Chapter 229: Is this the beginning of bone refining?
"Ahem, great grandpa, it's not that serious. I see that you have a rosy complexion and your energy and blood are surging. There is absolutely no problem for you to live to be a hundred years old." Qin Ziling said.
"Haha, to live a hundred years, you have to be healthy and free from disasters. But at my age, if I have to fight with others with all my strength, even if I win, it will be a big loss of vitality and I won't be able to survive for a few years.
But don't worry, no matter whether we win or lose this time, I will fight to the death to protect you and the country. As long as you are here, brothers will work together, with your talents and abilities, you will always be able to rise in the future. Great grandfather is not doing well, no matter how much trouble he suffers, it will only last a few more years. In the future, the Cui family will still rely on you young people!" Cui Baiming said, with a sense of sadness like a hero in his twilight years.
"Grandpa was very confident in me just now!" Qin Ziling said when he saw this.
"I have confidence in you, but Wen Chuansen is a famous Qi-refining master who has been famous for many years, and in the Qi-refining art, the longer one practices, the more powerful the true energy will be. More than ten years ago, I was confident that I could defeat him, but now, if I fight him, nine times out of ten I will lose. So, confidence is one thing, but you also have to prepare for the worst." Cui Baiming said.
Qin Ziling felt the same way and said, "Grandpa is right."
His style of doing things is always to leave room for maneuver.
Like this time when he suppressed Cui Kunye, he withdrew most of his strength and only displayed the combat power of the late stage of bone refining.
"Okay, let's go back to the hall so that your mother and grandfather won't worry about them." Cui Baiming said.
"Okay." Qin Ziling nodded and put away the "Giant Mountain Technique".
Sitting on the armchair in the hall, watching Qin Ziling and Cui Baiming walking side by side and returning talking and laughing, Cui Baihan always had a feeling of unreality. He raised his hand to rub his old eyes, then he grinned.
"Bai Han, have you finished writing the divorce letter?" Cui Baiming asked with a smile after returning.
"It's finished." Cui Bohan replied.
"Then give her the divorce letter, and you come back to Cui Mansion with me. Come back after things are settled." Cui Baiming said.
"Okay, big brother." Cui Bohan nodded, and then said: "Kuncheng and the others are still outside West City, I'm worried..."
"Don't worry, I'll send someone to bring them back to the Cui Mansion." Cui Baiming interrupted Cui Baihan before he finished speaking, then called an attendant and ordered him to take people to bring Cui Baihan's two illegitimate children and their children back to the Cui Mansion.
Cui Bohan told Ah Fu to follow him, and only then did he feel completely relieved. He threw a divorce letter directly on Wen Hongfeng's face, and then, with the support of Cui Jun, he left Cui's house in Feiyan Lane with Qin Ziling and others.
The Cui Mansion is located on the west side of the inner city. It is surrounded by a fully enclosed blue brick wall more than ten meters high, and the main gate is a city gate.
It can be said that the entire mansion is like a small castle in the city, with seventy or eighty courtyards of various sizes and thousands of rooms. It is a truly wealthy and prestigious family.
It was already the hour of Hai.
The weather is cold in winter and it gets dark early, so many people have already gone to bed.
However, the ancestral hall of the Cui Mansion was brightly lit, and outside the outer wall of the Cui Mansion, there were teams of fully armed soldiers in armor patrolling around the wall.
The atmosphere in the ancestral hall was heavy.
From time to time, people would kneel in front of the ancestor rankings of the Cui family, and the elders in charge of family discipline would whip them with whips again and again, until their skin was torn and flesh was exposed, but no one dared to say a word.
At the head of the household, Cui Baiming and Cui Shanhe, grandfather and grandson, sat side by side, watching the clan elders enforce the family rules expressionlessly.
Those who were punished according to family rules this time were all children who had colluded with Wen Hongfeng.
Cui Mansion, a courtyard in the southwest, the main house.
Cui Bohan, who had been humiliated for many years, finally had the day when his children and grandchildren would take care of him. Laughter and joy could be heard from the room from time to time.
