Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Breakthrough

Eat one!

Just eat one and give it a shot; bring the remaining four back to Ah Die!

After a mental struggle, Shen Wenxing slowly pulled out the bottle stopper, poured out a Qi Nourishing Pill, and directly put it into his mouth!

The elixir entered, and a warm energy slowly flowed into his abdomen, then dissipated and spread to his limbs and bones!

Shen Wenxing calmed his mind and began to guide this energy to circulate in his body using the Breathing Technique passed down by Xu Xiu.

Time seemed to pass slowly, yet also in an instant.

After the energy from the Qi Nourishing Pill circulated once through his body, a peculiar expression gradually appeared on Shen Wenxing’s face.

The Power of Heaven and Earth!

He could clearly feel that as the energy from the Qi Nourishing Pill circulated within him, there was a faint trace of the Power of Heaven and Earth in the surrounding air slowly seeping into his body through all the acupoints and pores!

The standard for a martial artist to break through from Postnatal to Innate is the comprehension and refinement of the Power of Heaven and Earth.

Qi Absorption and Concealment!

About to break through!

Shen Wenxing suppressed the excitement in his heart, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.

He continued to guide the energy to circulate within his body.

Gradually, the Power of Heaven and Earth around him gathered more and more, causing the concentration of the Power of Heaven and Earth within the Ascension Pavilion to far exceed the surroundings.

“Hmm?”

On the county town street, Li Heshan, who was accompanying Pei Yuwan to experience the customs of Great Yu, suddenly sensed something and glanced back in the direction of the Ascension Pavilion.

“Senior Brother, it seems to be a fluctuation of spiritual energy.”

“Is it some kind of treasure?”

Pei Yuwan also sensed the abnormality of the spiritual energy around them.

In the Yangnao Land where Great Yu is located, spiritual energy is scarce, so any fluctuation is extremely noticeable.

“Should not be.”

“It’s a sign that someone is breaking through the Qi Cultivation Stage.”

Li Heshan frowned slightly and said, “Let’s go take a look.”

The two followed the fluctuation and soon returned to the Ascension Pavilion.

“Inside.” Pei Yuwan looked up at the third floor of the Ascension Pavilion and said, somewhat in shock, “Could it be that Shen Wenxing!?”

Li Heshan was a bit stunned.

He had just given Shen Wenxing five Qi Nourishing Pills, and not long after, someone inside the Ascension Pavilion had broken through to the Qi Cultivation Stage?

However, Zhongli Qing had clearly checked before; Shen Wenxing had no Spirit Root.

Cultivating Immortal Techniques without the backing of a Spirit Root is extremely difficult to break through to the Qi Cultivation Stage, even if one could sense spiritual Qi, and future cultivation would also be slower than those with Spirit Roots.

“This kid…”

Li Heshan smiled and shook his head.

A person without a Spirit Root actually cultivated to the Qi Cultivation Stage; he didn’t know whether to praise the other’s commendable perseverance or good luck.

“Senior Brother, do you want to help him?”

“The spiritual energy in the Yangnao Land is too thin; this level of concentration of spiritual energy is probably not enough to support his breakthrough.”

After carefully feeling for a while, Pei Yuwan said.

Li Heshan nodded: “Let’s go.”

The two returned to the Ascension Pavilion. The people like Gongyang He were still a bit surprised and were about to salute when Li Heshan directly passed them and headed to the second floor of the Ascension Pavilion.

Inside the room, Shen Wenxing was sitting cross-legged, with the porcelain bottle of Qi Nourishing Pills placed beside him.

“I see…”

After carefully looking at Shen Wenxing, Li Heshan suddenly understood.

“It seems this kid also has some Immortal Fate, and has actually found a Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique.”

After carefully sensing his spiritual energy circulation route, Pei Yuwan also marveled: “It’s quite a good Qi Cultivation Technique, but it’s clearly just a prototype and not complete, what a pity.”

“Senior Brother, his spiritual energy is about to run out.”

Upon hearing this, Li Heshan immediately took out a cloth bag, reluctantly took out a crystal stone the size of a fingernail, and sparked some spirit light on the crystal stone with his fingers.

Instantly, a rich spiritual energy emanated from the crystal stone.

This spiritual energy was drawn by Shen Wenxing and slowly gathered around him.

“Senior Brother, you’ve really spared no expense, actually bringing out a Spirit Crystal Fragment.” Pei Yuwan teased.

Watching the Spirit Crystal Fragment in his hand slowly lose its luster, Li Heshan shook his head helplessly.

“Time is of the essence, and there’s no other means available for now, so he got lucky, this kid.”

The two chatted briefly, and after a while, the surrounding spiritual energy was completely absorbed by Shen Wenxing.

He slowly opened his eyes, with a look of joy in them.

Just as he was about to carefully observe the changes after his breakthrough, he suddenly noticed the two people standing in front of him.

