I have a cultivation simulator

Chapter 21 Black Wind Eagle

"Late stage of Qi Refining..."

Zhou Qing felt happy.

The moment he stepped into the seventh level of Qi Refining, he broke a certain rule for cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots.

Unable to progress to the later stages.

Cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots often have slow cultivation speeds due to their poor spiritual root talent, and they often stop at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining before the age of seventy.

This is assuming everything goes smoothly.

Of course, so-called laws only apply to most cases.

What if this low-grade spiritual root cultivator has a powerful background, such as an elder who is a Foundation Establishment cultivator? And what if this elder is willing to provide him with a large amount of resources...?

There is also hope of advancing to the late stage of Qi Refining, or even the Foundation Establishment stage.

Foundation Establishment cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots are few, but not nonexistent.

Of course, this situation is extremely rare. Foundation Establishment cultivators have many offspring, and even if they need to train successors, they will "select the best to train".

The cost of nurturing a junior with a low-grade spiritual root to the Foundation Establishment stage is estimated to be enough to nurture three to five Foundation Establishment stage cultivators with mid-grade spiritual roots.

"Forty-six years old, Qi Refining Level 7... If he hadn't switched to cultivating the 'Mountain and Sea Manual' in the middle, he probably could have reached that level two or three years earlier..."

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

The main reason is that by selling a large number of healing and life-saving pills, they earned a lot of spirit stones, which allowed them to purchase more cultivation resources for their own cultivation.

Ordinary cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots don't receive the same treatment as him.

Zhou Qing has no regrets about switching to studying the "Shan Hai Jue".

Although it was a waste of time, it increased my chances of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Without the "Shan Hai Jue" (a martial arts manual), if I foolishly tried to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I would probably have collapsed under the barrier of magical power, which would have been pointless.

As for the body-refining technique he cultivated in the simulation, it was called the "Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique".

Both the "Mountain and Sea Manual" and the "Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique" should be the legacy of the former Mountain and Sea Sect.

After reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining, the first challenge you will face is cultivating elixirs.

A cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining needs to consume high-grade pills to continue their progress.

[You are currently only a mid-grade alchemist and are unable to refine high-grade pills.]

You already have a solution to this problem.

[Naturally, it was purchased from Master Yun Dan.]

[Master Yun was a top-grade alchemist many years ago, and you had an excellent relationship with him.]

You found Master Yun and shared your thoughts.

"You've reached the late stage of Qi Refining?" Master Yun asked with satisfaction, clearly happy for you.

For cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, the later stages are a hurdle.

Once you step into that world, your status and position will be different.

Even if one cannot break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, it is still considered a major overhaul.

"Which high-grade pill do you want?" Master Yun asked.

"Let's try the Qi-Nourishing Pill."

You replied, "Fifty."

"So many?"

Master Yun was slightly surprised and reminded her, "All medicines have some degree of toxicity. If you have any intention of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, it's best to take fewer pills."

【"clear."】

You nod.

You possess a natural talent for eliminating erysipelas, preventing most erysipelas from accumulating in your body. The impact of erysipelas on you is negligible.

However, this matter cannot be discussed openly.

You have successfully purchased fifty Qi-Nourishing Pills from Master Yun.

[Actually, you have a vague feeling that you are very close to becoming a top-grade alchemist.]

These fifty pills are enough for an ordinary Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator to consume for several years, but for you, they will only last for a few months.

[This is for your temporary use.]

Two weeks later, the biennial auction at Wushanfang Market was successfully held.

Whether it's Wushan Market, Tingyu Market, or other market clusters, they all hold an auction every so often to attract customers and enhance their market's standing in the surrounding area.

Over the past decade or so, you have concealed your identity and participated in several auctions.

[However, you don't intend to conceal your identity when participating in this auction at Wushan Market.]

As a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, a mid-grade alchemist, and holding an auction on Wushan's own territory, do you feel there's no need to hide anything?

Furthermore, the resources you purchased at this auction were merely essential ingredients for alchemy, and were not particularly valuable.

The auction will be held in a hall-like venue in the center of the market area.

After verifying your identity, you have successfully entered the venue.

"Master Wang, you also have time to participate in this auction?"

A voice rang out; it was You Rou, the vice leader of the Pill Alliance.

"Alliance Leader You." You greeted him as well.

[You and Vice Alliance Leader You Rou are quite familiar with each other; you cooperated during the years when the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm was created.]

[Yourou invites you to the private room]

As a powerful force in Wushan Market, the Danmeng naturally had its own private room at the auction.

[Safe and private in the private room]

You readily agree.

[The private room was several dozen square meters in size. You and Vice Alliance Leader You Rou sat down in turn.]

Vice President You Rou possesses a dignified demeanor and elegant temperament.

[You know some information about Vice Alliance Leader You Rou; she is also at the late Qi Refining stage and a high-grade alchemist.]

"Master Wang, I heard from Master Yun that you've already reached the seventh level of Qi Refining?" Vice Alliance Leader You Rou smiled gently, her voice melodious and warm.

"I was lucky," you replied.

"With your alchemy skills, Master Wang, once you reach the late stage of Qi Refining, you won't be far from becoming a high-grade alchemist, will you?" You Rou looked at you with clear, gentle eyes.

Although cultivation level and alchemy skills are not directly proportional, the greater one's strength, the more refined one's magical power, and the higher one's control over one's spiritual sense, the greater the boost to one's alchemy skills will be.

[You Rou has seen the pills you refined before and knows that your pill-refining skills have reached the peak of the middle grade. It's only a matter of time before you successfully break through to the late stage of Qi Refining and become a high-grade pill master.]

"In the art of alchemy, who can guarantee they'll make progress?" you casually replied.

【"Too."】

[You Rou did not press further, leaning back in her seat, her tall and voluptuous figure tilted to the side, revealing a hint of languor.]

The auction began soon.

"Welcome, fellow Daoists, to this auction. I am Ouyang De, and I will be hosting this auction."

A plump old man stepped forward, stood on the central platform, and bowed slightly to the assembled cultivators.

"Without further ado, here are the rules for this auction: public threats and under-the-table bidding are prohibited... Any behavior that disrupts the order of this auction will be subject to expulsion by Wushan Market..."

"The auction is now officially open."

After the plump old man Ouyang De finished speaking, a graceful maidservant came forward carrying a tray.

On the tray, there is a black egg.

["This egg is from a Black Wind Eagle. The Black Wind Eagles bred in my Wushan Market are much stronger than normal Black Wind Eagles..."]

At this point, a smile appeared on Ouyang De's face, "Not to mention, that Foundation Establishment stage expert on Beast Taming Mountain purchased a Black Wind Eagle Egg containing the bloodline of the Dark Demon Eagle at an auction in my Wushan Market decades ago..."

"Dark Eagle?"

You were startled. This was a spirit beast with earth-grade bloodline, comparable to an earth-spiritual root talent. Reaching the Foundation Establishment level would be as easy as eating and drinking for it.

A normal Black Wind Eagle only possesses a mid-grade bloodline.

"Heh, Ouyang De always brings up this phrase every time he auctions off a Black Wind Carved Egg..."

[You Rou, sitting next to her, chuckled softly.]

"May I ask, Alliance Leader You, at which auction did that egg containing the bloodline of the Dark Demon Eagle appear?"

After thinking for a moment, you asked.

"It must have been that auction twenty-eight years ago."

Yu Rou, unsuspecting, replied with a smile.