Chapter 116: Realm of True Power
As Qin Ziling climbed down the green vine like a snake, his figure gradually seemed to merge into the vine. If one did not look carefully, one would not be able to see his figure anymore.
Not long after, at the end of the green vine hanging from the cliff, a subtle breath of energy twisted and fluctuated, and a figure gradually emerged, as if walking out of another space. It was Qin Ziling.
"No wonder ordinary people are deceived by Qigong practitioners and regard them as immortals. This Wood Release Technique is not difficult to perform. As long as you reach the True Strength realm, you can perform it initially, but it looks very magical.
Unlike warriors, who are brave, powerful, direct and neat, they lack these magical changes, and thus lack a hint of mystery. "Qin Ziling walked to the stream, fetched water to wash, and sighed secretly.
For more than two months since returning from picking the Qinghan Snow Lotus Grass, Qin Ziling has basically been active in the area near the cave, going back once every half a month.
Just like before, Qin Ziling would go out hunting at night every few days, and basically spent the rest of his time hiding in a cave to practice.
However, in the past, cultivation was basically just practicing martial arts and refining the mind, but now there is an additional step of refining qi.
Although the Taoist nun concluded that he had a body of mixed five elements and had no hope of becoming an immortal, Qin Ziling refused to believe it.
As soon as he started to practice meditation, he could feel the energy of heaven and earth, and within just two days he completed the process of eating air to open up his meridians. Yin Ranyue, who was spotted by the Taoist nun as having a physique of thunder spirit roots and forcibly taken away, only felt the energy of heaven and earth and started to open up his meridians after .
From this point of view, his talent in Qi training should be much stronger than Yin Ranyue's. The real problem lies in his body with mixed roots of the five elements.
Those with more than four spiritual roots are called mixed spiritual roots and are not suitable for cultivation. Qin Ziling has thought about it seriously, and the fundamental reason is that most people have weak mental powers, and being able to do two or three things at once is already the limit for most people, and it is absolutely impossible for them to do four or five things at once.
This also leads to the situation that when the five elements of spiritual energy have no difference and are mixed together like a hodgepodge, people have no way to distinguish and consume them, that is, to take the true one.
This means that for those with four spiritual roots or above, their cultivation must come to an abrupt halt after eliminating the dross and retaining the essence.
And because Qin Ziling has fused the consciousness of two and a half souls and practiced the way of spirit and soul, he can not only do many things at once, but his mental will is also very powerful.
So after removing the dross and retaining the essence, only the five elements were left. Qin Ziling was surprisingly able to easily separate the wood spiritual energy with a very high purity from the five elements that were mixed together without any distinction. He then controlled the wood spiritual energy to continuously circulate in the foot Jueyin liver meridian, the foot Shaoyang gallbladder meridian, and then flow through the liver and gallbladder, over and over again.
A few days ago, almost three months after Qin Ziling began to practice the "Evergreen Technique", he actually successfully condensed the first ray of green true qi, stored it in his dantian, and entered the realm of true power.
In the Taoist Qi Refining world, the realm of true strength is also called a Qi Refiner, which is equivalent to a martial artist, but a Qi Refiner's methods are more mysterious and varied, just like the Wood Escape Technique that Qin Ziling had performed before. If they hide in the dense forest and suddenly launch an attack, it will be absolutely impossible to defend against.
Suddenly, Qin Ziling, who was washing his face with water, raised his eyebrows and pointed his finger at the stream about ten meters away. A green light shot out from his fingertips. It was the small peach wood sword obtained from Gongyangmu.
The small peach wood sword turned into a sword light, and passed through the sky above the stream like lightning, then suddenly turned the sword head and stabbed downwards. Then there was a splash of water, and the flying sword was pierced with a one-foot-long fish with silver scales all over its body and silver whiskers at the corners of its mouth.
This fish tastes delicious and is also good for replenishing blood. Qin Ziling didn't know what its original name was, so he named it silver-bearded fish based on its appearance.
