CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 43 CONDENSING ESSENCE

At his home in Cai County, Lin Qianxuan held several Spirit Crystals in each hand, quickly absorbing the Spiritual Energy within them, leaving a pile of sand in his hands.

This sand is the original material form once separated from the Spiritual Energy.

Soil, rocks, metals, and such.

After being infused with Spiritual Energy, their essence undergoes some change.

Spirit Sand is quite valuable in the hands of a Transcendent.

With the Spirit Crystals, Lin Qianxuan’s cultivation progress greatly improved.

The Qi Vortex increased at a visibly fast pace.

However, Lin Qianxuan’s Qi Sea in his chest seemed quite large, and he felt it wouldn’t be filled until at least August.

July 23rd.

Lin Qianxuan noticed that the cactus he had cut and placed in the fridge was starting to rot.

He didn’t dare throw it away carelessly, worrying about nurturing some strange creature.

After some thought, Lin Qianxuan decided to crush it all and gradually throw it into the river to feed the fish.

If there were any changes, he could notice immediately, and even if a big fish emerged, he could simply boil it in a pot.

That very day, he brought a handful of cactus paste to the riverbank. As soon as he tossed it in, a large number of fish came to partake.

For several days afterwards, Lin Qianxuan continued to feed the fish.

Unlike the cactus which suddenly grew significantly larger, the fish didn’t show much change after eating it.

Perhaps due to energy transformation, along with the dispersal among many fish.

Incidentally, Lin Qianxuan found that the area around the Spirit Crystal place was now surrounded by a fence, and the city had issued corresponding construction notices.

However, it wasn’t about mining, but rather about building a subway or something.

A lot of netizens were puzzled, and some with relevant expertise noted that building a subway here represents forward-thinking construction, likely preparing for future plans.

July 26th.

The corresponding construction team had arrived at the mine area in Longjiang City, ready to commence construction.

The efficiency was somewhat high, and it seemed there were related Transcendents involved. Lin Qianxuan was invited to take a look, and only half a day later, a passage leading directly to the depths of the Spirit Crystal mine was constructed.

Many of the large machines they used were things Lin Qianxuan had never seen before.

There was one that resembled a blender, but it felt different. When scanned with Spiritual Power, he could see dense Spiritual Patterns inside, along with bursts of Spiritual Energy.

This wasn’t merely electronic machinery; is it Spiritual Technology?

At this time, Wei Zhi was also stationed here with his team. For now, without the related security personnel arriving yet, he had to temporarily act as a security guard.

"Brother Wei, what about the matter with Gua Gua?" Lin Qianxuan walked over to Wei Zhi’s side and handed him a piece of fruit to ask.

"In a couple of days, leadership from the bureau will come to inspect. Just have it make an appearance, and that should be enough," Wei Zhi said.

Wanting to join a team is different if someone introduces you versus no one introducing you.

This applies both to creatures and to humans.

With a powerful Fifth Heaven figure like Lin Qianxuan introducing Gua Gua, the people at the Otherworld Bureau’s Longjiang City branch would have to give some consideration.

As long as it’s not a significant problem, they’ll somewhat give face.

Lin Qianxuan mainly felt a bit sorry since the mining was taking over Gua Gua’s old home, so he thought he might as well help it gain some minor welfare.

Of course, Gua Gua wasn’t really concerned; it continued to sleep peacefully in its lair, as long as there wasn’t too much noise disturbing it.

Fortunately, the Spirit Crystal excavation itself wasn’t particularly noisy, and currently, isolation layers had specifically been built to prevent the spread of noise and Spiritual Energy, so it was actually too quiet for Gua Gua now.

Time came to the third day of August.

Lin Qianxuan had exhausted almost fifty thousand pieces of Spirit Crystals he had secretly excavated, leaving just a pile of powder, finally filling his Qi Sea.

Looking back, it seemed quite troublesome.

It always felt like it was just a little bit away from being full, but that little bit never managed to fill up.

The Great Perfection Realm had stalled him for no less than five days and nights.

Just like a wrestling match with Bing Xixi.

"Now, the next step is to accelerate the rotation of the Qi Vortex, turning it into a liquid state...."

Lin Qianxuan practiced strictly according to the textbook of "Spirit Absorption Technique."

Generic doesn’t mean it’s bad.

On the contrary, the more generic it is, the more stable its path is.

The Qi Sea, completely filled with Spiritual Energy, was slowly rotating like a nebula.

Lin Qianxuan’s task now was to speed up its rotation, for the Spiritual Energy within to collide, compress, and gradually liquefy. Once fully liquefied, the quality of his Spiritual Power would rise substantially.

Holding a Spirit Crystal, with a slight movement of his thoughts, Lin Qianxuan used his Spiritual Power to gradually accelerate the rotation of the Qi Vortex, causing a vast amount of Spiritual Power to collide within the Qi Sea, pressing against each other.

This is why the Qi Sea must be filled until no more Spiritual Energy can be forced inside before breaking through.

It’s to ensure they can press against each other, and Lin Qianxuan was still filling it with Spiritual Energy.

As soon as a gap appeared from the rotational compression, he would fill a bit more Spiritual Energy into the Qi Sea, thus increasing the internal pressure more and more.

The Qi Vortex’s rotational speed became faster and faster, and after consuming over a dozen more Spirit Crystals, finally, at the Qi Vortex’s center, a drop of liquid Spiritual Power formed.

This signified his formal entry into the Condensing Essence Realm.

The quality of Liquid Spiritual Power is more than ten times that of gaseous Spiritual Power, making its application in Spirit Art much stronger than ordinary gaseous Spiritual Power.

This is an absolute qualitative change.

