Chapter 6 of 10

Chapter 6

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Just as Qin Yi was breaking through for the first time, Qin Hongren was enjoying a massage from his concubine in his luxurious mansion.

His eldest son, Qin Hanzong, who was Qin Yi’s cousin, was looking at his father with a fluctuating expression.

Qin Hanzong was handsome, with a mole at the corner of his eye, which added a touch of femininity to his appearance. However, his eagle-like, cold eyes revealed the cruelty in his heart.

“Father, the head of the family actually made a twenty-day agreement with Qin Yi, and you agreed to it?” Qin Hanzong asked coldly.

“Don’t worry, everything is under control. Qin Yi is three levels below you, a toad in a ditch. Do you think he can make any big waves?” Qin Hongren said absentmindedly, his eyes half-closed.

“But Father, I heard from the servants that Qin Yi hasn’t been in the mansion for several days.”

“Escaped? That’s even better.” Qin Hongren waved his hand, and soon two strong Qin family guards brought a redwood chest to Qin Hanzong.

“This contains five thousand Juyan Pills. Take them before your teacher from Tian Sheng Academy arrives, and see if you can advance another level.” Qin Hongren’s eyes slowly closed, “Don’t worry about Qin Yi. The head of the family has already made it clear. On that day, anyone other than us who dares to step out of the house will have their legs broken or be executed.”

Hearing Qin Hongren’s words and seeing the box of fragrant Juyan Pills, Qin Hanzong’s expression improved.

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There were only twenty days left until the agreement with Qin Hongyi.

These twenty days were incredibly precious, even a single breath of time.

Qin Yi didn’t waste a second. When he was tired, he practiced the Eight Great Techniques to recover his energy. Even if he was exhausted from practice, he could recover all his strength and spirit in an hour after one cycle of the Eight Great Techniques.

As he continued to practice the Eight Great Techniques, Qin Yi felt the heat in his dantian becoming more and more enduring, like a tree rooted in his dantian, with its trunk and branches gradually spreading throughout his body, connecting it into a whole.

As long as he was awake, Qin Yi used various tools on the back mountain, such as stone locks, stone figures, sandbags, wooden stakes, lead plates, and chains, to train his body rigorously.

Every day was like hell, but every day brought astonishing progress!

Second layer of Membrane Training...

Fifth layer of Membrane Training...

“Gather strength! Break!” Qin Yi punched, and with a bang, a bloodstain appeared on the stone figure, which was over 200 pounds. Qin Yi’s punch pushed it back more than two meters, and the stone platform it was fixed on left deep grooves on the ground.

“I’ve recovered to the fourth level of Tendon Training!” Qin Yi couldn’t believe his eyes.

It had only been seven days since he obtained the Eight Great Techniques and the Black Dragon Cosmic Power, but he had already advanced two levels, from the Meat Training level to the Tendon Training level!

For others to advance from the Meat Training level to the Membrane Training level, even with a large number of Juyan Pills to enhance their constitution, it would take at least four to five years. Qin Yi only needed seven days!

At the Tendon Training level, the flexibility of the tendons in the body increases, allowing for instant strength gathering. The tendons in the body form a single unit, like a bow and arrow, increasing the power of a punch to at least 220 pounds!

The flexibility of the body also increases, allowing for many high-difficulty movements, capable of fighting twenty people!

“Next, I need to advance to the fifth level of Bone Training.” Qin Yi added two 10-pound lead plates to each leg, making his total weight close to 200 pounds.

Three years ago, Qin Yi’s talent of reaching the Bone Training level at the age of thirteen shocked the entire Yuhua City, even attracting the attention of the royal family of the Great Wu Dynasty.

Now, as he advanced toward this level again, a myriad of thoughts surged in Qin Yi’s heart. His father, who once applauded his achievements, was now gone.

“Father, I will never let you down!” Qin Yi vowed in his heart, swinging his arms and punching the stone figure, practicing the Qin family’s traditional boxing technique, the “Blazing King Fist.” The originally gray stone figure was now covered in a dark red layer, all the blood Qin Yi had shed over the past few days.

Qin Yi’s relentless training was partly due to the powerful recovery ability of the Eight Great Techniques, and partly because he felt a dragon within him stirring, about to awaken!

In the universe within Qin Yi’s body, 180 million dragons were sleeping. As he trained and his strength increased, these dragons would gradually awaken.

