I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 37: One Step at a Time

Ying Chan got extremely drunk.

Even in my deepest dreams, I felt warm and cozy all over, as if I were constantly basking in the warm sunshine.

Until a thought awakened, my mind suddenly became clear.

He opened his eyes, slowly straightened up, and unconsciously stretched his arms. For no reason, there was a series of muffled cracking sounds, as if bamboo joints had grown overnight.

Ying Chan clenched his fist in surprise, feeling a surge of power within his body. With a slight sway of his arm, he seemed to possess the strength of a dragon and an elephant.

This was naturally an illusion, but his physique had indeed undergone a qualitative transformation. To say that he could pull nine oxen backwards and change the strength of a pillar would not be an exaggeration.

But that's not the most important thing.

Ying Chan looked around in all directions.

It was still morning, but the sun was lower than before I got drunk, so the cycle must have already passed.

He woke up on the stone table. Everyone else, including Cai Que'er, was nowhere to be found.

However, Ying Chan was sound asleep and seemed unharmed, so it's likely that the others were also unaffected.

Unable to find anyone, he ignored it, got up, found a flat spot, assumed the posture of facing upwards, and began to cultivate his qi.

Just as Ying Chan predicted!
The spiritual energy and vital energy within his body had accumulated to a limit. With the manipulation of the cultivation technique, they emerged continuously and were transformed into the purest and most refined magical power through the circulation of Qi throughout the body.

In just a short while, Ying Chan's thirteen mysterious apertures were already full of magical power.

However, the spiritual energy accumulated within him showed no signs of being exhausted.

Ying Chan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Opening up the mystic apertures is easy at first and difficult later. Although his current level is not yet very profound, opening up more mystic apertures in succession is not so simple.

Generally speaking, after a Qi Refining cultivator opens a Mystic Aperture, they need to continuously nurture it until the Mystic Aperture becomes stronger and accumulates more powerful magic power before they can attempt to open the next Mystic Aperture.

It hasn't been long since Ying Chan last opened his Xuanqiao (mysterious aperture).

The three newly opened mystical apertures are far from being nurtured and strengthened, and it is unlikely that they will make further progress under normal circumstances.

This overflowing inspiration can be left to its own devices for now; at most, some of it will dissipate slowly, but with continued effort, most of it can still be utilized.

In this process, it may also greatly nourish the body and bring many benefits.

But for some reason, he was unwilling to do so.

After much thought, Ying Chan realized that his newly opened Xuanqiao (mysterious aperture) had not yet been nurtured and strengthened, and his magical power had not yet reached its full potential.

However, given the powerful nature of the "One Yuan Refining Qi Scripture," Ying Chan still has a certain degree of confidence in continuing to refine and open the Mysterious Aperture.

Is this not the very proper way to strive diligently and courageously?

Upon realizing this, Ying Chan stopped looking back and immediately began to channel his magical power.

When he first opened the Mysterious Aperture, he only needed to condense a wisp of magical power, as if threading a needle, to open the Mysterious Aperture.

But things are different now than they used to be.

He should concentrate on transferring magical power until it converges into a 'torrent'.

Then, he separated a wisp of his magical power, condensed it into a fine needle, and slowly inserted it into the Xuanqiao (acupoint).

At this moment, the key to that inner world seemed to have opened a tiny hole, but it began to close up again in an instant.

Ying Chan immediately gathered his magical power and plunged it into it!
Boom——!
The world shook violently, and Ying Chan felt as if a muffled thunderclap had exploded within him, causing all the orifices of his body to vibrate.

But he remained indifferent, because with this one impact, his Xuanqiao had already opened, and the force of his magical impact had not even been exhausted.

Fortunately, Ying Chan never relaxed his control over his magical power, and he was able to maintain precise control over the powerful magical power of the "One Yuan Qi Refining Scripture," thus managing to contain it in time and prevent the destruction of the newly opened Xuan Aperture. Otherwise, this single blow would have immediately damaged his foundation, and there would have been no point in talking about any further progress or courage.

Ying Chan came to his senses and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since he entered the Qi Refining stage, except when his magical power was first formed, he has always progressed steadily and gently, never attempting to break through the Xuanqiao (mysterious aperture) before his magical power was fully accumulated.

This time, I was unusually bold in my advance, and I originally thought that I would have to exert all my strength to have even a sliver of hope of success.
Unexpectedly, the power of the "One Yuan Qi Refining Scripture" was so strong that it opened the Xuanqiao too easily, almost causing him to suffer the consequences.

This also shows that the difficulty of cultivating the "One Yuan Qi Refining Scripture" is indeed not an exaggeration.

Ying Chan was able to control such powerful magic with great precision because he was born with exceptional abilities, a stable soul, and solid thoughts.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would probably be controlled by it, and every time they made some progress, they would have to spend a lot of effort on controlling their magical power.

Not to mention someone like him, who, on the contrary, uses his powerful magic to advance and become fierce.

Ying Chan carefully controlled his magical power, stabilizing the newly opened mystic apertures according to the methods in the cultivation manual, and began circulating his energy again, refining the spiritual energy into magical power...

In this way, in no time at all, the progress was consolidated.

He couldn't help but feel an impulse.

Since with our current magical power, we still have the strength to open up new mystic apertures, could we go all out and open up one, two, or even three more mystic apertures in one go?

Once a thought arises, it is difficult to calm it down.

Ying Chan silently circulated the spiritual energy within his body until his magical power was saturated again, then decisively began to attack once more.

Boom——

The world shook once more.

To prevent the difficulty of opening the mysterious aperture from exceeding his expectations, Ying Chan relied on his control over his magical power and always exerted his full strength.

Ironically, the spiritual energy accumulated by the Hundred Fruit Wine could continuously replenish his magical power.

By repeating this process, two more mysterious apertures were opened in succession.

Ying Chan finally realized that the stories in the miscellaneous books about peerless geniuses who could open the meridians of heaven and earth and cultivate the Xuan Guang in just ten months after entering the Qi Refining stage were probably not all exaggerations.

Based on his current progress, although he cannot compare with those figures, it will not take him many years to reach the pinnacle of Qi Refining.

Unfortunately, as Ying Chan continued to refine it, the essence of the Hundred Fruit Wine was completely exhausted.

Moreover, he gradually began to find it difficult to break through his Xuanqiao (mysterious aperture).

Ying Chan carried the last wisp of spiritual energy, feeling the magical power within his body gradually recovering, and immediately decided to give it one last try.

He channeled all his magical power, and a faint, surging, and unstoppable aura emanated from his body.

Immediately, it decisively activated a new mysterious aperture.

Boom——

In an instant, Ying Chan felt a bright light in his inner world, as if his primordial embryo had been split open, and a completely new scene appeared before his eyes.

Golden flowers flutter before my eyes, enchanting music fills my ears, and a rich fragrance permeates my nostrils…

Ying Chan, unaware of when, seemed to have materialized in the inner world and landed in a celestial palace.

Heavenly generals and soldiers lined the road to welcome him, while auspicious goddesses surrounded him, summoning dragons and phoenixes to escort him to the depths of the heavenly palace, where he would ascend to immortality...

"wrong!"

Ying Chanzheng, in a daze, suddenly awoke as he felt himself ascending.

Isn't this a delusion or obstacle in spiritual practice?
(End of this chapter)