Song Qi obviously hadn't come back to his senses from such shock.

Because Xia Rufei's words subverted the worldview he had established over decades, and all his understanding of the world was changed in this short few minutes.

Even if it is not a complete collapse, it is at least proven to be incomplete.

And it was his personal experience.

After a while, Song Qiming looked up and asked, "Ruofei, you are also a member of the cultivator..., right? Then your cultivation level?"

"Early stage of the Golden Pill!" Xia Rufei had no intention of hiding it. "In fact, the cultivation environment is not good now, and the entire cultivation world is in a very sluggish state. Even if the cultivators in the Golden Pill stage are relatively powerful, the Nascent Soul stage and even the Yuanshen stage have basically not appeared in the cultivation world for two or three hundred years."

In order to facilitate Song Qiming's understanding, Xia Rufei further explained: "Uncle Song, if you don't have the opportunity this time, you will have the cultivation level of Qi Refining Level 1. This time, the spiritual tea allows you to break through continuously. Now you are already at the 3rd level of Qi Refining Level, and you may break through to the 4th level of Qi Refining Level at any time. The entire qi refining stage is divided into 9 stages, namely Qi Refining Level 1 to Qi Refining Level 9. After breaking through the bottleneck of Qi Refining Level 9, the next major realm is the Golden Elixir Stage. However, even if you break through the bottleneck, you still need a process to reach the early stage of Jindan. The time of this process varies from person to person. Some of them cannot be completed in just a few months, and some cannot be completed in several years."

With this explanation, Song Qiming had a relatively general understanding of the realm of cultivation.

He nodded slightly, then asked again: "By the way, you just said that the cultivation environment is not good now, why?"

Xia Ruofei shrugged and said, "No one knows this. It is an unsolved mystery in the cultivation world. However, the objective reality is that the cultivation environment has been deteriorating. This deterioration began about three hundred years ago. It is a very long but continuous process. Take the present for example, Uncle Song, you can probably feel that the free spiritual energy in the air is very complex and violent, and cannot be absorbed by the monks at all. Therefore, most of the time of every day cannot be practiced. Only the two hours of Zishi and Maoshi, the spiritual energy will be slightly more stable, and it can barely allow the monks to practice. The environment has become like this, and even normal cultivation cannot be guaranteed. The overall strength of the cultivation world can be imagined."

Xia Rufei picked up the cup and took a sip of wild tea, and then continued, "That's why I asked you to use the crystal that I gave you when you practice. That thing is quite precious in the cultivation world. It is called a spirit crystal, and it contains a large amount of concentrated spiritual energy that can be absorbed and cultivated by monks at any time. It is precisely because of the spirit crystal that you can practice the 'the method of nourishing qi' I mentioned before at any time. In fact, what you absorb is the spiritual energy inside the spirit crystal, and the spiritual energy in the environment cannot be absorbed in other periods except for Zishi and Maoshi. If the monks forcefully absorb it, it may also cause various situations. The worst case is that the violent spiritual energy is absorbed into the body and cannot be controlled, and eventually explodes and dies."

Xia Rufei also considered that Song Qiming had no idea about cultivation and was worried that he did not know the severity of the matter. For whatever reason, he tried to absorb the violent and complicated spiritual energy free from the air, resulting in serious consequences, so he pointed out this point specifically.

Song Qiming suddenly realized when he heard this and said with some fear: "Fortunately, I have always carried out your instructions without fail..."

Xia Rufei nodded with a smile.

In fact, even if Song Qiming tried to absorb the free spiritual energy in the air before, it would not be too serious, because his cultivation level was too low at that time, and the violent spiritual energy in the air was not so easy to absorb.

However, now that Song Qiming's cultivation has improved, the risk of absorbing spiritual energy in the air has naturally increased, so Xia Rufei simply does not make it clear.