Each time a dragon awoke, Qin Yi would gain the strength of one dragon, giving him more confidence in obtaining the admission qualification for Tian Sheng Academy.

Day and night alternated, and ten days later, there were less than three days left until the agreed date.

“Tendon Training level nine, break, break, break, break!”

Qin Yi roared four times, and several small whirlwinds swirled around his body. As he practiced the “Blazing King Fist,” each punch he threw produced rolling thunder and surging energy, like boiling water, making the air fifty steps away rustle.

Ordinary martial artists could only reveal their aura when they reached the sixth level of Blood Sacrifice, but Qin Yi, who had not yet reached the fifth level of Bone Training, was already producing such a terrifying aura!

“Blazing Body!” “Nine Fires Split Valley!” “Coiling Flame Dragon!” —— As the final moves of the “Blazing King Fist” were unleashed, the air around Qin Yi’s fists seemed to solidify. When he delivered his final punch to the stone figure’s head, Qin Yi suddenly felt something break free inside him.

Roar!

The first dragon awoke from its slumber, opening its fierce eyes in the vast universe!

A stream of energy as hot as molten lava instantly burst from Qin Yi’s dantian, merging into every muscle, bone, tendon, and inch of skin in his body!

At the same time, Qin Yi felt his mind become clear. The punch he had already thrown did not leave a bloodstain on the stone figure’s head but shattered it completely!

The round head of the stone figure exploded into countless pieces of stone powder.

Only those who reached the sixth level of Blood Sacrifice could split a thousand-pound stone tablet with their hands, but Qin Yi, who had just entered the fifth level of Bone Training, could already do it!

“The power of the dragon...” Qin Yi looked at the headless stone figure in disbelief, clenched his fists, and quickly threw several punches.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

From the chest to the abdomen of the stone figure, bowl-sized holes exploded almost simultaneously. When Qin Yi hit the stone figure, it felt like he was hitting soft, fragile tofu, not hard stone.

“Seventeen days, Father, I’ve recovered to the level I was at back then! Heaven has opened its eyes!” Qin Yi couldn’t hold back his tears.

“Three more days, I can definitely advance further!” These seventeen days were like a dream to Qin Yi. If he hadn’t experienced it himself, he would never have believed that anyone could shorten their cultivation time by hundreds of times, achieving what others would take ten or twenty years to accomplish.

Moreover, Qin Yi clearly understood that with the body tempered by the Eight Great Techniques and the terrifying power provided by the Black Dragon Cosmic Power, although he had just entered the fifth level of Bone Training, he could definitely match a third-level sixth-layer Blood Sacrifice expert in a one-on-one fight!

Qin Yi’s uncle, Qin Hongren, was fifty-two years old and had practiced for over forty years, with countless Juyan Pills to build his foundation, but he was only at the second level of Blood Sacrifice.

“Bone Training level, with bones as hard as steel, each bone in the body becomes a lethal weapon, capable of fighting fifty people.” Qin Yi felt the familiar level, as if time had rewound to three years ago.

At the Bone Training level, a punch could reach 300 pounds of force, but with the power of the dragon, Qin Yi’s strength far exceeded this!

After a moment of reflection, Qin Yi quickly calmed his mind, sat cross-legged, and began practicing the Eight Great Techniques to quickly recover his energy.

Qin Yi understood that the stronger he was, the more others would value him.

In general, as long as a Qin family member reached the Bone Training level before the age of thirty, their status would greatly improve, and they would become a key focus of the family’s cultivation.

But Qin Yi’s ambition was not just that.

He wanted to reclaim what belonged to him and what should have belonged to his father!

The Bone Training level was a threshold in body cultivation, and many people might be stuck here for their entire lives, unable to advance further.

The reasons could be their innate talent or financial resources.

Talent is innate and cannot be changed, but financial resources, such as the number of Juyan Pills, became a privilege for wealthy young men with average talent but good family backgrounds.

Because once one breaks through to the sixth level of Blood Sacrifice, the body’s cultivation can reach a new level, taking a significant step toward “Qi Control.” Therefore, large families often provide Juyan Pills to their members who reach the Bone Training level, regardless of the cost. The more capable members a family has, the more stable its position, and the better it can compete with other families.

Qin Yi now had a bold idea: could he make another push in the last three days and reach a level he had never reached before?

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