ragginovel Chapter 65 The Importance of the Soul
Chapter 65 The Importance of the Soul
Wooden houses in the forest.
Liu He is meditating and practicing his martial arts.
He breathed deeply, absorbing the spiritual energy from the surrounding space into his body. Using the "Gathering Spirit and Qi Technique," he circulated the energy throughout his meridians and acupoints, refining it into his own spiritual energy which flowed into his dantian.
After circulating the energy through the body dozens of times, a wisp of spiritual energy condensed and took shape in the dantian.
At this moment, a total of five strands of spiritual energy were swirling within Liu He's dantian.
"Phew~~"
He opened his eyes and thought to himself, "I've finally condensed another wisp of spiritual energy, and I'm one step closer to the fifth level of Qi Refining."
When he broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, the colorless spiritual energy that filled his dantian condensed into three wisps of white mist-like spiritual energy.
Four months have passed, and only two strands of spiritual energy have been condensed, out of a total of five.
To reach the fourth level of Qi Refining and complete it, one needs forty strands of spiritual energy to break through to the fifth level.
"Two months of cultivation is enough to condense a wisp of spiritual energy."
He calculated in his mind that he was still short of thirty-five strands of spiritual energy, which would require seventy months of arduous cultivation, or nearly six years!
Keep in mind that this was done within the spiritual energy environment of the second-tier Spirit Gathering Array at Spirit Plant Peak, and he also consumed spirit plant radishes every day.
It doesn't actually take long to go from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the fifth level.
When Liu He was working as a handyman at the outer mountain forest farm, it took him five years to go from the second level of Qi Refining to the third level, and seven years of arduous cultivation to reach the fourth level of Qi Refining without relying on external resources.
He was able to improve rapidly thanks to elixirs and ant nests.
If Liu He were still on Qixia Peak, it would take him more than ten years to go from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the fifth level.
"I am currently at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and with the spiritual energy environment of the second-level Spirit Gathering Array, the effect of the spirit plant radish on me will become less and less."
Liu He thought to himself.
Violet and radish are, after all, inexpensive, low-level spiritual plants. They can help improve cultivation in the early stages of Qi Refining, but their effects become weak in the middle stages of Qi Refining when the spiritual energy required by cultivators increases significantly.
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"Green Soil Root Cultivation Technique".
Liu He cast a spell on the real tiger Chima.
The true tiger red hemp has grown to two feet tall, with lush branches and leaves, and anyone who sees it will avoid it.
Once it reaches this stage of growth, the True Tiger Red Hemp will no longer grow rapidly, its appearance will be basically finalized, and it will then accumulate medicinal properties as a spiritual medicine.
A True Tiger Red Hemp Grass takes twenty years to grow from seedling to maturity and is worth sixty or seventy spirit stones.
But what Liu He cares about is not its value after it matures, but its current role as a cover.
With it there, no one will approach his miniature plant garden.
"For the past three months, I have been using the green soil root cultivation technique once a day. The newly planted violet radishes are growing vigorously and it looks like they should be fully grown in another two months."
With the blessing of his earth elemental spirit, the Violet Green Radish grew in one day, equivalent to two and a half days, thanks to the Green Soil Root Cultivation Technique.
Lingzhi Peak has no distinct four seasons; it is spring-like all year round, and the temperature and other aspects are suitable for the growth of spiritual plants.
After Liu He harvested and stored the first batch of violet radishes that had matured, he kept more than a dozen plants for seed.
The violet radish used for seed does not need to be dug up. As time goes by, the radish will become fibrous, supplying nutrients to the branches and leaves, and will "bolt and bloom".
This is the process of radish seed formation.
A dozen or so violet seedlings were planted, and each plant could produce two to three hundred seeds.
Liu He transplanted all the radish seeds into seedlings, growing two acres of radish fields and two to three thousand violet radish plants.
Two months later, when this batch of violet radishes has grown, he will be able to harvest an inexhaustible supply of spiritual plant radishes.
