Elementary Spirit Gathering Array

Now, only by studying his cultivation method and improving his comprehension could he accelerate his cultivation progress.

At first, Lin Xiao was completely preoccupied with the thought of advancing as quickly as possible, unable to calm down at all.

Sun Yigao, who read books all year round, took one look at his restless state and knew he couldn't quiet his mind to read right now.

So, Sun Yigao simply lifted the hem of his robe, sat on the ground to the side, and began to softly recite The Analects from memory.

Seeing this, Jiang Youfu figured he had nothing else to do anyway, so he sat down next to Lin Xiao and continued practicing drawing Qi into his body.

Just like that, accompanied by the sound of Sun Yigao's recitation and Jiang Youfu's rhythmic breathing, Lin Xiao's heart gradually began to calm down.

The system silently turned off all the [Comprehension +1] notifications.

Over two hours later.

Lin Xiao felt the energy within his body surge and grow like a gushing spring.

In his mind, he received a system notification: [Ding—Congratulations to the host for advancing to the third level of Qi Refining.]

Success!

Lin Xiao snapped his eyes open and stood up abruptly.

The sudden movement startled the two people beside him.

Seeing Lin Xiao's expression, Sun Yigao asked in pleasant surprise:

"Did you succeed?"

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded.

Jiang Youfu was dumbfounded.

Good heavens, he hadn't even managed to draw Qi into his body yet, and Brother Xiao was already at the third level of Qi Refining!

As expected of his Brother Xiao.

Wasting no more time, Lin Xiao immediately began to cast the Qi Purification Spell on Aunt Sun, who was lying on the bed.

Because Lin Xiao's cultivation base was still very low, the Qi Purification Spell didn't completely cleanse all the demonic aura at once; rather, it purified it bit by bit.

Since it was his first time using the Qi Purification Spell, Lin Xiao kept a spirit stone in his hand just to be safe.

However, perhaps because the demon who inflicted the demonic aura on Aunt Sun didn't possess strong demonic power itself, Lin Xiao's purification process went incredibly smoothly.

All the demonic aura was completely cleared away before his internal spiritual energy was exhausted and he needed to use the spirit stone.

Sun Yigao and Jiang Youfu watched as the ashen complexion of Aunt Sun lying on the bed visibly regained some color, and her lips gradually changed from dark purple to pale.

Seeing Lin Xiao withdraw his hands, Sun Yigao hurriedly stepped forward and asked:

"How is my mother's condition?"

Lin Xiao took a moment to adjust to the sensation of his spiritual energy being almost depleted. It wasn't too bad; it just felt a bit like being hungry.

He then smiled at him and said:

"The demonic aura has been completely cleared. Aunt Sun is fine now. However, her mortal vitality has been severely depleted, so she will be quite weak recently. You need to give her nourishing food and let her bask in the sun more."

Sun Yigao nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Jiang Youfu silently made up his mind that he needed to work even harder on his cultivation from now on!

That way, if he ever encountered someone whose life needed saving, he would be able to help them too!

"Water... water..."

Aunt Sun suddenly spoke from the bed, her eyes tightly shut as if she were having a nightmare.

Sun Yigao hastily turned around, grabbed the kettle from the outer room, and poured a cup of water to bring inside.

At that moment, Aunt Sun also opened her eyes.

Sun Yigao sat at the head of the bed, helped his mother sit up to lean against him, and brought the cup to her lips:

"Here, Mother, drink some water."

Seeing this, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu quietly slipped out of the room, leaving the space to the mother and son.

Jiang Youfu asked Lin Xiao with a hoarse voice:

"Brother Xiao, are we leaving?"

Looking refreshed and invigorated after doing a good deed, Lin Xiao said softly:

"Of course we're leaving. Do you really expect us to stay here and wait for Sun Yigao to shower us with gratitude? How about it, have you realized the benefits of cultivation now?"

