I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 82: Late Stage of Qi Cultivation
Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Late Stage of Qi Cultivation
Time passed by slowly, and half a year later.
On this day, the seventh ring’s annual cycle gradually broadened — it had been seventeen years!
As the Divine Sense touched, the accumulated magical power erupted forth.
This time, the magical power was more than twice as rich as before, and the trend of spiritual qi turning into liquid was even more evident. It had clearly crossed the barrier of the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation, breaking through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.
“From the Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation to the Seventh Level, still no bottleneck, and it only took a little over two years; I finally have a barely adequate ability for self-defense!”
Reaching the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation meant not just a doubling of magical power, but also the ability to manipulate magical artifacts, unleashing their true power.
In the Qi Kingdom’s cultivation world, a cultivator at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation already possessed a strength that could not be easily underestimated.
If not for having a clear goal and a long-laid plan, an encounter on the road wouldn’t easily lead to conflict.
After all, who in the cultivation world doesn’t have a trump card? No one knows if the other carries a powerful magical artifact.
“The Divine Soul has improved again!”
With the doubling of magical power, the Divine Soul also improved. With a single thought, he could sense everything within a ten-mile radius with his Divine Sense.
Ever since he perfected the Early Stage of Qi Cultivation, under the enhancement of his past life’s Divine Soul and the soul-nurturing jade pendant from Pharmacist Zheng, his spiritual sense transformed into Divine Sense, comparable to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.
However, once the Divine Sense reached the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, progress became very slow. It was unclear whether it was hindered by his own realm or because of the vast base of his Divine Sense, slowing the progress.
But now, after breaking through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, his Divine Sense further advanced, almost matching the perfected Divine Sense of his previous life at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.
With his current Divine Soul strength, theoretically, he could already refine his own Foundation Establishment Pill.
The only regret was that his current fire-element cultivation technique was limited by his main realm, allowing him to only forge top-grade Pill Fires at best.
Foundation Establishment Pills inherently required high standards, typically needing a Tier Two Mid Stage experienced Pill Master to successfully refine them.
Normally, premium Pill Fire refinement is necessary.
However, with Li Jizhou’s skills, refining Foundation Establishment Pills with top-grade Pill Fires wasn’t impossible, but the pill formation rate and quality would be considerably lower.
Moreover, the materials for Foundation Establishment Pills were not only expensive, but several main ingredients were still sect military supplies, difficult for ordinary people to purchase.
Li Jizhou decided to stabilize himself, after all, he had just reached the Seventh Level of Qi Cultivation, and it would take at least four to five years to perfect the Ninth Level of Qi Cultivation.
After calculating his cultivation progress, he thought it was about right, so he concealed his strength as a Sixth Level Qi Cultivator externally,
then he went to Miaodan Tower, openly purchasing the materials for Breaking Rank Pills for the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.
In the following time, besides normal cultivation, he specifically made more preparations for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.
A year later,
He had been awakened with Innate Wisdom in this life for a full eighteen years!
And he was now thirty-four years old.
Having been in Spirit Pearl Mountain Market for a full ten years, he had not taken a step outside it.
The Seventh Level of Qi Cultivation was stable, gazing toward the Eighth Level.
Externally, he just needed to store a portion of his magical power, letting the magical power in his Dantian appear sparse, displaying the strength as if he had just broken through to the Seventh Level of Qi Cultivation with secret elixirs.
“Quack~” The gentle-looking tongue of Gua Gua suddenly turned into a needle-like steel dart, shooting out.
“Ding~”
A strike that could pierce an ordinary Late Stage Qi Cultivator’s protective shield merely brushed against Li Jizhou’s body, sparking fire and forcing him back three steps.
“Not bad, the Second Layer of Body Refining has indeed turned as solid as gold and stone with melted Spirit Sand!”
“Again!” Li Jizhou once more released his full mana shield.
“Quack~” Gua Gua, mouth open, tongue out, looked a bit unwilling.
Just now, Li Jizhou was unscathed, but its tongue hurt badly.
“Hmm? Disobedient, I’ll sell you to the mining tunnel and make you a beast slave!” Li Jizhou threatened with a stern face.
“Quack~” Hearing this, Gua Gua quickly corrected its stance.
