Inside the Huiling Cave.

    Chen Yun did not rush to subdue the flying snake but lit incense for the spirits and generals.

    Speaking of it, it was all because of the spirits and generals that I was able to subdue the flying snake and obtain the spiritual herb this time.

    Without their compatibility in attributes, it would be impossible to defeat the flying snake and I would not have been able to obtain the spiritual herb by myself.

    Chen Yun naturally wants to treat them well.

    After lighting the incense for the spirits, he began to use the secrets of raising snakes that he obtained from Xie Wuming to try and see if he could tame the flying snake.

    Well, it's actually just a very common form of witchcraft.

    If one must describe it more accurately, this form of witchcraft is somewhat similar to the voodoo that was mentioned in Earth's previous description.

    Chen Yun drove qi and muttered incantations in his mouth.

    After the true qi left his body, it quickly condensed into an amulet.

    Soon, he used his nail to break his fingertip and squeezed out a drop of blood.

    Chen Yun imbued the true qi amulet into the blood droplet suspended on his fingertip and dropped it onto the head of the flying snake.

    The next second, the blood dropped into it.

    The flying snake struggled violently.

    Chen Yun felt the resistance from the other party and, without hesitation, used the entrance to dreams to "soothe" the emotions of the flying snake.

    Although the flying snake possessed strong energy, it was now exhausted. Moreover, the "god" was not powerful, so it was instantly subdued and fell into a deep sleep, allowing the blood to merge with its essence.

    After a moment, Chen Yun noticed that he had established a connection with the flying snake, as if it was like an extension of his own arm, and he could control it however he wanted.

    "Okay, it's true that it can!"

    Chen Yun was overjoyed in his heart. He really hadn't thought that the magic of controlling insects could also control a flying snake.

    At this time, he dispelled the entrance to dreams and allowed the flying snake to "wake up." Then, he tried to control it with his mind.

    To the east.

    Swoosh, the flying snake swims eastward.

    Westward.

    The flying snake turned its head and swam westward again.

    Take to the sky.

    The flying snake flapped its wings and flew up, as if its body was controlling its arms!

    Chen Yun was overjoyed and hurriedly put the flying snake inside his sleeve.

    In future battles with others, suddenly releasing the flying snake from his sleeve would undoubtedly have unexpected and amazing effects.

    Suddenly, he thought of Yin Wuji, that dog thief.

    "If I find the opportunity to have the flying snake bite it, Yin Wuji's physical body will surely be burned to death by the fire of Ding, and even his spirit might be damaged."

    Chen Yun felt a secret excitement in his heart.

    He was about to wait for the spirits and generals to absorb the energy of the Jing Zhen fragrance mist before retrieving it and returning it to the shrine.

    Suddenly, Ji Xin abruptly ended the absorption of qi energy from the Jing Zhen fragrance, opened his eyes in confusion and asked, "My lord, were you just reciting the incantations of the Witchcraft from Sanmiao Zhi?

    Chen Yun looked over and said with a blink, "Do you know about witchcraft?"

    Ji Xin smiled and said, "During the Qin and Han Dynasties, witchcraft was second only to Taoism. At that time, Buddhism was not yet well-known, and there were many powerful wizards wandering the world. They were all very strong, and it was almost impossible for ordinary people to withstand them. I remember that Qu Yuan was originally a great witch doctor from Chu. Although he died because of various reasons and became a river god, the Qu family's witchcraft was not inherited by anyone. It is said to be buried in a place in Chu Zhiji where there are not only powerful witchcraft but also many treasures of the Qu family."

    Chen Yun was well aware that after Qu Yuan's death, he became the river god of the Yangtze River.

    He asked curiously, "Do you know where the Qu family's treasure is?"

    Ji Xin said, "I know the general location, but originally the Han King also sent me to search for it. However, it was too urgent and I did not find it."

    Chen Yun secretly memorized this information in his heart, and if he had time in the future, he could go to Ziji to look for it.

    After a brief chat, Chen Yun waited until the spirits and generals had enjoyed the incense and offerings, then he absorbed them back into the divine statue plaques.

