Chapter 3

Qin Feng advanced, and although he was happy in his heart, the dark cloud hanging over his head still remained.

The reason was none other than Qin Feng's strange illness!

After each advancement, the degree of blockage in Qin Feng's meridians would become even more severe, and the effort required to clear the stagnant blood would also be greater. More troublesome was the violent, bloodthirsty desire contained in the strange illness, which would erode his will even more, making his emotions even harder to control.

Although his divine power would greatly increase after losing control, such a result would also shorten his lifespan again.

In his previous life, Qin Feng had no mystic energy and no cultivation techniques, and his bloodline was always blocked, preventing him from cultivating, so his lifespan could not be extended.

Now, Qin Feng already knew why his life cycle was so short in his previous life, entirely due to the blockage in his meridians. The mysterious thing in his soul, in order to accelerate his growth, had even more aggressively extracted all of his life potential, allowing him to grow while also giving him some inexplicable abilities.

But later, he fell into a deep sleep and was reborn in another world. Although the mysterious thing also came with him, it seemed that everything had returned to its original state, and he once again had to face the threat of a countdown to death.

Fortunately, in this world, there were cultivation techniques, allowing him to come into contact with mystic energy.

The mysterious existence within him, after experiencing one failure, also realized that draining the pond to catch all the fish was not feasible, and thus no longer urgently extracted his life potential as before. Therefore, in this life, it was only slowly absorbing mystic energy, gradually extracting the strength in his bloodline.

It seemed that everything had changed because of the change in the world, like a shallow dragon becoming a dragon when it meets water.

He could even faintly sense its excitement.

"Could it be that it deliberately made me die early to be reborn in this world!"

This sudden thought made the corners of Qin Feng's mouth twitch, and the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.

However, even if he came to this different world, if he could not cultivate, he still could not live long. If ordinary people do not cultivate, they can live at most sixty to seventy years, and with his congenitally weak constitution, living to forty would be the best he could hope for.

Qin Feng did not want such a short life.

Moreover, Qin Feng faintly sensed that the speed of his current cultivation was clearly not enough to satisfy the mysterious thing within him. As his strength increased, it would require even more energy, and the blockage in his meridians was also the residue left after it absorbed energy.

A very contradictory result: to become stronger, he had to face even more severe challenges, even the threat of death again.

But Qin Feng had experienced death once, and with the vicissitudes of life in this life, his heart was already as hard as stone. Since heaven had given him another chance to live, he must live a life worth living, not only living well but also living long. And the prerequisite for all this was to become stronger!

Just now, Qin Feng advanced.

Although he only had the strength of the fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm, his heart could not help but beat wildly. Because this advancement, Qin Feng faintly felt that his body seemed to have undergone some different changes.

The fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm was a threshold. After crossing it, the physical qualities would undergo a complete transformation, officially entering the realm of a physical cultivator.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng could hardly wait to test his strength.

Taking off his outer garment and draping it over Qin Yuyan, who was still sound asleep on the table, he walked out of the room.

Looking around, Qin Feng frowned.

Unfortunately, his courtyard was too small, and there was no room to move.

Qin Feng looked up at the sky; the sun was still sleeping on the horizon, not yet rising. Only a faint light indicated that morning was about to arrive.

Going to the training ground now, there should be no one there.

The Qin family's rule was that those whose cultivation had not reached the fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm were not allowed to enter the training ground.

Qin Feng's cultivation had just reached the standard, and now no one had the right to kick him out of the training ground with dignity. But after some thought, he still chose to go when there were fewer people in the early morning, at least to avoid some unnecessary trouble.

He already had enough trouble, and it was better to have less.

The Qin family's training ground was not far from where Qin Feng lived. In a short while, Qin Feng had already arrived at the Qin family's training ground.

Although the training ground was where the Qin family disciples sweated every day, Qin Feng rarely came. From birth to now, he had only been there less than five times.

In the past, he did not have the qualifications, but now... Qin Feng clenched his fist, and with the sound of his knuckles cracking, he stepped onto the huge blue qi stone slab of the training ground.

