Chapter 10

"Where did you buy it?" Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but shake his head and smile as he listened to his sister Huang Min’s joyful cries. A spirit beast like the Soul Devouring Purple Monkey was not something that could be bought with money.

"Chirp chirp chirp!" The Soul Devouring Purple Monkey suddenly bared its teeth and angrily chirped when Huang Min called it a little monkey, startling her.

After being startled, Huang Min glared with anger, pouting as she stared at the Soul Devouring Purple Monkey. Thus, a staring contest between the girl and the monkey began.

After a while, Huang Xiaolong finally managed to get rid of his sister Huang Min, sending her back. Watching her leave, Huang Xiaolong let out a deep breath.

Back in his room, Huang Xiaolong had the Soul Devouring Purple Monkey get off his shoulder. He then took out the cold jade bed from the Asura Ring, sat cross-legged on it, and began to practice the first level cultivation technique of the Asura Sutra.

Not long after he started the Asura Sutra, a cold and yin energy, as if from the Netherworld, descended from the void, continuously being devoured by the dual-headed snake martial soul behind Huang Xiaolong, surging into his body’s meridians.

When this cold and yin energy surged into Huang Xiaolong’s body, he couldn’t help but shudder, feeling as if he had fallen into a thousand-foot ice cave. Huang Xiaolong was startled, but he quickly focused his mind, running the cultivation technique, and slowly refined this cold and yin energy.

The cold and yin energy flowed extremely slowly through Huang Xiaolong’s body’s meridians. With each step it took, Huang Xiaolong’s blood almost felt like it was about to freeze.

Huang Xiaolong gritted his teeth, continuously running the first level technique of the Asura Sutra, over and over again. Finally, the cold and yin energy was slowly refined, transforming into pure combat qi.

When the cold and yin energy transformed into pure combat qi, Huang Xiaolong discovered that in less than half an hour, his combat qi had increased by a fraction, which was more than ten times better than when he used to cultivate the Dark Azure Technique!

This discovery made Huang Xiaolong delighted: "It seems the diagram was right. Although the Netherworld Yin Qi is hard to refine, the benefits are immense once it is refined!"

The diagram included in the Asura Sutra stated that cultivating the Asura Sutra could communicate with the Netherworld Yin Qi in the void to temper the body. The cold and yin energy should be the Netherworld Yin Qi.

The Netherworld Yin Qi is the highest quality of the earth’s spiritual energy. The higher the quality of the spiritual energy, the better it is for tempering the body, and the stronger the transformed combat qi will be.

This is the difference between high-level and low-level cultivation techniques.

The higher the rank of the cultivation technique, the higher the quality of the earth’s spiritual energy it can absorb, and the stronger the transformed combat qi will be. In the world of martial souls, it is often the case that those who cultivate high-level Earth Rank techniques can challenge those who cultivate high-level Mystic Rank techniques.

A martial soul determines a person’s strength and future achievements, but the cultivation technique is equally important.

Time passed, and a month quickly went by.

During this month, Huang Xiaolong did nothing but cultivate. However, unlike before, he now cultivated the Asura Sutra instead of the family’s Dark Azure Technique. In addition to the Asura Sutra, Huang Xiaolong also continued to cultivate the Yi Jin Jing.

After switching to the Asura Sutra, Huang Xiaolong’s cultivation speed became even faster. A month after returning from the valley, he reached the peak of the Second Rank, and was on the verge of breaking through to the Third Rank.

The night was enchanting, with the silver moon shining down.

Huang Xiaolong sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed, and streams of Netherworld Yin Qi descended from the void. The dual-headed snake martial soul opened its mouths and began to devour the energy voraciously.

Combat qi surged in Huang Xiaolong’s meridians like a mighty wave, crashing and surging, just like when he broke through from the peak of the First Rank to the Second Rank.

However, the barrier to the Third Rank was thicker and more resistant than the barrier to the Second Rank. Huang Xiaolong did not give up, driving the combat qi in his meridians to repeatedly impact the Third Rank barrier. After an unknown amount of time, a small gap finally appeared in the Third Rank barrier.

Sensing that the Third Rank barrier had finally loosened and a small gap had appeared, Huang Xiaolong was delighted. He drove the combat qi even more fiercely, and the gap continued to expand. Finally, a faint rumble sounded from within Huang Xiaolong’s body.

