How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

"Ah this..."

"Haha, I was just kidding!"

Hongling couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Only a complete beginner would make such a mistake. Xiaoli, you've already mastered the Qi Refining Method, so you don't need to worry about this at all, hahaha!"

Hongli: "..."

"how?"

Hongling stopped laughing, puzzled: "Wasn't my joke funny?"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious, really hilarious!"

Hong Li smiled, tears welling up in her eyes. How funny! She was about to become a joke herself!

"In that case, let's get started without delay!"

"that……"

"What, is there a problem?"

"No, no, I was just a little uncomfortable sitting up, I was just adjusting my posture!"

"Okay, let's get started!"

"..."

……

Hongli sat cross-legged among the six spirit stones, her face serene and unperturbed by honor or disgrace. One couldn't help but admire her: she was indeed a promising cultivator, able to enter a state of perfect tranquility so quickly, with the heart of a child and pure sincerity!

Calm and still my foot!

Hongli stopped thinking.

……

"No, calm down, calm down! Even last-minute preparations can be effective!"

Hong Li roared inwardly to comfort herself: "As long as I use this time to quickly go through and understand the Qi Refining Method that I have already memorized!"

Great, that's getting simpler. Let me think... I understood it last time... the second word of the first line of the first paragraph on the first page!

"..."

Haha, you really are something, me in the past!

Hongli smiled through her tears. "In the past, I really didn't leave myself any way out!"

Qi refining, as the name suggests, involves spiritual energy and is a process of refining the acquired turbid energy in the body back to its innate state.

Once you reach this level, the style of combat can change compared to before. For example, you can throw a fire spell or condense a water spell. It doesn't necessarily have to be close-quarters combat with punches and blows.

Of course, physical fitness will not be neglected either.

In the process of refining Qi, the practitioner is like a locomotive, pulling carriages called acquired turbid Qi and burning energy called spiritual Qi, polishing and refining them through the correct meridians, upgrading them into advanced innate carriages.

At this moment, Hong Li, who is the locomotive, is hesitating at the crossroads.

Which way should I go?

I think it was mentioned in the Qi Refining Method, um...

correct!

Hong Li's eyes lit up, and she confidently guided the turbid energy in a certain direction—it must be this way!

"boom!"

[Your bound being (Hong Li) has failed in Qi Refining, resulting in meridian backflow and loss of Qi and blood... The realm is synchronizing, but the loss has failed, and the realm remains unchanged; currently, it is at the ninth level of Body Tempering.]

[Black Sun: ?]

[Black Sun: What happened?]

"..."

Hongli returned to the crossroads once more, her face serene.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 37: I Can't Hold Back Anymore!

The Five Elements Qi Refining Method, as the name suggests, involves refining the turbid qi in the body together with the absorbed spiritual qi into the innate qi of the five elements in order to achieve the effect of cultivation.

Everyone has the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in their body, but depending on their innate constitution, there are excesses and deficiencies.

The concept of the Five Elements Qi Refining Method is to make the strong Qi even stronger, and then guide it through the balance, so that the strengths can lead to the weaknesses, and the cultivation can continue to move forward.

At this moment, the spiritual energy around Hong Li began to become hot, and the scorching heat caused the temperature in the secret room to rise a few degrees.

"Just as expected..."

Hongling nodded. The Five Colors, Five Fruits, Five Directions Clan has a deep connection with the Five Elements Sect. Even though there are many intermarriages among the families, there will always be one attribute that stands out, which is a kind of talent in itself.

Although the founder of the Five Elements Sect possessed a rare balanced constitution of the five elements, he strongly advocated that his disciples first focus on mastering a single attribute.

The five immortal disciples he carefully cultivated also proved his words: as long as the balance is maintained, the future potential will not only not be reduced, but will also avoid many detours on the path of cultivation.

Once you master one method, you can understand all methods.

Of course, those are all ancient legends and stories. Nowadays, let alone the Five Elements Sect, you can't find a single true immortal in the entire cultivation world.

The Five Elements Sect, which once had six immortals guarding it, had a sect leader who was the strongest fighter on the surface, but he was only at the Nascent Soul stage.

Returning to the attribute affinity of the five color families, it can be roughly summarized as follows: the red family disciples are affinity with fire, the white family is affinity with metal, the green family is affinity with wood, the black family is affinity with water, and the yellow family is affinity with earth.

The five directions are: East (Wood), South (Fire), West (Metal), North (Water), and Center (Earth).

The five fruits are: plum wood, apricot fire, peach metal, chestnut water, and jujube earth.

As Hongling pondered this, she sensed the rich fire elemental energy surging around Hongli during her cultivation. She couldn't help but feel a sense of awe: Indeed, the aura that naturally emanates from her is so powerful. This child truly lives up to her reputation as a genius.

"Wow!"

A spark appeared out of nowhere and singed Hongling's eyebrows.

"Uh... something seems off..."

Hongling's expression gradually changed from感慨 to 僵硬, and then from 僵硬 to 惑惑.

Something seems off. Is this really spiritual energy that naturally emanates during cultivation?

It feels like... a mishap during cultivation caused a surge in spiritual energy?!

"No way……"

Hongling looked at Hongli in surprise, but found that the latter's expression was still calm, so she was relieved: "I knew it, it was just my imagination. How could such a genius like this child make such a low-level mistake? Haha, I've really been too sensitive lately."

Hongli: "..."

My dear aunt, this isn't your imagination. I really did go astray and almost suffered a qi deviation, but there was a save point in Black Sun, so I've reverted to a previous state...

And it really hurts!!!

woo woo woo...

Is this the retribution for slacking off?!

No, I absolutely cannot show any pain, or I'll give myself away in front of my aunt!

Come on, Hongli, you can do it! You have to hold on!

But it really hurts! She'd never felt this bad when she fell off a cliff!

Oh, right, that time there was a black sun as a cushion, so it's okay!

and so……

Hongli tentatively guided the spiritual energy towards another meridian...

"boom!"

A ball of fire suddenly exploded in the sealed room.

[Your bound being (Hong Li) has failed in Qi Refining, resulting in meridian backflow and loss of Qi and blood... The realm is synchronizing, but the loss has failed, and the realm remains unchanged; currently, it is at the ninth level of Body Tempering.]

[Black Sun: ???]

[Black Sun: Here we go again?]

"puff……"

Hongli felt a mouthful of blood welling up in her throat...

No, hold on!

"Gudu!"

The old blood was swallowed back, and Auntie probably didn't notice anything wrong!

Go Hongli, you're the best!

Meanwhile, Hongling, who was standing to the side, was almost at the end of her mind: "Huh?"

Is there really such a big commotion when breaking through from Body Tempering to Qi Refining?