Based on his current cultivation speed and method, Sun Yi estimated that he would only need one month to break through. For many ordinary disciples, one month was already extremely short, but Sun Yi was not willing to wait that long.
He directly took out several bottles of Spirit Tempering Pills from his storage bag. These pills could purify true qi. The purer one’s true qi was, the greater its power would be, and breaking through realms would also become easier.
Sun Yi poured out one Spirit Tempering Pill and swallowed it. Once it entered his body, it turned into a wondrous force that merged into the true qi inside him. When Sun Yi circulated his method, that force automatically helped him purify his true qi.
However, that force was too weak, and purifying his true qi would take a long time. Sun Yi did not hesitate to eat all the Spirit Tempering Pills on him.
These Spirit Tempering Pills merged into Sun Yi’s true qi, continuously purifying it while he circulated his method. This time, the speed of purification was much faster.
Not far away, Luo An was sitting cross-legged in cultivation, and his eyelids twitched wildly. Although his eyes were closed, he was aware of every move Sun Yi made. This prodigal new sect leader was actually eating Spirit Tempering Pills like candy. In just a short while, he had eaten Spirit Tempering Pills worth twenty thousand spirit stones, more than the entire wealth of most Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Sun Yi did not know Luo An was inwardly scolding him as a prodigal. After an unknown amount of time, he checked the true qi inside his body. The effect of the Spirit Tempering Pills was very good; the purity of his true qi had doubled again.
Next, he took out the Essence Fruits on him. These were good treasures for raising cultivation, treasures ordinary disciples could only have heard about.
Sun Yi picked one up and directly put it in his mouth. A surge of pure medicinal power spread through his body. As Sun Yi circulated his method, it began to be refined and merged into his true qi, and the speed was actually even faster than when he used high-grade spirit stones.
However, Sun Yi felt that the medicinal power of one Essence Fruit was still too weak, and the increase was not ideal, so he took out another Essence Fruit and prepared to swallow it.
Luo An could not stand Sun Yi being so prodigal. He quickly opened his eyes and stopped him. “Sect Leader, you must not. Essence Fruits are very precious. If you take them continuously, the medicinal effect will be halved. You need to wait ten days before taking another one.”
Sun Yi paused and looked at Luo An. “Will taking them continuously have any side effects?”
Luo An froze, then answered, “Not really. Essence Fruits have gentle medicinal effects, so there is no danger of exploding. It will only waste medicinal power.”
“Then there is no problem.” After saying that, Sun Yi directly threw the Essence Fruit in his hand into his mouth. Luo An watched, dumbfounded.
What Sun Yi did next refreshed Luo An’s worldview even more. Sun Yi picked up one Essence Fruit after another and tossed them into his mouth in quick succession, as casually as if he were eating candy beans.
“Sect Leader, those are Essence Fruits!” Even someone with Luo An’s steady personality could not take it anymore.
“Yes. I did not expect Essence Fruits to taste pretty good. It seems I will have to find a way to get more of them in the future,” Sun Yi said after thinking for a moment. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Luo An rolled his eyes, completely defeated by Sun Yi. Each Essence Fruit was worth one thousand spirit stones. Sun Yi had just directly eaten Essence Fruits worth ten thousand spirit stones.
The key point was that the effect of Essence Fruits would greatly decrease when taken continuously. With Sun Yi eating them one after another like this, more than seventy percent of the medicinal power was being wasted for nothing.
Luo An’s lips trembled as he asked Sun Yi, “Sect Leader, does your heart not ache over the wasted medicinal power? If you take them continuously like this, a full seventy percent of the medicinal power will be wasted.”
Luo An truly felt heartache. Back when he was in Qi Refining, he had never been able to take an Essence Fruit. He knew very well how precious Essence Fruits were, so he could not bear to watch Sun Yi waste so much medicinal power.
Seeing Luo An’s pained expression over the pills, Sun Yi smiled and asked him, “I have ten Essence Fruits here. How long do you think it would take me to finish them if I did not waste any medicinal power?”
“About one hundred days,” Luo An answered honestly.
Sun Yi looked seriously at Luo An. “Luo An, let me tell you a principle: time is money. Every bit of our time is very precious. If we can save it, we save it. If I can increase my cultivation in one day, why should I wait one hundred days? Just because I am afraid of wasting medicinal power? It is not as if I cannot afford to eat them. Why should I fear waste?”
