Longevity: Starting from the Qi Tags

Yunxiao City.

Jiang Yuan pulled out his token and received a message from Lu Qingshan, startling him.

Mine dispute?

Should I hide my cultivation level for the time being?

Seeing Jiang Yuan’s reaction, Kou Dong asked with a puzzled expression, “Junior Brother Jiang, what’s happened?”

Jiang Yuan glanced at him, knowing that Kou Dong was trustworthy, as he was entrusted with overseeing the city for the Sect.

So he said, “Sect Leader just contacted me, asking me to return and prepare for a contest over the ownership of a small spiritual stone vein in half a month. The vein is on the boundary line with the Sunset Sect!”

After hearing Jiang Yuan’s words, Kou Dong couldn’t help but laugh, “It seems this contest will be fought by your younger generation over the right of ownership!”

“Who knew that Jiang Yuan has already reached the Spiritual Sea Realm? In half a month, he will certainly give the Sunset Sect a big surprise!”

He clapped his hands and sighed, “Splendid! Splendid!”

“As long as Junior Brother Jiang takes part in it, the outcome is already decided!”

Jiang Yuan didn’t comment, reflecting on the information from Lu Qingshan.

He knew that only cultivators under twenty-five could go to the contest.

Given this, he was confident.

Kou Dong then stood up, “It’s getting late. I won’t disturb you any longer. I’ll take my leave now!”

Jiang Yuan also rose to his feet.

“Let me see you out, Brother Kou!”

After seeing Kou Dong off and closing the entrance to the courtyard, Shu Xiao trailed behind him: “Young Master, are we returning to the sect now?”

“No rush!” Jiang Yuan shook his head, “After all, we still have more than ten days. I auctioned some things at the Treasure Pavilion some time ago. There might have been some leaks in the news!”

“Since Yunxiao city is safe enough, I’ll practice here for a while.”

“After all, whether I’m back at the Supreme Mystery Sect or here, my practice is the same.”

Having said this, Jiang Yuan turned towards the Quiet Room.

The bottle of pills that Kou Dong had just given him was a good thing.

A Lingering Pill worth over ten thousand gold would surely make a significant improvement in his cultivation level.

A moment later.

In the Quiet Room.

Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged with a bottle of pills that Kou Dong had presented him with.

He opened the bottle and poured a pill into his hand, immediately filling the room with a fragrant, herbal aroma.

The scent of the air in the room seemed to improve greatly.

The pill had three golden lines on it, marking it as a third-grade pill.

The next moment, Jiang Yuan placed the pill in his mouth.

As soon as it touched his tongue, his saliva started to flow, slowly dissolving the medicine.

An overwhelming surge of spiritual energy instantly flowed into his body.

Jiang Yuan didn’t dare to be careless. This was his first cultivation at the Spiritual Sea Realm.

As he gradually refined the medicinal power, his Spiritual Sea inside began to stir.

Time gradually passed.

Day-by-day.

Each pill took Jiang Yuan a full day to refine.

And there were five pills in the bottle that Kou Dong had given him.

Five days later.

Jiang Yuan exhaled deeply and slowly opened his eyes.

His inner Spiritual Sea was still thirty-three meters deep, but after several days of refining, the concentration of spiritual energy had increased significantly.

He could feel that his spiritual power had increased by about 30 to 40 percent compared to a few days ago, but he was still a long way from breaking through!

The Lingering Pills had been utterly consumed.

It looks like breaking through after reaching the Spiritual Sea Realm isn’t as simple as I thought.

My situation is unique and my aptitudes exceptional.

Ordinary apprentices would only absorb about forty to fifty percent of the same Lingering Pill, and that would take at least three to five days. They couldn’t possibly be as efficient as I am!

So, it’s no wonder that their breakthroughs come much slower compared to mine.

From these days of practice, Jiang Yuan finally understand it.

At this stage, even though reaching the next realm simply required enough spiritual power, there were also additional requirements.

Unlike meridian breaking which required a strong divine soul.

But it wasn’t that simple, this realm is exactly like what Spiritual Sea implies, to open a real sea of spiritual energy in the body.

Thirty-three meters can’t be considered a sea, even within the body.

To become a true Spiritual Sea, it takes an enormous amount of resources for cultivation!

Especially since his initial Spiritual Sea is naturally several times larger than others, it requires several times more resources.

Therefore, in this realm, even if his absorption efficiency is much higher than others.

The resources he needs won’t be less than others, if not even more.

The Spiritual Sea Realm is a stage of accumulation.

Without an ample supply of resources, one can’t hope to accumulate enough spiritual energy with only the thin aura of the natural world over a lifetime.

From his estimates. To breakthrough to the second realm, he will need at least another bottle of Lingering Pills of the same quality.

This is just the early stage of this realm, the requirements will only increase later!

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan sighed softly in his heart.

No wonder many cultivators at this realm don’t want to stay within their sects to cultivate honestly. If they don’t go to compete for resources.

Relying solely on the support of their sects, those cultivators at the Spiritual Sea Realm would soon drain the resources of their sects entirely.

It also explained why Kou Dong accepted to oversee Yunxiao City.

Overseeing Yunxiao will inevitably come with many responsibilities.

But for the rewards, it is worth it.

If he had stayed within the sect, how would he have accrued such wealth?

And how could he afford to give me a bottle of Lingering Pills for free?

Thus, Jiang Yuan understood, if he wants to accumulate spiritual power quickly in the future and be able to protect himself after the Qinyuan Kingdom is established.

He will also have to go out and compete, vie for abundant resources, only then could he quickly complete the accumulation in the Spiritual Sea Realm.