Chapter Eighty-six: Cultivating Qi Twelve Layers

  Outside the hollow tree, in front of a giant tree, a group of monks are searching for something.

  "What the hell, spiritual energy is rapidly draining away, how can't I find the source?"

  "It might have been obscured by the formation," a pink-robed female cultivator guessed.

  "Ah, it's highly likely that if there is a formation method, the one causing the spiritual energy fluctuation might be a cultivator, rather than a heavenly material or earthly treasure." A white-robed cultivator speculated.

  A doll-faced man beside him shook his head and refuted, "White brother, it's not necessarily a cultivator, maybe there is a natural shielding array in the secret realm. Moreover, the spiritual power fluctuation is so great, it's like the fluctuation caused by breaking through the foundation. But breaking through the foundation takes at least half a month, you say which cultivator would build their foundation in an unobstructed forest, that's too reckless! So, I still think it should be a heavenly material and earthly treasure."

  "Since no one can convince anyone, let's dig three feet deep and slowly divide everyone into 4 groups, each group in a different direction. If there is any discovery, immediately notify others with a transmission symbol. If there is no discovery for a whole day and night, everyone will gather in front of this giant tree."

  "White Shixiong" patted the giant tree behind him, leaving a mark. This giant tree was only 10 meters away from the one where Luoyu was located, and at this moment, it was exactly when Luoyu felt her heart skip a beat.

  Although Luo Yu naturally discovered the commotion of this group of cultivators, they were much less dangerous compared to the red rice that was right before her eyes.

  After entering the tree hole, she activated the Hidden Array and Protective Array. The Hidden Array concealed the spiritual power fluctuations, although the spiritual power was constantly pouring into this giant tree, but to outsiders, the spiritual power fluctuations on the tree were no different from the surrounding area, making it impossible for people to detect; The Protective Array, although only second-rate, could also block them for a moment, and besides, they might not attack themselves, so Luo Yu decided to ignore the commotion outside, at this moment, the most important thing was to quickly advance, as long as she succeeded in advancing, all these difficulties would be easily solved.

  Of course, if she is found by this group of people before advancing successfully, then she will be dead. Because of interrupting her advancement. She will be counterattacked by the spiritual energy, and the more spiritual energy she absorbs, the greater the counterattack will be. If such a large amount of spiritual energy loses its restraint, it will inevitably cause meridian rupture and damage to the dantian. Facing the tiger-like gaze of Hong Mi and the unknown depth of the outside cultivators, she has no chance of winning.

  With no room for retreat, Luo Yu decided to go all-in. She closed off all her senses and sank her mind into the sea of consciousness, silently operating the primordial decision, drawing in a large amount of spiritual energy into her body, guiding the spiritual energy to repeatedly collide with the barrier.

  The sun sets and rises again. The morning mist disperses, a wisp of morning light shines on the giant tree, Luo Yu hears a soft hum in her body, the wall is broken through, the meridians and dantian expand by one-third, the turbulent spiritual energy tide inside finally finds its place. Gradually calming down, Luo Yu's eyes are tightly closed, repeatedly operating the Hunyuan Decision, slowly solidifying her cultivation.

  A day and a night had passed, the appointed time had arrived, and the searching monk returned once again before the giant tree.

  The woman in pink clothes paced back and forth: "We've searched both above and below ground. There's no sign of any heavenly treasures or earthly gems, but the spiritual energy did indeed disappear around here. So it's possible that the thing isn't underground, nor is it on the surface, but rather in a tree... or inside one. However, the fluctuations in spiritual power are getting smaller and smaller, we must hurry up, otherwise there will be no trace to follow!"

  The woman in pink wouldn't have thought that her conjecture was actually true, and she had no idea that what they were looking for was right inside the giant tree in front of her.

  Luoyu opened her eyes, feeling refreshed and invigorated. This was the tenth day of her closed-door meditation, and she had also been practicing the Twelve Layers of Qi Impact for two days.

  By the time they reach the later stages of Qi Cultivation, even disciples with exceptional talent typically require 1-2 years to advance one level, and advancing from the 11th layer to the 12th layer takes 3-4 years. Of course, if one consumes Foundation Establishment Pills but fails in their foundation establishment, it's possible they'll directly ascend to the 12th layer of Qi Cultivation.

  Luoyu only spent half a year to advance to the 12th layer of Qi cultivation. Firstly, she hadn't dispersed her spiritual energy into her body for physical training recently; secondly, it was because of the Blue Seal Flower Tea that Huang Luoyi 'sent' her; thirdly, it was because she had a good fight earlier, which made her feel refreshed and relieved, dispersing all the stagnant energy in her body, and her good mood triggered a large amount of spiritual energy to help her advance; fourthly, it was also because the spiritual energy here was dense, otherwise, she would have needed more time to break through the barrier.

  "You can stop searching now, I'm the treasure you've all been looking for."

  Luoyu only listened for a while, and didn't bother to change her appearance (her spiritual power surged greatly when she advanced, so she took off her mask in advance), drilling out of the tree hole. She simply couldn't stay hidden anymore, because they had already searched their way to the giant tree where she was hiding.

  Looking at the female cultivator standing on the tree branch, the doll-faced male cultivator was stunned: "I heard that the heavenly material and earthly treasure transformed into a fairy, the male is handsome and unparalleled, the female is beautiful and charming, this is still my first time seeing such a fat fairy."

  Luoyu jumped down from the giant tree, just about to pay his respects, but upon hearing these words, he couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. How could there be such a foolish person in this world, and yet still a cultivator? It seems that this bear child was raised under the care of his sect, otherwise how could he have grown up to be so stupid and reckless with his words.

  "What nonsense are you talking about?" A nearby woman in a pink dress slapped the person's head, which resembled a doll's face, causing them to cry out loudly.

  "Don't be offended!" The white-robed Taoist smiled and bowed: "My junior brother has always been slow-witted, he didn't intentionally offend you, please forgive him!"

  "It's nothing, it's nothing!" Luo Yu waved her hand with a smile at the corner of her lips, looking very approachable. "I was just meditating in the tree hole to rest for a bit, I didn't want to advance directly and cause a change in spiritual power, no wonder it would be misunderstood by your esteemed junior brother."

  At this time, the six cultivators in front of the giant tree had already discovered that the cultivation of the woman in front of them was at the 12th level of Qi Refining, and it was clear that she had just advanced. Thinking back to the huge spiritual energy fluctuations over the past two days, they couldn't help but secretly admire her, this woman must not be an unknown person.

  The man in white robes made a gesture of greeting, and said with a bow: "I feel an instant connection to fellow practitioners, may I ask if you are the junior sister of the Tianxuan Sect? Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, sorry!" His handsome face flushed slightly. "I am Bai Chen Shu, a disciple of Fenglan Valley, and the leader of our sect's Qi Refining stage. The girl in pink is my fellow disciple and junior sister, Yun Xi; the one who offended you is Le Ying, she's the youngest among us, only 20 years old; and this person on the left is..."

  Bai Chen Shu introduced his fellow disciples one by one, but Luo Yu was distracted because she had the time bomb of Hong Mi on her body. At this moment, she didn't have the mind to socialize with her peers, but necessary pleasantries couldn't be omitted.

  "I am Huang Luoyu, an outer disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. Greetings to all senior brothers and sisters!"

  The monks in Maple Valley are all practicing the 12th layer of Qi, so they are collectively referred to as Shifu and Shixiong. Of course, among the monks who came to the secret realm from Tianxuan Sect, Luoyu is the lowest, but there are scattered monks who have practiced the 10th and 11th layers of Qi.

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