The size and layout of the practice room is the same as that of the battle room, except that there is an extra blanket for meditation.
Enduring the heartache, he placed two crystal stones the size of fists on the base and felt the spirit gathering array open.
"Fifty copper coins are exchanged for one spiritual stone. I think there is no shortage of spiritual stones in this world. After practicing, go to the market to have a look. To greatly increase the speed of cultivation, you must obtain a large number of spiritual stones to increase your strength."
When the spirit gathering array is opened, the spiritual energy around the body becomes extremely abundant, but no matter how abundant it is, it is not as pure as absorbing the spiritual energy directly from the spiritual stone.
The spiritual energy in the practice room gradually condensed into a mist. Yiran immediately sat down cross-legged and urged the nameless mental method to absorb the spiritual energy around him crazily. The Tianxin Xuanti magic formula was also running at the same time.
Perception enters the Dantian. At this moment, the Dantian is like farmland that has been cracked by drought for a long time, absorbing the rain to its heart's content. The true energy is constantly gathering and then flowing into the meridians. In a few breaths, the true energy increased three times?
"It seems like a breakthrough?"
Yiran had already reached the peak of the early stage of Qi refining, and after another month of hard training, he relied on this almost substantial spiritual energy to achieve a breakthrough. And the breakthrough came naturally without any ripples.
In the final analysis, the Qi refining period is about accumulating true Qi, as long as the physical body is strong enough and the meridians are tough enough. So at this stage of the Qi refining period, as long as there is a sufficient supply of spiritual stones, it is not a dream to break through to the completion of the Qi refining period in one fell swoop.
You must know that in the past world, because of the spiritual stone on Daozang, he could inexplicably directly build the foundation, but the consequences were too tragic.
After coming to this world, the abundant spiritual energy made the body stronger. He also practiced the body-building method. Today, he also has a breakthrough in the control of his mental power to perceive martial arts. It can be said that Yiran has become stronger in all aspects now.
After the breakthrough, Yiran could clearly feel that he had become different. Perception becomes stronger and observation becomes more subtle, and the previously invisible meridians in the body become microscopically visible. The tempering of the Tianxin Mysterious Body also directly bypasses these meridians. I once clearly felt a breakthrough in my physical body, but I still felt that something was missing, perhaps it was these meridians that were missing. Yi Ran also realized that these meridians are capillaries, which are the thinnest and most fragile blood vessels in the body, but there are countless blood vessels.
Yiran was ready to control the true energy to temper these meridians, but neither the magic formula of Tianxin Mysterious Body nor the true energy worked at this moment. He just swept past these meridians, as if they were just flesh and blood and not meridians. .
After many unsuccessful attempts, Yiran gave up and worked hard to improve his cultivation.
When Yiran ended his practice, it was already two hours later. The spiritual energy around him had almost dried up, and he was no longer different from the outside world. The spiritual energy in the spiritual stones on the base has also been exhausted, just like the elemental stones originally used for talent testing.
Yiran had already realized that the function of the spirit stone was to stimulate the formation to emit spiritual energy, and at the same time gather the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Although it was not as pure as before, it was much better. Moreover, the internal energy is not as pure as the true energy. For martial arts cultivators, the best choice is to convert the spirit stones into the spirit gathering array.
If Yiran does not have enough spirit stones, then converting the spirit stones through the spirit gathering array can absorb more spiritual energy.
In the final analysis, spiritual practice still has to focus on money.
When we walked out of the practice room, the sun was setting in the west. The bloody setting sun reflected in the sky, and several birds and beasts flew across the sky.
Birds and beasts are all returning to their nests, but I am no longer homeless. Only practice is my future sustenance.
The old man was sitting on a recliner at the moment, with his eyes slightly closed and his breathing slow, and he was already asleep. He left without disturbing the old man.
But after Yiran walked out of the door, the old man opened his eyes and looked in the direction Yiran left.
"Being able to fight an early-stage first-level monster for half an hour as a new student, and practicing in the training room for more than two hours, another monster will appear in our No. 1 Martial Arts Academy."
Just after Yiran left, a little girl jumped out of the practice room and heard her voice before she was seen.
"Grandpa Li Qi, I have been practicing at the fifth level for an hour today. The three-star warrior is just around the corner!"
The girl in red with twin ponytails is quirky and lively. Who else could she be if she wasn't Li Yiyi?
And Li Yiyi's second grandfather is naturally also a strong man in the first family. He is also the younger brother of Li Ji, one of the six great magisters and now the dean of the First Academy of Magic.
"Little Yiyi, I just had a kid here for the first time. He stayed in the phantom formation of the first-level monster for half an hour, and practiced in the fifth-level practice room for more than two hours."
