Chapter 6 Cultivation Difficulties

  Ying Wu Hall's attendant sat upright, behind him on the wall hung a few bamboo plaques: Qing Yun Heart Method First Layer, Level 1 Spirit Gathering Pill, Peach Wood Sword and so on. These were exactly the items exchanged for contribution points.

  Suddenly, his aged eyes lit up.

  Only a young man was seen walking in at the gate, with clear eyebrows and eyes, wearing a patched shirt and tattered shoes.

  "It's him!"

  Chen sighed and said, "This kid has some connections, he got in through the back door, but these past few days he's been standing at the gate, watching others exchange gifts with envy, it's really pitiful."

  Belongs to honest and simple, eight sticks can't hit a fart, typical rural kid.

  The more he comments like this, the more sympathetic he becomes towards Chen.

  "The master's heart has also turned somewhat dark!" Chen Tian sighed, the other disciples had all received elixirs when they entered the sect, guaranteeing their entry into the first layer of Qi Refining. This young man had nothing, and his contributions were also unattainable, representing a lifetime of emptiness.

  The sixth day stopped in front of the windowsill, curiously looking around.

  "Kid, what do you want to exchange?" Chen Tian asked subconsciously, but after the words fell, he was filled with regret. Which pot doesn't open and mention which pot? What contribution does this kid have anyway?

  At 6 o'clock, he looked ahead and saw a short and stout old man on the windowsill, staring at him with an eerie gaze, as if wanting to devour him.

  However, he had found out in the past few days that this old man was extremely fair and would not monopolize the contribution points.

  After dawn, at 6 o'clock, he reached into his bosom and took it out.

  Chen Tian looked around, puzzled in his heart, what was this kid trying to do? Was it a specialty from their hometown? Sweet potato dry, Wōu Wōu Tóu? He had encountered some novice children before, because they didn't have any contribution points, and as a result, they tried to exchange them with local specialties, very innocent, very pure!

  Just as he was about to persuade him, 6 Chen took out a big package and slapped it on the windowsill, saying generously: "Help me take a look at this." Anyway, no one is around now, so this old man belongs to the kind of person who doesn't steal food from others' toilets, so he's not afraid of being exposed.

  Chen Tian stared blankly at the tattered cloth on the table, and when he opened it, his beard suddenly stood up. The tattered cloth wrapped a few stalks of medicinal herbs, which were exactly Ling Grass, and judging by their color, they were at least over a year old.

  This little kid is at most thirteen years old, where did he get so many drugs from?

  Chen Tian's curiosity was piqued, and for the first time since taking office, he wanted to ask where they had gotten them from. After all, these Spirit Gathering Grasses were quite a lot, even a Qi Refining Third Layer disciple would be hard-pressed to gather so many in just a few short days.

  However, the rules of Yingwu Hall are strict here, and it is not allowed to ask others how to get through, so Chen Tian had to suppress his curiosity.

  "Trouble Elder, help me calculate this!" 6th Chen looked back at his body, he didn't want to be seen by people at the moment.

  "Good!"

  A moment later, Chen Tian said in disbelief: "Eight stalks of five years, 400 contribution points, one stalk of ten years, 100 contribution points, a total of 500 contribution points." He was more and more surprised in his heart, an ordinary child, not only got the Ling Grass, but also the youngest for five years, what's going on?

  "So expensive?"

  With a heart full of joy, he then handed over the identity jade card to the old man and asked what was needed for initial cultivation. Afterwards, under Chen Tian's guidance, he took the first two layers of the Refining Qi Heart Method, one bottle of Ling Gathering Pill, and one bottle of Spiritual Root Pill.

  At the same time, Chen Tian emphasized two points.

  One: The body of the five spiritual roots, cultivate from this, and transcend ordinary people by five times. Moreover, before practicing the fifth layer of Qi, one cannot practice magical techniques, otherwise the spiritual energy will be chaotic and the meridians will be severed.

  Linggen Dan has a remarkable effect on spiritual roots, but this is a gradual process. As for how many bottles are needed and how many spiritual roots will be left behind in the end, no one is clear about this. This thing is very much dependent on luck, and it's even possible that it won't work at all.

  He bowed and slowly walked away after carefully remembering the sixth note.

  Watching that young man leave with a flourish, Chen Tian had a feeling of seeing a ghost. Honest and simple, country boy? Nonsense! This is the typical image of a wealthy landlord!

  Thinking so, he couldn't help but sympathize with the other disciples. They had been busy for a year and still weren't as good as this little kid who had just entered the sect for a few days. Alas, those disciples were really pitiful.

  Returning to the hut, Liu Chen's heart was filled with excitement, his face flushed like he had drunk wine, and he naively thought that with the Heart Method and the Dan medicine, he would be able to resist in three months.

  Actually, with what he currently has, He Wu's request is really not difficult to fulfill!

  But 6th brother can't swallow this tone, what's wrong with the mud leg, isn't the mud leg a human? Brother's contribution points are exchanged for life, say give and give! Moreover, with his stingy personality, it is simply not allowed to enter or exit!

  Next is cultivation!

  He didn't dare to be impatient, so he first picked up the "Practicing Qi" first layer and looked at it. Where he didn't understand, he ran to ask Fang Shi Xiong. Gradually, ten days passed.

