Chapter 23: Qi Cultivation Level Six

Inside the Water Mansion, Chen Mobai sat on a cushion.

His face was illuminated by the light representing the Five Elements, each flashing in turn before finally settling on a deep earthy yellow.

This indicated that the Five Elements technique had completed one full cycle, then transformed into a white-gold color, and then from gold to water... the Five Elements generating each other, continuously cycling. After nine major cycles, a bead of sweat appeared on Chen Mobai's forehead.

After a month of cultivation, nourished by the second-grade spiritual energy of the Water Mansion, his Five Elements technique had finally reached the peak of the fifth level.

The timing was right, and he needed to make a decisive breakthrough.

This was what Qingping Senior had said. Chen Mobai now regarded the words of this Yuan Ying Senior as gospel, and without any hesitation, he swallowed the Purple Fire Pill he had been holding in his mouth.

Although this kind of breakthrough pill had only a 20-30% success rate for advancing to the sixth level of Qi Cultivation, it was the best he could afford.

There were thousands of types of immortal pills and elixirs, but those that could help cultivators break through their cultivation barriers were always the most sought after.

Ordinary pharmacies didn't even sell such pills, and if they did, they would only increase the success rate by 5-10%.

For ordinary cultivators to get good items, they could only hope for the major pharmaceutical companies or the official flagship stores of the immortal sects to release pills periodically, which were usually of high quality.

The Purple Fire Pill was one of them.

After the pill entered his stomach, the outer sugar coating was instantly dissolved by spiritual energy, and a gentle yang energy spread throughout his body.

Chen Mobai's Five Elements technique, which had been pushed to its limit, suddenly advanced to the sixth level as if given a push.

But this did not mean he had successfully broken through.

Breaking through the barrier was easy, but stabilizing the new level and preventing a regression was the most important part.

A faint purple aura appeared between his eyebrows.

The purple aura rose slightly, like smoke, but seemed about to extinguish at any moment.

This indicated that the pill's effects were running out, and the Five Elements technique had only completed most of a major cycle. If he couldn't complete a full cycle, it would mean the breakthrough had failed.

But Chen Mobai was not anxious. He calmed his mind and placed his hand on a spirit stone beside him.

Although it was his first time refining a spirit stone, he had read a lot about it on the auxiliary cultivation software and understood the key points and taboos.

With the help of the spirit stone, Chen Mobai's nearly slipping cultivation level stabilized, and he easily completed a full major cycle.

Level six of Qi Cultivation, achieved!

Opening his eyes, Chen Mobai, who was usually calm, couldn't help but laugh with joy.

All his hard work over the past month had not been in vain.

Of course, breaking through to level six of Qi Cultivation was due to multiple factors, but he knew that the biggest credit for breaking through within a month went to Qingping Senior's lecture videos.

A great being at the Yuan Ying level, with a broad perspective, explained the Five Elements technique in a thorough manner.

Over the past month, Chen Mobai watched Qingping Senior's videos during the day and practiced in the Water Mansion at night. With the second-grade spiritual energy of this treasure land, the help of the Purple Fire Pill and the spirit stone, he felt that if he couldn't break through, he would truly be stupid.

"Should I prepare to change my cultivation technique?"

After a moment of excitement, Chen Mobai quickly calmed down and returned to reality.

The immortal sect had a rule that any cultivator must cultivate the Five Elements technique when they start. At the seventh level of Qi Cultivation, they could choose to continue with the Five Elements technique or switch to another technique.

The advantages and disadvantages of the Five Elements technique were clear. For cultivators with average spiritual roots, it allowed their cultivation speed to be not slow, but their combat ability was average. However, the adaptive spiritual energy of the Five Elements technique could seamlessly convert into any attribute technique.

Chen Mobai's mother, Tang Pancui, cultivated the Five Elements technique and had been stuck at the sixth level of Qi Cultivation for many years, but she had a good attitude.

Chen Mobai's father, Chen Xinglan, switched to the "Molten Fire Technique," which he learned at his own expense from the Crimson Dawn Academy. He was now at the eighth level of Qi Cultivation and worked in a workshop at a magical artifact factory. The company provided a first-grade superior spirit energy dormitory to its employees for free, so to save money, he mostly lived at the company.

The national library of the immortal sect had an artificial spirit, which, when given one's spiritual root attributes, would automatically match the most suitable cultivation technique.

It only cost 1 point to try this function.

Chen Mobai had tried it before when he was bored, and the artificial spirit had recommended the Five Elements technique, making his face turn pale.

This indicated that although he was a true spiritual root, he was basically no different from a pseudo-spiritual root.

But now it was different.

Thinking about this, Chen Mobai opened his phone and clicked on the national library's app.

But immediately, he noticed that his phone had no signal.

"Almost forgot, only the 'Auxiliary Cultivation' app, which is proxied by Gui Bao, has a signal here in the Water Mansion..."

Chen Mobai checked the time. Although it was still early, he decided to go back early.

After breaking through with the Purple Fire Pill, one should not cultivate for a while and should only use the Qi Nourishment Technique to nurture the meridians. But Chen Mobai had used the pure spiritual energy from the spirit stone for the latter half of the cycle, which seemed to neutralize the yang fire effect of the pill, and he did not feel the meridian fullness he had experienced when breaking through to the fifth level.

It was as if he didn't need to nurture, and the sixth level of Qi Cultivation was already thoroughly stabilized.

But to be safe, Chen Mobai did not continue cultivating today.

There was no need to rush; cultivation also required a balance of work and rest.

As he put away the spirit stone he had drained, a sudden pop-up appeared on his phone screen.

[Enable Proxy?]

Huh?

After a brief moment of surprise, Chen Mobai thought about how much Qingping Senior's lecture videos had helped him and was about to click [Yes].

But just as his finger was about to touch the screen, a sudden flash of insight made him remember the fifth-grade halo in the "Auxiliary Cultivation" app after being proxied, and his face turned pale.

His hand trembled, and he quickly clicked [No].

This was the national library, the foundation of the immortal sect, not some small workshop app.

Once he became a fifth-grade user of this national library, the three major halls of the immortal sect would search the entire Earthly Star to find this person.

But giving up the proxy was a pity.

He quickly opened the Gui Bao app and saw that the [Proxy] button was lit up, indicating it was usable, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

How did this function get triggered?

Chen Mobai thought about his recent breakthrough to the sixth level of Qi Cultivation. Could it be that it activates every time he breaks through?

But why did it take several days last time?

Was it because this breakthrough was perfect and the level was stable?