Clan Leader Breaks Through, Qi Condensation Level 7!

Early the next morning, Grandpa Clan Leader delivered 200 Spirit Stones.

This time, Li Qingyuan gave it a try and found that they could not be copied. It was probably because these 200 Spirit Stones were compensation received after gifting Spirit Nurturing Pills and Lesser Spirit Nurturing Pills to the clan.

Those pills were resources that had already been copied.

Furthermore, the thousand-odd Spirit Stones Li Qingyuan had obtained by selling everything to the Purple Skirt Woman at the Spirit Talisman Building could not be doubled a second time either.

That was because those thousand-odd Spirit Stones had also come from resources copied by the Mysterious Feminine Space.

The Mysterious Feminine Space currently had three functions.

The first function was copying and doubling.

Its restrictions were as follows.

First, the item had to belong to Li Qingyuan.

Second, the Spirit Stones and other resources obtained by exchanging copied and doubled resources could not be endlessly nested like dolls within dolls.

Lastly, the copied item could not be a demonic beast or any living creature.

The second function was guiding cultivation.

It could instruct him in cultivating the Great Spring Technique, practicing Tier 1 Spells, and the art of talisman drawing.

The third function was completing cultivation techniques and runes.

It could complete incomplete runes, allowing Li Qingyuan to draw a truly complete Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman.

It could also complete incomplete cultivation techniques.

Li Qingyuan had personally verified this point.

He spent three days studying the incomplete copy of the "Breath Concealment Art." Three days later, he had gained entry and preliminarily mastered this concealment technique, which could hide his cultivation and block probing.

When he gained entry, a mysterious figure appeared within the Mysterious Feminine Space. The figure was pitch-black, while glowing lines emerged throughout its meridians, displaying the complete circulation diagram of the "Breath Concealment Art."

Once the perfected "Breath Concealment Art" was mastered, it could conceal one's aura and hide one's cultivation. No one beneath Foundation Establishment Divine Sense could detect it.

Even when fighting others, the Breath Concealment Art could continue operating to conceal his cultivation. Unless he deliberately went all out and erupted with his cultivation, no one would notice it.

This way, even if Li Qingyuan fought before others and engaged in spell battles, he could restrain his spiritual power and hide his cultivation without exposing his true strength.

Bzz!

Li Qingyuan sat cross-legged in meditation. His Qi Condensation Fourth Layer cultivation circulated, and as the "Breath Concealment Art" operated, his Qi Condensation cultivation began to weaken, his realm starting to fall.

Qi Condensation Fourth Layer, Qi Condensation Third Layer, Qi Condensation Second Layer.

"Qi Condensation Second Layer fits the cultivation speed of a Four-Element Spirit Root Immortal Seedling in the clan." Li Qingyuan nodded in satisfaction. "From now on, I'll present myself as being at Qi Condensation Second Layer."

Li Qingqing, who was the same age as him and possessed a Four-Element Spirit Root, had now reached Qi Condensation Second Layer with the resources provided by the clan.

Li Qingbao, also his age and possessed of a Five-Element Spirit Root, had only reached Qi Condensation First Layer Perfected.

"Now that I have ample Spirit Stones, I won't need to worry about Spirit Stones for cultivation for quite some time."

Li Qingyuan calculated, "The first time I went out, I encountered bandit cultivators—and they were Late Qi Condensation experts."

"The outside world is far too dangerous."

"If I hadn't had the Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman to protect me, the Zhang Clan and the Li Clan would have suffered heavy losses."

"Perhaps all of us would have died at the hands of Tumei and his two siblings."

Li Qingyuan pondered. "The most urgent matter is still improving my cultivation."

Thus, Li Qingyuan began closed-door cultivation.

He had a total of 1,800 Spirit Stones on him, after already deducting the 200 Spirit Stones he had given his father.

He was lavish, using three Spirit Stones each day to assist his cultivation.

Not only did he eat Spirit Rice at every meal every day, but he occasionally feasted on the clan-raised First-Tier Demonic Beast, Black Tooth Fragrant Pig, along with all kinds of demonic beast and poultry soups.

In addition, 120 sets of Tier 1 High-grade Talisman Paper materials and two catties of High-Grade First-Rank Talisman Ink, paired with the Wind Spirit Wolf Hair Brush, were made into Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans one after another.

Thus, he meditated and refined his qi every day, refining Spirit Stones.

