blenderwars Chapter 85 : Was This Inheritance Proper?
Chapter 85 : Was This Inheritance Proper?
Chapter 85: Was This Inheritance Proper?
“You broke through to the Qi Realm?”
“No, no… even breaking through to the Qi Realm shouldn’t have made it possible for you to shatter my True Qi in a single strike!”
“How did you do it?”
Jiang Jing’s eyes were filled with disbelief.
He was at the Upper Tier of the Qi Realm. In both quality and quantity, his True Qi was at least three to five times stronger than that of the middle tier.
Compared to the lower tier, the gap was at least tenfold.
After all, the Upper Tier of the Qi Realm represented Major Completion in artistic conception.
The refinement of True Qi brought by Major Completion artistic conception was absolutely not something Mastery-level artistic conception could compare to.
Cultivation in the Qi Realm could be called a hurdle at every step. Without astonishing talent, who could fight above their level?
Even sword cultivators and blade cultivators, who were known for unmatched offensive power, found it difficult to do so.
Yet now, he, a dignified Upper Tier Qi Realm martial artist, had had his True Qi shattered by a single sword strike from a young girl who had just broken through to the Qi Realm.
If Li Yunqing had harbored killing intent, he estimated he would already be dead.
Li Yunqing stood there in a purple dress, sword in hand, her expression still gentle and serene, as if she had not been the one who had just swung the sword.
The Pure Yin Body had given her the softest feminine appearance in the world. Combined with Greater Yin True Qi and Magical Power, merely standing there made her the very embodiment of gentleness.
She did not answer Jiang Jing’s question. Instead, she softly said, her tone still gentle, “If you say something I don’t want to hear again, I’ll poison you mute!”
The corners of Jiang Jing’s mouth twitched uncontrollably twice.
He truly could not understand how someone so gentle could say such vicious words.
But he did not dare disbelieve her. Back then, he had personally experienced the foul temper of the girl before him.
At that time, she had not even wasted words and had attacked directly.
And because he needed treatment for the cold poison, he had not dared resist at all.
But now that he could resist, he could no longer beat her.
That was simply outrageous.
“I won’t see you out!”
Li Yunqing sheathed her sword and turned away. After taking two steps, she paused slightly and added, “Also, don’t climb over the walls of my courtyard whenever you please. Otherwise, you can spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair!”
With that, Li Yunqing’s figure went far away, disappearing into the garden.
Watching Li Yunqing’s retreating figure, even Jiang Jing’s stern face showed a bitter smile.
He had thought that after breaking through to the Upper Tier of the Qi Realm, he would be able to get what he wanted, but now Li Yunqing had broken off the engagement, and he no longer knew how to begin.
“Wait…”
Jiang Jing’s expression changed as he looked in the direction where Li Yunqing had already disappeared, and he subconsciously muttered, “She had only cultivated for two months.”
“Two months… Qi Realm?”
“How was that possible?”
Nearly all the major martial halls had an unspoken rule: after learning a cultivation method, anyone who could enter the ranks within half a year could become a true disciple of the martial hall.
That already counted as a one-in-a-hundred minor genius.
If someone could enter the ranks within three months, that was practically a genius. If there was a sect behind the martial hall, they would almost certainly be recommended into the sect.
So what did Li Yunqing count as, having reached the Qi Realm in two months?
An unparalleled monster?
Jiang Jing walked out of the Li Residence in a daze, feeling that the entire world was illusory, like a grand dream.
An unrivaled Heaven’s Chosen Prodigy who had entered the Qi Realm in two months—how could she possibly be someone that a man like him, who had only reached the Upper Tier of the Qi Realm at thirty, could be worthy of?
“It was hard enough to care for a woman this much…”
“She was so wonderful… would I ever be able to care for any other woman in the future?”
Jiang Jing sighed deeply, somewhat lost and dispirited.
He could almost already be certain that no matter what kind of woman he met in the future, he would probably compare her to Li Yunqing, and the result naturally needed no explanation.
