Chapter 5: Advancement of Cultivating Qi - Fifth Layer

  Yan Zhen obtained the Xianjing culinary scroll and looked at a circular mark on the ground beside him, which should be the transmission array that went out.

  Swallow had just left this place. At this moment, on a light screen on the east wall, it was displayed: "Another person has entered the Xianzun Legacy."

  Yan Zhen looked back and saw an old man wearing a yellow robe, with a waxen complexion and a scar on his face appearing on the light screen. Hmm, isn't this Qin An, Ou Yang Song's old eunuch servant? In his past life, he was the one who obtained the Heavenly Food Scroll, but because he was a eunuch himself and couldn't use it, he gave it to Ou Yang Song, helping him create his past glory.

  Yan Zhenxin was secretly worried about Qin An, and Yan Zhen also knew that in his previous life, he had obtained the Heavenly Food Scroll from the Immortal Realm. In order to prevent his past trajectory from being the same as this life, Yan Zhen had long fabricated a letter, which was passed on through several hands to Qin An, pretending to be an opponent who wanted to engage in a decisive battle with him. Logically speaking, Qin An should now be in Linfeng City at the foot of the mountain, but for some reason, he suddenly rushed back to Fengyun Mountain in the middle of the night and arrived at Shuangyue Valley, entering the Immortal's legacy. It was indeed an unexpected event.

  It seems that heaven has quietly arranged for Qin An to obtain the Sian Jie Mei Shi Juan Zhuan, a precious treasure, and then have Qin An deliver it into Ouyang Song's hands. Ouyang Song is a man with great luck. But what does that matter? The treasure has already fallen into his own hands, and he has successfully defied heaven's will.

  Yan Zhen was thinking in her mind, Qin An had also entered this immortal's treasure trove, and she wondered how to deal with Qin An.

  Undoubtedly, of course - kill! Yan really has a heavy murderous intent. Not to mention that Qin An is Ou Yangsong's loyal servant and Ou Yangsong's wings, in the previous life Ou Yangsong was arrogant, with a large factor being due to Qin An's contribution, so it's even more necessary to kill Qin An.

  Moreover, it's better to wait for Qin An to choose one of the treasures before killing him. After all, each person can only choose one of the ten treasures. If Yan Zhen chooses the Heavenly Food Scroll, he won't be able to choose any other. Coincidentally, among the remaining nine treasures, there are also some that make people's hearts move. Once Qin An chooses one of them, Yan Zhen thinks that if he kills him and takes his treasure, he can get another one.

  It was decided that after Qin An stole the treasure, they would strike and kill him. However, Yan Zhen also knew that he was not a match for Qin An at present.

  Qin An is a fifth-level cultivator with considerable age and rich combat experience. Yan Zhen is a fourth-level cultivator who is extremely young, but has past-life experiences and equally rich combat experience. In this situation, Yan Zhen thought to himself that he might find it difficult to defeat Qin An.

  However, there is still a chance. After all, the Xianjing culinary scroll is now in hand, and can be used to enhance itself and then kill Qin An. And Qin An still has to pass two levels, which also gives Yan Zhen ample time to boost his power.

  ……

  Yan Zhen had known about the Heavenly Food Scroll in his previous life, and this time he came to seize the treasure also for the sake of this food scroll. He had long brought with him the ingredients for Su's dish, the grey mushrooms. Yan Zhen took out the grey mushrooms from his sleeve and put them into the Heavenly Food Scroll.

  The scroll of delicacy was originally empty, but after putting in this catty of grey mushrooms, some shapes of grey mushrooms immediately appeared on it. Only to see layer upon layer of heavenly spiritual energy rolling into it, as if transforming these grey mushrooms. These grey mushrooms became slightly larger and more tender, with a crystal clear feeling, like crystal.

  After some time, the changes in the gray mushroom seemed to have stopped.

  On the right lower corner of the Food Scroll, a line of text appeared: "The chance to use the Food Scroll once a month has been used. The Earthly Gray Mushroom has transformed into the Heavenly Gray Mushroom. The energy inside has changed from 0.45 units according to the Earthly measurement standard to 0.45 units according to the Heavenly measurement standard."

  Is food transformation complete? Faster than I imagined.

  Yan's hand was really placed on the food scroll, and a strange feeling appeared instantly. After a moment, the heavenly gray mushroom appeared in his hand, at which time the weight of the heavenly gray mushroom was basically consistent with the original, but it looked much more beautiful, crystal clear and transparent, and when touched, there was a feeling of touching warm jade.

  Finally succeeded. This is the heavenly gray mushroom.

  Yan Zhen is also a bit excited now, after all this is still the first time using the Delicious Food Scroll.

