The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 51 Qi Yuan is Very Hollow_1

Chapter 51: Chapter 51 Qi Yuan is Very Hollow_1

Jin Li watched State Duke Yu and Kong Qi leave.

She felt utterly exhausted.

She was not fit to be an empress.

If... when things were settled in Nanqian, she wished to leave this place and visit Qi Yuan under the old chun tree in Guqi.

If she could...

"Your Majesty," Aunt Qin whispered in Jin Li’s ear, "Is the construction of the sacrificial altar his idea?"

In response, Jin Li hesitated, "Aunt Qin, you all just need to do as I say."

Aunt Qin heard this and said no more, but a flicker of worry passed through her eyes.

Because she saw the design of the sacrificial altar on the blueprint.

And so did State Duke Yu.

Aunt Qin retired and left the palace.

She saw State Duke Yu alone at a distance, his hand resting on a grey-white railing.

State Duke Yu saw Aunt Qin, and he said loudly, "Madam Qin, you must recognize what’s drawn on that blueprint."

"Mm," Aunt Qin nodded, "It’s a sacrificial altar. There have been rumours that in ancient times, when the Wangyue Continent was unified, there was a divine court that reigned supreme.

If one builds a sacrificial altar, one can summon the divine army.

Unfortunately... these have now become legends.

The Divine Court has long since been overthrown, where then, is there a divine army?

Twenty years ago, when Jingzhou of Qing Country was besieged by beasts, the governor of Jingzhou received the blueprint of the sacrificial altar and built it... but what was the result?"

At this, State Duke Yu could only sigh, "I don’t know where Her Majesty got the blueprint.

But... hoping for the sacrificial altar, is as nebulous a hope as Her Majesty being able to safely leave the Royal City, isn’t it?"

Clearly, State Duke Yu also didn’t believe that this sacrificial altar would truly be able to summon a divine army.

Aunt Qin’s face fell: "Do what one can do, the rest is up to fate!"

...

"Building a sacrificial altar? What a joke!"

When Sima Ting heard this news, his eyes revealed a mocking expression.

The king of the demon race, holding a blueprint in his hand, smiled, "Using the sword of the ancient Divine Court to slay the modern demons, this Empress Jin Li is really charming."

As a demon, he was more than familiar with the Divine Court.

Back then, during the struggle between the human and demon races, a top-level expert emerged among the humans, revered as a god. This god set up the Divine Court and ruled the four branches.

By building a sacrificial altar, one could summon the divine army.

Back then, the Divine Court forced the demon race to survive in the icy and snowy wasteland.

All of these things, were recorded in the ancestral home of the demon race.

This king of the demon race, knew this better than anyone.

"Let her build it, it’s just a desperate struggle." The emperor of Tianyun Sacred Gate also didn’t care.

The Demon King squinted, "The most important thing now is to forge the supreme imperial scepter, and everything else can wait."

"By the way, don’t forget to keep a close eye on Empress Jin Li for Dingtian, don’t let her escape!" said the skinny emperor of the Tianyun Sacred Gate.

Sima Ting quickly replied, "Rest assured, the royal palace has been surrounded. Empress Jin Li won’t be able to escape!"

"Don’t worry, we have seven emperors of the demon race outside the city. She won’t be able to escape." The demon king was not concerned and very confident.

This time, many forces from the demon race came to refine the supreme imperial artifact.

Seven emperors, plus some kings, were enough to encircle the entire royal city.

Such a pity, those civil and military officials who followed Sima Ting were still rejoicing, thinking that they could rightfully usurp the throne.

Little did they know, they and the people in the city were just fish waiting to be slaughtered by the demon clan.

...

"So sleepy."

Qi Yuan woke up, feeling exhausted all over.

Even though he had been pressing the advantage in the battle with Ugly Clothes Garment Emperor, and wasn’t even injured, the toll it had taken on his spirit was substantial.

He waved his hand, and a water mirror appeared before him.

Qi Yuan looked at his reflection in the mirror. His face was somewhat pale, seemingly having consumed much energy.

The feeling of being completely depleted."

"I really want a bottle of Kidney Treasure!"

"Or perhaps, some Liuwei Dihuang pills?"

The game was highly demanding, but the upgrade it offered Qi Yuan was immense.

Especially after leveling up to level ninety in the game, when he returned to reality, he felt like his cultivation had significantly advanced.

