Creating a paradise in an ant nest

Chapter 61 Qi Refining Level 4!

In the following days.

Liu He consumes one violet radish every day.

"I planted more than 270 violet radishes this time, which is enough for me for a while. I'll keep a dozen or so radishes for seed, and plant the seeds that grow. Next year, I'll have an endless supply of violet radishes."

A single violet radish plant can produce two to three hundred radish seeds.

"How to convert it into spirit stones is a difficult problem."

Liu He thought to himself.

In his miniature spiritual plant garden, there will be more and more spiritual plants in the future. So many that even he and his ant colony cannot use them all.

To make the best use of resources, it's best to sell the spirit plants and exchange them for spirit stones to buy other resources.

However, the problem is that the sect does not allow the planting of spiritual plants without authorization.

How dare he put out such a large quantity of violet radishes to sell?

How do you explain the origin of these violets and radishes?

He couldn't take the violet radish to the Zongnai Market to sell; it would be too easy to be discovered.

We can only find channels outside the sect.

In the outside world of cultivation, Liu He's Violet Green Radish is something that can be sold.

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A month later.

It's Fu Shuai's birthday again; this year marks his forty-ninth birthday.

Undoubtedly, under Huang Shideng's arrangement, everyone presented him with birthday gifts.

Liu He had a large quantity of violet radishes that were difficult to convert into cash, which saved him the spirit stones needed to buy a gift. He prepared an exquisite wooden box containing two violet radishes to give to Commander Fu.

Fu Shuai had no doubts about the origin of the violet radish, but was slightly surprised that someone could cultivate an ordinary violet radish to such a top-quality variety.

Just like last year, Zhao Jianlei did not give him any gifts this year.

This was something that Marshal Fu kept in mind.

Why haven't you sent a birthday gift for two consecutive years?

If word gets out, where will Marshal Fu's authority be?

So he decided to teach Zhao Jianlei a lesson he would never forget, to make an example of him.

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Liu He's cabin in the woods.

For the past month, he has been eating coriander and radish every day until he is full, and he finally senses that he is about to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining.

He was sitting cross-legged practicing his exercises, circulating the "Gathering Spirit and Accumulating Qi Technique".

The spiritual energy surges out from the dantian and dantian, circulates through the meridians and acupoints according to specific routes, and then returns to the dantian.

The spiritual energy is moving faster and faster.

He had been stuck in a bottleneck for more than a month. His dantian and dantian had already been fully nourished, and his spiritual energy was so full that it could not be increased any further.

However, he persisted in his cultivation and consumed a large amount of the spiritual plant radish.

The accumulated efforts underwent a qualitative change at this moment.

"Buzz~~"

With the compression of his dantian and the meridians throughout his body, he finally broke through the bottleneck and crossed that hurdle.

The originally colorless and transparent spiritual energy that filled the dantian began to condense and solidify.

A wisp of pale white spiritual energy, like smoke, took shape in the dantian.

This is just the first wisp.

Then came the second strand, and the third strand.

The spiritual energy in his body condensed into three strands, which formed a circle in his dantian, circulating in a seemingly interconnected manner.

It's not just about the transformation of spiritual energy into threads.

Under Liu He's inner vision, strands of spiritual energy flowed through his body, strengthening it once again, as if it had been cleansed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

A barely perceptible chill also crept into the mind and soul.

As her cultivation level increased, her spiritual consciousness was also strengthened and enhanced.

"Qi Refining Level 4!"

After being stuck at the bottleneck for more than a month, I finally broke through.

Liu He felt the changes within himself and was overjoyed.

In addition to his improved cultivation level and strength, his promotion from a menial disciple to an outer disciple of the Qian Yuan Holy Sect will inevitably lead to a significant increase in his benefits and treatment.

"Outer disciples of Spirit Plant Peak receive a monthly stipend of at least ten spirit stones."