He set aside time to draw talismans, then meditated to recover after exhausting his spiritual power, repeating the cycle as he restored himself and condensed his magical power.

Spirit Rice filled his stomach every day. He occasionally improved his meals with First-Tier Demonic Beast meat, as well as First-Rank Spirit Plants he picked to cook into porridge or medicinal cuisine.

Li Qingyuan could feel that his cultivation was rising almost every day, his spiritual power strengthening bit by bit.

Half a month later, Grandpa Clan Leader Li Guangao personally escorted Zhang Yuanluo back to the Zhang family of Green Peak Mountain. To be safe, the members of the Hunting Team went as well.

After escorting Zhang Yuanluo safely back to the Zhang family, Grandpa Clan Leader returned and began preparing for closed-door cultivation.

For this seclusion, Grandpa Clan Leader prepared 200 Spirit Stones, three Mid-grade First-tier Spirit Plants, and several bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills. He then entered seclusion for three months in the core cave abode of the First-Rank Incomplete Spirit Vein, tempering his own spiritual power.

Three months later, the Qi Nourishing Pills had been used up, the Mid-grade First-tier Spirit Plants had been fully refined, more than half of the 200 Spirit Stones had been absorbed, and his spiritual power had accumulated to its peak.

After three full months of seclusion, having tempered his Qi Condensation Sixth Layer Perfected cultivation to the utmost limit, Grandpa Clan Leader finally brought himself to swallow the Spirit Nurturing Pill and relied on the breakthrough effect of a High-Grade First-Rank Pill to charge toward Late Qi Condensation.

Bzzzz!

On this day, above the core of Cloud Mist Mountain, spiritual energy became active and gathered from all directions. A vast spiritual pressure spread outward, stirring the air currents.

The Great Elder, the Second Elder, Li Dingzhou, Li Ding'an... Li Qingyuan... the clan cultivators all looked toward the mountaintop, bursting with excitement and wild joy.

"Hahaha, after a hundred years, our Li Clan finally has another Late Qi Condensation cultivator." The Great Elder and Second Elder, the two old men, wept tears of joy.

Li Ding'an was ecstatic. "Haha, Eldest Uncle has stepped into Qi Condensation Level 7."

"Our Li Immortal Clan now has a Late Qi Condensation cultivator to stand guard."

On this day, the entire Li Immortal Clan celebrated. Not only the cultivators and their families on Cloud Mist Mountain, but even the three thousand mortal clan members in Cloud Mist Town were overjoyed.

The Li Immortal Clan held grand celebrations for three days, inspiring hearts and strengthening the clan's cohesion.

Generally speaking, it was usually very difficult for a Third-rate Qi Condensation Family to produce a Late Qi Condensation cultivator.

The last time the Li Clan had produced a Qi Condensation Level 7 cultivator had been more than a hundred years ago.

Therefore, the birth of a Qi Condensation Level 7 cultivator carried immense significance for the clan.

It meant that the Li Immortal Clan was not only among the best of Third-rate Qi Condensation Families, but also had some chance of becoming a Second-rate Qi Condensation Family in the future.

The mark of a Second-rate Qi Condensation Family was having a Qi Condensation Eighth Layer or Qi Condensation Ninth Layer expert holding the fort, with no fewer than three cultivators above Qi Condensation Level 7 within the clan.

Only then could it reach the threshold of a Second-rate Qi Condensation Family.

At present, the Li Clan already had one Late Qi Condensation cultivator. This allowed everyone to see hope for the clan's advancement in rank.

At the banquet, Clan Leader Li Guangao assigned Li Qingyuan a task.

He was to guide the clan's young Immortal Seedlings between the ages of ten and twenty in practicing spells.

Naturally, some people were unconvinced at first.

Li Qingyuan directly displayed his "Qi Condensation Second Layer Perfected" cultivation. He was not far from Qi Condensation Third Layer, and in terms of cultivation, he could be called an outstanding figure among the clan's younger generation.

Then, he faced ten opponents alone and used the clan's Tier 1 Spells to easily crush and defeat them all, becoming the number one of the younger generation.

Li Qingyuan knew that Grandpa Clan Leader was building momentum for him, and he gladly accepted, cooperating in earnest.

From then on, Li Qingyuan took one day off every half month to mingle with the clan disciples and establish his authority.

Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, more than a year passed.

Li Qingyuan had tempered his Qi Condensation Fourth Layer cultivation to the utmost limit, welcoming an opportunity for breakthrough.