Chapter 10: Breaking Two Levels

Tianshui City, the Liu Family.

"Sister, you have to help me take revenge!" Liu Gaoyang, wrapped in bandages, pleaded to Liu Tianyao, his appearance as pitiful as it could be.

Liu Tianyao remained silent, her face cold and expressionless.

"Yaoyao, didn't you say that the Chu family boy was already crippled by you? What's going on now? Could it be that you made a mistake when you did it?" Liu Shuxi, the head of the Liu family, looked at his son's pitiful state, his eyes revealing a hint of hidden anger.

"At the time, I did it myself, and to prevent any accidents, I checked several times. His dantian is completely shattered, and all his cultivation has been transferred to me. How could he still have any cultivation!" Liu Tianyao shook her head, her brows lightly furrowed.

The information Liu Gaoyang brought back was too unbelievable for her to accept.

A cripple whose dantian she had destroyed had easily inflicted severe injuries on Liu Gaoyang, who was at the Sixth Level of Body Tempering. Even more shocking, he had become a First Rank Talisman Master and had refined a high-quality spirit talisman that no one in Tianshui County could produce.

These shocking pieces of news made Liu Tianyao feel a faint unease, but she quickly calmed down. According to Liu Gaoyang, Chu Jianqiu was now only at the Fourth Level of Body Tempering.

Although she didn't know what kind of extraordinary encounter he had that allowed him to repair his dantian and resume cultivation, a mere Fourth Level of Body Tempering was nothing to fear.

She needed to focus on her cultivation and break through to the True Qi Realm to prepare for the upcoming Xuanjian Sect recruitment competition.

Chu Jianqiu was now just an ant, not worth her time and energy to deal with. Once she became a disciple of the Xuanjian Sect, crushing Chu Jianqiu would be easy.

At that time, even the Spirit Talisman Pavilion would not be willing to oppose her, a disciple of the Xuanjian Sect, for the sake of a mere First Rank Talisman Master.

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In his room, Chu Jianqiu was frantically consuming Body Tempering Pills. As soon as the pills entered his stomach, they were refined by his newly awakened Supreme Bloodline. Chu Jianqiu madly circulated the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique, converting the massive medicinal power into threads of true qi, which surged into his dantian. However, his dantian was like a bottomless pit, seemingly never to be filled.

Chu Jianqiu swallowed one pill after another. When he had consumed a hundred, a powerful aura burst from his body, and he finally broke through to the Fifth Level of Body Tempering.

However, Chu Jianqiu felt no joy at his breakthrough. Looking at the vast dantian inside his body, his face turned dark.

Damn, how much true qi would it take to fill this?

For ordinary Fifth Level of Body Tempering martial artists, the dantian was only ten feet in diameter, but Chu Jianqiu's dantian was a full ten miles in diameter.

The Fifth Level of Body Tempering is a crucial turning point in the Body Tempering Realm.

Before the Fifth Level, martial artists only expand their dantian, and the true qi does not enter the meridians.

At the Fifth Level, the expansion of the dantian stops. Once the dantian is filled with true qi, one can smoothly advance to the Sixth Level of Body Tempering.

For ordinary martial artists, advancing from the Fifth Level to the Sixth Level is the easiest step in the Body Tempering Realm, but for Chu Jianqiu, it is the most difficult.

A dantian ten miles in diameter would require an enormous amount of Body Tempering Pills!

Without Chang Gaochen's timely support, it would be unknown when he could break through to the Sixth Level of Body Tempering.

Chu Jianqiu fiercely picked up the bag full of Body Tempering Pills and, opening his mouth wide, poured the pills directly into it.

An hour later, Chu Jianqiu looked at the empty bag, his eyes bloodshot.

Five hundred Body Tempering Pills, all five hundred, were gone in less than a day.

Just a moment ago, Chu Jianqiu was a man of great wealth, but now he was penniless again.

However, after consuming another four hundred Body Tempering Pills, Chu Jianqiu's vast dantian was finally filled, and he successfully advanced to the Sixth Level of Body Tempering.

With the dantian filled with true qi, it began to flow into the meridians throughout his body.

After the Sixth Level of Body Tempering, cultivation involves unblocking the meridians in the body.

Chu Jianqiu did not waste any time and continued to meditate. Five days had already passed, and half the time before the clan competition was gone. He had to seize every moment to cultivate.

However, not long after, Chu Jianqiu opened his eyes and looked at the dantian, which was once again empty. He was almost driven mad.

Just unblocking one meridian had almost depleted all the true qi in his dantian.

Although the second recovery of true qi was much faster than the first time, it still required several days, and time was what Chu Jianqiu lacked the most.

It seemed that this cultivation technique was forcing him to focus on making money.

It was already late, so Chu Jianqiu had to wait until morning to think of a solution.

The dozen or so Strength Enhancement Talismans he had previously refined had not even been sold, and he had rushed back with the five hundred Body Tempering Pills from Chang Gaochen.

He had originally thought that these five hundred Body Tempering Pills would be enough to break through to the Seventh Level of Body Tempering. With the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique, once he reached the Seventh Level, he would be completely unafraid of Chu Han. Even if he couldn't win, he could still stand on equal footing.

But who knew that the five hundred Body Tempering Pills were just enough to break through to the Sixth Level of Body Tempering.

The Seventh Level of Body Tempering is a completely different level of power from the Sixth Level. To advance from the Sixth Level to the Seventh Level, one must unblock four meridians in the body, forming a circulation of true qi.

The human body has twenty meridians, divided into twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians.

Unblocking the twelve regular meridians allows one to break through to the True Qi Realm. As for the eight extraordinary meridians, only a few exceptionally talented martial artists can unblock one or two, while ordinary martial artists find it extremely difficult.

Among the twelve regular meridians, every four form a circulation.

After the Sixth Level of Body Tempering, one must unblock four meridians to advance to the next level.

The circulation of true qi within the body is far more powerful than true qi flowing through a single meridian.

Chu Jianqiu sat cross-legged on the bed, circulating the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique. The surrounding spiritual energy surged, forming a faint spiritual energy storm that entered Chu Jianqiu's body. The speed at which he absorbed and refined the spiritual energy was many times faster than that of ordinary martial artists.

But even with this speed, it would take at least two to three days to fill his vast dantian.

Chu Jianqiu watched as the true qi in his dantian slowly filled, feeling a sense of helplessness. Sometimes, having a cultivation technique that is too powerful is not necessarily a good thing.

Just as Chu Jianqiu was fully focused on his cultivation, a slight sound came from the courtyard outside the window. The sound was extremely subtle, and if not for the enhanced sensitivity of his senses after cultivating the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique, he might not have noticed it.