Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 44 - 43: Qi Refining Fifth Layer, Tier One Body Cultivator

Chapter 44: Chapter 43: Qi Refining Fifth Layer, Tier One Body Cultivator
Ever since Qi Chuan began cultivating the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, he had essentially stayed in his cave mansion and rarely went out.
He divided his cultivation time into two parts.
One part was for cultivating the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, and the other was for practicing the Evergreen Technique to enhance his mana.
Although Qi Chuan paid particular attention to body refining, cultivation realm is the foundation for advancing to Foundation Establishment, so it cannot be neglected.
At the same time, Qi Chuan would also take a little time to practice various spells so that his spells could improve steadily to a certain degree.
However, due to the minimal effort placed on the spells, their improvement was incredibly slow compared to mana and physical body.
...
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
On this day, in Qi Chuan’s Tier One Upper Grade Cave Mansion.
In a stone chamber, Qi Chuan sat half-naked, with his eyes closed, in a large cauldron filled with boiling medicinal water, with only his head exposed above the surface.
At this moment, he was circulating the cultivation method of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body within his body. The surrounding medicinal power in the water was continuously seeping into his body through the pores of his skin, enhancing his physical body.
As time passed, the thick, dark red medicinal water in the cauldron gradually became clear, and Qi Chuan’s physical body became increasingly strong.
Especially the skin all over his body, which glowed with a jade-colored sheen, like patches of glowing spots, appearing and disappearing, becoming more distinct and clear in the process.
Swish!
At a certain moment, Qi Chuan suddenly opened his eyes in the cauldron, a sharp gleam flashed in the depths of his pupils, daring people not to look directly at him.
[While immersed in the herbal bath, you circulate the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, absorbing medicinal power to strengthen your physical form, triggering a hundredfold critical strike, obtaining a hundredfold gain, your physical body has improved, and you successfully cultivated the first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, the Jade Skin Realm, advancing to the Tier One Early Stage Body Cultivator.]
A line of text appeared in his vision.
Seeing this line of text, Qi Chuan smiled slightly and then stood up, watching the now completely clear water droplets slide off his fair skin.
Qi Chuan looked at his body, and then clenched his fists tightly, seeing the original fair skin suddenly burst with a jade luster, spreading from all over his skin and looking extremely mystical.
"So this is the first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, the Jade Skin Realm."
Qi Chuan could feel that his skin’s defense strength seemed to have greatly increased.
The toughness of every part of his skin was probably comparable to an ordinary Lower Grade Magical Artifact.
Moreover, his blood and flesh within had also been strengthened to a certain extent, although not as obviously as his skin.
"Now, I could probably rely solely on my physical body to contend with an ordinary Qi Refining Early Stage Cultivator or a Tier One Lower Grade Demon Beast, right?"
"And if I continue refining to perfection, reaching the limit of Tier One Early Stage Body Cultivator, I could probably contend with a cultivator at the Peak of Qi Refining Third Layer or a top-tier Tier One Lower Grade Demon Beast!"
Looking at his skin, Qi Chuan was somewhat amazed.
The Little Profound Crystal Jade Body was truly powerful.
"However, this cauldron of medicinal water, its Spiritual Medicine Power has been completely absorbed."
Qi Chuan looked at the clear water in the cauldron with a hint of pain on his face.
That was another five contribution points, equivalent to fifty Lower Grade Spirit Stones.
Over the past few months, after consuming the first large package of medicine, he made two more trips to the Inner Sect Pill Pavilion, and now, it’s all used up.
Meaning, he spent the equivalent of one hundred and fifty Lower Grade Spirit Stones just to enter the first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body!
And that’s only reaching entry into the first layer, not yet perfected.
Although resources required for further cultivation in the first layer will be less, the demand for resources in body cultivation is still significant.
When I get to cultivating the second layer and even the third layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, won’t it consume even more resources?
"Alas, I’m poor..."
Qi Chuan had no choice but to lament his poverty.
