Chapter 262: Coming Out of Retreat! Ninth Level of Qi Refining!

Time passes slowly, without any awareness.

During the time of cultivation, feeling the increase and improvement of one's strength bit by bit is an addictive pleasure.

So there is often such a saying circulating in the world of immortal cultivation: "There is no time for cultivation, and the years are unknown when the cold ends!"

In the cave, Li Qing's beard and hair are messy, and his hair is unkempt. He can't see the temperament of an immortal cultivator at all.

It has been nearly four years since he moved into this cave. In these four years, he has hardly taken care of his image. If he is thrown into the deep mountains and old forests, he will be no different from a wild man.

At this time, Li Qing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes were closed, and his eyebrows began to tremble faintly.

After a long time, Li Qing slowly opened his eyes, and there was a little pain in his pupils.

"Hiss! After four years, I still haven't mastered the Soul Condensation Slash. Why is it so difficult to practice the art of attacking with spiritual consciousness!"

Li Qing grinned. He had just forced his spiritual consciousness to be condensed into a sharp blade, which caused his soul to be slightly damaged. The feedback was naturally a constant pain in the center of his eyebrows.

This kind of pain in the soul was like forcibly pulling out a beard above the lips, but the feedback was at the center of the eyebrows, and it was continuous and extremely painful.

Even Li Qing's firm determination was a little bit overwhelmed. He almost gave up several times in the past few years.

Of course, he did not make no progress in the past four years of practice. At the beginning, he didn't even know how to try, and he had no idea how to condense his spiritual consciousness into a sharp blade.

Now he has improved his control over his own spiritual consciousness a lot, and can do many meticulous things. This is already a very good progress.

According to the current progress, he only needs to persist for a while, and he can master this secret art of attacking with spiritual consciousness.

After rubbing his brows slowly, Li Qing took out the Soul-nourishing Bell from his arms and used his own strong spiritual power to refine it.

Ring, ring, ring~

A crisp sound resounded in the cave. Just hearing the pleasant sound of the bells colliding, the pain in his soul was relieved a lot.

Soon, the Soul-nourishing Bell that had been refined began to slowly nourish his soul, increasing the strength of his soul bit by bit.

It is worth mentioning that in the past four years, thanks to the day-and-night sacrifice of the Soul-nourishing Bell, Li Qing's soul strength has increased slightly.

However, the increase is very small. Since he had the consciousness of the foundation-building period, the increase has become so weak.

The good news is that no matter how small the mosquito leg is, it is still meat. As long as you continue to insist on refining, there will always be a little improvement.

Put the Soul-nourishing Bell back into his arms and hide it properly.

There is no need to worry about exposing the bell sound. This kind of secret treasure is very magical. Only when it is sacrificed with spiritual power can it produce a soothing bell sound. The sound of normal collision is no different from that of ordinary bells. No matter how outsiders investigate, they cannot detect any abnormality.

Just when Li Qing was about to continue practicing, footsteps suddenly came from outside the cave.

"Master Li, Senior Qingyang asked me to deliver the animal-raising pills and animal-feeding pills you want!"

Hearing this voice, Li Qing didn't even need to use his own spiritual sense to investigate to know who it was.

I saw a very polite and handsome young man standing outside the cave. This person was the child named Cao who had inherited a part of Li Qing's inheritance four years ago.

The child who was stubborn and liked to cry at the beginning is now almost thirteen years old.

With the three spiritual roots and the qualifications for cultivating immortals, he is now close to the third level of Qi Refining and can break through at any time.

In the past few years, Cao Xiu has been running errands for Li Qing, responsible for delivering some daily necessities, such as the animal-raising pills that Fan Tong needs to eat, and the spiritual rice or fasting pills that Li Qing usually eats, all of which he bought for Li Qing.

Of course, there are benefits. Li Qing promised that he could practice for two hours in front of his cave every day to enjoy the spiritual energy of the second-level spiritual vein.

"Well, send the pills to the dark room." Li Qing said calmly.

"Okay!" Cao Xiu approached a dark room in front of the cave cautiously, and it can be seen that he was a little nervous.

It's not his fault that he is so timid, it's just that Fan Tong's deterrence is too strong now.

Since using a red crystal four years ago, Fan Tong's root bone blood has completely transformed, and in the past four years, it has also broken through to the late stage of the first level!

This is a state that most black evil tigers with pure blood can achieve, and Fan Tong with mixed blood has also reached this step!

Moreover, Li Qing had investigated once and thought that Fan Tong still had some potential. If there was another opportunity in the future, it would not be impossible for him to break through to the second level.

At this time, Fan Tong was lying in his nest and sleeping soundly as usual. In front of his dark room, there was a dead skeleton of a python, which was the white python he killed four years ago.

