Chapter 5

"Little one, do you think your little fairy is prettier, or are we, your senior sisters, prettier?" A soft and alluring voice suddenly appeared in Shen Xiang's mind. It was Su Meiyao's voice.

Shen Xiang coughed dryly and laughed, "As long as they are my wives, they are all beautiful. Hehe, of course, you are also very beautiful... By the way, Sister Meiyao, you must quickly teach me those divine skills and alchemy."

"Rascal, what do you mean by that?" Su Meiyao said with a coquettish scold.

"Nothing..." Shen Xiang scratched his head and smiled foolishly, a glint of unusual light flashing in his eyes.

To avoid disappointing Xue Xianxian, Shen Xiang decided to stay awake day and night, redoubling his efforts in cultivation!

Shen Xiang's finger, wearing the invisible ring, suddenly emitted a faint light. Bai Youyou and Su Meiyao appeared before him, both wearing purple dresses, looking even more noble and dignified. Shen Xiang guessed they were stored in the ring.

It was afternoon, and the sun was scorching, but the two beautiful women seemed to be enjoying the hateful, scorching sunlight.

"The spiritual energy here is really poor. Without relying on elixirs, it's difficult to enter the True Martial Realm!" Su Meiyao looked up at the blazing sun and muttered.

Shen Xiang was a bit overwhelmed. These two women could freely enter and exit the ring, and they could even hear sounds from outside.

Shen Xiang followed them into a small house. It wasn't very big, with only one hall and four rooms, which was considered quite small in the vast Shen family.

In the small hall, Su Meiyao and Bai Youyou were drinking the spirit tea Shen Xiang had brewed. This was something Shen Xiang cherished and usually wouldn't drink himself.

"In a place with such thin spiritual energy, you can only improve quickly through elixirs. However, before that, you need to cultivate the True Qi Fire. With your Yin-Yang Divine Vein, this won't be too difficult for you," Su Meiyao said.

Shen Xiang nodded and said, "Please, Sister Meiyao, guide me."

"Come over, I'll first teach you the Taiji Divine Skill and the Four Symbols Divine Skill," Su Meiyao said in a soft voice. She smoothed her hair, exuding a thousand charms. Because Shen Xiang had boundless potential, Su Meiyao also wanted to cultivate him well, so that she would have a powerful helper in the future.

Su Meiyao placed her delicate hand on Shen Xiang's forehead and then closed her eyes. Many characters appeared in Shen Xiang's mind, each sentence obscure and difficult to understand, but he gradually comprehended them.

Su Meiyao said, "I'm using my divine sense to transmit the skills to you. I'm not only transmitting the divine skills but also my understanding of them, so you just need to follow the cultivation method!"

Shen Xiang was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Su Meiyao to be able to use "divine sense." Divine sense could only be cultivated at the Sixth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm, a fusion of mental energy and true energy, an intangible and formless spiritual force, extremely mysterious.

"You must keep our relationship a secret, and you must not tell anyone, including your little wife!" Bai Youyou said sternly and coldly.

Su Meiyao said, "I can tell you that my senior sister and I have many enemies. Any one of them could crush you with a finger, so you must keep it a secret! And we won't come out of the ring casually."

Shen Xiang was shocked. He didn't expect to have harbored two such dangerous women. He hurriedly nodded, and Bai Youyou and Su Meiyao suddenly disappeared, entering the ring.

Taiji Divine Skill, Four Symbols Divine Skill! Although it was only a small part, Shen Xiang was incredibly excited. After all, not everyone could cultivate divine skills!

In this martial world, martial arts were divided into Mortal, Spirit, Mystic, Earth, Heaven, Saint, and Divine levels, each further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades. Elixirs were similarly classified, but into upper, middle, and lower grades.

Heaven-level martial arts were already very rare, and Divine-level martial arts were even rarer!

Divine skills were legendary skills cultivated by deities, immensely powerful. After cultivation, one could possess the power to stir the seas, summon lightning, even defy fate, shatter the void, and ascend to become a deity!

The Taiji Divine Skill was the main cultivation method, specifically for cultivating qi and the body, a very profound and powerful martial art.

The Four Symbols Divine Skill was divided into four parts: the Azure Dragon Divine Skill, the White Tiger Divine Skill, the Vermilion Bird Divine Skill, and the Black Tortoise Divine Skill, encompassing a wide range. These four divine skills were auxiliary martial arts for attack or defense, allowing one to perform powerful techniques after cultivation.

Shen Xiang came to the backyard, surrounded by lush green trees, breathing in the fresh air. He could now clearly sense the Five Elements' spiritual energy in the world.

Ordinary spirit veins were divided by attributes, but Shen Xiang's Yin-Yang Divine Vein represented the Five Elements of the world, allowing him to cultivate Five Elements True Qi!

