Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another half month has passed.

A river of molten lava, beside the alchemy chamber.

Bai Xuanjing cast a spell to open the furnace.

Inside the alchemy furnace lay three round pills.

The pill was gray with a dark red pattern on its surface, resembling a vertical pupil.

Bai Xuanjing was somewhat surprised by the unusual shape of the elixir when it was first successfully refined.

It was the Feather Pill that Bai Xuanle commissioned to be refined.

During this period, Bai Xuanjing began to try refining the Feather Pill, and it has already shown initial results.

Six batches of pills have been refined; this is the second batch that has been successfully completed.

At first glance, the success rate of elixirs is slightly over 30%.

That's quite impressive!

"The feeling of reaching the pinnacle of cultivation is becoming increasingly apparent. If this ball of light were to further increase its cultivation level, it would likely be breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining!"

Bai Xuanjing's heart stirred slightly.

Besides the Feather Pill, he would also take time to refine the Yellow Jade Pill to complete family tasks.

Although these first-grade low-level pills can only provide a slight boost to cultivation, they are plentiful and have a high success rate.

All together, it amounts to a considerable boost in cultivation level.

Bai Xuanjing had a premonition that if he could cultivate diligently for another few months, his breakthrough opportunity would be today!

Upon realizing this, Bai Xuanjing recalled the contents of the "Mysterious Fire Scripture".

The fourth and fifth levels of the mantra appeared in Bai Xuanjing's mind.

"call!"

After preparing for about fifteen minutes, Bai Xuanjing cleared his mind of all distractions and sank into his sea of ​​consciousness.

With a thought.

The ball of light then dissipated into specks within his consciousness.

Then,

[Successfully refined a mid-grade first-tier Feather Pill... Overall score: 30 points]

[Your reward: Cultivation level increase * Ten months of arduous training]

The next moment, immense magical power erupted within Bai Xuanjing's body.

Bai Xuanjing quickly focused his mind and activated the fourth level of the technique.

As the body circulated its energy, this magical power was channeled into the dantian under Bai Xuanjing's guidance.

After an unknown amount of time, before his magical power had been fully injected into his dantian, Bai Xuanjing already sensed the bottleneck of the fifth level of Qi Refining that had appeared long ago.

"Now!"

Bai Xuanjing's heart stirred slightly, and the incantation she was using suddenly changed, from the incantation for the fourth level of Qi Refining to the incantation for the fifth level of Qi Refining.

As the incantation changed, Bai Xuanjing clearly felt the impact of the magic power on the bottleneck, like a long-accumulated river suddenly crashing against a dam.

……

After about two or three days, Bai Xuanjing stopped cultivating and opened his eyes.

A hint of inexplicable joy appeared in his eyes.

Successfully broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining!

Sensing the abundant spiritual energy within her body, Bai Xuanjing wore a smug expression.

Then he raised his hand and cast a spell, and a sword light appeared out of thin air, then stabbed towards the bank of the lava river.

As easily as cutting tofu, the sword energy sliced ​​through the rocks on the shore.

It was the long-ranging sword energy!

"The arduous training in sword energy over this period has begun to show results, and the improvement in cultivation level has also enhanced the strength of sword energy."

Bai Xuanjing nodded in satisfaction.

Immediately afterwards, a sense of worry welled up in his heart.

"My cultivation progress seems to be a bit too fast!"

Last year, the progression from the third to the fourth level of Qi Refining could still be explained.

After all, there were so many years of accumulation before.

However, to advance from the fourth to the fifth level of Qi Refining in just one year is something that a cultivator with Bai Xuanjing's talent could not possibly achieve.

It should be noted that a cultivator with Bai Xuangu's talent, who can serve as a foundation-building seed for his family, only breaks through a realm every three to four years on average!

In reality, the cultivation of Qi Refining Realm is not a linear process; it becomes increasingly difficult as you progress.

After a moment's thought, Bai Xuanjing fell into deep thought.

If it were just this one promotion, it would be fine; one could just use the excuse of a coincidence to say that some kind of opportunity came along.

In the cultivation world, there are many legendary spiritual materials that can allow cultivators to break through their cultivation realm overnight.

Or perhaps the cultivator suddenly has an epiphany, and their cultivation level rapidly advances to a higher realm.

Although these rumors are incredibly exaggerated and not very credible, they are also difficult to disprove.

Using this reason, one can get away with it.

But once or twice is fine, but if it goes on for a long time, it will inevitably arouse suspicion from others.

Thinking of this, Bai Xuanjing felt somewhat helpless.

"It seems I need to find a way to conceal my cultivation level; it will definitely come in handy in the future!"

Bai Xuanjing quickly made a decision.

The Bai family's archives contain some techniques for concealing one's aura.

However, these techniques can only fool cultivators of the same realm at best; they are no match for the divine sense of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

There is still a high probability of encountering a Foundation Establishment cultivator within the Bai family.

If one were to accidentally stumble upon it and someone noticed that one was deliberately concealing their cultivation level, it would actually attract more attention.

Fortunately, Bai Xuanjing is currently away from his family, so he doesn't have much contact with Bai family cultivators on a regular basis. Only Bai Jingming will come to meet him once a year.

Soon, Bai Xuanjing suppressed the thought in her heart.

Sitting cross-legged, Bai Xuanjing's consciousness sank into the sea of ​​knowledge.

"After breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, my soul strength also increased slightly. Although it was not as powerful as the effect of the Divine Refining Technique, it was still not to be underestimated."

"My spiritual strength is now vastly different from what it used to be, incredibly close to the second level of the 'Fire Refining Spirit Technique'!"

A sense of enlightenment arose in Bai Xuanjing's heart.

Compared to ordinary Qi Refining Level 5 cultivators, Bai Xuanjing's soul strength is incredibly powerful, even comparable to ordinary Qi Refining Level 6 or 7 cultivators.

However, for a cultivator who has practiced the Refining Spirit Technique, his spiritual realm is actually only at the first level of Qi Refining.

"Focusing solely on spiritual power while neglecting the soul, no wonder it's so difficult for any sect lacking in spirit cultivation techniques to train a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Sensing the difference in their souls, Bai Xuanjing sighed inwardly.

Whether a lineage is perfect or not directly affects a cultivator's strength; even cultivators at the same level can have significant differences.

Then he opened his eyes and raised his hand to knock out the alchemy furnace.

"Why not strike while the iron is hot and quickly upgrade the 'Fire Refining Spirit Technique' to the second level? After that, refining the spirit with earth fire will accelerate the advancement!"

Having made up his mind, Bai Xuanjing took out the materials for the Yellow Jade Pill, then summoned the local earth fire and began refining the pill.

During the alchemy process, the techniques of the "Separation of Fire and Refinement of the Spirit" were simultaneously activated, constantly refining Bai Xuanjing's soul.

……

Several leisurely days passed.

On this day, Bai Xuanjing finished refining pills. Before he could even activate the light orb, he quickly sat cross-legged and began to circulate the power of his divine soul throughout his body.

His spiritual energy was stable, but there was a strange aura surging within him.

This continued for about fifteen minutes.

Everything returned to silence.

"The Refining Spirit Technique of Separating Fire, Second Level!"

When Bai Xuanjing opened his eyes, a glint of light flashed in them, and his bright eyes revealed a sense of vicissitude.

Perhaps because his spiritual realm was too low, Bai Xuanjing did not waste too much time breaking through from the first level to the second level of the "Fire Refining God Technique".

Everything happened as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

The process went surprisingly smoothly.

Looking at the rolling first-grade low-level earth fire beneath the alchemy furnace, a strange light flashed in Bai Xuanjing's eyes.