[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal":3,"chapter-cultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal-cultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal-chapter-104":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},740993,979,"Chapter 104 - 34: Broken Mirror Pill, Ninth-Layer Qi Refining!","cultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal-chapter-104",104,"\u003Cp>It turns out Lin Xueying sent out her last letter, after which, under the request of her master Master Fengyue, she entered seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lasted a full five years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she emerged from seclusion, she had successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she received Zhou Xun’s reply and learned that Zhou Xun had returned to settle in White Cloud Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrote to Zhou Xun immediately and invited him to Cloud Light Sect to attend her small Foundation Establishment celebration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the letter, she also mentioned that she had invited members of the Lin Family and Wang Erniu, and Zhou Xun could go with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the jade box was an elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s called the Broken Mirror Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the most coveted elixir by Qi Refining Cultivators besides the Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its greatest efficacy is that it bypasses bottlenecks, unconditionally increasing a Qi Refining Cultivator’s cultivation level by one layer, but each cultivator can only take it once in their lifetime, with no effect on a second intake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the value of the Broken Mirror Pill remains extremely high, second only to the Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If taken to market, it equates to a third of a Foundation Establishment Pill’s price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, it’s not available for purchase even if one wants to buy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one Lin Xueying sent him was obtained from Master Fengyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With this elixir, I can advance to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining in a short time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xun looked at the milky white elixir inside the jade box, feeling a trace of excitement rising in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Cultivation Room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after taking a bath, Zhou Xun lit the High-Grade Calming Incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calming his mind, when his mental state was adjusted to its best condition, he took out the Barrier-Breaking Pill and slowly ingested it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elixir entered his stomach, and a strong medicinal power rose, surging into his meridians, continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Nourishing Essence Technique unconsciously began to operate, converting this medicinal power into spiritual power, and then integrating it into the gaseous spiritual power in his Dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, three days passed just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these three days, Zhou Xun constantly repeated the process of refining medicinal power into spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation also grew rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the spiritual power in the Dantian seemed to reach a critical point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a qualitative change occurred, and the overall mana strength increased again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninth-Layer Qi Refining!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xun slowly opened his eyes, his gaze extremely bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he is only thirty-three years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At this rate, I can reach the peak of the Qi Cultivation Stage before forty and begin to strive for Foundation Establishment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he got up and walked out of the Cultivation Room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest elixir shop in White Cloud Immortal City is the White Cloud Pill Workshop, officially affiliated with White Cloud Immortal City. Its chief Alchemy Master, Master Hongyu, is a Tier Two High-Grade Alchemist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day, Zhou Xun came to White Cloud Pill Workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was here to purchase a Foundation Establishment gift for Lin Xueying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much thought, Zhou Xun finally decided to buy a Tier Two High-Grade Beauty Pill for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, Lin Xueying, as Master Fengyue’s disciple, lacks no treasures, whether top-grade spiritual artifacts or Tier Two talismans, she doesn’t lack at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation techniques, secret techniques—given her backing from the entire Lin Family and Cloud Light Sect, she has no shortage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking it over, giving a Tier Two High-Grade Beauty Pill seemed most fitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tier Two Beauty Pill, unlike the Foundation Establishment Pill, isn’t strategically restricted treasure and is freely sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White Cloud Pill Workshop has them for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this pill, which keeps one’s appearance unchanged for thirty years, isn’t cheap in price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It requires four thousand Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This price is the livelihood of some Foundation Establishment Cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few are willing and able to buy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the workshop, a servant greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What elixir does the customer wish to buy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beauty Pill!\" Zhou Xun spoke succinctly, directly stating his need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing it was the Beauty Pill, the servant instantly knew the person before him wasn’t someone he could attend to, so he led Zhou Xun to a Quiet Chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please wait here, the shopkeeper will be here shortly!\" After saying this, the servant offered Zhou Xun tea and tactfully withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the Quiet Chamber, Zhou Xun surveyed his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire chamber exuded a mature and grand aura, with tables and benches all crafted from Spirit Wood, quite extravagant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly befitting an official elixir shop of White Cloud Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than half a tea’s time later, a scholarly middle-aged man in a white robe entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, it’s Alchemist Zhou, I’m Zhao Minghan!\" The middle-aged man greeted with cupped hands, acting quite familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the shopkeeper know Zhou Mou?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xun asked puzzledly, for he had never been to White Cloud Pill Workshop nor met this shopkeeper before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the largest elixir merchant in the Immortal City, White Cloud Pill Workshop naturally keeps tabs on all alchemists above the Tier One High-Grade level!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, it’s limited to basic information like name, appearance, and level in alchemy craftsmanship!\" The white-robed man explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see!\" Zhou Xun nodded, not probing deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a young High-Grade Alchemist, his status was akin to an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, so having his information recorded in the city was quite normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came to purchase a Tier Two High-Grade Beauty Pill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without wasting words, Zhou Xun straightforwardly stated his purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have two of those in stock, priced at 4000 Spirit Stones, but for Alchemist Zhou, we can offer a ten-percent discount, at 3600 Spirit Stones!\" The white-robed man said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Shopkeeper Zhao, I’ll take it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xun nodded, promptly taking out thirty-six Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and handing them to the white-robed man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhou Xun so readily hand over the Spirit Stones, Zhao Minghan was quite surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is 3600 Spirit Stones—even a Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator would feel the pinch from such an expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he said nothing more, handing the elixir to Zhou Xun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xun took the elixir, ready to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please wait, Alchemist Zhou!\" Zhao Minghan called after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the shopkeeper have more to say?\" Zhou Xun paused, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know Alchemist Zhou hasn’t joined any faction yet; why not consider our White Cloud Pill Workshop?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our workshop is part of White Cloud Immortal City, with Master Hongyu at its helm, boasting strong capabilities!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Alchemist Zhou’s talent and flair, joining our workshop would surely earn direct guidance from Master Hongyu, effortlessly paving the way to becoming a Tier Two Alchemist!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Minghan candidly offered his terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guidance from Master Hongyu?\" Zhou Xun felt a bit tempted, but not much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were before he broke through to the Tier Two Alchemist, he might have considered, but now as a Tier Two Low-Grade Alchemist, Master Hongyu’s guidance wouldn’t have as significant an impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for your generosity, Shopkeeper Zhao. To tell you the truth, just a few days ago, I had the heavenly fortune to advance to Tier Two Low-Grade Alchemist!\" Zhou Xun spoke plainly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the opportunity to let the news spread, as it was common for his information to be recorded in the Immortal City, since it’s needed to prepare a Foundation Establishment Pill for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether through auction or collecting materials for refining on his own, it’s something he must prepare for urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>",1257,"2026-06-02T11:38:42.695Z",1,"novelbin.me","d42ffe863558065a9d5a8ed5537ca8b10678cf1495e7a9879d897eab4135c097","cultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal-chapter-105","cultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal-chapter-103",564,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivation-from-servant-to-revered-immortal-cover.jpg"]