At the very least, in his thirty years, he had never encountered such a woman.
Especially the way she had gently said she would poison him mute.
Clearly vicious, yet it made it impossible to hate her. Instead, there was something strangely captivating about it.
Just like Li Yunqing’s outward appearance, gentler than the gentlest woman in the world, while her inner heart remained forever unreadable.
It was hidden behind an invisible mist, making one curious, wanting to explore.
Night.
Li Yunqing sat cross-legged on a soft couch as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged toward her body from all directions.
It even stirred gusts of wind.
“Medicine King Scripture Experience +45.”
“Medicine King Scripture (Major Completion 670/10000)”
“So this was Qi Refinement Third Layer already?”
Glancing at the words that flashed before her, Li Yunqing silently sensed the Magical Power within her sea of consciousness and fell into a daze.
With the Medicine King Scripture at Major Completion and the Glazed Medicine King Body, just a single night had advanced her to the Third Layer of Qi Refinement.
If this continued, cultivating to Qi Refinement Perfection or even Foundation Establishment would probably take less than a month.
“Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation…”
“Foundation Establishment in one month, Golden Core in half a year?”
Li Yunqing’s awareness sank into the Tanzhong acupoint in her chest and discovered that the increase in Immortal-Martial Power was not that great.
“That’s right, the True Qi couldn’t keep up.”
Sensing the True Qi in her lower abdomen’s dantian, she subconsciously circulated the Mingyu Divine Art.
Her blood and qi surged through her body, generating strands of force, which then fell into the dantian and were refined by artistic conception into strands of True Qi.
Compared to the Medicine King Scripture, cultivation of the Mingyu Divine Art was far too slow.
Yet Immortal-Martial Power required equal amounts of True Qi and Magical Power to condense, requiring balance.
“So I could only speed up my grinding of the Mingyu Divine Art.”
“During the day, I’ll cultivate sword arts and temper Sword Intent. At night, I’ll cultivate the Mingyu Divine Art. Occasionally, I’ll practice the Medicine King Scripture as well.”
Li Yunqing silently made her arrangements.
The Magical Power cultivated from the Medicine King Scripture could only be used to cast spells that enhanced herself, as well as nourish the Yin Spirit.
Without sufficient True Qi, Immortal-Martial Power also could not improve too quickly.
“And also, I need to create a cultivation method suited to Immortal-Martial Power.”
“At the very least, one that can bring out seventy to eighty percent, or even one hundred percent, of Immortal-Martial Power’s might.”
“So I need to study and cultivate all kinds of immortal and martial cultivation methods.”
Thinking of this, Li Yunqing silently sighed.
The Mingyu Divine Art was only a Qi Realm cultivation method. She did not possess the Mingyu Scripture for the Profound Realm or Divine Realm, nor did the martial hall have it.
The Sword Saint’s Cangshan Sword Canon was the same. After all, the Sword Saint had only just advanced to the Profound Realm, so how could he possibly have created a complete sword canon?
“Either join a sect, or go seize them!”
“Forget it. I’ll take it one step at a time. At the very least, I’ll first reach Qi Realm Perfection.”
“At that point, with Immortal-Martial Power, I might not be unable to fight a Profound Realm Grandmaster head-on.”
Thinking of this, Li Yunqing’s Yin Spirit leaped up, passed through the roof, entered the void, and began absorbing Purple Solar Qi.
“Yin Spirit: Mastery (6%→7%)”
Looking at the progress of the Yin Spirit, Li Yunqing suddenly paused. “Breaking through to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core should greatly strengthen the Yin Spirit.”
“So I couldn’t neglect the Medicine King Scripture too much either.”
“I was really busy!”
Li Yunqing shook her head, and her Yin Spirit turned into an invisible ray of light and quickly sped away.
“Magical Power couldn’t leave the body. The distance was probably only seven to eight kilometers.”
“Without Magical Power to support it, it really wasn’t like Divine Sense, which could multiply its range.”
