My Optimized Immortal Life

Three years later, the entire Song Kingdom seemed to have gotten used to being divided in half by the good and evil forces. Even the cultivators at the border between the two sides rarely fought with each other. They just ensured that the other side did not cross the border and maintained daily patrols, and did not do anything else.

The righteous alliance that was initially established to deal with the invasion of the demonic sects is now only superficial, and the three major Jindan-level sects are already at odds with the Tianyuan Sect.

After all, the latter occupies a huge size in the entire alliance. During the invasion of the demons, the alliance took control of most of the immortal cultivation resources and established contribution values.

Although this was a great encouragement to the cultivators during the war, and laid the foundation for the current situation of the Song Dynasty being divided into two parts, now that the conflict has subsided, many foundation-building sects are finding it difficult to continue.

After all, most of their own resources have been handed over. Although the disciples have also gained a lot of benefits from it and their cultivation has improved a lot, for the entire sect, the lack of resources is a disguised weakening. If they cannot get the resources back, I am afraid that these foundation-building sects will eventually have no choice but to merge into the Tianyuan Sect.

The remaining three Jindan sects also had the same idea, but after all, there were still Jindan-stage cultivators in their sects, so even the Tianyuan Sect could not force them to provide too many resources, so they temporarily stayed under the Tianyuan Sect and waited for changes.

The situation on the Demonic side was similar. The Red Blood Sect and the Huanxin Sect divided the half of the Song Kingdom that they had originally occupied into two halves, each occupying one side and establishing a sect. Although they had two Yuanying stage cultivators who could kill the Tianyuan Zhenren of the Tianyuan Sect with their combined efforts, neither of them trusted the other, so it was unlikely that they would join forces. What's more, although the territory of Song Kingdom was vast, there were only three high-level spiritual veins that could provide practice for Yuanying stage cultivators. At present, these three spiritual veins were each occupied by these three Yuanying stage cultivators.

Having satisfied their own initial needs, both True Lord Chixue and the True Lord of Huanxin Sect tried their best to avoid and suppress the war. It was precisely because of this that the Song State now formed a three-way confrontation. If there were no external force, it would probably remain like this for the next few hundred years.

Luo Yun Mansion.

Although this place is located right behind the border between good and evil, it is a place lacking in spiritual energy, and basically no cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage will enter it. Therefore, even if the demons invaded, causing turmoil in the entire Song Dynasty's cultivation world and forcing all Song Dynasty cultivators to return to the defense line, this area was not disturbed too much. Except for some Qi Refining stage cultivators entering it, there was no other unusual situation.

Ziyun Mountain.

This mountain range stretches for dozens of miles and can be considered vast. However, two years ago, this mountain range was dominated by the Ziyun Peak, and the area within a mile radius was completely covered by thick fog. Mortals could no longer see the magnificent view of the top of Ziyun Mountain from the foot of the mountain.

All the cultivators living in Luo Yun Mansion knew that this was a top-level formation that the Taoist Xuanqing, who lived in seclusion in Ziyun Mountain, had bought at a huge price.

Although some cultivators were quite interested in the wealth of Taoist Xuanqing, they gave up the idea considering that he had entered the late stage of Qi Refining two years ago and had high-level refining skills.

To this day, all mortals near Ziyun Mountain know that there seems to be an immortal living on this mountain. After all, the thick fog has not dissipated even under the scorching sun, howling winds, and heavy snow. If it is not the work of an immortal, then what else could it be?

In addition, Chen Qing would sometimes take Xu Lingxin to the county town at the foot of the mountain for a few days, and they would always be seen by some mortals inadvertently, so the story was passed down by word of mouth.

However, this has no effect on Chen Qing.

His seclusion in Ziyun Mountain was already a well-known fact among the independent cultivators in Luoyun Mansion.

The identity of a weapon refiner has become his amulet to a large extent.

Because of the lack of spiritual energy, it is not easy for the independent cultivators in Luo Yun Mansion to practice. They basically have to practice hard every day to make progress in their cultivation.

Therefore, in the entire Luo Yun Mansion, there are cultivators who are proficient in the four arts of cultivation, but their number is few.

Among them, only Chen Qing has the ability to refine top-grade magic weapons. If Chen Qing's cultivation is not enough, it would be fine, but Chen Qing's cultivation is not bad either. He has entered the late stage of Qi Refining and is one of the people with the highest cultivation in the entire Luo Yun Mansion.

Therefore, Chen Qing is gradually becoming a popular figure. Many cultivators are trying to please him, and even Changhong has expressed his intention to have him join the Fog Valley.

However, Chen Qing had no intention of joining any force.

He has too many secrets, especially the loss of cultivation level caused by using his innate abilities. If he joins certain forces, there is no guarantee that he will not be noticed by those with ulterior motives.

Therefore, Chen Qing never thought about joining that force or sect.

At this time, inside Ziyun Mountain.

Chen Qingzheng was sitting cross-legged in the retreat room, putting a Ninghua Pill into his mouth.

Although Ninghua Pill is a pill taken by cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining and has strong medicinal properties, if the quantity is large, the drug resistance will accumulate and the final effect will still be reduced. Chen Qing practiced in Ziyun Mountain, a place with scarce spiritual energy, so naturally he took quite a few Ninghua Pills.

To this day, the increase in mana that a Ninghua Pill can bring to him has gradually decreased. This is related to his cultivation entering the late stage of Qi Refining, but it also means that the medicinal properties of the Ninghua Pill are no longer sufficient to support his cultivation.

However, Chen Qing was not worried about this. The Baicao Dan Jing he obtained from Lushan recorded a recipe for an elixir that could greatly improve the magic power of cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

However, with Chen Qing's current attainments in alchemy, he is unable to refine this pill. He can't even gather enough materials to refine this pill. Therefore, he still has to rely on Ninghua Pill to practice.

For three years, Chen Qing has been practicing on Ziyun Mountain, and his cultivation has long returned to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

However, after entering the seventh level of Qi Refining, Chen Qing's progress in cultivation suddenly slowed down, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

The Qi Refining Stage is originally the stage for cultivators to accumulate their foundation and increase their magic power limit. The later it is, the more magic power is required to improve the level of cultivation.

Although the Earth Fire Transformation Technique that Chen Qing practiced was the most advanced technique in the Qi Refining Stage and absorbed spiritual energy at an extremely fast speed, in an environment like Ziyun Mountain, even if the technique he practiced was very powerful, it would be difficult for a skilled cook to cook without rice.

To date, Chen Qing's cultivation has reached half of the magic power required for the seventh level of Qi Refining. If he is given another three years, he will be able to cultivate to the perfection of the seventh level of Qi Refining and try to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

However, the number of Ninghua Pills he currently has is insufficient. Without the pills, his cultivation progress on Ziyun Mountain will be as slow as a turtle's crawl.

Chen Qing sighed to himself.

His plan to stay in Ziyun Mountain until he reached perfection in Qi Refining was obviously no longer feasible.

However, now that the storm of the demonic invasion has subsided, Chen Qing can find a place with abundant spiritual energy to practice in peace.

This time, I must practice until I reach perfection in Qi Refining.

Chen Qing said silently in his heart.