"In terms of convenience, Qi Refining is more convenient. It can directly control the magic weapon through the air, unlike the Soul Refining technique, which requires the soul to leave the body. However, I can only keep this peach wood sword ten meters away from the body at most. Ten meters away is nothing for a martial artist. One or two leaps can get close. Once close, the Qi Refining Master may not be the opponent of the martial artist.
Unlike the art of refining the soul, the soul can leave the body very far away. For example, I can now leave at most thirty miles away. As long as the main body is not discovered, I am basically invincible.
If you can cultivate to the level of Spirit Division in the future and separate a spirit from the soul to control the killing weapon, you can kill the enemy from a hundred miles away while chatting with others, which is far beyond the reach of Qi Refining Techniques. "Qin Ziling took the silver-bearded fish and processed it, his mind turning, superficially and roughly comparing the advantages and disadvantages of martial arts, Qi Refining, and Spirit Refining.
After a while, the silverbeard fish was processed. Qin Ziling followed the way he came and, like a python, followed the green vines. In a blink of an eye, he reached the entrance of the cave and dived in.
Green vines covered the entrance of the cave. In the deep valley, everything returned to peace.
After entering the cave, Qin Ziling set up the cooking utensils and began to prepare breakfast for himself.
Breakfast was silver-bearded fish soup and grilled black-winged stork.
The Black-winged Black Water Stork is a first-class flying beast. Compared with reptiles, birds have a wider range of activities, so the probability of birds appearing in the outer areas of Wuyang Mountain is higher, and these birds are also the most dangerous to hunters.
They live in the air, come and go freely and at great speeds. Unless a martial artist is very skilled in archery, he can only watch them display their power in the air but be powerless to do anything.
But Qin Ziling's soul can fly in the air. Four days ago, he discovered a black-winged black water stork often appearing in a lake in the mountains and forests, and even roosting on a big banyan tree by the lake at night, so he quietly sneaked away.
He first used the technique of suppressing its soul to barely make its brain dizzy for a very short time, and then swung out the goose-feather knife like lightning, injuring one of its wings.
Even so, the black-winged stork could still flap its wings and fly away.
If it were someone else, they would have been able to do nothing but sigh in despair, but now Qin Ziling 's soul was flying very fast, and the Black-winged Stork was injured and could not fly fast. After a fierce battle, it was finally killed by Qin Ziling's soul.
So Qin Ziling has been eating black-winged stork meat for the past four days as a tonic, and now only the last stork leg is left.
Last month, Qin Ziling captured and killed a snake-like creature as a tonic.
This is also the reason why Qin Ziling basically hid in the Wuyang Mountains to practice after the New Year.
For him who practices both the way of the soul and the way of martial arts, and of course now also practices the way of refining Qi, and has three bronze corpses to protect him, this place is simply his paradise for practice and hunting.
No one will disturb you while you are practicing, and you can hunt locally for meat to nourish your body. If you are lucky, you can even hunt exotic animals for nourishment, and it can also serve as a practical training exercise.
After eating a pot of silverbeard soup and a stork leg as big as a muntjac leg, Qin Ziling soon felt waves of heat emanating from his stomach, which turned into streams of qi and blood surging in his body.
Qin Ziling stood up, took off his clothes, and stood in the middle of the cave. His big arms were wrapped with iron sand bags mixed with special medicinal materials, and he kept hitting Qin Ziling's torso with a stick as thick as a pillar.
Qin Ziling gritted his teeth and persisted until he could no longer bear it, then stopped and climbed into the wooden barrel filled with medicine to soak in it.
The daytime hours are spent in constantly tempering the body and practicing the "Evergreen Green Wood Technique".
Before we knew it, the sunset had dyed the sky red.
“It took me only five months to break through to the level of iron skin on my limbs. At that time, the best food for improvement was some Qi and blood replenishing pills and beast meat.
