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Chapter 477 - 0309 True Qi Like a River, Earth Mother Opens the Origin (3k)

Chapter 477: 0309 True Qi Like a River, Earth Mother Opens the Origin (3k)

"Invisible Sword Qi should be enough to penetrate the Mantis Demon’s demonic power armor and insect shell."

Lu Chenzhou murmured to himself.

At the same time, a prompt sounded from his wristband.

[Current Energy Level: 80 Cauldrons.]

"An energy level of 80 Cauldrons is actually not as high as my Dusk of the Gods..."

However, in terms of penetration power, his strongest Big Gun Stabbing couldn’t compare to the Invisible Sword Qi.

But when it comes to overall lethality, the spear skill is still fiercer.

A single spear strike not only inflicts piercing damage but is followed by shockwaves, spear light, True Qi, and other forces.

Moreover, the penetrating damage of Cloud Sword Qi would be hard-pressed to kill a Martial Artist unless it hit a vital spot.

Not to mention those massive demons and the ethereal ghostly beings.

Suddenly, an idea struck Lu Chenzhou.

"I wonder if I could attach Life and Death Qi to the Invisible Sword Qi."

If the damage isn’t enough, add enchantment to make up for it!

The power of the Life and Death Mysterious Pearl is great and can cause secondary damage by exploding.

Using Invisible Sword Qi to pierce the defense of a Third Realm Demon, then having the Life and Death Mysterious Pearl explode inside...

Isn’t this like the martial arts version of an armor-piercing round?

Lu Chenzhou felt that there was potential!

He performed an inner vision of his Dantian, where the Yin Yang Fish formed by Life and Death Qi slowly rotated in his Qi Sea, forming a delicate balance.

After two months of cultivation, the Life and Death Qi had become even purer and more concentrated.

This was mainly thanks to the Third Rank Acquired Death Qi provided by the black-clothed assassin.

For others, subtly manipulating this Life and Death Qi would be very difficult.

Especially manipulating it within the body; if they accidentally triggered an explosion, they would be obliterated into a cloud of blood mist.

But how strong was Lu Chenzhou’s spiritual power?

With Telekinesis, he could manipulate external objects and subtly control his internal organs and energies.

This was an invisible hand composed of countless nanobots!

He used his Telekinetic hand like kneading dough, gently massaging the gray whirlwind, finally extracting a strand of Life and Death Qi, and then weaving it around the Invisible Small Sword within the golden cloud cluster.

Buzz! Buzz!

The small sword trembled, and the Life and Death Qi scattered, dissipating into nothing.

"Eh, can’t it work?"

Lu Chenzhou frowned slightly and tried again.

With a soft puff, the Life and Death Qi dissipated again as soon as he wrapped it around.

"I don’t believe it!"

After all, he had a lot of Life and Death Qi within him, so he could experiment slowly.

This way, he continued from night until dawn.

As the sky broke, Lu Chenzhou looked physically and mentally exhausted.

"Let’s not try for now, I need to use my wits! There must be a way."

Having just refined a Xuan Grade Treasure, his body was riddled with injuries, and he dared not push himself too hard.

He took a Rejuvenation Pill, and the elixir’s effect nourished his internal organs.

The Blood Lotus Treasure Qi also dutifully repaired his wounds.

"The Blood Lotus is still the best... This troublesome Mist Treasure Qi is so uncooperative."

As Lu Chenzhou recovered, he looked towards his Dantian.

In his Qi Sea, the six-colored True Qi had unknowingly transformed into a rich gold with a faint red hue.

Upon close inspection, it wasn’t that the other colors had disappeared.

It was just that the golden color was too prominent, overshadowing the brilliance of the other colors.

Only the red, representing flames, managed to show a little.

True Qi surged from Lu Chenzhou’s fingertips, and the golden True Qi was incredibly sharp, capable of cutting through anything.

Among the Five Elements, gold is known for its sharpness, most adept at breaking armor!

