Chapter 6: The Immortal Path is Promising
Han Yi revealed a relieved smile.
"Just counting these eight attempts at alchemy, my success rate in refining Nurturing Qi Pills is now nearly 40%."
Han Yi contentedly put the three bottles of Nurturing Qi Pills into his storage bag, got up, and walked out of the quiet room to the backyard.
"In two days, it will be time for the regular report. I'll sell the Nurturing Qi Pills to Guan Sheng for spirit stones and buy enough materials.
I'll repeat this process.
No need to worry about running out of spirit stones for cultivation."
For the past five days, Han Yi had not had any spirit stones to cultivate, so he had come to appreciate the importance of spirit veins in his courtyard.
That was why he eagerly hoped to return to Little Lingxu Peak.
Next, he looked at the Proficiency Panel.
[Name: Han Yi]
[Lifespan: 21/87]
[Realm: Qi Cultivating Second Layer (19/100)]
[Cultivation Method: Fire Profound Skill (Entry Level 31/100)]
[Skills:
Alchemy Skill (Beginner 21/100)
Spirit Void Finger (Novice 29/100)
]
"Not bad, the Alchemy Skill is progressing quickly.
Unfortunately, the Qi Cultivating Second Layer remains static, and even the cultivation method's progress is as slow as a snail crawl.
Cultivation is indeed a difficult problem, so I have to find a way to acquire more spirit stones.
Right, I also have my second skill."
As soon as he stepped into the backyard, Han Yi focused his gaze on the second skill listed on the Proficiency Panel.
Spirit Void Finger.
The Alchemy Skill had not disappointed him.
So... what about the Spirit Void Finger?
With this thought in mind, Han Yi slightly raised his head, and with a quick flick of his right hand, his thumb pressed against his index finger. When he reached the end of the swing...
Pop!
A soft snapping sound suddenly swept past.
About six meters away, the nearest red date on the tree in the courtyard burst open with a 'plop'.
Han Yi shook his head.
"Weak, way too weak.
The current power of the Spirit Void Finger is akin to an adult throwing a small stone the size of a fingernail with all their strength.
It might cause a severe head injury to an ordinary person, but when meeting a Cultivator, even at the first layer of Qi Cultivating, it wouldn't even scratch the surface."
Spirit Void Finger was a common magic skill in Spirit Void Peak.
The principle behind it was quite simple - it compressed the internal magic power into a specific, concentrated release at the tip of the finger, then shot it out. The speed was very fast, and upon impact, the compressed energy exploded, causing damage.
The simple principle indicated that the upper limit of this skill's power was not high.
Although many lower-level disciples in the outer door cultivated it, once they reached the middle stage of Qi Cultivating, few continued to practice it.
For Han Yi, however, this was his only skill capable of generating power at the moment.
With no other choice.
He decided to cultivate it.
Pop! Pop! Pop!...
In the backyard, Han Yi practiced the Spirit Void Finger, one hand at a time.
Then, finding it unfulfilling, he used both hands simultaneously - not just the middle fingers, but all ten.
His magic power surged like a tidal wave, and his fingers moved like a raging storm.
The more he practiced, the smoother the skill became.
With each attempt, he made slight adjustments to his previous form, changing the force exertion, the amount of power, and the compression strength.
In just half an hour, the fruit-laden date tree had been stripped of nearly half its bounty.
Behind the tree, the courtyard wall and ground were covered in red date paste, and a sweet aroma filled the air.
Han Yi stopped practicing, his breath slightly turbulent.
His inner magic power was almost entirely depleted.
Although he controlled every finger movement and expelled the least unit of magical power, there was no stopping the immense quantity.
In that brief moment, he had used the Spirit Void Finger magic skill at least thirty times.
"Huff, huff."
Han Yi took a few breaths and then looked at the Proficiency Panel.
[Spirit Void Finger (Beginner Training 59/100)].
Seeing the progress, he was surprised to find that it had jumped from the original 29/100 to 59/100 and couldn't help but wonder if he was seeing it incorrectly.
He closed his eyes and opened them again.
It was still 59/100.
He was overjoyed in an instant.
"It's as if each finger movement contributes to the progress."
"The progress of this magic skill is unexpectedly rapid."
"Indeed, the user manual, now the Proficiency Panel, is definitely not simple."
When Han Yi first discovered the Proficiency Panel, he tried communicating with it, or tried various secret languages to understand it.
Unfortunately, he gained no information and thought that it was just a data panel that recorded his lifespan, skills, and abilities, serving no other purpose.
However, the breakthrough in Alchemy Skill and the rapid progress of Spirit Void Finger made him realize a fact.
That is, this Golden Finger is not merely for record-keeping.
But it also has the ability to forcibly improve his skills with practice, at an abnormal rate.
In short.
In this world, normal people practicing the Spirit Void Finger might take hundreds of movements without much progress.
But Han Yi was different; each time he moved his finger, he could forcibly pull the skill progress bar forward.
Every finger movement brought gains and insights.
No wonder he felt more and more comfortable when using the skill, as if numerous insights were emerging with every movement of his fingers.
This was the panel's BUG.
With this in mind, Han Yi couldn't hold back his excitement.
"The same goes for Alchemy Skill and Spirit Void Finger; all skills can quickly progress."
Doesn't that mean...
The path to immortality, various magic skills, for me, are just a matter of time and easily attainable."
The Immortal Path is attainable, the Immortal Path is attainable ah."
Han Yi's mouth couldn't help but curl upwards into a smile.
However, when he looked up at the Qi Cultivating Second Layer realm, which remained unchanged, his face stiffened slightly.
[Realm: Middle Stage of Qi Cultivating Second Layer (19/100)]
"After transmigrating for so long and cultivating for such a long time, apart from practicing at Little Lingxu Peak with Spirit Sand and Spirit Stones, my realm has barely improved."
Once I arrived in Mengshan City, I no longer had Spirit Stones or Spirit Sand, and had to rely on absorbing the spirit energy in the air, but it was hardly enough to increase even one point."
It seems that the realm cannot be improved through the Proficiency Panel."
The current plan is to enhance my skills, earn Spirit Stones, and push my realm forward that way."
If my realm is insufficient, I'll just use Spirit Stones to make up for it."
Han Yi made careful consideration and established his Cultivation method for the future. He then returned to the quiet room, sat cross-legged, and began to recover his magical power.
This time, it took more than a day to recover.
Afterward, Han Yi went to the backyard to practice Spirit Void Finger again, targeting leaves on the trees without the jujubes.
Having a target made him more focused.
Pluck, pluck, pluck...
After a quarter of an hour, more than half of the leaves on the jujube tree were gone, leaving it even more bald.
Han Yi saw that the progress of his Spirit Void Finger skill increased from 59/100 to 70/100, and he was satisfied. After calculating the time, he returned to the quiet room.
A day later.
He had recovered his magical power again. This time, he didn't practice Spirit Void Finger because the seven-day deadline had arrived.
Picking up the three Nurturing Qi Pills, he activated the Array guarding the courtyard and headed straight to the Pill Shop.
Upon arriving at the Pill Shop, he met the other two outer disciples, Xia Qingyi and Xiao Yi, for the first time.
Unlike Han Yi, they were five or six years older and had been sent out a few years earlier.
They didn't show any desire to open up to the 'newcomer' Han Yi and just greeted each other with polite fist salutes, then stopped speaking.
Seeing everyone, Guan Sheng revealed a smile.
"Let's settle the last quarter's assignment first. Junior Brother Xia and Junior Brother Xiao, how are the pill refining procedures coming along?"