Xu Qing, of course, had no idea what was happening in Qingbei Town. Even if he did, with his current strength, he was no match for Jiang Feiying.
If Jiang Feiying were to attack him directly, Xu Qing wouldn’t stand a chance; he would be killed.
In fact, Xu Qing had long anticipated this. He knew that after he left Qingbei Town, Jiang Feiying, unable to find him, would surely go after Du Cangying.
That was why Xu Qing had warned Du Cangying before he left. But Du Cangying didn’t fully believe him. Furthermore, he couldn’t bear to part with the Cangying Martial Arts Hall he had built over the years, so he remained in Qingbei Town.
There was another thing. Given Du Cangying’s current status and position, leaving Qingbei Town quietly wouldn’t be easy. His every move had significant consequences.
Under these circumstances, Xu Qing had to keep a level head. He needed to stay in Qingfeng Town and improve his strength step by step until he was strong enough to rival Jiang Feiying.
「The scene shifted.」
The Jiang Family.
One day,
around noon,
a disheveled old Daoist arrived at the Jiang Family, appearing at the gate of the Jiang Mansion. He was a skilled fortune-teller and seed to possess considerable Dao Practice.
In the end,
he even ended up alarming the Patriarch of the Jiang Family, Jiang Changge.
In the main hall of the mansion.
"Daughter."
Jiang Changge was all smiles as he called Jiang Feiying over. "Co, co! This is Daoist Qingyun, from Cyan Cloud Mountain. Hurry and pay your respects."
"I am Jiang Feiying. Greetings, Daoist Qingyun."
Jiang Feiying’s gaze fell upon the disheveled old Daoist. A coldness crept into her heart as she imdiately recognized who he was, but she showed no sign of it.
"Patroness."
The disheveled old Daoist smiled.
Subsequently, Jiang Changge had Daoist Qingyun stay at the mansion.
「Late that night.」
SWISH! SWISH!
Two figures shot through the air at incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, they landed on the roof of a pavilion in the Jiang Mansion, facing each other.
"Old Daoist, what are you doing at the Jiang Mansion?"
Jiang Feiying snorted coldly.
"Miss Jiang the Elder, please calm yourself."
Daoist Qingyun spoke calmly, "You know as well as I do that our last endeavor was ruined by those old fogeys in Qingbei Town. The Deceitful Flesh Lingzhi was split into seven pieces, and we each only got one-seventh. Months have passed, and both you and I should have fully absorbed and refined our one-seventh share of the Deceitful Flesh Lingzhi."
"Unfortunately,"
"a re one-seventh of the Deceitful Flesh Lingzhi is not enough to help us break through to the Second Realm: Extraordinary. I imagine, Miss Jiang the Elder, that you also have a backup plan."
"During this ti, I’ve heard that you’ve been hunting a man nad Xu Qing. Is that correct?"
"What are you getting at?"
Jiang Feiying asked in a low voice.
"Ahem..."
Daoist Qingyun cleared his throat and continued, "I actually have a backup plan of my own, prepared just in case the Deceitful Flesh Lingzhi didn’t work out."
"Several years ago, I began setting up a plan in Qingbei Town. I found a total of ninety-nine children born in a yin year, a yin month, and at a yin hour, and planted a Nine Yin Blood Curse inside each of them."
"After several years,"
"the ninety-nine Nine Yin Blood Curses have finally matured. Now, it is ti for to reap the ripe fruit."
"But,"
"just as I was preparing to make my move today, I discovered that one of the children has left Qingbei Town. He has vanished without a trace, escaping my control."
"Furthermore,"
"this child who has escaped my grasp also happens to be connected to the Xu Qing you’re looking for, Miss Jiang the Elder."
"Who?"
Jiang Feiying frowned.
"Yu Hu."
Daoist Qingyun said a na.
"Wait a mont."
Jiang Feiying thought for a mont. She rembered. She’d had the Jiang Family investigate Xu Qing before and found that he was just an orphan and a beggar. His only relative had died of old age, leaving him utterly alone in this world.
In all of Qingbei Town,
the only ones truly connected to Xu Qing, aside from the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, were Yu Hu’s family. Jiang Feiying hadn’t considered them important before and didn’t pay them much attention, focusing most of her efforts on the Cangying Martial Arts Hall instead.
As it turned out,
Yu Hu’s family had actually left Qingbei Town. Just like Xu Qing, they had vanished without a trace. And now, this old Daoist had co to her door.
"This matter of yours has nothing to do with ,"
Jiang Feiying said.
"Of course I know it has nothing to do with you,"
Daoist Qingyun said. "But, given the relationship between Yu Hu’s family and Xu Qing, I believe they’ve likely fled to the sa place."
"Also,"
"I have a way to find Yu Hu. And once we find Yu Hu’s whereabouts, we will naturally find Xu Qing’s. Isn’t that what you want, Miss Jiang the Elder?"
"..."
Jiang Feiying fell silent for a mont. She sized up Daoist Qingyun and said calmly, "Speak. What do you want to help you with?"
"It’s simple."
Daoist Qingyun smiled faintly. "My ninety-nine children born in a yin year, a yin month, and at a yin hour... I’m missing one now, so for the ti being, I cannot complete the Nine Yin Secret Technique."
"But that’s alright."
