Oblivion house, night time.
Outside of the house close to the river a figure was sitting cross-leg on a plane shape of rock.
He had thousands of middle grade spirit stones sorrounding him.
He was like a huge black hole sectioning the spiritual qi on the stones.
The spirit stones kept losing the brightness little by little and after a while they became dust.
“Finally.”
Zhang Qinfeng opened his eyes and smile excitedly.
How could he not?
The octahedron was unlocked he felt it!
He stood up and walk towards the house.
……..
“Mom..”
Zhang Qinfeng had just entered when he saw his goddess coming down the stairs.
“You felt it?”
Luo Ninshuang ask beaming with excitement.
“Yes is unlocked.”
Zhang Qinfeng said.
“How about we….”
Luo Ninshuang blush and did not finished but he understood her meaning.
“Why not? But….”
Zhang Qinfeng said before looking troubled.
“You worried what might if we brokethrough again?”
Luo Ninshuang guess his worried.
“Yeah, the only way of doing it is on the storage……”
Zhang Qinfeng said with an embarrassed face.
………….
2 hour later…..
Bang!
Breakthrough!
Qi Gathering Realm 5th level!
Zhang Qinfeng and Luo Ninshuang separated.
“Mom you did not breakthrough only me?”
Zhang Qinfeng said mixed with happy and sad tone.
Happy becase he brokethrough!
Sad because his mom did not breakthrough.
“Oh my!”
Luo Ninshuang was not sad at Instead she very happy her cultivation progress advanced a 10%!
“Is okay fenger I still advance enough for me..”
Luo Ninshuang said excitedly..
After she had broken through all this time she had barely made progress with all of the resources she had consumed.
And that’s was 3 months ago!
In 3 months with some extra help of the immortal technique she had progress 3%.
And now after a session she did three times that progress.
How could she not be happy?
If she keep cultivating without the dual cultivation session she estimated, it might take her a decade to breakthrough the 10th level, and who knows how long for the houtian realm.
But now with the octahedron that time have been reduced significantly.
Originally it would have take her about 20 years to breakthrough the houtian realm before the even the 10th level was discovered.
But now just by using the technique without the octahedron technically speaking that those 20 years were cut in half by 10 years.
And now adding the octahedron that time definitely has being cut way more.
“Truly a terrifying technique.”
Luo Ninshuang sigh with emotion.
She look at Zhang Qinfeng and his previously expressions were gone replaced by worries.
“Feng’er….”
She called him softly.
“Mom…
…..
Zhang Qinfeng start it telling her about his worries.
One he had broken through to the 4th level three months ago!
They hunt each day and make profits which is okay but, perhpas she won’t break in a while but his brokethrough would definitely caught the attention of certain people.
Like Fan xia they constantly interact or the places they frequent, And that without talking about her, she would definitely breakthrough very early to a higher level and that might even attract more attention if they are not careful.
It was not like they were there center of the world, but you never know.
There’s a reason why “Experts” are never out on the open. Even the bosses behind big business never show up easily instead they are behind the scenes.
Gaining profits just going out on the open when necessary.
After speaking for a while they decided that for mean time they would hunt together, but he would wait some where else while she redeem the profits.
They also spoke and talk about making a business, where they could rip good profits.
Which would let them win way more profits, while also not going out.
It was just a matter of time she would breakthrough and she couldn’t be out there too much.
They even tought of the possibility of leaving to live somewhere else for a while. Like a new city or territory but they dismissed the idea because of Luo Qingxi.
If they did not have such ties they probably would chose that one again.
Sadly they couldn’t make pills or potions if not they worries would have been wash away.
After all such people would not attract much attention if they strength increase by leaps and bounds.
So they start it brainsacking ideas for way to make good but really good profits.
They spoke about the possibility of creating a guild, hotel, restaurant even a betting business.
Something that could make them win a lot of profits, now she had the strength but the problem is that it needed to be place where it could not harm a lot other people interest if necessary.
There were also the problem of how explained to Luo Qingxi and her family if they ask for an explanation.
It really got messy after the initial joy of they cultivation progress.
