Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 4 The fourth level of Qi refining
After getting the Qi Gathering Pill, Song Qingming returned to his cave without stopping and began to prepare for seclusion to break through the middle stage of Qi training.

After preparing everything, Song Qingming also arranged a low-level formation at the entrance of the cave to avoid being disturbed by others.

After feeling that everything was safe, Song Qingming walked to the middle of his cave, sat cross-legged on a futon, and used his hands to perform meditation techniques to calm down his nervousness.

He took out a "Pure Heart Talisman" and put it in his hand. After adjusting to his best condition, Song Qingming opened his eyes and looked at the Qi Gathering Pill that he had spent nearly three years saving to get.

I thought silently in my heart that I must succeed in breaking through this time, otherwise I won't know how long it will take to make another breakthrough.

Although he failed once, Song Qingming is still full of confidence in his breakthrough. Having the experience of failed breakthrough will also increase the success rate of his breakthrough this time. With the Qi Gathering Pill this time, the breakthrough should not be a big deal. question.

Song Qingming touched the Qi Gathering Pill in his hand, put it in his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Slowly, a powerful spiritual energy came from the body, impacting the meridians and spiritual points in the body.

Qi Gathering Pill is a first-class high-grade spiritual pill. For Song Qingming, a junior monk, the spiritual energy it contains is very huge.

Such a powerful spiritual energy burst out from Dantian and rushed around along the three meridians that had been opened in front. This was also a big test for Song Qingming.

During the Qi refining period, every time a spiritual acupoint is opened, a meridian for absorbing spiritual energy will be opened, increasing the speed of the body absorbing spiritual energy, and also increasing the capacity of one's own Dantian. The number of spiritual acupoints and meridians that a monk opens determines his level of cultivation. When all nine spiritual acupoints and meridians in the body are opened, he can reach the peak level of Qi refining - the ninth level of Qi refining.

The monks are divided into three levels during the Qi refining period. The first to third levels are the early stage of Qi refining, the fourth to sixth levels are the middle stage of Qi refining, the seventh to ninth levels are the late stage of Qi refining, and the ninth level is the late stage of Qi refining. After that, if you break through further, you can enter the next great realm and become a rare foundation-building monk here.

It's just that the vast majority of monks in the world of cultivating immortals can only linger in the Qi-refining period, and less than one in a hundred can break through the foundation-building period. There are nearly a thousand monks in Qinghe County, but there are only six foundation-building monks.

The first three spiritual acupoints of a monk in the Qi refining stage are the easiest to open, and the capacity of the Dantian will not be increased too much. Starting from the fourth spiritual acupoint, the difficulty increases exponentially. This is also a common phenomenon in cultivation. The higher the difficulty, the higher the difficulty. Naturally, the more you harvest, the more you get through it. Breaking through the bottleneck in the middle stage of Qi refining will double the capacity of your Dantian. The same goes for the bottleneck of the seventh spiritual point in the later stage of Qi refining.

Song Qingming knew very well that the last time he failed to break through, it was because he failed to gather enough spiritual energy in his dantian, which led to his failure in breaking through the spiritual acupoint barrier.

With the last experience, he carefully operated the "Kun Yuan Jue" that he had practiced for many years to guide the circulation of spiritual energy, and then guided this huge spiritual energy from the Dantian to the meridians of the fourth spiritual point in the body. .

This "Kun Yuan Jue" is just an ordinary common earth attribute skill in the Qi refining stage. It can only be practiced to the peak of Qi refining. The clan has all the five elements exercises in the Qi refining stage, but only a few of the clan leaders can practice it to the foundation building stage. The "Red Flame Art" of fire attribute practiced by people.

Song Qingming possesses spiritual roots of four attributes. Since the spiritual roots of the earth attribute are better, he chose to practice this technique which is more suitable for his earth attribute.

A few days later, the spiritual energy in Song Qingming's Dantian accumulated more and more, eventually forming a powerful torrent, rushing towards the barrier at the meridians.

I seemed to hear a roar in my head.

Song Qingming felt a roar in his body, and after a sound in his meridians, a very comfortable feeling suddenly spread throughout his body, and the spiritual energy in his Dantian doubled.

Slowly run the technique again, allowing the spiritual energy to circulate in the body for a week before it slowly calms down. This time after taking the pill, I finally broke through the middle stage of Qi training and reached the fourth level of Qi training as expected.

