Chapter 11 Other Functions of Life Essence Qi

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However, Fang Yun no longer meticulously managed those medicinal materials afterwards.

After all, having been so busy for such a long period, it was time to take a rest.

Moreover, his body had already recovered, and the most important thing at present was to re-engage in cultivation and practice that spell.

If he continued to spend a large amount of time on managing the medicinal materials, it would seem to be a loss that outweighed the gain.

Likewise, the planting of crops in the valley would also have to come to a temporary halt.

Only after mastering the Earth Power Skills could the next planting of crops be carried out more smoothly and efficiently.

Thus, Fang Yun returned to the cave, and first concentrated on Qi Cultivation for a few days, feeling anew the wonderful sensation of Spiritual Energy flowing into his body and transforming into Mana.

However, after experiencing this for about ten days, Fang Yun felt that the efficiency of his cultivation was rather low.

After several consecutive days of cultivation, he had only slightly increased his mana value, and in the following days there was no movement at all.

Fang Yun didn't know how much Mana was needed to advance to the second level of Qi Cultivation, but at the current pace, breaking through to the second level would take a very long time.

This involved the issue of his body's talent, as well as the scarcity of Spiritual Power in the Spiritual Spring.

No wonder the previous cultivators could not progress after reaching the second level of Qi Cultivation, leaving them no choice but to think of leaving the island in search of opportunities.

The resources on the island were just too scarce.

Regarding this, Fang Yun had no solution; after all, he could not conjure up Spiritual Energy out of thin air, and he could only cultivate with the Spiritual Energy in the Spiritual Spring for now.

After advancing to the second level of Qi Cultivation, then other options could be considered.

In the following time, while persistently cultivating, Fang Yun started to wholeheartedly care for the Spirit Rice.

Hoping that once the Spirit Rice matured, it would bring him more Life Essence Qi and allow him to research if there were more functions to Life Essence Qi.

One day, after finishing his cultivation, Fang Yun, following his usual habit, went to the spirit field to closely inspect the Spirit Rice.

Now that the maturation time of the Spirit Rice was drawing near, Fang Yun became increasingly worried.

He was very concerned that the Green Beetles from the last time would come back for another attack.

Although those Green Beetles posed no substantial harm to him, their number was just too immense.

It would be no easy task to eliminate them all before they harmed the Spirit Rice.

Therefore, in these days, besides cultivation, Fang Yun almost always stayed near the spirit field.

Even practicing the Earth Power Skills was done beside the spirit field.

After observing the condition of the Spirit Rice and seeing that they were growing well with no signs of pest damage,

Fang Yun then left the spirit field and went to an open space nearby to practice the Earth Power Skills.

"Earth Power is robust, with thick soil as the foundation. Spirit Breath flows, Earth Veins return to heart..."

As Fang Yun chanted the incantation, the handprints on his hands also continuously changed, and the Mana in his body began to circulate in a strange pattern continuously.

Yellow light started to flicker on Fang Yun's hands.

However, the yellow light flickered only briefly before it extinguished.

Clearly, even the simplest of Spells could not be easily mastered by Fang Yun in just a few short days.

However, Fang Yun was well-prepared for this.

One glance at the still unchanged status panel told him that his Earth Power Skills had not reached the standard.

Hence, he remained calm and continued to practice with unwavering persistence.

After several attempts, the Mana was quickly exhausted.

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The mana of someone at the first level of Qi Cultivation was ultimately too meager.

This forced Fang Yun to cease his practice.

Leaving the vicinity of the spirit field, he walked towards the cave, planning to absorb Spiritual Energy to restore his mana.

However, at this moment, Fang Yun looked at the Life Essence Qi within his Dantian and a thought suddenly struck him.

He decided to try and see whether this Life Essence Qi, which could heal wounds, could also be used to restore mana.

Consequently, Fang Yun sat down cross-legged and began to refine the Life Essence Qi in his Dantian with the little mana he had left.

Initially, he had thought this would be a very difficult task, but to his surprise, as soon as the mana touched the Life Essence Qi, it expanded rapidly and restored to peak condition in the blink of an eye.

It was as if they were inherently one entity.

This left Fang Yun no time to react; of the two points of Life Essence Qi in the panel, only one remained.

This immediately made Fang Yun extremely upset.

This was the Life Essence Qi he had painstakingly accumulated from three months of cultivating the fields.

To use it now for restoring mana seemed too wasteful.

If he had entered the cave to refine the Spiritual Energy from the spring, though it would take more time,

at least that Spiritual Energy was free, and using it wouldn't cause any pangs of distress.

But now that things had developed to this stage, there was nothing Fang Yun could do about his heartache.

However, thankfully, Fang Yun had inadvertently discovered another function of the Life Essence Qi.

Aside from its healing properties, the Life Essence Qi could actually restore mana.

In the future, with an ample supply of Life Essence Qi, his endurance would be much stronger than before.

The only limitation now was the quantity of Life Essence Qi.

Moreover, since Life Essence Qi could be used to restore mana, did that mean it could replace Spiritual Energy for cultivation?

Such a thought suddenly sprang into Fang Yun's mind.

If it could indeed replace Spiritual Energy, that would be an immense help for Fang Yun's future pursuit on the Immortal Path.

After all, the amount of Spiritual Energy in the Spiritual Spring was limited, only enough to support his advancement to the second level of Qi Cultivation.

Fang Yun had originally planned, if it came to the worst, to leave the island after reaching the second level of Qi Cultivation.

The island simply didn't have sufficient Spiritual Energy, and he couldn't continue to scrape by without it.

However, if Life Essence Qi could replace Spiritual Energy for cultivation, then for the time being, Fang Yun need not worry about his cultivation resources.

And there would be no need to leave the island.

After all, the island might lack many things, but it had an extensive amount of land.

Enough land meant a great number of crops could be planted.

Therefore, even if the Life Essence Qi provided by crops was limited, the Life Essence Qi he could obtain would still be much more abundant than Spiritual Energy.

Thinking up to this point, Fang Yun could no longer afford to cherish the sole strand of Life Essence Qi left in his Dantian.

He went ahead with the refining process, eager to ascertain whether Life Essence Qi could truly replace Spiritual Energy for cultivation.

Touching the Life Essence Qi with his mana, which had already returned to its peak state,

the situation was just like before; the mana quickly devoured the Life Essence Qi.

After absorbing the Life Essence Qi, Fang Yun distinctly felt a slight increase in his mana.

Noticing the increase in his mana, Fang Yun stood up with a face full of joy.