Cube-like Supernatural Powers: Longevity Begins with Qi Refining

Chapter 30 Basic Qi Refining Method

"hiss!"

Xiong Zhou stared in shock at the hundreds of giant corpses that had turned to ashes around him, and gasped in horror.

"Senior Sister Zixuan's divine power is truly awe-inspiring..."

"I never imagined that by borrowing the energy of the earth's veins, I could set up such a large number of earth vein arrays, and in one fell swoop, I could turn hundreds of ten-thousand-foot-tall divine corpses to ashes."

"Senior Sister Zixuan, hurry, do it a few more times... a few hundred more times, and we'll be able to clear away these gloomy things and complete the third stage of the mission."

As soon as he finished speaking, the expected earth vein energy and earth vein array did not erupt. On the contrary, these two forces contracted inward, showing a strong tendency to switch from offense to defense.

Xiong Zhou looked back at Senior Sister Zi Xuan with a puzzled expression.

He was shocked.

Zixuan, who was expected by Xiong Zhou to unleash her power once again and unleash hundreds more bursts of power, was now deathly pale.

He looked as if he would have completely lost his fighting ability if he hadn't been supported by Senior Brother Wu Kang, who used his Qi of Heaven and Earth to fill the damage to his inner world.

Within the Earth Vein Array, Senior Brother Li Tianqing, who had just unleashed the Ten-Mile Ink Painting to bind numerous ten-thousand-foot-tall divine corpses, was also pale-faced, his body seemingly drained. Senior Sister Duanmu Ning was using medicinal mist to nourish his body, which appeared to be weakened to a certain limit.

It's just a powerful move, is it really that big of a deal?

Is the blue bar really that short?

It was as if they knew what Xiong Zhou was thinking.

While sprinkling pills to replenish the energy of several people, Duanmu Ning said to Xiong Zhou, "Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, don't be fooled by the fact that these corpses are less intelligent than a six-year-old child and only have instinctive abilities in applying the laws. They still possess a life level equivalent to the initial stage of Qi Refining Level 4."

"We ordinary Tai Li disciples at the first level of Qi Refining only managed to kill nearly a thousand ten-thousand-foot-tall divine corpses at the fourth level of Qi Refining with a single move, which is already an extraordinary performance."

"There are limits to fighting against adversity."

Senior Sister Zixuan retreated to the hollow rock wall, gently waved the earth array flag in her hand, and opened a hole with a length and width of 2 meters, imitating the way Xiong Zhou opened a tunnel. She then signaled to the team members beside her to retreat into it.

She turned to Xiong Zhou and said, "Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, our Qi of Heaven and Earth is almost completely depleted, and we need to make some adjustments."

"If your vital energy is also nearly depleted, come in with us and rely on this thick rock wall to defend your position."

"These reanimated corpses are finite; they can't be endless. With our strength, we can complete the third stage of the mission by taking it slow."

Xiong Zhou sensed the almost full Qi of heaven and earth in the inner world, as well as the square Dao foundations sent from the [Gate of Another World], and nodded silently.

He suddenly realized that his ability to circulate Qi seemed to be much stronger than that of his four peers, Zi Xuan, Wu Kang, Duanmu Ning, and Li Tianqing, who were true disciples of the Tai Li lineage... much, much stronger.

Even without considering the Qi of Heaven and Earth sent to the Mountain and Sea Realm through the [Gate of Another World], it is still dozens, nearly a hundred times stronger than theirs, or even more.

Xiong Zhou turned to look at the towering divine corpse rushing towards him from afar and said, "My Qi of Heaven and Earth is still plentiful. I will deal with as many of these products of corpse transformation as I can."

Holding the heavy earth and wood sword in both hands, he leaped into the air and charged towards those hideous, towering divine corpses.

In an instant, tens of thousands of emerald green and bright yellow sword beams were unleashed from this sword at the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, filling the area within a ten-mile radius with dazzling brilliance.

About an hour later.

Xiong Zhou's pupils suddenly became somewhat vacant, and his movements slowed slightly.

At that moment, as the sword light surged forth, turning these corpses into ashes, he felt that his understanding and application of the Way of Earth, the Way of Wood, the Way of Abundance, and other principles of Heaven and Earth seemed to have improved slightly.

Wielding a heavy sword and fighting against these towering divine corpses seems to be an extremely effective way of cultivating and comprehending the Dao.

"Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, be careful!"

"Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, be careful!"

Watch out for what's beneath you!

"Get out of the way!"

The fellow disciples who had been watching Xiong Zhou closely spoke up in unison, their faces showing surprise.

"Be careful of what?"

Xiong Zhou was still a little confused. He turned his head to look at the group of fellow disciples, his eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"roar!"

