Chapter 16: Drawing Qi in One Night, Entering the Qi Refining Stage!

  After Lin Chen returned to his room, he began to attempt drawing Qi into his body.

  This wasn't difficult for Lin Chen. Following the mantra and mental techniques from the Xuanhuang Qi Drawing Technique, he quickly sensed the spiritual energy once again.

  Next, Lin Chen tried to draw Wood Qi into his body.

  In the world, spiritual energy is mixed, with the Five Elements' Qi—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—interconnected with one another.

  To separate the Wood Qi alone and absorb it into the body was not an easy task.

  After a simple attempt for about an hour, Lin Chen gradually grasped the trick.

  Just then, there was another knock on the door.

  It was his master, Han Jihai, bringing some spiritual food.

  A bowl of spiritual rice, two servings of spiritual vegetables, and even some tempting braised meat.

  Han Jihai smiled as he looked at Lin Chen and said:

  "While cultivation is important, there's no need to rush..."

  "You’re at the stage where your body is growing, you should eat more!"

  After Han Jihai left, Lin Chen looked at the spiritual food on the pte, feeling a little helpless.

  "Has Master gotten old and has no descendants? Treating me like his own younger generation..."

  With a mix of happiness and frustration, he thought back to his grandparents during his childhood.

  Back then, they were the same, afraid he wouldn't get enough to eat, always stuffing food into his mouth.

  Lin Chen remembered that he was called "Little Fatty" back then.

  Unfortunately, his grandparents had died in an attack by a demon beast on the city when he was ten years old.

  With a brief sigh, Lin Chen continued eating, savoring the food.

  This braised meat was also spiritual meat, fatty but not greasy, and after finishing the meal, Lin Chen felt his body filled with energy.

  Without hesitation, Lin Chen resumed practicing his breathing technique.

  After two hours of cultivation, Lin Chen gnced at the Qi and blood value on his wrist.

  — 11.9!

  It had increased by a full 0.4.

  Lin Chen was once again shocked and muttered:

  "So that's it. Compared to spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables, spiritual meat contains more abundant Qi and blood!"

  "Wow, if there's even higher-level spiritual meat... how much Qi and blood would this meal add?"

  Lin Chen was astonished. With Master Han Jihai's way of feeding him,

  He would probably advance to the intermediate martial artist stage before even returning to Blue Star!

  "Tsk, tsk, who said that Dan Peak has poor resources?"

  "Although Dan Peak's overall strength is the weakest among the Five Peaks, the other peaks have more disciples!"

  "More disciples means the Peak Master can’t take care of everyone, so being able to take a single elder as a master is already great."

  "Other peaks can’t compare to Dan Peak in this regard, where the Peak Master personally teaches and even makes spiritual food for the disciples to eat..."

  Realizing this, Lin Chen felt great, thinking to himself that joining Dan Peak was the right choice!

  After finishing his breathing technique, Lin Chen continued to try drawing Qi into his body, making rapid progress.

  From sensing Wood Qi to separating the Wood Qi, and then gradually being able to control the Wood Qi to approach his body.

  Lin Chen was only one step away from drawing Qi into his body—officially pcing the Wood Qi into his Dantian!

  After spending the entire afternoon trying, Lin Chen made significant progress.

  In the evening, after finishing his spiritual food, his Qi and blood value increased again, reaching 12.2.

  That night, Lin Chen didn’t sleep. He spent the entire night thinking about how to draw Qi into his body.

  It wasn’t until the dawn when the morning sunlight shone through the window, warming his body, that Lin Chen, in a moment of inspiration, successfully guided the spiritual energy into his Dantian.

  In that instant, Lin Chen felt the change in his body.

  "Is this... the feeling of spiritual energy entering the body?"

  "I am now... a Qi Refining Stage 1 cultivator!"

  Lin Chen opened his eyes suddenly, carefully sensing the changes in his body.

  It felt almost as if he understood it naturally. He faintly sensed that there was an invisible, flowing energy slowly moving within his Dantian.

  It was spiritual energy!

  Lin Chen focused his mind and tried to control the spiritual energy within his Dantian.

  That faint, fragile spiritual energy, as thin as a strand of hair, slowly gathered along his meridians to his fingertips.