Then, Song Qiming said, "Ruofei, since this spiritual crystal is so precious, isn't it a waste for you to use it for me? I am so old, even if I practice, I am unlikely to achieve any great achievements. I should keep it for you to use it myself!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Uncle Song, spiritual crystals are precious in the cultivation world, and they are relatively common! For ordinary monks, a spiritual crystal is indeed quite precious, but I still have a lot of spiritual crystals on hand, and I even have a lot of Yuan crystals that are higher than the spiritual crystals. As long as you can absorb them, it will be fine if you supply them completely open and supply them!"

He paused and continued, "Besides talking about age... you should be less than 60 this year, right?"

"Yeah!" Song Qiming nodded and said, "But it should be a bit late to start practicing at this age, right?"

Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "That's different. If a cultivator from a small sect starts practicing in his late sixties, it will definitely be too late. But you are different. First of all, after that accident, it is a blessing in disguise. His talent for cultivation is quite good, which means that he will have sufficient momentum. Secondly, the most important thing in cultivation is in addition to talent, is resources. In terms of resources, with my full support, it is not too late to start practicing at this age! There is a cultivator around me, who is now nearly ninety years old, and his cultivation is still in the Qi Refining Period!"

"At such an old age, I'm still practicing?" Song Qiming shouted in surprise.

"It's okay!" Xia Rufei said lightly, "The lifespan of a monk is longer than that of an ordinary person. It is normal for a high-level monk in the Qi Refining Stage to live to 156. Eighty years old is just equivalent to middle-aged people! If you break through to the Golden Elixir Stage, your lifespan can reach at least about 300 years old, and relatively speaking, you will be even younger in your 80s!"

Song Qiming said in shock: "Three hundred years old!"

This is completely beyond his cognition, because in the secular world, a centenarian has already lived a long life and can be regarded as a "human auspicious person". If a monk in the Jindan stage can reach a lifespan of 300 years, then wouldn't a hundred years be equivalent to an ordinary person's early thirties?

Xia Rufei smiled and nodded and said, "This is just a conservative estimate, because as the cultivation level increases, the lifespan will be longer! Therefore, everyone in the cultivation world is working hard to improve their cultivation! The yearning for immortality is also an important driving force for these monks to work hard to practice!"

Song Qiming nodded. He understood Xia Rufei's words very much.

Because even after hearing this, he couldn't help but feel excited. When the quality of life does not decline, who doesn't want to live longer as much as possible?

Xia Rufei continued: "When it comes to the issue of cultivation resources, some casual cultivators with very few resources have started practicing at a young age, but at your age, their cultivation level may be as high as 3 and 4 levels of Qi Refining. And because of the spiritual crystals and this spiritual tea, you can easily reach the height they can only reach in decades in such a short time, and the future development space is much higher than that of them! Therefore, your age is definitely not a problem, so don't worry about this!"

Song Qiming showed a shock.

Although Xia Rufei's tone was plain, he could also feel the cruelty of the survival laws of the cultivation world. Some monks at the bottom took decades to achieve his cultivation level. And he was really achieved easily, just as Xia Rufei said.

Before today, Song Qiming used the exercises taught to him by Xia Rufei as "the method of nourishing qi". To put it bluntly, it is used as a method of health preservation. He took some time to practice every day, and sometimes he was busy with work, so he might not be able to insist on practicing every day.

Then this time, Xia Rufei brought the "spiritual tea". He drank a cup of tea and entered the mysterious state. He only reached the current cultivation level for only twenty or thirty minutes.

It's really as easy as eating and drinking water!

Song Qiming suddenly felt the huge gap brought by cultivation resources.

At the same time, he also realized that even in the cultivation world, the cultivation resources that Xia Rufei had were probably beyond the reach of most monks.

"I understand..." Song Qiming nodded, then sighed, "Ruofei, you are like pushing open a door to a new world for me!"

Xia Rufei smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence! Your last accident was a blessing in disguise. If your physique cannot be cultivated, I can't do it even if I want to help you..."