Time is money? Luo An had heard this kind of saying for the first time, and for a moment he was stunned. The new sect leader’s words seemed to make a lot of sense, but he also felt as if something was wrong somewhere.
After carefully looking Sun Yi over, Luo An suddenly understood. The person before him was the new sect leader. He did not need to worry about waste at all. He really could afford to eat Essence Fruits.
“All right. The medicinal power is rising. Think it over yourself. I am going to start cultivating.” Sun Yi waved his hand and closed his eyes to cultivate.
At this moment, the vast medicinal power of the Essence Fruits spread inside Sun Yi’s body. He felt as if he had eaten until he was stuffed, and hurriedly circulated the Five Elements Art with all his strength.
As soon as he circulated the Five Elements Art, Sun Yi felt as if his true qi had struck a layer of membrane. The first time, the true qi was bounced back. Then he circulated the method again, and that layer of membrane shattered with a boom.
In that instant, Sun Yi felt as if he had undergone a transformation. His own strength was rapidly rising.
He had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, but Sun Yi did not stop. Although some of the medicinal power inside him had been wasted, there was still a great deal left, so Sun Yi continued cultivating.
One day later, Sun Yi’s body shook, and the aura he emitted surged again. His cultivation broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Another day passed, and the aura around Sun Yi surged again. His realm reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, but the medicinal power inside him still had not been completely exhausted.
Another day passed. His body shook once more, and his cultivation realm rose again, reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining. Only after he had refined all the medicinal power of the Essence Fruits did his realm fail to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining and instead stabilize at the seventh level.
Sun Yi opened his eyes and checked his condition. He felt extremely good. His strength had increased by a large margin. At this moment, his whole body was filled with power, and the true qi in his dantian was surging, far greater than before. The source of this chapter is novelping(.)com.
In three days, his realm had risen to the seventh level of Qi Refining. Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for trash spirit roots like his to accomplish this, but who told Sun Yi to be abnormal and pile all kinds of precious resources onto himself?
“Cultivation actually is not that hard.”
Luo An opened his eyes and saw Sun Yi’s satisfied expression. He sighed inwardly, then helplessly closed his eyes. If someone else had taken those ten Essence Fruits, they could have charged straight from the third level of Qi Refining to the great perfection of Qi Refining. Sun Yi’s realm had only risen to the seventh level of Qi Refining. A huge amount of medicinal power had been wasted. If the disciples under the sect learned of this, who knew how they would talk about Sun Yi?
“Sigh, forget it. He is the new sect leader after all. If he wants to be prodigal, then let him be prodigal. The Patriarch and the elders have not said anything, so why am I worrying blindly?” Luo An sighed and prepared to close his eyes and continue cultivating, pretending he had seen nothing.
But Sun Yi suddenly asked him, “Luo An, after watching me cultivate these past few days, did you notice anything?”
Luo An opened his eyes and looked at Sun Yi with confusion, not understanding why Sun Yi was asking this.
Sun Yi looked seriously at Luo An. “I have the worst metal, wood, and fire spirit roots, yet I only used three days to cultivate from the third level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining. So is aptitude really that important?”
Sun Yi’s question directly stumped Luo An. In the past, he had always believed aptitude was the most important, but after watching Sun Yi cultivate and hearing Sun Yi’s question, he suddenly felt somewhat lost.
Sun Yi suddenly smiled. “Tell me, if every ordinary disciple of our Qingyun Sect could use resources to cultivate the way I did, would aptitude still be the most important factor in cultivation?”
Luo An’s whole body shook, and he looked at Sun Yi with a face full of shock. “How could every disciple use resources like you? That is impossible.”
“Everything in this world is possible. Perhaps one day, this goal really can be achieved. Forget it. You would not understand these things even if I told you. Continue cultivating.”
Sun Yi no longer paid attention to the shocked Luo An and prepared to begin making his own arrangements.
His realm had risen, and his strength had increased by a great deal. Sun Yi found that because his strength had risen too quickly, it was somewhat difficult to control, so he decided not to hurry with further realm increases. He would first fully master the power inside his body.
As for cultivation arts and secret techniques, he would not consider them for the time being because he had no use for them, and there were too many things to do right now. He did not have the time. Aside from flying through the air, he would not consider anything else for now.
The most urgent matter was to find time to read the classics in the Scripture Library. Several days had already been delayed, and he had not forgotten the serious business that had brought him to the Scripture Library. Without abundant knowledge, there was no way to realize his plans, let alone the goals that would come afterward.