Chapter 69

Chapter 69: A Double Breakthrough in Realm and Sword Skills, and an Evil Guest Arrives

In the bamboo grove of the back mountain, Lu Qing was practicing the first nine forms of the Nourishing Body Fist.

After over a month of practice, his Nourishing Body Fist had become so proficient

that it had become instinctive. Each move imbued with a unique charm and artistic conception

, as if brimming with vibrant energy, the mere sight of him was pleasing to the eye and refreshing to the soul.

Even Dr. Chen, present here, would have been captivated by Lu Qing’s boxing skills.

He had already developed his own unique understanding of the Nourishing Body Fist, mastering the first nine forms thoroughly.

Lu Qing practiced with complete

concentration, simultaneously calming his mind and carefully sensing the flow of Qi and blood within him, searching for the slightest opportunity for a breakthrough.

At this point, Lu Qing’s Qi and blood surged many times more than when he first entered the Qi and Blood Realm.

The surging Qi and blood made each of his moves seem slow, yet they contained immense power, stirring the air around him like surging leaves.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Lu Qing’s mind, and he grasped the key to the circulation of Qi and blood.

Instantly, the Qi and blood throughout his body were completely connected, forming a single entity, flowing seamlessly.

Lu Qing’s entire body trembled, and a sudden realization arose within him.

“Qi and blood are like a web, flowing endlessly. I have finally reached the Minor Success of the Qi and Blood Realm.”

However, Lu Qing had only reached the Minor Success of the Qi and Blood Realm.

The three realms of the Acquired Realm—the Qi and Blood Realm, the Muscle and Bone Realm, and the Internal Organs Realm—

each are divided into four levels:

Entry, Minor Success, Major Success, and Consummation.

The hallmark of the Minor Success of the Qi and Blood Realm is that Qi and blood envelope the entire body, like an invisible web, interconnected and continuous, forming a single entity.

With his mind, he could unleash his power at will, no longer needing to concentrate Qi and blood before unleashing his power.

Both his endurance and explosive power were greatly enhanced.

For Lu Qing, the greatest obstacle to breaking through to the Minor Success stage of the Qi and Blood Realm wasn’t the key to understanding the endless, uninterrupted

flow of Qi and Blood. Rather, it was the total amount of Qi and Blood within his body.

Possessing supernatural powers, he possessed abundant understanding of boxing techniques.

Instead, it was the lack of Qi and Blood within him that had always hindered his breakthrough.

Now, refining a Qi and Blood Replenishing Pill daily, his Qi and Blood had finally reached a critical point.

Breaking through to the Minor Success stage was a matter of course.

With a flash of his body, Lu Qing arrived beneath a thick old bamboo tree and grasped the sword that lay stuck upside down nearby.

A clang echoed, a flash of cold light flashed, and the sword was unsheathed.

Lu Qing returned to his original position, a stern aura rising from him, and he began practicing the Four-sided Blade.

The blade’s light shone, flowing like moonlight. Each strike of Lu Qing’s blade was synchronized with a surge of Qi and Blood, and his blade’s speed was extremely fast.

The blade’s blade sliced through the air currents, causing a strong gust of wind to rise in all directions, stirring up countless dry bamboo leaves.

After practicing the Nine Styles of the Four-Directional Sword Technique, Lu Qing stood still.

Feeling that he still had strength left in his body,

he showed joy. This Minor Success in the Qi and Blood Realm was indeed a breakthrough point and did not disappoint him.

Before the breakthrough, even with his full strength, he could only practice the Seven Styles of the Four-Directional Sword Technique before he ran out of energy and could not continue practicing.

But now, after practicing it completely, he still had strength left, and another round of bursts was not a problem.

The nine styles were linked together, each one was burst out with all his strength, and they continued without interruption.

According to the records in “The Four-Directional Sword”, he had already reached the Minor Success level in this sword technique.

Sheathing the sword, Lu Qing prepared to go home.

Having achieved minor success in two martial arts techniques in a row, Lu Qing was in high spirits.

He decided to celebrate after returning home with something delicious.

On the way back, Lu Qing pondered his next training plan.

In terms of martial arts, he had already reached minor success in the Qi and Blood realm. As long as he continued to strengthen his Qi and Blood, reaching major success, or even perfection, wouldn’t be far off.

His Qi and Blood Replenishing Pills were almost gone, so it was time to ask his master for help refining another batch.

While Lu Qing was adept at extracting and boiling herbs, he hadn’t yet attempted to refine pills, and had no experience.

Otherwise, he could have simply refined them himself.

He had plenty of ginseng, anyway.

A while ago, when Xiao Li moved in, Lu Qing had asked him about it.

He had learned that Xiao Li had actually found more than one ginseng plant in the mountains.

Some were even as large as the two he had brought him.

Upon hearing this good news, Lu Qing didn’t immediately ask Xiao Li to collect all the ginseng.

Instead, he let it continue to grow in the mountains.

When he needed it later, he would go and dig it himself.

After all, every time Xiao Li dug ginseng, it would be slightly damaged, which would slightly affect its medicinal properties.

Moreover, he had always wanted to go into the mountains to see what the actual growing environment of those herbs was like.

He was familiar with the “Bai Cao Jing” and had memorized the medicinal properties and appearance of many herbs.

But there was still a difference between books and reality. Merely studying would not make a good doctor. Only by combining knowledge with practice could one succeed.

So Lu Qing decided that after his master finished studying the “Qing Nang Medical Classic”, he would ask for advice on how to refine blood-tonifying and Qi-invigorating pills.

With the ginseng, Lu Qing would have no problem cultivating the Qi and Blood Realm.

On the contrary, he needed to refine his fighting techniques.

He had already mastered the Four-Directional Sword Technique to a small degree, and the subsequent power-generating techniques required a body at the Muscle and Bone Realm.

Before reaching the Muscle and Bone Realm, he had temporarily mastered this sword technique to its limit, and further progress would be difficult.

Therefore, he needed to find one or two more fighting techniques to cultivate.

“I’ll go see my master tomorrow to see if he has any suitable martial arts to practice,” Lu Qing thought to himself.

He remembered that his master had said that, in addition to the three Muscle and Bone Realm martial arts he had originally brought out, he also had a collection of more common Qi and Blood Realm martial arts.

Since he had nothing else to do, Lu Qing didn’t mind the lower level of these martial arts; after all, he was only at the Qi and Blood

Realm. Having made his decision, Lu Qing’s pace quickened.

To celebrate his breakthrough, he planned to cook some meat for a good meal.

Coming down the mountain and reaching the back of his house, Lu Qing suddenly heard a commotion, interspersed with angry shouts, as if someone was arguing in front of him.

What had happened?

Startled, Lu Qing lowered the wrapped sword in his cloth bag into the house through the back window, then walked around the house to the front yard.

As soon as I arrived at the courtyard, I saw a large group of people gathered, divided into two groups and confronting each other.

One of the groups was the villagers of Jiuli Village.

Uncle Zhang protected Xiaoyan behind him, while the other villagers, young people like Wang Da’an, were holding farm tools such as shoulder poles and hoes, their faces excited.

Opposite them, there were seven or eight burly men standing there leisurely.

“Didn’t we agree that Lu Ming’s debt to you is settled? Why are you still here?”

Uncle Zhang, who was protecting Xiaoyan, was now furious and shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)