Combat qi surged into the third layer of his meridians, roaring with joy.

He had finally broken through to the Third Rank!

Huang Xiaolong opened his eyes, unable to hide his joy.

Having broken through to the Third Rank, the Fourth Rank was not far off!

"If I can advance to the Fourth Rank, I can cultivate combat techniques. Moreover, advancing to the Fourth Rank will cause the martial soul to undergo a transformation, and then I will possess a life-bound soul technique!" Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.

At the age of seven, the martial soul awakened, but it was only in its initial state. Only when one’s combat qi reaches the Fourth Rank will the martial soul undergo a transformation, becoming stronger and granting the owner a life-bound soul technique.

The higher the rank of the martial soul, the stronger the life-bound soul technique that will be born from the transformation!

However, the Fourth Rank is a turning point. Some people with low-level, First, Second, or Third Rank martial souls, due to the inherent limitations of their martial souls, find it difficult to break through to the Fourth Rank without a special encounter. Therefore, some people with low-level martial souls never possess a life-bound soul technique in their entire lives because they cannot break through to the Fourth Rank, and their low-level martial souls cannot undergo the first transformation.

Huang Xiaolong got off the cold jade bed and walked out of the room.

At this time, the night was still hazy, with the moonlight enveloping everything. Huang Xiaolong flashed out, taking advantage of the night to leave the Huang Family Village and then arrived at the back mountain. After arriving at the back mountain, Huang Xiaolong ran the Asura Sutra, his eyes gradually turning blood red, and his originally black hair slowly standing up and turning white. Streams of black killing qi continuously surrounded his body.

This was the Asura Body he possessed after cultivating the Asura Sutra, but it was still in its initial state. According to the diagram, in the future, when Huang Xiaolong cultivated the Asura Sutra to its highest level, he would transform into a true Asura.

After transforming into the Asura Body, Huang Xiaolong’s figure flashed, and under the moonlight, he seemed to float like a black cloud. He waved his hands and suddenly slapped a palm at a tree that required one person to encircle. A palm print containing extreme cold energy shot out, imprinting on the tree and then piercing through to the other side, continuing to imprint on the second, third, and fourth trees.

Each of the four trees had a small palm print on them.

Huang Xiaolong looked at the palm prints on the four trees and nodded in satisfaction. Advancing to the Third Rank and combining it with the Netherworld Combat Qi, the destructive power of his palm strike was about three times stronger than before. Now, with his strength, he could kill a Third Rank peak expert.

Of course, after advancing to the Third Rank, the Netherworld Combat Qi had tempered his body, making it more robust and solid.

After practicing the Yi Jin Jing for a while on the back mountain, the sky gradually brightened, and Huang Xiaolong returned to the Huang Family Village.

After returning to the Huang Family Village, Huang Xiaolong was called to the East Hall by his father, Huang Peng.

"Father, Mother, did you call me?" Huang Xiaolong asked as he sat down in the East Hall.

Huang Peng and Su Yan had complex expressions, hesitating to speak.

"Huang Wei has already advanced to the First Rank yesterday," Huang Peng finally said.

Huang Xiaolong then understood why his parents had called him. Ultimately, they were still worried about the year-end assembly.

However, it had only been less than two months, and Huang Wei had already advanced to the First Rank. So fast?! Logically, even with a Level 10 martial soul like the Three-Eyed Black Tiger, Huang Wei shouldn’t have been able to reach the First Rank so quickly.

"Father spent a large sum of money to buy a thousand-year-old Luo Xin Grass at the county city auction," Huang Peng continued.

A thousand-year-old Luo Xin Grass!

Huang Xiaolong was startled, then sneered. No wonder Huang Wei had advanced to the First Rank in less than two months. It turned out that Grandfather Huang Qide had spent a large sum of money to buy a thousand-year-old Luo Xin Grass for him to consume and cultivate. A thousand-year-old Luo Xin Grass was not cheap. It seemed that Grandfather Huang Qide was already treating Huang Wei as the future hope of the Huang Family Village and was cultivating him with all his might. As for himself, even as a grandson, he hadn’t even received a single combat qi pill!