……..
One week later…
“Good morning….”
Luo Qingxi arrived.
Caughting Zhang Qinfeng and Luo Ninshuang of guard Luo Qingxi came to they house!
“Hi aunty.”
Zhang Qinfeng said while not knowing what to say.
“Qingfeng you….”
Luo Qingxi eyes look at him incredulous.
“Qingxi why you came so earlier is everything fine?”
Luo Ninshuang ask while pulling her in.
“Sister..yes..”
Luo Qingxi nodded.
“Feng’er go get us some juice of the one you made, so your aunt can taste it.”
Luo Ninshuang wink at him.
“Okay.”
Zhang Qinfeng nodded while sighing inside his heart.
“Sister my nephew? How did he brokethrough?”
Luo Qingxi said incredously.
“Everyone has they own secrets and opportunities sister, I just hope you can closed one eye as family.”
Luo Ninshuang wanted to lie at first, while inventing a story of picking an elixir on the shadow forest, but then she decided against it.
“Oh…”
Luo Qingxi at the end nodded.
“Are you fine? You did not have any side effect did you? How’s your body.”
Luo Ninshuang quickly start it squeezing Luo Qingxi body checking her out.
“Yes..I’m fine Ninshuang in fact I came here for something about the alchemy association.”
Luo Qingxi felt warm said.
“Oh? Is there another mission.”
Luo Ninshuang was a little delighted, after all it meant they did not have to go and hunt for while.
Not like she dislike but after her son breakthrough.
“Yes and no is more personally you see….”
Luo Qingxi suddenly felt embarrassed and hesitation.
“Oh tell me?”
Luo Ninshuang was curious.
“Wait for qinfeng to get here it also has to do with him.”
Luo Qingxi said.
After a couple of mins Zhang Qinfeng return with a jar full juice various cups.
……
“The alchemy relatively speaking is heavens heaven defying it can you cultivate way faster, and resources be more pure. With pills and potions etc….”
Luo Qingxi start it explained and they listen attentively.
“When you reach the Alchemy Master rank, there’s this hidden risk we call concoctonh self poisoning when your concocting a pill if your not careful enough and don’t know enough.”
“During the process of concocting pill in which your manipulating and shaping all of the herbs and plant to have certain effect. Yourself is also at risk of getting self poison, and is not life threatening don’t worry…”
Luo Qingxi give her sister a look.
“But is worse if you self poison little by little this poison gets inside your meridians, putting a halt to your cultivation and even making you regress.”
Luo Qingxi explained.
“The alchemy association have I vestigated way to solve but, healing pills won’t work, anti poison won’t work. Anything made by alchemy is or at leat not yet discovered how to solve the meridian poisoning.”
“It could be said ghis is very bad for alchemists, it’s even the nightmares of must of us to be self poison.”
Luo Qingxi said with lingering fears.
“But it doesn’t mean there not cure, in fact there are two types of cure one by getting what we call the meridian flower, and using it to make spiritual tea.”
Luo Qingxi said.
Zhang Qinfeng and Luo Ninshuang were not fools they could guess what the second options and sure enough.
“The second one are wood cultivators ….”
Luo Qingxi said while looking at them.
“You guys are special and very rare.”
Luo Qingxi said.
“So….if your meridians are not potion who is it?”
Luo Ninshuang ask the straight question.
“Well is my friend and mentor Fu Quan….you see when he starts on the alchemy path he was young and without much guidance. So he…”
“So he self poison himself?”
Luo Qingxi wanted explained but Zhang Qinfeng interrupted her.
“Exactly like I said very self poisoning is preventable, but unlike me he Fu Quan did not have much guidance still he made it alchemy master. Sadly the poison building up in meridian finally exploded…”
Luo Qingxi said with a little sadness.
“Just so you understand he was at the Qi Gathering Realm 7th level ten years ago… and now you have seen his cultivation base…”
Luo Qingxi sigh.
“No wonder.”
Zhang Qinfeng understood.
He was also curious why Fu Quan being an alchemy master his cultivation base was so low.
