He had to Cultivate for at least an hour every night.
After five days of continuous Cultivation, he finally entered the Qi Refining Realm and became a Cultivator at the Qi Refining First Layer Realm.
"Chen Er Zhu, have you successfully guided Qi into your body?"
Hao Lei, who slept to Chen Er Zhu's left, quickly asked when he noticed the ecstatic expression on Chen Er Zhu's face.
Unlike Chen Er Zhu and most of the other Lingding Immortal Sect servants, Hao Lei did not have a Spiritual Root, not even a trash pseudo-Spiritual Root like the Five Elements Spiritual Root.
However, his ancestors once had a Disciple in the Lingding Immortal Sect, so he used his connections to become a servant within Purple Cloud Peak.
However, unlike servants like Chen Er Zhu who possess Spiritual Roots, servants like Hao Lei, who do not have Spiritual Roots, can only work at the Lingding Immortal Sect for a maximum of ten years.
They must be sent back down the mountain at the age of thirty and are forbidden from ever ascending Lingding Immortal Sect again.
Chen Er Zhu smiled and nodded at Hao Lei, saying, "Yes, I have finally succeeded in guiding Qi into my body and become a Qi Refining First Layer Cultivator."
"Congratulations, Chen Er Zhu! I don't have anything good to give you, but this is a Gathering Qi Pill. Although its quality is Low Grade, it can still help you improve the efficiency of absorbing Spiritual Qi and greatly increase your Cultivation speed."
After saying this, Hao Lei cautiously took out a small white porcelain bottle from his bosom and placed it in Chen Er Zhu's hand.
After working at Purple Cloud Peak for five days, he had heard a lot of common knowledge about Cultivators from Hao Lei and other servants, including information about Medicinal Pills.
Among them, the Gathering Qi Pill was the most common first-grade Medicinal Pill. Whether it was a first-grade or second-grade Medicinal Pill, its quality also varied.
Low Grade Medicinal Pills were of the worst quality and contained more Medicinal Pill toxins. Cultivators with even slightly better conditions would not choose Low Grade Medicinal Pills.
The reason why Hao Lei, a servant without a Spiritual Root, had a Gathering Qi Pill was because servants like him received two Low Grade Gathering Qi Pills as their monthly allowance.
Low Grade Gathering Qi Pills were quite useless for Cultivators, though it was a pity to discard them even if they were tasteless.
But for ordinary people like Hao Lei, they were definitely more precious than gold.
The reason he gave this Gathering Qi Pill to Chen Er Zhu was an investment in connections, even though he knew Chen Er Zhu only had the most useless Five Elements Spiritual Root.
But he was ten thousand times stronger than an ordinary person like him who had no Spiritual Root.
When he finished his ten years as a servant at Purple Cloud Peak and went down the mountain, Chen Er Zhu would still be a Lingding Immortal Sect Disciple. If Chen Er Zhu Cultivated diligently and had good immortal fortune, becoming an Outer Sect Disciple would only be a matter of time.
If he progressed further, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple was not impossible either.
With just one Low Grade Gathering Qi Pill, he could gain the favor of a Lingding Immortal Sect Inner Sect Disciple.
This kind of small investment with a large return was clearly a very good deal, even if one thought about it with their toes.
Chen Er Zhu looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hand and quickly said to Senior Brother Hao, "Senior Brother Hao, I cannot accept such a valuable gift."
Saying that, he prepared to return the small porcelain bottle in his hand to Hao Lei.
Of course, Chen Er Zhu wanted this Gathering Qi Pill in his heart.
Because with this Gathering Qi Pill, as long as he copied it with the bronze mirror, one could become two, and the quality of the copy was very likely to be higher.
Even spoiled food, after being copied by the bronze mirror, would become incredibly delicious.
Then, this Low Grade Gathering Qi Pill, after being copied by the bronze mirror, might also have its quality improved.
However, until now, Chen Er Zhu had only used the ancient mirror to copy food; he hadn't copied anything else yet.
Not to mention first-grade Medicinal Pills like the Gathering Qi Pill.
Hao Lei pushed the small porcelain bottle back into Chen Er Zhu's arms again and said, "Chen Shidi (Junior Apprentice-brother Chen), I am just an ordinary person and cannot Cultivate. I can only sell it for money. Selling it would be a waste of this Gathering Qi Pill. Junior Brother has just successfully guided Qi and is in need of a Gathering Qi Pill. Why are we so polite, my brother? Perhaps I will need your help in the future."
