Mysterious mirror hanging high

For cultivators with good spiritual roots, the bottlenecks between major and minor realms will be easier to break than for ordinary cultivators. For example, the small bottleneck from the sixth to the seventh level of Qi training, which is the transition from the middle stage to the late stage, will not be able to stop cultivators like Yun Xuance and Li Jiangmei for too long. For geniuses like Lu Yingzhao, it is almost impossible, who can start breaking through the realm immediately after completing the sixth level of Qi training.

But for cultivators with ordinary spiritual roots, this small bottleneck may take five, eight, ten or even a lifetime.

Jing Yu's nephew-in-law Mu Shan has been working tirelessly to overcome this bottleneck over the past three years, but his cultivation is still stuck at the sixth level of Qi training. It is unknown when he will be able to break through to the late stage of Qi training. Now Mu Shan is fifty-nine years old, and he is getting closer to the age of eighty when his Qi and blood will decline and his meridians will dry up. The possibility of building a foundation is becoming increasingly slim.

Now Mu Shan is still serving as the deacon in Area A of the Spirit Plant Garden, and Jing Yu has to come to the Spirit Plant Garden every day to look after the spiritual fields. The two of them see each other every day. Perhaps because his cultivation has stagnated for a long time, Jing Yu always feels that Mu Shan has been a little decadent in recent days, and his whole spirit has weakened a lot.

"Uncle!"

Jing Yu was thinking about Mu Shan, but he didn't expect Mu Shan to come. What made him a little stunned was that Mu Shan looked much better today than before, and his original gloomy and decadent look was gone. After feeling the spiritual pressure of the late stage of Qi training emanating from his body, Jing Yu suddenly understood.

Qi training level seven! Mu Shan broke through!

"Old Mu! Congratulations!" Mu Shan is a kind man. He has taken good care of Jing Yu in recent years. Jing Yu is happy for Mu Shan from the bottom of his heart. In fact, there is a generation gap between them, but Jing Yu is younger than Mu Shan after all, and his cultivation is lower, so it is not good for him to be arrogant. After they got to know each other, they talked about their own things, and Jing Yu called him Old Mu.

"I've barely reached the end of Qi training at the age of sixty. My life is over. What's there to congratulate?"

Mu Shan was being modest, but his face was wrinkled with a smile, and it was obvious that he was in a very good mood.

"Uncle, I'm hosting a banquet at home tonight, you must not be absent!"

"Yes, yes, Old Mu, your breakthrough in cultivation is certainly worth celebrating, but there is another happy event right now, and now it has come together!" Jing Yu said with a smile.

"What other good news?" Mu Shan was stunned.

"Isn't Manager Zhang from Area A of the Spiritual Plant Garden planning to retire?"

Jing Yu lowered his voice, "District A is responsible for the production of spiritual rice in Wushan Market. It has great authority and only cultivators in the late Qi training stage are eligible. You've served as a deacon in District A for decades, and you have a wide network of friends and experience. You were just stuck in your cultivation before, but now you've broken through. With Steward Zhang stepping down, wouldn't it be natural for you to step down?"

"Harmful!"

Mu Shan's face was filled with joy, and he tugged at Jing Yu's arm, shaking his head repeatedly. "I just happened to get some energy today, and I just needed to work hard. As soon as I had a breakthrough, I came out looking for you in great joy. How could I have imagined such a big deal?"

"Manager Zhang is already old, and he's about to go to the nearby Immortal City to try his luck at foundation building. He's left this position vacant. I wonder how many people are eyeing it covetously, not just the dozen or so deacons in Area A. Several qualified late-stage Daoists in the Spirit Fruit and Spirit Medicine Areas, who hasn't been moving around in the past few months?"

"I was originally lacking in cultivation, so I had long since given up the thought of competing. Now that I've broken through, I'm being pushed forward! I wonder how those colleagues who have been operating for a long time feel!"

Jing Yu curled her lips and said, "What a pure and innocent white lotus! Old Mu, don't be so ungrateful!"

Mu Shan laughed heartily, obviously knowing that Jing Yu was teasing him. He patted his shoulder and said, "Remember this tonight! I'll ask Cheng Huan to buy some more spiritual fruits and vegetables."

"Okay, I have to finish harvesting this crop of spiritual rice first."

Without even looking up, Jing Yu said, "You picked an auspicious day for your breakthrough. The last crop of spiritual rice was harvested less than a month ago, and I'm currently well off. It would be unreasonable for me not to prepare a generous gift."

Mu Shan grinned and said with a smile: "Uncle, just do what you can."

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That evening, at Mu Shan's house in Neifang

Zhao Chenghuan was very efficient and prepared a large table of delicious food in less than an hour. When Jing Yu arrived, many people had already come to the courtyard. Except for Mu Shan's family, the rest were cultivators who had a good relationship with Mu Shan.

Fu Erniang from Xianji Building, Manager Wen from Lingshifang, Master Li from Danding Pavilion, Wang Po from Yuelao Pavilion...even Hu Yiming was there.

"Uncle Zhao!" A young man in a scarlet robe was standing in front of the courtyard gate, acting as the face of the crowd. When he saw Jing Yu, his eyes lit up and he waved at him.

"It turns out to be Xiaosheng." Jing Yu nodded with a smile.

This young man is naturally Li Sheng, who is now ten years old.

Judging from the appearance alone, the little beggar with shifty eyes who was captured by Mu Shan in the capital of Zhao State is no longer there. If this scarlet robe was just a monkey in a human form when he just started to draw the Qi into his body, Li Sheng now has the style of a true immortal cultivator.

Later, Li Sheng even disliked his original name and changed it to "Sheng", which means "Sheng", which means he wanted to strive to be the best and win in everything.

"Xiaosheng, your cultivation is improving quite fast!" Jing Yu was a little surprised. Li Sheng is now at the second level of Qi training. In more than three years, it is not considered slow for a cultivator with low-grade spiritual roots, even if he has no shortage of food!

"Master always helps me with resources, otherwise it wouldn't be so fast." Li Sheng said modestly.

"Are you still serving as a fire-fanning boy under Master Li Dan?"

"That's natural. I have average talent in alchemy. Now, three years have passed, and I'm still doing odd jobs like blowing air and starting fires. I don't know when I'll be able to make pills." Li Sheng frowned, obviously feeling a little depressed.

"It takes seven or eight years for an alchemy apprentice to learn how to make pills. You'll have a long time to wait!" Jing Yu smiled, talked to Li Sheng for a while, and then stepped into the yard.

"Daoyou Zhao is here."

"Fellow Daoist Zhao!"

"Brother Zhao! How are you?"

After all, Jing Yu and Mu Shan were in the same circle, and most of the cultivators close to Mu Shan were also close friends with Jing Yu. He smiled and responded to each one, looking at Mu Shan who came to greet him: "Old Mu, congratulations."

"Uncle, you're here." Mu Shan came over and patted Jing Yu on the back, then snatched the gift box from Jing Yu's hand: "Since you're here, why bring a gift?"

Jing Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Don't return the Yunshan tea that cost twenty spirit coins."

Mu Shan had only broken through a small realm this time and held a family banquet. It was not as grand as the foundation-building celebration of the Golden Elixir Ceremony, so the gifts did not need to be too expensive. Jing Yu was a poor guy who had just entered the immortal way for more than three years, so a gift worth twenty spirit coins was already considered extremely valuable.