Chapter 5: Refining Magical Powers and Thousand Secret Arts

  Just as the sun emerged, Wang Guang suddenly opened his eyes, and the internal energy in his body surged like a river reversing its flow. "Withdraw!" He shouted, and from about seven or eight feet in front of him, a purple light suddenly burst out of thin air, entering his dantian through his mouth, merging with the internal energy inside in an instant.

  After absorbing the purple light, it suddenly decreased a bit. The cyan gas, which was originally the size of a face basin, actually shrunk a bit and looked more condensed than before. Not only did the shrinkage of the cyan gas not make him feel that his spiritual power had decreased, but on the contrary, he felt that it had become much purer than before.

  "After a wisp of Purple Energy is infused into one's magical power, the purifying effect is equivalent to polishing one's magical power for three to five hours. No wonder some people collect this stuff." Wang Guang smacked his lips, as if savoring the taste of the Purple Energy: "It's just a pity that this Purple Energy can only be absorbed at the moment when the sun first rises, and only in such a small amount each time. Otherwise, absorbing and expelling this Purple Energy all day would cause one's magical power to surge out of control!"

  After thinking to himself for a moment, he finally examined the jade bottle that stored the moonlight in his hand. The moonlight collected overnight actually occupied one percent of the volume of the jade bottle. The golden liquid rolled around in the bottle, looking really beautiful.

  He shook the jade bottle in his hand, and Wang Guang clenched his teeth. Although this thing could be exchanged for crystal stones to quickly enhance his magical powers, thinking of the application of this thing he had just seen in the Taoist book, the idea of exchanging crystal stones was immediately abandoned by him.

  "Although the crystal stone obtained from this exchange can quickly enhance my magical power, it makes my foundation relatively unstable and my magical power not pure enough. In the future, when competing with others, I will inevitably be at a disadvantage. It's better to spend three to five years in the inner door, solidifying my foundation, and after my magical power is fully developed, see who can stop me. The Moon Flower is precious, but it must be used. Rather than selling it out for others to use, it's better for me to use it myself. As for the crystal stone, that's just a piece of crap."

  His mind racing, Wang Guang didn't hesitate and directly spat out a stream of green energy that shot into the jade bottle. The thumb-thick green energy condensed from his magic power revolved once inside the bottle before shrinking by nearly one-third in volume. After swallowing this seemingly much denser magic power in one gulp, he continuously spat out seven or eight more streams of magic power. Although the total of eight or nine streams didn't seem like a lot, they actually accounted for half of the magic power within his body.

  Finally, after the last bit of spiritual energy had drilled into his belly from the jade bottle, Wang Guang discovered that the Moon Flower in the jade bottle had completely disappeared. Without the Moon Flower, it was temporarily impossible to purify the spiritual energy.

  After observing the Fa power in his body, Wang Guang found that after being tempered by a purple aura and these moonlights, the overall Fa power inside him was more than 1% purer than before.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable!" After exiting his introspection, Wang Guang immediately decided to implement his own plan. He first went to the water pool at the foot of the mountain and spent more than three hours purifying a drop of Profound Yin Heavy Water. He then handed over the two drops of Profound Yin Heavy Water as a task and obtained six crystal stones. After taking these crystal stones, he came to the foot of the mountain and chose a large bird from the free transportation tools provided by the inner gate to fly to the mountain peak where the outer gate disciples were located.

  It's said to be a large bird, but in fact it's just a paper bird made of folded talisman paper, specially provided for Qi practitioners who haven't yet acquired the ability to fly. As long as the Qi practitioner infuses their magic into the paper bird, it will fly according to the practitioner's mental control. Although it can only fly over 140 kilometers in an hour, for Wang Guang at present, it's still sufficient for use.

  The paper bird swayed back and forth, and after a while, it arrived at the mountain peak where the outer door disciples were. When they were still three to five miles away from the mountain peak, Wang Guang discovered that the liveliness here was not something that their inner door could compare with.

  The entire mountain peak was densely packed with people, and treasures were constantly falling down as well as rising up. More numerous were the paper birds carrying outer sect disciples flying in the air.

  It's said to be a gathering place for outer sect disciples, but in fact, this is the novice village of Qi practitioners. More than 100,000 Qi practitioners gather here either to learn Taoist techniques and methods or to receive tasks from inner sect Qi practitioners stationed here.

  The entire mountain was bustling with people, noise erupting everywhere, and chaotic movement. However, as soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, a huge change appeared. A large number of outer sect disciples at the foot of the mountain tidied up a flat area, some squatting on the ground selling various elixirs, others loudly shouting to find teammates to form teams. There were those flying in the sky and walking on the ground. Some rode beasts or drove birds, while others climbed clouds and galloped with the wind.