Although the Taiji Divine Skill was a profound cultivation method, after Su Meiyao's divine sense transmission, Shen Xiang could fully comprehend it. He circulated the Taiji Divine Skill, and the Taiji Yin-Yang diagram in his dantian immediately began to rotate, drawing in a surge of spiritual energy from the world.

Even high-grade spirit veins absorbed spiritual energy very quickly, but divine veins were even more efficient! Shen Xiang sat cross-legged at the cave entrance, circulating the Taiji Divine Skill. The spiritual energy entering his body was immediately refined into a pure white warm stream, flowing through his bones, muscles, and meridians, nurturing his internal organs.

To become a powerful martial artist, one must cultivate both internally and externally. Shen Xiang was now strengthening his internal organs, generating a powerful energy flow, True Qi, within his body.

Unconsciously, Shen Xiang entered a state of cultivation. Spiritual energy poured into his body, and if someone saw it, they would be shocked.

With the Yin-Yang Divine Vein and the Taiji Divine Skill, he could rapidly absorb spiritual energy from the world, and the Taiji Divine Skill could quickly refine it into True Qi, allowing him to make rapid progress.

The Taiji Divine Skill and the Four Symbols Divine Skill Shen Xiang now possessed were both Divine-level martial arts. To unleash their power, he needed to have a more substantial amount of True Qi.

The Azure Dragon Divine Skill and the White Tiger Divine Skill were the most powerful in terms of attack, the Vermilion Bird Divine Skill was mainly about fire, and the Black Tortoise Divine Skill was for defense.

Cultivating True Qi to the Great Perfection stage would allow the formation of shapes in the dantian. If Shen Xiang cultivated the Four Symbols Divine Skill, he would eventually form the images of the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise in his dantian!

This meant that Shen Xiang would have to cultivate the equivalent of four people, which would be very arduous, but the power he would wield would surpass that of ordinary people.

A large amount of spiritual energy poured into his body, refined by the Taiji Divine Skill into pure True Qi! The True Qi flowed through his body's large and small meridians, making his internal meridians even stronger.

The next morning, warm and pleasant sunlight shone into the backyard of the small house, illuminating Shen Xiang's body. Shen Xiang opened his eyes, his gaze sharp like lightning. The white mist surrounding his body instantly dissipated, revealing his body covered in black grime. He had now reached the Fourth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm!

The Fourth to Sixth Levels of the Mortal Martial Realm were another stage. Now that Shen Xiang had reached the Fourth Level, the Meridian Passage Stage, he had overcome a hurdle that had troubled him for years.

Shen Xiang closed his eyes slightly and focused on the Taiji Yin-Yang diagram in his dantian. He found that there were five True Qi vortices inside the diagram, one in each of the four directions and one in the center! Ordinary people had only one, but he now had five! The thickness of his True Qi was evident.

With his thick True Qi, his strength could rival that of someone at the Fifth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm.

"Finally, I've reached the Fourth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm. I don't have to go gather herbs for those old guys anymore!" Shen Xiang was overjoyed, having broken through in just one night.

But when he thought about Xue Xianxian reaching the Sixth Level of the Mortal Martial Realm at fifteen, his mood calmed down. Thinking about the young genius alchemist from the Yao family who had designs on his fiancée, Shen Xiang's resolve hardened. He needed to work even harder, then go to the Yao family and defeat that genius alchemist in a challenge.

"Start cultivating the Azure Dragon Divine Skill now!" Su Meiyao said. Her divine sense had recovered, allowing her to sense the changes outside.

The Four Symbols Divine Skill was a single divine skill, but it encompassed a wide range, including fist techniques, palm techniques, leg techniques, light body techniques, and more. Once comprehended, it could be used in countless ways.

The Azure Dragon was associated with the Wood element, which also included Wind and Lightning. Therefore, cultivating the Azure Dragon Divine Skill allowed the use of martial arts with Wind and Lightning power.

After cleaning his body and having a hearty meal, Shen Xiang came to the backyard to continue cultivating the Azure Dragon Divine Skill!

The Taiji Divine Skill and the Four Symbols Divine Skill had been integrated into his soul, and no matter how profound and mysterious they were, he could understand them!

Half a day passed, and Shen Xiang circulated the True Qi in his body according to the Azure Dragon Divine Skill. A soft green light emanated from his body, with threads of lightning flashing within the green light, and a gentle breeze wafted out from his body.

Shen Xiang had now mastered the ability to release Lightning and Wind power from Wood-element True Qi, but this level was not enough. He needed to transform Wood-element True Qi into powerful Lightning and Wind to perform the techniques in the Azure Dragon Divine Skill.

Shen Xiang controlled the Wood-element True Qi in his body to flow in a strange pattern through his meridians, circulating in a mysterious way, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes like a rushing river, and sometimes like a gentle stream.