Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 34: Inner Sect Disciple
He had a serious expression, not daring to be negligent, and immediately began to consolidate his newly achieved cultivation level.
Magical power slowly flowed through the newly opened meridians, following the specific route of the cultivation technique, circulating in a great cycle.
With the unique rhythm of the Wood Spirit Decision, he absorbed and refined the spiritual energy from the heavens and the earth, converting it into his own magical power through the circulation.
After six cycles, the magical power gathered in his dantian like a sea absorbing rivers.
At the bottom of the dantian, a "Lake of Magical Power" formed, resembling a small pond.
Having broken through to the late stage of qi refinement, his cultivation, which had been stagnant for a long time, began to rise again, increasing the upper limit of his magical power.
Streams of spiritual energy were refined into magical power, continuously filling the Lake of Magical Power in his dantian.
It was not until three hours later that he felt a sense of saturation, and his magical power no longer increased.
After another half hour, Liu Yu slowly ended his cultivation.
A flash of blue light appeared on his face and quickly dimmed and disappeared; he opened his eyes and carefully felt the changes after his breakthrough.
The magical power filling his dantian was about half more than it had been before the breakthrough.
Whether it was in a duel of magic or practicing sword flight, the time required would greatly extend, and his strength had increased significantly.
His spiritual consciousness spread in all directions, carefully sensing the area, and it had grown to a diameter of sixty-four zhang.
Typically, cultivators who completed the qi refinement stage had a spiritual consciousness range of only sixty zhang.
Now, Liu Yu's spiritual consciousness was already slightly stronger than that of cultivators who had reached full circle of qi refinement!
"This feeling of strength."
"Feels amazing!"
Liu Yu clenched his fists, feeling his body filled with power.
It seemed as though he could grasp his own destiny!
A genuine smile appeared on his face, even though he knew this was merely an illusion created by his recent breakthrough.
In reality, he was still a small cultivator in the qi refinement stage, at the bottom of the cultivation world.
However, the sensation of increased strength was truly delightful!
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After spending two hours familiarizing himself with the seventh layer of qi refinement, Liu Yu murmured to himself on the meditation cushion, "It's time to advance to the inner sect."
He planned to set off immediately for the Hall of Right Origin to be promoted to an inner sect disciple.
Since he had already broken through to the late stage of qi refinement, meeting the conditions for promotion, it was best to complete the promotion quickly.
This way, he could avoid the monthly chores that were required for outer sect disciples, allowing him more time for cultivation.
According to the rules of the Yuan Yang Sect, those with a heavenly spirit root, dual spiritual roots, or unusual spiritual roots could directly become inner sect disciples.
Other cultivators with spiritual roots had to reach the seventh layer of qi refinement or the late stage of qi refinement before the age of thirty to qualify.
Liu Yu was only twenty-one this year, fully meeting the promotion requirements.
Inner sect disciples of the Yuan Yang Sect not only did not have the chores that outer sect disciples had to perform once every three months, but they also had more time for cultivation.
Moreover, their monthly stipend was significantly higher than that of outer sect disciples.
Outer sect disciples in the mid stage of qi refinement received only three Clear Spirit Elixirs and five low-grade spiritual stones each month.
In contrast, inner sect disciples received two Purple Spiritual Elixirs and seven spiritual stones each month, nearly doubling the value.
Exiting his cave dwelling, Liu Yu patted his storage bag and rode his Giant Wood Sword towards Blue Spring Peak.