Qin Yi's peculiarity also lay in the fact that whenever he took up a mundane profession, it counted as cultivation.
Alchemy was cultivation; talisman crafting was cultivation.
Back then, even planting a medicinal garden had been cultivation.
In theory, this was true for everyone. When one focused on doing something and ultimately gained something from it, that process was cultivation. What was more, such activities directly tempered one's Mana, concentration, control, and comprehension of the Great Dao within them. That made them even more so cultivation.
But ordinary people did not show results as visibly as Qin Yi did. If one used talisman crafting to cultivate, it would take at least ten years or so before any obvious breakthrough emerged.
After An'an accompanied Qin Yi in drawing talismans for two days, she watched helplessly as his cultivation began to stir, slowly pressing toward the threshold of the Fifth Layer before slowly breaking through it.
An'an: "..."
In truth, An'an could not perceive the finer details. Cultivating this way could not itself obtain energy, so leveling up was not that terrifying. The true gains in energy and spiritual expansion had mainly come from that dual cultivation session with Minghe...
Minghe possessed a virgin's Primordial Yin. According to Bangbang's theories on dual cultivation, that had always been the most nourishing kind.
And Minghe's dual cultivation was especially beneficial.
Before merging with her previous life, her cultivation had happened to be not too far from Qin Yi's, fulfilling the most important requirement of dual cultivation: that both parties' cultivation levels be roughly comparable.
When she alternated into the Nether River, the pervading will of an entire realm was practically like fucking a planet.
Qin Yi had dual cultivated with a Non-Self before, and Miss Yue... yet those sessions had never been this outrageous.