Chapter 528 Using Top-Grade Spiritual Stones
In this matter, Qingyang finally kept a low profile, and the Liang family did not want others to find out what happened, so after a while of noise, the Liang family suppressed the matter. Not long after, the whole matter gradually faded and no one mentioned it again.
Qingyang did not want to make some of his secrets known to everyone. After leaving the Liang family gate, he separated from Duan Rushong's family. After that, Qingyang did not stay in Yuling City for too long. He performed the Breath Retention Technique, disguised as a low-level casual cultivator, and went out of the city gate and headed towards Qingfeng Palace.
After sleeping in the open air all the way, Qingyang returned to Qingfeng Palace a month later, first handed over the task, and then returned to his residence in the inner courtyard. At this time, it was less than a year away from the start of the inner courtyard competition. Qingyang could clearly feel that the atmosphere around him was much more tense than usual.
After this incident, Qingyang felt that the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey was still very helpful to him, and he could not watch him gradually grow old, so Qingyang had decided to give the Foundation Establishment Pill given by Yu Mengmiao to the Iron Arm Spirit Monkey to help him break through the Foundation Establishment period.
Given the situation of the Iron Arm Monkey, Qingyang did not delay any longer. He took out the foundation-building pill and gave it to the Iron Arm Monkey. Then he asked him to find a secluded place near the hill of the Drunken Immortal Gourd to try to break through the foundation-building period.
Breaking through is not an easy thing. The higher the cultivation level, the more difficult it is to break through. Not only do you have to make adequate preparations, but you also have to spend a lot of time adjusting your state. When you feel that you have the conditions to break through, you can take the pill to help break through.
After that, refine the pill and convert the large amount of spiritual power contained in it into your own true qi and true essence to impact the bottleneck of cultivation and the shackles of the soul. This process varies from person to person. Some may succeed in one or two months, some may find it difficult to break through in one or two years, and some may never break through.
The Iron Arm Monkey is a demon beast with a lack of intelligence. It relies almost entirely on instinct for cultivation. It is old and weak and has little life left. Moreover, this time to break through the foundation, it needs to compress and condense a large amount of true qi into true essence, which is too difficult. How long will it take to achieve this breakthrough, or even if it will happen, Qingyang has no idea. He has done what he should do, and can only leave everything to fate.
Putting aside the matter of the Iron-armed Spirit Monkey for the time being, Qingyang is now focusing on the Inner Court Competition. It is too difficult to refine the Foundation-building Pill by himself, and success or failure depends on God's will, so the Inner Court Competition, as a way to obtain the Foundation-building Pill, must not be easily abandoned.
Considering that his eighth-level Qi Refining cultivation is still a bit low, although he can compete with some ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators, he is still far behind those truly veteran Qi Refining Perfection cultivators. Qingyang knows that he must take advantage of the less than a year before the Inner Court Competition to improve his strength as much as possible. He has already thought of the specific method, using that piece of top-grade spirit stone.
After settling down, Qingyang closed his yard and began to retreat again. He first spent more than a month to adjust his state, and felt that he had the conditions to quickly improve his strength, so he took out the top-grade spirit stone from the Drunken Immortal Gourd.
Holding the top-grade spirit stone in his hand, Qingyang could truly feel the surging spiritual power inside. It seemed that as long as he found an outlet for venting, it would surge out like a river bursting its banks. The value of a top-grade spirit stone even exceeded tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones. The energy contained in it can be imagined.
Everything has its pros and cons. Although it is very refreshing to quickly improve your cultivation, there are also many disadvantages. The meridians and dantian have to withstand the baptism and flushing of a large amount of spiritual energy, and the body has to experience great pain. If you are not careful, it can cause the realm to be unstable or go astray, resulting in immeasurable consequences.
If Qingyang's previous cultivation was not achieved by himself step by step, his realm was still stable. If he had not taken blood lotus seeds before, Qingyang would not dare to take such a risk.
Qingyang carefully looked at this top-grade spirit stone, and felt a little reluctant. This thing is not only for Qi Refining cultivators and Foundation Building cultivators, but also for many Jindan cultivators. The value of one piece exceeds tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones. It is a pity to use it directly.
However, thinking about the upcoming inner courtyard competition, Qingyang's reluctance disappeared. His strength at the eighth level of Qi Refining can only compete with the disciples who have just entered the ninth level of Qi Refining. However, there are only two or three hundred disciples who have perfected Qi Refining in the inner courtyard. How can he stand out among so many disciples with this level of cultivation? He can't wait until the next session in ten years, right?
Good things are to be used. If you keep them, they are just a piece of stone. Although they are very valuable, who knows what the future will be like? For immortals, sometimes one step faster than another, cultivation is the most important. When your cultivation is high, you may get better things. If you keep your shortcomings, everything will be delayed, and you may lose both your money and your life.
After figuring this out, Qingyang didn't hesitate any more. He sat cross-legged in the quiet room, then held the top-grade spirit stone in both hands, and began to absorb the spiritual power inside by practicing the exercises.
As Qingyang's technique was in operation, the spiritual power in the top-grade spirit stone was stimulated. Following the technique's operation route, a large amount of spiritual power was drawn from the spirit stone into Qingyang's meridians.
Although Qingyang had been prepared for this, he was still frightened by the surging spiritual power. The huge impact force almost broke Qingyang's meridians. It was like a mountain torrent that had escaped from the trap and rushed into a small and fragile ditch at once, with amazing destructive power.
Actually, this is normal. The spiritual power contained in a high-grade spiritual stone is equivalent to thousands of low-grade spiritual stones, which is equivalent to the energy contained in thousands of Qi-gathering pills taken by Qi-refining cultivators. Usually, Qi-refining cultivators need to spend several days to refine a Qi-gathering pill to improve their cultivation. The impact on Qingyang caused by the spiritual power of thousands of Qi-gathering pills being activated at once can be imagined.
Qingyang groaned and almost suffered internal injuries. Then, the meridians in his body seemed to be plowed by someone with a plow. The huge pain spread all over his body. The tearing feeling, the omnipresent pain, itching, soreness and numbness, which made Qingyang almost collapse.
Although Qingyang had some pain every time he broke through the bottleneck before, it was completely different from the previous time. I am afraid that the pain when he first took the Kaimai Pill in Liangzhou can be compared with this, right? Unexpectedly, many years later, he once again tasted the almost despairing pain.
However, Qingyang knew very well that now was not the time to think about these things, and he had to take this opportunity to quickly improve his cultivation. So he endured the pain in his body, withdrew his mind, and devoted all his attention to guiding his spiritual power.