Chapter 3

In the dimly lit mansion of the Sword Pavilion Marquis,

"Did that good-for-nothing spend the whole day reading in the library?" Ning Qianwu, seated in a jade armchair, gently stroked his mustache, his eyes flashing with a piercing light.

Ning Han replied, "Father, I also found it strange. I thought that Ning Bing, who had been brought back from the brink of death, would definitely come to find Wang Yunchong and me for a fight. I had already prepared for it, but he seems to have forgotten that we tried to kill him. Instead, he spent the whole day reading in the library."

Ning Han is Ning Qianwu's son, eighteen years old. According to their bloodline, Ning Xiaochuan should call Ning Han his cousin.

The reason Ning Xiaochuan died was due to Ning Han's scheming. He deliberately lured him to a brothel and incited him to conflict with other young rascals. In the end, Ning Xiaochuan was killed by Wang Yunchong, the son of the "Heavenly Phenomenon Marquis."

This incident was forcibly suppressed by several young rascals, and it was announced to the public that Ning Xiaochuan had died of anger after failing to win the title of the top courtesan.

Since he died of anger, no one could blame others, and there was no evidence to the contrary.

But who could have predicted that Ning Xiaochuan would come back to life?

This day made Ning Han and Wang Yunchong extremely nervous. They weren't afraid that Ning Xiaochuan would come to fight them, as he was a weak and sickly person. They were afraid that Ning Xiaochuan would tell the old people in the Marquis mansion.

If the matter became public, many people would be implicated.

But Ning Bing spent the whole day reading in the library, a move that was truly unfathomable, even to the old and cunning Ning Qianwu.

Ning Qianwu pondered for a long time and said, "I have already passed the word to the old people in the Marquis mansion. Even if that little good-for-nothing goes to complain, it won't cause too much of a stir. The key now is to leave no clues in the brothel. Anyone who knows about this matter must be made to keep silent forever."

"I understand, Father!" Ning Han's eyes revealed a cruel expression.

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After nightfall, the Sword Pavilion Marquis mansion was still brightly lit.

The sound of swords could still be heard on the training ground, where many disciples of the Marquis mansion practiced swordsmanship under the night sky. The sword qi made a "pounding" sound, and after they were tired, they would sit on the chairs by the training ground, where maids would come to wipe their sweat and massage their backs.

At this moment, Ning Xiaochuan was sitting in the pavilion, a lamp lit, by the window, reading "The Heavenly Mystic Qi."

This courtyard was relatively quiet, with only four serving maids besides him and Ning Xinying. Compared to the bustling Sword Pavilion Marquis mansion, this courtyard was quite shabby.

According to the book, mystic qi permeates the entire universe, and only those with a martial heart palace can perceive its existence.

Absorbing mystic qi into the body and storing it in the martial heart palace.

The blood flows through the heart, carrying the martial mystic qi throughout the body, refining the tendons, bones, flesh, organs, and viscera, ultimately achieving a transformation of the body, surpassing ordinary people.

Ning Xiaochuan planned to practice according to the book's instructions.

First, enter a meditative state.

Enter a state of "forgetting the self and the world," perceiving the existence of mystic qi in the universe.

Ning Xiaochuan closed his eyes, and after about half an hour, he suddenly felt a faint qi flowing into his pores, like countless tiny dragons merging into his blood, making all the blood in his body boil, and his blood vessels vibrating continuously.

After one cycle, the mystic qi flowed into the heart and was stored in the martial heart palace.

The martial heart palace is like a brilliant star hidden in the center of the heart, vast and misty, with martial mystic qi dispersing from the blood, rushing into the heart palace, stirring the mystic qi in the heart palace.

The amount of martial mystic qi in his body increased.

Ning Xiaochuan felt the speed of blood flow in his body increase slightly, and the strength of his blood vessels and body also increased accordingly, making the absorption of mystic qi from the universe faster.

Thus, the blood circulated through his body for thirty-six cycles.

"Boom!"

Ning Xiaochuan's heart suddenly trembled, and the mystic qi from the universe rushed into his pores.

The amount of martial mystic qi in the martial heart palace doubled.

The third level of the mystic qi realm!

"This martial path is too easy to cultivate. In less than an hour, I have already advanced to the next level." Ning Xiaochuan felt full of energy, with no sense of difficulty in cultivation.

The mystic qi realm is divided into nine levels:

The first three levels: Cultivating qi and condensing strength.

The middle three levels: Qi enveloping the body.

The last three levels: Qi as sharp as a sword.

Ning Xiaochuan is now at the third level of the mystic qi realm. If he advances to the fourth level, the mystic qi will flow out of the pores and envelop the skin.

When defending, the mystic qi will be as solid as armor, impenetrable by blades.

When attacking, the mystic qi will be as sharp as a sword, capable of splitting a tree as thick as a bowl with one palm.