After Qin Ziling met his uncles, aunts and cousins whom he had never met before, he returned to the study in the east wing alone.
Although he had the responsibility to protect these people, it was still difficult for him to integrate into the group emotionally, and he also wanted to start practicing the "Giant Mountain Technique" as soon as possible.
Under the light, Qin Ziling read through "The Art of the Giant Mountain" word by word.
It took Qin Ziling a long time to close the book.
"The heart is the residence of the spirit, the master of blood, and the ancestor of the meridians; the lungs are the seat of the soul and the master of qi; the spleen is the source of qi and blood, the foundation of the acquired constitution, and the storage of intention; the liver is the seat of the soul, the storage of blood, and the ancestor of tendons; the kidneys store essence, the foundation of the innate constitution, and the storage of will... The five internal organs are the storage of spirit, blood, qi, soul, and spirit.
It seems that the five internal organs are simply the treasure house of this small world of the human body. Even the development of the spirit, soul and will is closely related to them.
No wonder the teacher said that if one does not cultivate the soul in martial arts, the soul will grow and develop much faster than ordinary people. When it reaches the master level, the strength of the soul and will reaches an astonishing level. Even a strong cultivator will find it difficult to break through his soul.
The five internal organs are so important, but they are also extremely fragile organs of the human body. They need layers of protection from skin, flesh, tendons, and bones. If they are slightly damaged, people will become seriously ill or even die directly. It is no wonder that every exercise has become a secret method of each school when it comes to refining the internal organs.
The cultivation method involved is indeed extremely mysterious. If one practices incorrectly or exerts too much force, once the five internal organs are damaged, not only will the strength be damaged, but the body will also need to spend a lot of time to recover..."
After closing the book, Qin Ziling sighed inwardly for a while, then opened the book again and read the "Jushan Jue" carefully from beginning to end, memorized it firmly in his mind , then put it away, and began to refine the qi and blood into the giant mountain strength according to the "Jushan Jue", condensing and transforming the qi and blood.
Qin Ziling's soul has now reached the middle stage of the distraction realm, and his spiritual memory has become increasingly powerful. Although the "Giant Mountain Sutra" records a lot of content, after reading it word by word two or three times, it is basically deeply engraved in his mind.
Under the operation of the "Giant Mountain Technique", the surging and powerful energy and blood are condensed and transformed into pure and heavy giant mountain power at a terrifying speed.
Condensing strength, moving strength and then transforming strength, it takes others many years to reach this level, but for Qin Ziling, it can be done in one step as long as the amount of condensed and transformed giant mountain strength reaches a certain level.
But according to Qin Ziling's previous experience, it would definitely be more difficult and take longer to reach the limit of the giant mountain force.
As one practices, the mighty mountain power continues to accumulate in the body.
Time passed quickly and it was already midnight.
At this time, the quantity and purity of the huge mountain power have reached the requirements of transformation power.
Qin Ziling was ready to stop practicing and start his daily spiritual training.
Because according to past experience, the speed of condensing and transforming strength would be greatly slowed down at this time, so he was not in a hurry.
But at this moment, something strange happened.
In the spleen, the source of Qi and blood production and the foundation of acquired constitution, five forces of different attributes actually attracted each other, connecting head to tail and forming a ring, like a wheel, circulating over and over again.
Qin Ziling's blood and energy were sucked into the wheel at an even faster speed than before, and were constantly condensed and transformed into huge mountain power.
The amount and purity of the giant mountain power continued to increase, but Qin Ziling's body was slowly becoming shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
About half an hour later, the giant mountain force seemed to have reached its limit, and the wheel stopped absorbing and transforming qi and blood.
At this time, something strange happened again.
A mystical, completely opposite yet interdependent energy aura is constantly generated in the body as the five forces rotate like a wheel.
Life and death, light and darkness, heat and cold, movement and stillness, strength and weakness...
As this mysterious energy aura was born, Qin Ziling felt an indescribable enlightenment in his heart.
"The Book of Changes has Taiji, which gives birth to the two opposites, and the two opposites give birth to the four images..."
This ancient saying, which had been widely circulated in his previous life, suddenly popped up in his mind.
