Chapter 3: Level 4 Qi Refinement

Chapter 3: Level 4 Qi Refinement

Closing the chat channel, Zhang Yuhe pondered slightly for a moment.

According to his observation, most players' cultivation Aptitude consisted of Low Grade Spiritual Roots.

There was also a small fraction of people with Medium Grade Spiritual Roots.

As for High Grade Spiritual Roots, after looking at the chat channel for a long time, he only found one.

Of course, there must be other low-profile veterans, just like himself.

They were just silently lurking without speaking.

Furthermore, Zhang Yuhe discovered that everyone's spawn points upon entering Yu Fantian seemed to be roughly the same.

They either spawned in dilapidated temples, ruined Daoist temples, or deserted wilderness villages.

Anyway, no players had encountered the natives within Yu Fantian yet.

How fucking strange, just how big was Yu Fantian, and where did so many run-down places come from?

This dashed his idea of obtaining more information about Yu Fantian by checking player chats.

"Forget it, let's first see what kind of place this is, and then quickly Cultivate."

Zhang Yuhe carefully sized up the dilapidated Daoist temple where he was located.

Wisps of sunlight penetrated through several holes in the roof, shining onto the ground.

The temple's walls were mottled and peeling, and as for the front gate's panels, they had long since gone missing.

Looking outward through the main gate.

He saw that outside the door, the mountain forests were dense and mountain ranges stretched endlessly, occasionally accompanied by the roars of unknown beasts and cries of birds.

Hearing this made him involuntarily shiver.

"Staying alone in this ghost place is a bit scary."

Completely unable to see any traces of human activity nearby, this made Zhang Yuhe a bit panicked.

"Cultivate first."

Strength was the foundation of courage.

Without strength, one would lack a sense of security in any environment; as long as one cultivated to be strong enough, they could go anywhere under heaven.

Zhang Yuhe sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, carefully recalling the Qi Gathering Art he had just obtained upon entering Yu Fantian.

Yu Fantian was different from other games.

According to Zhang Yuhe's understanding, this should be a real world wearing a game skin.

The so-called players were merely collectively transmigrating back and forth.

If players wanted to increase their strength here, they could only achieve it through continuous cultivation.

Killing monsters did not give experience points; it only occasionally dropped some items.

As for what the drop rate was like, no one knew yet.

After all, everyone had just entered, and probably no one had killed any monsters yet.

As the Cultivation Technique operated, the surrounding Spiritual Qi began to slowly converge toward him.

Following a specific route, the Spiritual Qi slowly injected into the Dantian and Qi Sea through the Meridians.

This feeling was very magical.

Before long, a somewhat formidable aura rose from his body, then spread outward, blowing up and fluttering the dust on the ground.

"Is this leveling up?"

Zhang Yuhe revealed an expression of astonishment.

This speed was simply a bit too fast.

How long had passed?

Ten minutes or twenty minutes?

Zhang Yuhe felt that an aura was slowly circulating within his Dantian.

He casually threw a punch, and the aura in his Dantian instantly penetrated through his fist, gushing forward.

Rumble…

A decaying wooden board not far away was directly shattered into two halves.

"Uh, so strong."

Breaking a wooden board with a punch from afar—this kind of scene that could only be seen on television was now happening to himself.

Just thinking about it made him extremely excited.

Zhang Yuhe quickly summoned his attribute panel.

Name: Zhang Yuhe

Sect: None

Realm: Level 1 Qi Refinement

Spiritual Root: Metal (Dao Grade), Wood (Dao Grade), Water (Dao Grade), Fire (Dao Grade), Earth (Dao Grade), Wind (Dao Grade), Lightning (Dao Grade), Ice (Dao Grade)

Special Physique: Primordial Dao Body

Fortune: Great Fortune

Comprehension Ability: ???

Cultivation Technique: Qi Gathering Art

Spell Divine Ability: None

"Haha, it really leveled up."

Seeing that the Realm had changed to Level 1 Qi Refinement, Zhang Yuhe was extremely happy.

Having finally broken away from the Mortal level, from now on he could be considered a true Cultivator of immortality.

If this kind of strength could be brought into the real world, what kind of experience would that be?

"Continue to Cultivate."

Since cultivation really had an effect, what else was there to say?

Of course, it was time to grind the hell out of it.

After about half an hour, an even stronger aura rose from Zhang Yuhe's body.

It should have advanced to Level 2 Qi Refinement.

However, this time he did not look at the attribute panel again.

It was a waste of time.

He intended to do a straight grind to see to what extent he could Cultivate in one go.

Time slowly passed, and he didn't know how long had elapsed.

Zhang Yuhe stood up from the ground.

"Uh, is it getting dark?"

Looking outward through the main gate, he saw that the sun had already set, and red glow dyed half the sky.

He remembered that when he first arrived, the sun was right overhead, meaning it was noon, but now the sun had already set.

"Time really passes fast."

Zhang Yuhe couldn't help sighing with emotion that he had completely no concept of time while cultivating.

Unknowingly, half a day had passed; no wonder books would write about how time passes unnoticed in the mountains.

It really was just like that.

The time flow rate in Yu Fantian was completely different from Blue Star.

According to the introduction on the website, one day in reality was equivalent to one hundred days in Yu Fantian.

To be exact, twelve hours were equivalent to one hundred days in Yu Fantian.

Because they could only enter the game during the period from 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM.

After 8:00 AM, players would be forcibly kicked offline, and the time in Yu Fantian would also freeze.

It was equivalent to having a pause button pressed.

As for why this happened and what the principle was, no one knew.

Everyone simply considered it a game setting; wrestling with it was useless.

After all, matters of cultivating immortality could not be discussed with science.

He had cultivated in Yu Fantian for half a day, yet perhaps only the time it takes to smoke a cigarette had just passed on Blue Star.

Zhang Yuhe glanced at the attribute panel and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Alas, cultivation is getting slower and slower."

Through half a day of cultivation, he was now at Level 4 Qi Refinement; it was mainly because it became slower and slower later on.

From a Mortal to Level 1 Qi Refinement, he spent about ten minutes or so.

From Level 1 Qi Refinement to Level 2 Qi Refinement, it took more than half an hour.

As for Level 3 to Level 4 Qi Refinement, it took him a full two-plus hours.

Although this speed was already comparable to upgrading by riding a rocket, Zhang Yuhe was still unsatisfied.

This was only the Qi Refinement Realm, yet it was already this slow.

With so many Realms after Qi Refinement, wouldn't it take several thousand years to Cultivate to Mahayana and achieve Ascension?

Yes, Zhang Yuhe's goal was Immortal Ascension.

With such an awesome talent of his, even a pig, as long as the environment was suitable, could Cultivate into the Second Senior Brother.

He set his goal high, and then steadily grinded.

Take it slow, spend some time to get to the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement first.

"I'm getting hungry, I need to figure out a way to get something to eat."

Zhang Yuhe touched his shriveled belly and muttered to himself.

Although his Realm had already reached Level 4 Qi Refinement and he was a true Cultivator.

But he was only a Cultivator, not an Immortal; not eating would still make him feel hungry.

Before coming in, Zhang Yuhe had completely not considered the issue of eating.

Of course, even if he had considered it, it would be useless.

It was impossible for him to carry a hundred days' worth of food on his back when coming in.

"Taking advantage of the fact that it's not dark yet, I'll quickly hunt some game to fill my stomach."

Zhang Yuhe took out his long saber and stepped out of the Daoist temple's main gate for the first time.