Chapter 56: The Storage Ring

The "human-headed snake-bodied" human-shaped true qi that merged into Yang Qi's body immediately began to change, attempting to seize control of the soul, and even to devour Yang Qi's soul for a body snatch. If nothing unexpected happened, even a Qi Sect expert would be taken over. Unfortunately for it, it faced Yang Qi, who had cultivated the Hell Suppressing Divine Qi.

With a series of crackling sounds,

This human-shaped true qi completely melted, penetrating deep into the dantian qi sea, merging with the Thunder Giant Elephant.

This was originally a foreign true qi. Once it entered the body, it had to be expelled, otherwise it would damage the meridians and even cause impurity in the true qi, leading to an explosion.

However, Yang Qi now activated the "Divine Elephant Hell Suppressing Qi" and the Thunder Essence, purifying this foreign true qi and storing it in the qi sea.

Closing his eyes and looking inward, he could see the foreign true qi obediently coiled deep in the qi sea, transformed into a palm-sized blue monster, still human-headed and snake-bodied, but dazed and devoid of its original will.

"Good!"

Yang Qi suddenly used his will to activate this foreign true qi in his body.

Sure enough, this true qi circulated freely within his body, as if it were an extension of his arm.

He looked at the blue ring still floating in the air, and with a thought, the foreign true qi shot out and re-entered the ring.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Immediately, the blue ring, which had been motionless for a hundred years, suddenly began to shake violently.

Then, a blue light shot out from the ring.

This light slowly formed a portal taller than a person, with ripples like it was immersed in seawater.

Yang Qi's eyes widened as he watched, almost unable to believe what he saw: "What is this?" His true qi penetrated it, and he instantly "saw" that inside the portal, there was an independent void.

All around were blue water waves, enclosing a small space about the size of an acre, with a height of seven or eight people, equivalent to a courtyard.

In this small space, there were many miscellaneous items, the most prominent being an altar in the center. Around the altar were bottles of Qi Gathering Pills, continuously releasing medicinal power. Around the altar, many true qi patterns were still circulating.

"Formation!"

Yang Qi was startled. According to legend, supreme experts could release their true qi, which would not dissipate but would automatically absorb the essence of heaven and earth, slowly circulating. This realm was far above the Qi Sect.

Now, in the space within the blue jade ring, the true qi patterns on the altar were of such a person.

However, the most eye-catching was not the altar but a weapon inserted into it.

This was a trident, entirely made of a strange black metal, with fine ice-crack patterns. It was directly inserted into the altar, and one could see that the Qi Gathering Pills around the altar slowly infused their essence into the formation, then into the trident's body.

The trident weapon seemed to be absorbing the essence, as if it were a person.

"Is this a spirit weapon?"

Yang Qi knew that this was the cultivation of a weapon's spirit. A divine weapon, after long-term true qi cultivation, would absorb the essence of heaven and earth, developing extraordinary spirit. For example, some swords could fly through the air, which was the principle behind this.

Ordinary divine weapons could only enhance the power of true qi, but spirit weapons were different. They could automatically fly out to kill enemies, with immense power, almost like demons.

In fact, it was as if the weapon had become a demon.

Such weapons were called "spirit weapons." They were very rare. Yang Qi had only seen one before, when his aunt Yang Susu used a flying sword to send a message.

Originally, he had intended to refine his own long sword, hoping to eventually turn it into a spirit weapon. However, he did not know how to forge weapons, and in just one month at the Tianwei Academy, he had not learned much.

Clearly, this trident was on its way to becoming a spirit weapon, being cultivated. It had absorbed countless Qi Gathering Pills, and Yang Qi could sense with his true qi that the trident was slowly breathing, as if it had formed unique meridians inside.

"Good stuff! Once it becomes a spirit weapon, its power will be immense." Yang Qi was delighted. "Also, this ring actually forms its own space, how amazing! This must be a legendary treasure. In the future, I can store all the demon cores I hunt directly in this ring."

He finally understood what this blue jade ring was.

It was a legendary storage space.

A storage space about the size of an acre and seven or eight people tall could carry a lot of things. In the future, he would no longer worry about carrying items.

"No wonder, no wonder that blue-robed youth had nothing. He must have had this storage ring, storing everything in it." Yang Qi understood. He rechecked everything in the storage space of the ring and found, besides the trident on the altar, some clothes, some pills, but no martial arts manuals.

Additionally, there were Qi Gathering Pill silver tickets, valid throughout the Fertile Continent, totaling over thirty million. This was a huge fortune.

