Chapter 104: Strength Surge
Drip.
Drip.
……
One drop after another of Gang Qi Jade Liquid condensed out, dripping into the boundless space of the dantian.
In the blink of an eye, it gathered into a ‘small pond’.
But above the ‘small pond’, there was still vast and majestic White Mist, and even continuous White Mist surged out from Ning Qi’s flesh and blood.
It could be foreseen.
This metamorphosis would not end in a short time.
The heavy snow fell like goose feathers, gradually covering the peach blossom tree outside the courtyard. Ning Qi stood quietly, but the snowflakes seemed to have spirit, bypassing Ning Qi and forming a small snowflake vacuum.
When the White Ape returned from playing, seeing this scene, it consciously acted as Protector for Ning Qi.
In fact, Ning Qi did not need it.
Promotion to Jade Liquid Realm was a natural progression.
He could start at any time and stop at any time.
This metamorphosis lasted three days.
The heavy snow had long stopped, and the changes in Ning Qi’s body had reached the final moment.
Accompanied by the last cluster of White Mist condensing into Jade Liquid and dripping into the Jade Liquid Sea below, Ning Qi’s entire body shook, and waves of wondrous changes began to occur. The originally calm Jade Liquid Sea in his body surged, with each wave containing surging power.
Ning Qi felt that his flesh and blood was growing stronger, with vitality even more abundant.
He could feel that his lifespan in the mysterious void seemed to have increased again, which was somewhat inconceivable. After all, ordinary martial artists, whether White Mist, Jade Liquid, or Core Elixir, all belonged to the Gang Yuan Realm category, with a lifespan of four hundred years.
But he had long surpassed this category.
As his mind turned, rays of spiritual insight emerged, the most direct manifestation. Each time his life essence was elevated, his comprehension limit would rise again.
Ning Qi opened his eyes and nodded with a smile to the White Ape.
Then he focused on his own changes.
“Much stronger than before!”
He casually clenched his fist, and the power of the Jade Liquid Sea in his body erupted, giving a sense of shaking the void.
This metamorphosis once again excavated a large amount of potential from Ning Qi’s flesh and blood, making his Gang Qi not only undergo a qualitative change but even the quantity far exceeded expectations. If others’ Jade Liquid was just a small pond, Ning Qi’s was a vast sea, the gap unbelievably large.
“Now, just relying on the power of Gang Qi itself, I should be able to contend with Heavenly Human Ranking experts, right?”
Ning Qi compared with the several Heavenly Human Ranking level experts he had encountered before.
Divine Feather Great General, Green Ox Swordsman, Old Demon Lin, that unnamed Elder, and King Zhenbei.
At least the first four, he felt that even without entering the Unity of Heaven and Man state, he could contend with, or even defeat them.
“As for King Zhenbei… hard to judge. That day he did not go all out. If I use all my means now, I wonder if I can contend with him?”
Ning Qi’s gaze flashed.
He estimated his current combat power should be between the top ten and twentieth on the Heavenly Human Ranking, though it was hard to measure precisely, as samples were too few, and Ning Qi had many means, making it hard to judge.
But without doubt.
Such strength.
Was already at the pinnacle of Great Yan. In the absence of Martial Saints, few could threaten Ning Qi’s life.
Ning Qi’s long-standing sense of crisis immediately diminished greatly.
Although the Demonic Sect had temporarily ceased activity, Ning Qi did not dare to fully relax. If the Demonic Sect made a comeback, just relying on Fake Core power would be far from enough, but now, it was much better. Peerless Experts of the Demonic Sect’s level, even if they existed, would not be many.
Moreover, he would continue to grow.
“If I step into Core Elixir Realm, perhaps I can be invincible among Heavenly Humans.” Ning Qi was somewhat expectant.
The next cultivation.
Was to condense the Core Elixir from Jade Liquid.
Ning Qi sensed the vast sea-like Jade Liquid in his body and smiled helplessly. Everything had pros and cons; with his volume of Jade Liquid Sea, condensing it into a Core Elixir was not that easy.
Of course, it would not be very troublesome.
At most, it would take some time to grind slowly.
Without dwelling on it too long, Ning Qi began to carefully comprehend the changes in his Gang Qi. After promotion to Jade Liquid Realm, he could clearly feel his Gang Qi had become much more agile, possessing a certain spirituality it lacked before.
He pointed with a finger, Gang Qi surged and condensed, and a fierce Bi An immediately appeared in the courtyard.
Bi An’s eyes were ferocious and lifelike.
The White Ape, who had just settled down to cultivate, instinctively bristled its fur. It opened its eyes, saw Bi An, and was greatly startled.
But immediately.
Bi An disappeared.
Then Qiu Niu, Chao Feng, Divine Eagle, True Dragon, and many other divine beasts appeared, all with extraordinary aura. Combined with the various True Meanings Ning Qi had mastered, they truly seemed like real exotic beasts, though after all condensed from Gang Qi, they could not compare to flesh and blood bodies.
The White Ape was dumbfounded, what it saw was like a miracle, and its heart was filled with even more reverence. Having been with Ning Qi for a long time, Ning Qi did not hide his means from it. It was probably the one who knew Ning Qi the most besides Dragon Mountain Daoist.
It had always regarded Ning Qi as its climbing goal.
After stepping into Inner Yuan Realm, the White Ape’s cultivation speed was still unstoppable. Its current comprehensive combat power was probably close to Gang Yuan Realm, after all, its bloodline had innate advantages over the Human Race, allowing it to erupt with stronger combat power.