“Li… Immortal Li!?”

Shen Wenxing’s heart tightened, warning himself that this was bad!

The Breathing Technique he was practicing was obtained from an Elder Immortal by Xu Xiu, and now that Li Heshan had witnessed his cultivation process, it meant that the secret of the Breathing Technique had been exposed!

Although the relationship between both parties was pretty good at the moment, he wasn’t sure whether the Breathing Technique held any allure for Li Heshan.

“Hehe… worried that I would covet your Qi Cultivation Technique?”

Seeing his tense expression, Li Heshan smiled slightly: “My Qiyun Valley may have declined, but Li wouldn’t go as far as to covet a flawed Qi Cultivation Technique.”

Hearing this, Shen Wenxing’s hanging heart slowly settled back down.

He awkwardly cupped his hands, “Forgive me, Immortal…”

Li Heshan waved his hand.

In this land of Great Yu, possessing a Qi Cultivation Technique indeed posed a significant temptation for others who hadn’t embarked on the Path of Cultivation.

Being cautious isn’t a bad thing.

“Sigh!”

Feeling the weak Spiritual Power within Shen Wenxing, Li Heshan sighed and said: “Without a Spirit Root, managing to break through to the Qi Refining Stage, that’s indeed praiseworthy.”

“It’s a pity the spiritual energy in Yangnao Land is so scarce. Just at the Qi Cultivation First Layer, if not for my assistance with the Spirit Crystal Fragment, you probably wouldn’t have managed to break through at all.”

“If you had a Spirit Root, even if it were just a Lower Grade Spirit Root, I would have considered taking you to Qiyun Valley.”

Shen Wenxing suddenly understood at these words.

No wonder during his cultivation he clearly felt the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth was running thin, only for suddenly a surge of extremely dense Power of Heaven and Earth to replenish.

So it was Li Heshan who intervened.

“Thank you, Immortal!”

He hurriedly cupped his hands to express gratitude.

He also realized without Li Heshan’s intervention, breaking through this time would have been nearly impossible.

“The Qi Cultivation Stage the Immortal spoke of is…”

“Qi Cultivation is akin to the Innate Realm in your Martial Dao practices.”

“Martial Arts Innate refines oneself using the Power of Heaven and Earth, and attacks using that power. In our Cultivators’ eyes, this Innate Power is spiritual Qi.”

Li Heshan explained: “Yet the so-called Innate experts in Great Yu at best only have the strength of the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer.”

“Transitioning from the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer to the Sixth Layer is a minor threshold, one that is nearly impossible to cross in the Yangnao Land without extraordinary talent or great fortune.”

These words reminded Shen Wenxing of Xu Xiu once again.

Xu Xiu once mentioned encountering other Innate Martial Artists in Yu Country, but they felt weak to him.

From this, it can be deduced that Xu Xiu’s cultivation likely surpassed the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer.

It seems Xu Xiu must have had other opportunities, for with his qualifications—taking decades to break through to Innate—surpassing the Fifth Layer would be difficult.

“The Spirit Crystal Fragment the Immortal mentioned is…”

Li Heshan offered the now utterly spent Spirit Crystal Fragment in his hand.

“This is a Spirit Crystal Fragment, formed by the condensation of spiritual Qi in heaven and earth.”

“Spiritual Qi, like water, slowly accumulates under the forces between heaven and earth, eventually forming Spirit Crystals after a long period.”

“Don’t be deceived by this small piece; it’s worth hundreds of gold.”

Shen Wenxing was stunned by this revelation!

This tiny object, no bigger than a fingernail!

One piece… worth hundreds of gold!?

He had just broken through, akin to consuming one hundred taels of gold!?

Terrifying!

“This… the Immortal’s great kindness, I don’t know how to repay it.”

Seeing his embarrassed expression, Pei Yuwan chuckled, covering her mouth: “Feeling the need to return the favor?”

“Simple, when your stubborn brother officially becomes a disciple of Qiyun Valley, he’ll be given cultivation resources: five Spirit Crystal Fragments a year. Let him…”

“Junior Sister Pei!”

Li Heshan interrupted Pei Yuwan with a laugh: “No worries, it’s a token from our acquaintance.”

“You should take the time to familiarize yourself with the benefits of the Qi Cultivation Stage; I, Li, will take my leave.”

The two once again left the Ascension Pavilion, while Shen Wenxing, unconcerned with anything else, immediately sat cross-legged, preparing to comprehend the changes from his breakthrough.

Meanwhile, far away in Jinliu Village, Shen Yuan and Hu Yufen were busy spreading grain to dry when Shen Yuan suddenly sensed a slight vibration from the White Jade Turtle Shell in his Sea of Consciousness.

Curious, he submerged his consciousness into the Sea of Consciousness and discovered that a light cluster the size of an egg had formed on the White Jade Turtle Shell.

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