In the past, he could not truly understand this passage, but now he felt that no other passage could explain the mysteries of heaven and earth that he had now comprehended more simply, accurately and profoundly.
There is no term more suitable than yin and yang to describe the mysterious energy nurtured by the five elements.
The soul sitting cross-legged in his Niwan Palace was constantly shrinking, giving people an extremely condensed and real feeling. At the same time, it seemed to be constantly getting bigger, as if filling the entire Niwan Palace. A picture also appeared behind its head.
Half black and half white, the intersection is a soft curve, which is the Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram.
This picture was created naturally by Qin Ziling as he gained some insights.
The five elements' power is still rotating over and over again, and traces of yin and yang power are also constantly being generated.
A trace of yin and yang power overflowed and slowly penetrated into the periosteum.
Under the guidance of this trace of yin and yang force, the five elements of strength also slowly penetrated into the periosteum.
The surface of the bones soon changed slightly, as if covered with a layer of brass.
An extremely sour, numb and painful feeling kept coming to his heart, interrupting Qin Ziling's enlightenment, but it also made him realize that the power of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements was penetrating into the bones through the periosteum.
"This... is this the beginning of bone refining?" This discovery made Qin Ziling surprised and happy.
What was surprising was that he did not take any secret bone-strengthening medicine, but was able to refine his strength into his bones so smoothly.
The good news is that the breakthrough in realm not only means that he has made another step forward in martial arts practice, but also that now that the matter has become a big deal, he has more room for maneuver.
Otherwise, if he used his cultivation level of Hua Jin to defeat the great Qi Refining Master who was suppressing the Zhen Yuan in the late stage, it would be too shocking and would easily lead to big trouble.
However, if one were to defeat a great Qi Refining Master in the late True Essence stage at the Bone Refining stage, although it would still be amazing, the sensation it would cause would be much smaller and would generally be limited to the area of Xiyun Province.
After all, both sides still belong to the same realm. Some people who are born with supernatural powers, are born with iron skin and bronze bones, have had opportunities or have high martial arts talent can still do it when they are in their prime.
It is said that the three great martial arts masters of Xiyun Prefecture, Bai Yu Lieyang of Jinlie Sect, Mu Ziqing of Hunyuan Sect, Donnie Yen of Feixing Sect, and the current Governor Pang Zhiyuan of Xiyun Prefecture, all had glorious records of defeating or even killing great martial artists in the late stage of bone refining or great Qi refining masters in the late stage of Zhenyuan when they were young.
Because of this achievement, Pang Zhiyuan is considered to be a person with great hope of reaching the Grandmaster level.
In fact, there are similar people in the Qi Refining World.
Jian Bailou is a person who, when he was in the early stage of Zhenyuan, had defeated a great Qi-refining master in the late stage of Zhenyuan.
If Feng Ziluo had not been injured and his cultivation had not progressed, he would have been considered one. He became a Great Qi Refiner at the age of 23, and soon had a brilliant record of killing a Great Qi Refiner in the middle stage of True Yuan with one sword. If he had been given a few more years, he would have been very likely to defeat a Great Qi Refiner in the late stage of True Yuan.
In the long history of Xiyunzhou, one or two such characters would always appear every once in a while. For example, Xiao Qing from Fangqiao County had the combat power comparable to that of a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining after entering the bone refining realm. Later, after more than half a year of training, he now has the combat power to defeat a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining, but the outside world does not know about it.
But in the long history, most of these people will encounter setbacks or even die along the way like Feng Ziluo, and those who can truly reach the level of a master are rare.
Therefore, if Qin Ziling really wanted to defeat a great Qi Refining Master in the late True Essence stage with his cultivation level at the early Bone Refining stage, even though it would be amazing, it would still be within the acceptable range for people. If one looked at the entire Great Qi Kingdom, he could only be ranked among the ranks of young talents and could not be compared with those proud sons of heaven in the Great Qi Kingdom.
The entire Great Qi Kingdom had thirty-nine states, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower.
Xiyun Prefecture is a slightly lower-middle-level prefecture.
