Chapter 50: Advancing to the True Qi Realm

Seeing that Chu Jianqiu had made no progress in cultivation over the past half year, Si Fengkai's thoughts began to stir. Chu Jianqiu, such a useless direct disciple, probably wouldn't be given much importance. Moreover, at this rate, Chu Jianqiu might even be demoted from the ranks of direct disciples.

Over the past half year, he had already broken through another level, reaching the fourth level of the True Qi Realm.

Chu Jianqiu finished the final course on plant identification that he had been studying for the past half year, and he let out a sigh of relief, finally having completed all these courses.

The courses he studied over the past half year included some foundational subjects, such as alchemy and weapon forging. Even though Chu Jianqiu achieved a first-class grade, it was only equivalent to a second-rank alchemist or weapon forger. Moreover, he mostly focused on theoretical learning and did not pay much attention to practical operations.

However, he delved deeply into some subjects, such as plant, mineral, and demon beast identification. These subjects did not involve much practical operation, but Chu Jianqiu studied them in great depth.

Of course, there were two subjects that Chu Jianqiu devoted the most effort to: talisman techniques and array formations.

These two subjects were the most difficult among all the courses, with very few people choosing to study them. However, Chu Jianqiu still achieved a first-class grade.

Studying these two subjects greatly solidified Chu Jianqiu's foundation in talisman and array techniques.

The talisman and array techniques passed down in the Chaos Supreme Tower were extremely advanced. Any one of them could shock the talisman and array world. However, precisely because these techniques were so advanced, Chu Jianqiu's foundation in these areas was relatively weak.

Studying the talisman and array courses gave Chu Jianqiu a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of these techniques, significantly improving his level.

Over the past half year, in addition to studying the courses set by the outer sect, Chu Jianqiu did not neglect his cultivation. The Seven Surging Waves Palm had already been cultivated to perfection.

During this half year, he spent most of his time in the outer sect and rarely saw Zuoqiu Lianzhu. Cui Yayun had only summoned him a few times, giving him some elixirs and then leaving him to his own devices.

Chu Jianqiu stood on a spacious platform on the fourth peak, looked up at the moon in the sky, and let out a light sigh.

It's about time to break through to the True Qi Realm.

The refinement over the past half year not only eliminated the hidden dangers caused by his overly hasty cultivation, solidifying his foundation to the extreme, but also made his Supreme Martial Body approach perfection.

It would be hard to find another person in history who had cultivated the Body Refinement Realm to such a solid level.

Chu Jianqiu had been deliberately suppressing his realm to cultivate his Supreme Martial Body to the extreme.

But after suppressing it for so long, he finally reached his limit and could no longer hold back.

As soon as Chu Jianqiu released his suppression, surging true qi flooded his dantian, causing it to rapidly expand. In just half an hour, his dantian expanded from a ten-mile radius to a hundred-mile radius.

The dense spiritual energy around him was quickly drawn into Chu Jianqiu's body due to his powerful suction, creating a spiritual energy hurricane around him.

The rapid movement of the spiritual energy hurricane even formed a huge spiritual energy vortex above the fourth peak.

The commotion had already alarmed Cui Yayun, who had just returned to the fourth peak. She flew above Chu Jianqiu and activated the mountain protection array to block the prying eyes from outside.

Although the Xuanjian Sect appeared harmonious on the surface, Cui Yayun knew that not everyone in the sect was united. Chu Jianqiu's outstanding talent might not necessarily be a good thing.

The reason Cui Yayun had not taught Chu Jianqiu any cultivation techniques over the past half year was precisely because of his terrifying talent. The better Chu Jianqiu's talent, the more cautious Cui Yayun was in choosing cultivation techniques, to avoid inadvertently hindering his cultivation.

After Chu Jianqiu's dantian expanded to a hundred miles, it stopped expanding. The surging true qi flowed through his entire body, instantly connecting all his meridians into a large circulation, then breaking through his body.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The ground around Chu Jianqiu exploded as if buried with explosives, creating huge craters, and debris and soil shot into the sky like rain.

"Boom!"

A final loud explosion caused the ground where Chu Jianqiu stood to collapse instantly, sending dust flying everywhere. When the dust settled, a ten-mile-wide crater appeared where Chu Jianqiu had been standing, and his figure was nowhere to be seen.

After a while, Chu Jianqiu, covered in dust, climbed out of the crater.

Looking at the huge crater below him, Chu Jianqiu was a bit stunned.

He knew that advancing to the True Qi Realm would cause a significant commotion, but he didn't expect the destruction to be so astonishing.

Fortunately, he had the foresight not to break through in his living quarters; otherwise, the entire hall might have been destroyed.

Looking at his dantian, which had expanded to a hundred miles, Chu Jianqiu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Ordinary True Qi Realm cultivators have a dantian of only one mile in size. His dantian was far too large.

Although the amount of true qi stored was much greater than that of ordinary cultivators, the resources required to break through and advance would also be a hundred times more.

Looking at this enormous dantian, Chu Jianqiu felt a bit intimidated, wondering how much resources he would need to cultivate in the future to fill it.

Although the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique absorbed and refined spiritual energy much faster than ordinary cultivation techniques, the concentration of spiritual energy in the world was limited.

Unless he found a spiritual vein with dense spiritual energy or used spirit stones for each cultivation session, he could not ensure the cultivation speed.

Cui Yayun, looking at the ten-mile-wide crater below, felt a bit startled.

At her level, she was not surprised by the destructive power Chu Jianqiu displayed but by the immense power he could show at just the first level of the True Qi Realm.

This little guy is becoming more and more surprising.

Cui Yayun looked at Chu Jianqiu below, pondered for a moment, and decided to observe him further. She had originally planned to teach him cultivation techniques soon, but after seeing this, she decided to wait and observe.

She suspected that Chu Jianqiu might have had some extraordinary encounter to display such incredible talent.

If Chu Jianqiu truly had his own extraordinary encounter and obtained some significant inheritance, teaching him cultivation techniques might be redundant and could even hinder him.

However, if Chu Jianqiu's achievements were due to his own talent, making him continue to cultivate low-level techniques from his family would be a waste of his talent.

Cui Yayun was indecisive and decided to observe for a while longer.

Once the Blood Fiend Sect's affairs were stabilized, she would focus all her energy on dealing with Chu Jianqiu's issues.