Chapter 9 It’s Time to “Break Through”!
Chu Ning had such a guess in his mind, but his face did not show any abnormality.
He silently watched Cao Dongxin cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique on this piece of spiritual rice again, and then continued to cast it on the area where he did not cast it yesterday.
"Stay here, don't let insects and birds eat the spiritual rice!"
Leaving this sentence, Cao Dongxin left again on his own.
Chu Ning waited for the other party to leave for a while, and his mind began to become active. He was ready to verify his previous guess first.
So, Chu Ning first found a farther field, where Cao Dongxin did not cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique.
He sat cross-legged nearby, gathered his mind, and began to practice the Qingmu Changchun Gong.
The progress was normal, similar to yesterday afternoon, and there was no feeling of accelerated practice like yesterday morning.
So, Chu Ning came to the last position where Cao Dongxin had just cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique. There was no spell next to this position. Even if there was something abnormal, Cao Dongxin would at most think that he had remembered it wrong, just like today.
After thinking about it, Chu Ning did not practice directly, but cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique on the field next door that had not been cast.
Compared with yesterday, Chu Ning felt that he was obviously more relaxed and proficient.
This time, the range of the spell not only increased to 10 red spirit rice plants, but also seemed to have some strength left after casting.
So, Chu Ning cast it again, this time the magic power was weaker, only covering 8 red spirit rice plants.
Feeling the overflow of spiritual power on these 18 red spirit rice plants, Chu Ning walked back a little, then sat down and began to formally practice Qingmu Changchun Gong.
As soon as the technique was activated, Chu Ning immediately felt the concentration and speed of spiritual energy that was completely inconsistent with the previous one.
After the spiritual energy originally possessed by the world and the spiritual energy on the red spirit rice plants converged, a more refined and powerful spiritual energy was formed and drilled into Chu Ning's body.
The speed of practicing Qingmu Changchun Gong was more than twice faster than before!
"These red spirit rice grains that have been used with the Qingmu Chunhua technique can really speed up my cultivation!" Chu Ning was secretly delighted.
Then he quickly gathered his mind and continued to cultivate.
More than an hour later.
[Qingmu Changchun Gong (lower yellow grade), first level (7/300)]
After practicing late at night, the proficiency was 5, and now it has reached 7, and the proficiency has increased by 2 points!
Chu Ning looked at the proficiency and quickly calculated in his mind.
"If the first level of Qingmu Changchun Gong corresponds to the primary level of Qi Refining, that is, Qi Refining Level 1 to 3, it should be 100, which is almost the completion of Qi Refining Level 1.
And tomorrow I will be able to increase my proficiency to 10, a total of only three days!
Doesn't this mean that at most in one month, I can complete Qi Refining Level 1, or even break through to Qi Refining Level 2, tsk!"
Chu Ning didn't know what the cultivation speed of those outer and inner disciples was, but he was sure that among these menial disciples, his cultivation speed must be amazing.
You have to know that Cao Dongxin has been here for decades, but he has only perfected the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he can't even break through the sixth level.
"I just don't know if there is a bottleneck in the transition from primary to intermediate Qi Refining."
This thought flashed through Chu Ning's mind, and he couldn't help but laugh. Now it's only the third day of Qi Refining, and he's already thinking about the breakthrough later. It's a bit arrogant!
Well, be low-key! Be more timid!
Thinking of this, Chu Ning's mind trembled, and he thought a little hasty before.
Every day after Cao Dongxin performed the Qingmu Chunhua technique, he would take advantage of it once. With the way the other party treated him, he naturally didn't feel guilty.
However, if it happens too many times, the other party will definitely be suspicious.
Not to mention too many times, even if the other party comes tomorrow and sees that another area where the spell was cast before is not growing as well as other places, he may be suspicious.
Thinking of this, Chu Ning glanced at the red spirit rice.
Yesterday he was in a hurry and didn't pay attention, but now he could clearly find that the 18 rice plants he had cast spells on before and the 40 rice plants Cao Dongxin had cast spells on nearby, all lost the spirit they had when he cast Qingmu Chunhua.
However, they were not much different from the rice plants that had not been cast spells, and there was no extra damage.
Thinking of this, Chu Ning's heart moved.
"If I cast Qingmu Chunhua on these rice plants again, won't I be discovered?"
