Chapter 37 New Year is coming An ordinary Qi-cultivating clan simply cannot afford so many spirit stones. Moreover, even if they have more than twenty spirit stones, they can rent a high-quality spirit vein to break through more than twenty times. There is no need to use them to set up a spirit gathering formation. The price of a first-grade mid-quality formation starts at three times that of a low-grade one. A first-grade superior quality set would cost hundreds of spirit stones, and two sets would cost more than two hundred spirit stones. Even many families with great Qi training skills could not afford this price. It can be said that both the Soul Locking Array and the Soul Gathering Array are not affordable for ordinary Qi training families. Only families in the late stage of Qi training are barely qualified to touch them. In the entire Xinghu Islands, only the strongest Red Star Lin family has set up a first-order intermediate-grade spirit gathering formation and a first-order intermediate-grade spirit locking formation. Although these two sets of formations are one level lower, they also double the spiritual energy output speed of the top-grade spiritual eyes on Chixing Island and expand the spiritual energy storage limit by three times. Even though they are just two sets of first-level mid-grade formations, with these two sets of formations, if the Lin family does not consume spiritual energy for cultivation, they will have a chance to reach the late stage of Qi training every two years. This opportunity to break through to the later stage of Qi training can be used to cultivate rising stars in the clan, or it can be rented out to help others break through. Generally, ten low-grade spirit stones are charged at a time. It can be said that even if the Lin family of immortals only guards this set of spiritual eyes in the future, they will be able to live a free and easy life. Based on this point alone, the current foundation of the Lin family is already comparable to those old-established Qi-training clans with a history of two or three hundred years.
"With this set of Soul Locking Formation, I can reach the middle stage of Qi training in the Cave Spirit Eye in the future." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and then set up a first-grade low-grade soul-locking formation. Not long after, Ye Linyuan set up the formation. Looking at the soul-locking formation in front of him, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought. "According to the current speed of producing spiritual energy, if the spiritual energy here is not used, the spiritual eye of the cave can reach the middle stage of Qi training approximately once a year in the future." "The last time I accumulated enough spiritual energy for four times, it would take about nine months." Ye Linyuan pondered in his mind that because of the help of the spirit gathering array, the spirit eye of the cave would produce four strands of spiritual energy every day, which means four strands of spiritual energy every year. Before, he absorbed two strands of spiritual energy every day for practice. Now, one strand of spiritual energy has accumulated here. He only needs to accumulate the remaining three strands of spiritual energy, so it will take another nine months. By that time, it is estimated that Ye Linyuan's cultivation should have been fully accumulated to the third level of Qi training for some time. Of course, if the spiritual energy from the cave spirit eye is not used, the meager spiritual energy produced by the inferior spirit eye on the top of the mountain will definitely not be enough for Ye Linyuan's cultivation. Fortunately, Ye Linyuan had already made plans, and the extra set of spirit gathering formation was what he prepared for the spirit eye on the top of the mountain. "It's time to get out of the mountains." Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan did not delay. He left the underground cave and came to the spirit eye on the top of the mountain, where he set up a spirit gathering formation. After setting up the formation, he walked out of it and found that the entire Yejia Island was decorated with lights and it was a joyous occasion. "I never thought that in the blink of an eye, it would already be the New Year." Ye Linyuan stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the huge Yejia Island, and couldn't help revealing a trace of emotion. Before he knew it, it had been nearly a year since he had broken through the Qi Refining Stage and recovered his memory. During this period of time, his cultivation had reached the third level of Qi training. Although this speed was not as fast as in his previous life, it was still extremely rapid progress. Of course, he knew very well that the reason why his cultivation progressed so quickly was because less Qi needed to be accumulated in the early stages of Qi training. As his cultivation level improved, the amount of Qi needed to be accumulated became larger and larger. In the later stages of Qi training, it often took 20 to 30 years to break through a realm. In the early stages of Qi training, one only needs to cultivate three lines of true Qi to reach the third level of Qi training.
But in the later stages of Qi training, in order to accumulate the true Qi of a small realm to perfection, one has to accumulate dozens of true Qis. The gap between the two sides is simply immeasurable. At that time, even if Ye Linyuan had the help of chalcedony rice, it would probably take him ten years to break through to a new level. Of course, if he could take Huangya Dan and other precious elixirs for a long time, he could greatly shorten the consumption time. "Lin Yuan!" Just when Ye Linyuan was in deep thought, a voice came over. Ye Linyuan looked back and found that Old Man Ye had come to his side. Old Man Ye came walking over, looking at the Ye Family Island in front of him side by side with him, and then said with mixed feelings: "Since you embarked on the path of cultivation, our Ye Family has changed more than in the past ten years." "Thank you for your hard work this year." Ye Linyuan looked calm as usual, looking at the distant sea and said: "I am just practicing." Old Man Ye nodded, and after a moment's silence, he said, "This year, another group of boys have grown in strength and will have their spiritual roots tested after the new year. Why don't you go and take a look then?" Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan nodded. For a small Qi-cultivating clan, it is not an easy task to test the spiritual roots of mortals. In the Cangling Sea, there are three mainstream methods to measure spiritual roots, namely the spirit measuring platform, the spirit measuring plate, and the spirit measuring beads. Among them, the measuring platform is the most accurate. It can not only detect the incompletely developed spiritual roots in a three-year-old child, but also detect how many spiritual roots there are and even measure the properties of the spiritual roots clearly. The spirit-testing plate can measure the number of spirit roots as well as the properties of the spirit roots, but it can only be used on children over six years old. The last spirit-testing bead has the worst effect. It can only measure the number of spiritual root attributes, and is only useful for people who are fifteen years old or above and whose muscles and bones have just begun to form. If they are under the age of fifteen, the spiritual power of the spirit bead may damage their meridians. Even if such people can embark on the path of cultivation, it is likely that they will find it difficult to break through the middle stage of Qi Refining in the future. Among the three, the Spirit Testing Platform is extremely expensive to build. It is a special Taoist temple that requires a "Spirit Builder" to build. Generally, only forces at the Jindan level can afford it. The Spirit Testing Plate is a second-level spiritual weapon and is of considerable value. The Ye family could not afford to build an expensive spirit-testing platform, nor could they afford to buy a precious spirit-testing plate, so they could only use a spirit-testing bead. The reason why Ye Linyuan started his cultivation journey at the age of fifteen was mainly because his spiritual roots were detected at this age. In his previous life, he was born into a foundation-building immortal clan. His spiritual roots were discovered at the age of six, and he laid the foundation for breaking through the Qi training stage for several years in advance. He broke through the Qi training stage at the age of seven, so he was able to cultivate smoothly when he was young. I remember that when he was this age in his previous life, Ye Linyuan had already cultivated to the seventh level of Qi Refining, and his starting speed was far beyond what he could achieve in this life. (End of this chapter)