After listening to the old man's words, Li Yiyi's eyes widened in disbelief. As long as there is enough money, no monk can resist the temptation to practice for an hour every day in the practice room. Therefore, as long as they are not new students, the old people will basically look familiar to them even if they do not know their names. The only ones I haven't seen are the freshmen, and they are civilians.
Li Yiyi instantly thought of Yi Ran, who was in the same school. He was the only commoner, and his easy defeat of Cheng Dong also showed his strength.
However, it was okay to hold on for half an hour in front of the first-level magic beast, the Green-Eyed Poisonous Python. Practicing for two hours in the fifth-level spirit gathering formation was something that even I couldn't do, and it was twice as long as myself.
What does this mean? It means that his inner energy is twice as powerful as his own. How is this possible? As the strongest person among his peers in the Li family, he has received countless resources from his family, and he has been coming to the practice room to practice every day since the first day of school.
But it was the first time for that person to come, which really made Li Yiyi confused.
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After Yiran left the training room, he went to the college's exchange to inquire about it. Because Yiran suddenly remembered that instructor Huang Zhan said that the price of materials in the college was much cheaper than in the market outside. It's just that the elemental stones are useless for martial arts. I don't know if the First Martial Arts Academy has them for sale.
When I found the exchange, I realized it was right behind the dormitory. The two-story attic looked unremarkable from the outside. Once inside, I saw rows of shelves filled with various items. Each item was locked in a transparent box, with the price clearly marked on the box.
Looking at the items one by one, there are heavy armors and light software. As for weapons, there are even more weapons, including swords, guns, swords, halberds, whips, bows and crossbows. All prices are clearly marked, and if you look at it, none of them are lower than one silver coin. It's just that I'm not interested in these things. Sooner or later, I will have to use magic weapons, and these mortal weapons may not be as powerful as my own body, and the damage to magical beasts is extremely limited.
And those armor weapons mixed with high-grade materials are also called spiritual weapons, but the price is a bit scary.
After looking at these weapons and armors, he walked towards the shelves of natural materials and treasures. There are a dazzling array of items on the shelves, and all kinds of rare treasures make people jealous. From small mountain ginseng to hundreds of years old mountain ginseng, Qinglingcao, white beard root, xuanteng, evergreen leaves and nine-flowered fruit, there are all kinds of spiritual materials. Basic medicinal materials can be purchased for a few copper coins, while spiritual materials that are over a century old require several silver coins or even more.
Although Yiran was jealous when he saw these medicinal materials, his desire to possess them was not strong. The purpose of this trip was the spiritual stones!
Walk up to the counter and ask the girl waiting.
"Hello sir, how can I help you?"
Most of the clerks in the exchange are ordinary children in the first or second grade of school. Yiran even saw a child who often followed Ma Mingyao. They are all equivalent to work-study students, finding a job in the college to earn money. Although it is not high, it is better than stability.
"Hello sister, I want to buy some elemental stones. I don't know if they are sold here."
"We don't have much reserves of elemental stones here. They are mainly for use in the practice room. If you don't need a lot, we can provide them here. If you need a lot, we recommend that you go to the First Magic The College’s Exchange.”
"What about the price? I want to buy all the existing elemental stones. Can I get a slight discount?"
"After the elemental stone is dug out, it will be divided into ten levels according to the concentration of energy, just like other medicinal materials. However, in order to cooperate with the use of the practice room, the elemental stone will be divided into nine levels according to the size of the cutting, and each piece can be divided into the corresponding It can be used in the practice room for one hour. I don’t know how many levels and grades of elemental stones your distinguished guest needs.”
After listening to the girl's introduction, Yiran also understood the level of spirit stones, but this introduction made Yiran not know how to speak.
For martial arts cultivators, the most important use of elemental stones is the spirit gathering array. But the practice room provides elemental stones directly, so there are very few people who need elemental stones.
"If you buy in large quantities, you will definitely attract attention. What should I do?" Yiran suddenly hesitated in his heart. Although it is cheap for the college to purchase supplies, buying large quantities of things that are not in great demand will attract others' attention. After hesitating for a long time, Yiran said.
"How many first-order and fifth-grade elemental stones are there? If they are cheaper than the training room, I will take them all. This way I can save some money."
"There are currently thirty pieces of first-order and fifth-grade elemental stones in stock, and the lowest price is forty copper coins per piece. If you want them all, it will cost you twelve silver coins in total."
He took out twelve silver coins in his pocket and handed them to the girl. After a while, thirty spiritual stones were delivered to Yiran's hands. They were about the same size as the fist-sized ones he got in the training room and were full of spiritual energy!
Put the spar into the bookcase you carry with you and immediately turn around and leave.
Usually the people who appear in the exchange are civilian children. Although there are many things here, they are not difficult for high-level people to obtain. Therefore, being able to take out twelve silver coins without blinking is definitely very eye-catching.
Many children who paid attention to this area looked envious and watched Yiran leave.