Looking around, the vast training ground could accommodate thousands of people, all paved with uniform blue qi stones. This kind of stone had excellent resistance to qi force, and its price was relatively expensive. The fact that it was used so lavishly on the training ground demonstrated the supreme status of the Qin family in Luoyang Town.

Fortunately, there was no one on the training ground at this time. Qin Feng smiled in satisfaction, took a deep breath, and immediately began to display his martial arts.

"Ha, ha!"

With a powerful shout, Qin Feng threw his first punch after reaching the fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm. "Whoosh, whoosh," the blue light on his fist flickered, carrying a heavy wind, making Qin Feng very satisfied.

The boxing technique Qin Feng used was one of the Qin family's yellow-level combat techniques, the Dragon Power Fist. This was also the most proficient combat technique he had at this stage. Without activating the bloodline soul, the qi force could only be combined with the combat technique to achieve the most effective killing power. It was also the only trick to transform qi into qi force above the fourth level.

Because of the blockage in his meridians, Qin Feng spent most of his time cultivating various combat techniques when he could not cultivate mystic energy. He almost practiced this combat technique every day, and he had almost mastered it. But because he had advanced to the fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm, he found it much smoother to perform this set of boxing techniques, and the power was several times stronger.

"Ha!"

Qin Feng's movements became faster, and his punches became faster. He could barely see the shadows of his fists. Finally, with a loud roar, all the shadows of his fists merged into a huge fist, enveloped in a faint blue glow, and struck the iron愧wood (iron愧wood is a fictional material) of the qi force testing post.

"Bang!"

After a heavy impact, Qin Feng's fist landed on the iron愧wood. Iron愧wood is an excellent conductor of qi force, and the force was transmitted through golden spider silk to the cold iron core of the post, causing the core to rise to about six notches.

"Only six qi forces!"

Seeing only six notches, Qin Feng touched his nose, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

Qi force is a recognized unit of attack power in the cultivation world. One qi force can tear apart tigers and leopards in the mortal world, and six qi forces can be considered a world-class warrior in the mortal world. However, for the non-ordinary Qin family disciples, this was far from enough. Even an ordinary Qin family disciple could produce about seven qi forces at the fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm.

No wonder Qin Feng was slightly disappointed. This was naturally due to his poor constitution.

However, a moment later, a strange smile appeared on the corner of Qin Feng's mouth.

After rechecking the surroundings and confirming that no one was on the training ground, Qin Feng raised his right fist again. After a strange twist at the end of his fist, a layer of solidified, scale-like skin appeared.

"Ha ha, I was right. After advancing to the fourth level of the Mortal Qi Realm, one of the strange abilities from my previous life has finally been activated."

"The first ability of the first stage, partial hardening technique!"

Indeed, the mysterious existence within Qin Feng was consuming his life, but it was also a double-edged sword. While taking away his most precious life force, it also granted him various strange abilities. Was this a form of compensation?

"Whatever, let's try it out first!"

On his hardened fist, he again attached qi force and used all his strength to strike the qi force post.

"Boom!"

This time, the force was several times stronger than before, and the impact on the iron愧wood produced a loud noise, causing the ground nearby to shake.

The qi force was transmitted through the golden spider silk to the cold iron core, and with a bang, the core value reached the twentieth notch!

"Whoa!"

Seeing the notch, Qin Feng drew in a deep breath and then became elated.

"Twenty qi forces!"

The hardened fist not only increased the power of the combat technique several times but also more effectively transmitted the qi force, allowing the qi force he produced to perfectly strike the target.

And twenty qi forces were at least the strength of the sixth level of the Mortal Qi Realm.

Qin Feng knew that this was not because his physical qualities had reached twenty qi forces, but because he had used external force to enhance the striking effect of his fist to this level.

But regardless, this directly increased his actual combat strength by two levels!

How could Qin Feng not be overjoyed?

Qin Feng, in his excitement, threw several more punches, each with more than twenty qi forces. This sense of satisfaction and pleasure made him forget the time.

At this moment, the sun had already risen halfway, and the sky was gradually brightening. On the other side of the training ground, a group of people slowly entered.

"Huh? Someone is already practicing combat techniques in the training ground so early? I thought we were the earliest group! Ah, no, that person looks so familiar, oh!~ Isn't that the waste of our Qin family—"

"Qin Feng!"