He did it as he thought. He had just finished practicing and had plenty of mana. His proficiency in Qingmu Changchun Gong had also improved, so he naturally had more experience in casting Qingmu Chunhua.
He used his mana, made hand gestures, and cast a series of spells, and Qingmu Chunhua was added to the rice.
This time, Chu Ning covered 14 rice plants.
Another time, another 14 plants.
There was still a little strength left, so Chu Ning cast it for the third time, and this time only covered 6 plants.
"Well, that's 34 plants!"
Chu Ning looked at it and nodded with satisfaction. He would do it again in the afternoon and the remaining 6 plants would be done.
As for the fact that Chu Ning's Dantian was empty at the moment and his mana was exhausted, Chu Ning was not worried.
These mana can be restored by meditation, or even without meditation, they can be restored slowly.
At this time, Chu Ning suddenly realized that he seemed to have found a shortcut to cultivation.
In the future, he can cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique on the spiritual plants first, and then cultivate. After the cultivation is completed and improved, he can cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique again.
In this way, not only can the spiritual plants grow, but his own cultivation will also improve faster.
I just don't know whether this effect is applicable to everyone or because of my special Yinmu spirit body.
However, Chu Ning guessed that it was most likely the effect of the Yinmu spirit body. If it was useful to everyone, it would have been used by others to practice in this way.
At present, the coverage of my Qingmu Chunhua technique is not enough to support my practice.
And this, of course, requires the help of Cao Dongxin.
Chu Ning did not feel guilty about asking the other party to do hard labor for his attitude towards him.
However, he still needed to confirm whether all he did would be discovered.
That afternoon, Chu Ning cast the Qingmu Chunhua technique on the remaining few red spirit rice grains.
Moreover, he did not choose to practice near the rice grains where the spell was cast, but waited to see whether all this would be noticed by Cao Dongxin.
The next morning, Cao Dongxin took Chu Ning to the field after breakfast as usual.
And the first thing Cao Dongxin did was to come to the location where the Qingmu Chunhua technique was cast before to check the growth of the rice.
In fact, he looked more carefully than the day before.
As if he was sure that there was no problem, he showed a satisfied look on his face.
Seeing this, Chu Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was thanks to his carefulness that he performed the Qingmu Chunhua technique on the rice that had been absorbed by him.
If he found something like yesterday again, Cao Dongxin would really be suspicious.
After this incident, Chu Ning was also sure that his method of cultivation would not be noticed by others, at least Cao Dongxin would not notice it.
So, in the next few days, Chu Ning used a similar method every day.
Moreover, he had gradually figured out the rules of cultivation over the past few days. For example, after performing the Qingmu Chunhua technique on the rice, the best effect of cultivation was not achieved immediately.
Instead, the best effect of cultivation was achieved half an hour later.
For another example, he also figured out the approximate range of spiritual energy that he could borrow from the rice during cultivation, which allowed him to choose the cultivation location more accurately.
In the blink of an eye, Chu Ning had been in Qingxi Sect for fourteen days.
That afternoon, Chu Ning was coming back from the fields and about to go into the house when Qiu Shunyi from the next yard suddenly waved and called him.
After Chu Ning walked over, Qiu Shunyi asked with a happy expression:
"Chu Ning, tomorrow is the time to go to the teaching room for concentrated lectures. How is your Qingmu Changchun Gong going?"
Chu Ning saw Qiu Shunyi's expression and knew that he should have made some progress, so he smiled and said:
"Shunyi, it seems that you are about to learn something?"
After hearing this, Qiu Shunyi smiled even more, but waved his hand and said:
"Well, it's far from learning something, but I have been very proficient in sensing spiritual energy in the past two days, and I am still a little short of refining the energy into the body.
I think it is very likely that I will be able to complete the refining of the energy into the body tonight and officially enter the first level."
After speaking, he asked Chu Ning again: "By the way, what about you, when do you think you can refine the energy into the body?"
"I am still a little short of it, and I don't know when I can do it." Chu Ning said this, and habitually looked at his proficiency.
[Qingmu Changchun Gong (Yellow Rank, Lower Grade), First Level (61/300)]
At the same time, he was also thinking in his mind, when should he "break through to the Qi Refining Body"?
Before, he was afraid of showing off his Qi Refining Level 1 too quickly, so he had been using the Yinmu Spirit Body's innate magical powers to hide his aura.
Now it seems that the time is almost right, it's time to "break through"!