    Subsequently, Chen Yun picked up the lingqi and pondered in his heart: "In the mortal world, Huangqi cannot be eaten directly, but this lingqi is different. It is full of treasures. It would be best to eat the whole plant. Only then can the medicinal properties be fully utilized. In particular, the root is where all its essence lies."

    Thinking so, he used magic to gather some water and rinsed the lingqi.

    After the lingqi was cleaned, Chen Yun didn't hesitate to chew and swallow it.

    It had a slightly sweet taste.

    There was still a faint bean-like scent.

    It was an odd taste anyway.

    Chen Yun swallowed it like he was eating grass, not wasting a single bit.

    "It's time to wait for the medicinal effects to emerge and then fully cultivate them."

    He hurriedly crossed his legs and began to close his eyes and meditate.

    Just as he finished meditating, a vast and mysterious qi emerged in his abdomen, constantly circulating throughout his body.

    Chen Yun could clearly feel that even if he didn't practice cultivation to refine it, this qi was still continuously strengthening his physical body.

    "I need to refine it quickly, or else the medicinal qi will be used to strengthen the body instead of increasing the amount of true qi."

    He waited until his breath was even and uniform, then turned his tongue upside down and sealed the two orifices at the root of his tongue.

    Close breath.

    As he began to practice qigong, Chen Yun felt two qi streams directly surging upward from the left and right sun channels, penetrating from the root of his upper teeth and through the sun plexus, arriving at the top of his head.

    Immediately, the qi flowed into the palace of nectar.

    Chen Yun knew that the true qi was about to be born, and he focused his mind to refine it.

    As expected, the qi gradually flowed into the back of his head, down the twelve rings of the heavy tower, through the spine and tailbone to his upper back, entering his heart and penetrating his gallbladder.

    At this moment, Chen Yun felt a warmth in his chest, with a faint sense of harmony.

    He knew that this was a sign that the true qi was about to descent.

    His mouth tasted bitter, but the taste of nectar filled his mouth.

    Chen Yun slowly swallowed it down.

    In the next second, he felt his body gradually expanding, his spirit soaring, and as if he could see the sun, moon, and mountains and rivers within himself.

    Just as before, he reached out and pressed forward.

    Chen Yun "saw" a radiant light, round as the sun, suddenly falling into the lower dantian.

    The first true qi has been refined.

    It is not supposed to have distractions when practicing qigong, but Chen Yun, upon "inspecting" the amount of true qi being refined, couldn't help but feel surprised.

    "This lingqi's medicinal power is too fierce, isn't it? Just one refining of it is as effective as a day's worth of the benefit from the 'Refining Essence into Qi' potion?"

    There's no denying that Chen Yun can't help but feel surprised.

    After all, the daily effects of the 'Refining Essence into Qi' potion are equivalent to the effort of an ordinary person practicing for an entire month!

    That means that what appeared to be just one refinement of true qi by himself was actually equivalent to the arduous practice of an ordinary person for a full month!

    This wasn't even the most surprising thing to Chen Yun.

    The most surprising thing to him was that although he had not practiced the "Accumulating Essence and Refining Body" qigong routine, the medicinal power of lingqi had passively strengthened his body's physique to the extent of surpassing half a month of rigorous training!

    If he had actively practiced the "Accumulating Essence and Refining Body" qigong, the effect might have been twice as strong!

    "Treasure! No wonder it is a cosmic root from the land of immortals!"

    Chen Yun was too excited to contain himself, and for a moment, he couldn't even settle down to meditate.

    He quickly calmed down and tried his best to eliminate all distractions, then entered the state of practicing qigong once again.

    This time, Chen Yun not only practiced the "Mr. Chen's Inner Elixir Verse," but also practiced it with a dual focus, simultaneously running the routine for accumulating essence and refining the body.

    As true qi continuously emerged, some of the lingqi's energy was used to strengthen the body.

    Chen Yun noticed that the energy being refined was not only transformed into true qi, but also generated a lot of essence. These essences, under the accumulation and refinement of body, were continuously filled into his tendons, muscles, and skin membranes, strengthening his body.

    Time passed minute by minute and second by second.

    A small circle.

    Three small circles.

    Nine small circles.

    An hour passed quickly.

    At this time, Chen Yun felt that his body was overloaded with continuous practice, so he slowly stopped practicing.