"Unfortunately, these thirty million would only be worth three merit points at the Tianwei Academy, not much use." In the Tianwei Academy, merit points were very precious. It took ten million Qi Gathering Pills to barely get one merit point.

So, basically, anyone who exchanged Qi Gathering Pills for merit points would be at a loss. This was to prevent wealthy students from directly buying merit points with money.

He slowly withdrew his true qi, and the water portal disappeared.

Yang Qi put the ring away. At this moment, he could see four characters engraved on the ring: "Heart of the Ocean."

The Heart of the Ocean was a divine object from the sea. This ring must have been forged from that divine object, which was why it had the ability to create space.

Having obtained this treasure, Yang Qi was elated, took a deep breath, and looked at the messy room without concern. His body trembled, and immediately, dense threads of Spring Silkworm Rain true qi flew out, quickly tidying up the entire room, even fusing the cracks on the ground with true qi.

Knock, knock, knock...

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Yang Qi sent a thread of true qi to see that it was Yang He and a few other miscellaneous students he was relatively close to, who had come to find him together.

He opened the door, and the miscellaneous students rushed in, their faces tense: "Yang Qi, there's a good opportunity. The academy has given us a mission for the miscellaneous disciples, and we can earn a lot of merit points."

"What mission?"

Yang Qi's spirit was invigorated. He had been cultivating at the Tianwei Academy for a month without gaining anything, and now he finally had a chance to show his skills. As long as he earned enough merit points, everything would be easier.

"It's like this. Recently, a group of bandits has appeared in the northwest, burning, killing, and looting, harming the people. Many of the victims have had all their blood drained, turning into dry corpses. The academy suspects that someone is cultivating an evil qi technique. They have sent people to investigate, and many outer and inner court disciples have been dispatched. We miscellaneous disciples also have some spots, and we must go. The academy has set a rule: whoever kills a blood-sucking bandit and brings back the blood demon core from their body can earn one merit point."

"Killing a blood-sucking bandit? To earn one merit point?" Yang Qi was surprised. "Such a generous reward?"

"Yes, so many disciples are eager to go. However, since the academy has offered such a high price, these blood-sucking bandits must be tough to deal with. We have joined forces to face this together."

A miscellaneous student named Hua Yinhu said.

There were five miscellaneous students in total, including Yang Qi. They formed a small group, and Yang Qi and Li He had a good relationship with them. They often completed various tasks together and had developed a sense of camaraderie.

"Since that's the case, let's set out."

Li He was also ambitious and suddenly said to Yang Qi, "By the way, Yang Qi, this time, elite academy students are also participating. You might even encounter Yun Hailan, who you're looking for."

"Is that so?"

Yang Qi's face showed a faint smile, and his eyes flashed with a sharp look that quickly disappeared.

"Yun Hailan, her status is much higher than ours. I've heard of such a genius." Hua Yinhu pondered for a moment. "She seems to have defeated an inner court genius, a ninth-stage Qi Sect disciple, just two months after entering. Such a person has a powerful background and is outstanding, far beyond our reach. We can only look up to her, and even meeting her to curry favor is difficult."

"What? She can defeat a Qi Sect disciple? Such rapid progress?" Yang Qi frowned, then relaxed. Studying at the Tianwei Academy was ten to a hundred times faster than cultivating outside. Some disciples, after genuine cultivation, could quickly advance to the ninth stage of the Qi Sect, which was not surprising.

After all, this was the first academy of the Fertile Continent, a holy land with a thousand or even ten thousand years of tradition.

Moreover, Yun Hailan entered as an elite disciple, with resources far exceeding those of miscellaneous disciples.

Perhaps, there might even be a "Life Seizing Realm" expert to refine her body and cleanse her essence.

However, no matter how strong this woman was, Yang Qi had the confidence to shatter her pride.

"Yun Hailan, you deceived me to get the Dragon Subduing Pill, just to enter the Tianwei Academy. You looked down on me, but you never imagined that my strength would surpass yours. Unless you reach the Life Seizing Realm, I have absolute confidence in defeating you. I really want to see your expression when I defeat you. Will you still have that look of a proud daughter of heaven, playing with men in the palm of your hand?"

Yang Qi was excited, almost trembling.

However, his expression remained calm.

"What? Is Yun Hailan someone special to you? Is she your lover?" Li He teased Yang Qi.

"No, she's just an acquaintance. I need to reclaim something from her." Yang Qi said indifferently.