Previously, not using a knife, relying on the combat skills honed in the game, along with various other skills, Qi Yuan had been able to command the battle power at the Foundation Establishment level.

Now, as his cultivation rose, with his intrinsic mana cultivation alone, even without using skills and techniques, Qi Yuan could suppress an average individual at the Foundation Establishment stage.

This kind of advancement was extremely high.

"What a pity, my spiritual exertion is still quite high, is it because my god-soul is too weak?" Qi Yuan pondered.

Unfortunately, a Qi Refinement stage cultivator couldn’t sense his own god-soul; only after reaching Foundation Establishment stage could he tune into it.

"When I reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I must cultivate some secret techniques to strengthen the god-soul. That way, I can stay in the game longer."

Thinking this, Qi Yuan picked up a book from his storage bag to read.

He was a diligent person.

However, as soon as he thought about the book in his storage bag, he felt a sharp pain in his head.

Clearly, this was an after-effect of staying up late to play the game.

"I can’t read the book, I need to rest and get a massage," Qi Yuan decided. He had to go out to achieve this goal.

Otherwise, if he dropped dead from exhaustion, it would be ridiculous.

Qi Yuan leisurely left the thatched hut and saw Jiang Lingsu reading something.

Jiang Lingsu was wearing an ice-blue long dress.

Jiang Lingsu glanced at Qi Yuan and frowned: "Senior Brother, did you encounter some problems with your cultivation?"

"No, I just stayed up late playing games and now my body can’t handle it.

I’m going to get a massage, and I think I’ll be fine. Junior Sister, would you like to give me a massage? I’ll give you... three Spirit Stones as a reward."

"... Scram!" Seeing Qi Yuan’s nonsense, Jiang Lingsu’s rare display of concern was quelled.

Qi Yuan laughed upon hearing her reaction and leisurely descended the mountain.

Good thing she didn’t agree otherwise he would’ve wasted three spirit stones.

Getting a proper massage at the foot of the mountain wouldn’t even require Spirit Stones.

If it wasn’t for the fact that his Junior Sister was a rich heiress, he would never have begrudgingly offered three Spirit Stones.

Qi Yuan went on his way, and Jiang Lingsu watched his retreating figure, feeling somewhat guilty. Was her tone too harsh just now?

Qi Yuan went down the mountain and got a proper massage, and it was soothing.

He spent another Spirit Stone and bought a fairly sumptuous Spirit Congee to drink.

After relaxing for a day, Qi Yuan felt a bit better.

"My god-soul is still too weak, it’s a pity that cultivation techniques and even spiritual medicines related to the god-soul are extremely rare."

In the vast library of the Heishan Sect, Qi Yuan hadn’t found any cultivation technique related to the god-soul.

As for spiritual medicine, there was even less.

Qi Yuan knew that any spiritual medicine or treasure related to the god-soul was quite precious.

Legend has it that to advance from god-infant stage into the Purple Mansion realm, a very high demand was placed on the god-soul.

Therefore, almost all spiritual medicines or cultivation techniques related to the god-soul were monopolized by those old monsters at the God-Infant stage.

Not to mention Qi Yuan who was currently at the Qi Refinement stage, even those at the stages of Foundation Establishment and Yuan Dan found it hard to obtain a spiritual medicine that could enhance the god-soul.

"But it’s not a big problem. Once I successfully reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I’ll think about enhancing the god-soul."

Qi Yuan’s eyes were able to see hidden information.

This was an ability he gained after entering the game and stepping into the Qi Refinement stage.

Once he stepped into the Foundation Establishment stage, he might gain some other abilities.

Qi Yuan was not in a hurry.

He returned to Qi Cai Peak, preparing to continue his rest. Once fully recovered, he would go back into the game.

When passing by the big tree halfway up the mountain, Qi Yuan paused again.

He looked down at his feet.

"This is a slightly unusual grass, it has sensed the aura of the moon."

Qi Yuan raised his head to look at the sky: "The aura of the moon, what is that?"

He lowered his head, looked at the grass and said to it, "When I see you tomorrow, will I be able to see that you’ve sensed the aura of Qi Yuan?"

He wanted to find someone without diabetes to help nourish this unusual grass to life.

Then he could ask it, how did it change from ordinary to unusual?

He too wanted to become unusual.