Ning Xiaochuan did not know that the reason he could cultivate so quickly was that the old Marquis had used his earth martial essence to nurture his heart meridians for ten years. A large amount of earth martial essence was hidden in his blood, and as he cultivated, this earth martial essence was activated from his blood.

That was why, without cultivation, he had advanced to the second level of the mystic qi realm after just one night of sleep. Now, advancing to the third level of the mystic qi realm was not surprising!

The amount of earth martial essence the old Marquis had was enough to make an ordinary martial artist a world-class expert. Ning Xiaochuan had only activated a small part of it, and as his cultivation increased, this earth martial essence would be released faster.

Of course, if Ning Xiaochuan could never repair his heart meridians, he would never be able to obtain this power.

"The cultivation of mystic qi is indeed wondrous. Through the blood, mystic qi is absorbed into the heart palace and then flows back into the blood, nourishing the entire body, making the body continuously stronger."

Ning Xiaochuan noticed an interesting point: once the martial mystic qi was circulated, the speed of blood flow increased.

For ordinary people, it takes about three minutes for the blood to circulate through the body once.

Ning Xiaochuan, at the third level of the mystic qi realm, if he deliberately cultivated, it would take only two minutes for the blood to complete one cycle in the body.

In one hour, he could complete sixty cycles.

Ordinary people could only complete forty cycles in one hour.

In other words, the higher the cultivation, the faster the blood circulation, and the faster the absorption of mystic qi from the universe.

"According to the book, if one can complete ten cycles in one minute, the body will undergo a transformation, completely surpassing the mortal body, becoming a divine martial body, with the power far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Amazing!" Ning Xiaochuan became intensely interested in martial cultivation.

In his previous life, he had read martial arts novels, where the high-level martial artists cultivated the dantian and the eight extraordinary meridians. But these were all nonsense. He had dissected countless corpses and never found any meridians. It would be strange if the human body really had a dantian.

However, the blood and heart are real, and blood flows through every part of the body. If martial mystic qi is stored in the blood, it can indeed nourish the entire body, causing a tremendous transformation.

"Creak!"

Ning Xinying returned from practicing on the training ground and saw that the light was still on in Ning Xiaochuan's room. She pushed the door open, revealing a delicate and beautiful face, and said with some reproach, "Brother, you are weak, why aren't you resting?"

"Hehe! I am studying how to cultivate martial mystic qi." Ning Xiaochuan smiled.

Ning Xinying asked, "Did you borrow a cultivation method from the library?"

Ning Xiaochuan nodded and picked up "The Heavenly Mystic Qi" from the table, saying, "This one."

Ning Xinying was momentarily speechless and said, "That's not a cultivation method; it's just a basic book explaining the mystic qi of the universe, which can be bought for five coins on the street."

"Ah! Not a cultivation method?" Ning Xiaochuan scratched his head. If it wasn't a cultivation method, why could he feel the mystic qi of the universe and absorb it into his body according to the book?

Ning Xinying explained, "Of course, the common people cannot obtain true cultivation methods, so they can only cultivate based on the basic methods in 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi.' However, the cultivation speed is extremely slow, and it might take decades to reach the third or fourth level of the mystic qi realm."

"No! I think the content in this book is quite good and orthodox, definitely written by a great master." Ning Xiaochuan said.

Ning Xinying replied, "This is naturally written by a great master, otherwise, how could it be so widely spread? However, this book is too basic. I could recite it by heart when I was six. Brother, since you have never cultivated martial arts, you don't know the profundity of cultivation methods, such as our Sword Pavilion Marquis mansion's 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon,' which uses the heart as a furnace and blood as fuel, burning blood to produce qi."

"Reaching the first level of 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon,' the speed of absorbing martial mystic qi is ten times that of 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi.'"

"Reaching the second level of 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon,' the speed is twenty times that of 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi.'"

"This is the true divine canon. Compared to 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi,' 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon' is like heaven and earth, incomparable."

Ning Xiaochuan always felt that 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon' had a somewhat extreme approach. Although the cultivation speed was indeed fast and it was a divine canon, it was not the true path, not as orthodox as 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi.'

Therefore, he decided not to cultivate 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon' but to stick with 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi,' communicating with the universe, using the heart as a furnace. Is the universe not also a great furnace?

Ning Xinying knew that Ning Xiaochuan's body was weak and could not cultivate martial mystic qi, so she didn't say more. For someone who cannot cultivate, is there any difference between reading 'The Heavenly Mystic Qi' and 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon'?

Ning Xinying was worried about Ning Xiaochuan's health and feared he would continue to stay up late reading. She forcibly dragged him to bed and watched him close his eyes before returning to her room, sitting on the bed, and cultivating 'Heart Furnace Divine Canon,' refining martial mystic qi.

Ning Xiaochuan, of course, did not sleep but lay in bed, sensing the mystic qi in the universe. The mystic qi became active, flowing into his pores, entering his blood, and converging in the heart palace.

His heart beat strongly, and a small blood-colored sword floated in the lower left ventricle, its light flickering, emitting a fine sword qi that slowly merged into the blood.

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