Chapter 41: Sitting on a Mountain and Enjoying the Fruits of Labor

After dispelling the miasma from his body, Li Fan's panel underwent massive changes.

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Physiological Age: 42 / 120 ↑

Psychological Age: 505 / 2053 ↑

Virtualization Charging Progress: 121%

Anchoring Charging Progress: 51%

Current Anchor Count: 1

Bound Items: "Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter", Taiyan Boat, zhibu remnant stele (Damaged)

Cultivation Technique: Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra

His physiological age limit had broken through the one-hundred-year mark and currently held a trend of continuous increase.

What surprised Li Fan even more was his psychological age limit; it had actually almost doubled, reaching over two thousand years!

Relying solely on the Net Body Spiritual Pool could not possibly have such an effect.

Was it because of this inexplicably appeared "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra"?

Li Fan himself was also baffled as to why the Mystic Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra had turned into the Heart Refining Mantra.

In the Net Body Spiritual Pool, he had almost completely lost consciousness due to the unbearable, excruciating pain.

He didn't know what exactly happened afterward.

However, this was not the time to look into it carefully. Li Fan steadied his mind and said to He Zhenghao with a cupped-hand salute: "I will never forget the Immortal Master's kindness. I will surely repay you handsomely in the future."

He Zhenghao was waiting for this exact sentence from Li Fan, so his tone became even more amiable: "What are you saying, little friend? The path of immortality is difficult; I am just doing my best to help where I can."

He took out a book and handed it to Li Fan: "After dispelling the miasma, the next step is to sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and guide Qi into the body. If you can condense the first thread of Spiritual Qi within your body, it signifies that you have entered the Qi Refinement Stage, and at that point, you can officially be called an Immortal Cultivator. This book, 'Five Spirits Qi Sensing Method', is a summary of the experiences of our predecessors regarding sensing Spiritual Qi. You must study it well."

He then took out a square spiritual talisman and solemnly handed it to Li Fan: "This is a Li Chen Talisman. You must keep it on your person before guiding Qi into your body."

Seeing Li Fan put both items away, He Zhenghao explained: "Although you have already dispelled the miasma from your body, it is not a permanent solution. You still live among the secular world and need to come into contact with Mortals every day. Over time, it is inevitable that you will become contaminated with miasma again. This Li Chen Talisman can help you isolate the miasma's intrusion, but it is difficult to sustain; it can only last for about five years."

"However, with your talent, little friend, breaking through to the Qi Refinement Stage within five years should not be difficult," He Zhenghao said with a smile.

"After you break through to the Qi Refinement Stage, you can come to the island to find me. By then, I will lead you to our Myriad Immortals Alliance's base in this Congyun Sea, Ten Thousand Immortals Island. Once you arrive at the island, you will be able to select a corresponding Cultivation Technique to continue your practice."

He Zhenghao informed Li Fan in detail about the precautions during the process of guiding Qi into the body.

Li Fan also firmly committed them to memory.

After all relevant matters were settled, Li Fan tactfully bid farewell and left.

"I hope there will be some gains this time." Watching Li Fan's retreating figure, He Zhenghao muttered to himself.

Afterward, He Zhenghao looked at the mountain peak under his feet and shook his head: "Its potential is exhausted; it is time to change mountains."

With that, he flew above the sea of clouds, waved his long sleeves, and gathered the rolling clouds into his sleeves.

Looking toward the continuous mountain ranges below, He Zhenghao selected the mountain peak that would have the highest growth in the next century.

The Cultivation Technique He Zhenghao practiced was called the "Sitting Mountain Incantation".

The greatest characteristic of the "Sitting Mountain Incantation" was sitting on a mountain and enjoying the fruits of labor.

One selects a mountain peak, sits atop it, runs the Cultivation Technique, and spends several years of time, and one can harmonize one's own aura with the mountain.

Thereafter, every time the mountain grows taller, one's own cultivation will receive feedback and increase accordingly.

Conversely, if one misjudged and the mountain's height did not increase, it would be equivalent to wasting a dozen years of cultivation time.

In addition to benefiting from the mountain's growth, one could also gain benefits from helping others.

Just like this instance of helping Li Fan, if Li Fan could break through to the Qi Refinement Stage in the future, he would receive feedback in the dark, increasing his own cultivation.

It was not absorbing or stealing the other party's cultivation, but rather more like the saying, "when one man gains the Dao, his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

The growth of a mountain peak would bring the trees on the mountain to grow taller together; the growth of a giant would also carry along the things in its sleeves.

Of course, compared to mountains and rivers, the conditions for helping people were not as harsh; one did not have to bind to one person and could cast a wide net. But accordingly, the amount of effort initially put in would determine how much gain there would be in the future.

Therefore, whenever he met a promising junior, He Zhenghao would never be stingy about helping them.

After leaving the central array of Liuli Island, Li Fan did not alarm anyone and quietly returned to the Tingyou Tower.

After dispelling the miasma, Li Fan did indeed feel differences from before.

It was as if he had become a dozen years younger; his vision and hearing had both improved significantly.

He could even faintly sense the pure energy flowing everywhere in the world.

Was this Spiritual Qi?

Li Fan was happy in his heart.

After guiding Qi into the body, one would be a Cultivator of the Qi Refinement Stage.

Li Fan couldn't wait to Cultivate day and night immediately.

But before that, he still needed to check the inexplicably appeared "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra".

He searched his mind, but no new method of operation appeared.

So, Li Fan still followed the practice method of the "Mystic Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra" to start cultivating.

As soon as he began, Li Fan noticed the difference between the Heart Refining Mantra and the Heart Cleansing Mantra.

Previously, practicing the Heart Cleansing Mantra often required spending half an hour to slowly calm his mind and remove all other distracting thoughts.

But once this Heart Refining Mantra was activated, in just a moment, Li Fan felt his heart as clear as a mirror.

It was as if a giant millstone had appeared in his mind, constantly absorbing and crushing distracting thoughts, turning them into nutrients to strengthen his own spirit.

Practicing the Heart Cleansing Mantra for three years, apart from being reflected on the [Huan Zhen] panel, Li Fan had not discovered any other benefits.

But practicing the Heart Refining Mantra, Li Fan could clearly feel his spirit strengthening every moment.

Although the magnitude of the growth was very, very small, it was indeed growing!

Li Fan was inexplicably surprised, followed by countless doubts.

Why did this "Mystic Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra", which could be seen everywhere in the Cultivation World and was only used to remove miasma, turn into this miraculous "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra" on him?

Immortal techniques could not be practiced together; did this Heart Refining Mantra count as a Cultivation Technique?

Based on his current understanding of the Cultivation World, Li Fan could not find an answer.

But Li Fan faintly felt that a great secret must be hidden within this.

He must investigate it secretly when he had the chance in the future.

Li Fan thought to himself.

He was only one step away from stepping into the threshold of an Immortal Cultivator, and he had also happily obtained such a magical Cultivation Technique as the "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra".

Li Fan couldn't help but feel a bit carried away.

However, not long after, he received a letter.

The news in the letter smashed the complacency in his heart to pieces.

Xiao Heng had successfully guided Qi into his body and had already headed to Ten Thousand Immortals Island.