Annoying!
How can the story be interrupted here!
Bai Susu was so angry that she nearly jumped off the pear tree.
This damn old thing, leaving people in suspense, is even more annoying than the most hateful sect elders she has ever seen!
She ground her small tiger teeth, a trace of unwillingness flashing in her amber eyes.
No, she has to finish listening to this story!
Thinking of this, the Golden-Furred Ball’s figure flickered, silently leaping down from the pear tree like a golden lightning in the night, and with a few jumps, she had already stealthily arrived outside Chen Ye’s cultivation room window.
She carefully stuck out her little head and looked inside through the window lattice.
She saw that Chen Ye was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, spiritual qi swirling around him, clearly already in a state of cultivation.
"Hmph, this old man, he can really hold his composure!"
Bai Susu pouted, but her heart was somewhat admiring.
One moment he was joking with his disciple, and the next he directly entered a cultivation state.
With such a mind, no wonder he could train the Geng Metal Qi to such an extent.
Seeing this, Bai Susu instead hesitated.
Forget it...
If it weren’t for her father’s words to not disturb others’ cultivation path.
Otherwise, Bai Susu would have caught him out no matter what!
Bai Susu suppressed her inner curiosity and ultimately did not disturb Chen Ye’s cultivation, silently retreating.
"...Until we meet again!"
...
In the cultivation room, Chen Ye was unaware of the outside changes.
He immersed his mind, examining himself:
[Name: Chen Ye]
[Lifespan: 40/122]
[Spiritual Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth]
[Realm: Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer]
[Cultivation Technique: Evergreen Technique Master: 720/1600; Heavy Body Technique Perfection: 320/400: Seven Luminaries Soul Nourishing Technique Visualization Chapter Beginner: 31/100]
[Skills: Cyan Wave Sword Control Technique Minor Achievement: 58/100, Bone-Scraping Whip Great Success: 50/200; Culinary Skill Perfection: 240/400; Disease Removal Saber Technique Perfection: 381/400; Ganlin Nourishing Technique Great Success: 12/200; Cloud Rain Technique Perfection: 259/400; Purification Technique Beginner: 8/10, Geng Metal Technique Limit Break: 650/800; Water Element Shield Minor Achievement: 1/100; Qi Concealment Technique Great Success: 180/200]
Since coming to Lingyin Sect, the abundant spiritual power allowed his Evergreen Technique’s daily passive proficiency to reach forty.
Unknowingly, he was nearly halfway to the next realm progress bar.
Besides the cultivation technique,
Chen Ye has currently also laid a foundation for the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.
At this moment, inwardly viewing his dantian, the Qi Sea was somewhat broader compared to when he initially reached the sixth layer, appearing more profound.
Six Qi Vortexes stably inhaled and exhaled spiritual power.
"Hoo..."
Chen Ye let out a long breath, still feeling that his cultivation was too low. If his cultivation were deeper, when facing Bai Susu, he wouldn’t be so cautious, allowing her to control him easily.
"Solid Essence Pill..."
Chen Ye took out the bottle of pills Zhao Qing evenly gave him from the storage bag.
The Solid Essence Pill from Danxia Peak is an invaluable cultivation aid medicine for late-stage Qi Cultivators, its effects far exceeding common Qi Nourishing Pills.
Even though he is at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, the master-level Evergreen Technique provides him far more spiritual power than those at the same stage, even comparable to some Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer cultivators, so taking this pill poses no problem.
Chen Ye uncorked the bottle, and a rich and mellow medicinal fragrance filled his nostrils, just smelling it slightly invigorated the spiritual power within him.
"Good pill!"
He praised it and did not hesitate further, pouring out a dragon eye-sized, perfectly smooth pill, and swallowed it.
The pill melted as soon as it entered his mouth, transforming into a vast and pure warm current, rapidly flowing into his limbs and bones, ultimately converging into the dantian Qi Sea.
Chen Ye immediately focused his mind, running the Evergreen Technique with full effort to refine this medicinal power.
The master-level Evergreen Technique already allowed him to absorb and refine wood element spiritual power far exceeding before, and with the aid of such a potent medicinal power like the Solid Essence Pill, his cultivation speed was elevated to a terrifying level.
Fine strands of pure wood element spiritual power were drawn from the heavens and earth, merging with his body, the spiritual power within his dantian increasing and condensing at speeds visible to the naked eye.
Time passed bit by bit, and the concentration of spiritual energy within the cultivation room dropped somewhat because of this, only to be slowly replenished by the Spirit Gathering Array.
Time was unmarked, and when Chen Ye thoroughly refined the medicinal power of the first Solid Essence Pill, he slowly opened his eyes, the brilliance in his eyes flashing and disappearing.
"Truly worthy of a Solid Essence Pill, a single pill equaling several days of my hard cultivation!"
Chen Ye felt the abundant spiritual power within him, as well as the delightful increase in the Evergreen Technique’s proficiency on the panel, feeling assured.
