Qi Refining Layer Two

After dinner, Lu Wanyuan continued refining spiritual qi. He could feel that he was just a tiny bit away from advancing his cultivation realm to Qi Refining Layer Two.

After four shichen, he finally used up the eight "Strand of Spiritual Qi" Entries and refined eight strands of spiritual qi!

It was only at daybreak that he truly advanced to the next layer.

Feeling the new changes brought by his cultivation realm advancing to Qi Refining Layer Two, Lu Wanyuan was thrilled.

He had been stuck at Qi Refining Layer One all this time, mainly because his talent and aptitude were so poor. A cultivator with a Mixed Spiritual Root was always at the very bottom of the cultivation world's pecking order.

Otherwise, his father, Lu Hu, would never have driven him out of Green Bamboo Peak.

He had reached Qi Refining Layer One at the age of eight, when he first drew qi into his body. Now, a full ten years later, he was still stuck at the same layer. He had nearly given up hope.

But this time, continuously refining spiritual qi had allowed his cultivation realm to advance.

He suddenly felt that perhaps his talent and aptitude weren't the problem. The real issue was that he didn't have enough cultivation resources.

He had finally advanced to Qi Refining Layer Two because he'd obtained nearly thirteen strands of spiritual qi. Only then had his cultivation realm been able to reach its current level.

In other words, with enough cultivation resources, he could advance too.

Who the hell had been pulling his leg all this time, claiming cultivators with Mixed Spiritual Roots lacked the talent to cultivate?

The truth was that these cultivators couldn't advance their cultivation realms because they didn't have enough cultivation resources!

But this was no problem for him now. He could obtain plenty of cultivation resources; by continually acquiring Entries, he could get all sorts of related cultivation resources!

It was fair to say that this Golden Finger was made for cultivators like him, with Mixed Spiritual Roots, giving him a chance to soar to the heavens!

The immediate benefit of advancing to Qi Refining Layer Two was that his Spiritual Sense Perception had expanded. It had previously reached only five zhang, but now it could reach ten—twice as far as before.

An increased spiritual sense range was extremely useful to a cultivator. At a distance, if your spiritual sense reached farther than your opponent's, then from the same position you could attack first, while your opponent couldn't reach you.

With that kind of advantage, you could strike first and gain a much better chance of winning. That was why cultivators cared so much about the range of their spiritual sense.

Cultivation Techniques for training spiritual sense were relatively rare. It was more reliable to advance one's cultivation realm and thereby increase the range of one's spiritual sense.

Another change was that the space inside his Dantian had doubled, and its capacity had become more than ample.

His meridians had also grown thicker and more resilient, while their width had increased considerably. This let spiritual qi and spiritual power flow through them much faster and more smoothly, which also made his spells much more powerful.

That was why high-level cultivators could cast the same low-level spells as lower-level cultivators, yet produce astonishing power—nothing like what a low-level spell should be capable of!

Feeling these dramatic changes in his body, Lu Wanyuan finally experienced the benefits of advancing his cultivation realm. He was utterly captivated, like someone who had acquired a taste for something and wanted more.

He would definitely have to find a way to keep advancing his cultivation realm. That was the only way to gain more benefits, both physically and in terms of strength. He needed them to protect himself, protect his Cultivation Partner, and accomplish everything he planned to do later.

Strength was the foundation of everything. If he had been strong, no one would have driven him out of Green Bamboo Peak.

He hurriedly ate a little breakfast. He had cultivated all night and only stopped in the morning.

By all rights, for a cultivator at his Qi Refining Realm, using Bigu Pills to meet the body's needs was the best option. They could satisfy the body's basic needs without wasting time.

But Bigu Pills had one very obvious drawback: they cost Spirit Stones.

And given Lu Wanyuan's current circumstances, he could only make do by relying on his own two hands!

He had wanted to tell his Cultivation Partner the good news about his advancement, but Baili Qiuyue had already left for work early that morning.

Seeing that, he hurriedly shoveled down some food, then quickly left the house and headed for the residence at No. 9527 on Chunfeng Road.

After all, even his Cultivation Partner had gone out early to get things done. He couldn't fall behind and laze around at home. He should go out as soon as possible, get the work done, and bring in some income.

He entered the residence with ease and made his way to the backyard.

Then Lu Wanyuan cast Fire Dragon Technique at the weeds lying in the Spirit Field.

A blazing red fire dragon, about one zhang long, surged forward, unleashing a scorching heat.

The intense heat burned all the weeds he had cleared the day before to ash, turning them into fertilizer.

Billowing smoke shot into the sky, blotting out the sun.

The weeds hadn't dried out, and all their moisture kept them from burning properly. But after he set them alight again and again, he finally burned every patch of Green White Grass lying in the Spirit Field to a crisp!

Only a thick layer of black ash remained!

But after he burned the weeds on one mu of land, he obtained a new Entry.

[Name]: Green White Grass [Entry]: Fire Attribute Magic Power Amplification 2x (Weeds converted into fertilizer: 100% complete)

After seeing this Entry, Lu Wanyuan was thrilled. As the name implied, it should help increase the power of fire-attribute spells.

Wasn't he casting the fire-attribute Fire Dragon Technique right now? He was at Qi Refining Layer Two. If he used this Entry, would the power of his Fire Dragon Technique reach that of a cultivator at Qi Refining fourth layer?

With that kind of power, he could burn the weeds more easily and get the job done sooner.

He decided to try it right away, using the Entry to see whether it had an effect like the amplification Entry he'd used last time.

When he cast the spell, he saw that the fire dragon, which had originally been one zhang long, had grown to two zhang. Its heat was noticeably greater, and the burning Green White Grass gave off far less smoke!

The weeds burned much more thoroughly, with vigorous flames flaring up now and then!

The burning was clearly much faster!

He had thought it would take until the afternoon to burn the weeds, but now it seemed that, if his spiritual power held out, he could finish by the morning.

Another thing left him very excited. If he became a high-level cultivator and used this Entry to amplify his spells, it would be utterly heaven-defying. The effects would still double, making him practically invincible.

The larger the base, the greater the benefit he'd gain.

That was interesting. Say he had a capital of one hundred Spirit Stones. If he used this Entry, he could get two hundred Spirit Stones—that was the idea.

In other words, if he had a capital of one thousand Spirit Stones, using the Entry would double it to two thousand.

The difference between two hundred and two thousand was tenfold. It was truly terrifying how much the size of the base mattered.

So if the base value were large enough, the benefit could theoretically be enormous.

Thinking about that made him grin with delight, though he'd have to wait until he became a high-level cultivator to test it.

He then settled his mind. By the time he had finished tending to all five mu of Spirit Field, the morning still wasn't over.

By now, he had not only burned all the weeds in the five mu of Spirit Field, but, aside from the three Entries he had used, he had also gained four more "Fire Attribute Magic Power Amplification 2x" Entries. He stored them all in his mind.

That morning, he had used up all his Entries. Who would have thought that he would obtain four more now—and of a different type, too?