My Optimized Immortal Life

The outskirts of the Great Wilderness Marsh were covered with fog, and it was basically impossible to see what was happening inside at the border of Song State. But after entering, Chen Qing discovered that the fog inside was obviously much less than that outside. The small island where they lived now was not obscured by fog, and they could see the surrounding waters for about several miles. Further away, there was fog, and it was hazy and unclear.

Chen Qing used his spiritual sense to penetrate into it, but it could only extend to a few miles and could not advance an inch. His spiritual sense was like being stuck in a quagmire. The deeper he went, the more uncomfortable it became.

However, this also has an advantage. If someone enters this place from the Great Wilderness Swamp, they will not be able to easily find the island where Chen Qing is.

After arranging everything on the island, Chen Qing practiced in the morning, studying the martial arts manuals brought out from Wanren City to accumulate knowledge. In the afternoon, he went out to explore the surrounding terrain and the distribution of monsters, gradually advancing the exploration of the Great Wilderness Marsh to find a way out of the Great Wilderness Marsh and to the center of the Southern Wilderness.

As for the night, he would naturally use it for cultivation. After all, his magic power was still too low, and he could also practice the mind-distraction technique he learned from Bailing Puppetry to further elevate his spiritual consciousness.

Therefore, although Chen Qing entered the Great Wilderness Swamp and was isolated from the world, he was actually still very busy.

But he enjoyed it.

After reaching the Jindan stage, he had his own understanding of cultivation and gradually clarified his own path of cultivation. Although the levels of the martial arts books he read every day were not high, they each had their own characteristics. Sometimes there were some unique ideas that could inspire Chen Qing and make him understand the essence of cultivation more and more deeply. All these would become his foundation and the basis for future breakthroughs.

Since Chen Qing was so busy, Xu Lingxin was naturally not idle either. After Chen Qing started practicing the art of distraction, he immediately used his innate abilities to optimize it, allowing himself to understand the key points of its practice. Then he began to guide Xu Lingxin in practicing this technique, to lay a good foundation for Xu Lingxin and improve her spiritual awareness.

The practice of the art of splitting the spirit is very time-consuming. Each split spirit needs to be nurtured for at least three months before it can amplify the spiritual consciousness. As the number of split spirits increases, the nurturing time will gradually increase. Therefore, Chen Qing only wants Xu Lingxin to split several split spirits, so that the spiritual consciousness can far exceed that of the cultivators in the late stage of foundation building, which is enough to easily complete the steps of mana aggregation and condensation when breaking through the core formation.

As for cultivating the spiritual consciousness to the level comparable to that of a cultivator in the Jindan stage, that would be a waste of too much time. It would be better to break through the Jindan stage and use the Jindan mana to nourish the spiritual consciousness to improve quickly. Then, after breaking through the Jindan stage, practice the spirit separation technique to continue to improve the spiritual consciousness.

However, even so, it would take Xu Lingxin at least a year to complete this step, and her breakthrough to the Jindan stage would be delayed again.

Chen Qing had no way to deal with this.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed. Xu Lingxin successfully cultivated the first split of her spirit to perfection, and her own spiritual awareness was thus enhanced, while Chen Qing completed a preliminary exploration of the surrounding environment.

To the east of the island where they were, there was a large area of ​​water with no mountains. The area explored by Chen Qing alone was hundreds of miles long. The auras were mixed, and there were many third-level creatures. Chen Qing was also targeted by several third-level monsters during the exploration, but it was not a big deal. Instead, these third-level monsters provided him and Xu Lingxin with ingredients for several barbecues.

To the north of the island, there is also a large area of ​​water, but there are also many small islands and even a large mountain range. There are the auras of several third-level monsters, one of which has reached the middle stage of the third level and is not easy to provoke, so Chen Qing did not go too deep. But after bypassing this mountain range, although there is still water behind it, the number of mountains is also increasing, so it may be one of the ways to leave the Great Wilderness Swamp.

According to Chen Qing's speculation, the Three Islands Alliance should be located in the south of the island, so he explored at a slightly slower speed, only exploring less than a hundred miles.

The west side of the island is the route Chen Qing took to come here. From here, he can return to the State of Song. Therefore, Chen Qing did not conduct an in-depth investigation. He simply marked the areas around where third-level monsters existed.

It has to be said that the Great Wilderness Marsh is indeed a dangerous place that countless cultivators in the Song State fear like a tiger. In this month, Chen Qing alone has sensed the aura of dozens of third-level monsters, which is comparable to the number of Jindan cultivators on both the righteous and evil sides in the final battle of Pingxiang Prefecture. And the area explored by Chen Qing is only a corner of the Great Wilderness Marsh.

There are so many third-order monsters that unless the four sects work together and send Jindan cultivators to explore, they will not be able to gain a foothold in the Great Wilderness Marsh. For ordinary foundation-building cultivators, entering the Great Wilderness Marsh is basically a matter of life and death. Here, there are tens of thousands of late-stage second-order monsters, and the number of middle-stage and early-stage monsters with slightly lower cultivation is even more numerous. Foundation-building cultivators can only explore a few miles of land at most and have to retreat. They cannot go deeper.

This is also the reason why Chen Qing has to wait until his cultivation reaches the Jindan stage and he refines his natal magic weapon before entering the Great Wilderness Marsh. If a cultivator who has just entered the Jindan stage enters this place, although he does not have to worry about encountering second-level monsters on the road, if he wants to find a place with abundant spiritual energy that can satisfy his own cultivation, he will inevitably face third-level monsters. If his means are not enough, he may suffer at the hands of third-level monsters. Only cultivators in the middle or late Jindan stage can gain a foothold after entering the Great Wilderness Marsh.

Although Chen Qing is only in the initial stage of cultivation, he has extraordinary skills and his combat power is comparable to that of a cultivator in the middle or even late stage of Jindan. He is capable of killing the third-level monsters in the Great Wilderness Marsh. With his cultivation, spells, and magic weapons as his backing, he dared to enter the Great Wilderness Marsh.

However, the Great Wilderness Lake is indeed rich in spiritual energy, far exceeding the territory of the Song State. After just three months of cultivation here, Chen Qing's magical powers have made considerable progress. He roughly calculated that if he continued to practice here, the time it would take him to break through the middle stage of the Core Formation could be reduced by at least seven or eight years.

Therefore, Chen Qing planned to practice here for a few more years, and Xu Lingxin also readily agreed. When she was in the territory of Song State, it took her several years to practice from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage, even with the help of the elixir provided by Chen Qing. Later, when she broke through to the late stage, it was because Chen Qing brought the natural treasure of Han Jing, so she could break through in a short time. Otherwise, it would take at least ten years for her to practice on her own, just to build the foundation, not to mention that she would have to break through to the Jindan stage later. At the Jindan level, each breakthrough in cultivation would take more than ten years. Now she is practicing in the Great Wilderness Lake, a place with abundant spiritual energy. The breakthrough time can be reduced by a few years, which is equivalent to extending her life by a few years.

why not?

Chen Qing's days of training in the Great Wilderness were fulfilling and repetitive, with nothing new to offer. However, in the State of Song, waves of storms were surging one after another. Since the battle between good and evil, the situation had not calmed down, but had become even more turbulent.