's attitude towards him had not changed at all, so she probably didn't care about these things.

He came to eat for free every day, without any hesitation, and did not even force Fang Jingxuan to pay back the money quickly, just like always.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

Wang Xinyu waved her chopsticks in front of Fang Jingxuan. Fang Jingxuan came back to his senses, looked at the food on the table, and gave a forced smile.

There were several dishes on the table, all looking delicious, but only one looked horrible, and this one was the result of Wang Xinyu's insistence on showing off.

"Have a try! My newly developed 'Chicken Soup with Ten Miraculous Herbs' is guaranteed to have a very good tempering effect on your physique."

Fang Jingxuan looked at Wang Xinyu's expectant eyes. She seemed to be treating him as a test subject.

I was wondering what you were researching at home all day, and it turns out you were tinkering with these things.

Fang Jingxuan tasted a spoonful carefully, and then his eyes lit up. You know what, the effect of this soup is really strong.

As soon as you take a sip, you'll feel a strong surge of energy and blood, and it makes you feel warm when you drink it. However, the taste is really not very good.

"Drink more. If it's not enough, I'll make you some more."

"That's enough. I can't drink any more. I just want to taste it."

Fang Jingxuan quickly refused and dissuaded Wang Xinyu from continuing to cook.

"Okay, but what are you going to do next? You've quit your job in the warehouse. How are you going to eat? Or are you planning on pulling passengers on the ferry?"

Wang Xinyu felt a little worried for Fang Jingxuan, but she also supported Fang Jingxuan's resignation from the warehouse job. Now it seems that Wu Yong was the smart man at the time and was not confused by the immediate interests, thus avoiding subsequent incidents.

Fang Jingxuan foolishly tried to curry favor with him, thinking that he had found a backer and would never have to worry about his life. However, who knew that the gift was secretly priced.

"Well, take a break first and focus on your cultivation. I'm only at the third level of Qi Refining right now, which is too low. I'll find something to do when I reach the fourth or even fifth level. For now, even after I pay you back, I'll have enough to live on for two or three years."

Fang Jingxuan thought about it and then told Wang Xinyu what was in his heart. He had been running around and experienced a lot in the past year.

He also changed from being eager for quick success and instant benefits and climbing up the ladder at the beginning to being more open-minded now.

After all, his own cultivation was the most important. Now that he had made a fortune, there was no need for him to continue running around for those spirit stones.

It's time to take a break and at least improve my cultivation. The third level of Qi Refining is really a bit low. "Okay, the price of magic tools is not high now. If you sell it now, you will lose money. Let's wait and see in a year or two. I'm not short of spirit stones now. We can talk about it when you have more money."

"Friend Wang, you are so understanding. I owe you such a huge favor. I don't know how I'm ever going to repay you."

Listening to Fang Jingxuan's joke, Wang Xinyu's eyes turned and continued:
"That's easy. Just drink this bowl of 'Chicken Soup with Ten Miraculous Herbs' and cooperate with me on this research. Then I'll repay your kindness."

Fang Jingxuan was stunned. He looked at the dark soup and immediately shook his head.
"Let's find another way to repay you. This soup is really hard to swallow."

Wang Xinyu immediately pretended to be angry and condemned Fang Jingxuan:
"Okay, you don't even dare to do that, and you still talk about repaying me, it turns out that it's all just coaxing."

Fang Jingxuan chuckled, called Tuoyuan over, pointed at it and said:

"Wouldn't it be better if you studied it while someone else did it for me?"

At this time, Tuo Yuan still didn't know what was going on. He stared at Fang Jingxuan with wide eyes and just smiled foolishly.

The days that followed were peaceful and comfortable. Every day, Fang Jingxuan would draw talismans, practice body training and take medicinal baths, tease Tuo Yuan and Wang Xinyu, and meditate at night.

A month later, Fang Jingxuan's attainment in talismans achieved a breakthrough, and his silent sound technique was perfected, reaching the state of perfection.

Then he turned to practice the other two low-level talismans. With the experience of drawing silent notes, his progress in the other two talismans was rapid. In a short period of time, he pushed them all to the realm of great success.

Another month later, he completed the first level of body refining and achieved the Wood Skin Realm. From then on, his skin was always protected by a layer of spiritual wood shield, and his defensive ability was greatly enhanced.

The essence of the spiritual wood finally no longer needed to be consumed, which made the old man Mo Guinong very disappointed.

This went on until half a year later, one morning, in the quiet room, Fang Jingxuan slowly woke up from his meditation.

At this moment, a divine light flashed in his eyes, and his surging spirit made him unable to control his strangeness.

Feeling that the total amount of magic power in his body was more than half higher than before, Fang Jingxuan was very excited.

After practicing for so long, he finally broke through from the third level of Qi Refining to the fourth level. Now he is also a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

In fact, as early as two months ago, Fang Jingxuan's cultivation progress had reached the perfect state of 600 points, but from the third level of Qi Refining to the fourth level of Qi Refining, there was a small bottleneck that he could not break through.

However, Fang Jingxuan continued to take the Moon Jade Dew and practiced meditation, but his practice points did not increase.

Later, Fang Jingxuan calmed down and stopped pursuing things deliberately. He just drew talismans, fed fish, drank tea to maintain his health, and lived a comfortable life at home every day.

Fang Jingxuan had thought that this bottleneck would hold him back for a year or two, and he had made sufficient mental preparations for it. However, he did not expect that he would break through in just two months.

After calming down his joy, Fang Jingxuan turned his attention to the attribute panel, which showed:

[Real name: Fang Jingxuan]

Age: 24

[Cultivation: Fourth level of Qi refining (1/1000)]

[Talisman: Guiding Talisman, Cleansing Talisman, Silent Note (Perfect), Evil-Repelling Talisman: 3/100]

[Physical Training Technique: Qingmu Health Training, Qingmu Bark (Perfect), Vine Meridian: 4/100]

[Secret: "Cicada Hiding Skill": 9/100]

Fang Jingxuan admired his own achievements, staring at the words "Fourth Level of Qi Refining". After being intoxicated for a few breaths, he stood up and went outside to see Xiaoliu, the bony catfish.

Now that he had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, his spiritual energy was sufficient to contract with another spirit beast.

Fang Jingxuan was looking forward to it. He wondered what kind of surprises Xiaoliu, the mutant catfish, could bring him.

(End of this chapter)