I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 29: The Elusive Elixir

Lin Qing shook his head. He bought the technique for himself, not for his juniors. As for the fact that this technique was not very powerful, he was well aware of it. However, he couldn't change it now. Even if he wanted to change it, it wouldn't be possible. If he were to change it, he would probably not be able to maintain his cultivation at the sixth level of Qi Refining. It would be better to continue cultivating with this technique. If he could reach the Foundation Building stage, he could update to a new technique without affecting his cultivation.

"I want this technique. How much spirit stones?" Lin Qing asked.

"Fellow Daoist, do you want the complete set? It's a total of seventy spirit stones."

"Okay." Lin Qing nodded. This technique was not expensive.

After buying the technique for himself, Lin Qing suddenly thought of Li Qingyu's technique. Like him, Li Qingyu's technique could only be cultivated up to the sixth level of Qi Refining. This was the norm in the cultivation world. Many basic things were easy to find, but if you wanted something slightly higher, it would cost a lot of money.

"Excuse me, do you have the Immortal Longevity Technique?" Lin Qing asked. This was the technique Li Qingyu was cultivating.

"The Immortal Longevity Technique?" The cultivator at the stall searched for it and found the introduction to this technique.

"The Immortal Longevity Technique, a second-grade inferior technique, can be cultivated up to the third level of Foundation Building. It is suitable for all cultivators with spiritual roots, but not recommended. This technique has slow progress and no additional benefits. The suggested selling price for the complete set is eighty spirit stones, and it can be sold in stages."

The introduction was almost the same as the Primordial Origin Technique. The cultivator looked at Lin Qing, wondering where he had heard about these two techniques. He didn't seem like a poor cultivator. It would take much longer for him to cultivate with this technique compared to others.

"Fellow Daoist, we do have this technique, but it's not recommended. Do you still want to buy it? How about choosing another one?" The cultivator kindly suggested.

Lin Qing didn't say much. Of course, he wanted to buy it. Unlike cultivators with the support of sects or clans, he could only rely on himself. He had to accumulate bit by bit. Although he had Goldfinger now, he didn't have the luxury to squander. He didn't have many choices.

Seeing that Lin Qing wanted to buy it, the cultivator didn't waste any words.

"Okay, this technique is eighty spirit stones."

Lin Qing handed over the spirit stones and left with the two techniques. In just this moment, he spent one hundred and fifty spirit stones. Adding the rental of the house and the purchase of spiritual rice yesterday, he had spent two hundred and twenty spirit stones in just two days. The thousand-plus spirit stones in his storage bag didn't seem like much now.

"It's really a money-making business."

Walking on the street, Lin Qing looked back at the three-story technique stall and couldn't help but marvel at the power of the Limitless Sect. Just this one technique stall alone was worth who knows how much, not to mention other shops. Coupled with their control over spiritual mines and veins, the Limitless Sect was truly a behemoth.

He also thought of Blood Sea Old Demon. Lin Qing thought to himself, he didn't know how he dared to provoke the Limitless Sect like that. He was really too bold. No matter how hidden he was, he was only a cultivator at the Foundation Building stage.

Lin Qing didn't dwell on the matter of Qingmuji. It was useless to think about it now. It was better to think about how to improve his cultivation.

Back in his room, Lin Qing handed the technique to Li Qingyu, who was naturally excited.

From that day on, Lin Qing decided to close the shop and focus on cultivation. One reason was that he had previously thought of not opening the shop for now, and the other reason was Li Qingyu. She was pregnant, so it would be better to be more stable during this time. Now that he had the technique, he could cultivate to the seventh level of Qi Refining as soon as possible, giving him more self-defense power.

Relying on spiritual stones and elixirs, Lin Qing practiced daily. However, after practicing for only a few days, the Qi Nourishing Pill that had been used for cultivation no longer had much effect.

