Qi Induction Fifth Level

Name: Shen Changchuan

Realm:

Early Stage of Qi Induction Level 5

Cultivation Method:

Elephant Mountain Qi Absorption Art

Magical Artifacts:

Two Gold Needles (Quasi-Low-Grade Magical Artifact)

Soul-Absorbing Bell (Mid-Grade Magical Artifact)

One Storage Bag

Spells:

Golden Bell Technique: 100% (Perfection Trait: Slight increase in defensive power, negligible experience in Metal-element spell cultivation)

Earth-Shaking Technique: 100% (Perfection Trait: Slight increase in spell power, negligible experience in Earth-element spell cultivation)

Water Dragon Technique: 45%

Azure Wood Sword Light: 1%

Inside the Spirit Spring Secret Chamber, Shen Changchuan gazed at the panel before him, a look of delight spreading across his face. Heaven does not disappoint those who work hard; his efforts over the past two months had brought him a tremendous improvement. First and foremost, his cultivation realm had surged to the fifth level of Qi Induction in one fell swoop. The mana within his body had more than doubled!

At the same time, he had learned four new spells and brought two of them to the realm of perfection. The Golden Bell Technique rounded out his defenses, while the Earth-Shaking Technique provided crowd control and area-of-effect damage. These were specifically chosen by Shen Changchuan to address his own shortcomings. With eight spells now mastered to the level of perfection, Shen Changchuan might not be a flawless warrior, but he at least possessed a means to respond to any situation. Compared to two months ago, his strength had seen a massive leap! At the very least, even without using his magical artifacts, he could easily take on three of his former self!

Thinking of his artifacts, Shen Changchuan glanced at the artifact column on the panel. During this time, he had figured out one thing: if he placed a magical artifact into his storage bag, it would disappear from the artifact column. Because of this, the dagger and the other quasi-low-grade longsword artifact from his spoils of war were not displayed on the current panel. As for the principle behind this, Shen Changchuan could not fathom it, so he simply stopped thinking about it. By comparison, the improvement of his own realm and strength was far more important.

"Popping pills really is fast; no wonder the price of medicinal pills is so exorbitant. The reason I was able to reach this point in two months is largely thanks to those thirteen Qi-Nurturing Pills!" Indeed, Shen Changchuan had consumed all thirteen Qi-Nurturing Pills he had obtained from the spoils of the Four Evils of He Mountain to assist his cultivation.

Shen Changchuan had certainly recalled the tropes from the cultivation novels he read in his past life, where pills left behind by enemies might contain poisons or hidden traps. But after giving it a moment of rational thought, he cast that possibility to the back of his mind. How should he put it? Alchemy is not cooking.

One could simply add seasonings into it.

The formation of every medicinal pill requires the harmonious convergence of the medicinal properties, spiritual energy, and even the elemental attributes of various spiritual herbs; during the process of pill formation, the slightest carelessness would result in the furnace exploding and the contents turning into charred waste.

Even for a successfully formed pill, once it is contaminated by foreign substances that disrupt its internal circulation of medicinal power, it will cause the medicinal efficacy to dissipate rapidly, rendering it a useless pill.

To add ingredients to a pill without destroying the spiritual elixir—

This could almost be said to have broken through the fundamental logic of alchemy.

I fear only a legendary Grandmaster of Alchemy could achieve such a feat!

A Grandmaster of Alchemy, That is an existence on the same level as True Person Xuan Dan.

If the Four Evils of He Mountain truly possessed such ability and had obtained such pills, Then Shen Changchuan would have accepted it.

If he died, he would accept his fate!

However, looking at it now, The Four Evils of He Mountain clearly did not possess such ability.

"It is just a pity that the Qi-Nurturing Pills have been completely exhausted; as such, the days of rapid improvement have come to an end."

Looking at the realm of the early stage of the fifth level of Qi Induction on the Progress Bar Panel, While Shen Changchuan felt satisfied in his heart, he could not help but feel a lingering, greedy regret.

In two months, he had surged from the middle stage of the fourth level to the early stage of the fifth level;

This rocket-like speed was something Shen Changchuan would never have dared to imagine before.

However, considering that he had improved his physical and spiritual aptitude after consuming the Green Origin Water Grass, Coupled with the assistance of sufficient cultivation pills, it was not surprising to have such a speed of improvement.

It was just that the thirteen Qi-Nurturing Pills he had seized were now completely consumed, And it would be basically impossible to maintain such speed from here on out.

Unless he could obtain a new source of spiritual pills.

But unfortunately, this was not easy;

This Border Wilderness was too remote to support an alchemist at all.

The pills on the Four Evils of He Mountain were likely obtained from even more distant, large cities.

Difficult, difficult, difficult!

For a moment, Shen Changchuan could not find a good solution.

Perhaps, If he could obtain the inheritance of alchemy, He could use the Progress Bar Panel to grind up the progress and then refine pills for his own cultivation?

But soon, Shen Changchuan shook his head.

The rarity of an alchemy inheritance was not the slightest bit inferior to a high-grade magical artifact!

That was a skill capable of earning spirit stones and allowing a cultivation family to establish a foothold!

Even those who understood alchemy would keep it tightly guarded and would not easily pass it on.

Forget it.

Shen Changchuan could only suppress his thoughts.

"I can only wait until after the autumn harvest to see if the merchant caravans arriving outside Wu Family Market have any corresponding spiritual pills for sale."

"If there are none, I will have no choice but to consider heading to Qing City."

Shen Changchuan felt somewhat helpless in his heart and sighed softly.

In two months of closed-door cultivation, Shen Changchuan had gained a great deal, However, due to time constraints, Shen Changchuan had not been able to practice all the spells left behind by the Four Evils of He Mountain.

Because of this, The day of the autumn harvest had already arrived.

Above the spirit fields, The golden Spirit Grain stretched out in one piece, shimmering with a dazzling radiance under the sunlight.

When the wind blew, it was as if golden waves were rippling across the fields.

Regarding the major event of harvesting the Spirit Grain, Shen Changchuan did not dare to be the least bit careless.

With that, he ended his seclusion and stepped out from the Spirit Spring Secret Chamber.

"Grandfather, how is it?" Shen Changchuan asked directly upon seeing Han Qinhu waiting outside.

Although Shen Changchuan had spoken with great eloquence regarding the reforms in Dawan Village, this was, after all, his first time dealing with the management and cultivation of spirit fields, so he lacked true confidence.

"Excellent."

"According to the experience of some veteran farmers in the village, we will be ready to harvest in about three days."

"Based on their estimates, the harvest this season should be quite good. It looks like the yield from those ten acres of spirit fields will be higher than the previous season, increasing by about ten catties per acre, reaching a total of one hundred and ten catties per acre."

"The two plots of spirit fields managed by the eleventh and twelfth groups have seen an even greater increase; the rough estimate is that they will yield over forty catties more."

Dawan Village was, after all, their base of operations, and it involved the production of twelve acres of spirit fields. Therefore, Han Qinhu had returned from Dawan Village a few days prior to begin preparing for the various tasks associated with the harvest, which was why he had a more detailed understanding of the specific situation regarding the autumn harvest.

"Changchuan, congratulations. Your reforms for the village have succeeded."

Han Qinhu's voice was filled with deep emotion at this moment.

The second update will be after noon. My state of mind has been a bit off these past two days; I habitually started rambling as I wrote, and for this chapter alone, I came to my senses and ruthlessly cut out nearly a thousand words of nonsense.