Soon, Qin Ziling calmed down, concentrated his mind and began to practice the bone refining method.
A trace of strength smoothly passed through the periosteum and slowly seeped into the surface of the bone.
At this time, not only did the periosteum bone begin to change, becoming denser and harder, with the surface as if it was coated with a layer of brass, but the force that penetrated into it also gradually changed through special bone refining methods, becoming harder and sharper.
Time passes quietly during the bone refining.
Before we knew it, the eastern sky had turned pale.
Qin Ziling let out a long breath, slowly opened his eyes, a hint of joy in his eyes.
His strength stopped at the superficial layer of the bones and could not go deeper.
But he has five kinds of strength, each of which has reached its limit and is extremely powerful. Moreover, the five strengths together have produced mysterious changes, and also gave birth to a trace of yin and yang forces, which made it possible for him to enter the bone refining realm naturally without taking the bone refining secret medicine.
During this night of bone refining, although his strength was limited to the superficial layer of the skeleton, it had already penetrated into the superficial layer of all the 177 bones except the 29 skull bones.
For most great martial artists who have reached the bone refining realm, it takes a considerable amount of time to refine strength into each bone and generate bone strength. Moreover, in the end, not all 206 bones in the body are refined.
Generally speaking, being able to reach 100 skulls is considered very good. As for the most difficult 29 skulls, in the long history of Xiyunzhou, no one has ever been heard of successfully refining them.
Therefore, although Qin Ziling is now in the initial stage of bone refining, the strength of his bones has already reached an extremely astonishing level.
"I feel that after entering the Bone Refining Realm, the overall strength has not increased significantly, but the Five Elements Power has given birth to the Yin and Yang Powers, and then refined into Bone Power. The quality of the entire power has made a leap. Once it explodes, especially when the Bone Power is exerted, the lethality will definitely double. Also, although my soul realm has not changed and can only be divided into ninety-nine and eighty-one souls, the quality has changed greatly.
I don't know what level my real strength has reached now. Can I rival the Grandmaster without using the Four Heads and Dark Sky? But no matter whether I can rival the Grandmaster or not, the general policy of keeping a low profile cannot be changed. According to the teacher, this Xiyun State is only a lower-middle state in the Great Qi Kingdom. The four upper states and the capital of the Great Qi Kingdom are the real strong ones. The Grandmaster of Xiyun State can only be regarded as a first-class master in the entire Great Qi Kingdom, and is still far from the top.
I still have a long way to go. Being too high-profile will only lead to "dying young"! If this time is not to fight for my mother and clear my grandmother's name, the best way is to secretly kill Wen Hongfeng. Fortunately, after practicing the five elements of strength, she has changed and naturally broke through to the initial stage of bone refining. In this way, even if she defeats Wen Chuansen and others, she will not attract the attention of forces and strong people outside Xiyunzhou for the time being.
By the way, the words that popped up in my mind when I was practicing, Wuji gave birth to Taiji, Taiji gave birth the supreme and profound way of practice. It's a pity that my current cultivation is limited, and I can only truly comprehend a very small part of the truth. Most of my understanding is just the literal meaning..."
Qin Ziling carefully felt the changes in his body, and various thoughts kept turning in his mind.
Not to mention that the ancestral hall of the Cui Mansion was lit all night and Qin Ziling practiced all night, but Wen Hongfeng had her cultivation abolished and after she was given a divorce letter, she went straight to the Marquis' Mansion in the east of the city with overwhelming hatred.
"Hongfeng, how did you become like this?" In the study of the master of the marquis's mansion, a man in brocade clothes who looked to be only nearly sixty years old and had a dignified demeanor looked at Wen Hongfeng, whose hair had turned white and whose face was swollen like a pig's head, with disbelief.
The man in brocade clothes was none other than Hou Yuehong, the head of the Hou family, who led people to intercept Cui Shanhe halfway when he returned from the dragon vein last year.
"Yue Hong, I want you to kill all of Cui Baihan's family members right now. His daughter and grandchildren must all die! I want you to kill Cui Baiming's grandparents and grandchildren!" Wen Hongfeng said grimly, her eyes revealing deep hatred.
