Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 27 Middle stage of Qi training
The next day, Lin Changheng went directly to the General Affairs Hall, submitted the "profit sharing" option, and then looked at the huge light and shadow panel in the center of the General Affairs Hall.

Task information scrolls across it.

It is a kind of magical device that can be driven by a small amount of spiritual power to record information.

The above are all routine tasks.

This includes tasks such as planting and maintaining spiritual plants, raising and harvesting spiritual fish on time, tending the herb garden, turning the soil and planting seeds, etc. These are all tasks that do not require much expertise and can be done by learning one or two unique spells. They are for ordinary people.

Skills such as alchemy and talisman making, which have high skill requirements, are not displayed.

Lin Changheng seemed to be thinking about something, so he went directly to ask the person in charge.

"A newly promoted entry-level alchemist?"

Seeing Lin Changheng nod, the other party took out a thick book and said that for any missions involving pills, they could just ask him directly.

"Are there any other tasks related to pills besides alchemy?"

Lin Changheng responded, then asked thoughtfully, "For example, what about the disposal of inferior pills?"

"Oh?"

Manager Xu glanced at him with slight surprise, then, seeing Lin Changheng's energetic appearance and recalling the age recorded in the register, he immediately understood.

In their early thirties, they are at the prime of their lives, like top-notch oxen and horses.

If one has a wife, children, or offspring to bless them, it will be even more effective, making them a truly divine body born from the heavens.

Pity……

He muttered to himself, then wet his fingers with his lips and began searching through the register.

Lin Changheng had no idea what the person in front of him was thinking; he simply waited.

A moment later, Xu Xuzhong looked up and said, "There are no more tasks to handle low-grade waste pills for the time being. They have been taken care of by an old alchemist. After that, there are also alchemists queuing up."

Old alchemist?
This time it was Lin Changheng's turn to be puzzled.

But soon, Xu Xuzhong added a brief explanation: "He also has a grandson who has reached adulthood and possesses a low-grade spiritual root."

It turned out to be the case.

It's another story of burning the candle to ashes while hoping the grandson will become a dragon.

Even the cultivation world cannot escape it.

Nodding, Lin Changheng earnestly requested, "When new tasks involving processing pills arise, please reserve a portion for me, so that I may contribute to my own path of cultivation and dedicate myself to the rise of the clan."

Upon hearing these resounding words, Xu Xuzhong immediately looked at Lin Changheng with newfound respect, saying, "Don't worry, I'll definitely keep it for you."

"Thank you."

Lin Changheng left, leaving Xu Xuzhong with a straight, pine-like back view.

……

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It was the dead of night, and the secluded courtyard of Tingchao Dojo was utterly silent.

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

A slight ripple suddenly came from inside the house, and it grew stronger and stronger.

The spiritual energy gathered by the low-grade [Spirit Gathering Array] formed a small vortex that continuously entered the figure sitting cross-legged in the center, forming hand seals.

Inside its body, there was also quite a bit of commotion.

A faint light shone from within his dantian. The [Flowing Fire Technique] circulated throughout his body, continuously refining spiritual energy into his body and transforming it into drops of magical power that nourished his dantian.

Lin Changheng could feel that the bottleneck that had been preventing his cultivation from advancing was finally being smoothed out and was beginning to loosen.

Without hesitation, he crushed both low-grade crimson spirit stones, and pure spiritual energy surged into his meridians like a torrent.

I don’t know how long it took.

"Click——"

It felt like something inside my body had shattered.

An indescribable feeling of comfort instantly swept over my entire body.

"It's done."

Lin Changheng was overjoyed, a look of delight on his face. However, he did not interrupt his cultivation, but continued to absorb the remaining spiritual energy before slowly concluding his practice. At this moment, he had advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining, becoming a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

"After cultivating for more than sixteen years, I am now thirty-four years old and have finally broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining... Although it is somewhat slow, as long as there is progress, it is acceptable. Moreover, as my spiritual root improves in the future, the speed will increase accordingly."

Lin Changheng cast a cleansing spell on himself to wash away the sweat before coming to the courtyard and pouring himself wine under the bright moonlight.

Toast Mingyue, and Yingying became three people.

This perfectly matches the scene.

"If I hadn't decisively spent eighty spirit stones to buy this first-grade low-level [Spirit Gathering Array] in the Hundred Treasures Hall, the breakthrough would probably not have been so easy."

After finishing his drink, Lin Changheng still couldn't help but shake his head as he recalled the experience.

Heaven is ruthless; all cultivators suffer.

He still underestimated the stubbornness of this mid-term bottleneck.

If it weren't for his spiritual root already being of the low grade, and the help of a first-class low-grade [Spirit Gathering Array], it would probably have taken him an unknown amount of time to break through this bottleneck.

It might take more than double the original estimate of two and a half years.

Previously, the limitations of mixed spiritual roots were too great...

"Fortunately, from now on, I only need to cultivate step by step, accumulate magical power, and make great progress until I reach the sixth level of Qi Refining, at which point I will encounter another bottleneck."

Lin Changheng chuckled, feeling instantly relieved.

"I wonder if I can raise my spiritual root to the middle grade before I hit the bottleneck, so that the pressure of breaking through will be much less."

“We still have to work hard!”

Only after he had drunk the entire pot of spirit wine in his hand did Lin Changheng stagger into the room and lie down.

He fell fast asleep.

During this period, he has been constantly refining pills and under great pressure in his cultivation, and has not had a proper rest for a long time.

……

The next day.

Lin Changheng slowly woke up when the sun was high in the sky, feeling refreshed.

The spiritual wine from the cultivation world is indeed extraordinary; it has an extremely high alcohol content, yet it doesn't have the negative effects of a hangover, such as a headache.

Today, with the furnace closed for rest and no need to refine pills, Lin Changheng ate a proper breakfast in the courtyard and then fell into deep thought while looking at his storage bag.

He now possesses an excessive amount of elixirs.

Not only the Crimson Flame Pill, but also the Wood Essence Pill is refined with extreme skill. A batch of five pills can produce one high-quality pill at a time.

He had over three hundred high-quality pills in his storage bag alone!

The original 180 pills were divided and all were given to the Hundred Treasures Hall.

At a 30% discount from the market price, I obtained 252 low-grade spirit stones.

He dared not part with any of the premium pills, keeping them all in his hands and only daring to take two a month at a time.

However, in reality, the "Great Reclamation" was in full swing, resulting in many deaths and injuries. As a result, the price of pills in the outside world soared, increasing by at least 20%, but the so-called "market price" in the Treasure Hall was still two spirit stones.

The Xu family profited from both ends of the deal.

But for safety reasons, Lin Changheng had no other choice but to do this, as it was the best option, since it reduced the risk of going out and was worthwhile.

For two years, he stayed at the Xu family's house, never going out, oblivious to the bloodshed and turmoil outside, and enjoying himself.

But having too many high-quality pills is not a good thing; he will eventually have to go out, but only if he has enough means to protect himself.

Therefore, he is making detailed plans.

Once these pills are released, the number of spirit stones he possesses will surge to nearly a thousand!

It is an extremely considerable fortune.

……

As for the precious seed.

The [Original Treasure Seed] has accumulated more than halfway...

(End of this chapter)