  The process was difficult, and Lin Chen tried several times, exerting great effort before finally accomplishing it.

  "Hiss... So this is spiritual energy?"

  "According to the Xuanhuang Qi Drawing Technique, as long as spiritual energy is produced within the body, even if it's weak, it counts as reaching the first yer of the Qi Refining Stage."

  "And as cultivation progresses, the spiritual energy in the Dantian will continue to grow stronger..."

  "At the same time, entering the Qi Refining Stage also gives birth to a weak divine sense."

  Lin Chen thought for a moment. He could vaguely perceive with his soul and sense the spiritual energy within his Dantian, which seemed to be the initial form of his divine sense.

  However, as he had just entered the Qi Refining Stage, his divine sense was still too weak.

  Afterward, he would need to cultivate methods to enhance his divine sense or raise his realm in order to continuously strengthen it.

  "I've heard that powerful Qi Refining cultivators can extend their divine sense up to ten zhang (about 33 meters)... And for Foundation Establishment cultivators, their divine sense can even reach hundreds or thousands of meters!"

  "But for me right now, my divine sense can only initially observe internal changes within my body."

  Lin Chen suddenly thought of something and murmured:

  "Martial artists cultivate their bodies, yet without the ability to internally observe their soul, they cannot fully control or understand their body."

  "But since I have developed divine sense, I can internally observe my soul... doesn't that mean I have an unprecedented advantage over other martial artists in the realm of martial arts?"

  Upon thinking of this, Lin Chen's eyes brightened.

  Using cultivation methods to enhance martial arts cultivation, with the two complementing each other...

  He was likely to create an entirely new path for martial artists!

  Thus, Lin Chen resumed practicing the breathing technique.

  After drinking a vial of nutrition liquid, as Lin Chen continued his breathing exercises, he could feel an energy from the air slowly flowing into his body.

  This energy was different from spiritual Qi, yet it could enter his body and strengthen his physique!

  Ordinary martial artists, when they practice breathing techniques to draw energy into their bodies, can only circute it along the designated path of the breathing technique, making it difficult to control precisely.

  This results in the energy being consumed within the body, unable to reach its intended destination perfectly.

  But now, with Lin Chen's divine sense, he could guide the energy to reinforce his body, significantly reducing the energy loss.

  At first, guiding the energy was difficult, but after multiple attempts, he gradually became more skilled.

  After two hours of practice, Lin Chen gnced at the Qi and blood value on his wrist.

  — 12.4!

  In just two hours, it had increased by 0.2!

  The efficiency was nearly double what it had been before!

  "Hiss... Divine sense truly has such a huge impact on martial arts!"

  "If I could bring this method to Blue Star, wouldn't that mean every martial artist's cultivation speed would double?!"

  Lin Chen was deeply shocked, already imagining the impact such a discovery would have on Blue Star...

  Martial artists on Blue Star wouldn't need to reach a high realm. Just entering the Qi Refining Stage and developing divine sense would significantly accelerate their martial arts progress!

  "This is another major discovery!"

  Lin Chen silently took note of it.

  After a night of cultivation, the sky was already brightening.

  Lin Chen didn’t feel tired at all. Instead, he felt a sense of revitalization.

  This was the difference between martial arts and cultivation.

  Martial arts nourishes the body but not the spirit. Even high-level martial artists, though full of energy, still need sleep and rest.

  Cultivators, on the other hand, focus on cultivating their essence, Qi, and spirit. Meditation and cultivation can completely repce sleep.

  "Phew, to enter the Qi Refining Stage in just one night... This is a bit too astonishing!"

  "I better not tell Master for now."

  For the next few days, Lin Chen stayed quietly in the disciple quarters to continue his cultivation.

  As for Han Jihai, he seemed to be busy with alchemy and didn’t visit.

  Lin Chen's Dantian had accumuted more spiritual energy, and his Qi and blood value had reached 15!

  It wasn’t until the fourth morning that Lin Chen sought out Han Jihai.

  Upon hearing Lin Chen’s report, Han Jihai nearly bit his tongue.

  "You said what? You've entered the Qi Refining Stage?!"

  (End of this chapter)