My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"Rong Yanqiu, heed my command. You are to lead forty thousand troops to defend You State. You are only to hold, not to attack, and you must not lose a single city."

"Wang Zhi, Wei Xuan, Song Guizhi, Ye Fengxiu, heed my order. The four of you will join me to lead the Hongze Camp and the Great Halberd Camp to Yan State to attack the three camps and intimidate West Qi!"

"Your subordinate obeys!"

"We're missing the bald monk."

Grinding her silver teeth, Rong Yanqiu cursed, "Back then, the treacherous slaves took the monk away under the pretext of withdrawing troops as hostages, and there has been no word since."

Wang Zhi shook his head, "Most likely he's been refined!"

"Sigh"

The deployment was complete.

Beiliang, from top to bottom, began to enter into meticulous operation.

In the seventy-sixth year of Longqing, November.

Wearing a white robe, Chen Sansi took advantage of the Yan State garrison being attacked from both sides by the "Beiliang" and "West Qi" forces, leading his troops on a surprise attack on Yan State, slaying the former commander of the Heavenly Strategy Camp, Yu Linxing, and bringing the Heavenly Strategy Camp along with twenty thousand garrison soldiers under his command.

By the end of November.

White-robed Chen Sansi began the standoff with West Qi.

However, after the battle of Guan Du, the West Qi army, terrified by the white robe, retreated on its own after just ten days under the suggestion of commander "Zhong Wuxin," pulling back within Ming State.

The white-robed commander ordered Ye Fengxiu to lead the Heavenly Strategy Camp and the Yan State garrison troops to defend the junction of Ming State and Yan State at the Sword Gate Canyon, thoroughly blocking it off.

Thus.

Liang, You, and Yan states fell under the white robe. Everywhere he passed, he uprooted Spiritual Grain and eliminated treacherous officials, bringing the people's hearts back into alignment.

After the battle of Yan State.

The Beiliang Army began, under strict arrangements, to visibly repair paths while secretly massing a huge army, preparing to enter You State for a surprise attack on Yunzhou.

During the preparation process, Beiliang collectively remained quiet—as quiet as the calm before a storm.

Governor Mansion.

Inside the mountain cave mansion.

On the stone platform, there were Spiritual Pearls emitting spiritual energy; Zhaozhao and Ning Xiang were focused on their cultivation.

In the adjacent stone room, there was a pill furnace.

Chen Sansi was conducting alchemy.

As for the raw materials, Spiritual Grain.

He had his own farmland.

The Governor Mansion had fertile land of a thousand mu. While Sun Xiangzong was alive, most of it had been distributed to landless commoners, but the remaining hundred or so mu were sufficient for Chen Sansi's needs, especially since the Spiritual Grain uprooted along the way wouldn't run out anytime soon.

Spiritual Grain, as a raw material, had no problems on its own.

But when passed on to each civilian, it became a poison.

"Hummm—"

The pill furnace in front of him began to tremble incessantly under the devouring of fierce red flames. Chen Sansi maintained his sealing gesture, channeling mana into it, while also using his Divine Sense to sense and control the "great Dao changes" inside the furnace.

Before long.

The fire extinguished, the formation faded, and the pill furnace floated open automatically, leaving behind several dark green Dan Pills inside.

True Martial Pills!

Years ago at the Fish and Dragon Collection in Daze Fang City, he once struck a deal with a martial arts practitioner from the Bai Family. Now, a couple of years had passed, and it was time to deliver the promised ten True Martial Pills and see if he could buy the Elixir Pills needed by early-stage True Power practitioners from the Bai Family.

You see.

While he was planning to advance south to the passes in Beiliang, the old Emperor was also preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Both sides were racing against time.

Chen Sansi had to focus on his cultivation to ensure that even if the advance failed, he would still have enough strength to keep Beiliang safe and then plan his next moves.

Of course.

This trip to the Cultivation World wouldn't waste much time.

In the next few days, he would break through to the Middle Stage of Qi Refinement, at which point he could fly through the air.

Once he returned from the Cultivation World, Beiliang's march south could officially begin.

Thinking thus.

Chen Sansi carefully stored all the True Martial Pills, then started making the "Clear Spirit Pill," specifically designed to help cultivators break through from the Early Stage to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining. All the raw materials had already been prepared in advance.

The process of alchemy was already routine for him.

It was merely a matter of first adding water, then Spiritual Grain, followed by other ingredients according to the heat, and finally combining Elixir Fire and transmitting mana into the pill furnace's formation while controlling the minute changes of the great Dao with Divine Sense.

Making a previously unmade pill.

As expected, he failed several times in succession.

Fortunately, as his technique became more proficient, he eventually successfully made a Clear Spirit Pill.

[Skill: Alchemy (First Rank)]

[Progress: 56/500]

A long time ago.

Chen Sansi was already a First-order Alchemist.

However, after that, continuing to make the same elixir didn't significantly increase his proficiency, but this was not something to be rushed—it could be done gradually.

The Clear Spirit Pills he previously acquired from other cultivators had run out.

This one was the only one left.

Chen Sansi placed it in his mouth, where it instantly turned into a stream of clean energy that flowed into his belly and then spread throughout his limbs. He closed his eyes and began to practice the "Swallowing Fire Technique."

His Fire Spirit Root, like a whirlpool, continuously drew in the spiritual energy within the cave mansion.

After layers of refinement, it was then stored in the Dantian.

At this moment.

Inside Chen Sansi's Dantian, there were already three wisps of mist representing spiritual power. Just as he was about to condense the fourth wisp, it would always disperse at a critical moment, as if there were an invisible shackle preventing a breakthrough.

Only with the output of the Clear Spirit Pill did the spiritual power become more solid, until he managed to gather the fourth wisp of mist.

"Crack!"

The invisible shackle opened, and he advanced in his cultivation realm.

[Cultivation Technique: Swallowing Fire Technique. Qi Refining Fourth Layer]

[Progress: 0/1200]

[Utility: Mid-grade Fire Spirit Root]

At the moment of breakthrough, Chen Sansi's Fire Spirit Root began to grow as if it were a Divine Tree from the Spirit World, nourished excellently, visibly rising and becoming more lush with an increased number of branches and leaves.