The flesh and skin of the white python had all gone into Fan Tong's stomach, leaving only a clean skeleton lying there.

Looking at the dead skeleton and listening to the thunderous snoring coming from the dark room, Cao Xiu, who was only in the early stage of Qi Refining, had to endure it to prevent his legs from trembling.

Now the evil spirit on Fan Tong was too strong, and coupled with the pressure brought by the realm, even though he had sent many beast-raising pills, he could not get used to this kind of oppression from the bones.

After putting down the pill, Cao Xiu ran away quickly. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead until he left the cave, and then said:

"By the way, Master Li, Senior Qingyang asked me to tell you something. In ten days, he is going to hold an auction with other seniors in the foundation-building stage, right in our Qinghuatan!"

"At that time, some cultivators from other places may be invited to participate. Senior Qingyang asked me to ask you if you want to participate, or if you want to send anything for auction."

In the cave, Li Qing, who was practicing with his eyes closed, heard this and thought slowly for a while. He said, "Well, I have to think about this for a few days."

After that, he closed his eyes again.

Not long after, Li Qing, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly felt a sense of restlessness in the Dantian Qi Sea in his body. He had experienced this feeling once two years ago, when he broke through to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage!

Now, after two years, there are finally signs of a breakthrough!

The corners of Li Qing's mouth slowly curled up, revealing a happy smile.

Without hesitation, Li Qing immediately took out a Peiyuan Pill from his storage bag and stuffed it into his mouth.

Boom!

In the cave, the spiritual energy suddenly surged up, and with the powerful medicinal power of a Peiyuan Pill, at this moment, the mana in Li Qing's Dantian Qi Sea also became more and more agitated, like a wave hitting the shore.

The "Fire Source Power" was running rapidly, and a large amount of spiritual energy was breathed into Li Qing's body. At the same time, he was refining the medicinal power of the Peiyuan Pill.

After a while, his meridians swelled slightly, filled with a large amount of pure spiritual power.

Under the operation of one cycle after another, these pure spiritual powers settled into the Dantian Qi Sea, making the mana in Li Qing's body more powerful.

After a long time, about two quarters of an hour, this restlessness subsided.

When he opened his eyes again, Li Qing's breath became stronger again, and he had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining Stage!

"The second-level spiritual vein is really extraordinary. With the help of the elixir, I have improved my cultivation by two levels in four years."

Li Qing was quite satisfied with this result.

He was only one level away from the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage. As long as he entered the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage, he could prepare to take the foundation-building elixir to try to break through the next great realm.

Li Qing, who had improved his cultivation, was in a very good mood at the moment. He stood up, stretched his waist, and slowly walked out of the cave.

"Congratulations to Master Li for his great improvement in magic power!" Cao Xiu said nervously with a fist.

"Well, you should also work hard to cultivate, and don't let your mother down." Li Qing said to him with a smile.

Cao Xiu, who was inspired, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yeah, I know!"

Without continuing to pay attention to Cao Xiu, Li Qing walked on this mountain, circled the top of the mountain, and finally stood on the top of the mountain, looking out at the scenery of the entire Qinghua Lake.

Presumably because of the breakthrough, Li Qing liked the place where he had stayed for four years more and more. He even couldn't help but open his arms, as if he wanted to embrace the beautiful scenery of Qinghua Lake.

After a long time, after the breath that had just broken through to the ninth level became stable, Li Qing said to himself with satisfaction:

"Next, it's time to collect some information about Muguo and Lingyun Sect!"

Now he has a substandard foundation-building pill in his hand, which can only increase the probability of foundation-building by about 10%, which is a small guarantee.

In this regard, Li Qing, who likes to play it safe, is naturally not satisfied with such a foundation-building pill.

Next, he plans to go south, travel around the beautiful rivers and mountains of the Xiuxian world, and go to Lingyun Sect to confirm whether the token engraved with the word Lingyun in his hand is the Ascension Order.

If it is, then it would be the best. He will join Lingyun Sect and get another foundation-building pill!

If not, it doesn't matter. He, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, can also consider participating in the Immortal Ascension Conference of Lingyun Sect and join this immortal sect that does not compete with the world.

With such a cultivation level, among the bottom-level casual cultivators, he already has absolute self-protection ability.

Of course, there are age requirements for participating in the Immortal Ascension Conference.

And Li Qing's real age is naturally far more than 30 years old, but his bone age is still very young. He has gained a lot of life through refining tools, and he is still in his prime.

More than 300 years of abundant life, just these few years of cultivation, have not even left a trace on his face.

There is a way to keep the face, and the traces of time are best reflected in Li Qing.