Shaking his head, Qi Chuan tidied up the stone chamber and went to another stone chamber with a bed.
This stone chamber was the place in the entire cave mansion with the highest concentration of Spiritual Qi, reaching the Tier One Upper Grade Spiritual Vein Level, so Qi Chuan even slept here.
Sitting crossed-legged on the bed, Qi Chuan took out a Gathering Essence Pill the size of a dragon’s eye, light green and perfectly round, inhaled its pleasant medicinal fragrance, and nodded slightly: "You’re a bit cheaper, with only one contribution point needed per pill."
With that, he put it into his mouth and swallowed it.
Then he closed his eyes and began to circulate the Evergreen Technique.
Immediately, wisps of Spiritual Qi separated from the void within this stone chamber, entering his body through his breath.
Once inside his body, these Spiritual Qi blended with the medicinal power of the Gathering Essence Pill, circulating through his meridians, gradually refining into mana and storing it in the dantian in his lower abdomen.
[You circulate the Evergreen Technique, absorbing Spiritual Qi and refining medicinal power, converting it into your own mana, triggering an eightfold critical strike, obtaining eightfold gain, your total mana amount has increased slightly.]
When a Grand Circulation ended, Qi Chuan opened his eyes and saw the familiar text appear.
"Having cultivated the first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, it’s time to focus more energy back on my cultivation level."
Thinking this, Qi Chuan calmed his heart, closed his eyes, and once again activated the Evergreen Technique.
...
Cultivation feels timeless.
Before he knew it, more than a year had passed.
On this day, Qi Chuan’s cultivation realm also broke through a small realm.
[You circulate the Evergreen Technique, absorbing Spiritual Qi and refining medicinal power, converting it into your own mana, triggering a thirtyfold critical strike, obtaining thirtyfold gain, your total mana amount has increased somewhat, and you have entered the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.]
On the stone chamber bed, when Qi Chuan opened his eyes, he saw this line of text appear in his vision.
Then he smiled, and his Spiritual Sense immersed into his dantian, where he immediately saw the mana within had expanded significantly.
Although it only expanded a circle, the increase in total mana was quite a bit.
Compared to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, at least an additional two-fifths more.
"I’ve finally broken into the Qi Refining Fifth Layer." Qi Chuan couldn’t help but sigh upon seeing this.
It should have broken through.
Since joining the Inner Sect of the Wind Moon Sect, it’s been over a year and a half, always using Gathering Essence Pills to assist with cultivation. From Qi Refining Fourth Layer to Qi Refining Fifth Layer, without any bottleneck, as long as the total amount of mana reaches it, you can break through.
"It’s just the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body that is still stuck at the first layer, though it is already nearing perfection."
Looking at his skin, the jade luster was very dazzling, indicating that the first layer of the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, the Jade Skin Realm, had reached its peak unless he advanced to the second layer.
However, entering this second layer isn’t easy, requiring a lot of resources.
Over the past year, I’ve had to reserve resources to buy Gathering Essence Pills to assist with cultivation, leaving no extra resources for the Little Profound Crystal Jade Body, thus it’s still at the extreme of the first layer.
"I’d better stabilize my mana first."
Shaking his head, Qi Chuan intended to first consolidate the mana right after his breakthrough.
Thud, thud.
However, at this time, there was suddenly a faint bumping sound from outside the cave mansion.
"This is... another message?"
Qi Chuan looked up, a bit surprised, gazing toward the outside of the cave mansion.
"Let’s have a look." He walked out of the stone chamber towards the entrance to the cave mansion.
Soon, at the entrance of the cave mansion, Qi Chuan held a paper crane letter that had already been opened.
"Brother Qi, this is Murong Fan. I accidentally obtained a treasure map and have already verified its authenticity. However, there are some dangers at the treasure site that are beyond my power alone, so I need Brother Qi’s help. If Brother Qi is interested, please reply to me, and I will provide detailed information after we meet."
"... Murong Fan."
After reading it, Qi Chuan was quite surprised.
"A treasure map? There’s actually such a good thing?"