My Optimized Immortal Life

A few days later, He Laodao left the courtyard, and of course, all his belongings were taken with him. Afterwards, Chen Qing went to his house and took a look. Wow, the black-horned lizard was so present that it would cry.

After seeing off Taoist He, Chen Qing was the only one living in the courtyard. Although there were all the cultivators around him, Chen Qing still felt inexplicably lost. However, he soon became immersed in cultivation and put this matter behind him.

In a blink of an eye, another two months passed, and Chen Qing's cultivation was also progressing steadily. However, God was a little unhappy to see him being so cowardly, so after a few days, there was new movement in the Maple Valley Market.

"Have you heard? Recently, a secret realm appeared in the Baiduan Mountains next to Maple Valley!"

"Heh... Not only that, I also heard that some cultivators found many techniques, magical instruments, and cultivation elixirs in it. There were even quite a few top-grade magical instruments. I don't know when this secret realm was built, but it's huge, seemingly even larger than the Qingyu Sect and the Black Water Sect."

"Ah, if that's the case, then the monks from the Qingyu Sect and the Black Water Sect won't go exploring as well."

"I've been there a long time ago, but those two sects are only foundation-building sects, and the cultivators they sent are all masters in the middle or late stages of Qi Refining. We independent cultivators can still try our luck there."

"..."

Chen Qing sat at a wooden table by the window in the teahouse, his eyes fixed on the window, while his ears tried his best to catch the conversation between the monks at the opposite table.

When the time was right, Chen Qing immediately asked, "Fellow Daoist, I heard that the secret realm is called the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm. I wonder if it's true or not."

The cultivators at the opposite table who were discussing heatedly heard Chen Qing's question, and one of them asked in return, "Fellow Daoist, are you also interested in that secret realm?"

Seeing this, Chen Qing said firmly, "Any casual cultivator would be interested in opportunities like secret realms. Everyone knows that it's difficult for casual cultivators to cultivate. Without opportunities like secret realms, how can one improve their cultivation?"

"Haha! Daoist friend, you're right. Since you also want to know the cause and effect of the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm, please come over and have a chat."

After saying that, the monks immediately vacated a seat. Seeing this, Chen Qing immediately walked over and sat down, ready to join this group of wandering cultivators.

As soon as Chen Qing sat down, the cultivator who had been introducing the situation continued, "This Yuncang Mountain was originally just a peak within the Baiduan Mountains, but it produces a spiritual herb called Zixia Flower, so many cultivators usually come there to collect herbs. This Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm was accidentally opened by a cultivator who was collecting herbs. The secret realm is hidden between a broken wall on the mountainside and can accommodate hundreds of cultivators. It is similar to a blessed land. The spiritual energy within it is said to be richer than the primary spiritual veins in Fenglin Valley. Even if many cultivators gain nothing there, just sitting there and practicing is equivalent to three or four days of hard work..."

At this point, Chen Qing couldn't help but interrupt.

"What exactly is the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm like? Is it a sect headquarters, or simply a paradise?"

"It should be a sect's headquarters. After all, many cultivators have discovered buildings there, as well as cultivation techniques and magical instruments..."

Soon, when Chen Qing felt that he had almost figured out the situation of the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm, he left the market and returned to his residence.

This secret realm of Yuncang Mountain appeared a few days ago. There was a huge commotion on the day of its appearance. Even the Maple Valley, which was about 10 to 20 miles away, could hear the huge noise when the secret realm was opened, as well as the sudden increase in the concentration of spiritual energy.

After exploring for a while, the Maple Valley Market, which is the closest to this secret realm, has already roughly figured out its situation. Many cultivators have come here from other places, which has made the business of the Maple Valley Market unprecedentedly booming.

Another beneficiary was Chen Qing. After all, once the secret realm appeared, the price of consumables such as talismans would rise, allowing him to make a lot of money during this period. However, he did not have the idea of ​​making a large number of talismans in exchange for spirit stones. Cultivation was the foundation of everything. He had to at least improve his cultivation to the fourth level of Qi Refining before considering making talismans to earn spirit stones.

Ignoring the turbulent situation in the outside world, Chen Qing stayed alone in his residence and practiced hard. In addition, the attention of the wandering cultivators was attracted by the secret realm. For a moment, everyone forgot about Chen Qing who was in seclusion in the house. Another month passed quietly.

In the cave beneath the house, Chen Qing sat cross-legged on a cushion, opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of foul air, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's been five months since I traveled through time, and I've finally perfected the third level of Qi Refining."

He deliberately dug this cave after being disturbed by He Laodao. The sound insulation in the room was still too poor. After moving to this underground retreat room, Chen Qing was able to practice in peace without being disturbed by the outside world.

With a large-capacity storage bag and magic tools, Chen Qing didn't have to spend too much effort to dig this basement. It took him three days to build it up, which was enough to support his retreat and practice.

Now that I have reached the third level of Qi Refining, it is time to start breaking through.

Yesterday, Chen Qing had already improved his cultivation to the third level of Qi Refining, but he was not in a hurry. Instead, he consolidated it for another day and only now officially began to break through.

Chen Qing laughed as he took out two porcelain bottles containing Qi-combining pills from his storage bag.

With six Qi-refining pills in hand, even with my aptitude, I can definitely break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and enter the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Chen Qing was still a little excited at this time. Although there was only one level difference between the fourth level of Qi Refining and the third level of Qi Refining, it was actually a breakthrough of a small bottleneck. Entering the fourth level of Qi Refining was equivalent to stepping into the middle level of Qi Refining. Only when he reached the middle level of Qi Refining could Chen Qing truly cast spells. Spells like his previous Earth Listening Spell and Sky Eye Spell were actually small spells and could not be considered real spells.

After calming down, Chen Qing took a deep breath, poured out a clear yellow Qi-invigorating pill from the porcelain bottle, and swallowed it in one gulp.

After the Qi-combining pill entered the mouth, it fell straight down. If Chen Qing looked inward with his spiritual consciousness, he could find that the Qi-combining pill was dissolving, and the medicinal power continued to overflow, gradually spreading throughout the meridians of his body.

Upon seeing this, Chen Qing immediately started to practice the Fiery Fire Skill, continuously circulating the medicinal power that filled his meridians, transforming it into magic power and entering his Dantian.

Then it flows out from the dantian, impacting the meridians needed to break through the bottleneck.

If Chen Qing were to practice his own skills to impact his meridians, he would have to devote part of his mind to absorbing external spiritual energy. Even with his soul as a time traveler, it would be difficult to support such a multitasking practice method. Therefore, most cultivators break through the barriers by taking elixirs, and a very small number of those with special talents can break through on their own. As for those geniuses with earthly spiritual roots and heavenly spiritual roots, they will not encounter any bottlenecks until they reach the stage of forming a pill. There is no way around it, because they are talented enough.

Chen Qing's breakthrough is still going on. With his talent of four spiritual roots, although he is practicing the Fiery Power of his main spiritual root, one can still vaguely see some attribute magic power in his magic power besides the red fire magic power. These magic powers will resist the fire magic power when Chen Qing breaks through the barrier, so that only 70% of the magic power Chen Qing transferred to the breakthrough can be effective.

This is why the more spiritual roots one has, the harder it is to cultivate. The magic power a cultivator cultivates can only take into account three attributes at most. Any more will be beyond the cultivator's control. Only when one reaches the stage of transformation into a spirit can one freely control the five elements of magic power.