Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 47 The Third Level of Qi Refining
After the dinner, the night fell, like a huge piece of black silk covering the lush market town.

After saying goodbye to Chen Yinghu, Ji Chang set out on the journey back to his house alone.

Although it was late at night, the public security in Cangyufang City has always been good, and even in the outer city area, few robbers dared to act recklessly here.

On both sides of the street, the high-hanging lanterns and the jade stones emitting faint light complement each other, illuminating the way at night.

Compared to mortal cities, the nights here are much brighter, giving people a relatively peaceful feeling.

However, as Ji Chang gradually moved away from the bustling restaurant, the noises around him gradually died down.

The night wind howled, bringing with it a bone-chilling chill, as if announcing the approach of winter.

The leaves rustled in the cold wind, like sad whispers, adding a touch of loneliness and desolation to the quiet night.

Ji Chang walked on the deserted streets, recalling the laughter at the dinner, and the smile disappeared from his face.

Ji Chang subconsciously touched the spirit beast bag on his waist, thinking to himself: "It is indeed a bit too imprudent to hang the spirit beast bag directly on the waist."

Today, Chen Yinghu was probably attracted by the spirit beast bag hanging around his waist, so he agreed to his casual polite remark.

This made Ji Chang feel a little scared.

Ji Chang didn't care about the cost of the dinner. The restaurants in the outer city were not expensive, and a table of banquet only cost a few spirit stones.

What he cared about was that if Chen Yinghu found out that he was practicing the Chen family's "Snake Taming Art", the consequences would be disastrous.

He took a deep breath to calm his inner turmoil.

He knew that in order to gain a foothold in this world of immortal cultivation, he had to remain vigilant and cautious at all times. Any negligence could lead him into an irretrievable situation.

"It's better for me to stay away from the Chen family in the future." Ji Chang secretly warned himself in his heart.

"And this spirit beast bag, it's better to hide it." Ji Chang thought silently in his heart, his fingers gently touching the spirit beast bag hanging around his waist.

If this spirit beast bag were discovered by others, they would know that he had a spirit beast on him and would have to take precautions in advance.

By then, it would be difficult for him to launch a sneak attack using the Green Bamboo Snake.

The Green Bamboo Snake is not very good at frontal combat, but its strength lies in its powerful venom.

If the sneak attack fails, then it would be much more difficult to break through the monk's self-defense measures and poison him.

"But tonight was not without gain." Ji Chang's heart moved slightly. He recalled the casual chats between him and Chen Yinghu. Those seemingly casual conversations contained a lot of useful information.

Based on the casual conversation between him and Chen Yinghu, Ji Chang learned that Chen Yinghu was not much older than him, no more than thirty years old, but his cultivation had already reached the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Although it was not stated explicitly, from just a few words, Ji Chang guessed that the other party's cultivation level was roughly at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.

Even considering that he was born in the Chen family of Cangling, he had more resources for cultivation than Ji Chang, and he started practicing since he was a child, so he spent much more time practicing than Ji Chang.

But to be able to have such an accomplishment at this age, his aptitude cannot be too bad.

He should have the qualifications of a mid-grade spiritual root.

With such qualifications, he would definitely be considered a key training target in a Qi-refining family like the Cangling Chen family.

Compared to the Chen family cultivator Chen Qianyun, whom Ji Chang had spied on before, he is much more promising and naturally knows more of the Chen family's secrets.

"When I get the chance in the future, I can take a peek at this person." A thought came to Ji Chang's mind.

However, for Ji Chang now, it is more important to learn and master the art of alchemy by spying on Master Wang Dan and observing his alchemy process.

Ji Chang's figure gradually lengthened under the light and finally disappeared into the silent night.

…More than two months later, Ji Chang sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

In his body, the magic power was like a trickle, flowing slowly through his meridians.

As time went by, the magical aura of Ji Chang suddenly increased a lot, and then slowly stopped.

"The third level of Qi Refining!" Ji Chang slowly opened his eyes, a look of joy that was hard to conceal on his face.

Originally, he estimated that it would take another three or four months to successfully break through to the third level of Qi Refining.

But he didn't expect that the cultivation speed of this superior spiritual root would be much faster than he had imagined.

In less than a year, he broke through from the second level of Qi Refining to the third level of Qi Refining.

Calculating my age, I am now twenty-four years old and have just broken through to the third level of Qi Refining.

In the world of cultivating immortals, at this age and with this level of cultivation, he can only be considered mediocre.

However, considering that he had only been practicing for more than a year, this practice speed was already considered quite fast.

At this speed, even if he relied on slow and steady efforts to break through the bottleneck between the early and middle stages of Qi Refining, Ji Chang would be able to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining before the age of thirty.

However, since we can break through the bottleneck and save time through elixirs.

So there is no need to rely on slow and steady work to break through the bottleneck and waste time.

In the world of cultivating immortals, something like elixir poison usually only exists in large quantities in inferior elixirs.

Even the poison in the inferior elixirs is not too much.

As long as you don't take large amounts of pills frequently, you can rely on your own detoxification ability to eliminate the poison in your body.

With Ji Chang's financial resources, it is obvious that he cannot afford to take pills frequently.

Erysipelas, a disease of the rich, was not something a penniless cultivator like him needed to worry about.

"But I have just broken through the third level of Qi Refining. I need to practice for at least one or two years before I encounter a bottleneck."

“As for the matter of purchasing realm-breaking elixirs, I’m not that anxious.”

The price of the breakthrough elixir to the middle stage of Qi Refining is not too expensive, about thirty or forty spirit stones.

Compared to other Qi Refining Stage elixirs, it is relatively expensive.

But for Ji Chang, it was just half a year's salary.

Of course, for most of the independent cultivators, their qualifications are mediocre, with only low-grade spiritual roots, or even pseudo spiritual roots.

It is almost impossible to break through the bottleneck by relying on a breakthrough pill.

It often takes two or three, or even more, realm-breaking pills to have a chance of breaking through the invisible shackles.

This is a considerable expense. One needs to go without food or drink for a few years to accumulate enough spirit stones.

In addition, their daily practice depends on the assistance of elixirs, so the expenditure of spirit stones is quite terrifying.

This is the cruelty of the world of cultivating immortals. For those low-level independent cultivators who have neither extraordinary qualifications nor the skills to make money, even breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining is a very difficult task.

But for Ji Chang, who possesses top-grade spiritual roots, only one realm-breaking elixir is enough.

(End of this chapter)