In a single thought, the golden True Qi shattered, breaking into countless tiny Sword Qi particles.

In the blink of an eye, there were 1001 particles.

Lu Chenzhou’s heart moved, and he arrived at the Inner Scenery Land.

On the grassland, a river emitting a rich golden glow grew ever wider and more majestic.

"The second stage, True Qi like a river."

Previously, the amount of True Qi was too sparse.

Whenever Lu Chenzhou fought, he calculated meticulously.

This spear strike uses thirty strands.

This punch uses twenty strands.

Attacks were fine, but if he needed to condense armor with True Qi for defense, especially the seamless armor covering his whole body, he would consume over a hundred strands of True Qi per minute. A few hundred strands would be quickly spent, so people in the Initial Realm focused on defending specific areas under attack.

This required strong predictive abilities regarding the enemy’s attack trajectory and points of impact in actual combat.

One miscalculation could lead to injury at best and death at worst.

Of course, for someone like Lu Chenzhou who cultivated both internally and externally, it wasn’t much of a problem.

Such meticulous calculations allowed him to prevent the True Qi consumption speed from far exceeding the recovery speed.

After True Qi becomes like a river, its consumption becomes more manageable.

Upon opening 180 acupoints and achieving acupoint resonance, True Qi undergoes its first qualitative change.

While consumption decreases, production speeds up, further enhancing the endurance of True Qi in longer battles.

True Qi like a river, True Qi like a sea... incrementally.

Certain individuals possess special innate talents that give them an inherently large amount of True Qi.

For example, those with the Martial Bone Dao Embryo talent [Endless Sea of Qi].

This talent not only has a high innate Qi-Blood limit.

But the capacity of their Qi Sea is more than double that of ordinary people.

The rate of True Qi generation and recovery is also far superior to normal.

Normally, breaking through the Second Shackles limits them to around 4000 strands of True Qi.

People with this talent can reach ten thousand strands.

Lu Chenzhou had long heard that Dragon City Martial Arts University had a member with this Endless Sea of Qi talent many years ago.

Until recently, when he was chatting with Lin Xia during their free time, did he learn who this person was.

Three Extremes Saint Hand·Wang Changming.

Back then, Lu Chenzhou’s feelings were mixed.

So, legendary figures were right beside me all along.

Aside from natural talent, there are also postnatal methods.

The War Merit Store offers a Lower Divine Skill-level secret technique called "Minor Infinite Divine Skill".

This technique originates from Kunlun Martial Arts University and is the ultimate skill of the Carefree Elder.

It is said that this secret method can expand the Dantian Qi Sea postnatally, increasing the capacity of True Qi, Gang Qi, and other energies.

If the cultivation is successful, it can increase the Qi Sea capacity by up to fifty percent.

However, Lu Chenzhou felt that this technique was somewhat of a waste.

Aside from Absolute Peak individuals with long lifespans, practicing this would be less efficient than breaking through more quickly.

Another postnatal method is money-burning.

There are many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can increase True Qi (True Gang) capacity.

For example, the Xuan Grade Treasure, Swallowing Sea Xuan Whale Fruit, priced at 60,000 battle merits.

It permanently increases capacity by ten percent and doubles the True Qi recovery speed.

Martial Arts Masters who consume it will have a significant advantage in battles within the same realm.

There are even more terrifying Earth Grade Heavenly Materials, such as Earth Mother’s Origin Milk, worth a million battle merits.

Capacity increases by fifty percent, and recovery speed triples.

Unfortunately, Lu Chenzhou could only salivate over it.

These kinds of treasures, as well as those that enhance acupoint opening speed, root bone, and comprehension, are all Xuan Grade or higher.

Not only are they expensive, but as soon as they appear, they are taken by Grandmasters and above-level experts.

...

Kunlun Martial Arts University.

Principal’s residence.

In a simply decorated maiden’s bedroom, Shangguan Xue had just finished her Heavenly Pile Cultivation.

[Ding—— You have a paid battle merit Q&A session.]