“Puff~” As soon as they touched, Gua Gua’s tongue pierced into Li Jizhou’s shield.
Li Jizhou remained calm, continually infusing the abundant magical power from his Dantian.
In just a breath, Gua Gua’s tongue could advance no further.
“Alright! Off you go.” Li Jizhou waved, and Gua Gua turned and dove into the pond.
Li Jizhou was also very satisfied with his mana shield.
The thick and enduring nature of the Eternal Spring Magical Power showed its advantage here.
An ordinary Late Stage Qi Cultivator’s shield would certainly shatter in an instant, but Li Jizhou’s magical power was thick and enduring — even if breached, it could continually replenish, sinking the offensive force into a mire, completely dissolving it.
Afterward, he checked his trump cards once more.
Three hundred Tier One Advanced Quality Talismans, one hundred for defense and escape each, fifty for attack and support each.
There were also a hundred talismans of unexpected mixed poisons, three of which were newly developed after arriving at Spirit Pearl Mountain Market. These poisons had peculiar effects on Late Stage Qi Cultivators and even impacted the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.
Besides talismans, there were also three array plates.
This was something Li Jizhou noticed by chance at the array shop in the market last year after advancing to Tier One Mid Stage in the array path. It was an inspiration he obtained, leading to the development of a one-time use array over the course of a year.
The principle was merely integrating the base and hub of an array on a slab that could quickly connect with the terrain ahead of time,
So that during use, simply placing the array plate on the ground would quickly merge it with the local environment, instantly achieving the effect of arranging an array on-site.
The advantage was obvious, solving the time-consuming and immovable drawbacks of array deployment.
However, the disadvantage was also apparent: its power was only fifty percent, and once activated, it could not be retrieved after melding and was a one-time consumption method.
Its cost was no different than arranging on-site, but it could only be used once, making it cost-ineffective and rarely used by cultivators other than the very wealthy.
However, for Li Jizhou, it was of great use.
His greatest idea was to craft the kind of high-grade arrays used by super Immortal Cities and sects for long-distance teleportation into such array plates.
In that case, his life and escape would be ensured!
But this idea still had a long way to go, requiring at least a Tier Five Array Master to craft a long-distance teleportation array.
And the cost was extremely high.
After organizing his reserve of trump cards, Li Jizhou went to the biggest magical artifact shop in the market.
Post-Late Stage Qi Cultivation battles primarily relied on magical artifacts.
Not only were they more powerful, but they could also be used repeatedly, unlike consumables like talismans.
Moreover, he planned to purchase a flying artifact as well.
Entering the magical artifact shop, the dazzling array of artifacts was eye-catching.
However, their prices were astonishing.
For Qi Refining Stage cultivators, magical artifacts sufficed, since even if given Foundation Establishment Stage treasures, they couldn’t maximize their use with Qi Refining Stage magical power and Divine Soul.
Moreover, the price of treasures was not something the average Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator could bear; most Foundation Establishment cultivators only equipped magical artifacts.
After touring around, Li Jizhou finally spent five hundred spirit stones to purchase a top-grade flying ship—suitable for long-distance escape due to its comfort and speed.
The prices of magical artifacts here were excessively inflated.
More than triple compared to the Inverted Mountain, affected by recent wars there.
Initially, when he escaped the outskirts of Inverted Mountain, a Black Mountain hunter bandit provided him with three items: a middle-grade flying sword, a middle-grade robe, and a top-grade shield. He hadn’t used or sold them yet.
This time he planned to buy a premium artifact but found the price too high to be worthwhile. It was better to let it go for now—those three artifacts could be utilized if he encountered danger; ten years had passed, so there shouldn’t be any issues.
As he stepped out of the magical artifact shop, a group of cultivators on the street raced toward the city gate.
“Hurry, the Wen family’s wolfish ambitions are shameless—they’ve colluded with the Demon Sect. The bandit attacks outside the market in recent years were orchestrated by the Wen family. Now the Wang family from Maple Forest is stepping up to exterminate their clan, recruiting heroes from all around to assist; there are great rewards for success!” Many on the market streets were eagerly advertising.
“So fast?” Li Jizhou raised an eyebrow, revealing a hint of a smile.
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