Chapter 122: Tenth Level of Qi Refining
“Gulu!”
“Woof!”
At the sa ti, after devouring the viper at, Gold Egg and Iron Egg both felt their bodies burning hot and began shouting loudly.
After a while, realizing that re shouting and running could not vent the boiling blood and qi within, Gold Egg charged into the sea and activated the All Laws Converge, Heaven Book of the Divine Tree.
anwhile, Iron Egg ran wildly along the beach while fully operating the Sun-Swallowing Breath-Drinking Technique.
“They seem to have eaten too much!” Li Wan’er scratched her head.
“Gua.” The Three-Colored Star Toad let out a mocking croak.
The at of a Great Hui that was close to transforming into a flood dragon was entirely different from ordinary spirit beast at.
The forr was a great tonic that even Qi Refining cultivators could barely digest, while the latter was rely food that Qi Refining cultivators could consu at will.
Fortunately, the two beasts had not eaten much viper at, so after a short commotion, they would be fine.
The one who needed attention, however, was Chen Beiwu, who was on the verge of failing to open his apertures because his blood and qi were now far too vigorous, making the Refining Essence into Qi stage increasingly difficult.
After all, what Chen Beiwu had consud was the Great Hui Spinal Marrow, an essence that only Foundation Establishnt cultivators could truly digest. Even it could not dare to consu too much at once.
“No worries, I brought so pills with . Even if my junior brother has problems, I can handle it.” Li Wan’er retrieved a bronze-gold pill from her storage ring, her innocent smile blooming.
“Gua?”
The Three-Colored Star Toad’s eyes widened.
A bronze-gold pill coat, three pill lines, the size of a longan, carrying the fragrance of lingzhi mushrooms—could this pill really be a Third-Tier Treasure Pill, the Three-Turn Qi Yuan Pill?
“This pill isn’t all that precious.” Li Wan’er smiled, putting the Qi Yuan Pill away again. “Besides, I don’t think Junior Brother Chen will fail.”
“Gua?”
The Three-Colored Star Toad hopped onto Li Wan’er’s shoulder, fawning.
For Foundation Establishnt cultivators and Second-Tier beast creatures, breaking through to Golden Core was a life-and-death tribulation.
If successful, they could ascend in one step, achieving the undying Golden Core.
If unsuccessful, at best their foundation would be damaged and cultivation regressed, at worst they would perish on the spot.
The Three-Turn Qi Yuan Pill possessed the effect of reversing life and death. Upon ingestion, the pill rged with the user’s body, concealing part of the Qi Yuan Body’s characteristics.
If the user beca grievously injured, neared death, or failed their breakthrough, the pill’s dicinal power would activate automatically—restoring injuries, purging hidden wounds, nding the foundation, and remolding the body—granting Foundation Establishnt cultivators or Second-Tier beasts another chance at forming their Golden Core.
Over ti, the Three-Turn Qi Yuan Pill beca an indispensable treasure for those attempting Golden Core formation, its value second only to the Golden Palace Pill.
To give such a pill to a Qi Refining brat would be pure waste. It would be better to gift it to the toad.
“Master said that people who like gambling tend to et misfortune.” Li Wan’er cast the Three-Colored Star Toad a sidelong glance, snorting. “I won’t bet with you.”
At her cultivation level, making friends was not about strength but affinity and shared benefits.
Otherwise, why would she, among so many fellow disciples of the Mirror Moon Lineage, have chosen Chen Zi’ang alone?
“Gua.”
The Three-Colored Star Toad stared wide-eyed, its gaze darting between Chen Beiwu and Li Wan’er, crying out in disbelief.
Unbelievable! Thirty years of companionship with Li Wan’er could not compare to a new disciple who had not even been in the sect for a year!
“You stay quiet and watch.” Li Wan’er knocked the toad on the forehead with a piece of viper bone.
The first to refine the viper at was Gold Egg.
After spending a quarter of an hour in the sea, the burning sensation inside its body vanished completely, replaced by a warm and comfortable feeling.
“Gulu?” Gold Egg tilted its head.
Through the reflection on the water’s surface, it noticed that its golden, gleaming scales now bore so imperfections.