In fact, when breaking through from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level, Lin Qing had already developed some resistance to this Qi Nourishing Pill. And now, in order to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, the effectiveness of this pill had significantly decreased. If he wanted to continue cultivating, he would inevitably have to switch to a different kind of pill. Of course, he could choose not to switch, but without the pill, Lin Qing didn't know when he would be able to reach the seventh level of Qi Refining with his aptitude.

It should be noted that breaking through to the seventh level of Qi Refining is the most difficult thing in the Qi Refining stage. Many cultivators are stuck at this step. Unlike the bottleneck between the third and fourth levels of Qi Refining, breaking through to the seventh level is extremely challenging.

Now that Lin Qing had spiritual stones, he naturally didn't want to waste time. He needed to find a way to break through as soon as possible.

Unlike Qingmuji, Xuan Yu Fang had many alchemy shops. However, Lin Qing had already visited seven or eight shops in a row and hadn't found a suitable one. In the Qi Refining stage, both the Gathering Yuan Pill and the Qi Nourishing Pill were sufficient for cultivators to practice. Unlike Lin Qing, who had taken the Qi Nourishing Pill when he was at the third level of Qi Refining, resulting in his current resistance.

Previously, there were indeed cultivators with the Five Spiritual Roots who broke through using the Qi Nourishing Pill. However, once they broke through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, they were very satisfied and didn't think about breaking through to the later stages. After all, in the middle stage of Qi Refining, as long as they were willing, they could live a decent life. As for the path of cultivation, it was left to those with good spiritual roots to explore.

It is true that in the cultivation world, there were cultivators with the Five Spiritual Roots who broke through to the Purple Mansion stage of Foundation Building. However, without exception, they all had great opportunities and changed their own aptitude. It was impossible to rely solely on the Five Spiritual Roots.

After leaving another alchemy shop, Lin Qing sighed as he looked back at the sign of the shop.

This alchemy shop could be said to be the largest one he had visited today. Not only did it have a complete range of pills, but it also had some pills for the Foundation Building stage. However, it didn't have what he needed.

Although he could take pills for the later stages of Qi Refining even at the early stage, it was only limited to the Qi Refining stage. Pills for the Foundation Building stage were different. They couldn't be taken in the Qi Refining stage. This shop seemed to have many pills, but it still didn't have what he needed.

What he wanted was a pill that was more effective than the Qi Nourishing Pill but could still be taken within the Qi Refining stage.

Continuing on, Lin Qing visited nearly twenty more alchemy shops in a row, but still found nothing.

"What should I do?"

Lin Qing felt a little helpless. He had almost visited all the alchemy shops in the East District. As for the West District, he had also visited a few, but they were far inferior to the ones in the East District. Some of them didn't even have the Qi Nourishing Pill.

Lin Qing, who was not willing to give up, had no choice but to visit all the alchemy shops in both the East and West Districts, but still found nothing.

"Should I just continue taking the Qi Nourishing Pill?" Lin Qing thought helplessly. If he continued taking the Qi Nourishing Pill, it would take at least ten years to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining. And considering the increasing resistance to the pill, it would probably take even longer, maybe even twenty years wouldn't be enough.

Back in his room, Lin Qing still felt a little melancholy. Suddenly, he looked at Li Qingyu in the room and had a thought.

If he had married Li Qingyu when he was at the third level of Qi Refining and raised his aptitude to be similar to someone with Four Spiritual Roots, then he wouldn't need to take the Qi Nourishing Pill. Instead, the Gathering Qi Pill would be enough. And now, taking the Qi Nourishing Pill would be just right for him to break through.

But this idea only flashed through Lin Qing's mind. After all, it was a paradox.

If he didn't take the Qi Nourishing Pill, he wouldn't be able to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, and he wouldn't be able to marry Li Qingyu. And in that situation, he could only break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, and to do that, he could only take the Qi Nourishing Pill.

"Cultivation is truly difficult."

Lin Qing, who had thought that he would have a smooth journey with his Goldfinger, sighed helplessly at this moment.

(End of this chapter)