Lu Yi originally thought it would take several months to break through, but he didn't expect that from the time his Golden Finger awakened until now, it took just half a month to reach the breakthrough.
Among these, the fact that the White Cloud Qi Refining Art had reached LV6, greatly improving his cultivation speed, played a significant role, and the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir also contributed substantially.
Lu Yi calmed himself, concentrated on controlling his spiritual energy, and planned to charge through the bottleneck. According to his previous breakthrough experiences, breaking through bottlenecks was not easy and usually took a considerable amount of time.
However, this time, the spiritual energy in Lu Yi's body surged like a torrent, carrying the roaring spiritual energy emitted by the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir, and smashed heavily against the invisible barrier with an unstoppable force.
BOOM!!
A loud rumbling sound echoed, and the tidal wave of spiritual energy and the barrier within Lu Yi's body were deadlocked.
Moments later, with a crisp crack, the barrier fractured and then shattered. The invisible restraints disappeared, making Lu Yi feel light all over. As he operated the Energy-Introducing Decision, he began to absorb spiritual energy once more.
He had broken through, and the bottleneck didn't hold off Lu Yi for even a minute!
Lu Yi was pleasantly surprised, but not unexpected. After all, his Energy-Introducing Decision had reached LV6 with an extremely solid foundation, plus his body contained the spiritual energy of the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir. With a constant supply of spiritual energy, even if it wasn't him, a normal Qi cultivator would easily break through within a few days.
The breakthrough only made Lu Yi happy for a moment before he quickly calmed down. This was just the beginning. In the future, he could still break through to the Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and even become immortal!
For now, he had to keep cultivating!
The Energy-Introducing Decision continued to operate, and after ten cycles, the cultivation mission for the Energy-Introducing Decision was completed. Lu Yi stopped and, feeling a bit excited, chose to accept the reward.
Immediately, various profound and mysterious pieces of information about the White Cloud Qi Refining Art appeared in Lu Yi's mind, and he could easily absorb this information.
As Lu Yi had guessed, the LV7-level White Cloud Qi Refining Art showed a significant difference from the LV6-level: the trajectory of the White Cloud Qi Refining Art had changed.
Originally, the White Cloud Qi Refining Art involved seventeen acupoints in its operation. After the change, it included six more acupoints.
Lu Yi couldn't wait to try the LV7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art. He immediately set another cultivation task for himself and began operating the White Cloud Qi Refining Art.
Once he started cultivating, Lu Yi noticed the difference. The efficiency of the LV7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art in absorbing spiritual energy was more than twice as high as the LV6 level!
Furthermore, the spiritual energy in Lu Yi's body kept being refined as he practiced. After just one circulation, the spiritual energy in his body became denser.
Lu Yi was overjoyed, realizing that the quantity of spiritual energy remained unchanged after refining, but the quality noticeably improved. After all, under the same quality, would the hardness of a rock and a sponge be the same? Certainly not.
The White Cloud Qi Refining Art could refine his spiritual energy, significantly enhancing Lu Yi's already firm foundation! This would also greatly increase the power of arts powered by his spiritual energy.
Would his spiritual energy quality soon be comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Lu Yi was a bit expectant.
Feeling the benefits brought by the LV7 White Cloud Qi Refining Art, Lu Yi cultivated even more diligently, continuously operating the White Cloud Qi Refining Art to absorb the spiritual energy emitted by the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir.
The Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir contained an enormous amount of spiritual energy. Even after the breakthrough, there was still plenty left. As Lu Yi continued absorbing, he could clearly feel his cultivation base increasing rapidly.
A silent night passed, and as the sky brightened, the morning sun rose, its light bathing the clouds in the White Cloud Mountain Range in golden-red hues.
Lu Yi slowly opened his eyes, a faint white light flickering in them. He exhaled a breath of turbid air and smiled with joy.
After a night's cultivation, he had finally fully digested the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixir, making significant progress in the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.
Lu Yi estimated that with a daily supply of Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs, he might need just a month to break through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
Just one month!
Even a genius wouldn't dare claim they could advance one layer in the Qi Cultivation Realm within a month.
This speed wasn't even the limit. If his White Cloud Qi Refining Art continued to level up, reaching LV8 or LV9, his breakthrough speed would be even faster!
The only problem was, Lu Yi now had only two Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs left.
Lu Yi immediately thought of seeking out Wang Xinqi and other senior brothers. Maybe... find some time to spar with them? Taking on a few tasks wouldn't take long and would allow him to obtain several Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs. Who wouldn't enjoy that?
But with two elixirs left, there's no rush. Better to cultivate other things first. Now that both the White Cloud Sword Technique and the White Cloud Qi Refining Art had reached LV7, only the White Cloud Stance remained at LV6, a bit behind. Better bring it up to speed first.
Thinking this, Lu Yi left his room.
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Over the next two days, Lu Yi continued his steady cultivation. In the morning, he practiced the White Cloud Sword Technique, the afternoon the White Cloud Stance, and in the evening the White Cloud Qi Refining Art, feeling quite fulfilled.
Two days later, Lu Yi ran out of the Perfect-Grade Qi Condensation Elixirs, forcing him to think about getting more.
Although Lu Yi had a bottle of Top-grade Qi Condensation Elixirs gifted by Liu Ningshuang, he was reluctant to use top-grade elixirs after experiencing the Perfect-Grade ones.
After breakfast, Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi went about their tasks, while Lu Yi left his small courtyard. This was his first time out since returning from the teachings.
The White Cloud Sect's outer sect had a designated Martial Arena area where outer sect disciples usually trained. If there were conflicts among the disciples, they could privately resolve them by fighting in the Martial Arena. If the conflicts escalated to life-and-death feuds, they could also have life-or-death battles in the Martial Arena, with a steward acting as a witness.
However, in all his years in the sect, Lu Yi had rarely witnessed life-or-death battles. The atmosphere in the White Cloud Sect was quite harmonious, and most of the disciples were friendly and united.
There were quite a few sparring sessions though. After all, not everyone was like Lu Yi, who could level up his cultivation skills through self-issued tasks. Even genius cultivators needed to understand their shortcomings through combat; cultivation wasn't achieved behind closed doors.
The Martial Arena was located in a basin on the outer periphery of the White Cloud Mountain Range, between White Light Peak and White Dew Peak. It wasn't far from White Spirit Peak. Lu Yi jogged all the way towards the Martial Arena.
Along the way, outer sect disciples smiled and greeted Lu Yi as they saw him.
"Senior Brother Lu Yi!"
"Senior Brother Lu Yi! You've concluded your retreat?"
"I heard Senior Brother Lu Yi's White Cloud Sword Technique has reached the Returning True Realm. Could you give me some pointers, Junior Sister?"
"..."
Lu Yi responded with a smile, feeling his face. He didn't expect that the events at White Sun Peak had spread everywhere. Had he reached the point where he could flaunt his reputation?
Several beautiful and adorable senior sisters even asked for special guidance. If he didn't have urgent matters today, he might have agreed. How annoying!
Lu Yi firmly resolved to stay true to his path and declined these invitations with a bit of reluctance.