My Optimized Immortal Life

Revolving courtyard.

Di Jian was still practicing hard. Chen Qing glanced at him across the room and nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, in two years, he broke through the ninth level of Qi Refining and reached the perfect tenth level. Now he just needs to consolidate his foundation before he can try to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

With Chen Qing's spiritual sense, he naturally saw through Di Jian's current progress in cultivation at a glance. After practicing the ethereal sword technique he gave him, Di Jian's cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds. Now, in terms of strength alone, it is likely that he would have no rivals even in the Qi Refining period.

No longer paying too much attention to Di Jian, Chen Qing turned back to his room, sat down quietly, and continued his daily mental practice.

The next day, when Di Jian saw Chen Qing walking out of the room, he was stunned at first, and then he saluted happily.

"Master."

Chen Qing nodded, casually took out a spiritual weapon that had been left in the storage bag for who knows how long, and handed it to Di Jian.

"You haven't neglected your cultivation in the past two years. Well done. I'll give this spiritual sword to you."

Looking at the spiritual weapon that fell into his hands, Di Jian showed a look of surprise, but he quickly reacted. For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, spiritual weapons are not difficult to obtain, not to mention that his master is a Jindan Zhenren.

Di Jian said, "Take the magic sword."

"Thank you Master for the treasure."

Chen Qing waved his hand, motioning him to sit on the cushion beside him. After he sat down, he spoke again.

"During these two years of cultivation, you must have accumulated a lot of confusion. Tell me one by one, and I will explain it to you in detail."

Hearing this, the joy on Di Jian's face became even more intense. He put away his spiritual weapon and then spoke quickly.

"Master, I have already reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. Only my mana remains to be perfected. According to the Void Sword Technique, I can attempt a breakthrough after accumulating enough mana. However, I feel like I'm still missing something in my practice. Master, could you tell me?"

Hearing this, Chen Qing smiled.

"Your Transparent Sword Body is quite agile. True. With your current foundation, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage is a sure thing. Even if you break through to the Core Formation stage in the late Foundation Establishment stage, your chances are several percentage points higher than those of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. This is all thanks to the baptism of sword energy and mana you received earlier, which has made your body more suitable for practicing sword techniques."

After a pause, Chen Qing continued.

"Of course, this is only a physical transformation. Your spiritual awareness is not yet sufficient."

"Spiritual consciousness accumulation?"

Hearing this, Di Jian was stunned at first, then thought about it and asked back.

"But the sect elders have said that Qi Refining cultivation has nothing to do with spiritual awareness."

After he finished speaking, Chen Qing smiled again.

"Of course, they haven't thought about this aspect of the problem at all. Otherwise, their cultivation wouldn't be stagnant at the stage of forming a pill, and they would need the help of pills to make further progress."

Hearing this, Di Jian immediately realized that his master was implying that the elders in the sect were practicing in the wrong way. Indeed, his master was a real person in the late Jindan stage, and his cultivation was three times stronger than that of the sect master. Naturally, his insights were not comparable to those of other elders.

While Di Jian was thinking, Chen Qing continued to speak, so he didn't think too much and focused his attention on Chen Qing's narration.

"A cultivator's practice relies mainly on mana. However, relying on only one path may lead to rapid progress in the early stages, but as one reaches a higher level of cultivation, they will be constrained by mana."

"My cultivation is based on the three paths, and all three paths advance simultaneously. Although progress may be slow in the early stages, your foundation is far superior to that of ordinary cultivators. The later you get, the faster your cultivation progress will be."

"These three paths are magic power, physical body, and spiritual consciousness. The physical body carries the magic power, the spiritual consciousness controls the magic power, and the magic power coordinates the two. In this way, there is the meaning of yin and yang complementing each other..."

Listening to Chen Qing's story, Di Jian seemed to have opened the door to spiritual practice. Looking back at the key points of spiritual practice that he had heard from the elders of the sect before, he could immediately sense the inappropriateness in them.

At the same time, he gradually became clear about the path he wanted to take.

This sermon lasted for nearly two hours. Only when the Golden Crow rose to its highest point did Chen Qing stop speaking.

He looked at Di Jian beside him, and seeing that the latter was still thinking about what he had said, he couldn't help but interrupt him.

"Di Jian, your cultivation is still low now, so you should focus on your foundation. You don't need to delve too deeply into the path. When you advance to the foundation-building stage, or even the core-forming stage, you will be able to find your own path in the ethereal sword technique."

Hearing this, Di Jian took a deep breath and knelt down to salute.

"Di Jian will remember Master's teachings."

"Okay, go ahead. Use the spiritual sword I gave you to hone your spiritual awareness. When your magic power is complete and you can withstand the remaining sword energy in the sword, that will be the day you break through to the foundation-building stage."

Hearing this, Di Jian nodded, turned around and left the courtyard, heading to the mission hall in the middle of the mountain to accept tasks and hone himself.

Seeing this, Chen Qing nodded with satisfaction.

Di Jian possesses a transparent sword body, which not only far surpasses ordinary cultivators in his comprehension of swordsmanship, but also helps in his state of mind. He can clearly sense the hostility of others. In addition, he is mentally mature and not as stubborn as Zhang Qiubai. Therefore, Chen Qing is still quite confident in him.

After Di Jian left, Chen Qing stayed in the courtyard to practice, most of the time he was practicing spells. After all, with his current magic power, the spells he cast were no less powerful than those of the third-grade top-grade magic weapons. The Yin-Yang Reverse Light could even break the protective aura of most magic weapons. Now, if he were to face the female demon cultivator from Song again, let alone win, at least he would not be restricted by that strange treasure.

Speaking of this, Chen Qing thought of the Song Kingdom again. Since he immediately took Xu Lingxin and fled into the Great Wilderness Swamp after fighting with the female demon cultivator, he did not know about the subsequent birth of Changhong Daojun. In his opinion, the Song Kingdom is now most likely occupied by the demons. Even if he breaks through the Nascent Soul stage, he will not go back to the Song Kingdom.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, another three years had passed.

On this day, a flying boat arrived outside the mountain gate of Luoying Sect at some point. On the boat, a monk in a gray robe stood at the bow. He looked at Luoying Sect below, and suddenly took out a token and injected magic power into it. The token immediately lit up, and a ray of light shot out from it, which actually passed through the Luoying Sect's protective formation and fell into it.

After doing all this, the gray-robed monk put away the token and waited on the boat for a while. Then he saw a group of people walking out of the formation, led by the leader of the Luoying Sect, Han Qiu Shui.

After leaving the sect's formation, Han Qiu Shui saw the flying boat in the sky at a glance. She jumped and turned into a ray of light, came to the front of the flying boat, and then bowed and saluted.

"Greetings to Master Yunxian."

The elders behind Han Qiu Shui also bowed and saluted. Among the elders, Chen Qing looked at the figure on the flying boat with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Is this the Nascent Soul cultivator?

In his eyes, there was clearly no spiritual energy surrounding True Lord Yunxian, and he was no different from an ordinary person. However, if he observed carefully, he would notice that although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him bypassed him, it all flowed around him.

Even cultivators like Chen Qing who have completed their own mana circulation will still slowly absorb external spiritual energy to enrich the circulation in their body. However, it is different for Nascent Soul cultivators. The mana in their bodies has completed the initial fusion with their spiritual consciousness, and they can mobilize the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth with their spiritual consciousness alone. Whether casting spells or manipulating spiritual treasures, they can use the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth as a substitute.