A Spirit Cultivator in the Condensing Essence Realm would easily defeat someone in the Qi Vortex Realm like dealing with a child.

Without considering external factors, if you can’t defeat in one move, it simply means letting the opportunity go.

Overstepping ranks to fight is absolutely impossible here.

An absolute gap in quality.

A single skill of theirs is tens of times stronger than yours, how are you going to stand against it?

In reality, it’s not like a game where you just look at the data.

If strength is a bit higher, then it is immensely higher.

A strength gap of tens of times could be described as a dimensional strike.

And only when a spiritual cultivator reaches this level, do they officially leave the ranks of ordinary people and become a Transcendent.

Liquid spiritual power is already enough to support brief flight and possesses attack power that ordinary firearms cannot achieve.

With various Spirit Arts at their command, their methods are extremely diverse.

In modern society, a spiritual cultivator at the Condensing Essence Realm can accomplish quite a lot, shining in all fields and becoming top talent.

Lin Qianxuan subsequently condensed two more drops of liquid spiritual power, then eagerly wanted to try a bit.

Among the attack Spirit Arts he mastered, the most representative is the [Profound Light Art].

Lin Qianxuan extended his finger, pointed towards the sky, and somewhat theatrically declared, "Profound Light Finger!!"

Spiritual Patterns quickly formed at his fingertip, and in the next moment, as Lin Qianxuan concentrated, a beam of Profound Light as thick as a little finger was unleashed.

Shua~!

The Profound Light shot out rapidly over two thousand meters, naturally dispersing into the void, leaving no pollution.

Lin Qianxuan secretly calculated in his mind.

The strength is okay, but ultimately due to low cultivation, it’s still not as good as his Water Control ability for now.

If he compressed a droplet of water and threw it out, it could easily fly five thousand meters and possess great lethality.

However, the Dragon Bloodline can only grow passively, almost unable to be actively cultivated, otherwise he should mainly focus on enhancing his Dragon Bloodline.

The spiritual energy that Lin Qianxuan absorbs can accelerate this growth rate, which is a kind of indirect enhancement.

At this point, Lin Qianxuan’s subsequent cultivation is to replenish spiritual energy and then slowly transform all spiritual power into liquid to fill the entire Qi Sea in the mid-chest area.

By then, he could attempt to congeal the spiritual power into a Pill.

That would be another qualitative change.

I wonder if after forming the Pill, the Spirit Arts unleashed by spiritual power could be compared with his Water Control ability.

.....

August 10th.

An official document was issued, and the relevant personnel had gathered to officially begin mining the Spirit Crystal site here.

As the primary discoverer, Lin Qianxuan needed to sign a sharing agreement, allowing him to take one to five percent of the total mine here.

Whether it would be one or five depended on the situation.

In any case, on the agreement Lin Qianxuan signed, it was "five."

Official personnel from Longjiang City had already arrived to observe.

Among them were the chief and deputy chief of the local Otherworld Bureau branch.

Lin Qianxuan had asked Wei Zhi to gather information on the two in advance.

The chief was named Zhuang Weidong, at the Third Heaven Profound Rank, sixty-two years old.

The deputy chief Zheng Qiankun, at the Ninth Heaven Profound Rank, fifty-five years old.

However, outwardly both looked like they were only in their thirties.

After all, as Transcendents, except for some extremes, they all appear somewhat younger than they actually are.

Walking the path of spiritual cultivation also has life-extending effects.

Theoretically, with cultivation reaching the Condensing Essence Realm, under the nourishment of high-quality spiritual power, lifespan can be extended to one hundred eighty years.

"Director Zhuang, Director Zheng, hello."

"Hello Mr. Lin, you are young and promising!"

"You flatter me! I still have much to learn from you experienced predecessors!"

...

After some polite exchange, they began to get to the point.

Of course, it wasn’t about the spiritual ore; that interest distribution had ended long ago.

Lin Qianxuan spiritually communicated with Gua Gua by the river; it slowly crawled to his side from the bank.

Even with some preparation, everyone was still slightly surprised.

After all, such a large frog indeed defies common sense.

"This is Gua Gua, whom I met while fishing here," Lin Qianxuan said as he patted Gua Gua’s head, introducing it to everyone: "Before, when I was swimming in the river, it thought I was drowning and came to rescue me, that’s when I discovered it. The later discovery of the Spirit Crystal mine was also led by it, right in its nest. Now that we’ve taken over its home, it has nowhere to go."

Gua Gua seemed very docile, not moving at all.

The story Lin Qianxuan fabricated might not be believed by everyone, but it was his way of vouching for Gua Gua, showing it as a friendly spirit creature to humans.

Then, Zhuang Weidong and Zhen Qiankun expressed that humans and nature should coexist harmoniously, deciding to build a house for Gua Gua to live in alone here.

That’s all there was to be said; the rest didn’t need to be elaborated.

On that very day, Gua Gua was officially added to the registry, formally becoming a guardian Spirit Beast of the mine.

Afterward, people would build a house for it, clean regularly, and provide meals, significantly raising its quality of life compared to eating bugs and dead fish.

"I didn’t expect that you, a frog spirit creature, would reach the end of the universe before most people," Lin Qianxuan sighed to Gua Gua and then said: "Remember, do not harm humans in the future, and study diligently, understand?"

"Ribbit~!" Gua Gua nodded slightly, indicating it understood.

The intelligence of spirit creatures is quite high, and Gua Gua has almost the intelligence level of an eleven or twelve-year-old human child. Through Lin Qianxuan’s teaching over this period, it has learned many things, naturally understanding that Lin Qianxuan was acting in its best interest.

Seeing this, Lin Qianxuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

That’s good, everyone can live harmoniously together.

If conflict were to arise, he would have no choice but to endure a meal of frog feast.