After Song Qiming suddenly remembered that he had practiced the "technique of nourishing qi" for the first time and felt the obvious effect, he seemed to have asked Xia Rufei if he could teach this technique to his wife Fang Liyun.

Song Qiming remembered that Xia Rufei said that even if he taught, it would be difficult for Fang Liyun to truly learn it.

At that time, out of absolute trust in Xia Rufei, he did not think about this anymore, and did not teach Fang Liyun to practice.

Looking back now, he suddenly understood that it was the issue of cultivation talent after all. It seemed that Fang Liyun's physique was not suitable for cultivation.

Thinking of this, Song Qiming couldn't help feeling sad.

He and Fang Liyun have been couples for 20 or 30 years, and their relationship has always been very good.

But if he embarked on the path of cultivation and Fang Liyun could not practice, then one day in the future, Fang Liyun would leave him first. But I heard from Xia Rufei that the lifespan of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage can reach about 150 years old, and Fang Liyun, an ordinary person, could not have lived for so long.

Xia Rufei seemed to see what Song Qiming was thinking. He smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Song, you don't need to think too much about Aunt Fang... Her current physique is indeed not suitable for cultivation, but there may be more opportunities in the future, and it is not impossible to change the physique. What's more, even if she has not been able to practice, I am sure that she can live as long as possible. At least one hundred years old is no problem! You should know that many spiritual medicines in the cultivation world are definitely magical medicines for prolonging life for ordinary people! For example, the tea you just drank can prolong life after taking it. I had asked Vivi and Qingxue to deliver it to Aunt Fang just now."

Upon hearing this, Song Qiming immediately showed gratitude and said sincerely: "Ruofei, you really have the heart..."

Because Xia Rufei mentioned Song Wei and Ling Qingxue just now, Song Qiming recalled the strange expressions of Song Wei and Ling Qingxue just now, and now they seem to have explained them, and the answer is about to come out.

Song Qiming opened his eyes wide, looked at Xia Ruofei and asked, "Ruofei, is Vivi..."

"Yes!" Xia Rufei nodded directly before Song Qiming finished speaking, "Not only Wei Wei is a cultivator, but my girlfriend Qingxue is also a cultivator. The martial arts they practice are taught by me!"

Song Qiming suddenly felt very comforted when he learned that his old wife Fang Liyun could not practice. His mood was a little low. He immediately knew that his daughter was already a monk like him. This meant that Song Wei could also obtain a lifespan of at least 150 years, which was even more gratifying than him and Fang Liyun could live a hundred years longer.

This is the love of licking the calf from the bottom of your heart.

Song Qiming said with emotion: "Ruofei, our family can know you, it is a blessing I have cultivated in my previous life!"

Then, Song Qiming asked again: "By the way, that Vivi's cultivation..."

Xia Ruofei glanced at Song Qiming, smiled and said, "She has reached the 5th level of Qi Refining, and has also touched the bottleneck. It is just around the corner to break through the 6th level of Qi Refining!"

Song Qiming couldn't help but look stuck, then smiled mockingly and said, "So, I am a man who is a man, and I am still being compared by my daughter? Haha! But this is nothing, the Yangtze River pushes the previous wave! The stronger Vivi is, the happier I am!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and comforted: "Actually, the gap is not big. If you work hard, you may still surpass her..."

This is really just a comfort, because in reality, it is basically difficult for Song Qiming to surpass Song Wei's cultivation progress.

Song Qiming's cultivation is lower than Song Wei, and he is older. When the two have similar cultivation talents, it depends on the cultivation resources and skills.

Xia Rufei can provide all resources openly, but in terms of martial arts, the "Ruohu Heart Sutra" is still worse than the "Ni Shang Heart Sutra".

Therefore, the gap between the two will only grow bigger and bigger.

Unless Song Qiming has other greater opportunities in the future.
Chapter completed!