Chapter 8

"Thirty-six strands. I remember when my father explained the process of forming a qi vortex to me in the past, he said that the qi vortex he formed could guide nearly thirty strands of spiritual energy. From this, it seems that my current situation is similar to my father's back then. If I start forming a qi vortex now, I might also progress as quickly as my father did. But as the saying goes, one must have a long-term perspective. Why can't I surpass my father and become even better?"

With this thought, Lu Tianyu immediately clenched his teeth and continued to circulate the cultivation technique, guiding the thirty-seventh strand of spiritual energy to converge at the dantian.

Lu Tianyu's abdomen swelled slightly again, and he felt as if his stomach was about to burst.

However, Lu Tianyu believed that this was not yet his limit.

"I want to see how many strands of spiritual energy my limit is." Lu Tianyu gritted his teeth and once again circulated the cultivation technique, guiding another strand of spiritual energy into the dantian.

"Whoosh" Lu Tianyu's abdomen bulged even more.

It was already thirty-eight strands.

"I can still bear it." Lu Tianyu's brows were tightly furrowed, and his face was already distorted from pain, but his determined nature did not allow him to give up.

Thirty-nine, forty, forty-one...

When Lu Tianyu successfully guided the fiftieth strand of spiritual energy, his abdomen was already swollen like a woman nine months pregnant, and the sweat on his forehead had turned blood red, slowly sliding down his cheeks.

Lu Tianyu's lips were already bitten to the point of bleeding, and the blood trickled down the corner of his mouth, wetting the collar of his shirt.

"Fifty strands, is this my limit?" Lu Tianyu shouted in his heart. He knew that in the entire Lu Manor, no one could guide fifty strands of spiritual energy to form a qi vortex. Even the most outstanding genius of the Lu Manor, the old patriarch Lu Bingwei, had only managed to guide forty strands of spiritual energy to form a qi vortex in the past. The current old patriarch of the Lu Manor had already reached the formidable late-stage Battle General, making him a dominant super-strong figure in the entire Lu Family Town.

"No, I can still bear it, let's guide one more strand." For the sake of future progress, Lu Tianyu did not give up. He allowed the blood to continue trickling from the corner of his mouth and slowly circulated the cultivation technique again, guiding the external spiritual energy to penetrate through the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head and slowly converge at the dantian.

However, before this strand of spiritual energy could converge at the dantian, Lu Tianyu was immediately alarmed. He felt a tearing pain in his dantian, and the fifty strands of spiritual energy that were already there began to become restless, causing a major problem.

But now, Lu Tianyu was in a difficult situation. The fifty-first strand of spiritual energy had already entered his body, and he did not know how to expel it. The only way was to continue guiding these fifty-one strands of spiritual energy to converge at the dantian as quickly as possible, completing the final step to form his own qi vortex.

"Boom, boom" The dantian area began to emit explosive sounds, and Lu Tianyu felt that the fifty strands of spiritual energy were already wreaking havoc inside his body.

"I must succeed in forming the qi vortex before the spiritual energy explodes, or I will surely die today!" Lu Tianyu recalled his father's warning from the past: if the spiritual energy becomes too much and unbearable, it would lead to a tragic death by the body exploding.

"This is a matter of life and death. Damn it, I'll give it my all!" Lu Tianyu couldn't help but grit his teeth and curse, frantically circulating the cultivation technique to guide the fifty-first strand of spiritual energy into the dantian at a speed twice as fast as before.

"Boom, boom..." With the addition of one more strand of spiritual energy, the explosive sounds from Lu Tianyu's dantian became even louder. Lu Tianyu felt as if there were thousands of sharp blades cutting inside his abdomen, a pain that words could not describe.

"I must succeed in forming the qi vortex before the spiritual energy explodes, or I will surely die today!" The fifty-first strand of spiritual energy converged at the dantian, and Lu Tianyu, ignoring the tearing pain, immediately began to circulate the final technique for forming a qi vortex from the first level of the *Pangu Heavenly Book*, compressing the fifty-one strands of spiritual energy frantically.

"Whoosh, whoosh" The restless spiritual energy seemed to have a will of its own, unwilling to be controlled by Lu Tianyu, and immediately began to collide frantically. Lu Tianyu had compressed less than ten strands of spiritual energy, and the other forty-one strands had already begun to rampage, almost breaking out of the dantian.

If these forty-one strands of spiritual energy left the dantian and entered Lu Tianyu's body, he would end up with shattered meridians.

"Young man, are you too bold? To dare guide so many strands of spiritual energy to form a qi vortex, do you not want to live?" At this critical moment of life and death, a roar from Dao Gu suddenly echoed in Lu Tianyu's mind.

"Whoosh" As soon as Dao Gu's words ended, a beam of colorful energy quickly appeared from Lu Tianyu's forehead, traveling through his meridians and reaching his dantian in an instant.

