Chapter 52: Gathering Clouds in the Morning and Refining Elixirs in the Evening

The glimmer of dawn, through the faint mist, gradually spread out, illuminating the landscape painting hidden in the vast night.

Creak!

Creak!

The action of pushing the wooden door open shook off the dew on the eaves of the door, dripping on the sleepy faces of many inner disciples.

Perhaps in the eyes of outer disciples, inner disciples are noble and mysterious, but in fact, inner disciples are not much different from them in daily life.

After all, everyone is in the Qi Refining Stage, but one has potential and the other has no potential, so it is not to the point where their lives are completely different.

As for the outer disciples' imagination of traveling to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening, and entering and leaving the Qingming Cloud Sea, that is something that even the foundation-building cultivators may not be able to do, let alone them.

"Huh?!" A decent-looking inner disciple seemed to notice something and made a puzzled sound.

Because he saw that on the cliff facing the rising sun not far away, a figure in a plain white robe stood upright in the morning light, and the morning breeze blew his robes.

"It's past dawn now, and the amount of spiritual energy he absorbs and refines is not as much as practicing in the cave. Why is he standing there for nothing? Is he blown silly by the wind?" The handsome disciple was a little confused.

But after he saw who it was, he gave up the idea of ​​asking.

"I didn't expect it to be the junior brother Lin who shined in the outer sect competition... Forget it, he has his own meaning in doing things, I'd better not go up and disturb him." He hesitated for a while, and turned away.

Although they are both inner sect disciples, the other party won the top three in the outer sect competition and then promoted, while he was promoted by cultivation, which means the gap between them.

It should be noted that to become an inner sect disciple, you only need to reach the late stage of Qi Refining before the age of 30, and the outer sect competition does not involve the promotion of status. It seems unnecessary, but it is not.

As an inner sect disciple for many years, he is well aware that the inner and outer sect competition is the fairest promotion channel in Qingyun Sect that can show potential and win the favor of the top leaders.

Because in these two competitions, it is not allowed to use talismans, spiritual tools, elixirs and other items other than those made by oneself, which tests the cultivator's on-the-spot reaction ability and Taoism.

This has largely eliminated the advantages of cultivators with backgrounds and given the bottom cultivators a chance to stand out.

Anyone who ranks among the top in these two competitions will be noticed by the ancestors of the sect. As long as they continue to show this potential in the future, they will receive a lot of resources and even become true disciples.

True disciples are supported by the entire sect and have a noble status. Not only will they become foundation-building cultivators, but even the golden elixir ancestors of all generations have come from them!

This method of selecting true disciples and allocating resources through competition not only allows Qingyun Sect to select outstanding talents, but also ensures the mobility of classes and the vitality of competition. In addition, the Jindan Patriarch is in the middle of the regulation. It can be said that it has achieved fairness and justice to a great extent, reducing the occurrence of resource monopoly, and enabling outstanding talents to go further.

Therefore, this approach not only makes Qingyun Sect more prosperous from generation to generation, but also makes its overall strength stronger and stronger, becoming the largest immortal cultivation force in Lingnan!

"Although I and this Junior Brother Lin are both inner disciples, the gap between us is more... Alas, I should have worked harder back then." The handsome disciple sighed softly, turned around, and walked down the mountain with some melancholy.

Lin Chen naturally didn't know what the disciple behind him was thinking, but stared at the scene in front of him in a daze.

Because in the vision of spiritual perception, the world in front of him was as ordinary as before, but it was very different.

The morning sun in the sky is not a celestial body emitting flames, but a golden color that is emitting light from countless strange spiritual energies that intersect like a dream.

Lin Chen even vaguely saw countless spiritual energies disturbing and changing each other in the flow, and finally gushing out.

The purple qi of the morning sun with a touch of noble purple, the scorching but awe-inspiring essence of the sun, and the nine-day pure air that only exists above the sky, etc.

These unique spiritual energies that are very precious and rare for cultivators are actually above the nine heavens, like waves, one layer after another, continuously pouring out of the sun, forming the brilliant clouds on the horizon!

Not only that, the sunlight in the eyes of mortals, in the vision of spiritual perception, actually has a trace of spirituality, and from time to time, there is a stream of light like a silk thread falling in front of the eyes, like a golden light rain.

All things in the world, especially the plants all over the mountains and plains, gradually emit a luster that is difficult to detect but real under the light rain, and the higher the level of the spiritual plants, the brighter this faint luster is.

"The stars in the previous life emitted light, giving energy to all plants on the planet, thus nurturing all things..."

"And in this life, the world absorbs the chaotic air from the chaos, and then transforms it into spiritual energy from the sun, moon, and earth's spiritual veins to descend on the world. Plants absorb this very small amount of spiritual energy to grow, and finally nourish all things... This world is really a world composed of spiritual energy!"

