Chapter 13: Double Happiness
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Originally, Lu Yi thought it would take a few more months to break through. He didn't expect that from the awakening of his Golden Finger to now, it took just half a month to break through.
This had a great deal to do with the White Cloud Qi Refining Art reaching level 6, greatly enhancing his cultivation speed, and the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir played a crucial role as well.
Lu Yi calmed his mind and focused on controlling the spiritual energy, planning to break through the bottleneck. From his experience of several breakthroughs, overcoming a bottleneck was not easy, and he used to need quite a bit of time to succeed each time.
However, this time... the spiritual energy within Lu Yi surged like a torrent, carrying with it the overwhelming spiritual energy emitted by the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir, and crashed heavily against the invisible barrier with unstoppable force.
Boom!!
A thunderous roar sounded, and the spiritual tide and the barrier within Lu Yi came to a stalemate.
Merely a moment later, with a crack, the barrier fractured and then shattered, the invisible constraint disappearing, and Lu Yi felt a lightness throughout his body. With the circulation of the Energy-Introducing Decision, he began absorbing spiritual energy once more.
He had broken through, and the bottleneck didn't even withstand Lu Yi for a minute!
Lu Yi's heart was filled with joy, yet he wasn't surprised. After all, his Energy-Introducing Decision had reached level 6, providing him with a very solid foundation. Not to mention, his body was also filled with the spiritual energy of the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir. With such a supply of spiritual energy, even if it wasn't him, a regular Qi Cultivator could easily break through in a few days.
The breakthrough only made Lu Yi happy for a moment before he quickly calmed down. This was just the beginning; in the future, he could still break through to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and even become immortal!
For now, he still needed to continue cultivating!
The Energy-Introducing Decision continued to run, quickly reaching ten cycles, and with the task of cultivating the Energy-Introducing Decision complete, Lu Yi finally stopped, choosing excitedly to accept the reward.
Suddenly, information about the White Cloud Qi Refining Art appeared in Lu Yi's mind. This information was very mysterious and difficult to understand, but Lu Yi was able to absorb it easily.
As Lu Yi had guessed, the level 7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art was markedly different from the level 6 version: the route of energy circulation had changed.
The original energy flow of the White Cloud Qi Refining Art passed through seventeen acupoints, but after the change, it now went through six more.
Lu Yi couldn't wait to try the level 7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art. He continued to assign himself a cultivation task and began to circulate the White Cloud Qi Refining Art.
As soon as he started cultivating, Lu Yi noticed the difference; the spiritual energy absorption efficiency of the level 7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art was more than double that of level 6!
Moreover, with the energy circulation, the spiritual energy within Lu Yi was continuously refined, and just after cultivating for one cycle, the spiritual energy within him became a bit denser.
Lu Yi was pleasantly surprised, for although the quantity of spiritual energy remained the same after refining, the quality would obviously improve. *After all, with the same mass, would the hardness of a rock and a sponge be the same? Of course not.*
The White Cloud Qi Refining Art could refine his spiritual energy, elevating Lu Yi's already solid foundation to the next level! Naturally, the power of the arts using spiritual energy would also be greatly enhanced.
*Could his future spiritual energy quality be comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator?* Lu Yi was a bit expectant.
Feeling the benefits brought by the level 7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art, Lu Yi cultivated even more diligently, incessantly running the White Cloud Qi Refining Art to absorb the spiritual energy emitted by the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir within him.
The Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir contained abundant spiritual energy, and even after the breakthrough, there was still quite a lot remaining. As Lu Yi absorbed it, he could clearly feel his cultivation base advancing at an incredibly rapid speed.
A night passed without words, and as the sky grew brighter, the morning sun rose, casting its light over the clouds in the White Cloud Mountain Range, dyeing them a golden-red hue.
Lu Yi slowly opened his eyes, a faint white light gleaming in them as he exhaled a breath of impure air, revealing a hint of delight.
After a whole night of cultivation, he had finally completely absorbed the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir, taking a significant step forward in the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.
Lu Yi estimated that if he could have a Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir every day, he might need only a month to break through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
Just one month!
*Even a genius wouldn't dare claim they could break through one layer of the Qi Cultivation Realm in a month.*
And this speed wasn't even the limit. If his White Cloud Qi Refining Art continued to level up, reaching levels 8 and 9, the breakthrough speed would be even faster!
The only problem was, Lu Yi now only had two Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs left.
Lu Yi suddenly thought of Wang Xinqi and the other senior brothers, *Why not find a time to spar with those senior brothers? Completing a few tasks wouldn't take much time, and he could obtain several more Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs. Who wouldn't want to do this kind of thing?*
But for now, he still had two left, so there was no rush. *Better cultivate something else for now.* Both the White Cloud Sword Technique and White Cloud Qi Refining Art were at level 7, only the White Cloud Stance was still level 6, a bit behind; it's best to catch up first.
Lu Yi thought to himself as he left his room.
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Over the next two days, Lu Yi continued to cultivate steadily. In the morning he practiced the White Cloud Sword Technique, in the afternoon the White Cloud Stance, and at night the White Cloud Qi Refining Art, living a very fulfilling life.
After two days, Lu Yi ran out of the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs, and he had to start considering acquiring more.
Though Lu Yi still had a bottle of Top-grade Qi Condensation Elixirs given by Liu Ningshuang, after using the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs, Lu Yi didn't even want to use the top-grade ones.
After breakfast, Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi went to attend to their tasks, while Lu Yi left his small courtyard—this was the first time he'd gone out since returning from a lecture.
The White Cloud Sect's Outer Sect had a dedicated martial arena. This area was generally used by the outer sect disciples for cultivation. If there were conflicts among inner disciples that they wished to resolve privately, they could also go to the martial arena for a match, and if it escalated to a matter of life and death, a life-and-death duel could be held there, but a steward would need to officiate it.
However, in all his years in the sect, Lu Yi had seldom seen a life-and-death duel; the atmosphere in the White Cloud Sect was quite pleasant, with the disciples generally being harmonious and united.
Sparring did occur, after all. *Not everyone was like Lu Yi, who could assign tasks to himself to improve his cultivation skill levels. Even genius cultivators need combat to understand their shortcomings. Cultivation is not just shutting oneself away in seclusion.*
The martial arena was situated in a basin on the outskirts of the White Cloud Mountain Range, between White Light Peak and White Dew Peak, not too far from White Spirit Peak. Lu Yi jogged all the way towards the martial arena.
Along the way, outer sect disciples who saw Lu Yi greeted him with smiles.
"Senior Brother Lu Yi!"
"Senior Brother Lu Yi! You're out of seclusion?"
"I heard Senior Brother Lu Yi's White Cloud Sword Technique has reached the Returning True Realm; could you teach your Junior Sister a thing or two?"
"..."
Lu Yi responded to each with a smile, touching his own face in surprise. *So the matters on White Sun Peak had spread everywhere, and he had reached the point where he could gain face recognition. Could it be possible during his stroll?*
There were even quite a few beautiful and cute senior sisters who wanted special guidance. *If it weren't for the fact that he still had things to do today, he might have agreed. Damn it!* Lu Yi resolutely firmed up his Dao heart and gritted his teeth to refuse.
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