Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 42: Spirit Fruit Ripens

That night, like usual, Chu Ning was meditating in the backyard, cultivating.

But in his heart, there was a sudden wave of discomfort.

The feeling was strange, as if someone was watching him.

Chu Ning quietly opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping around, but there wasn’t a single shadow of a person.

This only made Chu Ning more alert.

In fact, this feeling of being watched had occasionally appeared in recent days.

But it often just flashed by.

Chu Ning just thought it was his illusion, a result of being tense, so he didn’t pay much attention to it.

However, today, this feeling persisted for quite some time, making Chu Ning feel unusually obvious.

Chu Ning’s body was a bit stiff, and his hand involuntarily touched his Storage Bag.

Only thinking that in case of any change, he would quickly take action.

However, the time it took for a cup of tea to brew passed, and aside from the feeling of being watched.

Chu Ning didn’t make any other discoveries.

After another half-stick of incense’s time, the feeling of being watched suddenly disappeared.

He exhaled softly, and Chu Ning slightly relaxed, but his brows furrowed tightly.

No need to guess, Chu Ning could tell this feeling likely came from Qi Chongmao.

But he became even more puzzled.

Even though the two were separated by a courtyard, his side was also blocked by Iron Wire Vine.

How could he have the feeling of being watched by the other party?

The ability to observe from such a distance, as far as he knew, only Foundation Establishment Cultivators could use Divine Sense.

Could it be that Qi Chongmao, a Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivator, could also use Divine Sense?

Or did he practice some Secret Technique?

Thinking of this, Chu Ning was startled, becoming more vigilant.

He then focused his Heart Spirit into his mind, checking his cultivation progress.

[Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique (Yellow Tier Lower Grade), Second Layer (234/900)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Immortal Hide 150/300]

The progress of the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique these days has been slower.

Because he didn’t use the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill, even though he meditated for quite some time each day, he barely achieved a progress of 1 Skill Point per day.

What truly surprised Chu Ning was the progress of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.

Before, Chu Ning could basically achieve a progress of 1 Skill Point per day with the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, so over the past five months, the skill level also increased to 150.

But in the past two or three days, Chu Ning found that the progress of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique didn’t increase at all.

"Clearly, because I haven’t gone to the fields, I have had more time to cultivate the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique. Why hasn’t it increased over the past two days?"

Chu Ning pondered for a while and suddenly remembered the introduction of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique back then.

"Could it be that the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique has already reached a bottleneck?"

This thought flashed through his mind, but Chu Ning didn’t dare to be certain.

In cultivation techniques, bottlenecks often occur when reaching Perfection or nearing Perfection, and his skill level was only halfway.

Could this bottleneck be so long?

With some doubt in his mind, Chu Ning did not relax his cultivation of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique over the next two days.

He continued to practice it early, noon, and night each day as per his previous routine.

To Chu Ning’s frustration, the skill level of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique still did not improve.

This undoubtedly confirmed to Chu Ning that the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique indeed had reached a bottleneck.

This was unquestionably shocking to Chu Ning, but there was also a faint sense of expectation.

It was surprising because the bottleneck of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique was so lengthy, which explained why normal cultivation was so difficult.

The expectation was that in just a few days, the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit would be able to mature.

Since the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit was effective for breakthrough in Unbreakable Tendons and Undying Bone, it should be no problem for breaking through the bottleneck of Immortal Hide!

The only thing making Chu Ning uneasy was that the sense of being watched nightly became increasingly pronounced and lasted longer.

Chu Ning now vaguely guessed that the day the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit matured was likely when the other party would make a move!

Thus, four more days passed.

Early that morning, Chu Ning stayed inside the house, looking out towards the courtyard through the window.

These days, Chu Ning had also figured out some patterns of Qi Chongmao.

For instance, each morning, he would still leave the courtyard for the fields, while in the afternoon, he would generally stay inside the courtyard.

As for the nights, he would mostly spy in his direction for almost half an hour before resting.

Just like usual, shortly after breakfast, Chu Ning saw Qi Chongmao leaving the courtyard for the Spirit Field.

And when he passed by outside Chu Ning’s courtyard, Qi Chongmao showed no signs of anything unusual.

Chu Ning stayed in the house, watching until Qi Chongmao’s figure completely disappeared.

After waiting a bit, confirming that the other party didn’t come back like usual, he quickly made his way to the backyard.

Standing before the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit, Chu Ning carefully examined this Spirit Fruit he had cultivated for several months.

At this moment, the seven colors on the leaves of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit Tree were distinct.

And the originally green Seven-Star Spirit Fruit had turned completely red, looking as if it might fall at any moment.

Just by approaching, Chu Ning could clearly feel the rich Spiritual Qi emanating from the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit.

Seeing this, Chu Ning did not need to be told what was happening.

The Seven-Star Spirit Fruit had fully matured!

Moreover, this Seven-Star Spirit Fruit was brimming with Spirit Charm, clearly of much better quality than the ones Old Man Sun had before.

After a period of cultivating Seven-Star Spirit Fruit, Chu Ning realized this.

Back then, Old Man Sun only instructed him to use the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill ten times consecutively to enhance its quality because their cultivation methods differed.

Old Man Sun relied more on external substances.

So at that time, using the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill ten times consecutively had already reached the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit’s limit.

Even if he used it more, the quality wouldn’t improve.

Old Man Sun afterwards was simply waiting for the fruit to fully mature.

On the other hand, from the beginning, Chu Ning planted it using the Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill to draw in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, so this Supporting Technique remained effective.

Of course, once the quality reaches a certain stage, it could no longer improve.

But in the days that followed, Chu Ning could still feel.

The Cyan Wood Spring Blossom Skill had a subtle effect in promoting its absorption of Spiritual Qi and maturation.

Therefore, he made sure not to skip a single day.

And it was precisely because of this that the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit possessed its current Spirit Charm.

Without further hesitation, Chu Ning took out the six Jade Boxes he had prepared from his Storage Bag.

He picked and stored each of the six Seven-Star Spirit Fruits into them, then carefully placed them back into the Storage Bag.

As for the last Seven-Star Spirit Fruit, after picking it, Chu Ning directly put it into his mouth.

Since he had already concluded earlier that the first layer of his Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique had reached a bottleneck,

Chu Ning planned to use the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit to break through the bottleneck in one go.

After all, he wasn’t sure if Qi Chongmao would notice once he picked the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit.

Nor was he certain if the other party would take any action.

If his Body Refinement could break through the bottleneck, he would have another trick up his sleeve.