Chapter 037: Four Years

Senior brother Zhang coldly swept a glance at Wang Zhuo and said, “The key to this breakthrough does in fact have a great deal to do with natural talent, some may succeed in one go, while others will need hundreds, thousands, or even a lifetime of not being able to break through, there are some.”

Wang Lin revealed a despondent look and suddenly asked, “Senior brother Zhang, is the breakthrough at every level so difficult, two into three, three into four? Is it all like this?”

Senior Brother Zhang nodded and said, “That’s right, the further you go, the more difficult it is, especially when you advance from three to four, and from five to six, it’s even more difficult!”

While Senior Brother Zhang answered, he also attracted quite a few disciples from afar, and suddenly a woman asked, “Senior Brother, what exactly is so difficult about three into four? I’m currently at the third level of the Qi Condensation Stage.”

The person who spoke Wang Lin recognized, it was the woman surnamed Zhou that Wang Zhuo was pursuing so hard.

Senior brother Zhang pondered for a moment and said, “That’s just it, today I’ll take the opportunity to give you a detailed explanation of the bottleneck of the Qi Condensation Stage, this Qi Condensation Stage, below the sixth layer, there are two bottlenecks, one of which is the three into four, this bottleneck is very easy for some people to get past, but likewise, for some others, it may not be able to break through in this lifetime, the key to this has nothing to do with natural talent. The key lies in whether or not one can comprehend the meaning of the saying that the Great Dao is merciless!”

After saying that, he looked at the crowd with great meaning, and continued, “People who cultivate immortality must cut off the mortal dust, and if they can do so, it’s not difficult for these three to enter the fourth, but if they can’t do so, it’s difficult! As for the bottleneck of five into six, that’s because it’s a qualitative change in the qi condensation period, the body is transformed by the aura into a small success, it will undergo a series of deeper changes, and the consumption of aura required is too great, so it becomes a bottleneck, blocking most people’s footsteps.”

After hearing this, Wang Lin’s heart shook and he fell silent.

The other inner disciples all had different expressions as well and continued to ask some more questions until the sky darkened and the crowd dispersed.

Wang Lin frowned as he walked towards the valley, the sound of running water in his ears gradually grew louder, and before long, a small river appeared in front of him.

A faint trace of aura emanated from within the river, Wang Lin fished it up and took a sip, secretly saying that although it wasn’t as good as aura spring water, but more or less, it could still increase aura.

So he did not say anything, took out a gourd, filled the river water, after a long time, finally all the gourds are loaded, just turned around, his pupils immediately contracted, only to see the second senior brother Zhang crazy like a ghost standing not far behind him. When he was loading the river water before, his divine sense had been observing the surroundings and didn’t find the slightest abnormality, but the other party had obviously been here for a long time, and Wang Lin’s heart sank.

“Senior brother Wang, this river water contains spiritual qi, drinking more of it will be good for your cultivation, but I saw that you prepared quite a few gourds, did you know that you could use it here before you came to the valley?” Zhang Maniac’s eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice.

Wang Lin didn’t move and put away the gourd in his hand and respectfully said, “My master had told me before that the river water here would help with cultivation, so I prepared quite a few.”

Zhang Maniac stared at Wang Lin, after a long time he nodded his head and said, “It’s normal for Uncle Sun to know about this, you go back to cultivate, in just two years you reached the first layer of the Qi Condensation Stage, it seems that Senior Brother has really made a great determination, very good, I hope that when I see you again, you can reach the second layer!”

Wang Lin cupped his fists and retired, he carefully left, only after returning to the cave did he breathe a sigh of relief, his back clothes were already soaked with sweat, it was a good thing that he had already developed the habit of hiding his cultivation all the time, otherwise if he let the other party find out that he had actually reached the third layer of Qi Condensation, he would definitely be suspicious, and at that time, based on his current strength, he would not have the slightest power to fight back even if he was killed.

“Immortal cultivators are actually the same as mortals, there are all kinds of yu expectations, and sometimes it is even more realistic and cruel than the mortal world several times. That’s why I must not let anyone know that I have the mysterious bead.” Wang Lin secretly admonished himself.

After pulling the wall handle and sealing the cave, Wang Lin sat down on his knees and pondered.

According to reason, people who cultivate immortals cut off mortal dust in order to stop themselves from having all kinds of yu, which would affect their cultivation, but most of the people he saw cultivating immortals since he entered the Hengyue Sect, none of them were able to truly be free of desires, but instead, they were several times more intense than mortals.

In this way, the so-called cutting off the mortal dust is nothing more than a vague concept, but this three into four, according to what senior brother Zhang said, it is necessary to cut off the mortal dust, which is somewhat contradictory.

Thinking hard for a long time, he still can’t make sense of it, Wang Lin thinks he can’t cut off his affection, well, the third layer of the Qi Condensation Stage is not the same as the first two layers, even though he can’t break through, the aura is still increased, so after considering it for a long time, he gave up the idea of breaking through for a short time, and consolidated the third layer at ease.

Time rushes, one year, two years, can’t help but realize that two years of light have passed, Wang Lin in the back of the mountain, has been in seclusion for four years. In the latter two years, Wang Lin only went out once, to replenish the river water and cultivate after soaking in the beads.

Four years in reality, twenty-five years in dream time. If he counted all of the time before that, Wang Lin had actually cultivated for twenty-seven or twenty-eight years.

The Qi Condensation Stage was still still stagnant at the third layer without a breakthrough. However, the aura in his body had still been growing non-stop.

This day was the last day of the four years of cultivation, and at the first moment of the morning, Zhang Maniac’s voice sounded outside: “All the senior brothers, four years have come and gone, come out quickly, Master Sect Leader is casting a spell in the sect’s main hall to summon you back!”

All the caves in the cliff wall, all of them opened up, and the inner disciples, one by one, came out of them.

More than forty people, in these four years of seclusion, they had gained from each other, standing in the valley, Wang Lin swept his divine sense.

Wang Zhuo has already reached the peak of the fifth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage, and is looking at stepping into the sixth layer, as for the others, there are even a few more who are also at this level of cultivation, four years of time, everyone is making progress.

The woman surnamed Xu had also reached the third layer of Qi Condensation, and as for Senior Brother Zhang, Wang Lin gazed at him and saw that he was at the sixth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage!

Vaguely, he had a feeling that his cultivation, it seemed like it wasn’t quite the same as the others, first of all, divine sense, when he had just observed the others, it seemed like no one had noticed.

In addition, the woman surnamed Zhou had said two years ago that she had reached the third layer of the Qi Condensation Stage, but Wang Lin had just realized that the other party was still hovering around the third layer, and the degree of aura in her body had not increased by half.

Wang Lin had a guess in his heart that other people didn’t seem to be like him and had no limit at the third layer. Or perhaps, he himself has already broken through the third layer …… Wang Lin’s heart jumped wildly, and put this thought, suppressed it.