“Somewhat interesting.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly and mobilised his true qi, transporting it to his fingertips and pressing it towards the bottom of the dan bottle.
“Wow!”
Suddenly, an inscription appeared on the surface of the Dan bottle.
The original Dan bottle, which was only the size of a palm, gradually swelled up, growing larger and larger, and finally became three zhang tall.
“Is this a Ruyi Treasure Vase?”Xiao Hei said with some surprise.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head, “No, but, it is a Hundred Lines Saint Artifact. Its current size, which has already reached its extreme, storage space, is far less than the Ruyi Treasure Vase.”
The Ruyi Treasure Vase was a spatial treasure that Zhang Ruochen had refined, which could take in all the water of a pond. In the future, as Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation increased, the space of the Ruyi Treasure Vase would become larger and wider.
However, this one Dan Vase in front of him could only expand to a maximum of three zhang in height, and the space would only be this big, and could not be increased any further.
So, what exactly was stored inside this one Dan Vase?
Zhang Ruochen used his True Qi to refine the Artifact Spirit of the Dan Bottle before slowly opening the lid.
“Boom!”
The bottle cap had only just opened a tiny bit when it shook violently, like a great river breaking its banks, emitting a loud bang. Inside the bottle, a multicoloured qi cloud rushed out, wrapping Zhang Ruochen, Little Black, and Yellow Smoke Dust, completely inside the qi cloud.
Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen both tensed up, hastily releasing their protective astral deities in a defensive stance.
Xiao Hei’s eyes, on the contrary, lit up and said joyfully, ”Don’t be nervous, this is Xuanwu Qi, not poisonous miasma Qi. Good stuff ah! It really is good stuff! Even an ordinary person, as long as they absorb a strand of Xuanwu Qi, their capacity will increase greatly, becoming an expert who can fight with one against a hundred.”
“It’s actually this magical?”
Huang Yichen retracted his Body Protecting Heavenly Dipper, immediately closed his eyes, secretly operated his gong methods, adjusted his breathing, and took a deep breath.
Wisps of multicoloured Qi flowed, making a clattering sound, surging towards her body.
Each strand of Xuanwu Qi, when it entered her body, would transform into a river of true qi that converged into the Qi Sea at her brow. Then, it flowed out of the Qi Sea again, entering the meridians and surging into the major veins of her body.
It took a day and a night for Huang Yichen to completely refine that mouthful of Xuanwu Qi.
Little Black stared at her and asked, “How was it?”
“What a powerful Xuanwu Qi, just by refining such a little bit, my realm, has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Middle Extremity Position. If I can continue to use the Xuanwu Qi to cultivate, give me at most three more days and I’ll be able to break through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Extremity Position. Within a month, there’s a chance to impact to the Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Extremity.”
Huang Yichen was very shocked, feeling incredulous, his eyes staring at that one dan bottle, his mood difficult to calm down.
Little Black let out a big laugh and said, “You’ve been cultivating in the inner world of the picture scroll for a month, and only three days have passed in the outside world.”
Huang Yichen nodded and said, “That’s right, the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram and the Xuanwu Qi are both terrific treasures, they absolutely cannot be revealed, or else they will get Zhang Ruochen killed. Little Black, you are too careless, such a secret, actually revealed to Ao Xin Yan and the Orange Moon Star Envoy, in case there is an accident, what should we do?”
Xiao Hei smiled, revealing an expression of “everything is under control”.
In the Dan bottle, the Xuanwu Qi that escaped, Huang Yichen only absorbed 10% of it, the remaining 90% was all inhaled by Zhang Ruochen.
While Huang Yichen was refining that mouthful of Xuanwu Qi, Zhang Ruochen also refined the remaining Xuanwu Qi, almost completing it at the same time as Huang Yichen.
Zhang Ruochen then sat beside Huang Yichen, slowly opened his eyes and said, “Even without the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, there should be countless people who want to kill me. The Dragon Pearl, the six holy swords, the Shakra Sword Technique, any one of them would be enough to make a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm become crazy, recklessly coming to kill me and seize the treasures I have on me. If you want to live, you can only strive to become strong.”
“That’s right, only the greater the pressure, the faster the progress will be.”
Xiao Hei asked, “How is it? How much has your cultivation level improved?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “That ball of Xuanwu Qi just now has raised my cultivation a great deal, and it won’t be long before I should be able to reach the middle stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle, which is even more powerful than even I imagined. If I can obtain a large amount of Xuanwu Qi, not to mention the Fish Dragon Realm, even if I were to impact the realm of a Half Saint, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
Little Black smiled and said, “That’s natural. The legendary Xuanwu, in ancient times, was able to slaughter gods. Xuanwu’s Qi, with its infinite wonderful uses, not to mention the huge benefits to Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists, if the news were to spread, even those Half-Saints and Saints would surely rush forward to fight for it. Because, the Xuanwu Qi, it has endless benefits for them as well.”
