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When they arrived at the inn, Cheng Qing washed up and then sat on his bed to meditate.
After becoming the City Lord of Liu-Li City, his cultivation had already advanced to the first level of the Xumi Stage. With his current strength, a second level Xumi Stage cultivator would be able to defeat him. Even a third level Xumi Stage cultivator would be able to battle him.
If one wore the Fish Dragon Armor and used Sword Intent, their combat prowess would rise another level.
It had been some time since Cheng Qing advanced to the first level of the Xumi Stage. Although his Qi Sea was full of Yuan Qi, it was still some distance from breaking through to the second level of the Xumi Stage.
The pattern on Cheng Qing's right palm lit up as he opened up the Nine Phoenix City and entered.
After advancing to the Xumi Stage, Nine Phoenix City activated its second function, Space-Time Retention.
The so-called time lag meant that when Cheng Qing trained in Nine Phoenix City, time would pass slower than in the outside world. The ratio of the two was one to three. In other words, if Cheng Qing cultivated in Nine Phoenix City for a day, it would be equivalent to cultivating outside for three days.
This was a terrifying ratio. It could help Cheng Qing earn more time to cultivate. Originally, if Cheng Qing had followed the steps to cultivate, with his talent, he would still need a year to advance to the second level of the Xumi Stage. But now, he only needed four months.
When he was cultivating in the Nine Phoenix City, Cheng Qing's gaze stopped at the green lotus.
After his rebirth, Chen Qingming's soul was badly damaged, and he was replaced by this blue lotus. When he had ascended to the Earth Realm, the green lotus did not seem strange. It was just a natural substitute for that strand of fate soul, making Chen Qingming's soul complete.
If one were to say what use it had, it would only be a disadvantage since there were no benefits. Thus, Cheng Qing could only cultivate the Blue Lotus Art.
However, after Cheng Qing had advanced to the Xumi Stage, the Blue Lotus had undergone a change.
The luck Cheng Qing absorbed from the heavens and earth, before going through the eight extraordinary meridians and reaching the Qi Sea, would pass through the green lotus.
When the Yuan Qi flowed through the green lotus, it would lose its impurities and become very pure. Correspondingly, the Yuan Qi content would also decrease, slowing down the progress of the cultivation. However, Cheng Qing could not help but feel disappointed.
When cultivators absorbed heaven and earth origin energy, they would absorb impurities of varying proportions due to their different aptitudes. The amount of impurities a cultivator had would directly determine how much energy he used to fight his opponent. In other words, the purer one's elemental energy was, the more powerful one's power would be.
In the past, when Cheng Qing had surpassed his opponent in rank, he had relied on the extraordinary sword style of the 'Blue Lotus Sword Song'. Later on, when he had sword intent, his strength had become even stronger. But now, even if he didn't use the "Green Lotus Sword Song" 's sword style and didn't use the sword intent, he could similarly jump levels to challenge his opponent. This was because the purity of his origin energy was high and the lethality was great.
The purity of one's Essence would directly determine the realm that a cultivator would reach in the future. Many people could only stay in the skyrocketing realm, and aside from absorbing the Qi of heaven and earth at a slow rate and having a difficult time raising their cultivation base, there were simply too many other things that couldn't break through the bottleneck. This was the reason why when Cheng Qing reached the first level of the lesser celestial stage in his previous life, it was difficult to advance any further.
But now, Cheng Qing didn't have to worry about that at all. After he reached the first level of the lesser celestial stage, he could continue to raise his cultivation base. However, the final level one could reach would depend on the specific circumstances of the future.
The Ascension Realm, the Xumi Realm, the Confinement Realm, the Small Full Realm, the Small Heaven Realm, and the Great Sky Realm — this was the division of cultivation base in this world.