The moment he returned to the dormitory, Yiran immediately took out a crystal and continued to absorb the technique. I practiced and absorbed spiritual energy in the spirit gathering array, and there was no tingling sensation in my meridians, which meant that I could still condense more true energy.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he took out two spiritual stones and observed them carefully. Observed with the naked eye, the spirit stone is a dark green transparent crystal with black impurities wrapped on the surface. The transparency of the stone is not high, and the color is not very attractive. In the past world, I am afraid that if I put this in front of me, I would not be able to tell that he is a spiritual stone!
Only in perception, the spiritual energy emitted by the spiritual stone is colorful and dazzling. This is the purest energy of heaven and earth. This breath emanates from the inside of the spirit stone and gathers on the surface of the spirit stone without dissipating. The impurities visible to the naked eye on the surface extend all the way to the inside of the spirit stone, and countless black particles cause the inside of the spirit stone to be impure.
It is recorded in the Taoist canon that spiritual stones are only divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower, plus extremely rare top-grade spiritual stones. This world is divided into ten more detailed levels. Even these lowest-level spiritual stones are enough to improve one's cultivation level.
Continuously absorbing spiritual energy, when all the spiritual energy of the tenth spiritual stone was absorbed, a feeling of saturation finally came through the meridians. Yiran felt a slight warmth all over his body, like the sunshine in early spring, and as if he was a little full after a hearty meal.
Feeling the cultivation level, the true energy is 30% stronger than before, and he has come a long way in the middle stage of Qi refining.
The days that followed were monotonous and repetitive, but filled with the joy of improving strength. Every day, theoretical lessons and training classes begin at Tatsuki, and practical classes begin at Sisi. The practical classes at this time include not only physical training, but also various martial arts and combat. After noon, I go to the training room to practice for two hours, and then return to the dormitory to use spiritual stones. Tempering the Tianxin Mysterious Body took several months in the blink of an eye.
Although he has made great progress in his physical cultivation, he has not yet made another breakthrough.
On this day, Yiran was still meditating, but there was a palpitation in his heart, but at Yinshi, a bloody sunrise appeared in the sky.
A wisp of smoke rose from outside the city, and the bright red like blood could be seen throughout the city against the backdrop of the bloody morning sun.
But few people are awake at this hour, and if you look closely, the smoke is not red but yellow.
To the northeast, yellow smoke!
Yiran instantly realized that this was a wave of monsters appearing on the northeastern border! The theory class said that yellow smoke represents the emergence of fifth-level monsters and the arrival of natural disasters!
The presence of smoke in the capital means that this beast wave is very large and requires the support of the entire principality.
The border cities and principalities will send great magicians and great martial artists to guard them, plus local family forces. When encountering a wave of monsters that are only level 4, the strongest monsters, they will not light up the smoke at all. After the smoke is lit, nearby cities will immediately provide reinforcements. If the two cities are still unable to resist, they will continue to ignite the smoke. Therefore, the smoke in Fenghuo City must be a natural disaster.
Even if it is just yellow smoke, it will still cause the destruction of life, because the area of this wave of monsters is so large that the power of more than a dozen cities cannot resist it.
Sure enough, as soon as Chen Shi arrived at the First Martial Arts Academy, the alarm sounded loudly and resounded throughout the entire academy.
The siren means that a disaster is coming and all teachers and students in the college need to assemble.
Instructors Zhao Tianming and Huang Zhan were already waiting in School No. 8. Yiran also walked out of the dormitory early because he saw the smoke. As soon as the hour passed, Yi Ran walked into School No. 8.
Zhao Tianming and Huang Zhan both looked sad and listless, and countless comrades would surely die on the battlefield. Thinking about his former comrades being torn to pieces and eaten by the monsters, thinking about them still attacking the monsters even though they shed their last drop of blood, I felt ashamed and uneasy in my heart.
Zhao Tianming was even more sad than Huang Zhan. He gritted his teeth and looked ferocious at this moment. His eyes were blood red and he was breathing heavily. He had stayed at the border for five years without any incident. He had only been away for half a year when the smoke of war reached the capital.
Zhao Tianming's eyes were full of desolation and tragedy. He wished he could fight with his brothers, and even more, he wished he could die with his brothers.
"Stick, Lao Ma, Xiao Bai, you must wait for me. Even if you die, you must wait until I come to collect your bodies."
Huang Zhan could also tell that something was wrong with Zhao Tianming's condition, and he also knew that Zhao Tianming had been guarding the border in the northeast.
He patted Zhao Tianming on the shoulder and whispered.
"Don't worry. The powerful men from the principality and the ten major families have already set off in Yinshi. They should be able to arrive at the border within five days. Our follow-up support will also follow up and they can arrive within ten days."
"Remember that you are now the instructor of the First Martial Arts Academy, and you have your own responsibilities."
