Ordinary Bone

Chapter 16: Selling Medicinal Herbs, Hunting Goats and Deer in Yanglu Mountain

"Boom!..."

Almost the moment he began circulating his Cánxiá breathing technique, a gust of fresh wind swept through the small courtyard, and streams of spiritual energy from the heavens and earth entered his body through the open acupoints.

In the past, Xǔ Tàipíng could never sense the meridians and acupoints, but now, he could easily feel them, and the process of guiding the spiritual energy into his meridians to be refined was incredibly smooth.

Ultimately, Xǔ Tàipíng spent the time of half a stick of incense to successfully send a refined true qi into his dantian.

"Refining just this one strand of true qi in half a stick of incense is nothing compared to the geniuses Zǐyáng True Lord spoke of, but for me, it means I can finally step onto the path of cultivation."

Despite his extremely slow refining speed, Xǔ Tàipíng didn't feel too discouraged.

"Grandfather said, diligence can make up for weakness. They practice for two hours every day, I practice for four hours; they practice four hours, I practice for eight hours. One day, I'll catch up!"

Xǔ Tàipíng made a silent resolution.

"Right, I still have this soybean spirit crystal. Lingyu Immortal said that holding it while cultivating can double the results with half the effort."

He suddenly remembered the soybean spirit crystals from the Earth Tomb Fruits and took one out, starting to circulate his energy again.

With the help of the soybean spirit crystal, his speed of refining spiritual energy was more than three times faster than before.

"Lingyu Immortal didn't deceive me. This spirit crystal is a great help. With it, I might really be able to break through the Opening Door Realm within half a year!"

Feeling the speed of cultivation improving, Xǔ Tàipíng immediately showed a joyful expression.

With the soybean spirit crystal, his cultivation speed was now on par with that of an ordinary cultivator.

For the next few days, Xǔ Tàipíng spent two hours a day managing the medicinal herb fields and used the remaining time to cultivate, not daring to waste a single moment.

...

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

In these three months, Xǔ Tàipíng could clearly feel that his true qi in the dantian was becoming more and more abundant, and he vaguely sensed that he was about to break through the Condensation Dew Period.

The Condensation Dew Period was a term used in the Cánxiá technique to describe the depth of a cultivator's true qi before breaking through the Opening Door Realm.

In the Cánxiá technique, before breaking through the Opening Door Realm, the depth of the cultivator's true qi was divided into three stages: Condensation Dew, Frost Transformation, and Ice Formation.

Only when the cultivator's true qi reached the Ice Formation stage could they attempt to break through the Opening Door Realm.

"By tomorrow, I’ll have enough money to buy cultivation methods and martial arts techniques."

Watching the white-headed eagle fly away, Xǔ Tàipíng crossed his fingers and stretched lazily.

Although he still needed money to buy true fire talismans, buying a martial technique for self-defense was necessary. After all, when he was hunting in the mountains earlier, he almost got hurt by some wild boars.

Currently, he had plenty of true qi in his dantian, but he had no idea how to use it.

For cultivators, it would be better to buy a spell to practice, but he couldn’t afford one at the moment, so he would have to wait until he had more money.

Moreover, even if he practiced Cánxiá, his true qi wouldn't be sufficient to cast spells until he broke through the Opening Door Realm.

"This bow and arrow, and the hunting knife, should be replaced soon."

At this point, Xǔ Tàipíng had taken the bow and arrow and the hunting knife from his house, preparing to head for the back mountain.

These bow and arrow and hunting knife had been left behind by the previous owner of the Qīngzhú Residence. The knife had chipped edges, and the bowstring had snapped once, but Xǔ Tàipíng had managed to fix it.

In the mountains, where wild animals surrounded the area, these basic weapons for self-defense were still necessary.

...

Half an incense stick later.

Back Mountain.

Although Xǔ Tàipíng called it the back mountain, according to the map in the jade slip, this mountain should be called Yanglu Mountain, because it was named after the abundance of yellow goats and mule deer there.

However, during his previous trips, Xǔ Tàipíng found that there weren't many yellow goats or mule deer in the mountain, but there were plenty of wild boars in groups.

"If I can catch a wild boar, that wouldn’t be bad. At least I wouldn’t have to worry about food for the next half month."

While trekking through the mountain, Xǔ Tàipíng kept a watchful eye on his surroundings, muttering to himself.

Though cultivators could fast (abstain from food), that was only possible after breaking through the Opening Door Realm. As of now, not only could he not fast, but he also needed a lot of meat to replenish the energy he used during cultivation.

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