Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Time flies, and soon the three-year period has come to an end.

At noon that day, Chen Xu was taking a nap when he suddenly felt a surge of spiritual energy and woke up with a start.

"The three-year period has finally come to an end!"

Upon sensing the rapidly increasing spiritual energy within his body, Chen Xu was overjoyed and immediately sat cross-legged to circulate his cultivation technique.

The cultivation method given to the menial disciples by the Cold Pine Sect is the "Pure Origin Technique," which is suitable for all spiritual roots.

This cultivation method is a common practice in the cultivation world, with no particular strengths or weaknesses.

However, the cultivation method of "Qingyuan Jue" only reaches its limit when it reaches the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. If you want to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, you need to find another method.

Of course, having a cultivation method that allows you to reach the Foundation Establishment stage doesn't guarantee that you can actually achieve it; it also depends on your individual fortune.

After all, many people have access to the classics, but how many of them actually become sages?

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At this moment, Chen Xu was circulating the "Qingyuan Technique". The spiritual energy around him gathered, and his cultivation level rose rapidly. He broke through the threshold of the mid-stage of Qi Refining in one go.

Breaking through three realms in one night—truly terrifying!

After reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining, Chen Xu felt that the spiritual energy in his body had become more solid, and his five senses had become much more acute.

Even the slightest sound of the fishpond rippling outside the window could be clearly heard.

Most importantly, after breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, three new runes appeared before me:

[Late-stage expert: Upon breaking through to the Mahayana stage, you will receive 999999999 top-grade spirit stones]

[Golden Egg: Obtain a large golden egg, which provides a large amount of loot when hatching. It will hatch successfully by defeating ten enemies with a cultivation level at least equal to your own.]

[Growth Mindset: You can choose any spiritual treasure or cultivation technique and adjust its grade to your own cultivation level]

"Ten... hundred... billion..."

"Hiss~ Nearly a billion top-grade spirit stones!" Chen Xu gasped.

With such a huge quantity, I'm afraid I won't have to worry about cultivation resources until I ascend to the Immortal Realm.

They could even establish a dozen or so sects to support each other, and that would be more than enough.

However, the prerequisites for this rune are too outrageous. With Chen Xu's four spiritual roots, it would be unknown how many years it would take for him to break through to the Mahayana stage.

Moreover, in Chen Xu's previous life, when playing games, he was usually the eighth player to be eliminated, so how could he have the chance to wait until the later stages?

As for this "golden egg," although it is tempting, its conditions are also very demanding.

Now that I'm in the Cold Pine Sect and have no real fighting skills, where am I supposed to find so many opponents of the same level to kill?

After much thought, I decided that adopting a growth mindset is the safest option.

A spiritual treasure or cultivation technique that can grow with one's own cultivation level is probably more valuable than the first two runes.

Its value may not be apparent in the early stages, but in the later stages, how easy is it to obtain a spiritual treasure or cultivation technique of the same level?

Its value can be said to have increased exponentially.

After choosing the "Growth Mindset" option, Chen Xu did not hesitate to bind himself to the "Qingyuan Technique".

He currently possesses no magical treasures, and his only cultivation technique is the "Qingyuan Jue".

Even if Chen Xu had other spiritual treasure techniques, he would most likely still choose the "Qingyuan Technique".

After all, the Qingyuan Manual has an extremely unique characteristic: it has no strengths and no weaknesses.

In other words, it means that among those of the same rank, I will not bully others, but others should not even think about bullying me.

This middle way is in line with his current survival strategy of steady development.

After binding himself to the "Qingyuan Technique", Chen Xu tried running it, but did not find any obvious changes.

However, just as he was about to finish his practice, a strange sense of difference arose in his mind.

Every rustling of grass within a half-mile radius was vividly reflected in his perception.

"Could this be... divine consciousness?" Chen Xu was deeply shocked.

Normally, only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage can develop divine consciousness.

In other words, only by reaching the Foundation Establishment stage can one's divine consciousness undergo a qualitative change and generate many wondrous uses.

Although there are some mysterious cultivation techniques that can cause a cultivator's spiritual consciousness to undergo a qualitative change during the Qi Refining stage.

However, even during the Qi Refining stage, very few people can sense a range of half a mile, not to mention the numerous limitations.

