Chapter 61: Practicing the Gold Qi Technique

While other spells had made considerable progress, the Gold Qi Technique had seen minimal use, making its practice rather slow.

Taking this into consideration, Fang Yun decided to release the Spiritual Insect into the northern mountains.

He would then wait for pests to arrive, hoping to properly test his Gold Qi Technique.

At the same time, Fang Yun thought of something else.

He wondered where this Spiritual Insect had actually come from.

Logically, the growth of the Spiritual Insect should rely on the presence of spiritual energy.

Could it be that there was a place on Spirit Water Island containing spiritual energy that he had yet to discover?

If that were the case, Fang Yun would be very interested in checking it out.

So, he released the Spiritual Insect, intending to locate its trace through sensing after dealing with the spiritual rice.

This way, he could explore the mysteries of where the Spiritual Insect was born.

With the release of the Spiritual Insect, Fang Yun took out the silkworm net again.

After all, while he was exterminating pests, he could not afford to lose his spiritual rice.

As the silkworm net covered the spiritual field, the sky grew dim, and the long-absent green beetles reappeared in the field.

Seeing this, Fang Yun smiled faintly.

Chanting the incantation for the Gold Qi Technique, he followed with hand seals, and a golden light appeared in his hands.

It then split into numerous golden dots, heading towards the green beetles.

While Fang Yun could not yet precisely control every single dot, he was still able to guide their general direction.

Thus, a series of popping sounds echoed as the green beetles flying through the night began to fall one after another.

Watching this scene, Fang Yun grew increasingly excited, like a child who had just received a fascinating toy, continuously directing the mass of golden dots to scoop up the green beetles like a giant net.

However, as the number of dead green beetles increased, the points of light from his Gold Qi Technique began to extinguish.

Within a quarter of an hour, the golden dots had completely vanished.

Fang Yun glanced at his remaining magic power, which had dwindled to just over 30 points.

He suddenly felt that the Gold Qi Technique was not as durable as he had hoped.

However, with no turning back, he decided to push on for the sake of practicing the spell.

Once again, he unleashed the Gold Qi Technique, trying to expand its reach to encompass even more green beetles.

Although this would cause more beetles to escape through the gaps, he was not too worried with the silkworm net as a final line of defense.

Now, all Fang Yun needed to do was to inflict as much damage as possible on these green beetles within the limits of his magic power.

Unbeknownst to him, the sky gradually brightened.

After a night of using the Gold Qi Technique, Fang Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling exhausted.

He opened the panel once more.

Name: Fang Yun

Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Level 3

Magic Power: 5

Life Essence: 770

Spells: Earth Power Technique (Proficient 89%), Spiritual Rain Technique (Minor Accomplishment 6%), Growth Technique (Familiar 32%), Gold Qi Technique (Entry Level 32%)

Control over Plants: Vines (6), Spiritual Rice...

Spiritual Pet: Spiritual Insect (1)

With his magic power reduced to just 5 points, one could imagine the intensity of the battles from the previous night.

However, the proficiency of the Gold Qi Technique increased by 10%, which was a decent gain.

Yet, if this continued, the spiritual energy from the spiritual spring would not be sufficient for his magic power recovery.

In that case, he would either have to abandon practicing the Gold Qi Technique or rely solely on life essence to replenish his magic power.

But giving up was not an option; the spells he had mastered were a permanent part of him, whereas the consumption of life essence could be restored.

Though life essence was precious, Fang Yun could still analyze which of the two was more important for him.

At worst, he could plant a few more batches of spiritual rice.

With the Spiritual Rain Technique at the minor accomplishment stage, planting these spiritual rice crops was not particularly difficult for him.

"Patriarch, there are so many bugs! What happened?"

Early in the morning, Fang Kangseng finished his day's teaching and came up the mountain.

As soon as he arrived, he saw the area next to the spiritual field piled high with the corpses of green beetles.

This unprecedented scene immediately made him shout in surprise.

Fang Yun waved his hand: "You clean up these bug corpses and open the silkworm net. I'm going to rest for a bit."

Upon hearing this, Fang Kangseng did not ask further but began to clear away the corpses of the green beetles.

After resting during the day and absorbing some spiritual energy, Fang Yun restored his magic power to 8 points.

However, this amount was still insufficient for the night's consumption.

So, he also used 30 points of life essence to bring his magic power back up to 38 points.

Only then did he feel a sense of relief.

Yet, thinking about the consumption of 30 points of life essence, Fang Yun, despite being mentally prepared, still felt a pang of regret.

Well, he thought, it was just an investment for the improvement of his spells.

With this in mind, Fang Yun stepped out of the cave.

He noticed that Fang Kangseng had not yet come down the mountain.

He couldn't help but ask, "Haven't you gone down yet? Did you finish the lessons down there?"

Fang Kangseng scratched his head and shook it: "Patriarch, the lessons aren't finished. The teacher said it would take at least a year. But since there are bugs here, I want to stay and help you!"

Fang Yun waved his hand: "Alright, your willingness to help is enough. It's better for you to go down and study hard with your classmates! You can't assist me right now. Let's talk about it when you start your formal cultivation and have magic power."

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Fang Kangseng could only nod dejectedly: "Yes, Patriarch! I'll go down now!"

Fang Yun nodded.

After Fang Kangseng left, Fang Yun once again covered the spiritual field with the silkworm net.

Time passed day by day, and after a month of growth, the spiritual rice was fully matured.

Meanwhile, Fang Yun's Gold Qi Technique also reached the proficient stage.

During this month of extermination, Fang Yun had consumed 300 points of life essence.

This consumption had made him numb from the pain.

At this point, he even began to question whether it was worth it to spend so much life essence practicing the Gold Qi Technique.

However, since the consumption had already occurred, it was pointless to dwell on it now.

Furthermore, with the harvest of the spiritual rice, he replenished those 300 points of life essence, bringing his total back up to over 700 points.

However, if he continued practicing the Gold Qi Technique, the reserve of his life essence could only maintain this level.

To increase it further, he would have to stop practicing the Gold Qi Technique.

On this point, Fang Yun was indeed feeling somewhat hesitant.

He didn't know whether he should pause the practice of the Gold Qi Technique to reserve some life essence before continuing.