Practice Begins

One cold morning.

Ye Chen's body which had not moved for some time in the cave suddenly moved his eyelids, and a moment later they opened completely.

Ye Chen's pure black eyes seemed a little dazed, but then he immediately sat up and couldn't help but mutter, "Am I still alive?"

Looking left and right, up and down and finally finding the familiar cave room, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"I'm really alive!"

Ye Chen felt excited and couldn't help but laugh, but a moment later he frowned and looked at his whole body with disdain.

"What kind of stench is this?"

Ye Chen felt nauseous and saw that both of his arms were covered in a layer of disgusting black dirt with a rotten smell. Not only his arms, he also discovered that his entire body was also slimy, even his face was also not free from very disgusting things.

"Unlucky!"

Ye Chen couldn't hold back and immediately ran out of the cave to clean himself.

Some time later, some distance away from the previous cave, Ye Chen who had cleaned himself up couldn't help but admire his entire body.

Standing naked by the river, Ye Chen discovered drastic changes in his body. Previously, even though his body was rather thin, he looked weak, dirty and unkempt. But now, although he still remained thin, he found that his skin was much clearer, he even felt that the muscles all over his body had become stronger.

Looking at his own face through the reflection of the river water, Ye Chen also discovered that the immature looking boy's face looked better than expected.

"Ha ha!" Unable to contain his excitement, Ye Chen started laughing at his bet.

With the current changes to his body, he could finally be sure that his decision to eat the unknown fruit at the last moment was the right one. Not exactly, but Ye Chen also firmly believed that his entire body began to transform because of it. Not only limited to the physical body, but all five senses were also strengthened several times.

With his improvement, Ye Chen could even see within ten meters clearly, the sound of crickets and birds in the forest, even ants walking on the leaves, he could see everything, he could even hear the sound of worms crawling under his feet.

This discovery inevitably made Ye Chen excited and very happy, at the same time he also began to think about his original goal. If previously he was anxious to go to Dayun village immediately, now he thought that he should not be so hasty.

With the changes to his body, and also the four strange fruits that still remained in the cave, Ye Chen couldn't just give up on these two. Besides, in a forest like this it was also a good thing to train himself. With his initial goal of becoming immortal, what to do next was clear.

"Practice," Ye Chen's eyes suddenly brightened and immediately walked towards his bag.

Picking up and taking out things he didn't understand from inside the leather bag, Ye Chen started to check everything. Started by trying to open two strange pouches as well as a small sword excitedly, but ultimately he had to be disappointed.

Because even though he tried various methods, he couldn't get his hand into the pouch, the same thing happened with the small sword.

In the end he chose to put these three things aside and take a book without a name.

The old immortal had previously said that this book was a basic technique for mortals to sense, absorb and store the energy between heaven and earth into the dantian. The man didn't seem to be lying.

When Ye Chen read it to the end, and memorized some of the most important contents, he began to sit cross-legged under the tree, then closed his eyes, cast a spell according to the instructions in the book, and fully concentrated on it.

Different times like that, Ye Chen began to forget the things around him, ignoring everything and seemed to be one with the atmosphere around him.

Who knows how much time had passed, he felt that there were several warm currents floating around his entire body. The current is not visible or shaped, but it is there and it may be what is called spiritual energy.

Following the steps in the book, it was time to absorb spiritual energy into his body. Unfortunately, as a beginner who had just started practicing, it was impossible for Ye Chen to enter it. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it.

The feeling is very sickening, it's like plunging into water, but you can't feel the cold or freshness of the water at all.

Phew.

Ye Chen couldn't help but have to stop and open his eyes, but he didn't feel worried and knew that becoming Immortal couldn't be done overnight. Being able to feel spiritual energy is also progress. There was still plenty of time to come, especially since he wasn't in a rush.

Got up and walked to change into the spare clothes in his bag, Ye Chen found that it was already noon, which meant that he had unconsciously trained for more than six hours.

"Extraordinary!" Once again, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel amazed by what had just happened.

Even though he still hadn't absorbed the qi or was even too far gone to store it in the dantian, he felt like he had gained some things. The harvest of those six hours could be felt when he discovered that his body which had evolved some time before had become stronger and more energetic.

By continuing to train hard, wouldn't he become stronger and stronger? What's more with the four magic fruits that are still left in the cave.

Ye Chen was really excited and couldn't bear to immediately go back and train in the cave.

He's hooked!

Ye Chen was completely addicted to the benefits, and didn't think about anything else other than practicing.

That way, the boring days for ordinary people became something that Ye Chen looked forward to every moment. No longer needing to rush, he started his regular activities in the cave.

Practice in the cave at night, look for food in the river in the morning, and practice basic fighting skills by hunting wild animals in the forest during the day.

One week, two weeks to two months later, Ye Chen who was practicing next to a tree bearing strange fruit suddenly smiled and opened his eyes with great joy.

"Two months of hard work finally paid off!" Ye Chen couldn't help but smile when he found out that he could absorb spiritual energy.

Even though he still couldn't store qi into his dantian, this was progress. Then only the final step remains, namely absorbing spiritual energy through the pores, then guiding it to flow through all the meridians seven times back and forth, and storing it in the dantian.

If all that was done, Ye Chen could officially be said to be an Immortal at the first level of qi refinement.

"To make it faster, should I eat this strange fruit again?" Ye Chen asked himself and thought as he looked at the three strange fruits left on the tree beside him.

But then he shook his head and said, "It's best not to waste such a magical treasure. I already ate one a month ago, but it's still very long for me to reach the final stage of purification. There's still plenty of time, I'm not in a rush either, it's best I'm practicing outside."

Ye Chen stood up excitedly, and looked at the cave which was now more livable than it was a month ago, and suddenly thought of something.

"That's right. I haven't seen Huang for more than two weeksIn the past, because I couldn't beat him, I had to run away from him, but with my current strength, he shouldn't be much of a threat, right?"

Ye Chen, who was excited and needed practice materials, couldn't help but leave the cave. Then looked at the trees on the mountain and grinned.

"Little Huang, let's see, who is stronger now?"