Under the pressure of this colorful energy, the forty-one strands of spiritual energy that were about to escape from Lu Tianyu's dantian immediately turned around and returned to the dantian, unable to move any further.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and circulate the cultivation technique to form the qi vortex!" Seeing that Lu Tianyu was still in a daze, Dao Gu's voice sounded again.

"Thank you, Dao Gu!" Lu Tianyu couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling relieved. If it weren't for Dao Gu's help, he would have already had shattered meridians and become a true cripple.

It seems that one must not be too reckless in their actions and must act within their capabilities; otherwise, they might not even know how they died.

"Whoosh" After about half an hour, Lu Tianyu finally took a deep breath, successfully forming the qi vortex.

"Young man, your risk was worth it. Throughout history, no one who has mastered the *Pangu Heavenly Book* has ever used fifty-one strands of spiritual energy to form a qi vortex. Your future is boundless!" Seeing the terrifying qi vortex in Lu Tianyu's dantian, which resembled a black hole, Dao Gu couldn't help but draw a deep breath and sincerely praised him.

Successfully forming the qi vortex meant laying the foundation for cultivation.

Lu Tianyu stayed at home all day, locking himself in his room to continuously study the cultivation techniques of the first level of the *Pangu Heavenly Book*. Whenever he understood something, he immediately put it into practice, starting to cultivate and absorbing external spiritual energy to continuously improve his strength.

Time passed quickly, and two months had already gone by.

During these two months, Lu Tianyu's mother, Li Xianghui, prepared breakfast for him every morning and then went out to work. As for Lu Tianyu, he was like a madman, desperately cultivating.

In the evening, after eating the dinner prepared by his mother, Lu Tianyu would lock himself in his room again and diligently cultivate. He spent eleven out of the twelve hours of the day cultivating, except for the time he spent eating.

As a cripple, no one paid attention to him, let alone a cripple who never left his house. Therefore, almost everyone in the Lu Manor had already forgotten that there was still a person named Lu Tianyu in the Lu Manor.

During this period, apart from Lu Yi occasionally visiting Lu Tianyu, no one else from the Lu Manor had set foot in this place. As for Lu Tianci, who used to come here frequently to bully Lu Tianyu, he had not come again. In Lu Tianci's mind, Lu Tianyu had already been thrown off a cliff and was dead.

In the first month, Lu Tianyu had already thoroughly understood the cultivation techniques of the first level of the *Pangu Heavenly Book*. The second month was spent in intense cultivation.

It must be said that Dao Gu was not exaggerating; the *Pangu Heavenly Book* was indeed a divine-level treasure. In just one month, Lu Tianyu's strength had advanced from the early-stage Battle Disciple to the early-stage Warrior, a significant leap.

If someone knew about Lu Tianyu's cultivation speed, they would be shocked to the point of their eyes popping out, because such a rate of progress was a rare existence even in the entire Divine Wasteland Continent.

Of course, this was related to the qi vortex that Lu Tianyu had formed two months ago by risking his life with fifty-one strands of spiritual energy.

After the terrifying qi vortex was successfully formed, Lu Tianyu discovered that each time he cultivated, his dantian could store spiritual energy as if it were a bottomless pit, so his cultivation speed was naturally extremely fast.

During these two months, Dao Gu only appeared once. Seeing Lu Tianyu's cultivation speed, he only said, "Good, very good, keep it up," and then continued to meditate to recover from his injuries.

But Lu Tianyu would not be satisfied with this. He was very clear that his current early-stage Warrior strength was still just a minor figure in the Lu Manor. Even Lu Tianci was much stronger than him.

It was possible that within these two months, Lu Tianci had already broken through to the late-stage Warrior and advanced to the early-stage Battle Master realm.

Therefore, he had no reason to be proud. The only thing he could do was to continue to cultivate frantically and continuously improve his strength.

Because only with sufficient strength could he go and settle accounts with Lu Tianci, find the real culprit who had tampered with him in his childhood, and eliminate him to avenge and clear his name.

"Whoosh" After converting the last strand of spiritual energy into battle qi and storing it in the dantian, Lu Tianyu couldn't help but open his eyes with joy. He could feel that he was not far from the mid-stage Warrior. With a few more days of hard cultivation, he would likely succeed in advancing to the mid-stage Warrior.

Looking up at the window, Lu Tianyu noticed that it was already dark outside. At this time, his mother should have returned to cook for him.

Lu Tianyu tumbled out of bed, jumped to the ground, and stretched his limbs. He immediately opened the door and stood in the courtyard, waiting for his mother to return.

The sunset slowly sank into the western mountains, gradually casting darkness over the earth.

Time passed quietly, and half an hour had already gone by.

But no matter how long he waited, his mother did not appear.

Lu Tianyu couldn't help but become restless and began to pace back and forth in the courtyard, clenching his fists and occasionally looking out, hoping to see that familiar figure.

But each time he looked up, Lu Tianyu was disappointed.

Another half an hour passed, and his mother still had not returned.

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