Chapter 97

When the thunder talisman turned to ashes, the lightning blossomed, and the thunder roared.

The Ghost King's aura of malevolence was completely destroyed by the palm thunder, along with the large amount of malevolent energy surging from the earth's veins, all turning to ashes. However, the Ghost King did not die. After his malevolent energy was blasted away by the thunder, his innate primordial energy was also damaged, and he fled in a panic, breaking through the obstacles above and escaping from Blackwind Mountain.

But it could be foreseen that the Ghost King, severely injured, would surely fall, and might even be worse than a cultivator at the Qi Practitioner stage.

When the Ghost King left the malevolent energy of the earth's veins, without the protection of malevolent energy and without a physical body as a foundation, he was nothing more than a relatively dense strand of innate primordial energy. Over time, he would eventually dissipate.

Qin Xianyu did not pursue him, and he did not know that the Ghost King had already been taken away by a certain immortal maiden with great powers.

After that, another day passed.

After the two resolved the crisis, they each recovered their true qi.

The white-robed girl entered the depths of the earth's veins to condense malevolent energy, while Qin Xianyu was busy with the aftermath, chasing and slaying fierce beasts.

"These many fierce beasts pose a great threat to the village. As long as they are all killed, the future danger can be eliminated," Qin Xianyu thought to himself. "Without the Ghost King's restraint, I doubt any wild beasts would be willing to enter such a cold and malevolent earth's vein. Moreover, birds, beasts, insects, and other creatures have the sharpest senses and would not approach on their own because of the malevolent energy."

He waved his hand, and a palm wind blew up, lifting a gray rabbit from the ground. Then he slashed with his sword, splitting the rabbit in two.

"According to Master Guanxu's notes, nine inches of true qi can be externalized, but the wind coming from the body's acupoints is only as strong as breathing through the mouth and nose, not too powerful."

"A few cultivators who know the techniques can make the wind coming from their acupoints stronger by using these techniques. Master Guanxu found such a technique."

"This girl can easily wave her hand and lift objects weighing dozens or even hundreds of pounds, which shows that she has inherited a lineage and knows the techniques."

Qin Xianyu thought to himself, "But as for myself..."

For a cultivator at the peak of Qi Practitioner, the wind coming from the acupoints is only as strong as breathing through the mouth and nose. Some cultivators who know the techniques can make the wind coming from their acupoints stronger. As for the girl, she is a person with a lineage, and the lineage is likely of very high quality, hence the astonishing effect.

However, the wind coming from Qin Xianyu's palms seemed to be even stronger than the girl's.

Although Qin Xianyu had cultivated twelve inches of true qi, which was higher than the girl's, he did not know how to use the wind from his acupoints and did not understand such techniques.

"Master Guanxu had thirteen inches of true qi and knew the techniques, but the wind he blew was not as strong as this girl's. On the contrary, my twelve inches of true qi, when externalized, seems to be much stronger than the girl's wind." Qin Xianyu thought to himself, "It seems that the strength of the external wind is not due to the amount of true qi, but rather due to one's own transformation."

Speaking of transformation, there was no need to guess; it must be the spiritual liquid used to refine the jade pill.

In the past, drinking the spiritual water allowed him to practice the secret sword technique successfully and made his senses extremely sharp. Now, the more effective spiritual liquid was even more astonishing.

"From this, it seems that when Master Guanxu transmitted his power, it was indeed the jade pill's spiritual water that took effect, creating such a powerful wind, like a sword, tearing the attacking eagle into bloody pieces." Qin Xianyu thought to himself, "If I could have such a powerful wind, it would almost be like a gale wind, allowing me to move freely among thousands of soldiers, and no martial artist could get close. I wonder if, after cultivating thirteen inches of true qi and externalizing it, I could have such a powerful wind?"

Qin Xianyu felt a bit excited, but then he laughed at himself.

Since he was in the malevolent energy of the earth's veins, once he cultivated thirteen inches of true qi, he would begin to condense malevolent energy, entering a higher realm and a new stage where he could use Daoist techniques, lightning techniques, and various methods.

That was a realm even Master Guanxu could not reach.

Once Qin Xianyu cultivated thirteen inches of true qi, he would start condensing malevolent energy and would not stay at the peak of Qi Practitioner for long. Therefore, how strong the externalized true qi at the peak of Qi Practitioner would be was not important to him.

What was important was what abilities he would have after condensing malevolent energy.

Qin Xianyu pondered, thinking to himself, "The Cicada Wing Step and Palm Thunder are both secret techniques obtained from the Immortal Map of the Mountain and River, and even the green-robed scholar praised them highly, indicating that they are of high quality. In addition, my secret sword technique has also received much praise, and if I can cultivate it into a Daoist sword, it would be a great joy."

The Cicada Wing Step, Palm Thunder, the secret sword technique, and even the Daoist sword that has yet to be cultivated, are all of extraordinary quality and are destined to be long-term means of support on my cultivation path.

In addition, the winged divine bees are also very useful at the malevolent energy stage, and even cultivators at the malevolent energy stage would certainly be wary of such fierce insects.

"I have now cultivated twelve inches of true qi. If Master Guanxu knew, he would be very pleased. When I cultivate thirteen inches of true qi, I will immediately begin to condense malevolent energy and then head to the capital."

"The Immortal Map of the Mountain and River has already revised and perfected the Purple Mansion Divine Court Primordial Energy True Technique, adding the method of condensing malevolent energy and refining gale wind. Now I know how to condense malevolent energy and break through the constraints. However, condensing malevolent energy is too dangerous, and I should probably make some preparations. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, I might become the next Ghost King."

Qin Xianyu's cultivated true qi is the innate primordial energy that points directly to the origin. If he makes a mistake while condensing malevolent energy and dies, his innate primordial energy would surely remain in the malevolent energy. Moreover, with his abundant innate primordial energy, if it were to split again and become a Ghost King, it would likely be many times more powerful than the current Ghost King and could firmly stand at the peak of the malevolent energy stage.

"Thinking about these things is too ominous."

Qin Xianyu laughed bitterly.

This time, he originally intended to cultivate nine inches of true qi, which would allow him to externalize it and try to use the palm thunder with the help of the thunder talisman. However, after drinking all the spiritual liquid in the water bag, the effect was not just that. He continued to cultivate beyond nine inches of true qi, straight to twelve inches, before stopping.

If the spiritual liquid in the water bag had not been used several times for healing before, a full water bag of spiritual liquid would likely have been enough to cultivate thirteen inches of true qi. Of course, too much spiritual liquid might have been too much for him to bear, causing his physical body to collapse.

"There is still a lot of spiritual liquid left in the Daoist temple, which will be a great help for my future cultivation. However, with Uncle Fu taking care of it, there is no need to worry."

Qin Xianyu raised his sword again and slashed a wild wolf.

Calculating carefully, the hundreds of fierce beasts in the underground chamber had been mostly cleared by him.

At this moment, the white-robed girl, who had entered the depths of the earth's veins, suddenly came out of the passage.

Qin Xianyu did not ask much, but sighed, "Miss, are you leaving here?"

The white-robed girl nodded.