Jiang Youfu scratched his head and chuckled foolishly:

"Cultivating to become an immortal is truly wonderful! Are we heading back to the sect? I want to keep cultivating! I feel like I might succeed in drawing Qi into my body soon~"

Hearing this, Lin Xiao was very pleased:

"Oh? Is that so? Then let's go, back to the sect!"

Jiang Youfu asked:

"Aren't we going to find Tietou and the others to show off?"

Looking at the Sect Prestige +2 in the system, a system notification chimed in his mind:

[Ding—Congratulations to the host for successfully raising the Sect Prestige to 5. The task reward has been issued. Please check it, host.]

This must have been added by Sun Yigao and Sun Changfu.

Lin Xiao waved his hand grandly:

"We won't go for now. Showing off is nowhere near as important as cultivation."

As they spoke, the two walked out of the Sun family's home.

By the time Sun Yigao finished tending to his mother and came out of the room to look for them, the two were already long gone from the house.

Inside the thatched shed of the Lingxian Sect halfway up the mountain, Jiang Youfu was meditating peacefully.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiao was admiring the sect's statistics and checking the reward for the prestige task.

[Task Reward for Increasing Sect Prestige: Basic Spirit Gathering Array x1, Spirit Stone x10]

Seeing this reward, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

A Spirit Gathering Array!

Wasn't this an incredible tool for cultivation!

Moreover, the number of spirit stones given this time had actually doubled!

Looking at Fuzi, who was still struggling to draw Qi into his body beside him, Lin Xiao decisively pulled out the Spirit Gathering Array.

It was an intangible array disk emitting a faint white light.

Lin Xiao placed it right in the center of the thatched shed.

As soon as the intangible Spirit Gathering Array touched the ground, it vanished into the earth.

However, as long as Lin Xiao thought about putting it away, it would immediately return to his hand.

Lin Xiao promptly set up the array disk in the center of the thatched shed.

Jiang Youfu, who was still cultivating arduously, suddenly felt that the spiritual energy in his surroundings had become much more abundant.

His perception of spiritual energy was suddenly no longer as difficult as before.

Thus, he became even more engrossed in his practice.

The effect of this Basic Spirit Gathering Array was indeed very obvious.

In just two hours, Jiang Youfu finally succeeded in drawing Qi into his body, successfully stepping into the first level of Qi Refining!

[Ding—Congratulations to the sect elder Jiang Youfu for successfully advancing to the first level of Qi Refining.]

Lin Xiao was very gratified.

He silently took out three spirit stones from his private treasury to renew the fee for the idle cultivation function.

Looking at the remaining ten spirit stones in his private treasury, Lin Xiao opened the shop with a sense of immense satisfaction.

He decisively spent three spirit stones to buy the two synthesizers and the planting manual from the shop's recommendation column.

With the items in hand, Lin Xiao didn't disturb Jiang Youfu's cultivation and stepped out of the thatched shed.

He took a straw mat, placed it under the Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Tree, sat down, and began to study them.

First was the Spirit Herb Soil Synthesis.

Lin Xiao opened the [Spirit Herb Soil Synthesizer], and in front of him were three familiar slots.

[Dirt] + [Water] + [Spirit Fertilizer / Spirit Stone]

The first two slots were easy to handle, but the third slot required either spirit fertilizer or a spirit stone.

He currently had seven spirit stones left. Based on the spirit stone requirements of the various synthesizers he used before, Lin Xiao estimated that he would probably only need about one this time.

However, he didn't have many spirit stones right now, and just the idle cultivation alone cost one stone a day.

Therefore, for things like spirit stones, it was best to save them whenever possible for now.

He might as well try to figure out a solution for this spirit fertilizer first...

Ordinary farm manure consisted of excrement, but Lin Xiao knew that plants could also be composted into fertilizer.

But this fertilizer had the word 'spirit' in front of it...

A gentle breeze blew past, and a few petals fell softly onto Lin Xiao.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the peach blossom petals resting on him.

He wondered if the petals of this Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Tree counted as spiritual plants. If he used the peach blossom petals, they could be composted into fertilizer too, right?