Chapter 23: Purple Qi and Concepts

Jie Ming's gaze penetrated the window and looked at the distant sky.

The moment his gaze focused, a strange feeling that was hard to describe surged into his heart.

To the naked eye of a mortal, it was just ordinary dawn sunlight.

If it were a wizard, they could probably see rich energy particles and rays with gorgeous colors.

But in Jie Ming's exceptionally keen perception after just breaking through, at the core of that ray of gradually dazzling sunlight, he actually saw a trace of... imperceptible purple!

That purple was very faint, as if it were the condensation of some kind of energy deep in the sunlight.

It floated there quietly, carrying an ancient and mysterious aura.

Purple Qi from the East!

Jie Ming's heart shook violently!

There were indeed records about "Purple Qi from the East" in the Great Dao Library.

That refers to the fact that under certain specific celestial phenomena, at the moment of sunrise, the core of the sun will emit a trace of extremely pure innate qi, which is infinitely beneficial to cultivators.

This thing only exists at the moment the sun rises. It is very rare, and being able to capture a trace is a great opportunity.

He had thought that this kind of thing with a strong "Cultivation concept" only existed in that Cultivation World that he didn't know where it was.

But he didn't expect that in the Wizarding World, in the laboratory of Nuolun Academy, at the moment the sun rose... he actually "saw" this ray of Purple Qi from the East!

There was no time to think about the reason. The cultivator's instinctive desire for this innate qi made him subconsciously run the cultivation method.

The True Essence of the second level of Qi Condensation that had just broken through in his body circulated according to a specific method, pulling the Purple Qi from the East floating in the sunlight.

The purple qi, which was almost about to dissipate, seemed to be pulled by some invisible force, penetrated the walls and windows of the laboratory, and slowly drifted towards Jie Ming's direction.

It was not hindered by the isolation array, and didn't even trigger the reaction of the monitoring array, as if it didn't exist at all!

But when the purple qi entered Jie Ming's body, he could immediately feel the effect of the qi from the east.

The purple qi almost instantly melted into Jie Ming's True Essence, circulating in his body with the circulation of True Essence.

It refined True Essence, making True Essence more condensed and pure!

It washed his body, making Jie Ming, who had just broken through, feel an unprecedented transparency and lightness!

And what surprised Jie Ming most was that this ray of purple qi was actually purifying his spiritual sense!

His spiritual sea became clearer and brighter under the nourishment of purple qi, some subtle spiritual impurities were stripped away, and his spiritual sense became purer and more active.

Purifying spiritual sense... In the Wizarding World, this is simply a supreme divine object that can increase innate aptitude!

The wizard's talent rating largely depends on the "purity" of the soul and the "depth" of the spiritual sea. Can Purple Qi from the East actually improve this fundamental aptitude?!

Jie Ming couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.

The most terrible thing is that the way to obtain this thing... has almost no difficulty!

As long as you run the cultivation method to absorb it every day when the sun is about to rise, it is simply a free opportunity.

But it is completely incomprehensible why there is Purple Qi from the East in the Wizarding World that he originally thought only existed in the Cultivation World?

He subconsciously thought of the Essence Gold he had refined before.

When refining with the Cultivation method, a large amount of gold mass disappeared out of thin air, but finally condensed into a substance containing the "concept of eternal immutability."

This seems to completely violate the conservation of mass and energy, more like refining some invisible and intangible thing.

With this question, Jie Ming sent an inquiry to the Great Dao Library in his mind.

The Great Dao Library's response was very rapid, and in the blink of an eye, three streams of light appeared in front of Jie Ming.

"Dust World Tribulation Record," "Profound Pivot True Explanation: Preliminary Exploration of Concept Extraction and Shaping," "Artifact Dao Return to Origin: Concept Attachment and Low-Spirit Artifact Refining Technique"... what the hell are these?

Jie Ming flipped through them quickly. The latter two books were easy to say, they were all knowledge about artifact refining.

As for the first book, overall, it was a biography of a Mahayana cultivator with the Daoist name "Dust Tribulation Child," or rather, a memoir was more appropriate.

"Dust Tribulation Child seems to have been born in the end-of-law era when the resources of the Cultivation World were completely exhausted. At that time, spiritual energy was almost non-existent, and traditional spiritual materials and fairy herbs had become legends. Under such circumstances, the cultivation of the Cultivation World did not break, but instead became more prosperous?"

After carefully studying it, Jie Ming finally confirmed that the three books given by the Great Dao Library did indeed solve his questions.

"The Cultivation system is not just simple energy refining." The knowledge flow of the library unfolded in his mind, "According to this memoir, in the later stages of the Cultivation system, with the scarcity of resources and a deeper understanding of heaven and earth, the 'raw materials' used for cultivation and refining items gradually changed from concrete 'spiritual materials' to more abstract 'concepts'."

"Refining Essence Gold is essentially not compressing the physical mass in gold, but through the guidance of True Essence and spiritual sense, stripping away all concepts about 'mundane' and 'change' in gold, and condensing the concepts about 'eternal immutability' contained in it onto a small part of the substance, making it possess similar immutable characteristics. The lost 'mass' is those 'mundane concepts' that were stripped away and dissipated."

"Purple Qi from the East is also the same. It is not a concrete energy, nor is it a gas. It is essentially a grand concept that permeates heaven and earth at the moment when the sun is about to rise, yin and yang intersect, and the old goes and the new comes—the embodiment of 'dawn,' 'hope,' and 'rebirth.' The Purple Qi from the East absorbed by cultivators is essentially obtaining this concept to wash themselves."

"It's just that in order to make it easier for practitioners to perceive and absorb, the Cultivation method has gradually modified and perfected the method of absorbing this 'concept' after billions of years of development, allowing it to be embodied in a special 'perception' (which is the 'purple qi' seen), and absorbed with True Essence as a guide."

Closing the three books, Jie Ming's heart could not be calm for a long time.

This explanation was like a thunderclap, completely overturning Jie Ming's cognition of the Cultivation system and the Wizarding World!

Cultivation, actually starting to play with "concept refining" at the Qi Condensation stage?

So even in the Wizarding World, one can embody "Purple Qi from the East" by ingesting concepts?!

Jie Ming felt his brain running crazily, and countless new possibilities exploded in his mind!

If this is true, theoretically he would not be limited by raw materials at all.

Through the method of extracting concepts, not just gold, even the most common air and mud can obtain super materials far beyond others' imagination under continuous refining!

In this way, what he can do in the future will far exceed everyone's imagination!

Jie Ming took a deep breath, suppressing the ecstasy in his heart.

He looked at the sun that had completely risen outside the window, his eyes exceptionally bright. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====