nyslfriends Chapter 23 Qi Refining Level
Chapter 23 Qi Refining Level
The three spiritual energies merged into one.
Shen Qing suppressed the discomfort in his body and guided the massive spiritual energy along the path of the complete "Qingyun Qi Refining Technique".
The transition from the ninth to the tenth level of Qi Refining marks a watershed moment in the Qi Refining stage.
Before the ninth level, one cultivates the main meridians and accumulates spiritual energy in the dantian.
However, the Qingyun Qi Refining Method requires opening up all the subtle meridians in the body from the tenth level onwards, in preparation for building a foundation for the Dao.
The more meridians are connected, the more perfect the foundation of one's Dao will be after the foundation is established.
During the first lap, Shen Qing felt a slight swelling in his meridians.
The second cycle intensified the swelling, and by the third cycle, his meridians began to ache faintly. The complete circulation path was far more complex than the refined version he had previously cultivated, and many meridians and acupoints that had never been cleansed by spiritual energy were being forcibly opened.
Fifth lap! Tenth lap!
Suddenly, Shen Qing felt a tearing sensation coming from his dantian, and then he felt a sense of relaxation in his body and mind.
The barrier of the ninth level of Qi Refining shattered at this moment.
Shen Qing shuddered as the massive spiritual energy surged into the newly connected meridian network.
At this moment, all 108 main meridians and 360 minor meridians in the body were connected by spiritual energy.
The vortex of spiritual energy in his dantian suddenly expanded to twice its original size, transforming from a gaseous state into a mist of spiritual energy, and its rotation speed also increased by nearly twice.
Refine Qi to the tenth level, gather Qi and transform it into mist!
Shen Qing opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.
He could feel the changes in his body. His meridians were 20% wider than before, the speed of spiritual energy circulation was nearly doubled, and the total amount of spiritual energy in his dantian after atomization was more than double that before.
More importantly, the suffocating feeling caused by the bottleneck in cultivation completely disappeared.
On the system panel, a line of text is flashing:
[Host's current cultivation level: Qi Refining Level 10]
[Total daily spiritual energy extracted: 52 strands]
[Cultivation speed: Equivalent to eight times that of an ordinary cultivator]
Eight times.
Shen Qing clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body.
This eightfold increase is not just an increase in "quantity," but also an improvement in "quality."
The spiritual energy extracted by the system is "pure spiritual energy" that has been purified and transformed, without impurities, and does not require refining.
This is the real reason why the system can make up for his lack of talent. Ordinary cultivators need to spend a lot of time removing impurities after absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is extremely inefficient.
The better one's spiritual root aptitude, the more efficient one is at eliminating impurities.
His original spiritual root was very poor, and his efficiency in eliminating impurities was extremely low. This was the fundamental reason why he was still stuck in the Qi Refining stage after fifty years of hard work.
However, the existence of the system directly skips the step of "removing impurities".
The spiritual energy contributed by the disciples was already pure; he only needed to absorb it.
This is the truly heaven-defying aspect of "crowdfunding for immortal cultivation".
However, this also caused a problem: the system would draw a large amount of spiritual energy at once in a short period of time. When there were fewer disciples under his tutelage, Shen Qing had not yet noticed the problem.
However, previously, as the system "crowdfunded" from more than a hundred disciples, the spiritual energy it brought had already approached its own limit.
If it goes beyond this range, Shen Qing doesn't think he can handle it.
He could not stop expanding Qingyun's territory, so Shen Qing's top priority now was to strengthen his physical body, at least to make it strong enough to reach the Foundation Establishment stage!
As for improving physical strength, Shen Qing knew of two methods: one was to cultivate martial arts, and the other was to use rare and precious materials to cleanse the marrow and strengthen the body.
"It's not easy for anyone."
After a moment of reflection, Shen Qing stood up and walked to the window.
The moonlight, as clear as water, spilled over every corner of Qingyun Mountain.
Pushing open the door, Shen Qing arrived at the entrance of the academy, looking at the plaque hanging in the air above the gate.
He plans to have a plaque carved and hung up tomorrow.
As for the name, it is "Qingyun Academy".
In the following days, Qingyun Academy operated smoothly as planned.
At dawn, the children, escorted by a group of disciples, went up the mountain, where Shen Qing personally led a group to greet them at the mountain gate.
Perhaps because their own children are in school, even the poorest families will keep their children clean and tidy.
Although his clothes were still very shabby, they were very clean and the patches were stitched with great care.
Shen Qing was very confident that this group of people would be the first pioneers he would take to change the world.
In the morning, Sun Wenyuan taught the Three Character Classic for literacy class, and in the afternoon, Li Molin taught the multiplication table.
Lunch consisted of coarse grain porridge and mixed flour pancakes, with vegetables grown on the wasteland behind the mountain. Although simple, it was a rare treat for the children from poor families in the north of the city.
In the evening, the children were escorted down the mountain by inner disciples. The disciple leading the group walked at the front, and the children followed hand in hand, reciting the new lessons they had learned that day.
As the procession passed through the streets and alleys in the north of the city, many adults would stop and watch.
They looked at the children who had once been as emaciated and dressed in tattered clothes as their own, now walking proudly down the street in neat clothes, reciting classical Chinese phrases they couldn't understand, their eyes filled with envy.
The name of Qingyun Academy began to spread slowly through word of mouth among the common people of Qinghe County.
On the evening of the sixth day, after escorting the child home, Lin Shouwei returned to his sect. Instead of going to the dining hall for dinner as usual, he went straight to the meditation room.
"Sect Master, your disciple has something to report."
Shen Qing put down the blueprints for the "Spiritual Field Development Method" in his hand: "Speak."
"When I was sending the children down the mountain today, several families in the north of the city stopped my disciple."
Lin Shouwei paused for a moment, "They are all those who couldn't register before. They said they were willing to contribute to the tuition fee and beg the academy to accept their children. One family that begs for food on the Qingshui River said they were willing to contribute two taels of silver, just so their child could enter the academy."
Shen Qing put down the blueprints but did not answer immediately.
The fact that poor families in the north of the city were willing to contribute money to send their children to study shows that Qingyun Academy's reputation had spread to the lowest levels of society.
Those who beg for food on the Qingshui River, as Lin Shouwei described them, either make a living by fishing or by physical labor.
These two professions have something in common: they both rely on water for a living, which is very unfriendly to young children and poses a great danger.
In Shen Qing's view, their willingness to spend money to send their children up the mountain was probably not just to ensure their children would be looked after. After all, two taels of silver was not a small amount for those families, and the fact that they could afford it showed that they truly recognized the value of the academy.
"Is there anything else?"
"Several parents of young children also came to ask if their second or third children could come as well. They didn't need lunch; they just wanted to listen in. I didn't know how to answer, so I said I would ask the sect leader when I got back."
Shen Qing stood up, went to the window, and looked in the direction of the academy, where the night lights were still on.
Those were a few children who lived far away. Shen Qing made an exception and let them stay in the school dormitory, where they were looked after by the outer disciples on night duty.
"Relay my message: after the morning class tomorrow, all inner disciples shall assemble in the lecture hall."