"Hongfeng, are you crazy? Can you kill people from the Cui family just like that? Not to mention Cui Baiming and his grandchildren!" Hou Yuehong said with a look of surprise.
"I'm not crazy! Look at me now, and look at what this is?" Wen Hongfeng gritted her teeth and threw the divorce letter to Hou Yuehong.
"Cui Bohan actually wants to divorce you. Where does he get the courage? Could it be that Cui Boming and his grandson think that Cui Kunhu has threatened Cui Shanhe's position as the head of the family, so they want to move against you?
That's not right. The Cui family cannot withstand turmoil now. Once there is turmoil, even if Cui Kunhu cannot take away Cui Shanhe's position as the head of the family, he can at least legitimately pull some side families away from the Cui family and set up their own faction.
Otherwise, Cui Baiming, the old fox, would not have endured for so many years as he watched your power grow. It's not that he didn't want to move, but that he didn't dare to move!"
Hou Yuehong took the divorce letter and his face suddenly turned gloomy.
"Don't pretend to be confused. Don't you know whose son Cui Kunhu is? Before, I thought I could fool Cui Baihan, but it turned out that bastard Cui Baihan had already used a secret method to kill himself. He knew long ago that Cui Kunhu was not his son." Wen Hongfeng said.
"Even if Cui Bohan knew about this a long time ago, he still had to consider the safety of his other children. He would never dare to say it out loud, otherwise he would have said it long ago. He said it out loud today, gave you a letter of divorce, and the Cui family destroyed your cultivation. He must have had other support." Hou Yuehong's face changed several times when he heard this, but he quickly regained his composure.
"It wasn't the Cui family who destroyed my cultivation, it was the grandson of that bitch Bingqian! Yue Hong, you must catch him. I will torture him to death piece by piece until he bleeds to the last drop!" Wen Hongfeng gritted her teeth, her eyes revealing madness.
"Su Bingqian's grandson?" Hou Yuehong frowned.
"Yes, it was him! Su Bingqian's daughter Cui Yun married into Fangqiao County. I thought she would be poor all her life, but unexpectedly she gave birth to a very powerful son. Not only did he easily defeat me, but even Cui Kunye was no match for him and was suppressed by him in a few moves. Not only that, this bastard actually has a deep friendship with Cui Shanhe." Wen Hongfeng said.
"Although Cui Kunye's strength is not that great, he is still a great martial artist in the early stage of bone refining. He was suppressed by him in just a few moves. It seems that even if this boy does not have the strength of the late stage of bone refining, he should not be much different. But according to what you said, he is Su Bingqian's grandson, so he should be in his twenties.
This talent, this strength, is really amazing! No wonder the old fox Cui Baiming would support Cui Bohan so decisively. Such a person must be won over as much as possible. However, Cui Baiming is still a little emotional. Isn't he afraid of being envied by the gods? If it were me, I wouldn't do it so ostentatiously.
Now that we know, we will naturally kill the villain before he really grows up. Cui Boming, the old fox, will not only end up with nothing, but also the grandparents, grandchildren and the Cui family will be implicated!"
Hou Yuehong was greatly surprised when he heard this, but soon a sinister and vicious look appeared on his face.
"I don't care what you think. I must kill that bastard! And Cui Baihan's family, Cui Baiming's grandparents and grandchildren must all die!" Wen Hongfeng said.
"I promise you that I will kill that bastard and Cui Bohan's family. As for Cui Boming's grandchildren, it will be a matter of time. But this matter is not so easy, we have to think about it in the long run, don't worry. I will send someone to notify my uncle, aunt and Kunhu first. Kunhu is now promising, and it is time for him to show his talent.
However, as long as the Cui family remains intact, we cannot admit Cui Bohan's lies. You can only insist that Cui Bohan is a heartless man, ungrateful, and he is the one who betrayed you." Hou Yuehong said.
"Hurry up, I really can't wait even a moment!" Wen Hongfeng said.
"Okay! Okay!" Hou Yuehong nodded repeatedly, then quickly called his personal attendant and ordered him to rush to Taihuang Mountain immediately.
