Chapter 293: Refining the Origin Qi, Jieyun!

Chapter 293: Refining the Origin Qi, Jieyun!

July 28, 2024

"Master, your cultivation has broken through once again."

Lu Qing sensed the change in the old doctor's aura and felt delighted.

Before long, the old doctor opened his eyes, and the aura around him subsided, returning to the appearance of an ordinary old man.

Even the aura of the Origin Qi was completely concealed.

"Congratulations, Master, on your breakthrough."

Lu Qing was quick to offer his congratulations.

"This Origin Qi is indeed profound. No wonder it attracts so many martial arts experts to go crazy over it."

The old doctor marveled.

He had only initially refined it, and his cultivation had already reached the pinnacle of Great Perfection. He was just a step away from the Perfected Unity with the Heaven realm.

Once he accumulated more, his advancement to the Perfected Unity with the Heaven realm was imminent.

More importantly, the Origin Qi was now stored in his dantian's qi sea, gradually infusing into his body.

The old doctor could sense that once the Origin Qi completely merged with his body, his root bone constitution would undergo a transformative change.

Moreover, the old doctor also felt that within this Origin Qi lay a vast and inclusive essence.

If he could comprehend even a fraction of it, it would greatly benefit his realm improvement.

"Qing'er, I've initially refined the Origin Qi and can now control its aura from leaking out.

Now it's your turn to refine it." The old doctor said.

Lu Qing looked at Xiao Li and saw that it was still asleep, seemingly unable to wake up for a while.

Thus, he no longer intended to wait.

He nodded and said, "Alright, but Master, once I refine this Origin Qi, I will officially step into the Unity with the Heaven realm. Please pay extra attention."

"You're finally going to break through?" The old doctor exclaimed in surprise.

He knew that his disciple had long ago reached the Perfected Post-Natal realm, and his divine soul power was even stronger than his.

It was just that for some reason, he had been suppressing his cultivation and had not broken through.

Now that he saw Lu Qing was about to break through, he also felt relieved.

However, the old doctor was also curious: "Qing'er, you've been holding back your breakthrough all this time. Is it because of this Origin Qi?"

"That's only part of the reason." Lu Qing shook his head, "As for the detailed reasons, I'll explain to you after I break through."

By the time Lu Qing and the old doctor entered the house, the massive white vortex in the sky had already dissipated.

The evolution of the heavenly rules had also officially entered a new level and completely stabilized.

It was for this reason that Lu Qing's desire to break through had reached a climax.

If he didn't break through now, he felt that he might not be able to hold on any longer.

"Good, then you go ahead and break through first."

The old doctor also sensed the situation and immediately said.

Lu Qing took the Origin Qi, which had been wrapped in true qi all this time, and brought it into his body.

As soon as the Origin Qi entered his body, it fell into his dantian's qi sea.

Lu Qing immediately used his mental power to refine it.

The next moment, a loud bang sounded, and his consciousness entered a profound state, with countless insights rising from his heart.

"So that's how it is. This Origin Qi can not only reshape one's root bone constitution, transforming a person and making them a rare peerless genius.

It also contains the essence of all things and evolves the origin qi of all things. It is also a great opportunity.

As long as one can comprehend even a fraction of its principles, one will gain tremendous benefits."

Subconsciously, Lu Qing activated his ability's cultivation state and began absorbing the dao rhyme essence within the Origin Qi.

As Lu Qing entered the cultivation state, focusing all his attention on comprehending and absorbing the Origin Qi, the competition for the Origin Qi in the Holy City gradually came to an end.

In a certain alley, the ground was littered with corpses, including those with powerful auras and Post-Natal realm warriors.

However, the once high and mighty Post-Natal realm experts now lay dead, their lives cut short.

Among the corpses, a burly man leaned on his longsword, panting heavily.

There were several wounds on his body, deep enough to see the bones, a gruesome sight.

But the burly man didn't seem to care about his injuries at all.

He stared at the flowing light in his hand, his eyes wild with madness, and laughed loudly.

"Finally, I'm the last one standing. This opportunity has finally fallen into my hands!"

Recalling the events that had just transpired, the burly man felt a sense of lingering fear.

Originally, he and his senior brother had come to chase after this flowing light and arrived at this place.

Just then, they saw the flowing light enter the body of a young man at the Meridian Opening realm.