The War Merit Store offers one-on-one consulting sessions with Martial Arts experts.

This is for Martial Artists without a sect to seek guidance.

To avoid wasting the experts’ time, they only have to provide one five-minute session per day.

The fee is only symbolically charged as a military benefit.

Martial Arts Experts like Shangguan Xue, who is a Heavenly King, have hundreds and thousands of requests every day.

Connecting, the voice on the other end was Lu Chenzhou’s.

Shangguan Xue couldn’t help but laugh:

"Youngster, don’t you have my contact info?"

"I was afraid of disturbing your cultivation, Senior."

"It’s okay, just leave me a message normally next time. Don’t compete for this anymore."

"Alright, Senior, have you cultivated the Life and Death Talisman?"

"I have. And you?"

"I’ve just reached the Second Layer, Senior."

Hearing that Lu Chenzhou had reached the Second Layer, Shangguan Xue was quite surprised.

"Not bad."

Her true disciple, Ye Zhiqiu, was still on the First Layer.

Then, Lu Chenzhou shared his thoughts with Shangguan Xue.

Shangguan Xue thought for a moment and then smiled:

"Coincidentally, I thought the same. I practice the Divine Level Swordsmanship "Golden Emperor Sword", and I, too, have an internal sword Qi. Recently, I merged the Life and Death Mysterious Pearl with my sword Qi, creating a formidable move called [Great Life and Death Invisible Golden Essence Sword Qi]. Experiments showed good results. Just yesterday, I used it to slay a Void Realm Demon Emperor from a hundred miles away."

Lu Chenzhou looked envious.

This was precisely the effect he aimed to achieve.

"How did you manage that, Senior?"

"It’s simple. You cultivate both Tiger and Swallowing Yan styles, right? You should be experienced in coordinating different energies."

"I’ve tried, but it’s always a bit off. The Golden Energy disperses the Life and Death Qi."

"Because the Golden Energy is too sharp, the Life and Death Qi can’t hold its place."

With Shangguan Xue’s words, enlightenment hit Lu Chenzhou.

"Senior means to use the Five Elements’ mutual generation and restriction to temporarily suppress the Golden Element’s power?"

"Exactly. Use Earth energy to generate Gold energy first; then use Fire energy to control the Gold energy, forming a dynamic balance. This balance can serve as a protective shield, ensuring that the Life and Death Qi can cling to the Gold Element without diminishing its power. However, you must master this degree to maintain the balance even after the Invisible Sword Qi leaves the body."

"Thank you, Senior. I’ve understood! You’re incredible!"

Lu Chenzhou’s voice carried a tinge of excitement.

Shangguan Xue laughed:

"Not bad, I like hearing compliments like this. Keep them coming in the future."

"..."

"You go work on it. I won’t distract you anymore."

...

Three days later.

By the shore of Erhai Lake.

Lu Chenzhou stood straight, in a relaxed state.

Fortunately, he had Earth and Fire energies within him.

They were the Yellow Dragon Treasure Qi and the Red Crane Treasure Qi.

After hundreds of attempts over three days, he managed to successfully attach the Life and Death Qi to the Gold Element Sword Qi.

Then, it was just a matter of practice to control the sword Qi after it left the body.

During this time, his proficiency in the Life and Death Talisman increased faster than through regular cultivation.

From this, Lu Chenzhou deduced that using telekinesis to finely control the Life and Death Qi could accelerate the cultivation of this secret technique.

In his Dantian, an Invisible Sword Qi emitting red, gold, yellow, and gray hues trembled.

Lu Chenzhou breathed out, and the air turned into a sword, roaring like thunder!

The Invisible Sword Qi broke through the air, striking the shell of the Third Realm Demon, Human-Headed Turtle, hanging under the crooked tree.

The Sword Qi pierced through the keratin layer and then exploded.

Boom! The turtle shell instantly shattered into pieces, scattering in all directions.

Gray-white Death Qi lingered around every fragment, intertwining continuously.

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