This time, Chen Er Zhu did not refuse again and accepted the Gathering Qi Pill.
"Then many thanks, Senior Brother Hao. If there's anything you need my help with in the future, Senior Brother Hao, just say the word," Chen Er Zhu said.
Then, he continued to Cultivate for another half an hour.
Only then did he lie down to rest.
The next morning.
After breakfast.
Chen Er Zhu immediately went to the Spiritual Plant Garden.
Many of the servants in the room, including some at the Qi Refining Second Layer, had seen Hao Lei give him the Gathering Qi Pill last night.
Although the Lingding Immortal Sect rules stipulated that Disciples were not allowed to bully the weak or take advantage of their strength.
However, Chen Er Zhu, who had eaten from a hundred different families for six years, had long understood one principle.
In this world, the strong are respected, and rules are made for the weak; rules cannot restrain the strong.
Even though he was now at the Qi Refining First Layer, he was still the weaker party.
Therefore, he had to deal with this Gathering Qi Pill as quickly as possible.
But before that, he wanted to try copying the Gathering Qi Pill with the bronze mirror to see if it could also be copied. If the bronze mirror could copy the Gathering Qi Pill, then his Cultivation would surely be twice as effective with half the effort in the future.
It was still Mao Shi (5-7 AM), just after dawn. Senior Sister Qian, Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao, and Senior Brother Zheng would definitely not be coming over at this time.
However, to be safe, Chen Er Zhu still carefully observed his surroundings.
After confirming that there was no one else around, he walked into the middle of the purple spirit flower patch.
He carefully took out the bronze mirror from his body and poured the Gathering Qi Pill into the palm of his right hand.
As the Gathering Qi Pill was poured out, a faint fragrance wafted over.
"Is this the Medicinal Pill fragrance? It smells so good! Even just the Medicinal Pill fragrance makes one feel refreshed. As expected of a first-grade Gathering Qi Pill."
Then, he held the bronze mirror in his left hand, shining it on the Gathering Qi Pill in his right hand.
At the same time, he silently chanted "Gathering Qi Pill" in his mind.
After more than ten breaths, a Medicinal Pill dropped out of the bronze mirror.
"The copy was successful, and this Medicinal Pill fragrance is much richer than the original Gathering Qi Pill's fragrance!"
Chen Er Zhu looked ecstatically at the copied Gathering Qi Pill that landed in his right hand.
"Is this a Medicinal Pill pattern? Could it be that the copied one is a Supreme Quality Qi Gathering Pill?"
As far as Chen Er Zhu knew, Low Grade Medicinal Pills had a gray or black body, accompanied by spots, which could be seen from the Low Grade Gathering Qi Pill Hao Lei gave him.
Medium Grade Medicinal Pills, on the other hand, presented a pure color, such as a light cyan, green, or fiery red body.
High Grade Medicinal Pills would have a faint Medicinal Pill glow on their surface, and their Medicinal Pill fragrance would be extremely rich.
Only Top Grade Medicinal Pills would have Medicinal Pill patterns, and the color of the Medicinal Pill pattern was not fixed; some could be gold, some purple, and some red.
The best thing about Top Grade Medicinal Pills was that they had no Medicinal Pill toxins and could be taken with complete peace of mind, no matter how much was consumed.
At this moment, the Medicinal Pill pattern on the Supreme Quality Qi Gathering Pill in Chen Er Zhu's hand was golden.
Without any hesitation, Chen Er Zhu quickly swallowed the Supreme Quality Qi Gathering Pill.
The Supreme Quality Qi Gathering Pill turned into a warm current upon entering his mouth, flowing down his throat into his esophagus, and then a vast amount of Spiritual Qi flowed into his body through the esophagus.
His Five Elements Spiritual Root, upon sensing this vast Spiritual Qi, began to absorb it frantically.
At the same time, Chen Er Zhu sat cross-legged on the ground, carefully putting away the bronze mirror, and then began to Cultivate by circulating the Azure Origin Qi Cultivation Scripture.
Caring for these spiritual plants for Luo Ling was important, but Cultivation was, of course, even more important.
The main reason was that no one would come within an hour, so he dared to Cultivate here with peace of mind.
...
"Chen Er Zhu, Chen Er Zhu!"
Suddenly, a shout pulled Chen Er Zhu, who was in the middle of Cultivating, back to reality.
He quickly got up and ran out.