Chapter 85 Gap

“It’s easier than I expected.”

Chen Luo took a look at the remaining twenty-three spirit stones, picked up another one, and began practicing.

Accompanied by the consumption of spirit stones.

Chen Luo's strength continued to improve steadily, and the adaptation period after the breakthrough did not exist at all for him.

Light blue spiritual energy appeared around Chen Luo, enveloping him completely. The "Enlightenment Technique" in his body slowly turned, and familiar spiritual energy poured in from his palms, swirling around his body, being refined by his spiritual roots and integrated into his body.

Half an hour later.

The last spirit stone shattered into debris.

The aura on Chen Luo's body also fluctuated. The little spiritual snakes in his dantian increased from one to three, and his realm also increased from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

In just one night, he actually broke through two levels!

Without the aid of resources, a cultivator with three spiritual roots would need three years to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, and a cultivator with four spiritual roots would need five years. Even with the aid of resources, this time could only be compressed to half a year at most. Chen Luo surpassed the efforts of others in half a year in just one night, and even reached the fifth level of Qi Refining directly. This speed of practice was comparable to that of geniuses with superior spiritual roots.

However, Chen Luo didn't take this kind of breakthrough in a small realm seriously at all. For him, this kind of breakthrough was just like starting over, and it was a piece of cake.

What really deserves attention is building the foundation!

"If we continue to accumulate spirit snakes according to the current method, when we have 100 spirit snakes, we can try to build a foundation, and the success rate will be about 30%. "

"The Enlightenment Technique is a method of cultivating the mind. After the Dreaming Technique is perfected, one can switch to the Soul Technique. The combination of the two can increase the chance of building a foundation by half."

'After the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, compressing the spiritual power may have a better effect.'

Feedback from the two foundation-building brains and the mummy brain emerged in his mind.

Only he dared to refine Qi in the hope of building a foundation. If it were someone else, he would have been regarded as a madman.

With the knowledge of the two great foundation-building monks combined, the chance of successful foundation-building can reach 35%. Such a high chance of success is enough to make people risk their lives if it gets out, not to mention that there is a plan given by a mummy's brain behind it.

"With a 35% chance, plus the foundation-building pill, wouldn't it be 60%?"

Chen Luo's eyes flickered.

The effect of the foundation-building pill was no secret. As long as one was a disciple of the Shenhu Xianmen, there was no one who didn't know the effect of the foundation-building pill. But knowing it was one thing, but whether one could get the foundation-building pill was another.

Normal cultivators, even if they have foundation-building pills, have a success rate of just over 30% in their foundation-building efforts, and even with their spiritual root abilities, their success rate won't exceed level 4. But Chen Luo, with just his talent, has reached 35%, and with this alone, he has surpassed his fellow disciples at level 9 of Shenhu Xianmen.

As his cultivation level improved, the role of the external brain became more and more powerful.

"Experience" and "intuition" can help him find the best practice route, saving practice time and finding a more perfect foundation-building plan. He is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining now. When he reaches the tenth or even thirteenth level of Qi Refining, the chance of success in building a foundation will definitely increase. Especially the brain of the mummy, which was obtained from the tomb of the Yue Kingdom. It has "experience" beyond that of ordinary people, even the two newly obtained foundation-building brains cannot compare to it.

This also gave Chen Luo a clearer understanding of the large tombs of the Yue Kingdom. Most of them were tombs left behind by more advanced cultivators.

"One hundred little spiritual snakes and some spiritual arts. The little spiritual snakes are easy to deal with, but the spiritual arts are a bit troublesome. The library doesn't sell them either." Having stayed in the library for such a long time, Chen Luo naturally knew what kind of arts were taught there.

There are many spells, including allusions and biographies, the history of the world of immortal cultivation, and auxiliary books related to the four arts of immortal cultivation, such as talismans, formations, and alchemy. It seems that there are a lot of them, but the specific useful techniques and key skills related to the four arts of immortal cultivation are not in the library.

Just like the former Yue State, inheritance among the upper class is monopolized.

Shenhu Xianmen is a group with vested interests. They open up low-level skills and inheritances and are not afraid of them leaking out because these inheritances will not affect them. The real core inheritance is passed down by word of mouth from master to disciple. Disciples who are not recognized will never be able to obtain the true inheritance of Shenhu Xianmen.

This is also the main reason why it is difficult for independent cultivators to succeed.

"It seems that I need to use my brain a little bit."

Chen Luo is planning to change his cultivation path to a more radical one.

The next day.

Chen Luo arrived at the Chuangongping early in the morning. This is where the most disciples gather at Wudao Peak. Apart from the disciples who come to listen to the teachings for free, the rest will also communicate here.

"Brother."

Not long after I sat down, two familiar figures appeared.

It was Huang Ying and Fu An.

Both of them looked a little tired, and their expressions were not as relaxed as before. It seemed that they had encountered setbacks while carrying out the mission of slaying demons and eliminating evil at the foot of the mountain.

"Why are there only two of you? Where's Junior Brother Yao?"

Chen Luo asked casually, there were three people when they came last time, why is there one less this time?

"Junior Brother Yao has fallen."

Huang Ying and Fu An both looked unhappy.

This time, when they were doing a mission at the foot of the mountain, they encountered a "painted skin ghost". The monster could change its appearance and blend into the crowd, making it difficult to find. They spent a lot of effort to kill the monster, but several brothers died in the process. Nearly half of the people who went on the mission together also died.

Yao Zhenghai was killed by the Painted Skin Ghost in a surprise attack while he was slaying demons.

Including Xun Xian who died a few months ago, there were only three of them left out of the five new disciples who had joined Wudao Peak.

It's not just the case with Wudao Peak, the same is true for the disciples of the same class at other main peaks. Since the watershed of half a year, the number of disciples who have fallen has increased significantly. No one knows how many of the hundreds of people who entered the mountain gate together at that time are still alive.

Fortunately, after taking such a big risk, the return was also very good. Huang Ying used this resource to officially break through the threshold of the middle stage of Qi Refining and reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. Fu An also reached the third level of Qi Refining. It can be said to be high risk and high return.

"Are you in the middle stage of Qi Refining?"

Huang Ying was about to say something else, but when she saw Chen Luo's realm, she found that she couldn't see through it! Then she reacted, a flash of shock flashed in her eyes, followed by envy.

She and Fu An went down the mountain every day to complete resource tasks, and barely advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining. As a result, Chen Luo stayed in the mountain and did nothing, and caught up with her cultivation by selling talisman paper. This was because Huang Ying could not see his specific realm. Otherwise, if she knew that he had reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, this emotion would be doubled.

"Is the gap so big? Is aptitude... really that important?"

A hint of sadness flashed across Fu An's eyes.

From the moment he joined the Shenhu Immortal Sect, he had never been lazy for a single day. In the beginning, he believed that even if he had inferior spiritual roots, he could still change his fate, just like the protagonist with five spiritual roots in the storybook 'The Waste Material Becomes Immortal', singing all the way until he finally ascended to become an immortal.

As a result, he has only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With the same resources and practicing day and night, he watched himself being surpassed by Huang Ying. Now even Chen Luo, who had been slacking off on the mountain, has surpassed him.

And he himself didn't know when he would be able to advance to the middle stage of Qi Refining. Especially in recent times, he clearly felt that the speed of Qi Refining had slowed down.

(End of this chapter)