Now, Chen Xu, at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, possesses a divine sense that can cover a radius of half a mile.

What about when they reach the Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, or even Nascent Soul stages? How much higher will their spiritual sense be compared to that of ordinary cultivators?

After withdrawing his divine sense, Chen Xu turned his gaze to the 20 spirit stones that had appeared on the bed.

He had originally dreamed of having a system space or something, but now it seems impossible.

However, he was quite curious whether he would actually get an egg if he chose the [Golden Egg] rune.

After Chen Xu put the spirit stones into a cloth bag, he wrapped it in a piece of coarse cloth and tied it around his waist.

Very few of the handyman disciples possessed storage bags; most used this method to carry their items, which naturally went unnoticed.

After all, these twenty spirit stones represent nearly forty years of earnings for a menial disciple, so it's safer to carry them with me.

He then pushed open the wooden door, preparing to go to the servants' quarters to verify his cultivation level and enter the outer gate.

Upon arriving at the servants' quarters, Chen Xu approached the steward responsible for guiding the servants to the outer gate.

Although they are called stewards, they are actually just inner disciples in the late stage of Qi Refining, who are too old to hope for Foundation Establishment.

The Cold Pine Sect then arranged some leisurely work for these cultivators to support them in their old age.

After all, these cultivators had spent almost their entire lives at the Cold Pine Sect.

We should still show some consideration and courtesy.

Moreover, if anything were to happen to the Cold Pine Sect, these cultivators could be used as cannon fodder if it was necessary to preserve the Foundation Establishment combat power.

Therefore, the Cold Pine Sect naturally did not mind spending considerable resources to provide for the retirement of these cultivators.

The process of entering through the outer gate is very brief.

In other words, after confirming the identity information and cultivation level, one can choose a type of miscellaneous task.

Entering the outer gate doesn't mean you'll be free from chores.

However, the chores for outer disciples are much less demanding than those for menial disciples.

They can have plenty of time to cultivate every day, and the rewards are generous; they can receive resources worth about five spirit stones a year.

After returning to the cabin, Chen Xu tidied up briefly and then went to the fishpond.

"Xiao Jin, come out."

As Chen Xu's voice fell, a golden figure emerged from the water, revealing half its head and looking at Chen Xu.

Loaches do have scales, but because the scales are small and buried under the skin, they are almost invisible to the naked eye, so they are often mistaken for being scaleless.

At this moment, Xiao Jin's scales were clearly patterned, with a faint golden light shimmering around them, revealing an extraordinary spirituality.

"Little one, I didn't bring you any food this time."

Chen Xu smiled and tapped Xiao Jin's head with his fingertip, pondering to himself:

"Since Xiao Jin reached a higher rank, its intelligence has increased considerably."

"My current strength is around the third level of Qi Refining, and I'm afraid I'm not far from the middle stage of Qi Refining..."

"If I didn't want to expose Xiao Jin's existence right now, I definitely wouldn't have let Zhang Erniu off so easily that day."

After hiding Xiao Jin in the fish basket, Chen Xu carried the fish basket to the outer gate.

Using his newly appointed outer disciple status token, he quickly found the steward in charge of miscellaneous affairs in the outer sect.

"The newcomer? Chen Xu?" The manager didn't even look up, flipping through the roster.

"Qi Refining Level 4, rose up from the menial tasks at the fishpond... or should I choose the fishpond's menial tasks again?"

"Yes, sir," Chen Xu replied respectfully.

The steward glanced at him and said in a flat tone, "The outer gate fishpond is not like the servants' quarters."

"These are large black fish, low-grade first-level spirit fish. They are fierce and have a large appetite, so they need to be carefully watched over. Do you understand?"

"Disciple understands," Chen Xu replied.

Although there are many miscellaneous tasks to choose from at Hansongmen, the fishpond matter is the most peaceful.

Although the black fish raised by the outer sect have all reached a certain level, comparable to demonic beasts in the early stage of Qi Refining.

With Xiao Jin in charge, Chen Xu didn't have to put in much effort and still had plenty of time to cultivate.

After all, Xiao Jin hasn't eaten a single fish meal for free these past few years.

Besides his cultivation level, his fish-raising skills have also improved significantly.