Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

At this moment, Zhang Yao's heart couldn't be more joyful.

What he was most worried about didn't happen. The first time he practiced the "Thick Soil Jue", he successfully captured the "sense of energy".

"receive!"

Zhang Yao suppressed the joy in his heart, calmed down, operated the method, and absorbed the aura of heaven and earth with the earth attribute with his thoughts.

In an instant: Spiritual energy from all directions gathered, poured into Zhang Yao's body, and traveled along the invisible energy veins.

After swimming for a big week, the spiritual energy began to transform into mana little by little, and the trickle gathered, and the accumulation became more and more, converging into a stream of mana like a shallow stream.

This is Zhang Yao's first mana.

"call……"

Zhang Yao let out a long breath, opened his eyes again, and saw the red sun rising again.

He practiced "Thick Soil Jue" for the first time, capturing spiritual energy and refining mana, and a full twelve hours passed without knowing it.

"I have finally embarked on the road of cultivating immortals! My decades of hard work are not in vain."

At this moment, Zhang Yao's mood was extremely excited.

Those who eat qi are gods and live long, and those who cultivate immortals breathe out aura and refine mana. They are the most orthodox "qi refiners".

Mana has been used for a lifetime, and since then he has stepped into the fairy gate, no matter how extraordinary.

"The smoothness of capturing Qi and refining mana should be due to my martial arts realm."

Zhang Yao recalled the process of refining Qi, and thought deeply.

The first step in cultivating immortality is to capture the "sense of energy" in the dark, and this step can be as fast as a few days, or as slow as a few years.

In addition to the most important talent, that is, the spiritual root level, it is also affected by the state of mind and the soul, and the three together determine the speed of the speed.

Zhang Yao still doesn't know his own spiritual root level.

But his martial arts has already been cultivated to the end of the world, and the strength of his spirit may surpass that of "Lunan" who has reached the third level of refining Qi.

He is already over a hundred years old, he has tasted all kinds of tastes in the world of mortals, and he is indifferent to the clouds and clouds in the sky, so he has a unique advantage in mood.

"In the blink of an eye, I'm already one hundred and seven years old, and I finally stepped into the fairy gate."

Zhang Yao sighed, and looked at the inconspicuous little bag.

According to the description left by Lu Nan, this is a storage bag, but there is a restriction on it, and only the third-level mana of "Thick Soil Jue" can open it.

Immortal cultivators, starting from the Qi refining stage, are divided into ten levels, and there are many other realms such as Foundation Establishment, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, and Transformation God.

Zhang Yao's road to refining Qi has just started.

"gone."

He put away the classics and storage bag next to his body, got up and left the place.

…………

Three years later.

In the northwest of Fuzhou, in the deep mountains and old forests.

Zhang Yao was alone in a forest clearing, experimenting with the spells he had learned.

"boom!"

A blue-purple fireball the size of a fist shot out violently, and after a loud noise, it blasted the ground into a crater more than one foot deep and half a foot wide.

After the flames dissipated, there was still an astonishingly high temperature in the pit, enough to roast raw meat.

"Shua!"

The cyan wind blade flew past, leaving only a cyan phantom at the fastest speed.

After cutting off a total of five towering ancient trees, the blue wind blade gradually disintegrated into a cloud of spiritual energy, disappearing invisible.

"The power of these spells is really amazing!"

It was not the first time for Zhang Yao to use spells, but seeing this scene, he still couldn't help being amazed.

In the past three years, his magic power has grown steadily. Not only has he stabilized his cultivation at the first level of Qi Refining, but he has also mastered a lot of spells.

Small spells such as fireball, wind blade, breathing, spiritual eyes, divine movement, etc., do not have much strict restrictions on mana attributes, but they don't have extra boosts like earth attribute spells.

"Um……"

Zhang Yao groaned silently, thinking secretly in his heart.

In the past three years, he has gained a deep understanding of the magic of mana by combining the description of "Thick Soil Jue" and his own exploration.

This is a power far beyond the true energy of martial arts, and its potential is unlimited.

The essence of martial arts training is to tap one's own strength, but the human body has limits after all, and martial arts naturally has an end.

The road of refining qi is different. Its essence is to absorb the external spiritual energy and turn it into one's own use. It can be said that it is devouring the mysteries of the sun and the moon and intercepting the essence of the world. There is almost no upper limit.

The gap between the two paths can also be seen from martial arts and spells:

The magic power travels in the air veins, and after running according to a specific route, it can be stimulated with the mind, and in the process of forming, it absorbs a part of the external spiritual energy, which greatly strengthens its power.

Zhang Yao estimated that the spells in the Qi refining period are roughly four or five times as powerful as one point of mana, so that they have such exaggerated power.

As for the martial arts of a warrior, no matter what, it is impossible to hit four or five times the strength out of thin air. This is equivalent to pulling oneself up by the hair, which is simply a fantasy.

"Even if an immortal cultivator at the first level of Qi refining doesn't have the help of magic talismans and magic tools, as long as he is prepared, it is not difficult to kill the master."

"Holding your breath and hiding, a fireball or wind blade can take away the martial arts master."

"If the Grandmaster wants to win, he has to take advantage of the information first, and at the same time hide in the dark, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to make a surprise attack. He must be within ten steps, otherwise he will not be faster than the spell."

"The lifespan of the Qi refining period is also very long. Generally, they can live to be over a hundred years old, and the longest can live to be two Jiazi..."

Immortal cultivators surpass warriors in all aspects.

The Qi Refining Layer, which has just started, surpasses martial arts masters in terms of strength, longevity, and various magical methods derived from mana.

Practicing hard for a lifetime of martial arts to reach the realm of a master is not as good as a young child cultivating immortals. This is the cruel gap between martial arts and immortals.

"The road to refining Qi is the real way to reach the sky!"

"Especially my two talents, only the cultivation of immortals can truly play a role!"

Thinking of his talent, Zhang Yao couldn't help showing a smile.

After becoming an immortal cultivator, with the help of the talent of the source of vitality, he sensed his upper limit of vitality, which suddenly increased a lot.

This is also caused by the gap between immortal cultivators and warriors:

The life extension of a cultivator is a real life extension. The upper limit of life span has been increased, and it is not at the same level as ordinary people.

As for martial arts masters, they still belong to mortals, and the upper limit of their lifespan has been fixed long ago. The reason why they live so long is because the energy of their original essence passes away relatively slowly.

Jing Yuan and Qi are interdependent, and the upper limit of Yuan Qi increases, which drives Zhang Yao's upper limit of Jing Qi to soar.

"My ability to activate the transformation of essence and energy, and my self-healing ability are much stronger than those three years ago."

"If you continue to practice, your talent will be strengthened accordingly, and it may not be impossible to achieve the level of rebirth from a severed limb, or even a severed head in the future."

As soon as Zhang Yao thought this, he took a deep breath, and the mana in his body slowly circulated.

He is going to perform the "Spiritual Root Exploration Technique", which is a relatively complicated spell, mainly used to detect the spiritual roots in himself and others.

It took Zhang Yao three full years to get a preliminary grasp of it, and he was able to try to detect the attributes of his spiritual root.

"Om..."

During the circulation of mana, a five-color brilliance flashed in front of Zhang Yao's eyes, and white, red, blue, yellow, and black rotated in turn.

After waiting for two or three breaths, the five-color brilliance slowly freezes, revealing the true zodiac signs...