Without hesitation, he and his senior brother killed that young man.

And just like that, the flowing light reappeared after the young man's death.

However, just as they were about to claim it, another group of powerful warriors emerged, vying for the opportunity.

Among them were several cultivators whose abilities were no weaker than the brothers'.

Fortunately, the brothers had cultivated together for many years and had a deep tacit understanding between them. In the end, they joined forces and slew all their opponents.

But who would have thought that just as they finished off the last of their enemies, the senior brother would suddenly turn on his junior, stabbing him in the heart with his sword.

Recalling the ruthlessness of his senior brother's attack, the burly man's heart clenched with fear.

If it weren't for the divine-grade protective mirror he had obtained by chance during his travels, his heart would've been pierced, and he would've perished on the spot.

"Senior brother, you didn't expect this, did you? I'm blessed with good fortune. I had a divine-grade protective mirror on me, which blocked your deadly piercing sword."

The burly man's face was still pale as he looked at the decapitated head of his senior brother, his eyes unblinking in death.

Although he had taken advantage of his senior brother's momentary daze to behead him, he had also sustained serious injuries. His senior brother's piercing sword was no joke; even with the protection of a divine artifact, his internal organs had been shaken by the powerful impact, causing internal bleeding.

"However, this opportunity is finally mine. Rest assured, senior brother. Although you showed no mercy, I will not forget our righteousness.

Once I refine this opportunity and become an unparalleled warrior, I will fulfill the vow we made together before our master—to revive our Ningshan Sect."

The burly man's face was resolute as he swallowed the flowing light in his hand.

However, just as he was about to leave to find a secluded place to refine this opportunity, a black-clad figure appeared behind him without a sound.

The next moment, the burly man's body trembled, and he stared disbelievingly at the hand protruding from his chest.

In that hand, a red heart was still beating.

As for the divine-grade protective mirror that had saved his life, it had already fallen onto his senior brother's corpse.

"How... How is this possible...?"

The burly man's face was filled with disbelief.

He had spread his soul power throughout his body, alert to any movements in his surroundings.

How could someone have sneaked up on him without him noticing? With great effort, he twisted his head to look behind him, wanting to see the face of his attacker.

The black-clad figure's hand trembled slightly, and black qi appeared on his palm. The burly man's heart was crushed, and his blood and essence were swiftly drained.

As he felt his life force ebbing away, the burly man's eyes widened in fear, and his eyes reflected an indescribable terror.

"A... A demon..."

As soon as he uttered those words, his life force drained even faster.

His body began to wither, and soon, he became a shriveled corpse, his life force completely extinguished.

Even in death, the burly man never learned the identity of his attacker.

As the burly man died, a flowing light drilled out of his body, attempting to escape into the sky.

But in the next moment, a pitch-black hand, emanating black qi, gently intercepted it and held it in its grasp.

"The third strand of Origin Qi... Excellent. With these three strands of Origin Qi, I can finally truly refine my demonic body."

Even the usually stoic black-clad figure couldn't hide his elation.

However, his brow soon furrowed again.

"These stubborn fools just won't give up. Oh well, I now have the three strands of Origin Qi in my possession, and it's time to leave.

Once I perfect my demonic body, dealing with these nuisances in the future will be as easy as flipping my hand!"

After speaking, the black-clad figure stored the Origin Qi in a jade bottle, and his figure flickered, disappearing from the alley.

Just a few breaths after the black-clad figure's disappearance, several men clad in Daoist robes appeared in the alley.

If Lin Zhirui had been present, he would have recognized one of them as Yangming Daoist, the man from Qingyang Pavilion who had mocked Xuankong Mountain on Sacred Mountain.

"He got away again!"

Yangming Daoist paid no heed to the corpses littering the ground. He extended his soul power to sense the alley's atmosphere and frowned.

He immediately took out an eight-trigram compass and manipulated it with his mental power.

The needle on the compass began to spin rapidly.

"Senior Brother Yangming, are you sure that the black-robed man who took away our flowing light earlier is a cultivator of the demonic path?" one of the Daoists asked.

"There's no mistake. That guy's disguise was good, but the aura on his body... As soon as I sensed it, I knew it was pure demonic energy, as pure as it gets!"

Yangming Daoist affirmed as he manipulated the compass.

