C6 Gone

Xiao Nan put away the storage pouch and found a secret place to sit down.

According to the person he killed, if one used spirit stones to cultivate, he would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Xiao Nan currently had six spirit stones in his storage pouches. One spirit stone contained far more spiritual energy than the other five. Xiao Nan guessed that the spirit stone should be a Medial Grade Spirit Stone.

The first thing he needed to do now was to absorb all six Spirit Stones and raise his cultivation as much as possible.

These spirit stones were clearly treasures, especially that middle grade spirit stone. Xiao Nan guessed that the two cultivators from before were fighting over that spirit stone.

Treasures were indeed very easy to collect, but Xiao Nan knew that he would only be at ease if he absorbed them.

Those two cultivators had a total of six spirit stones, but in the end, didn't they end up in Xiao Nan's embrace? Only by absorbing would he be able to guarantee that it would be his. He had already learned his lesson from the two cultivators and naturally did not want to repeat the same mistake.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Nan picked up a low rank soul stone and carefully absorbed it. Very quickly, he was immersed in the joy. The spirit stone's rich spirit energy entered his body, and turned into true energy in his meridians, circulating through them.

However, Xiao Nan didn't care at all. Just the Spiritual Energy he absorbed from the Spirit Stones had greatly increased the amount of true energy in his body.

With the continuous strengthening of his Zhen Qi circulation, the meridians in his body had also expanded little by little, allowing his meridians to contain more Zhen Qi at once.

Xiao Nan's understanding of the [Good Fortune Secret Art] deepened as he continued to cultivate.

However, the Good Fortune Art was not an ordinary technique. Every time Xiao Nan felt that he was about to completely comprehend it, he would feel that what he comprehended was only a tiny bit of it, a drop of water in the ocean. This feeling was very strange.

After an unknown period of time, Xiao Nan felt a crisp 'boom' in his body. The True Qi in his body transformed even faster and his meridians became firmer. This made him understand that he had successfully advanced to Qi level 2.

From the first level of Qi Condensation to the second level, he used two pieces of low-grade spirit stones. This was within his expectations, and he felt that the amount of spiritual energy needed to advance was huge, and two pieces of low-grade spirit stones was already quite little.

Without stopping, he continued to cultivate with the low grade spirit stones. With three cracking sounds, Xiao Nan successfully advanced to the 3rd level of Qi Gathering. This made him extremely happy.

Aside from the mid-grade spirit stone, there was only a pile of powder on the ground. It was hard to imagine that this powder was a spirit stone filled with spirit energy a moment ago.

Xiao Nan continued to absorb the Medial Grade Spirit Stone. What he needed the most right now was to raise his cultivation level. Regardless of whether it was a Medial Grade Spirit Stone or not, he would absorb it first.

A Medial Grade Spirit Stone contained more Spiritual Energy than a Low Grade Spirit Stone. Moreover, it was even purer. According to Xiao Nan's estimation, this piece of Medial Grade Spirit Stone was equivalent to ten pieces of Low Grade Spirit Stone.

Xiao Nan used two low-rank soul stones to break through to Qi level 2, and three low-rank soul stones to reach Qi level 3. According to his calculations, this mid-rank soul stone should be enough for him to break through to Qi level 5.

However, reality was out of Xiao Nan's expectations. Just as he broke through the barrier of the third layer and reached the fourth layer, the Spirit Stone in his hand emitted a light "ka" sound before turning into powder and scattering on the ground.

"Insert!" What was going on? "Did I make a mistake?" Xiao Nan opened his eyes in a daze with a blank expression.

A middle grade spirit stone was indeed equivalent to ten low grade spirit stones, but the third and fourth level of Qi Condensation were a watershed. Upon reaching the fourth level of Qi Condensation, one would enter the middle stage of Qi Condensation, and the amount of spirit energy required to enter the middle stage of Qi Condensation would naturally be higher.

Xiao Nan didn't know about this, but he wasn't in a dilemma.

According to Xiao Nan's senses, he had been cultivating on the spot for a few days now. However, he did not feel the slightest bit of hunger after spending so much time cultivating.

Instead of getting up, he took out the jade slip from his storage pouch. There were a total of three jade slips, and one of them recorded a map. He had already seen it before, but he hadn't taken a careful look at it at that time.

Now that he sat down and looked carefully, he realized that the map was actually marked as a location within the Withering Thunder Marsh. It seemed like there was some treasure there. However, the map did not mention what it was.

The Thunder Withering Marsh and the Endless Sea were also dangerous areas in Mingzhou, but compared to the Endless Sea, the Thunder Withering Marsh was even more dangerous. Usually, Qi Condensation cultivators would go to the Endless Sea to search for treasures, but the ones going to the Thunder Marsh would usually be Yuan Transformation cultivators.

Xiao Nan had the intention of going to the Withering Thunder Marsh to see what treasure was on the map, but his cultivation was too low. The current him going to the Withering Thunder Marsh was simply courting death. With this thought, he threw the jade slip back into his storage pouch.

The second jade slip recorded a cultivation technique. It was said that it was a Mysterious rank cultivation technique. Xiao Nan already had the [Life Creation Art], so he naturally didn't place any importance on this so-called Mysterious rank cultivation technique.

The cultivation techniques on the continent were divided into the Common, Profound, Earth, and Heaven levels. The Boundless Fire Arts was a top-tier cultivation technique of the Mortal Realm.

Generally speaking, the first part of each cultivation technique would indicate the level of each technique. Of course, the reason for the exception of the Good Fortune Arts, it was simply because they were too powerful. As far as Xiao Nan was concerned, in front of the [Life Creation Art], the so-called Heaven Tier Cultivation Method was nothing but trash.

After putting away the cultivation technique jade slip, Xiao Nan took out the third jade slip. Just as he probed it with his Spiritual Sense, Xiao Nan was so happy that he wanted to jump up.

"He's finally done it! It's actually a formation array jade slip! The heavens are truly kind to me!" Looking at the jade slip in his hand, Xiao Nan was so excited that he almost danced with joy.

Even though he didn't know much about formations, he was well aware of how powerful formations were.

Without any hesitation, he immediately threw himself into studying the various formations. Killing arrays, trap arrays, and array formations appeared in his mind one after another. All sorts of strange combinations of formations appeared in his mind, causing him to be completely enchanted.

In just one day, Xiao Nan had thoroughly studied all of the formations within the jade slip. It was a pity that the jade slip only recorded some basic formations. At most, it would only be a Rank 2 formation.

After reading it, Xiao Nan felt that it was not enough and spent another day using the [Life Creation Art] to deduce the rank 3 formation on top of the original rank 2 formation. However, with his current cultivation level, it was impossible for him to break a grade-3 array, so he didn't continue deducing the rank 4 array.