darknovel Chapter 29 Seclusion
Chapter 29 Seclusion
After strolling around the courtyard, Luo Qing was completely certain that his brilliant strategy had worked.
Although the price of receiving support is being targeted by higher-level demonic cultivators and getting involved in certain conspiracies, if one does nothing, one will only die faster.
Compared to the ordinary dwellings in the "fishing village," the furnishings in this small courtyard are all at the level of a wealthy commoner.
The pear wood tables and chairs were polished smooth and warm, a screen painted with ink landscape paintings stood in the corner, and even the window frames were carved with lotus scroll patterns.
But its greatest value lies in the spiritual energy that is far more abundant here than at the foot of the mountain.
After sitting down in the main hall, Luo Qing took out the crimson storage bag and first sorted out the pills inside.
Before long, most of the jade bottles in front of him were gone, and the remaining dozen or so jade bottles contained 83 Qi Condensation Pills, 25 Essence Qi Pills, and 5 Qi and Blood Pills.
Among them, the Qi Condensation Pill and the Essence Qi Pill are both pills that can improve one's cultivation level in the Qi Refining stage.
After checking with Mengbao, it was found that the two could increase cultivation speed by 300% and 1200% respectively.
This is what cultivators often refer to as saving three days of arduous cultivation versus twelve days of arduous cultivation.
However, their amplification effect is not static.
The Qi Condensation Pill only has 100% effect on cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, while the Essence Qi Pill remains unchanged.
It is worth noting that the number of days saved is the actual training time, not the standard training time.
In other words, the stronger a cultivator's spiritual root aptitude, the better the effect of taking pills for cultivation.
This is not surprising, since pills are essentially highly compressed spiritual energy. The better one's spiritual root aptitude, the more efficient one is in converting spiritual energy into mana.
A cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root can achieve the same effect as a cultivator with a Three Spiritual Root taking two pills by consuming one pill.
"Old Demon Han relied on the sheer number of Little Green Bottles to overwhelm them; I don't have that kind of ability."
Fortunately, both Qi Condensation Pills and Qi Essence Pills can be obtained through normal channels on the island.
Therefore, at least during the Qi Refining stage, I can still learn from Old Demon Han and cultivate by taking medicine.
Luo Qing picked up a bottle of Qi-Gathering Pills, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly asked:
"Mengbao, how much actual cultivation time do I need to reach the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining?"
"This place is rich in spiritual energy, which can bring a 25% increase in cultivation in the early stages of Qi Refining."
In addition, after consuming those five Qi and Blood Pills, combined with the residual medicinal power in the master's body, it can increase the master's spirit attribute by 3 points.
"Wait, Meng Bao, what did you just say? I still have the residual medicinal power of the Qi and Blood Pill in my body?"
Luo Qing was startled upon hearing this. He did not remember taking the Qi and Blood Pill, so where did the residual medicinal power come from?
"It was indeed swallowed before its owner woke up."
"You mean the original owner of this body consumed a Qi and Blood Pill? So it turns out this guy's 4 points of Spirit attribute weren't innate either!"
Luo Qing's gaze sharpened, and she seemed to understand some things.
"No wonder Nie Shan was acting so strangely, trying to take Song Li away from her. Now it seems the original owner of this body clearly left me with some trouble!"
Luo Qing shook her head slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes, which she then concealed.
"Alright, debts are a burden, let's put this matter aside for now and investigate it later. Right now, the most important thing is to improve our cultivation as soon as possible. Meng Bao, continue."
Nie Shan was clearly no match for Song Li, so Luo Qing could temporarily ignore whatever had happened between the original owner and him.
"Alright, Master's three treasures are expected to be 7 essence, 3 qi, and 4 spirit soon, and the basic cultivation efficiency can be increased from 69% to 87%."
If we disregard other enhancements, the master's actual cultivation efficiency is 108.75%. The standard cultivation time required is currently 8.6 months, but the actual cultivation time is 7.9 months.
"That's about 240 days, and these 83 Qi Condensation Pills were just enough."
I'm starting to understand why Old Demon Han developed a resistance to the Yellow Dragon Pill.
Luo Qing gave a wry smile, worrying about his spiritual root aptitude.
However, he didn't feel bad about wasting the pills; they were meaningless if they weren't used to save cultivation time.
"It only takes one hour to completely refine one Qi Condensation Pill, so it won't take more than a few days to finish all 83 of them."
As they spoke, Luo Qing collected all the pills on the table, leaving only the Qi and Blood Pill.
This pill is quite special; after consumption, its medicinal properties will automatically integrate into the blood and flesh, without the need for deliberate refining.
So Luo Qing opened his mouth and swallowed one, but instead of rushing to cultivate, he got up and walked to a corner of the courtyard.
Luo Qing grabbed a shovel leaning against the courtyard wall and, without saying a word, started digging a small pit under a tree.
Immediately, he flipped his hand and took out a larger jade bottle from his storage bag.
Luo Qing stared at the jade bottle for a moment, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. Then she sighed softly, turned the jade bottle over, and poured all the more than ten bone-white pills inside into the pit.
These were the bone-strengthening pills he had previously obtained.
Then, he swung his shovel and filled the pit with soil, creating a small mound.
"Don't worry." Luo Qing said in a deep voice, his tone low but carrying an undeniable firmness:
"I will keep going until I send them down to join you, until there is no more Yin Island in this world."
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Qing threw down the shovel, turned around and went back into the house to begin her secluded cultivation.
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Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
Inside the quiet room, Luo Qing sat cross-legged on a black futon, surrounded by spiritual energy, his breathing long and steady. Dozens of empty jade bottles were scattered around him and around him.
Suddenly, his aura surged, flowing with a sense of fullness and roundness, clearly indicating that he had reached the critical point of a breakthrough and was poised for further ascension.
But the next moment, Luo Qing suddenly opened his eyes, his fingertips forming a hand seal, forcefully interrupting this breakthrough momentum.
"Hehe, it seems that even for someone with a pseudo-spiritual root, encountering a bottleneck at the fourth level of Qi Refining is quite difficult."
Luo Qing stood up with a relaxed expression, ending her seclusion.
With the power of the elixir, he cultivated from the third level of Qi Refining to the current peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining in just eight days.
相比刚穿越时的4精3气2神，洛青如今的三宝来到了7精4气4神。
The extra 3 points of spirit attribute and 2 points of divine attribute came from the Qi and Blood Pill and the Awakening Water, respectively.
The extra 1 point of Qi attribute comes from the improvement in cultivation during this seclusion.
The reason he deliberately interrupted this breakthrough opportunity that others longed for was for nothing other than one sentence:
"Sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting!"
After ten days of cultivation, Luo Qing had only a few Qi Condensation Pills left, and he would obviously have to wait until he reached the late stage of Qi Refining to take the Essence Pills.
However, it takes 19 years of standard cultivation time to go from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the peak of the eighth level.
Luo Qing obviously couldn't wait that long. He had to find a way to improve his basic cultivation efficiency and accumulate enough Qi Condensation Pills before going into seclusion to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining.