50: Top-grade Qi Gathering Pill
Wang Yu, having transformed into Leng Qinghe, finally reverted to his original appearance and returned to the meditation cushion to Cultivate.
It must be a transformation-type Talent; even when Zhang Sheng used his Perfected State Spiritual Eye Technique, he was unable to distinguish between the transformed Wang Yu and the real Leng Qinghe.
Subsequently, Zhang Sheng met the sixth Sequence Member, Huang Yang, as well as the seventh Sequence Member, Tie Fan.
"Hello, my name is Zhao Xue! I am the eighth Sequence Member."
She had flaming red curly hair and lips as red as fire, and her tall figure was barely any shorter than Zhang Sheng, who stood at one meter eighty.
Zhang Sheng had not expected that the legendary top-tier Alchemist would be such a hot-bodied beauty.
"How about I use the Spirit Gathering Array to Cultivate during the day, and you use it at night?"
"No problem!" For Zhang Sheng, there was no longer any difference between day and night.
As for the ninth Sequence Member, Leng Qinghe, she simply nodded in acknowledgment; the two of them already knew each other.
"Little Sister Qing He, so you two know each other!" Wang Yu exclaimed in surprise.
Zhang Sheng realized that this Wang Yu was definitely a chatterbox.
"Zhang Sheng, I happen to be going back to practice Alchemy, so you can just Cultivate in my spot from now on!"
Without waiting for Zhang Sheng to react, Zhao Xue left the hall.
"Brother, how about it? Isn't our beauty Zhao Xue hot? As long as you beg me in private, I'll transform into her for you to see!" Wang Yu whispered.
Leng Qinghe, who was standing nearby, glared at him. "Wang Yu, you bastard, I've recorded what you just said. I'll make sure Sister Xue uses her Nine Revolutions True Flame to burn off every single hair on your body! I'll turn you into a roasted chicken!"
Wang Yu hurriedly covered his mouth.
Zhao Xue's meditation cushion still held her residual warmth and a faint fragrance.
Zhang Sheng was already circulating his Primordial Chaos Qi Refining to begin his Cultivation, and immense Spiritual Qi surged into his body like a spring!
The speed of his small circulation was five times faster than before!
Zhang Sheng, who originally needed half an hour to complete one circulation, finished it in just 6 minutes.
As Zhang Sheng began to Cultivate, the others immediately noticed something was wrong; the consumption rate of the spirit beads on the Formation Plate increased sharply.
Seeing everyone's eyes fixed on him, Zhang Sheng asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Zhang Sheng, what level of First Refinement has your Heavenly Circulation Method reached?" Song Xian asked.
Zhang Sheng finally realized that his rate of absorbing Spiritual Qi was too exaggerated.
However, with the consumed spirit beads right there, Zhang Sheng had no way to hide it.
"I am quite suited to Cultivating the Heavenly Circulation Method; I have reached First Refinement One Hundred Spirits!"
"No way? Do you also possess the All Meridians Open Talent?" Lu Zhuo asked in surprise.
Wang Yu immediately added, "Brother Xian, I thought you were the only monster, but now we have another one. Zhang Sheng, are you also a dual-Talent user? Do you also possess the same All Meridians Open as Brother Xian?"
Only then did Zhang Sheng realize that apart from himself, the strongest person here, Song Xian, could also reach First Refinement One Hundred Spirits, but only because of his All Meridians Open Talent.
"No, you've misunderstood! I have simply spent a very long time Cultivating the Heavenly Circulation Method and have consumed a large number of spirit food pills, which is why I reached the First Refinement One Hundred Spirits Realm. I do not have the All Meridians Open Talent," Zhang Sheng said calmly.
"That makes sense, otherwise your Realm wouldn't be so low. Everything is worth it now; once you reach Perfection in the Qi Sea Realm, your strength will definitely far exceed those of the same level!" Song Xian said.
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Zhang Sheng Cultivated for 12 hours, completing 120 small circulations. His Qi Sea Dantian transformed from a small pond into a large pond, and the Spiritual Qi he could store increased by 12,000 points.
Leaving the underground hall, Zhang Sheng returned to the Alchemy room to continue refining qi gathering pills. Each batch took fifteen minutes and produced nine high-grade qi gathering pills, all of which Zhang Sheng handed over to Dean Hou.
Zhang Sheng was effectively spending 18 high-grade qi gathering pills per day to rent the Spirit Gathering Array for 12 hours.
For the Medicinal Pills handed to Dean Hou, any excess could simply be deducted the next time he used the Spirit Gathering Array.
Three days passed!
On the morning of July 21st, Zhang Sheng finally refined his first batch of supreme-grade qi gathering pills!
"Skill: Refining qi gathering pills (Transcendent: 15 / 100000)"
It only took ten minutes, and nine supreme-grade qi gathering pills, looking like jade, were finished!
Zhang Sheng immediately swallowed one and circulated his Primordial Chaos Qi Refining. Like a catalyst, his Spiritual Qi circulation speed increased fivefold, an effect identical to that of the high-grade qi gathering pills.
However, Zhang Sheng knew that this supreme-grade qi gathering pill not only had zero medicinal toxins, but its dense medicinal power was ten times that of a high-grade qi gathering pill, capable of supporting one hundred small circulations.
According to Zhang Sheng's calculations, he only needed 90 supreme-grade qi gathering pills to reach Perfection in the Qi Sea Realm. However, Zhang Sheng had far too many Spiritual Plants; let alone 90, refining 9,000 pills from his fifty acres of Spiritual Plants would not be a problem.
To prepare for any unexpected situations, Zhang Sheng simply continued refining supreme-grade qi gathering pills until it was time to rotate with Zhao Xue.
He refined a total of 208 supreme-grade qi gathering pills.
Returning to the underground cultivation hall, Zhang Sheng consumed a supreme-grade qi gathering pill and then utilized the Spirit Gathering Array to Cultivate, wanting to see how much the combination would increase his Cultivation speed.
He completed a small circulation in just three minutes, and a wisp of Spiritual Qi was added to his Dantian Qi Sea.
Amazing!
Simply wonderful!
His Cultivation speed had increased again, taking only one-tenth of the time required without any external aids.
Zhang Sheng's Dantian Qi Sea could now hold 555 wisps of Spiritual Qi, which amounted to 55,500 points of Spiritual Qi. This was almost equivalent to the level of an average student at First Cultivation University at the sixth level of the Qi Sea Realm, yet for Zhang Sheng, he was still only at the first level of the Qi Sea Realm.
After Cultivating another 444 wisps of Spiritual Qi, his Dantian would be able to hold 999 wisps of Spiritual Qi, condensing one Dragon of Spiritual Qi, which would mean Zhang Sheng had entered the second level of the Qi Sea Realm.
For the time that followed, Zhang Sheng did not refine any more qi gathering pills. Whether using the Spirit Gathering Array or not, Zhang Sheng focused entirely on Cultivating his Primordial Chaos Qi Refining to raise his Cultivation Realm.
Two days later, Zhang Sheng, who was on the meditation cushion, suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the talent panel that only he could see.
Unknowingly, his Primordial Chaos Qi Refining had actually reached the Transcendent level!
That's right; although he had not yet entered the second level of the Qi Sea Realm, he had practiced Primordial Chaos Qi Refining several times before his Heavenly Circulation Method reached the Transcendent level, and now he had completed over a thousand small circulations!
"Cultivation Technique: Primordial Chaos Qi Refining (Transcendent: 1 / 100000)"
The reason Zhang Sheng discovered this was that this Cultivation Technique was now actually able to circulate on its own!
Just like the Heavenly Circulation Method, there was no need to control the Spiritual Qi within his body; the Spiritual Qi moved on its own according to the paths of the Cultivation Technique.
Wonderful!
This is simply too wonderful!
It is indescribably wonderful!
Zhang Sheng looked at his talent panel.
There were three in the Cultivation Technique series.
"Cultivation Technique: Gluttonous Eating Method (Transcendent: 37451 / 100000)"
"Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Circulation Method (Transcendent: 1624 / 100000)"
And the Primordial Chaos Qi Refining that had just reached the Transcendent level. All three Cultivation Techniques shared a common feature: they could circulate on their own once subjectively activated, and he could also subjectively turn this ability on and off!
Zhang Sheng once again gained a profound understanding of his own Talent.
When refining Medicinal Pills, a Transcendent-level skill could produce supreme-grade Medicinal Pills; however, Spells were different—only at the Perfected State could they be cast instantly, while simultaneously greatly increasing their power and significantly reducing Spiritual Qi consumption.
As for the effects of reaching the Perfected State in Alchemy and Cultivation Techniques, they remained unknown, because it was too difficult for both to reach the Perfected State; it was impossible to achieve in a short period of time.