"It wouldn’t be quite right if I didn’t give you all sothing to mark my coming out of seclusion today," Elder Ling said.
Upon hearing these words, everyone’s eyes lit up, filled with surprise and delight.
Whatever Elder Ling was going to gift them would surely be no ordinary item.
Ling Xiao felt a surge of excitent in his heart too. It seed like he had made the right decision to co today. Not only had he redeed himself by defeating Ling Tieshou and preventing others from looking down on him, but he was also about to receive a reward from Elder Ling.
It was truly an indescribable joy.
"Catch!"
With a sudden shout, Ling Xiaotian’s body emitted countless beams of white light that shot into the bodies of all the Ling Family protégés present.
"This is a strand of Gang Qi from within my own body. The clever ones among you can use it to comprehend Gang Qi, and the foolish can use it to strengthen their bodies. Either way, it will only do you good, not harm," Elder Ling said.
Having spoken, Ling Xiaotian turned and left.
"Elder Ancestor, why trouble yourself? To expend so much on those disciples, it hardly seems worth it," soone lanted.
"Nothing’s unworthy about it. Actually, I feel there are a few promising sprouts among this generation of disciples. I wanted to take them as my protégés, but there are other matters I must attend to at the mont and fear I won’t have the ti to instruct them. Giving them a little boost, I hope they will use it to successfully advance," Elder Ling replied.
"Are you talking about Ling Yihang? Or Ling Yixue?"
"Those two indeed have the potential to be nurtured, but..." Ling Xiaotian smiled, glancing unintentionally or intentionally over Ling Xiao, leaving one to wonder.
He then walked away with a burst of hearty laughter.
"The annual competition is about to begin, isn’t it? Perhaps there will be so surprises this year," he mused.
Ling Xiao excitedly observed the strand of Gang Qi within himself.
That was just what he needed.
With the analytic capabilities of his Mountain and River Martial Soul, he could fully decipher the process by which this strand of Gang Qi was ford.
While he couldn’t fathom Elder Ling’s full strength, analyzing a shred of his Gang Qi was certainly within reach.
Ling Yihang left with an inscrutable smile on his face.
Ling Yixue drifted off too, her face a mix of anticipation and anxiety.
Ling Feng couldn’t wait and left with Ling Yu in tow, his face alight with euphoria.
Ling Tieshou also departed. Just before leaving, he touched the part of his body where the Gang Qi had entered, and then turned his gaze to Ling Xiao.
"Ling Xiao, the sha of today will be washed away during the competition—I swear it!"
Of course, the majority of disciples still wore looks of confusion, not understanding what use Elder Ling’s strand of Gang Qi could have for them.
So even grumbled quietly, thinking this visit was in vain and that Elder Ling was being stingy.
Ling Xiao shook his head, thinking how those people didn’t know a good thing when they saw it.
He too turned and headed ho, informing his grandfather Hong Qi, before re-entering the practice room.
Analyze!
The Mountain and River Martial Soul began to operate, starting to analyze the Gang Qi from Ling Xiaotian!
About one shichen later.
A look of wild joy spread across Ling Xiao’s face.
The entire process from the creation to the growth of this strand of Gang Qi was clearly deciphered by the Mountain and River Martial Soul, which even produced a visual representation.
"Now that it’s been analyzed, the next step is to condense my own Gang Qi!"
Ling Xiao smiled faintly and imdiately began to circulate the Bull Demon Technique: Condensing Evil Spirits, starting to transform his True Qi into Gang Qi using Ling Xiaotian’s thod.
It was a bit slow at first, but as he grew more accustod to the process, his speed of transformation from Qi to Gang rapidly increased.
He had more than enough accumulated foundation.
Having stayed at the Martial Veins First Layer stage for such a long ti, his True Qi had long since filled every corner and even the cells of his body.
He could feel a steady stream of True Qi welling up when using Ling Xiaotian’s thod to transform Qi into Gang. He estimated that in terms of reserves, he might be among the most robust of martial artists below the Martial Veins Third Layer.
Probably only Ling Yihang could match up to him.
The Qi Transformation into Gang went exceedingly smoothly, almost as if it were a natural course of events.
This was largely because he had attempted the process many tis before. Although it had always fallen short in the end, he had nevertheless accumulated experience.
This ti, with the understanding and analysis provided by Ling Xiaotian’s strand of Gang Qi, the process beca even more rational.
However, at the mont when all his True Qi condensed into Gang Qi, he suddenly felt a crisis.
Gang Qi is different from True Qi.
True Qi is gentle, is soft.
But Gang Qi is violent, is sharp.
His body seed as though it was being torn apart by the Gang Qi, the pain was unbearable.
"Hiss!"
"Hiss!"
"Crack!"
Wounds burst open across his body, with blood spurting out; if anyone saw this, they would surely be terrified out of their wits.
"No, I can’t go on like this, I will surely die!"
Ling Xiao suddenly realized that this might be happening because the True Qi within his body was too robust, and naturally, the amount of it transforming into Gang Qi was much stronger than normal people.
There is a limit to the amount of Gang Qi a Martial Veins Third Layer martial artist can withstand, and clearly, he had exceeded that limit.
Who would have thought that having too robust True Qi could also be a problem?
Ling Xiao gave a wry smile.
But things having co to this point, he naturally wouldn’t drown in self-pity.
He directly took out the Golden Wound Healing dicine and Injury Healing Pills from the Mountain and River Map, then used them as if they were free.
Again and again.
Within half a shichen.
After enduring pain worse than death, almost having used up all the Golden Wound Healing dicine and Injury Healing Pills,
he finally felt the violent Gang Qi being subdued by him.
Inside his body, it was as if a wild beast was roaring.
Only, this wild beast could be controlled by him.
Ha!
Ling Xiao suddenly stood up, let out a wild roar, as countless blood-red streams of energy burst out from his body, making the surrounding walls crackle and pop.
If it weren’t for the fact that this was the Practice Room, the walls would have probably been blown apart by now.
And that red energy was the stagnant blood in his body being forced out by the Gang Qi.
If he allowed the stagnant blood to stay in his body, that wouldn’t be anything good.
"Hahaha, I’ve succeeded! Finally, I’ve succeeded, Qi Transformation into Gang! I have transford all the True Qi in a single Martial Vein into Gang Qi!"
Ling Xiao was extrely excited.
Although he had only succeeded in transforming the True Qi in one Martial Vein into Gang Qi, with this success, the remaining two Martial Veins should be easy.
He believed that as long as all the True Qi in his three Martial Veins was condensed into Gang Qi, he could smoothly break through to the Martial Vein Quadruple Layer.
Even without the help of any external forces.
He was very excited because the dream that had once been out of reach now seed so simple.
In the past, he thought that as long as he could condense Gang Qi in his lifeti, he would be content.
But now, he could have loftier dreams.
Qi Transformation into Gang is nothing; it was just a small beginning.
He opened his left hand, which held a gentle and soft breath of air, like steam rising from boiling water, that is True Qi.
He opened his right hand, which held a compact breath of air that resembled a mini tornado, and not only that, each stream of breath was like a sharp blade, evidently full of power.
That is Gang Qi.
Although both True Qi and Gang Qi are energies produced within the human body, they are vastly different.
Previously, among all the disciples below the Elite Hall, only Ling Yihang had grasped Gang Qi.
But now, there was another person, and that was him, Ling Xiao!
With Gang Qi at his disposal, he was bound to shine brightly on the day of the annual grand competition.
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