My Optimized Immortal Life

After the craze for the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm subsided, the Fenglin Valley Market also returned to its previous appearance. Because it was backed by the Baiduan Mountains, even without the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm, the spiritual objects in the Fenglin Valley Market were rich enough to retain many cultivators who originally came for the Yuncang Mountain Secret Realm, and Chen Qing also welcomed his new neighbors.

"Fellow Daoist, are you a cultivator from outside?"

Chen Qing asked as he looked at a tall and handsome young monk who walked into the courtyard.

"Yes, how long have you lived here?"

The young man's whole body revealed the magical power fluctuations of the sixth level of Qi Refining, and he spoke in a very kind manner.

Upon seeing this, Chen Qing threw the Qi-gazing Technique over with disdain. Looking at the young man's cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining in the Qi-gazing Technique, he fell into deep thought... This Qi-gazing Technique seems to be useless. Is there something wrong? Forget it, we don't believe it.

Although Chen Qing thought he could rival a cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage, he had never fought with a cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage, and he could not guarantee whether the other party had some trump cards, so when dealing with a real cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage, Chen Qing still had to be a little timid.

"Fellow Daoist, I have lived here for five years. The house next door is solid and safe, and is just right for a cultivator like you to live in."

Chen Qing quietly wiped away the cold sweat and said with a bow.

"I see. My name is Zuo Ze. Living next to you might disturb you, so please forgive me."

Zuo Ze bowed and smiled, then he slapped his head and asked again.

"By the way, I heard that you seem to be a talisman maker?"

"Yes, my name is Chen Qing. I have just recently started making talismans and can barely draw ice arrow talismans."

Chen Qing was quite nervous. "Brother, why are you asking this? You don't have any other intentions, do you?"

It was normal for Chen Qing to have such an idea. After all, a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining would have a net worth of at least five or six hundred spirit stones. In the Maple Valley Market, it would be a piece of cake for him to live in the market. Now Zuo Ze not only refused to enter the market, but also hid his cultivation level to the sixth level of Qi Refining. He must have other intentions. Chen Qing was afraid that he would set his sights on himself.

Moreover, Zuo Ze is an outsider cultivator, and he may have some trump cards that are not available in the Fenglin Valley Market. If a conflict occurs with him, Chen Qingzhen is not sure that he can defeat him.

After listening to Chen Qing's words, Zuo Ze nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I see that you haven't yet reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. Consider this Qi Refining Pill as a little help from me."

As he spoke, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it to Chen Qing.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist."

Chen Qing forced a smile, took the porcelain bottle, and put it into the storage bag without even looking at it.

Seeing Chen Qing accept the porcelain bottle, Zuo Ze bowed and then turned and walked into the house where He Laodao lived.

Watching the other person's figure disappear behind the door, Chen Qing quickly returned to the house.

Close the door, close the window, and post talismans.

After using up the three-piece set, Chen Qing sat back on the bed, feeling sorry for his dull life. He hadn't even had time to survive when Zuo Ze came. This meant that he had to reduce the frequency of his usual talisman-selling activities, otherwise there would be a risk of being exposed. After all, he was a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

To exaggerate a little, Zuo Ze is the first late-stage Qi Refining cultivator who has any connection with Chen Qing. Chen Qing can only treat him with 100% caution.

I don’t know if a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining has the ability to discover the basement I dug under the house. If it is discovered, it will be a bit troublesome. I guess I can only temporarily stop my plan of making talismans to earn spirit stones.

Chen Qing was secretly calculating.

Not knowing why Zuo Ze hid his cultivation level and settled in this settlement of casual cultivators, Chen Qing felt that he should reduce his contact with the latter.

However, what he didn't expect was that Zuo Ze was indeed targeting him, no, to be more precise, he was targeting his ability to make talismans.

After entering He Laodao's house, Zuo Ze casually threw out a talisman, and then summoned a spirit beast he had specially prepared from the spirit beast bag. He saw a scorpion with a yellowish-brown body clinging to Zuo Ze's arm.

Zuo Ze placed it on the floor of the room, then took out a small transparent crystal from his storage bag and placed it on the scorpion. After the scorpion grasped the crystal, a layer of ochre light suddenly appeared all over its body, and then the scorpion sank to the ground, as if it had fallen into a quagmire, and disappeared without a trace.

In a corner of Chen Qing's basement, a tiny scorpion dug up the soil, drilled out from the soil and rocks outside, then climbed up the wall, embedded the transparent crystal into the wall, and then returned to its original place, entered the dug hole, and restored the hole.

A moment later, Zuo Ze on the other side saw the scorpion returning, and the transparent crystal on its body was gone.

Seeing this, he nodded and thought to himself.

This Chen Qing is both a talisman maker and a casual cultivator, so he can be considered for inclusion in the plan. After all, I really need the help of a casual cultivator and talisman maker.

He secretly reviewed his plan to see if he had missed anything.

In the following days, Chen Qing reduced the number of times he made talismans according to the plan, and when making talismans, he only drew the ice arrow talisman and the fireball talisman, so as not to arouse Zuo Ze's suspicion.

As for the free time that suddenly became available, Chen Qing used it to practice. After all, considering the possible surveillance, there was nothing else Chen Qing could do.

Zuo Ze's behavior was just as Chen Qing had expected.

Basically, Zuo Ze goes out for four or five hours every day. I don’t know what he does, but it’s definitely not to help an old lady cross the road.

Chen Qing did not enter Zuo Ze's house to check when he was away. He knew with his toes that there must be nothing in his room. At most there was a talisman to warn outsiders when they entered.

However, apart from giving Chen Qing a Qi-combining pill when he first came, Zuo Ze never had any communication with Chen Qing afterwards. He always hid in the house or was busy outside. Chen Qing was happy with it. As long as Zuo Ze didn't come to find him, it would be great news.

In this way, another month passed in the blink of an eye. Thanks to Chen Qing's hard practice (in fact, he couldn't do anything else), his cultivation level improved a lot in the past month. If he maintained this state, for another year or so, he estimated that he would be able to cultivate to the perfection of the fourth level of Qi Refining and try to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

This is such great news!

Chen Qing calculated the days. It had been six months since he broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. Another year would be enough for him to break through. In other words, it would take him about a year and a half to go from the fourth level to the fifth level. This was even after he took some Qi-combining pills from time to time. Hehe...

Chen Qing could only say that he was worthy of being in the middle stage of Qi Refining. The time required for one level of progress far exceeded the time it took for his original body to advance from the first level to the third level of Qi Refining.

If Chen Qing did not take the elixir, this time would probably increase directly to two years.

In fact, it is not unacceptable to improve one level of cultivation every two years, but Chen Qing took into consideration that he would definitely use his innate abilities in the future. If calculated in this way, it would probably take a long time for him to reach the perfection of the tenth level of Qi Refining.