Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Chapter 4: Qi Cultivation First Layer

Five days had passed.At dusk, just like usual, Li An closed the doors tightly, then lit a fire to cook dinner.

To avoid the scent of not fully matured new Spirit Rice being noticed, he added over a dozen grains of mature Spirit Rice each time he cooked.

Actually, the aroma difference between the two was not that noticeable, and Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu wouldn’t possibly find out.

But caution and carefulness were ingrained in Li An’s bones, becoming an instinct.

These past few days, Li An collected about a pound of Spirit Rice every night.

This was the limit.

Because his method of theft was too careful, he only took three to five grains from each stalk, rather than taking an entire stalk.

While taking, he also used his fingernails to disguise some bite marks as if from insects or ants, hence it was very slow.

Moreover, Li An wasn’t greedy, mainly because the Spirit Rice contained many impurities, limiting the speed of extracting Spiritual Qi.

At present, within a day’s time, his body could process at most one pound of Spirit Rice.

Any more would just be wasted, unable to absorb.

This was still benefiting from his previous life’s cultivation experience, otherwise, like Wang Zilin and others, at this stage, they could only handle half an ounce a day at most!

This highlighted the importance of resources; if cultivated with Spirit Stones, the speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi would be much faster!

Naturally, the cultivation progress would be quicker as well.

...

A large pot of Spirit Rice was fully cooked, and Li An ate heartily.

The taste wasn’t as fragrant as fully matured Spirit Rice, with a faint grassy taste, yet Li An relished it.

He finished the entire pot of rice.

Li An checked his body. Under the nourishment of a large pot of Spirit Rice Essence Qi each day, the green sprout in his Dantian had grown to about the size of a pea.

But it remained at the budding stage!

These past days, about one-fifth of Li An’s Spirit Root damaged by Thunder Spiritual Qi had been repaired.

Very slow, but he was satisfied.

This fully proved the defying effect of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill.

After all, damage to Spirit Root could generally only be repaired with Second Grade Pill!

A single Second Grade Pill, let alone someone like him in miscellaneous duties, even a formal disciple couldn’t easily obtain it.

...

When midnight descended.

As usual, Li An sneaked into the Spirit Field.hird of a complete Spirit Stone.

The three of them were supposed to each receive a total of three Spirit Stones every month, but Fan Jie withheld two pieces and then divided one into three parts to give them.

Truly despicable.

However, reaching the first layer of Qi Cultivation should barely be possible.

Li An absorbed the rich Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Stone and then circulated the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, refining the Spiritual Qi into his body.

Five more days passed.

Finally, Li An succeeded in Qi Refining and reached the first layer of Qi Cultivation.

"The speed of cultivating with the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill is really... quite slow."

Li An awoke, his expression somewhat complex.

Even Zhang Susu and Wang Zilin, plus those familiar with the Breathing Skill, took a total of seven days.

The actual time spent on Qi Cultivation was less than two days.

But Li An took so much longer...

However, what satisfied him was that the Qi he cultivated was extremely pure, without any impurities.

After all, the path of cultivation is long and arduous. Li An’s state of mind had long been tempered to be firm and steady, and he wouldn’t become anxious or worried because he fell behind others.

At the same time, Li An activated the Life Seed to continue making his Spirit Root appear damaged.

—This is one of the special functions of the Life Seed, allowing him to disguise and hide his state and aura.

...

Fan Jie had been out for more than half a month and still hadn’t returned.

It wasn’t until three days later, at noon, that he finally came back from outside.

"Everyone, gather!"

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