With the amplification of Magical Power, her Divine Sense could already cover a radius of one hundred meters, more than doubling from the original thirty meters.
Only the consumption of Magical Power was rather great. It was probably because of the backlash of heaven and earth, causing the expenditure to multiply.
“But it was enough.”
Her Yin Spirit returned. Li Yunqing rose, washed up, had breakfast, and then took a carriage to the martial hall.
After experiencing the demonic siege, all of Qingzhou City had grown much more desolate, and not many figures could be seen on the streets.
Even within Mingyu Martial Hall, there were far fewer people.
In the inner courtyard of the martial hall, just as Li Yunqing arrived, a voice rang out from afar.
“Junior Sister Yunqing, Master is looking for you.”
Xue Ling’s voice rang out from a distance.
“Greetings, Senior Sister Xue Ling. I’ll go over right away.”
Li Yunqing responded. Ripples of light moved through her eyes as she noticed that Senior Sister Xue Ling was only at the Upper Tier of the Initial Realm.
“How has Junior Sister Yunqing’s cultivation been? It has been two months already. Do you have any doubts?”
Xue Ling spoke warmly, encouraging her. “Entering the ranks within half a year is enough to become a true disciple. Keep working hard, Junior Sister.”
“I will. Many thanks, Senior Sister!”
Li Yunqing replied with a smile, her tone gentle.
“No wonder Senior Brother Jiang was so fond of you. With this temperament and this appearance, even I loved looking at you!”
“If I were a man, I’d probably want to marry a woman like you too.”
Xue Ling smiled brightly and became even more intimate.
She even subconsciously linked arms with Li Yunqing. Smelling the fragrance on her body, her face was full of smiles.
She had never expected that even after practicing martial arts for two months, Li Yunqing would still be so soft and fragrant, making others want to get close to her.
If it had not been too abrupt, she would even have wanted to take a bite or two.
“We’re here. Go in, Junior Sister.”
At the entrance to the inner courtyard, Xue Ling released her arm, and even her tone softened a little.
“Mm.”
Li Yunqing nodded lightly and walked into the courtyard, where she soon saw Hall Master Liu seated beneath the flowering crabapple tree.
The originally bright red crabapple blossoms had also begun to wither.
“Master Liu!”
Li Yunqing stepped forward and spoke softly.
Hall Master Liu opened his eyes. “You came?”
As he spoke, he reached into his sleeve, took out a letter, and handed it to Li Yunqing. “A letter from Ghost Granny. Have a look.”
“Master’s letter?”
Li Yunqing paused and quickly opened it.
The medical skills her master had taught her had truly helped her greatly and had even saved her life.
As she read the contents of the letter, even her brows and eyes filled with a smile.
“Master saved some great figure on her way back to the capital, helped her deal with a few enemies, and had now settled down safely in the capital?”
“A Divine Physician truly was the darling of the age, wasn’t she?”
Li Yunqing suddenly felt enlightened again. In a world of fighting and killing, medical skill was indeed extremely precious.
After all, each and every person only wanted to become stronger, and no one was willing to seriously study medicine.
In the entire martial world, there were only three to five truly famous Divine Physicians.
After finishing the letter, Li Yunqing asked, “Master Liu, Master mentioned the Hundred Flowers Sect, the Profound Dao Sect, and the Sword God Sect, saying she could recommend me for entry.”
“Do you know these three sects?”
Hall Master Liu nodded and said, “Among the stronger hidden sects.”
“The Hundred Flowers Sect, it was said, once obtained a portion of the inheritance of the Joyous Union Sect from the Age of Immortals and Gods, and only accepted female disciples.”
“It had marriage ties with all the major sects. Even within the current Emperor’s harem, there were members of the Hundred Flowers Sect.”
Li Yunqing paused upon hearing this, blinked her eyes, and her expression became strangely conflicted, even somewhat speechless.
“The Joyous Union Sect?”
“Was this inheritance… proper?”