During these four months, I not only ate the meat of various ferocious beasts and took elixirs to replenish qi and blood every day, but Master Zuo also gave me some Xuanhan Iron Eggs and half a tamed Xuanhan Iron Chicken. I also ate most of the dried meat of the Eight Desolate Green Python and the meat of two wild exotic beasts, but the torso and head still showed no signs of breaking through.
Logically speaking, with this much nourishment, at least the torso area should feel a little bit of a breakthrough!
It seems that the breakthrough of other parts is much more difficult than imagined. I don’t know how much exotic beast meat I need to supplement and how long I need to practice before I can break through to the iron level all over my body? Should I change my strategy? Not pursue a complete breakthrough? "Qin Ziling stopped practicing, lowered his eyes and looked at his bare body, frowning slightly.
"A tall building is built from the ground up. Only when the foundation is solid can you go further. I have such a unique condition, how can I give up halfway and change my mind!
Besides, I'm still young, and even though there's no sign of a breakthrough in the past four months, my Qi and blood have become more refined and stronger than before. Now facing Jiang Yue again, with the help of the Upward Dragon Movement, I'm absolutely sure that I can kill him in two moves, leaving him no chance to escape!
Isn't this progress enough? Doesn't this also illustrate the importance of the foundation of Qi and blood?" Qin Ziling's mind turned, and his eyes gradually changed from hesitation to incomparable determination.
"It's been another half a month since I came out this time. It's time to go home!" After strengthening his belief, Qin Ziling picked up his clothes, left the cave, washed naked in the stream, then put on his clothes, and under the sunset, he crossed the mountains and quickly headed towards Fangqiao City.
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Xiao family.
"I just received news that a batch of medicinal herbs will be shipped from Xujiabao to Qinghe County tonight, escorted by two martial arts masters, Xu Pengjin, the fourth son of the Xu family, and Yan'e, the protector." Xiao Wenchen said to Xiao Qing.
"Xu Pengjin has also gone out. It seems that Xujiabao has been really forced into a corner recently! If I kill Xu Pengjin, it would be revenge for the murder of my brother. I'm afraid that even if Xu Pengkun and his son are willing to surrender, the Lin family and the Pang family will not dare to accept them." Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows slightly, with a murderous look in her eyes.
"Be careful, Xu Pengjin is a capable man. If things get impossible, retreat in time." Xiao Wenchen said solemnly.
"Don't worry, uncle. I really want to leave now. Even if Xu Pengkun and his son go together, they can't stop me." Xiao Qing said confidently.
"Well, with your strength, if you are determined to leave, the only people in Fangqiao City who are qualified to keep you are Pang Qiwei and Yu Hongshan. Xu Pengkun and his son are still a little short." Xiao Wenchen nodded.
A noncommittal smile appeared on Xiao Qing's lips.
In fact, the only person in the entire Fangqiao City who is qualified to keep her is Pang Qiwei.
Although Yu Hongshan was also a bone refining martial arts master, he was already old, and the blood and qi foundation he had broken through was only his palms. He was only mediocre among the bone refining martial arts masters. If Xiao Qing was really determined to leave, he couldn't stop him.
Because her Qi and blood foundation is not just her arms, but also her calves. Once it explodes, even if Yu Hongshan is one level higher than her, it will be difficult for him to catch up with her. However, except for Qin Ziling and Xia Yan, even Xiao Wenchen didn't know about the matter of the calves.
Soon, Xiao Qing left the Xiao family and took a carriage to leave Fangqiao City from the west gate of the outer city.
The soldiers guarding the west gate of the outer city are from the Xiao family.
When Xiao Qing's carriage drove out of the west gate, a luxurious carriage just entered the city gate.
"Hey, why did she leave the city gate?" Inside the luxurious carriage, Bai Xiuqi, the Guan Gou Mansion of Fangqiao County, who was leaning on a white tiger skin, twitched his nose slightly. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then the surprise turned into lustful and sinister.
"But it's easier to do things outside the city! Hehe, I will make you want to die!"
Thinking this in his mind, Bai Xiuqi stopped the car, got out on foot, and left the city alone.