"I can first take the ninety-eight children still in Qingbei Town and proceed with refining the ’Nine Yin Secret Text’. Then, I can use the completed ’Nine Yin Secret Text’ to track down Yu Hu."
"To go about refining the ’Nine Yin Secret Text’, aside from the children and the ’Nine Yin Blood Curses’ in their bodies, I also need a number of precious materials."
"As you know, I am used to operating alone and am rather short on funds. I lack many of the precious materials. This is where I need your help, Miss Jiang the Elder."
"Fine."
Jiang Feiying nodded, her gaze fixed calmly on Daoist Qingyun. "How long do you need?"
"One month."
Daoist Qingyun held up one finger. "I only need one month to refine the ’Nine Yin Secret Text’ and help you find Xu Qing."
And so, Jiang Feiying and Daoist Qingyun reached a cooperative agreent.
「The scene shifted.」
「Ten days later.」
One morning.
"Hah..."
Xu Qing slowly concluded his practice. He had just finished a complete set of the Dapeng Root thod. He exhaled a breath of turbid air, his eyes glittering with a sharp light.
With a thought, the Encyclopedia of All Things displayed the basic information for the Dapeng Root thod.
[Dapeng Root thod (Incomplete) Level 5: 3201/3200 (Upgradeable!)]
In ten days, Xu Qing had practiced the Dapeng Root thod for sixteen hours a day without break. He could practice it ten tis per hour, which amounted to one hundred and sixty tis in sixteen hours.
He gained one hundred and sixty Experience Points every day.
"Upgrade Dapeng Root thod,"
Xu Qing said.
BUZZ!
The Encyclopedia of All Things flickered with a fluorescent light.
Moreover, the light was slightly more intense this ti.
The next mont, Xu Qing’s mind trembled. Before his eyes, countless small black figures seed to appear, endlessly practicing the Dapeng Root thod.
At the sa ti, Xu Qing’s consciousness felt as if it had been pulled into a mysterious space, where he continuously cultivated the Dapeng Root thod.
Here, he couldn’t feel the passage of ti at all.
BOOM!
Until one day, within that mysterious space, Xu Qing’s Cultivation broke through. The Dapeng Root thod had reached a new level of mastery, and he naturally broke through to the Innate Gang Qi Realm.
BUZZ!!!
Xu Qing opened his eyes. The Gang Qi surrounding him changed once again, and his aura grew steadily stronger, constantly rising until it broke past an Extre and stepped into a higher level.
This level was ’Innate Gang Qi’.
Visibly, before the breakthrough, the Gang Qi constantly circulating around Xu Qing had been cyan. But after breaking through to the Innate Gang Qi Realm, his Gang Qi took on a cyan-gold hue, as if it were plated in a layer of golden light.
"Hah..."
Xu Qing exhaled slowly, feeling the changes in his body and comprehending the Power of Innate Gang Qi. The sensation was marvelous. When he closed his eyes, the Innate Gang Qi seed to beco an extension of his own senses.
Innate Gang Qi.
This was a Realm that surpassed Inner Gang.
As the na implies, to step into the Innate Gang Qi Realm, one had to advance their Gang Qi even further, inducing a brand-new qualitative change by infusing it with their own consciousness.
At that point, one could manipulate their Gang Qi at will. Moreover, upon reaching this Realm, one could use their own Innate Gang Qi to mobilize the surrounding Heaven and Earth Energy, converting the Energy between heaven and earth for their own use.
The specific amount of Heaven and Earth Energy one could mobilize was closely related to their own Innate Gang Qi and the Martial Arts they cultivated.
[Upgrade Successful!]
[Dapeng Root thod (Incomplete) Level 6: 1/6200 (...)]
"Good."
Xu Qing opened his eyes and nodded in satisfaction. ’The Dapeng Root thod has been upgraded again, and I’ve broken through to the Initial Entry level of the Innate Gang Qi Realm, just as I expected.’
’The Dapeng Root thod (Incomplete) only has the first half, which is equivalent to an Upper Grade Root thod. It can only be cultivated to the Innate Gang Qi Realm, not to the Immortal Realm.’
’But it doesn’t matter.’
’As long as I keep upgrading it, I’ll naturally be able to complete the Dapeng Root thod and step into the Immortal Realm.’
Next, Xu Qing continued to practice the Dapeng Root thod, using the constant repetition to familiarize himself with and master the power he gained after reaching the Innate Gang Qi Realm.
In fact, after stepping into the Innate Gang Qi Realm, the asure of one’s strength was the amount of Heaven and Earth Energy they could mobilize. The more one could mobilize, the stronger they were.
At the sa ti, among those of the sa Realm, the more profound the Martial Arts one mastered, the greater the power they could unleash, and the more formidable they would be.
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[Experience 1]
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[Experience 1]
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A look of joy appeared on Xu Qing’s face. His speed was faster, his reactions were quicker, and his strength was greater, yet the Dapeng Root thod was still the sa Cultivation Technique.
As a result, Xu Qing discovered that he could now complete a full set of the Dapeng Root thod in just one minute.
’Let’s try again.’
Afterward, Xu Qing practiced the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist once more.
Similarly, the Eighth-Level Heaven-Striking Fist also took only one minute for him to complete a full set.
"Good, good, good."
Xu Qing was in a very good mood.
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