Qin Feng was not interested in dual cultivation at the moment. Even if it could enhance his strength, the gains would be limited.
He wanted to return to his original world and completely escape the crisis brought about by the Savage World. To do this, he had to become an immortal, and perhaps even more than that, he needed to become stronger.
Therefore, advancing from the middle stage of Golden Core to the late stage held little allure for him. Moreover, he was unsure if cultivating through dual cultivation would affect his future cultivation. What if, at the final trial to become an immortal, his inner demon was his cultivation through dual cultivation with Wang Feng? It would undoubtedly become his nightmare, a stumbling block to his ascension.
Even if he were to engage in dual cultivation, it would be with someone he truly loved. He and Wang Feng had no feelings for each other, so dual cultivation was out of the question. Thus, Qin Feng waved his hand and said, "I have many important things to do right now. Dual cultivation is not within my scope of consideration. Go back now and find those people from the Savage World. Send them all back the next time the teleportation array opens. That is the only thing you can do to help me right now."
Hearing this, Wang Feng felt a pang of disappointment, but she still nodded and said, "Don't worry, your business is my business. Finding those people from the barbarian tribes is not difficult for me. I will do my best. I will contact my subordinates now; their collected information should be almost ready to be sent back."
After speaking, Wang Feng stood up, cast an ambiguous glance at Qin Feng, and turned to leave.
With Wang Feng's departure, Qin Feng no longer had any pressing concerns. At the very least, until the teleportation array opened, he only needed to focus on his cultivation.
Since arriving in this world, he had made significant progress. He could now refine ordinary Battle Power Pills, although the success rate was slightly low. However, he believed that with more practice and increased proficiency, his success rate would improve.
The only thing separating him from a high-level alchemist was experience. Now, by studying the alchemy notes left by Elder Yao, he could gain invaluable experience. By reading the notes and digesting the knowledge imparted by Elder Yao, his alchemy skills would grow even faster.
Therefore, Qin Feng resumed his alchemy. At the same time, he did not forget to direct his Red Alert legions to practice body-refining techniques.
His personal strength could not increase significantly in a short period, but his Red Alert legions could. Every bit of combat power they gained would greatly strengthen his overall strength. He believed that once these Red Alert legion soldiers reached the level of Foundation Establishment, he could walk sideways in this world.
With over ten thousand individuals possessing the combat prowess of Foundation Establishment, charging into battle for him without hesitation, no sect could possess such combat power and strength.
His alchemy was for future preparations, while the increased strength of his Red Alert legions could solve his current troubles.
Even if powerful individuals came looking for him, he would not be afraid.
This was his confidence.
Thus, Qin Feng multitasked, continuing to refine pills while directing the Red Alert legions in practicing body-refining techniques. He also made time to review Elder Yao's alchemy notes, striving to digest the experience imparted by Elder Yao as soon as possible.
Concurrently, he continued to cultivate his Charm techniques. Qin Feng discovered that the Charm techniques were different from the cultivation methods in his Wordless Heavenly Book. However, both ultimately aimed at ascension. The only difference was that cultivating Charm techniques to achieve immortality was extremely difficult, almost impossible.
The orthodox cultivation methods of the Wordless Heavenly Book, however, could achieve this. Cultivating Charm techniques had broadened his understanding of the universe, which in turn accelerated his cultivation of the Wordless Heavenly Book's immortal cultivation methods. Although the acceleration was not significant, Qin Feng knew that as his strength increased, this benefit would be greatly amplified.
The reason he didn't feel the effects of this accelerated cultivation yet was his low current strength. If his realm were two levels higher, what others might achieve in a hundred years of cultivation, he could accomplish in ten years after cultivating Charm techniques.
Time passed, and Qin Feng refined over a dozen more batches of Battle Power Pills. Although half of them were duds, the other half were successful. Qin Feng wasted none of them, consuming all the successful Battle Power Pills to enhance his strength. He opened his status panel to check his current combat power.
[Name]: Qin Feng
[Level]: 166 (166/9999)
[Reputation]: 28
[Strength]: 17000
[Agility]: 24000
[Constitution]: 16000
[Spirit]: 15000
[Talent]: SSS-rank "Red Alert Domain"
[Skills]: None
[Combat Power]: 1860
[Gold]: 906000
Through the Battle Power Pills consumed during this period, he had gained an additional 200 points of combat power. Although it was insignificant compared to his overall combat strength, Qin Feng was still very pleased. With this success rate, his confidence in refining Body Tempering Pills greatly increased.
The difficulty of refining Body Tempering Pills was much higher than that of Battle Power Pills. He might refine ten batches and still not succeed in one. However, once successful, his Red Alert legions could rapidly improve their strength with Body Tempering Pills, and his overall combat power would also increase rapidly. When he returned to the Savage World, he would be able to challenge stronger monsters.
Currently, he could successfully challenge monsters in Level 4 spiritual energy gathering areas, but he was still unable to deal with monsters in Level 5 spiritual energy gathering areas. This was because the monster he encountered in the Level 5 spiritual energy gathering area was too bizarre.
The planar teleportation array made it impossible for him to leverage the numerical advantage of his Red Alert legions. However, he believed he could challenge and defeat monsters in other Level 5 spiritual energy gathering areas.
The higher the level of the monsters, the more treasures they dropped, and the more valuable they were. This was very beneficial for improving his strength.
With this in mind, Qin Feng decided to start refining Body Tempering Pills. He wanted to see his current alchemy level and strive to refine this high-level medicinal pill.
Just as he was preparing the necessary medicinal ingredients, Ye Shen walked out of the room, her brow furrowed with a hint of distress.
Qin Feng asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Ye Shen said, "If I just cultivate by sitting cross-legged, the progress is too slow. The Battle Power Pills you refined are helpful to me, but as my strength increases, their help will become less significant. I want to quickly raise my strength to a level higher than that old woman's, but I can't think of any way to achieve this. I hope you can guide me."
Hearing this, Qin Feng scratched his head. He didn't know the answer to this question either. The simplest way to increase strength was to consume pills that boosted strength, but those pills were too high-level for him to refine now. The only pills he could refine were Battle Power Pills, low-level pills that offered less significant increases in strength.
Therefore, he couldn't provide any help to Ye Shen. If she wanted to rapidly increase her strength, there were other methods, such as returning to the Savage World to kill monsters. However, there was still some time before the teleportation array opened. Qin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we ask the cultivators of this world? They might have a way. Our experience with cultivation is too limited!"