Longevity starts with learning

Chapter 534 The cruel reality

One year, two years, three years...

Ten years, twenty years, thirty years...

Following the [-]-year retreat when he broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Elixir, this retreat was so long that it once again set a new record for Chu Mu's retreat time.

The door of the retreat room has also been closed for more than thirty years, and no movement has been seen.

In the cabin of the spaceship, Wangcai was lying in front of the door, playing with the storage bag out of boredom. The palm-sized bag was tossed back and forth between its paws, having a great time.

At this time, as if he suddenly noticed something, Wangcai stood up and looked at the door that had been closed for decades.

At this moment, the faint fluorescent light flashing on the door also dimmed, and at the same time, the door slowly opened.

"Ow!"

Wangcai roared, wagging his tail and rushed over, scurrying around Chu Mu who had just appeared behind the door like he was having fun.

Chu Mu had a smile on his face. The loneliness he had spent in seclusion for decades seemed to have dissipated a lot at this moment.

He rubbed Wangcai's head and glanced back at the room, which was just like the mess after every retreat.

This time, of course, is no exception.

After being in seclusion for decades, not to mention anything else, the consumption of elixirs alone is a terrifying astronomical figure.

If he hadn't been promoted to the Golden Elixir, used both elixirs and weapons to amass a lot of money, and accumulated a large amount of spiritual materials and spiritual objects, he would never have been able to support this continuous retreat for nearly a month.

Even so, the elixirs accumulated over the years and most of the elixir-making spiritual materials and objects were basically consumed a few years ago.

And under this massive accumulation of resources, decades of time have passed, and in exchange, the cultivation level has slowly increased day by day.

This day-by-day growth is undoubtedly clearly reflected on the light curtain panel.

On the light screen panel, the proficiency value of the Great Sun Manual has jumped again.

If the opportunity of refining the Qinglian Earth Core Fire previously allowed him to suddenly reach nearly half the level of cultivation in the middle stage of the Golden elixir, this time, decades of seclusion and cultivation, as well as the accumulation of massive resources, have made it possible for him to reach this level. Halfway through the process, it has once again moved forward steadily.

Nine times out of ten, it's a close call.

It is no longer far away from the late stage of Jindan.

Chu Mu estimated that if he had sufficient resources and stayed in seclusion for more than ten years, he should be able to touch the boundary of the late stage of the golden elixir.

But this time, it may be a little difficult to achieve a natural breakthrough.

After all, after reaching the golden elixir realm, the simple accumulation of mana is only a relatively large part of the golden elixir realm's cultivation.

Others lie in various aspects, such as the cultivation of the immortal golden elixir, the further integration of essence, energy and spirit, and even the understanding of practice...

It seems to be a whole existence.

Not to mention, he refined the Qinglian Earth Core Fire, and the energy returned to him led to a leap in cultivation, followed by decades of practice in building up pills. The connection between them was too tight.

The cultivation level needs to be stable. Even if the erysipelas of the fairy pill is small, decades of accumulation will inevitably cause huge negative erosion.

Tall buildings rise from the ground, and the way of cultivation and the stability of the foundation will be directly related to the future of immortal cultivation.

All of this needs to be resolved before breaking through to the late stage of Jindan.

Otherwise, it will be a vicious cycle and the path to immortality will be cut off.

Chu Mu raised his hand and wiped it, and the discarded spiritual stones and empty jade bottles piled up in the room were submerged into a storage charm.

As usual, with a slight movement of the fingertips, the storage talisman was broken, and these discarded items were lost in the turbulent flow of space as the space of the storage house was destroyed.

At this time, Chu Mu looked at Wangcai, who was still running around excitedly. He felt it a little bit, but it didn't exceed his expectation. With heaven-level bloodline qualifications, coupled with abundant resources, the progress of wealth cultivation is even worse than him.

Up to now, at the middle stage of the third level, Wangcai has reached more than half of the realm. If he didn't have the opportunity of Qinglian Earth Heart Fire, his progress in cultivation would probably not be as good as Wangcai.

"Qualifications..."

Chu Mu shook his head and smiled, but then he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Qualifications are destined by heaven, and for him, the existence of spiritual root qualifications is like a stuck in his throat.

If the problem of spiritual root qualifications is not solved, it means that everything in front of you is just a mirror, and it will shatter into pieces at some point.

After all, the higher his cultivation level, the resources that can be useful to him will inevitably become fewer and rarer.

This point has already revealed many clues in the current cultivation level of the Golden Core Realm.

What he needs, without exception, is rare and rare in the world.

It's just that his reputation as a master of both alchemy and weaponry and his wanton pursuit of wealth have concealed this fact.

Just as he had spent decades in seclusion and consumed a huge amount of elixirs, it would be impossible for any other monk, even the core disciples of the big forces, to be as extravagant and arrogant as him.

When he was in the Demon-Suppressing Islands, he witnessed countless golden elixir monks risking their lives for a few bottles of elixirs and hundreds of high-grade spiritual stones.

This is a universal fact.

He is just an exception.

But how long can this special case last?
  In this world of immortality, resources are limited.

There are also very few high-level monks.

There are countless monsters in the vast sea, how many fourth-level monsters can there be?
  There are countless monks in Dachu, how many powerful Nascent Souls are there?

One day, when the resources he obtains are not enough to make up for the shortcomings of his spiritual root qualifications, it will undoubtedly mean that his immortal cultivation will inevitably stagnate.

With his poor spiritual root qualifications, he does not have enough resources to assist...

He still clearly remembers that he was only practicing Qi in those days. In those years when he first entered the immortal world, he was only practicing Qi at the first level. To him, it was a hopeless waste, let alone what he is doing now. The realm of golden elixir, even the higher realm that he had extravagantly hoped for.

Without sufficient resources, for him, it would basically be the end of the path to immortality!

This is basically an equation.

Until the flaw in his spiritual root qualification is resolved, this equation will always exist, stuck in his heart like a thorn, waiting for the day when it will explode completely.

Thinking about this, the joy that was originally due to the great improvement in cultivation has disappeared, and a haze that is difficult to eradicate has once again enveloped my heart.

It was as if every step he took now was not pursuing a higher realm of immortality, but running towards that desperate reality.

Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water, the end point... is collapse.

"hope so……"

Chu Mu took a deep breath and tried to suppress the billowing haze in his heart.

The truth was cruel, and all he could do was to do everything he could to resolve this cruel fact before it came.

Other than that, he didn't have any choice.

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(End of this chapter)