Chapter 429 Thirteenth Floor

During the banquet, Qin Shaochen was introduced by Xu Ziyue, and he formally met two senior demon hunters.

Both of them were in their fifties.

Their cultivation was almost the same.

They were both spiritualists who had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, their appearances were very different.

One was a man with white hair and a withered appearance.

His surname was Zhang and his name was Sifang. He was from Beijun. He joined the Demon Hunter League at the age of thirty, and it has been twenty-eight years since then.

In the past twenty-eight years, he has killed thousands of various monsters, more than two hundred various small monsters, and nineteen first-grade monsters.

What's more legendary is that he once killed a second-grade monster!

Because of his outstanding military exploits, he accumulated merits and was promoted to a second-grade demon hunter.

The other demon hunter was named Lin and his name was Guangsheng. He was the opposite of Zhang Sifang, who had a casual appearance.

He was a spiritualist who paid great attention to his appearance.

He had black hair and bright clothes. He was fifty-five years old, but he looked like he was in his forties.

He was sent by the Spiritual Medicine Sect to join the Demon-Slaying Alliance ten years ago.

Although he has killed few monsters, he has used drugs to kill a second-grade monster.

He has met the basic requirements for promotion to a second-grade demon-slayer.

Through a series of operations, he became a second-grade demon-slayer in June last year.

During the banquet, Zhang Sifang was relatively taciturn and didn't talk much.

He just drank one cup after another.

But Lin Guangsheng was very talkative.

Not only did he ask Qin Shaochen in detail about his origins and cultivation.

He also kept praising Qin Shaochen for his extraordinary skills and good luck!

He had just become a demon-slayer and killed two first-grade monsters.

What a good fortune!

He even asked that he wanted to see the first-grade demon core that Qin Shaochen got after killing the pangolin.

Qin Shaochen smiled and shook his head.

He said that the demon core was hidden in the family's treasure house and he never brought it with him.

Declined politely.

During the dinner, Qin Shaochen also asked, since both seniors have already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

They are at the critical period of being promoted to the Great Spiritualist.

Why don't they seize the time to prepare for a breakthrough, but run around everywhere to kill monsters.

"Little brother, this shows that you are still inexperienced and don't know much about some things about cultivation."

Lin Guangsheng laughed, put on the style of an elder, and talked about the reason with great interest.

"Little brother, you must think that when you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, you have reached the highest level."

"Not really!"

"According to the records in ancient books, the highest level of Qi Refining is not the ninth level, but the thirteenth level."

Qin Shaochen was stunned and a little surprised.

All along, the highest level of Qi Refining that he had seen in the late stage of Qi Refining was the ninth level.

This is the first time he has heard of the thirteenth level.

Xu Ziyue was also very interested and asked quickly:

"Thirteenth level!"

"Excuse me, Senior Lin, why don't you practice the extra four levels? Is it not very useful to practice them?"

"Wrong!"

Lin Guangsheng's tone was very sure.

"I don't practice because I don't have that much time to practice."

"Since you can be promoted to a great spiritualist at the ninth level of Qi Refining, it would be too stupid to spend another thirty or forty years in the Qi Refining period."

"As for the effect, it is not without effect!"

"And it is very useful!"

Lin Guangsheng unconsciously raised his voice when he said this.

"The biggest effect is not to make the cultivator's skills purer and his cultivation deeper."

"It is to get better rewards when building the foundation."

"Please explain it clearly, Senior!" Xu Ziyue asked.

"Hmm!"

Lin Guangsheng stroked his beard and smiled indifferently.

It is obvious that in front of the two juniors, he, a knowledgeable senior, also had some interest in talking.

"According to ancient records, one can start building a foundation after reaching the ninth level."

"But ancient cultivators generally did not build a foundation at the ninth level."

"They often started building a foundation at the tenth or eleventh level of Qi training."

"What's more, as long as their age permits, they will continue to practice until they reach the twelfth or thirteenth level of perfection before they start to advance."

"Why is that?"

Xu Ziyue and Qin Shaochen both sat up straight at the same time.

"At this time, the higher the level of cultivation during the Qi Refining Stage, the more spiritual foundations you will have after building the foundation."

"When building the foundation at the ninth level, under normal circumstances, you may only have four or five spiritual foundations."

"Only those with outstanding talents can have six or seven spiritual foundations."

"But if you build the foundation at the tenth level of Qi Refining, you will definitely not have four or five spiritual foundations."

"At least six spiritual foundations."

"I believe you also know that the more spiritual foundations the better."

"It is also directly related to whether you can condense the golden elixir in the future."

"Since you have embarked on the road of cultivation, no one wants to reach the end at the foundation building stage."

"Therefore, whenever possible, practitioners in ancient times would try their best to cultivate to the tenth level before starting to build the foundation."

"And if you can cultivate to the eleventh level, it is easy to obtain the seventh spiritual foundation."

"Once you have the seventh spiritual foundation, the chance of reaching the next level a hundred years later is much greater!"

"So that's it!"

Qin Shaochen felt a little enlightened.

"I have another question, I would like to ask you, Senior."

"Since there are so many benefits to cultivating to the tenth level, why do spiritualists nowadays often start building their foundation after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining?"

Lin Guangsheng smiled "hehe".

"Do you think those spiritual men don't want to?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't!"

"The current cultivation environment is far inferior to that of ancient times."

"The spiritual master's cultivation speed has slowed down a lot."

"Under normal circumstances, those who have reached the ninth level of cultivation are probably already in their fifties or sixties."

"If you want to cultivate to the tenth level, it seems good, but there are only a few people who can achieve that step."

Lin Guangsheng picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the wine, shook his head with emotion, and then continued:

"Take me as an example. It took me five years to cultivate to the eighth level, and it took ten years to reach the ninth level and reach perfection."

"This is after I used the demon core twice."

"Based on this speed, I estimate that it will take at least twenty years to reach the tenth level of perfection."

"But actually, that's an optimistic estimate."

"The most likely time is about thirty years."

Speaking of this, Lin Guangsheng sighed softly.

"If I really do that and reach the tenth level of perfection, I will be an old spiritual warrior in his nineties."

"What needs to be considered at that time is not the matter of several levels of spiritual foundation."

"It's about whether the foundation building can be successful."

"This is the reason why most spiritual warriors are unwilling to practice at the tenth level."

Qin Shaochen suddenly understood and nodded.

Lin Guangsheng is right.

The best time to build a foundation is before the age of sixty.

After that, the possibility of success will gradually decrease with age.

When you reach your nineties and seek to build a foundation again, your chances of success are slim.

"If I were just an ordinary spiritual warrior, the best choice would of course be to build the foundation now."

"With my background and qualifications, the chance of success is definitely not small."

"However, how many layers of spiritual foundation can be obtained is unknown."

"If you are lucky enough to build a six- or seven-layer spiritual foundation, you will certainly be very happy."

"But if I am not careful, or have bad luck, and only build three or four levels of spiritual foundation, then my cultivation of the true path will be completely over."

Speaking of this, Lin Guangsheng began to shake his head frequently.

Zhang Sifang on the side also shook his head.

Apparently, both of them thought it was not a good idea to start building the foundation now.