  Next, it's time to roast and eat the heavenly gray mushrooms. How do you eat heavenly gray mushrooms? Yan Zhen is a gourmet at ordinary times, so he naturally knows many ways of eating them. You can stir-fry mushrooms, braise mushroom soup, or stir-fry mushrooms with meat, but there isn't any pot available now. Seeing some firewood in one corner of the cave, Yan Zhen decided to roast the mushrooms instead.

  Yan Zhen carried a fireboard and fuel with her, which could be ignited like wood and reused. First, she used a piece of wood to string up the mushrooms, then lit a flame underneath using the fuel.

  When the mushrooms are almost oozing oil, add salt immediately. After a while, start adding cumin. Cumin is a barbecue godsend that can open up one's appetite, increase the freshness of food, and remove fishy smell. With salt, it smells good; with cumin, it's even more fragrant.

  Roasted mushrooms are actually quite simple, but simple eating methods also have a good taste.

  It's almost done! Yanzhen picked up the roasted mushroom, took a sniff, and it smelled great. With one bite, the flavors exploded on her tongue, like the feeling of spring. The freshness, tenderness, and aroma of the mushroom all burst out at once.

  It's too delicious!

  Yan Zhen has had countless barbecue and mushrooms, in various ways. But never once was it this delicious. Yan Zhen also knows his own strengths and weaknesses, his cooking skills are not bad, but only just passable. So this extremely wonderful mushroom dish is absolutely not due to skill, but rather - the ingredient itself.

  It seems that it should be due to the heavenly mushroom. After being processed by the Delicious Scroll once, the flavor of the gray mushroom became several times its original.

  It's so delicious! Yan Zhen ate the roasted mushrooms one by one, it was wonderful, and every bite was incredibly good. The flavor was beyond description. As she continued to eat, she suddenly realized that the roasted mushrooms were gone. Yan Zhen couldn't help but exclaim, "This is a whole catty of roasted mushrooms, how did they disappear so quickly?" It seemed that these roasted mushrooms were too delicious, and she had unknowingly finished them off.

  Yan Zhen was still savoring the roasted mushrooms he had eaten earlier, and at this moment, he felt a surge of spiritual energy exploding in his stomach. This spiritual energy was extremely pure, causing the spiritual energy in Yan Zhen's lower abdomen to accumulate thicker and thicker. In this world, the first major boundary on the path of cultivating immortality is the Qi Refining Stage, which is divided into nine levels: Chong Mai, Dai Mai, Yin Qiao Mai, Yang Qiao Mai, Yin Wei Mai, Yang Wei Mai, Ren Mai, Du Mai, and Qi Jing Mai.

  The first stage of Qi Gong corresponds to one meridian, all the way to the eighth stage of Qi Gong corresponding to the eight extraordinary meridians. The ninth stage of Qi Gong integrates the eight meridians into a small cycle.

  Yan Zhen himself was in the fourth layer of Yang Qiao Mai, and at this time he absorbed the heavenly spiritual energy from the roasted mushrooms. His magical power exploded in his meridians, and this surge of magical power was incredibly majestic. It not only completely opened up the fourth meridian, Yang Qiao Mai, which had been blocked halfway, but also poured into the fifth meridian, Yin Wei Mai. This also meant that Yan Zhen's magical power had entered the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and his magical power had greatly increased.

  Apart from this, the fifth Yin Wei Meridian of the Qi Refining stage, this meridian is located in the hand, after opening up this meridian, the cultivator's speed of casting spells can increase by several folds.

  This! Five parts frightening! Three parts eerie! One part unbelievable! And one part hard to believe.

  Normally, it would take four to five levels of Qi training to reach the fifth level, and that's not even mentioning how long it takes. Half a year or a year is normal, and it might even take longer. But Yan Zhen only took one day, no, just the time it takes to eat a meal, and his magical power had already surged to the fifth level of Qi training. This speed of improvement was simply against the heavens.

  Such a rapid rate of improvement would be unbelievable to anyone who heard it, and would be considered absolutely impossible. Yet, it has actually happened on Yan Zhen's body.

  Yan Zhen himself was also shocked, stroking his smooth chin. Yan Zhen naturally knew that the Delicious Food Scroll had a great effect, but he didn't think it would be so big, just eating one meal of food processed by the Delicious Food Scroll and suddenly rising to the next level. This is only for first-level food put in, when the time comes for the Delicious Food Scroll to open up the back levels, you can put in second-level food, third-level food, that's even more incredible. No wonder in his past life, Ou Yang Song got this treasure through Qin An's hands and became famous throughout the cultivation world, it seems it's really like that. This life has finally come around to being impressive too. Yan Zhen thought to himself.