First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 14: Progress

After some planning, Shen Mo's cultivation schedule was quickly finalized.

There were no holidays, and no designated free time for himself.

He posted this schedule on the wall of his residence, freshened up, and then fell into a deep sleep.

In the following month, Shen Mo showed great diligence.

Just as planned in the schedule, he was very disciplined.

With diligence and hard work, there naturally came rewards. During this month, Shen Mo made great progress.

[Main Character: Shen Mo]

[Cultivation Base: Body Forging Realm Seventh Stage]

[Cultivation Technique: "Heavenly Origin Technique" - Entering the Hall (325/1000)]

[Martial Skill: "Supreme Sword Technique" - Slightly Proficient (225/500)]

[Immortal Technique: "Thunderous Swift Steps" - Initial Understanding (240/500)]

Shen Mo checked off the last date on the schedule and circled it.

Then, he opened the attribute panel and focused on the data recorded for each Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill.

"The gains are not small."

After a month of cultivation, the Heavenly Origin Technique had improved.

It had gone from being slightly proficient to reaching the level of entering the hall.

This breakthrough made Shen Mo feel that the breathing exercises of the Heavenly Origin Technique, which absorbed the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, had increased their speed by at least thirty percent.

Apart from the basic Cultivation Technique, he did not neglect the Supreme Sword Technique.

The Supreme Sword Technique was a sword technique that Shen Mo had learned shortly after becoming an outer disciple of the Linjiang Sect.

Because he hadn't practiced it much before, he had remained at the initiation level for a long time.

But after a month of practicing in his spare time, he finally reached the stage of slight proficiency, greatly increasing its power!

As for the Light Body Immortal Technique, "Thunderous Swift Steps," there wasn't much progress.

Although Shen Mo attached great importance to this Light Body Immortal Technique and spent most of his practice time on it, he still hadn't reached the stage of slight proficiency.

His current level of proficiency was only at the stage of initial understanding.

It was probably because it had reached a higher level that the experience growth rate of Thunderous Swift Steps was very slow, and the difficulty of cultivation was much greater than that of the Supreme Sword Technique.

"In addition to the improvement in Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill, my Cultivation Base has also grown rapidly this month!"

He felt the surging power of blood and qi in his body.

During this period, Shen Mo was no longer obsessed with his side business like he was last month. Instead, he neglected his foundational cultivation.

Every day, he would spend three hours meditating and cultivating, refining his Cultivation Base.

With the assistance of the potency of the Yang-Boosting Powder, Shen Mo's progress was rapid.

Although he hadn't broken through to the Eighth Stage of the Body Forging Realm, he felt that he had reached the edge of the realm's threshold, and his accumulation was sufficient.

Next, as long as he encountered a suitable opportunity, he would be able to break through in one fell swoop!

"As for Medicine Pills, I've made quite a few this month, which can be considered a good start."

Shen Mo thought to himself as he turned his head to look at the inner hall.

There were two large barrels there, one filled with Yang-Boosting Powder and the other with Qi-Replenishing Pills.

These two types of Medicine Pills were piled up like mountains.

After Shen Mo counted them, he calculated the quantity.

There were a total of 150 Qi-Replenishing Pills, while there were 250 portions of Yang-Boosting Powder.

If they were counted as finished products, there should be 260 portions of Yang-Boosting Powder.

However, during this period, Shen Mo would consume one portion of Yang-Boosting Powder every three days during his cultivation, which amounted to ten portions.

"As for the Small Elemental Pill, there aren't as many."

He touched his storage bag and sighed.

These two types of spirit medicines, which had not reached the level of finished products, already had a high success rate in their refinement.

Half a month ago, after Shen Mo's Alchemy Realm reached the first rank, he became even more proficient in refining these two types of Medicine Pills.

However, the success rate of the Small Elemental Pill, a first rank spirit pill, was still not high.

Out of ten medicinal ingredients, only two pills were refined, and the proficiency of the related Medicine Pill was also not high.

Thinking about it, he opened the panel that recorded his Alchemy Realm's destiny.

【Alchemy (first rank) 305/1000】

【Zhuangyang Powder (masterful) 233/5000】

【Huiqi Pill (masterful) 13/5000】

【Xiao Peiyuan Pill (proficient) 33/1000】

"Alchemy can also be considered an initiation." Looking at these data, Shen Mo sighed, "Fu Dao and Alchemy, two secondary professions, have already embarked on the right path."

There are attribute panels and experience bar effects.

This allows him to avoid the bottlenecks that others encounter when refining Medicine Pills and improving his Alchemy and Fu Dao levels.

At least that's how it seems for now.

"But it doesn't mean that I can rest easy. In order to continue improving these two secondary professions, I need to acquire more pill recipes and talisman scrolls in the future."

Although there are no bottlenecks, experience can only be gained when it is full.

However, Shen Mo discovered that the promotion of the Alchemy Realm is facing a similar dilemma as the Fu Dao Realm.

After reaching the first rank in his own Alchemy level, when refining Huiqi Pills and Zhuangyang Powder, low-level spirit medicines without grades, the experience gained is already very little.

Sometimes, there is no experience growth at all.

In order to sustain development, more high-rank pill recipes are needed.

"Knock, knock."

While pondering, Shen Mo suddenly heard a knocking sound.

He got out of bed and walked to the courtyard to open the door.

Outside the door stood a young girl.

Chen Mengze, she had come again.

"According to my father's instructions, I came to check on your progress in cultivation."

Chen Mengze said lightly, "You haven't been lazy recently, have you?"

"It's been alright."

Shen Mo recalled the content of his past month and replied.

"How is your progress?"

"My Cultivation Base has reached the bottleneck of the Seventh Stage of the Heavenly Realm. To break through, I just need a little more effort."

"Really?" Chen Mengze raised an eyebrow, seeming somewhat skeptical.

She reached out her jade hand and rested it on Shen Mo's shoulder, carefully observing with her divination technique for a while before finally believing his words.

"Your progress in Cultivation Base has been quite fast recently, mostly due to the effect of the Qi Gathering Pills."

Chen Mengze thought for a moment and concluded.

After all, Shen Mo had been stuck at the Fifth Stage of the Body Forging Realm for three whole years before.

Shen Mo did not refute this.

There were indeed some reasons why he could cultivate so quickly, and the two Qi Gathering Pills were part of it.

"It's not easy to break through the bottleneck with a Cultivation Base enhanced by the power of medicine."

Chen Mengze thought for a moment and said, "If you want to break through faster, you still need to experience real battles."

"Real battles?"

Shen Mo was slightly startled.

"Yes." Chen Mengze nodded, "Just practicing in seclusion is difficult to find opportunities for breakthroughs."

"But if you can go out and gain experience through life and death battles, there will often be unexpected effects."

"The outside world seems to be very dangerous."

Shen Mo did want to break through to the Eighth Stage of the Body Forging Realm as soon as possible.

But for him, safety came first.

The world outside the Lianjiang Sect was too dangerous, and the probability of death was simply unacceptable.

He wanted to wait for a while and improve his Cultivation Base before considering it.

"How can you climb the Immortal Path without experiencing wind and rain?"

Chen Mengze knew what Shen Mo was thinking and said, "Sooner or later, you will have to face the outside world."

"In the deacon hall, there are often sect training tasks."

"In addition to going to the Lianjiang Mountains, there are also some tasks that low-level disciples can take on in the training tasks. I heard that you resigned from guarding the mountain gate? If you have free time, you might as well go out and take a look."

(End of this chapter)