Chapter 92

This day was definitely not a peaceful one for the vast majority of the upper class on Terra.

Qin Peng was taken away by the Wang family. These upper-class members, who had their own channels, naturally knew some of the inside stories. To be honest, these upper-class families somewhat looked down on upstarts like Qin Peng.

They were complete upstarts. Their rise was built on accumulated efforts, step by step. In contrast, the Qin family's rise was purely due to Su Xinghe's favor, a single word that propelled the Qin family into the upper class.

Alright! To put it bluntly, their disdain was another form of jealousy. Even though they were part of the upper class on Terra, they couldn't just latch onto Su Xinghe's influence.

However, because of Su Xinghe, the Qin family's rise was inevitable, and there was nothing they could do about it. When Qin Peng was taken away, it gave them a sense of schadenfreude. "See, this is what happens to upstarts. You can be taken down at any moment, even with Su Xinghe's protection."

But the subsequent events were far from straightforward. Qin Peng was taken away, but soon after, the Wang family was attacked. Now, Qin Peng is fine, while Wang Qi is dead, and Wang Zhun's fate is unknown.

Many families were curious about how Qin Peng managed to escape. The spies they had planted in the Qin family were now useful. The conversation between Qin Peng, Su Shiyue, and Guo Hao was quickly relayed to these upper-class families.

Qin Peng has a master, a master even more powerful than Su Xinghe!

Upon receiving this information, many people found it hard to believe. However, if they investigated carefully, they would find that Qin Peng's experiences matched his claims. It made sense that he had a powerful master behind him.

Still, many were skeptical. Could this be a ruse by Qin Peng? However, since they were part of the upper class, they were cautious. Some things are better to believe in, just in case. What if Qin Peng really does have a powerful master?

Some things they couldn't afford to ignore.

Moreover, only the Wang family had a grudge against Qin Peng. As for the others, they could just watch from the sidelines.

Night!

For the current Qin Peng, cultivation had become the most important part of his daily routine. He hoped to resolve more matters in his secret chamber.

"Ochi, be careful when you go to the Wang family. Do not reveal your identity as a member of the Undead!" Qin Peng said to Wang Zhun, who was now possessed by Ochi.

Ochi smiled slightly and said, "Master, please rest assured. I guarantee that the Wang family will never discover my true identity. However, Master, I have a request!"

"Speak!" Qin Peng said, looking at Ochi.

"I need the scythe of our Undead race!" Ochi said quickly. "For us Undead, this scythe can only exert its full power in our hands. In Master's hands, it can barely do anything!"

This was a bold request, but Qin Peng knew that Ochi was telling the truth. His consciousness would never harm him, and his words were based on practical considerations.

After a moment of thought, Qin Peng said, "The scythe can be yours, but what about the ghosts? I still need them to gather information and fight for me when necessary!"

Ochi replied quickly, "Master, please rest assured. Besides the Death Scythe, don't you have a rune weapon? The Shadow Blade?"

"Are you talking about the Shadow Blade?" Qin Peng asked.

"Yes, Master's Shadow Blade!" Ochi said quickly. "Actually, the task is simple. I can modify the rune blade to create a rune that can store ghosts. However, Master should be careful. During battles, release the ghosts from the blade. If they remain in the blade and it suffers a strong impact, the ghosts will be harmed, and in severe cases, they might be destroyed."

"Alright, I understand!" Qin Peng nodded and took out the Shadow Blade from his Dantian and handed it to Ochi.

Qin Peng's Shadow Blade, strictly speaking, was only a high-grade rune weapon, still a level below the Death Scythe. However, for a True Qi realm expert, a high-grade rune weapon was already quite rare.

Ochi didn't waste words and immediately began to channel his True Qi. The energy of the Undead, known as Death Power, was similar to True Qi in form, though it was a fixed type.

In a sense, it was a form of True Qi, but while humans could cultivate various types of True Qi, the Undead could only cultivate one fixed type.

Actually, not just the Undead, but any race other than humans that humans had encountered generally cultivated a single type of energy.

A dark flame quickly burned on the Shadow Blade, and strange runes were carved into the hilt. Qin Peng watched, inwardly marveling at the power of True Dao experts, who could forge rune weapons.

To forge a rune weapon, three conditions must be met: understanding the meaning of the runes, having special materials that can withstand the runes, and reaching the True Dao realm. The True Dao realm must be sufficiently advanced, with a strong enough True Qi to forge the weapon.

If I could also forge rune weapons...

Qin Peng couldn't help but look forward to the day he broke through to the True Dao realm. He had mastered many runes and understood their profound meanings. If he forged a rune weapon, it would be incredibly powerful.

The stronger the True Qi and the more runes mastered, the more powerful the forged rune weapon.

After about an hour, Ochi finally stopped. His face was slightly pale. Qin Peng looked at him and asked, "How is it?"

"Master, please rest assured! The Shadow Blade can now store ghosts!" Ochi wiped the sweat from his face.

"Good!" Qin Peng nodded and handed the Death Scythe to Ochi, then gathered all the ghosts into the Shadow Blade. He then ordered Ochi to leave immediately and use Wang Zhun's brain-computer to contact the Wang family.

After Ochi left, Qin Peng took a deep breath and sat cross-legged in his secret chamber.

Qin Peng had a premonition that he would soon make another breakthrough.

The battle after his Immortal Transformation was a rare and valuable experience for Qin Peng. This battle experience was more precious than struggling at the brink of death ten times. Immortal Transformation allowed him to analyze and judge battles from a different perspective.

In silence, Qin Peng began to breathe slowly. His breathing gradually slowed, and after a minute, he could only breathe once.

The slower his breathing, the more his mind settled.

His inner strength transformed into hard and soft energies. With each breath, the soft energy gently rotated inside his Dantian, while the hard energy enveloped the soft energy, slowly rotating and settling.

Qin Peng had been trying to break through the Dantian realm for a long time, and his inner strength was much stronger than that of ordinary people.

In fact, one of the main reasons for his repeated failures was that his inner strength was too strong. For ordinary people, breaking through the inner strength realm increased their combat power by 8-15 points, but for Qin Peng, it was 28 points. Over the years, although Qin Peng continued to understand the realms of hard and soft energies, his combat power skyrocketed to 72 points.

For ordinary people, 72 points was the last level of the Physical Body realm, the True Qi realm, and the Inner Strength realm.

His inner strength was too strong, and controlling the hard and soft energies required a tremendous amount of mental energy. For Qin Peng, forming a Dantian was much more difficult than for ordinary people. The most critical issue was that his combat power increased almost daily, making it even harder to control.

However, once Qin Peng broke through to the Dantian realm, his accumulated strength would be much greater than that of others, allowing him to quickly advance to the True Qi realm.

As soon as Qin Peng entered a meditative state, the hard and soft energies immediately began to circulate according to his will.

His mental energy grew stronger!

Qin Peng couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. He focused entirely on circulating his inner strength, making the hard and soft energies in his body rapidly merge, with the hard energy on the outside and the soft energy on the inside.

Time passed, and Qin Peng entered a state of complete focus.

Almost there, just a little more!

Qin Peng's thoughts moved slightly. He felt that his inner strength had formed a sphere, but it was not perfect, with a few flaws. In the past, he always failed at this point.

But would he break through this time?

This thought arose, and Qin Peng's mental energy immediately pressed down on his inner strength, causing it to merge.

Crack!

A faint sound echoed in Qin Peng's Dantian. In the next second, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

In his lower abdomen, a delicate and translucent pill had formed.

The Dantian realm, achieved.