Chapter 53 Old Man Breaks Through These spiritual woods and spiritual silks of the spiritual treasure level were prepared for upgrading the mid-grade spirit gathering array. Their prices were several times higher than the previous ordinary spiritual woods and spiritual silks. A set of materials cost Ye Linyuan four spirit stones. The market price of one hundred and twenty Garcinia seeds is twelve spirit stones, but Taoist Yu secretly went through internal channels and only spent ten spirit stones. Taoist Yu was quite generous. He paid a total of fourteen spirit stones in exchange for one hundred and forty Yellow Bud Pills from Ye Linyuan. However, after exchanging the precious pills, he suddenly patted Ye Linyuan's shoulder affectionately and said, "Master is not only good at spiritual plants, but also good at alchemy. You are indeed a rare master in the world." "In the future, if the master cultivates the rare treasures that I need, I hope you can help me check them." Ye Linyuan nodded, understanding what Taoist Yu meant. Some first-level exotic spiritual plants and rare treasures are all very useful for breaking through the foundation. It is obvious that Taoist Yu was thinking of those rare items. Ye Linyuan then pondered for a moment, and then said, "Master has previously told us that if you find any mutant spiritual plants or rare spiritual plant seeds, you can give them to us to cultivate." "Once we can gain something, we will certainly not miss out on the benefits for fellow Taoists." Taoist Yu immediately smiled, and then said: "I will certainly pay more attention to it. If I really find anything, I will leave it to you."
Having said this, he turned around and looked at Old Man Ye, and immediately smiled and asked, "Brother, when are you going to retreat and break through?" Old Man Ye’s cultivation has remained at the sixth level of Qi training for decades. Now that he has mastered the Three-Turn Condensation Essence Technique, he can try to break through to the late stage of Qi training at any time. Facing Taoist Yu's question, Old Man Ye made a prompt decision and said, "It is better to make a breakthrough as soon as possible." "Then you come with me." Taoist Yu smiled and said this, and immediately took the two of them to the depths of Qinghe Fairy Island. The three of them traveled all the way and unknowingly arrived at the depths of Qinghe Fairy Island, in an uninhabited desolate mountain. Taoist Yu looked around and after confirming that no one had noticed him, he immediately activated the spell to open the formation. After a ripple, the scene inside the barren mountain was revealed. It was a spiritual vein filled with spiritual energy. It not only had a top-grade spiritual eye, but also a top-grade spirit gathering array and a spirit locking array, and even a hidden spirit array that concealed the aura. Ye Linyuan only took a glance and realized that this place was most likely a secret spiritual vein of the Yu family. This kind of spiritual vein is arranged with a hidden spiritual formation to conceal the aura, so the movement of breaking through to the late stage of Qi training here will not be noticed by outsiders. It is an excellent choice to hide the family's heritage. In addition, because these spiritual veins are relatively private, if they are rented out to help others break through, a higher price can be charged. Taoist Yu only charged the price of renting a regular spiritual vein, which shows that Taoist Yu was really concerned about the long-term cooperation with them. Understanding this, Ye Linyuan immediately bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist, thank you for your concern about the spiritual vein." Taoist Yu smiled, and then said: "If Fellow Daoist Ye breaks through, it will be a good thing for our cooperation." Seeing this, Ye Linyuan didn't say much. Next, Taoist Yu led Old Man Ye into the retreat room, while Ye Linyuan stayed outside the retreat room to protect him. Breaking through the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi training is not a small matter for most Qi training cultivators, but it is not a matter of life and death. Generally, failure to break through is just a serious loss of vitality. This time, Old Man Ye is actually quite confident of breaking through. He was once a famous Qi training cultivator at a young age. He had been honing his skills in the middle stage of Qi training for decades, and his confidence in breaking through the late stage of Qi training is at least 40% to 50%. Now that he has completed three more condensations, the quality of his true qi has increased by about 30%. He has a great chance of breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining. According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, as long as Old Man Ye makes a concerted effort, there is basically no possibility of failure in breaking through.
In fact, Old Man Ye’s breakthrough did not exceed Ye Linyuan’s expectations. Only one day had passed when a fleeting breath was heard from the retreat room. Ye Linyuan keenly noticed that the spiritual energy around him seemed to be much thinner, and there was even a subtle fluctuation coming from the retreat room. Then the retreat room opened and Old Man Ye walked out of it. At this moment, Old Man Ye's aura was more than twice as strong as before, and he had obviously successfully completed the breakthrough. "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Ye. This time, Fellow Daoist has broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. The Ye family can be said to have joined the ranks of the great Qi Refining clans." Seeing that Old Man Ye had completed a breakthrough, Taoist Yu couldn't help but bow and congratulate him. Ye Linyuan also smiled. A family with an cultivator in the late stage of Qi training can be considered a major Qi training family. This is an unwritten rule in the world of immortal cultivation. Although the Ye family has very few cultivators, after Old Man Ye enters the late stage of Qi Refining, they can still become a major Qi Refining family. The reason for this is that the strength in the later stage of Qi training is too strong. A cultivator at the seventh level of Qi training can at least fight against three cultivators at the sixth level, or five ordinary cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training. He can even fight against a hundred cultivators at the early stage of Qi training. Because of the speed of the late Qi training stages, the early Qi training stages cannot be hit at all. Unless a large formation of Taoist soldiers is formed to encircle them, no matter how many early Qi training stages there are, they will all be defeated one by one. After the cultivation level of the middle stage of Qi Refining breaks through to the late stage of Qi Refining, the thickness of the true Qi will increase by nearly one-fold at one time. Before the breakthrough, Old Man Ye only had forty true qi, but now he has nearly seventy true qi. Such a huge improvement naturally doubled Old Man Ye's strength. In addition, after breaking through the bottleneck, the true Qi will be compressed, and the quality of the cultivated true Qi will increase by about 50%, which will also significantly increase the power of the spells and magic weapons it activates. It can be said that after breaking through the late stage of Qi training, the overall strength will at least increase by one fold. Moreover, Old Man Ye is not just an ordinary cultivator in the late stage of Qi training, because he has already mastered the third level of Condensation Essence Technique, which has improved the quality of his Qi by 30%. This makes the quality of his Qi comparable to that of cultivators who have completed Qi training. Perhaps Old Man Ye's true Qi is still far from reaching the great perfection of Qi training, but with the blessing of the third level of condensation, and the power of the rare treasure Chixu Flying Sword, his strength should be considered as the best among the seventh level of Qi training. Obviously, Old Man Ye also understood this, so he stroked his beard and smiled and said: "I was able to successfully break through this time, and I have to thank you for providing me with this precious land." "No, no, it's just a deal." Taoist Yu smiled, then looked at Ye Linyuan and said, "I'll have to take care of the transaction." Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist, when the spiritual fields are opened up and expanded in the future, you will naturally benefit from it." (End of this chapter)