After spending half a day to stabilize his cultivation, Song Qingming opened the stone door and walked out of the cave. From today on, Song Qingming has officially become a middle-level Qi Refining monk.

After cooking two bowls of spiritual rice in the cave, Song Qingming alleviated the hunger caused by the past few days of seclusion, and felt that the speed of absorbing spiritual energy had indeed increased by several percent. After refining the full spiritual energy from the spiritual rice he had just eaten, Song Qingming began to study various spells that he had long thought about in the cave.

In the early stage of Qi refining, monks are not strong enough to gather enough spiritual energy outside the body, and can only cast some low-level spells. If they want to cast higher-level spells, they can only cast them with the help of spiritual talismans. This is different from relying on their own spiritual energy after their cultivation level is improved. The power of naturally cast spells varies greatly.

When a monk reaches the middle stage of Qi Refining, he will have enough spiritual energy to radiate out of the body and can easily cast various spells. His combat ability will also increase a lot. Under normal circumstances, the fighting ability of a fourth-level Qi Refining monk is definitely stronger than that of two Qi Refining monks. Three levels of monks joined forces.

"Wrapping Technique", "Sound Transmission Technique", "Breathing Concentration Technique", "Earth Stab Technique", "Fire Bullet Technique", "Concentration Technique", "Wind Control Technique" and "Object Control Technique".

The power of these low-level spells depends entirely on the caster's magic power.

If a person with great supernatural power uses it, he can turn thousands of miles of fertile fields into deserts and condense the Yangtze River into glaciers.

Of course, this is still a fantasy for Song Qingming, who has just entered the middle stage of Qi refining. Even if the spiritual energy in his body has reached the middle stage of Qi refining, it is still very limited. He can only barely cast these low-level spells. If he wants to practice more, it will be more powerful. To use high-level spells, you have to wait until he reaches a higher level and has enough spiritual energy in his body.

Song Qingming, who was addicted to all kinds of new magic spells, did not leave the cave until half a month later.

A ray of green light flew out from Song Qingming's hand and instantly hit the boulder more than ten feet away from the cave. After a "bang", a burst of dust and gravel was raised. After a while, the dust dispersed, and a corner of the boulder had been cut off by the green light. .

Song Qingming changed the technique in his hand, and the green light quickly returned to him, turning into a green and black iron sword.

"I can almost master this sword-controlling technique and use it at will."

In half a month, Song Qingming not only successfully cultivated the "Kun Yuan Jue" to the fourth level, but also learned seven or eight low-level spells. Now he can be regarded as a genuine mid-level Qi refining monk.

After Song Qingming put away the flying sword in front of him, he went to the family's Golden Pavilion to renew his cultivation level, and received a storage bag that he had long dreamed of.

Storage bags are a must-have item for monks in the world of immortality, but they must be learned to release spiritual power at least during the middle stage of Qi refining before they can be used. After the monks perform sacrifices, they only need to inject some spiritual power into the storage bag to lock the items. It can be loaded and taken out automatically.

What Song Qingming received was only an entry-level storage bag with a space of only three feet. Even the lowest-level storage bag was not cheap in the market. Each one cost at least ten spirit stones. However, in order to encourage members of the clan, the Song family The juniors have worked hard to practice. After everyone in the clan breaks through the middle stage of Qi refining, they will be given a free entry-level storage bag, which can be regarded as a reward for them.

After releasing a drop of his blood essence and blending it into the storage bag, Song Qingming successfully completed the sacrifice after performing a few spells. Then he counted all his belongings and put them all into the storage bag.

A low-level black iron sword, a set of low-level five-element formation flags, a few low-level talismans, thirty kilograms of spiritual rice, and a dozen spiritual stones. This is all Song Qingming's property now.

Compared with other monks in the middle stage of Qi Refining, he currently does not have even a middle-grade magic weapon. He is really a poor group. Once he encounters a monk of the same level and starts a magic fight, he will definitely suffer a big loss. .

A middle-grade flying sword in the market costs about thirty spiritual stones. I want to exchange for one, but the spiritual stones on my body are not enough.

Now that he has successfully broken through the middle stage of Qi refining, the next step is to find a way to earn spiritual stones, return the spiritual stones borrowed by Uncle Thirteen and others, and then slowly arm himself.

(End of this chapter)