Ning Qi played with delight, finding it novel.
A flash of spiritual insight in his mind, the Jade Liquid Sea surged, and a humanoid figure condensed from Gang Qi walked out beside Ning Qi.
Its gaze was ice-cold without any emotion, its movements initially somewhat stiff, but immediately became extremely flexible.
If draped in robes, it could pass for real.
The only flaw was that under strong bombardment, it would collapse.
“Perhaps I can try researching from this aspect. If I can condense a Gang Qi Clone, it would have miraculous effects in certain situations.”
Ning Qi thought to himself.
Heavenly Sword True Person could not remain hidden forever. If enemies were too strong, he would have to personally act. Last time, if King Zhenbei had not come, Ning Qi would have had to show himself. Although he could disguise, having such a Gang Qi Clone as a substitute might be better.
However, to reach the level of using a Gang Qi Clone to confront Heavenly Human Realm or even Heavenly Human Ranking experts would require more time to deduce.
Otherwise, at the current level, its practicality was limited.
Ning Qi dispersed the Gang Qi humanoid figure.
Then he began to continue deducing the Azure Profound Body Protection Technique.
Now with Gang Qi greatly enhanced, this defensive secret technique could also be elevated again. Originally able to reach seventy percent of Azure Profound Armored Vest’s defense, now deducing to the limit, surpassing Azure Profound Armored Vest would be effortless.
……
Several days later.
Ye Qinghe successfully broke through, promoting to White Mist Realm, becoming True Martial Sect’s fourth overt Gang Yuan Realm True Disciple.
The congregation of True Martial Sect was all joyful, this represented True Martial Sect’s foundation was stronger.
At this point, aside from Fourth Disciple He Yan, Sixth Disciple Sun Chuanhai, and Seventh Disciple Song Cheng, all True Disciples had stepped into Gang Yuan Realm.
Of course, they did not know that Ning Qi had long been in Gang Yuan Realm.
No one knew of Ning Qi’s promotion to Jade Liquid Realm.
He was not the type to show off, never had been.
In the following days, his life remained the same as before.
Part of the time spent in the Scripture Depository reading Daoist classics to enhance his foundation, part of the time improving and creating various secret techniques—after promotion to Jade Liquid, several secret techniques still had room for improvement.
Finally, daily routine tempering of Gang Qi.
Breaking through from Jade Liquid Realm to Core Elixir Realm was essentially no different, still tempering Gang Qi. Although Ning Qi’s Jade Liquid was overly vast, without accumulating steps no river is formed; daily cultivation made progress quite fast.
Unfortunately, no more Golden Jade Pills, otherwise cultivation would be much faster.
“Luminous Pearls and other spiritual medicines are still available, but Sariras are hard to find.”
Generally speaking.
Buddhist Sect’s Sariras were treated as precious items to repay kindness, not traded out, as that would be blaspheming the Arhat high monks who had passed into nirvana. Obtaining Sariras from the Buddhist Sect was unrealistic, unless exterminating the sect and destroying the temple.
This did not conform to Ning Qi’s Dao.
If others provoked him, he could kill decisively, but wantonly exterminating sects and slaughtering just for his own cultivation, he could not do such a thing.
Additionally, exchanging from those previously gifted Sariras; such people were rare, only worth trying. Ning Qi had already told Dragon Mountain Daoist and Luo Wentian about this, just saying Sariras were useful to him, asking them to help search.
Of course, Ning Qi did not place all hope on Sariras; he was also seeking other substitutes.
Dragon Mountain Daoist had returned to the mountain some time ago.
Now Great Yan was in turmoil, with the Imperial Court and Demonic Sect fighting endlessly, Martial Arts Sects also in constant conflict, and assassin organizations like Blood Rain Tower naturally not dormant, often striking. Dragon Mountain Daoist, through some connections, had traced some tracks of Blood Rain Tower, but this made him even more alarmed.
This Blood Rain Tower was not simple, with shadows of other forces vaguely behind it.
He became more cautious to avoid alerting the enemy.
If probing forcefully, it might arouse vigilance, making Blood Rain Tower hide deeper.
After informing Ning Qi, the two set a plan: wait for clearer movements from Blood Rain Tower, then go down the mountain together for a killing strike, to avoid leaving future troubles.
Unknowingly.
Ning Qi was already nine years old.
Now Ning Qi’s body was tall and slender, comparable to a youth of over ten years. Years of reading scriptures and enlightenment gave him an intangible transcendent demeanor that won people’s hearts.
His thoughts returned to nine years ago.
At that time, just transmigrated to this world, he encountered a killing calamity.
This life’s mother was just a fleeting glimpse, father not even seen, becoming an orphan. Ning Qi himself nearly perished in the sea of fire. If not for Dragon Mountain Daoist arriving in time, he would probably have returned to the west again. Ning Qi naturally remembered all this.
These years, he had silently cultivated, occasionally using this as one of his motivations, as he did not want to be like Huang Shang, achieving major accomplishment only to find the enemy already dead.
Now, Ning Qi’s strength was already among the pinnacle batch in Great Yan, naturally having the capital for revenge.
He needed to wait no longer.
“Father, Mother, the kindness of birth cannot be repaid, only with the enemy’s blood to honor your spirits in heaven.”
Ning Qi gazed at the falling snow in the courtyard, sighing softly.
That year, it was also heavy snow.
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