[Evergreen Technique Master: 760/1600]
The first time taking a Solid Essence Pill, and it increased proficiency by forty!
However, compared to the pill.
Chen Ye belatedly realized that now the passive increase in Evergreen Technique proficiency was terrifying!
Under the Second Tier Spirit Vein enhanced by the Spirit Gathering Array, a day equated to ingesting a Solid Essence Pill without side effects.
"Only... this Pill Barrier has become increasingly severe..."
Chen Ye examined his Dantian internally, feeling a sense of worry.
...
In the following ten days, Chen Ye’s life was extremely routine.
During the day, he was busy refining Baiqi Garden.
After all, he had invested so much effort into Baiqi Garden; it was truly a pity to let it go to waste.
Initially, he was very cautious,
planning to abandon Baiqi Garden immediately if Bai Susu, the mischievous demoness, showed any ill intentions.
Fortunately, for some unknown reason, the little demoness seemed like she’d taken the wrong medicine, letting Chen Ye manage Hundred Herbs Garden, only occasionally giving orders.
As for the evening, Chen Ye took time to tell stories to his disciples.
The last time he told "Journey to the West," the three girls listened intently, clearly enjoying it.
Of course, Chen Ye was unaware that another girl was above the pear tree...
In the evening, he was busy cultivating.
Ten days later.
[Evergreen Technique Master: 1585/1600]
Just fifteen points shy of pushing Evergreen Technique to the " Grandmaster" realm!
Chen Ye rummaged through the bottle of Solid Essence Pills, only to find that all ten pills had been consumed.
Sighing, he took out another Qi Nourishing Pill.
Though Erysipelas was developing, the proficiency gain from Qi Nourishing Pill was still considerable.
"Using master-level cultivation technique just to aid the breakthrough to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer feels a little wasteful..." Chen Ye lamented.
The proficiency required for the next three layers was exceptionally high, starting from 3200 and doubling along the way.
Attempting shortcuts would now be far more difficult than before.
Without hesitation, Chen Ye swallowed the Qi Nourishing Pill to aid in the final fifteen points of proficiency.
[Evergreen Technique Master: 1586/1600]
[Evergreen Technique Master: 1587/1600]
...
The proficiency increased slowly, bit by bit, each increment tugging at Chen Ye’s heartstrings.
Finally, as the power of the second Qi Nourishing Pill nearly depleted, and a new day was about to dawn—
[Evergreen Technique Grandmaster: 1/3200]!
Boom!
A surge of far more majestic and purer vitality power of the Wood Element erupted from the depths of Chen Ye’s Dantian!
This power was no longer merely an increase in spiritual power but carried an indiscernible mysticism, raising his understanding of grass and wood life to a new level.
In his sea of consciousness, the originally phantom Saturn’s brilliance surged brilliantly, instantly solidifying!
Simultaneously, the six green Qi vortexes within his Dantian Energy Sea spun furiously, expanding, as the seventh Qi vortex began to condense and take shape at an astonishing speed!
The peak barrier of the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, in the face of this vast power, was brittle like thin paper, breaking at a touch!
"Crack—"
Chen Ye felt a lightness across his body as an unprecedented sense of power filled his heart.
"Is this... the late-stage Qi Cultivation?"
Previously just a vague intuition, now clearly penetrated, transforming into an intangible power capable of perceiving motion within a fifteen-step radius—the Divine Sense!
Success!
With the opening of Divine Sense, the entire world appeared different in his perception.
He could "see" outside the cultivation room, Qing Jun was sleeping sprawled out, smacking her lips as if dreaming of tasty treats.
He could also "see" Zhiwei diligently sitting cross-legged in meditation, shrouded by mist, executing the Frost Splendor Record with remarkable precision.
Just at this moment,
Zhiwei cutely yawned, rubbed her eyes, appearing to conclude her cultivation.
With a small hand gripping her collar, half her fair waist was exposed to the air, seemingly ready to go to bed.
Alarmed, Chen Ye quickly diverted his Divine Sense, attempting to expand outdoors,
But upon reaching the wall, he encountered an invisible barrier.
"Unable to pass materials with spirituality? Or is there something special about this room?"
After failing his attempts, Chen Ye withdrew his Divine Sense.
Generally speaking, a cultivator could only perceive five steps upon first forming Divine Sense, yet he began with fifteen steps.
This was largely due to successfully visualizing Saturn during Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, laying the foundation far greater than other cultivators.
Of course, if Chen Ye had gradually visualized other stars before the breakthrough, he would have an even stronger foundation now.
However, it was unnecessary; after entering the late-stage Qi Cultivation, he could cultivate Divine Sense still.
Moreover, the most direct progress was spiritual power.
Previously, at Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, the total spiritual power within Chen Ye’s body was equivalent to forty Geng Metal Qi.
Now, it amounted to sixty!
Equivalent to a fifty percent increase!