  For ten days, I have been in a daze, feeling both curious and excited.

  The first layer of Qigong, unfolding this world, like a dream, vast and boundless!

  Jian cultivation, Buddhist cultivation, Taoist cultivation, demons, devils, and ghosts emerge one after another. This is a path that defies heaven and reverses fate.

  The Eight Extraordinary Meridians of the human body, the division of spiritual energy, the classification of Xian cultivation levels, the ranking of magical tools, and talismanic arrays.

  The more familiar I am with it, the more grateful I am to Xiao Linzi. At that time, I was confused and ignorant, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to enter this great path.

  But as he became more and more familiar with it, he also lost confidence, could he resist after three months?

  Five spiritual roots, metal wood water fire earth all complete, this is a major taboo for cultivating immortality. The five elements' spiritual energy enters the body extremely slowly, and one careless move can cause the soul to scatter. Therefore, before practicing the fifth layer of Qi, it is absolutely not allowed to stir up spiritual energy.

  In other words, he was five times slower than others, as slow as a turtle, and before practicing the fifth layer of Qi, his body was only stronger than that of ordinary people, but he couldn't cultivate magic.

  "No wonder you don't want the Five Spirits Grass, it's all mushy and rotten!"

  On this day, 6 Chen officially started cultivating.

  He first swallowed the Linggen Dan, then swallowed the Jiling Dan. After that, he silently recited his heart method. Suddenly, his whole body felt like ants crawling, starting with itchiness but later turning into pain, feeling as if being burned by fire.

  He has one advantage, once he finds the right way, he will charge forward like a bull, which is better than chopping purple bamboo, after all, chopping bamboo is completely hopeless, a typical blind struggle.

  One day passed and the effect of the Gathering Spirit Pill disappeared.

  At 6 am, I opened my eyes and carefully sensed, suddenly feeling stifled, but there was no change in my body, not even a single thread of spiritual energy.

  "Is the Spirit Gathering Pill ineffective? Has it expired?"

  At 6 o'clock, I heard Brother Fang say that for the first level of qigong practice, those with good innate quality can achieve it with just one Aggregating Spirit Pill, while those with poor innate quality may need up to ten pills, but within a month. Even if you have a worse physical constitution, you should at least react somehow.

  "Give it another try!"

  Although 6th Chen was not discouraged, unfortunately, the effect of the Lingdan gathering spirit cannot be stacked, one time is just one time, two grains are also like this, so only one grain can be swallowed. However, there is no requirement for the Linggen Dan, and this thing has a cumulative effect, eating more will not harm!

  6th Chen swallowed a Linggen Dan, seeing no reaction, so he swallowed another one, gradually swallowing ten grains. Immediately after that, he swallowed an Aggregating Spirit Dan, and suddenly the degree that had just disappeared came back doubled.

  The spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to circulate through his body, after being cleansed and absorbed, finally showing some effect.

  A thread!

  A month has passed and the six Zhen are still shocked, their mouths agape. Logically speaking, a bottle of 100 Spirit Gathering Pills was more than half consumed, and as for the Spirit Root Pill, it was completely finished.

  The spiritual energy has been obtained, but unfortunately it's just a thin thread and hasn't even broken through the first layer of Qi training?

  He ran to ask Fang Yu at 6 o'clock, and this handsome guy was also scared silly. With a hundred Spirit Gathering Pills, it's possible to cultivate Qi up to the second or third layer. How evil!

  The two of them discussed for a long time and finally made an educated guess that the Jīng Líng Dān had spiritual energy when it entered the body, but ultimately had no effect, possibly due to the Wǔ Líng Gēn.

  This conclusion hit 6 Chen hard. He thought that with resources, things would be much better after three months, but things didn't go as he wished. Must he just obediently pretend to be a good grandson?

  The sixth day was getting more and more anxious.

  "Since the Jiling Dan is ineffective, I'll take the Linggen Dan!" 6 Chen gritted his teeth and risked his life again, transforming into a fish and diving into the water pool to fetch over a dozen herbs.

  This time he replaced all with Linggen Dan, eating it like a meal!

  "Wuling root? I'll eat it until it becomes a single spirit root!"

  The 6th Chén Niú's spleen Qi has risen, and Jí Líng Dān is ineffective. The problem lies in the Wǔ Líng Gēn, so let's solve it from the root.

  Ying Wu Hall, Chen Tian was stunned. That little brat, Tufei master, came again with a honest and naive look on his face. He exchanged for a pile of Linggen Dan, but can Linggen Dan be eaten to produce single spirit root? Chen Tian had no confidence in his heart, after all, the major sects had never tried to recruit five-spirit-root disciples.

  "Alas, so much Spirit Gathering Grass, exchanged for Spirit Gathering Pills... others fear breaking through to the third layer of Qi Refining! Cultivating with Five Spirits Root is not as good as going home to plant sweet potatoes!" Chen Tian sighed to himself.

  At the same time, due to the 6th Chen, the Linggen Dan in Yingwu Hall was suddenly out of stock for a short time, and the disciples of Liandantang were busy with joy.

  "Out of stock?"

  "Damn it! Who ate the Linggen Dan as if it were rice!"

  "Right, we're exhausted to death, and yet the contribution points for refining this Spiritual Root Dan are so little!"