Chapter 81 - Soul-Condensation Stage (1/2)

Shortly after Ye Shang returned to the second floor, Qing Ji showed up since it was dinner time.

Qing Ji enjoyed a higher quality of life, hence she wouldn’t take any bigu pill if not necessary.

“Master Qing, Master Ye just came out, played with Tian Yu for a while, ate something, and then went back to the room.” The servant reported.

Qing Ji nodded, she was not worried about Ye Shang who had built a strong foundation from tasks and actual combat experiences.

She headed for the loft where Sikong Chuyu lived and planned to have dinner with Sikong Chuyu.

In front of Sikong Chuyu’s loft, Qing Ji stopped, and was surprised that Sikong Chuyu was seeking a breakthrough.

When Sikong Chuyu came to the mansion, she was at fourth-order stage seven, and was now heading towards the fourth-order stage eight.

What surprised Qing Ji was Sikong’s trust in her, since Sikong was at risk of being seriously injured if she was disturbed during the advancement.

Shaking her head, Qing Ji returned to the main building and began to eat.

Qing Ji, who finished dinner, did not start to cultivate, and instead stayed in the grand hall to keep a lookout for any disturbance.

Since Sikong Chuyu trusted her, she had to live up to that trust.

Not to mention that Qing Ji got along well with Sikong Chuyu, Qing Ji would help simply because Sikong was Ye Shang’s friend.

Ye Shang calmed his mind and started his close-door cultivation after returning to his room and taking the mediation pill.

There was a fundamental difference in the quality of qi between the Qi-refining stage and the Soul-condensation stage. He had to produce a qualitative change in the quality of his qi by compressing it from a gaseous state to a liquid state.

Liquefied qi was a sign of entering the Soul-condensation stage, and solidifying the liquefied qi into a core would be the symbol of the cultivators at Core Formation Stage.

Ye Shang first circulated the qi in his Dantian slowly.

After a quarter of an hour, Ye Shang absorbed the power from the meditation pill, directed the energy of the medicine towards his Dantian and continued to compress the gaseous qi in his Dantian.

Ye Shang then continued the process of absorbing the energy of the mediation pill, and compressing his qi.

It was a difficult process, and no accident could be tolerated.

Once an accident took place, the compressed qi would rebound and his efforts would be in vain, risking damage to his Dantian and other internal organs.

Ye Shang kept absorbing the energy from the meditation pill and compressed the qi in his Dantian.

After four hours, his forehead was covered with perspiration, when he continued to compress the qi.

Two more hours later, Ye Shang’s Dantian shook, the qi was compressed to an extreme causing a qualitative change, and a drop of liquefied qi was produced.

After the appearance of this drop of liquefied qi, a chain reaction occurred in his Dantian. The gaseous qi condensed upon contact with this droplet, and it took less than a quarter of an hour for the transformation to be complete.

Continuing to cultivate for 2 hours, Ye Shang continued to cultivate for another two hours to stabilize his cultivation base completely before leaving the room.

He took a bath right away as he was soaked through.