Chapter 71

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Bai Youyou was very angry, but now was not the time to teach a lesson.

"Quickly find a place to properly refine it!" Bai Youyou said, her cold voice filled with concern, which made Shen Xiang feel warm inside. He suddenly felt a bit guilty, acting on his own without heeding Bai Youyou's warnings.

Shen Xiang went deep into the forest and began to refine the violent true qi he had absorbed on a giant tree. Since this true qi was not his, it would produce a rejection reaction once it entered his body, becoming violent and frenzied. If not suppressed, Shen Xiang could die from a burst body at any moment.

Fortunately, the situation was not that dire. Although Jiuduzi was at the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, his true qi was not of the purest kind and had no special properties.

The Taiji Yin-Yang diagram in Shen Xiang's body began to rotate rapidly, absorbing the turbid true qi into the Taiji diagram, refining it, and expelling pure white true qi, nurturing the five different attribute true qi spheres on the Taiji diagram.

"Sister Mei Yao, what should I do next? I feel that the five true qi spheres might not be able to contain so much true qi," Shen Xiang asked.

"Compress and form! Condense the five true qi spheres into five different shapes," Su Mei Yao immediately replied.

"Does that mean I will enter the True Form stage of the ninth level of the Mortal Martial Realm?" Shen Xiang asked again, as compressing and forming true qi is the ninth level of the Mortal Martial Realm.

"Not so fast. You need to condense all five true qi spheres. Since you are cultivating the Four Symbols Divine Art, you should form the shapes of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise!" Su Mei Yao said.

Shen Xiang frowned and said, "But I don't know the true forms of these four divine beasts. How can I form them? Besides, my main cultivation technique is the Taiji Divine Art, so my true form should be related to my main technique."

"The Four Symbols Divine Art is derived from the Taiji Divine Art. There is a section in both the Taiji Divine Art and the Four Symbols Divine Art that describes the incantation for forming the true form at the ninth level of the Mortal Martial Realm. Follow the instructions, and you will naturally form the four divine beasts," Su Mei Yao said.

With Su Mei Yao's words, Shen Xiang immediately recalled that there was indeed a section in the Four Symbols Divine Art and the Taiji Divine Art that he had never understood. Su Mei Yao had once said it was a key incantation but did not reveal that it was for forming the true form.

Shen Xiang immediately followed the incantation, activating his cultivation technique to make the true qi flow in a different way in his dantian. He first condensed the Azure Dragon, compressing a large amount of true qi into a shape. During the compression process, the true qi was squeezed together, causing minor explosions that altered the quality of the true qi, making it thicker and stronger.

A whole day passed, and on the Taiji diagram in Shen Xiang's dantian, a snake-like true qi appeared, still in its initial form, not fully formed, so the details of the Azure Dragon were not visible.

"The true form is just a shape, not the actual form. Only when you reach the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm will your true form be vivid. You need to condense and compress all five attributes of true qi into shapes to be considered at the ninth level of the Mortal Martial Realm!" Su Mei Yao said.

Shen Xiang nodded and continued his cultivation...

The next morning, warm sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, shining on Shen Xiang. He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled gently. He had already condensed two true qi forms.

The Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird forms were blurry but were formed by compressing a large amount of true qi, making them incredibly thick.

Originally, the true qi spheres were like small beads containing hundreds of grains of true qi. Now, these small beads had to contain thousands of grains of true qi, and this was just the initial state. To truly form a vivid true qi body, he would need to compress tens of thousands of grains of true qi into a small space.

"Only two true qi forms!" Shen Xiang looked inside his dantian, seeing the snake-like and bird-like true qi on the Taiji diagram, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"Be content. Most of the true qi in that guy's body was impurities. After you refined and compressed it, there wasn't much left," Su Mei Yao said.

"Hmph, no more next time!" Bai Youyou's angry voice made Shen Xiang shudder.

Shen Xiang quickly smiled and said, "Sister Youyou, I know I was wrong. There won't be a next time."

"You better not," Bai Youyou huffed.

Although he had not yet entered the ninth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, Shen Xiang felt much stronger. The small explosions during the compression process changed the quality of the true qi, making it even stronger.

To put it in terms of grains of rice, previously one grain of his true qi could destroy a tree, but now one grain of his true qi could destroy ten trees. This was because one grain of his true qi was now compressed from ten grains of true qi, making it stronger. This was the result of continuous cultivation, and the more advanced the stage, the more compression was needed. This process was very arduous, as it required absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy to convert into true qi.

Shen Xiang asked, "Sister Mei Yao, the Four Symbols Divine Art can only form four true qi shapes. Since true qi has five attributes, what should I form for the earth attribute?"

"It's in the Taiji Divine Art, it's an elephant! But I chose to form a lotus flower back then," Su Mei Yao said.

An elephant! Shen Xiang felt a surge of joy, as in his mind, elephants were among the strongest of beasts.

Shen Xiang was still sitting on the tree. The Nine Toxins Gang had been dealt with, and the area was safe. He now held Jiuduzi's storage bag, examining its contents.

There were quite a few items, mostly poison needles and other hidden weapons, as well as a lot of poison powder and poison. There were also some antidotes and pills, and a fair amount of spirit coins. All these items were useful to Shen Xiang. If he faced danger in the future, using these hidden weapons and poisons to attack others would be quite effective.

In the storage bag, Shen Xiang also found a square jade box. He took it out but could not open it.

"Use your divine sense. There must be something inside the jade box, and only a powerful divine sense can open it," Su Mei Yao said, though she was in the ring, she could see outside.

Shen Xiang immediately poured his divine sense into the jade box. To his horror, the jade box seemed like a bottomless pit, swallowing his divine sense. Even when he tried to retract his divine sense, it was very difficult.

In just a few moments, Shen Xiang felt dizzy and disoriented. At this point, the jade box stopped swallowing his divine sense and opened automatically. Shen Xiang saw a walnut-sized jade bead, with a yellowed beast skin underneath it!

At this moment, Bai Youyou and Su Mei Yao emerged from the ring, standing on a thick branch of the giant tree, looking at the items in Shen Xiang's hand.

"This is a legacy bead. As long as you input a divine thought into the legacy bead, you can read the information inside," Su Mei Yao said, taking out the beast skin from under the legacy bead. The skin was folded, and when unfolded, it was very large.

"So, this bead contains something left by someone else?" Shen Xiang asked.

"Exactly. Most sect leaders use this method to pass down their martial arts. This legacy bead should contain someone else's martial arts or alchemy insights," Bai Youyou said.

Shen Xiang felt a surge of joy. He did not expect Jiuduzi to have such a treasure. He immediately input a divine thought into the legacy bead, and a vast amount of information flooded his mind. He read the information in his mind, his face filled with joy.

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