  In short, the lower-ranking ones are like Wang Guang, who has just become a Qi Refiner; the higher-ranking ones are about to condense their Golden Dan, with an overwhelming aura of law and power. The atmosphere is lively and bustling, with people selling, buying, setting up stalls, and haggling over goods. Some are arguing and making appointments for duels. There are those who flirt with fellow sect's maidens, as well as those who seduce married women.

  Some are even more powerful, and there are Lolita, mature women who seduce good men. There are also married women who flirt with powerful men. Quarreling and scolding, you say I seduced your wife, and I say you molested my daughter. A dispute arose, and a fight was inevitable.

  The victor proudly shows off his well-developed chest muscles and formidable abilities, while the loser spits out a mouthful of saliva and drags his woman away. The unlucky ones are directly beheaded and reincarnated, losing their own spiritual connection in the process.

  The attire of the practitioners was even more diverse, with some wearing tattered Taoist robes covered in patches and grease stains; others wore various shades of blue shirts and long gowns, with silver silk dusters slanted around their necks. There were also women disguised as men to avoid lechers, and men disguised as women to entice young boys for carnal pleasure. The scene before him suddenly reminded Wang Guang of his days mingling in a gang in the Jianghu.

  Just as the paper bird landed, before he could observe his surroundings, a rustling sound was heard, and more than ten backpack-wearing cultivators suddenly appeared beside him. There were men and women, old and young among them.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable, fellow Taoist friends, this is indeed the jurisdiction of the One Qi Sect. You must not come recklessly." Wang Guang's body trembled. He hastily bowed his head and paid respects, putting on a pretentious air as he came up with a Taoist name. "Although my poor Taoist powers are not particularly robust, I won't fall behind if we engage in a contest of magical abilities."

  "Cut the crap! You're just looking for trouble." A burly man with a thick beard and a twitching face said, "I'm a merchant. Your inner disciples come here to buy things, so speak up! What do you want? I have all sorts of goods here, whatever you want, I've got it."

  "Do you have a giant dragon flying in the sky? Do you have a qilin running on the ground? Do you have 108 virgins? Do you have 365 chaste men?" A young girl jumped out and pointed at the practitioner with her white and tender hand, saying: "Do you have ancient artifacts? Do you have ancient elixirs? You little boy, don't talk so wildly, or people will despise you."

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable!" Seeing the face of the Qi Practitioner with a horizontal piece of meat change greatly, and preparing to argue, Wang Guang hurriedly said loudly: "Everyone, I only have six crystal stones, I can't buy many goods, don't worry about it. The Purple Mist Energy is what I want to purchase."

  "A single crystal shard, I have three strands." The burly male cultivator shot a scornful glance at his female counterpart before turning to Wang Guang and naming his price.

  "A single crystal, I have dozens of threads." The female cultivator who jumped out first didn't pay attention to the rude cultivator, but instead smiled and took out a small bottle to hand over to Wang Guang, gesturing for him to take a look.

  The other cultivators who had gathered around also shouted that they had the Purple Energy, with some having hundreds of strands and others only having one strand.

  Although he was puzzled why the outer sect cultivators didn't absorb the purple energy, he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he took out six crystal stones and bought six silks from the female cultivator. Fortunately, he had taken a jade bottle from the inner sect beforehand, so he also had a container to hold them, and didn't have to worry about not being able to bring them back.

  "This senior brother, I don't know if you will need this Purple Energy in the future. If you do, I can provide it to you specially." After Wang Guang finished buying his goods, most of the Qi Refining cultivators dispersed, leaving only the female Qi Refiner and the burly Qi Refiner who had not left yet. On the contrary, the female Qi Refiner even took a step forward to build a relationship with Wang Guang, hoping to continue cooperating in the future.

  "Kid, are you also collecting this thing for purifying magic power and refining medicine?" The burly Qi Practitioner asked another question.

  Although I'm not pleased with being stopped, considering my current lowly magical powers and the fact that I would be at a disadvantage in a fight, I replied seriously: "Boundless Heaven Venerate! We cultivators absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and take in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This purple energy is precisely the essence of the sun and moon, absorbing it is to purify our own magical powers. The two of you, I don't know how you obtained so much of this purple energy? According to reason, one person can only absorb a single strand per day."

  "Haha! Kid, just by looking at you, I can tell you're a rookie. We're all external cultivators, and hardly anyone absorbs this stuff. If you want to gain magical powers, just swallow the spiritual fruit directly - who needs to spend hours meditating?" The burly cultivator with a thick face didn't care about Wang Guang's identity at all, and explained in a very casual manner.

  "These Purple Energy we Qi Practitioners use is just slightly refined to enhance our skills, it's not very useful, so many of our fellow practitioners sell it to us, and then we resell it to you inner disciples who need it." A female Qi Practitioner next to him coughed softly and told Wang Guang about their resale of Purple Energy: "For us Qi Practitioners, nothing is impossible to resell. Even Golden Elixirs are the same."