Chapter 330: Three-Element Sword Technique
In five years, the changes in the Drunken Immortal Gourd are not small, but the biggest change is Qingyang. Now Qingyang is 24 years old. Although his appearance has not changed much, he has shed his original immaturity and has grown into a mature and stable young man.
Qingyang had refined more than 60 Qi Gathering Pills by himself before, plus some generous rewards from his senior teachers, and Qingyang occasionally bought some materials for Qi Gathering Pills to practice his hands, so as not to make his alchemy skills rusty, so Qingyang had no shortage of pills in his usual practice.
Qingyang's usual practice is based on meditation and refining the spiritual energy from the outside world, taking Qi Gathering Pills to refine and improve his cultivation, supplemented by a large amount of spiritual pollen and spiritual honey, and occasionally supplemented with some monkey spirit wine. His cultivation has steadily improved. It took only three and a half years to improve his cultivation from the first level of Qi Refining to the third level of Qi Refining.
After that, his cultivation continued to improve steadily. About half a year ago, he reached the peak of the third level of Qi Refining, and was only one step away from the middle stage of Qi Refining. But later, perhaps he encountered a bottleneck, and his cultivation stagnated. In the past six months, he has tried many methods, but still cannot break through.
Later, after careful consideration, Qingyang felt that this might be related to his state of mind. The improvement of realm is related to cultivation, and it is also related to the realm of the Yuanshen. The Yuanshen is a very mysterious thing, and there are many things involved. It does not mean that if your mind is strong, your realm will definitely increase. Sometimes the state of mind will also affect him.
Qingyang has been practicing the Concentration Technique for many years, so his mind is much stronger than that of the cultivators of the same level, and it will not become an obstacle to the improvement of realm. Then the only thing that may affect him is his state of mind.
From the teens to the twenties, it is a person's rapid growth period, but Qingyang has spent almost all his time on cultivation since he entered the Qingfeng Hall nine years ago. He rarely goes out to experience worldly affairs, so his state of mind naturally cannot be trained.
It is not just Qingyang. Many disciples inside the Xianmen are like this, such as Qin Ruyan, who is about thirty years old, but her mind is not particularly mature. Although this kind of people can improve their cultivation quickly in the early stage, they are likely to encounter bottlenecks in the later stage. At this time, they have to go out to experience and train their character, otherwise they may be stuck there for the rest of their lives.
Cultivation cannot be done behind closed doors all the time. When you reach a certain level, it is necessary to go out to experience, make friends and deal with others. So after thinking about it, Qingyang also knew that he should go out for a walk, experience some worldly affairs, and train his state of mind.
In fact, Qingyang also believed that the reason why he was stuck in the bottleneck was not only because of lack of experience, but also because he could not let go of some things, that is, his master, Taoist Songhe, who was still in the secular world. He had not seen him for nearly ten years, and he did not know whether his master was alive or dead, and how he was doing now.
Cultivating immortals requires enduring loneliness, so cultivators are also lonely. Some people are willing to abandon their families and careers in order to pursue the immortal way, and some people will even kill their relatives to prove the way in order not to have any ties in their hearts. Qingyang can't do these, so he will always think of his master in his heart.
However, Qingfeng Hall is too far from Liangzhou, tens of thousands of miles away. For a Qi-refining cultivator, a round trip may take half a year, and it is extremely difficult to go back.
After breaking through to the Qi-refining stage, Qingyang originally planned to go back to see his master, but then Qin Ruyan's incident happened, and they were all confined and could not leave Qingfeng Hall at will. Merits are merits and faults are faults. Although Qingyang saved Qin Ruyan, Qingjing Sanren had already told all the disciples in advance that the punishment of confinement had not been cancelled.
Now that the confinement period has expired, and he has encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation and needs to go out for training, Qingyang feels that it is time for him to go back and see. Over the years, Qingyang's heart has been tormented. After practicing, he always thinks of his master who depends on him for life, and can't wait to see Taoist Songhe.
He was reluctant to use any of the longevity pills made with Wannianhong, nor was he willing to give them to the Iron-armed Monkey. All of these were left for his master. Qingyang did not waste the spiritual stones he had accumulated over the years, but bought a Meridian Opening Pill, which was also prepared for his master, Taoist Songhe.
Qingyang knew very well that regardless of whether his master had spiritual roots or not, even if he could practice, at his master's age, after taking the Meridian Opening Pill to cleanse his marrow and open his meridians, he would never achieve anything in his life in cultivating immortals. The Meridian Opening Pill was a pure waste, but he still bought it.
In addition to the improvement of his cultivation, Qingyang's strength has also increased significantly. He has already mastered the original Dual Element Sword Art, and now he can use the Triple Element Sword Art like a fish in water. This is mainly due to the improvement of his cultivation, and his divine consciousness has also increased several times. It is effortless to control three flying swords at a time. With one move, three swords come together, and the power is many times stronger than the single sword art.
If the power of the single sword art is equal to that of the cultivators of the same level, then the power of the dual sword art is twice that of the single sword art, and the power of the triple sword art is four times that of the single sword art. Although Qingyang is only at the third level of Qi Refining, once he uses the triple sword art, his combat ability can instantly cross the barriers between the early and middle stages of Qi Refining, surpassing the cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Refining.
Qingyang has also gathered with several friends in recent years, and the others have also changed. Tian Shengcai's cultivation level has successfully broken through to the third level of Qi Refining, and Cui Yu'an has also broken through to the third level of Qi Refining by leaps and bounds in recent years, but his cultivation level is much worse than Qingyang's, which makes him quite depressed.
Mu Leng and Sang Qinglan's cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth level of Kaimai Realm, but for some unknown reason, they have never been able to break through the bottleneck of the Kaimai Realm Dao Refining Stage, and have been struggling in the errand yard. Later, perhaps because they felt that the gap between them and Qingyang, Tian Shengcai and others was getting bigger and bigger, I don't know if it was because of inferiority or what, and gradually stopped contacting them.
In fact, this is how cultivating immortals is. The road is difficult and there are countless thresholds. Some people who cross it will gallop away, and no one will stop to wait for others, while those who can't cross it will be temporarily blocked there and can no longer keep up with the pace of others.
As for Lu Dingshan, he is also a fool with a fool's luck. While doing the tasks of the outer courtyard and practicing, his cultivation level was not left behind by Qingyang, and he actually raised his cultivation level to the peak of the third level of Qi Refining. This is due to Lu Dingshan's own efforts and Qingyang's help.
Lu Dingshan knew that Qingyang was now a Qi Refining Alchemist, and he was close to the water and got the moon first. Sometimes he would buy some materials for Qingyang to help refine. It's called helping, but it's actually a win-win situation for both parties. Lu Dingshan got some elixirs that were slightly cheaper than the market price, while Qingyang practiced his alchemy skills.
~~~~~~Thanks to my fellow Daoist I Love Sheep for the reward!