I long to return home!

The temperature in the entire room plummeted, and the chill was visible to the naked eye.

In a daze, Xue Wu looked along the golden feathers of the golden phoenix and saw a handsome man in a white robe appear before him. Looking up from his legs, his handsome appearance truly astonished him.

The handsome man he had seen in his dreams was slightly inferior to the one before him. If the man in his dreams was awe-inspiring, cold and somewhat fierce, the handsome man before him exuded a natural coldness, elegance and nobility.

He lowered his head, his bangs hanging down naturally, partially obscuring his long, narrow, dark eyes. His eyelashes weren't normal, but they were incredibly thick, with the outer lashes pointing upwards, giving his eyes a slightly upturned, aloof yet affectionate shape. Dressed in white, he was like a celestial being, making the surrounding scenery pale in comparison.

Xue Wu's heart fluttered. For a moment, he felt that the person in front of him was an exceptionally beautiful woman. If it weren't for the Adam's apple on her neck, he might have thought he might...

"Hey bro, now that you've seen this, wanna play PUBG together?"

"Let me tell you, this free-range chicken is so plump, it makes such delicious soup..." Xue Wu presented the golden-feathered phoenix to the handsome man in white.

"Is it really that fat?" Lin Mubai jokingly touched the plump belly of the Golden Feather Phoenix, and said with a slight smile, "Little Jin, now everyone says you're fat, why don't you lose some weight?"

After these words, the room fell silent. Xue Wu stood there, holding the golden phoenix, stunned. The person in front of him clearly knew the golden phoenix and had a close relationship with it.

Xu Tao learned that Jin Yu Luan Feng was arrogant and no one could get close to her. Even Xu Tao rarely interacted with her, let alone called her Xiao Jin. The only person in the sect who could call her Xiao Jin was her contract master, Elder Yun Feng, who was also Xu Tao's master, Lin Mu Bai.

After a long while, Xue Wu put down the golden phoenix and knelt down, kowtowing heavily: "Disciple Xue Wu greets Master!"

Lin Mubai flicked his right hand, and the strips of cloth binding the golden phoenix disappeared instantly. He then bent down, took the golden phoenix in his hand, and played with it, saying indifferently, "Get up."

After hesitating for a while, Xue Wu stood up straight and looked at Lin Mubai with a grin.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Lin Mubai didn't look at Xue Wu, and continued to twirl the golden phoenix on his arm.

Xue Wu's mind raced, and after a long pause, he swallowed and slowly said, "Master, it was you, this pheasant... ugh, the fairy bird, who said she wanted to soak in a hot spring, so I... hehe."

"What nonsense are you talking about! It's clearly..." the golden phoenix flapped its wings and cursed, but before it could finish, Xue Wu's fierce gaze silenced it.

Clearly, Xue Wu's two attempts to devour her were not child's play; she had developed a lingering fear of Xue Wu and had developed an inner demon that she could not shake off.

"Oh? I see." Lin Mubai's lips curled up slightly as he watched the dramatic scene unfold. He had already guessed most of it, but he didn't expose it.

With a flick of his arm, a white and light green Daoist robe landed in Xue Wu's hands like a bird in flight. He then turned and walked slowly towards the door: "This is a robe I personally prepared for you, called 'Ruogu.' The storage bag contains the outer sect disciples' cultivation techniques and sect rules..."

"You must cultivate diligently and not slack off." With that, his body swayed slightly, and like a gentle breeze, he carried away the golden-feathered phoenix.

After Lin Mubai had left, Xue Wu slowly put on the Taoist robe. The robe fit him perfectly, and the white and green color scheme gave it a fresh and refined feel, as if the breath of spring was coming towards him. There were some bamboo patterns at the hem of the robe. The bamboo is upright and unyielding, just like the belief in his heart, never giving up. The color scheme of the whole robe and the bamboo are perfectly matched, like a beautiful painting.

After admiring it for a long time, Xue Wu finally remembered the storage bag. His face lit up with joy as he opened the bag, which was bound by thin ropes. The scene inside was unbelievable: the palm-sized bag contained a huge storage space, holding three jade slips, an iron sword, and some personal clothing. Despite its size, everything was within easy reach, as if it were all under his control.

Xue Wu held the three jade slips in his hands and studied them carefully. One was titled "Sect Rules," another "Qi Refining Chapter," and the last one, which was noticeably lighter than the other two, was titled "Thunder Techniques." He examined the three jade slips carefully. The Sect Rules were obviously thicker than the other two. He couldn't help but curse, "What kind of lousy sect rules are these? They're so heavy. I'm not going to look at them for now."

With a greedy look on his face, he opened the "Qi Refining Chapter".

Cultivation stages are divided into Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Spirit Transformation Stage, Void Refining Stage, Body Integration Stage, Mahayana Stage, and Tribulation Transcending Stage.

Each realm is further divided into early stage, middle stage, late stage, peak stage, and perfect stage.

When a cultivator reaches the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, they can break through the limitations of their physical body and ascend to the God Realm. Their lifespan will also be increased. Once they reach the Tribulation Transcending stage, as long as they successfully overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, they can ascend to the Immortal Realm, where their lifespan will reach immortality and their physical body will become immortal and indestructible.

Xue Wu looked at the jade slip in his hand and followed the cultivation method on it, sitting cross-legged to practice.

To reach the Qi Refining stage, practitioners need to gradually enhance their Qi perception through meditation, achieving a state of physical and mental relaxation, and ensuring smooth flow of Qi and blood within the body. This is the foundation for entering the Qi Refining stage.

Finally, by adjusting one's breathing through exhalation and inhalation, one can expel the turbid air from the body and absorb spiritual energy.

The first three levels of the Qi Refining stage are the foundation of cultivation, determining the basis for future cultivation.

The first level of Qi Refining: The mind is as still as water, all thoughts are empty. Take a deep breath, exhale three times, then take a short breath in and exhale a long breath. Repeat this cycle, keeping the mind free of other thoughts, until you are fully recovered. This repeated breathing process generates true Qi within the body.

The second level of Qi Refining: After adjusting the first and second stages, close your eyes and enter a state of deep breathing. Focus your inner vision, allowing the Qi to circulate through the meridians, moving with the Qi, completing a full cycle. Exhale deeply. After forty-nine days, you will return to normal. Building upon the first level, you can now allow true Qi to circulate throughout the body, manifesting at your will.

The third level of Qi Refining: Adjust one or two points, close your eyes and enter the breath, place your hands on your dantian, and move them with your breath. Inhale deeply and raise your hands, exhale slowly and return your hands to the ground, stop after a moment, and repeat the cycle. After a moment, do not stop, form an eight-trigram pattern, move left and right, and after ten breaths, return your hands to your dantian. Based on the second level, you can then store true qi in your dantian, thus enabling you to control objects with qi.

Xue Wu didn't know it was because of his innate five spiritual roots, but when he practiced breathing exercises, he felt extremely comfortable. Cool air flowed into his body through his mouth, and he felt his body become much lighter, as if a butterfly was fluttering inside him. This made his senses very sharp, and he could clearly feel the air he inhaled washing over his meridians like a clear spring before finally merging into his body. This was a feeling he had never experienced before.

At that moment, he felt that the world's beautiful things were nothing more than this, and with each breath, he quickly entered a state of self-forgetfulness, becoming completely absorbed in it.