"Oh, right, today is the day to collect the spirit money."
Liu He suddenly remembered.
After receiving his monthly spirit stipend, he managed to gather enough spirit stones to buy the obsidian bead.
He eagerly accepted the ten spirit stones, and then instead of returning to his own forest area, he headed straight for the Wanqi Pavilion in Fangshi Mountain.
Using his identity jade token, he took advantage of the half-price discount for purchasing mid-grade spiritual artifacts when applying for promotion to outer disciple status, and spent 120 spirit stones to buy the obsidian bead.
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Three days later, Liu He refined the three obsidian beads using the method of refining spiritual artifacts.
He tested its power on the ground near the ant nest.
"go!"
He held an obsidian bead in his palm, infused it with a wisp of spiritual energy, and controlled it to fly away.
Whoosh!
The obsidian bead transformed into a black afterimage at incredible speed.
During this period, Liu He practiced the art of manipulating stones diligently every day, and he was able to control ordinary stones as easily as if they were his own arms.
After refining the obsidian bead, it develops a spiritual artifact sense, making it easier to control than ordinary stones.
"superior!"
The obsidian bead flew horizontally for dozens of feet before suddenly rising into the air.
"Spin around."
Under his control, the obsidian beads flew through the air in various trajectories.
Currently, the optimal distance for him to control the obsidian bead is within fifty zhang. Beyond this distance, control becomes difficult, and beyond one hundred zhang, it becomes hard to control, and he can only barely control it to fly back.
Fifteen minutes later, he retrieved the obsidian bead.
The wisp of spiritual energy he had previously injected had been completely used up, so he injected another wisp of spiritual energy.
"go!"
The previous test was about control; this time, it's about power.
The obsidian bead flew straight toward a large blue-green rock dozens of feet away.
The blue stone was over ten feet tall.
The obsidian bead struck the blue stone at an extremely high speed, like a mosquito darting into a cow.
"boom!"
With a loud bang, the blue stone shattered, sending fragments flying everywhere and dust billowing into the air.
Liu He controlled the obsidian bead to fly back, and it was completely undamaged, with not a single mark left on its surface, only a little bit of stone dust on it.
"Try manipulating the two obsidian beads."
He then took out an obsidian bead and infused it with a wisp of spiritual energy.
Holding an obsidian bead in each hand, he manipulated them to fly out.
One obsidian bead flew out, while the other obsidian bead fell to the ground not far away.
Liu He's attention was diverted, and as a result, another obsidian bead also lost control and rolled to the ground.
"This... let's try again."
He was unconvinced and felt that he would definitely become proficient after practicing a few more times.
This time he slowed down and controlled the two obsidian beads to fly up slowly.
Two obsidian beads trembled and hovered in mid-air, perfectly aligned under his mental control.
"go!"
His eyes were fixed on the obsidian beads, controlling them to fly under his will.
Liu He barely succeeded this time, but the obsidian bead was too slow, too slow to pose any threat to anyone.
He slightly adjusted the acceleration, and the obsidian bead slipped out of his control.
After countless attempts, Liu He finally gave up: It's just too difficult.
He manipulated two obsidian beads, but they were far less powerful than a single obsidian bead.
Simultaneously control three obsidian beads?
He couldn't imagine it.
"No wonder they say that you need a talent in your soul to skillfully control three obsidian beads."
Using spiritual energy to perform spells like "Stone Manipulation" and remotely control external objects relies on mental consciousness, or the soul.
The soul resides in the mind.
As far as Liu He knew, the divine soul was a field of study for Foundation Establishment cultivators and even higher-level cultivators.
Qi Refining cultivators only passively enhance their spiritual soul as their cultivation level increases. In other words, their spiritual soul passively strengthens as their cultivation level rises.
Cultivators with a talent for spiritual souls are naturally stronger than other cultivators of the same realm, or they can cultivate their spiritual souls independently at lower realms.