To see more clearly, it flicked its fins and leaped above the surface.
“Gulu!”
Upon discovering that the edges of its scales had sprouted tiny, blood-red barbs resembling bleeding scales, Gold Egg widened its eyes and instinctively searched for Chen Beiwu’s figure.
Instead, it saw a fiery silhouette flashing back and forth on the beach, making faint sizzling sounds—the sand was exploding under the searing heat.
Li Wan’er scooped up Gold Egg and reminded softly, “Don’t disturb them.”
Sensing her terrifying presence, Gold Egg rolled its eyes and feigned unconsciousness, sending a cry for help to Chen Beiwu through their Companion Contract.
It had not forgotten—this female cultivator once wanted to eat it!
Li Wan’er saw through Gold Egg’s clumsy act but did not expose it, instead watching Chen Beiwu’s shifting aura with great interest.
On the other side, as the Qi Refining Aperture-Consolidating thod operated, Chen Beiwu felt as though the Great Hui spinal marrow soup he had drunk was no longer re magma but a whole volcano erupting inside his body.
‘Should I expel the spinal marrow essence?’ Chen Beiwu’s thoughts raced, when suddenly he heard Gold Egg’s plea.
‘You fool, with such a great Hui to eat, why would Senior Sister care about your asly scraps?’
After soothing Gold Egg, inspiration struck Chen Beiwu.
With the Aperture-Consolidating thod alone, he could not refine the Great Hui spinal marrow essence. But what if he combined it with Gold Egg’s jointly operated All Laws Converge, Heaven Book of the Divine Tree?
After all, Gold Egg had the Sea-Absorbing Innate Talent. If they worked together, perhaps they really could refine part of his boiling blood and qi.
“Crack—bang!”
His skin split into charred cracks, his bones rang like hamred iron, and mist seeped from all 365 apertures of his body.
Chen Beiwu endured the pain, focusing entirely, simultaneously operating the Aperture-Consolidating thod and the Heaven Book of the Divine Tree.
“Gulu.”
In Li Wan’er’s arms, Gold Egg’s scales ignited, its mind and mana synchronizing with Chen Beiwu’s divine sense, refining the spinal marrow essence together.
Boom!
With Gold Egg sharing so of the blood and qi pressure, the blazing force within Chen Beiwu instantly grew more docile, obediently circulating along his ridians, repairing his body and expelling fiery scabs.
“Gua!”
The Three-Colored Star Toad imdiately sensed sothing unusual.
“Qi Refiners must diligently cultivate various profound techniques, absorb orthodox thods, and master countless arts. Isn’t it normal for Junior Brother to know so beast-taming thods?” Li Wan’er said casually.
While most sect cultivators dismissed the Beast Taming Path as a trivial sideline, she thought otherwise.
There were three thousand paths to the Dao, but all led to the sa end. Whether pill, artifact, formation, talisman, or beast-taming, so long as it helped a cultivator reach the goal, it was a grand Dao.
“Junior Brother should have succeeded.” She murmured.
Hearing this, the Three-Colored Star Toad retracted its gaze, pretending nothing had happened, and resud feasting.
“Hey, you only get a ten percent share. The rest is mine!” Li Wan’er said protectively.
Once the Yuan Pool Aperture was fully consolidated, the cracked skin on Chen Beiwu’s body shed away, revealing crystalline, jade-like flesh.
His cultivation, once stuck at the peak of the Ninth Level of Qi Refining, took a crucial step forward at this mont.
Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, the crimson gleam fading away completely.
Tenth Level of Qi Refining—success!
“Hu!” Chen Beiwu exhaled turbid air, clenched his fists, and carefully sensed the changes in his body.
‘Essence not lost, qi not dispersed, spirit not clouded. Upon reaching the Tenth Level of Qi Refining, my body already possesses so characteristics of Flawless Defense.’ Chen Beiwu was astonished.
According to the Aperture-Consolidating thod, he would need to open six more apertures atop the Yuan Pool Aperture, reaching the Eleventh Level of Qi Refining, in order to break free of the body’s shackles and achieve a body comparable to a Foundation Establishnt cultivator’s Flawless Body.
Yet now, he had only just reached the Tenth Level of Qi Refining!
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