A divine corpse suddenly rose from the ground, roaring angrily, its eyes bloodthirsty, and it raised its palm to pinch Xiong Zhou.

"Bang!"

The colossal corpse, which held Xiong Zhou in its palm, had a hint of confusion in its crimson pupils, sensing that something was very wrong with the feeling inside its hand.

The ten-thousand-foot-tall divine corpse's hands clenched together again, making a clanging sound, as if it wanted to splatter blood and flesh to absorb the highly nourishing substance.

However, it couldn't be squeezed; it was like a very hard rock that wouldn't break no matter how much force was applied.

The crimson pupils of the ten-thousand-foot-tall divine corpse hesitated, then looked down at its palm.

In an instant, a streak of azure sword light, accompanied by a sword hum, burst forth from that enormous palm, which emanated corpse energy, piercing straight through the brow, severing the crown of the head, and splashing a cloud of black blood in mid-air.

"boom!"

The towering, divine corpse fell to the ground, cleaved into dust by the sword light.

Xiong Zhou picked up his heavy sword, tapped his heavy armor, and gave a thumbs-up to the other members of the Mountain and River Squad.

His combat experience is somewhat limited, and his combat talent is mediocre, but that doesn't mean Xiong Zhou wasn't fully prepared.

With his heavy armor, not to mention these lowly, intelligent corpses, even the two newly promoted disciples would have a hard time injuring him.

As for the lack of combat experience and mediocre combat talent, isn't now the time to catch up?

Xiong Zhou grinned, his eyes crinkling with laughter, and wielded the heavy earth and wood sword with both hands as he slashed at a ten-thousand-foot-tall divine corpse.

"You reanimated god-corpses, let me see your limits!"

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Azure sky, the earth's surface.

Before a city whose natural environment, apart from the concentration of Qi of heaven and earth, was similar to the residences of ordinary disciples of the Tai Li Immortal Sect, thirteen figures clad in armor and covered in dust rushed rapidly into the city.

"Urgent!"

"The city gates are open; soldiers clear the way!"

Half of the tiger tally was raised high from the hand of the leading figure, and strands of the Qi of Heaven and Earth surged into it, projecting a huge phantom image that resembled the roar of a black tiger, shaking the city gate.

The soldiers on duty at the city gate were stunned when they saw the black tiger shadow in the sky. They immediately evacuated the civilians coming in and out and opened the city gate wide to allow the heavily armored cavalry to pass through.

"Splash..."

One after another, the clanging of heavy armor and the heavy thud of galloping horses leaped across the city gates, heading straight for the imperial palace in the center.

The journey was unobstructed, and even the palace gates were wide open, allowing heavily armored cavalrymen to pass through and head straight for the central hall where laws and principles converged.

"tread!"

The military officer, holding half of the tiger tally, dismounted, carrying two handfuls of pixel wheat in his arms and a pixel wheat seed in his palm. He leaped up and rushed into the main hall.

He didn't have time to bow or even notice the somewhat lively atmosphere in the hall.

He immediately called out to the tall, kind-faced old man standing in the center of the hall, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, "Urgent report from the army in the forbidden area ahead! Your Majesty, please take a look!"

The military officer used a special secret technique to project the memories in his mind into the main hall.

In an instant, the main hall became solemn, and the lively atmosphere vanished completely.

As the military officer's memories finished playing, the atmosphere in the hall became heavy, yet also heated.

The kind old man, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, reached out and placed the chair and teacup behind him behind the officer. He then used the Qi of Heaven and Earth to wipe away the dust from the officer's heavy armor and soothed him in a gentle tone.

"My dear grandson, take a break and have some water."

Then, the kind-looking old man looked at the young man beside him carrying a heavy black ruler, his expression complex.

He inquired, "May I ask, Fellow Daoist Yanfeng, did your fellow disciples bring these items from beyond the heavens?"

Yan Feng gently reached out and gestured, and the three items in the officer's arms were instantly transferred to his hand.

Yan Feng's eyes lit up slightly. He gently touched the distinct edges of the wheat ears with his fingers, igniting a special emerald green flame. From within it, he refined strands of abundant Qi unique to Xiong Zhou, and sighed softly.

"Indeed, this is something from one of my sect's true disciples."

Yan Feng handed the remaining handful of pixel wheat and pixel wheat seeds to the old man in the dragon robe beside him.

"If Fellow Daoist Qing wishes to use it, that's no problem."

"Although I am not familiar with this senior disciple, I can see his honest and simple nature from the methods he has comprehended and the path he has followed."

Yan Feng concluded earnestly, "In terms of the content of the Qi of Heaven and Earth within it, and the abundance of the laws of Heaven and Earth, it still cannot compare to the cultivation resources allocated to the inner disciples of my sect."

"However, for Fellow Daoist Qing's country, if it is widely planted, it can solve most of the current problems when the harvest comes."

The old man in the dragon robe remained silent for a few moments before handing the pixelated wheat and its seeds to the Grand Minister of Agriculture, who had already walked up to him.

He said in a deep voice, "I beg you, my dear minister."

The Grand Minister of Agriculture, who was nearly as old as the old man in the dragon robe, grasped the object in his hand and bowed.

The Grand Minister of Agriculture said with a strong voice, "Your subject will certainly not fail the trust placed in you by Your Majesty."

After finishing his words, the Grand Minister of Agriculture hurriedly left the side hall to begin researching how to efficiently cultivate these oddly drawn objects in his hands.

After the Grand Minister of Agriculture left, Yan Feng turned his gaze to the old man in the dragon robe and asked, "Fellow Daoist Qing, what have you considered?"

"Let me be frank with you, I consider that innate fire within Xiaochang's territory to be my for the taking."

"If I only consider you, and only consider Xiaochang Kingdom, how will I choose?"

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly froze.

Ministers and soldiers alike glared angrily at this extraterrestrial demon who showed no respect for the emperor.

Yan Feng didn't care, or rather, he never took these guys seriously. Their understanding of the laws, their skill level, and their breadth of knowledge were not even a tenth of his own.

In this entire hall, the only person who caught his attention was the ruler beside him, who had reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining and whose cultivation level was similar to his own.

The old man in the dragon robe waved his hand gently, and wisps of the Qi of heaven and earth fell down, sweeping away the frozen atmosphere in the hall.

With a hint of sincerity, he said to Yan Feng, "Fellow Daoist Yan Feng, from my personal perspective, I am willing to give you that innate fire of our country."

"The problem is that this innate fire is exceptionally violent, and it also originated from our country's beliefs."

"Taking it out wouldn't be too difficult, but taking it out intact without harming our nation's fate is beyond my capabilities."

The old man in the dragon robe acted like a friendly old man next door. When he spoke to Yan Feng, he showed no trace of the imposing manner of a monarch, and his attitude was extremely frank.

Yan Feng nodded and said, "You don't need to worry about that, Fellow Daoist Qing. My innate divine power can control the fires of all heavens and melt the flames of all realms."

Yan Feng cast his gaze toward the sky above the palace, staring at a divine fire that burned quietly, scorching with faint death energy and yin energy, and appearing exceptionally vast and majestic.

"It is a specific level of innate fire that has not yet exceeded the fourth level of Qi Refining. It has not exceeded my control."

"If Fellow Daoist Qing is willing, I can take it away immediately without harming your country's fortune or destiny."

"In return, I can grant you two requests that are within my power and do not violate my path."

The old man in the dragon robe took a deep breath and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Yan Feng.

The ruler nodded and said, "Very well, if what Fellow Daoist Yanfeng says is true, then you may take that innate fire yourself."

The old man in the dragon robe sharpened his gaze slightly. "My first request is that Fellow Daoist Yan Feng lend a helping hand when our country faces imminent collapse, so that our country will not become a dead land."

"My second request is that Fellow Daoist Yanfeng take my beloved grandson away from this world where there is almost no future, and make him a disciple of your sect."

The hall fell silent.

Some ministers were shocked by the emperor's decision, while some soldiers looked on with sighs.

However, they were all very quiet at the moment, waiting for Yan Feng's response.

Yan Feng frowned slightly. "As for the first request, I can only say I'll do my best."

"This world, which we call the Azure Sky Realm, has become murky in its very essence, and I am powerless to reverse it."

"I can grant Fellow Daoist Qing's second request, but there are two options involved."

"Firstly, he can serve as my follower, receive the status of an outer disciple, and cultivate in the Daoist temple I manage."

"Secondly, practice the Tai Li Qi Refining Method to elevate this basic Qi refining method to the subtle level and become a disciple of our sect."

Yan Feng looked at the somewhat stunned military officer.

"If it is as I think, I hope you will choose the second method to enter my sect."

"Those who follow this path may have the potential to attain enlightenment in the future, and may even become inner disciples, or even become true disciples of our sect."

The officer then came to his senses, looked at the old man in the dragon robe, and bowed to Yan Feng.

"Please, senior, bestow your guidance."

Yan Feng pointed, and the corresponding content of the "Tai Li Refining Qi Method" instantly entered the military officer's mind.

"this......"

The officer's breath hitched.

Senior Yanfeng said that this book, "Tai Li Refining Qi Method," is a basic Qi refining method, right?

How come he understands the meaning of each individual word, but when the characters are connected into a sentence, he can hardly understand its meaning?