    He checked the increase in his true qi and how much his physique had been strengthened.

    The amount of true qi generated was enormous, and the strengthening of his physique was incredible!

    "Just an hour of practice was equivalent to me consuming the 'Refining Essence into Qi' potion for over a month of practice, and my physique is almost in the same situation!"

    Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder some ordinary people who accidentally entered the land of immortals and ate elixirs could become immortals on the spot. It turns out that the true cosmic roots are so powerful in effect."

    Most importantly, he could feel that the medicinal power of lingqi did not consume much.

    Chen Yun carefully analyzed the situation, "Although constantly refining the medicinal power of lingqi has caused my body some difficulty to bear, even if I practice qigong and refine the drug power once a day, I have hope of reaching the sixth-level wizard within ten days. I just wonder how long the medicinal power of lingqi will last."

    He had made up his mind not to refine all the medicinal power of the lingqi until he left the Immortal Paradise.

    If he truly refined all the medicinal power of the lingqi, he might have the chance to breakthrough to a fifth-level wizard, which would be a medium-level wizard.

    Chen Yun remembered that when he broke through from the eighth-level wizard to the seventh-level wizard, the true qi underwent a "quality transformation."

    He was contemplating whether the true qi would undergo another "quality transformation" if he broke through to become a medium-level wizard.

    As of now, he is still unsure about this.

    However, since his body could no longer bear the refining process, he didn't waste any time and directly practiced the dragon-slaying technique during the winter, until he was utterly exhausted. Then, he put on the tiger skin armor and lay down on the ground to sleep.

    ...

    Time passed day by day.

    Before long, three days had passed.

    Yin Wuji, who was guarding outside, whose face was originally lively, now looked extremely haggard.

    He was still thinking randomly in his mind, "Has that little guy come out? Now that it's late at night, he might think I'm asleep and sneak out of the mountain. No, I can't rest. I have to keep an eye on his movements at all times."

    With this in mind, Yin Wuji immediately cast out his divine consciousness to envelop the surroundings.

    But after a while of covering the area, Yin Wuji began to ponder, "Could this little guy be playing a strategy of doing the opposite? He must have guessed that I can think of him escaping at night, so he might be deliberately not coming out at night. Then he would wait until I'm tired and want to rest, taking advantage of my inattention to sneak away."

    For a moment, Yin Wuji was very worried, always feeling that Chen Yun might escape at night, or even play the opposite strategy. His divine consciousness was on and off alternately, and he was about to go crazy!

    ...

    On the fourth day, upon waking up.

    Chen Yun yawned, brushed his teeth and washed his face, and then began to practice qigong once again.

    He had no idea that Yin Wuji was acting like a mental patient outside, being suspicious of everything.

    Chen Yun was thinking of refining the lingqi's medicinal power as quickly as possible, but to his surprise and delight, the medicinal power was so vast that after three days of refining, it was still almost the same as before.

    "Yesterday, I used the observation technique to examine myself, and my true qi had already slightly approached the late stage of a seventh-level wizard. Perhaps if I refine a little more of the medicinal power today, I can reach the late stage, and then refine it for a few more days, I should be able to reach the sixth-level wizard."

    Chen Yun was extremely satisfied with the lingqi.

    This stuff is truly amazing.

    Compared to the long and hard practice he had before, reaching the mid-stage of a seventh-level wizard was still far from what he expected.

    Now, he had almost reached the later stage after taking the lingqi for just a few days.

    Moreover, he was hopeful of breaking through to the sixth-level wizard.

    Absolutely! It's a divine medicine!

    Besides, not only has the true qi increased greatly.

    His physical body has also become much stronger in these days.

    He estimates that it has increased by a factor of ten.

    I'm afraid I can break through to the Middle State of Accumulating Essence and Refining the Body in just these few days.

    "All right, I'll strive to break through to the late stage of the seventh-level wizard in one go today, then quickly advance to the sixth-level wizard, and finally refine my Accumulating Essence and Refining Body technique to the middle state."

    Chen Yun once again entered the state of practicing qigong.

    He hadn't even thought about whether Yin Wuji was still guarding outside.

    His only thought now was to break through to the sixth-level wizard as quickly as possible!

    (This chapter is complete)