"But weren't the remnants of the demonic path completely eradicated by our four secret lands, together with the Sacred Mountain, many years ago? Where did this man learn such pure demonic path techniques, and how did he attain such a high level of cultivation?"

"What's going on?" The Taoist asked in confusion.

"It's precisely because it's suspicious that we must capture him. Unfortunately, flying is prohibited in the Holy City, even our artifacts can't take to the skies. Otherwise, how could this demon escape us for so long?"

"Alright, I've found the direction he left in. Follow me!"

As he spoke, Yangming Daoist looked in the direction the compass needle had finally stopped and sensed it with his soul power before immediately giving chase.

The other Daoists didn't hesitate either and pursued their target.

Though they yearned to continue vying for the opportunity, when they had left earlier, their master had instructed them to obey Yangming regardless of the situation.

Moreover, they had already obtained several strands of the flowing light, so everyone could still get their share.

Therefore, they decided to listen to Yangming for now and subdue the demon first.

After all, the black-robed man also had a strand of the flowing light, so capturing him wouldn't be a fruitless endeavor.

Led by Yangming Daoist, the Taoists of Qingyang Pavilion tracked the black-robed man's trail in the Holy City.

However, the black-robed man was also extremely adept at escaping.

Even with their artifact for tracking qi signatures, he often managed to slip away just before they could catch up.

"Damn it!" Yangming Daoist exclaimed in anger as he once again lost the black-robed man's trail.

This demon brat was incredibly slippery, and he had even toyed with them several times along the way.

Yangming swore that once he captured him, he would torture him thoroughly to avenge this humiliation!

Just as Yangming Daoist was about to take out the compass to continue searching for the black-robed man's qi signature, a chilling sensation suddenly crept into his heart, causing him to stiffen.

Before he could figure out what was happening, one of his junior brothers pointed to the sky and shouted in surprise, "What's that?"

Yangming Daoist looked up in the direction his junior brother was pointing.

In the next moment, his eyes widened in disbelief, and his expression turned to one of shock as if he had just seen a ghost.

"Jieyun?! How could this damn thing appear here?!"

"What's Jieyun? Yangming, do you recognize that thing?" one of the Taoists asked.

However, Yangming Daoist was in no mood to answer the question at the moment.

His mind was in turmoil as he stared fixedly at the gray cloud in the sky, trying to confirm if it was what he thought it was.

"What is that?"

"A cloud? How could there be a cloud at such a low altitude, and why is it gray?"

"What a terrifying aura. Could it be that some kind of opportunity is about to be born?"

As Yangming Daoist and his group discovered the gray cloud, several other people in different parts of the Holy City also noticed this strange phenomenon.

After all, the appearance of the gray cloud was extremely unusual, and it exuded an extremely dangerous aura.

Anyone with a bit of cultivation would be able to sense that bone-chilling, fear-inducing aura.

"Jieyun? How could there be Jieyun when the heavenly rules have just evolved and stabilized?"

In a location not far from Yangming Daoist and his group, the black-robed man, who had been keeping a low profile, also looked at the gray cloud in the sky with a shocked expression.

The mysterious man had knowledge far beyond his cultivation level.

With a single glance, he recognized that the gray cloud in the sky was undoubtedly Jieyun.

However, it was precisely because he recognized Jieyun that he was so astonished.

After all, this phenomenon wasn't something that appeared regularly.

Usually, only when a being or treasure that defied the natural order was about to be born would the heavenly rules be triggered, resulting in the appearance of Jieyun.

"What kind of being or treasure is about to be born?"

The black-robed man had just managed to shake off the annoying group from Qingyang Pavilion and was about to leave the city.

But the appearance of Jieyun made him hesitate and stop in his tracks.

If he missed out on a rare treasure, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

Moreover, he felt that it was most likely a treasure that was about to be born.

After all, the heavenly rules of this world had just evolved and stabilized, and it was unlikely that a being capable of defying the heavens and triggering Jieyun had been born.

Even the three old men on Sacred Mountain probably couldn't achieve such a feat.

They might have profound cultivation, but they couldn't reverse the heavens to this extent.

Therefore, it had to be a treasure that was about to be born.

It was plausible that a treasure from the ancient cultivation era would be buried in this ancient Holy City, which had existed for countless tens of thousands of years.

The thought of a treasure made the black-robed man's eyes glint with greed, and without further hesitation, he immediately gave chase toward the cloud.

(End of Chapter)

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