Chapter 23

After returning from the Blood River Bridge, Qin Feng once again immersed himself in cultivation.

The Soul Awakening Day was imminent, and Qin Feng had to put everything aside and focus on cultivation, striving to reach the tenth level of the Mortal Gang Realm before the Soul Awakening Day. This way, even if he did not awaken a higher-quality Dragon Soul, he would not have any regrets.

Having done what he could, the rest was up to luck.

Time passed quickly during cultivation, and more than half a month flew by in a blink.

During this time, there was an explosive piece of news: Ye Wuyin of the Ye family was ambushed by a mysterious cultivator during an outing and had both his legs broken into ten pieces.

To say that Ye Wuyin was extremely unlucky would be an understatement. He had just recovered from the injuries he sustained on the stage, and now his legs were broken again. However, for cultivators, broken legs were not a big deal; with top-grade bone-healing ointments and the power of medicinal pills, he could still recover. However, the pain and suffering of broken bones and flesh were something that ordinary people could not endure.

This news spread quickly, and after Qin Feng learned about it, he merely curled his lips and then returned to his cultivation.

Now, he did not want to deal with anything, even stopping the correspondence with Huo Siyan via cloud pigeon, because Qin Feng knew that cultivation was the right path. Without powerful strength, everything was just empty talk.

As for Ye Wuyin, he was just a minor troublemaker. If there was an opportunity, Qin Feng would definitely kill him with his own hands.

With the help of mid-grade mystic stones, Qin Feng's cultivation progressed rapidly. In just over half a month, he had advanced to the ninth level!

This was an incredible cultivation speed. If Qin Ba and others knew, they would surely be stunned and curse Qin Feng as a monster.

The benefits of the "Azure Dragon Gang Cultivation Technique" were fully demonstrated. There were no major bottlenecks, and there were no issues with unstable foundations. As long as there was enough mystic energy, everything went smoothly, making Qin Feng ecstatic. He really wanted to kiss the ancestor of his clan who had reached the Divine Gang Realm.

After reaching the ninth level, Qin Feng clearly felt a different change.

First, his body, thanks to the strange illness, had activated the light body technique, which greatly enhanced his speed and agility. Now, even when facing a peer like Ye Wuyin, he would no longer be suppressed in terms of speed. Qin Feng had experienced all these techniques in his previous life. These techniques were the effects of the first stage of body transformation, essentially enhancing basic physical attributes. Among the four techniques of the first stage, the last one, cell activation, was estimated to be activated when he reached the tenth level.

The Human Gang Realm was a significant threshold. Beyond this threshold, it was likely the second stage of transformation.

Furthermore, after reaching the ninth level, his body's demand for mystic energy suddenly increased, which was unexpected. After asking Qin Yuyan, Qin Feng learned that she had experienced the same situation when she reached the ninth level. This made Qin Feng secretly relieved, as it was probably to accumulate a large amount of energy in preparation for breaking through to the Human Gang Realm.

Fortunately, they had mid-grade mystic stones, so even if more mystic energy was needed, it was not a problem.

However, everything came to a halt when trying to break through to the tenth level.

After several attempts, it still did not work, and Qin Feng was forced to stop his cultivation.

It seemed that it really was not possible. His cultivation was stuck at the entrance to the tenth level, just one step away from achieving the tenth level, but Qin Feng always felt that something was missing.

This one step kept him stuck, unable to make any progress.

This was not an issue of mystic energy absorption. If this problem was not resolved, even if Qin Feng absorbed more mystic energy, it would only increase his physical strength, but his cultivation realm would remain stagnant.

It seemed that a bottleneck had truly appeared.

The "Azure Dragon Gang Cultivation Technique" could significantly reduce bottlenecks, but it did not mean they did not exist. Moreover, everyone's cultivation situation was different, and the appearance of a bottleneck was not necessarily a bad thing. The earlier a bottleneck appeared, the easier it was to overcome. As cultivation deepened, the difficulty of overcoming bottlenecks increased.

Now, there were still three days until the Soul Awakening Day, and he still had a chance.

Qin Feng got up and walked out of his small courtyard. He had been busy with cultivation for days, staying in the room, and it had been a long time since he had breathed such fresh air.

After pausing for a moment to enjoy the fresh morning air, Qin Feng walked toward the Dragon Martial Pavilion of the Qin family.

The Dragon Martial Pavilion was the library of the Qin family, housing tens of thousands of books. In fact, the small Qin family did not have so many martial arts secrets. Most of the collections were copied from the Divine Dragon Pavilion of the Qin family in Yunqi Kingdom.

The Qin family in Yunqi Kingdom was the main branch and the origin of all Qin family branches in the kingdom, with pure bloodline. The Qin family in Luoyang Town was just a branch.

Handing over his ID card to the two Qin family attendants at the door, Qin Feng walked in.

The Dragon Martial Pavilion was divided into two floors. The first floor was for displaying books, and the second floor was for displaying mystic artifacts used by previous generations. Therefore, Qin Feng did not go upstairs but directly headed to the area where the cultivation insights of the Qin family ancestors were stored.

The Qin family was a large ancient cultivation clan, so it had a complete inheritance system. The more powerful elders of the Qin family would record their insights and cultivation experiences for the younger generations to study and reference. Although everyone's cultivation process was different, listing all the problems and providing effective solutions was a great help to the younger generations, at least allowing them to avoid many detours.

The area for cultivation insights had a vast number of books. Ten large rows of bookshelves made Qin Feng's eyes dazzle, but fortunately, the books were well categorized, and Qin Feng easily found the row of bookshelves dedicated to bottlenecks and began to browse.

There were many books, but browsing was not troublesome.

Each book addressed a core bottleneck issue. Just by picking up a book and skimming through it, one could determine if the situation described was similar to their own.

Qin Feng spent the entire morning flipping through books.

Qin Feng was rather frustrated because most of the books recorded bottleneck issues that appeared after the Human Gang Realm. Since the "Azure Dragon Gang Cultivation Technique" appeared in the Qin family, bottleneck issues in the Mortal Gang Realm were almost completely eliminated. Few Qin family disciples encountered problems in the Mortal Gang Realm, and if they did, they were minor bottlenecks that could be resolved by consuming more mystic energy and forcefully breaking through.

But he had mid-grade mystic stones.

Qin Feng knew that his bottleneck was probably not ordinary.

Just as Qin Feng was about to give up, he pulled out a thin, old, and yellowed book from the corner of the bookshelf. The moment he opened it, his eyes narrowed sharply!

The first page of the book read—

Bloodline Soul, Early Manifestation!

Qin Feng's heart suddenly stirred, and he quickly flipped through the pages.

The book had only a few pages, and Qin Feng finished reading it in a short time.

After tidying up the tattered book and returning it to its place, Qin Feng's mood was completely shaken.

It seemed that the reason for his bottleneck had been found.

The book described a peculiar phenomenon that appeared among Qin family disciples. There were people, one in ten thousand, who were favored by heaven and blessed by the gods. These people had a very high concentration of original bloodline in their bodies, so concentrated that they could manifest early without the stimulation of ancestral dragon blood.

However, it was manifestation, not formation!

The book emphasized this point in red ink! Manifestation was not awakening; formation was the true awakening of the bloodline soul!

Therefore, even geniuses needed soul awakening.

However, being a genius was not easy. Even if the bloodline soul was concentrated, if it did not reach the level of complete manifestation, serious problems would arise.

A typical sign was encountering an unbreakable bottleneck at the ninth level of the Mortal Gang Realm.

However, the book did not mention a solution...