"Upon being promoted to the outer sect, one can receive a mid-grade first-tier magic robe. Furthermore, one can purchase a mid-grade spiritual weapon at half price from the Myriad Weapons Pavilion in the sect's market."

"I can now go to the Qi Refining Pavilion on Wangyue Peak to learn mid-stage Qi Refining spells."

The spells learned in the early stages of Qi cultivation are very basic, and the use of spiritual energy is very rudimentary.

For example, when it comes to offensive and combat spells, Liu He only knows the simple and brutal flying stone spell, which involves infusing a hard stone with spiritual energy and then launching it.

Upon reaching the mid-stage of Qi Refining, with the increase in the strength of the divine soul, the enhanced control over spiritual energy, and the presence of more spiritual energy in the dantian and sea of ​​qi, one can unleash more complex and advanced spells.

"It is said that outer disciples of the sect have some other benefits. For example, they have the opportunity to go to the noodle market once a year."

Liu He had only heard about it and had not learned anything about it in detail.

The cultivation world is vast, but Liu He had only heard about the major sects and the independent cultivators in the vicinity, and knew very little about the outside world.

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"Go and change your identity jade token first, and get a mid-grade magic robe."

With that thought in mind, Liu He walked out of the wooden house.

Having just broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, he had many things to keep him busy.

Using the Lightness Technique, a wisp of spiritual energy emerged from his dantian.

This wisp of spiritual energy split in two, with half flowing into the left leg and the other half into the right leg.

"Whoosh!"

Liu He didn't exert much effort, yet he leaped more than ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) away, far exceeding his usual stride.

This is the change after breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Even if one has just broken through, the effect of casting spells using compressed and condensed spiritual energy is far greater than that of the early stage of Qi Refining.

He changed his identity jade token, transforming himself from a menial disciple to an outer disciple.

He went and collected another robe.

The lower-grade robes of the menial disciples are standardized, differing only in color and size; their style and function are identical.

The robes worn by male cultivators and the long skirts worn by female cultivators were both devoid of any distinctive features.

The mid-grade robes received by outer disciples are no longer the standard robes, but different styles that can be selected.

Liu He chose an earth-elemental robe.

The robe is predominantly a deep, earthy yellow, interspersed with ochre patterns, and woven with Lingyan silkworm silk, making it dense, tough, and yet soft against the skin.

The garment is decorated with subtle mountain and rock patterns, and the buttons are several dark yellow jadeite buttons.

The robe drapes gracefully, and the movement is not frivolous. It exudes a heavy and steady earthy aura, making the wearer appear even more composed.

Wearing this earth-elemental robe enhances the casting of earth-elemental spells and slightly increases the strength of one's soul.

The characters "乾元" are clearly embroidered on the cuffs and chest corners, proving that the owner came from the "乾元圣宗" (Qian Yuan Sheng Zong).

"You can also buy a mid-grade first-tier spiritual weapon at half price."

When Liu He was promoted to a regular servant, he was entitled to receive a low-grade spiritual weapon as a sect benefit.

Wanqi Peak has too many low-grade spiritual weapons, which are not worth much money. Most of them are practice pieces made by the disciples, so they can be distributed for free.

However, mid-grade spiritual artifacts are much more precious, and the sect couldn't afford to give them out for free, so they offered a "half-price" discount on one.

Liu He had no idea what type of mid-grade magic weapon to buy.

There's no rush. We can consider it carefully and choose slowly.

There are also spells for the mid-stage of Qi Refining that he needs to slowly select and learn at Wangyue Peak.

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Just as Liu He finished receiving his mid-grade magic robe and returned to the Spiritwood Garden area, he received an urgent signal from the Black Queen Ant Nest.

The Black Queen cried for help again.

"Another spirit insect?"

Liu He was puzzled and sped up.

During this period, the ant colony ate violets and radishes every day, and the strength of both individual ant soldiers and the overall ant colony increased significantly.

They already possess the fighting power to hunt some weaker insects.