Lin Chen stretched out his hand to grab the rising sun, and as the true energy surged, dots of fluorescence gathered in his hand, and finally formed a wisp of light white clouds that were floating freely!

This is the spiritual energy that gushed out from the sun, formed clouds, and finally fell into the world to nurture all things!

"In the past life, the sun gave energy to nourish all living things, but in this life, it is the spiritual energy contained in the sunlight that nourishes all living beings. And this spiritual energy has just been born, has no attributes, and is not interfered by the information of all things. To put it simply, it is gentle and easy to refine!"

Lin Chen continued to analyze the spiritual energy in his hands, and gradually understood the principles of how the world works.

In this world, the sun and moon are not celestial bodies, but symbols of the masculine and feminine forces between heaven and earth.

The world absorbs energy from chaos. Through the rotation of the sun and the moon, the flow of earth veins and other powerful forces, the energy of chaos is decomposed and becomes the original source of spiritual energy. After the energy level decreases and is affected by foreign objects, various strange spiritual energy are separated. , and finally form the most basic aura.

And because at dawn, the sun and the moon complete a cycle, at this time the world is refined and the amount of spiritual energy emitted by the rising sun is the largest. Monks can even absorb enough spiritual energy from it, and even have a chance to obtain the essence of the sun and moon, and the morning glow. Purple Qi and other strange auras are the reason why in common folk tales, there are legends about monks drinking cloud clouds to become immortals!

"However, why do I always feel that the sun and the moon are a bit similar? They don't look like two objects, but like one existence, two sides of one body?"

Lin Chen was a little confused, but he didn't think much about it. After all, with his ability, it was impossible to reach the sun, so he still focused on the present.

"Unexpectedly, after I was promoted, what helped me the most was not the cicada's premonitory perception before the autumn wind moved, nor my combat power far beyond the same level, but this spiritual sense of observing the world!"

Compared with the Qi Refining Period, where it is like a blind man touching an elephant, it is difficult to see the whole picture, and one has to use formations, spiritual talismans, etc. to help. In the Foundation Establishment Period, one can directly observe it, even just a part of it!

And with such a vision, compared to the past when he could only blindly breathe in a little spiritual energy in the morning during the Qi refining period, he can naturally do more things now!

At this moment, Lin Chen stretched out his hand, gently grabbed it into the morning light, and shouted:

"Gather!"

call! call!

As soon as he finished speaking, the true energy in his body surged out, constantly intertwined and pulled. It didn't take long for the spiritual energy in the morning light to be drawn over.

Wisps of light appeared around Lin Chen, swirling and extinguishing, forming a funnel-like cyclone.

If there are any monks observing from the side, they will be surprised to find that various kinds of spiritual energy such as the Heavenly Spiritual Energy, Lihuo Rijing, Yimu Spiritual Flower, etc. are swarming in at this moment and converging on a small cliff!

"Condensation!"

As he spoke, a mysterious white air appeared around Lin Chen, like a veil, mist, and even clouds. In just a short moment, it continued to expand, covering the entire cliff, as if it turned the place into a cloud. A haunting wonderland!

"Pick!"

In an instant, the wind and clouds surged, and countless clouds rushed into Lin Chen's hands. After a while, a Yunzhi with a white body and gold edges, and a vague mist appeared directly in Lin Chen's hands.

It feels as smooth as nephrite, with a hint of coolness, and the cloud edges are mixed with bright gold, just like the clouds when the sun rises in the sky.

Chao Cai Yunxia!

Looking at the strange treasure in his hand, even though the energy in his body was exhausted, Lin Chen's face showed a hint of joy.

This kind of spiritual energy is the first life of heaven and earth. Refining it can greatly increase your cultivation level and can even be used for realm advancement. For monks in the Qi refining stage, it is a very precious spiritual object!

This small flower alone is worth hundreds of spirit stones, and it’s still the basic price!

But such precious spiritual objects, for Lin Chen, are just something that can be easily obtained with a little time and effort!

"Although I relied on many years of research on spiritual energy to achieve this step, the help of spiritual sense is also indispensable. From this point of view, there is not only a gap in combat power between monks in different realms, but also a gap in productivity. What a difference..."

Lin Chen sighed with emotion, and then looked at Yunzhi in his hand.

This Yunzhi is a collection of various spiritual energies, and it needs to be decomposed and refined to produce spiritual energy that matches the attributes of one's own spiritual roots before it can be used.

"Just in time, with the help of my spiritual sense, I can try to refine the [Non-Toxic Qi Pill] that I have been studying for many years!"

Lin Chen smiled softly, then jumped up and rushed down the mountain.

…

The sun and the moon flowed like a stream, from dawn to dusk in a blink of an eye.

The setting sun melts gold, and the dim light gives the mountains a layer of warm color.

At this moment, Lin Chen came to the foot of the mountain and looked up.

This is where Qingyun Sect disciples refine their elixirs——

Danxia Peak!