“Originally, the Divine Wood Qi of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood could also be compared to the Xuanwu Qi. However, the Divine Wood Qi of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, all of which was used to harbour the new seedlings, has long since been completely depleted, which is a bit of a pity.”
The Xuanwu Qi in Huang Shenyi’s one dan vase was not much, and the one that escaped just now accounted for almost one-thirtieth of the total.
If, at the same time, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen absorbed and refined it, it would soon be exhausted.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, ”The Xuanwu Qi is definitely not just this much. It’s only that Huang Shenyi doesn’t have any spatial treasures, so he can only take away this much. If we can find the place where Huang Shenyi received the Xuanwu Inheritance, we will definitely be able to find more Xuanwu Qi.”
Huang Yichen said, “Do you mean to say that you need to make a trip to the Xuanwu Market Realm?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded.
It was in the Xuanwu Ruins Realm that Huang Shenyi obtained the Xuanwu Inheritance.
If Zhang Ruochen wanted to find more Xuanwu Qi, he had to go to the Xuanwu Market Realm.
The Xuanwu Qi was extremely useful, not only could it help Zhang Ruochen to rapidly increase his cultivation, but it could also help the people around Zhang Ruochen to also grow up quickly and become strong.
One must know that Zhang Ruochen’s enemy was the number one person in the Kunlun Realm, Empress Chi Yao.
It was impossible for him to fight against Empress Chi Yao on his own. Therefore, he needed helpers, powerful helpers.
The news that Zhang Ruochen had become the number one on the Heavenly Ranking had definitely spread, and even if he wanted to keep a low profile, Empress Chi Yao would definitely notice the name “Zhang Ruochen” soon.
Eight hundred years later, would Empress Chi Yao still remember the name “Zhang Ruochen”?
In the entire Kunlun Realm, there were many people with the same name and surname, but there were not many people with the same name and surname who were able to reach the top of the Heavenly Ranking at the same time.
Even if Empress Chi Yao only had a slight suspicion, she would definitely send experts to investigate Zhang Ruochen.
Therefore, there was not much time left for Zhang Ruochen to go to the Xuanwu Ruins Realm and collect more Xuanwu Qi, so that his cultivation could quickly rise up to deal with the next variables.
Huang Yichen frowned and said, ”The Xuanwu Ruins Realm is a medium Ruins Realm, ten or a hundred times more dangerous than the inferior Ruins Realms. Moreover, the Medium Ruins Realm is also very vast, and trying to find the Xuanwu’s inheritance site is like finding a needle in a haystack. I think that there is no need for you to take this risk.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “Since Huang Shenyi was once in the Xuanwu Ruins Realm and received the Xuanwu inheritance, why can’t I find it? The Xuanwu Ruins Realm, I am definitely going there, not just to search for the Xuanwu Qi, but also to accumulate Military Merit Values and impact the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.”
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, staring above Huang Shenyi’s remains, said, “Besides, in his body, I might be able to find some clues as well.”
As Zhang Ruochen continued to search above Huang Shenyi’s remains, his palm pressed on the location of Huang Shenyi’s chest, and suddenly, he felt a hint of something strange.
Underneath the skin of Huang Shenyi’s chest, there was a layer of hard stuff.
What in the world was it?
“Prick!”
Zhang Ruochen’s five fingers snapped and pulled up the piece of skin, and with a downward tear, he found an extremely thin piece of bone that was adhered to the top of that layer of skin.
“It’s actually hidden so secretly, what is it?”
Zhang Ruochen was a little curious and removed a bone fragment, placing it on the ground.
After careful study, he realised that it was actually a volume of bone book.
The so-called ‘bone book’ was a book that was refined using the bones of a powerful savage beast.
It appeared to be just a piece of bone, but in fact, there were a total of nine pages of bone books, and each page of the bone book was connected by inscriptions without any gaps, which was why it looked like a piece of bone.
On the surface, this volume of bone book, plain and simple, was no different from an ordinary bone.
Zhang Ruochen used his true qi and injected it into it, opening the bone book and seeing what was written on it, he was instantly elated.
“Surprisingly, it’s the legendary Xuanwu Sacred Canon, those moves that Huang Shenyi cultivated should have been learnt from the top of the Xuanwu Sacred Canon.”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
For example, the “Xuanwu God Execution Sword Formation” and “Xuanwu Power, Black Hole Devouring God” that Huang Shenyi performed were all learnt from the Xuanwu Sacred Canon, which were infinitely powerful and very formidable.
Although, Zhang Ruochen cultivated the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture, which was of an extremely high grade amongst the thousands of gongfu secrets.
However, he had to comprehend a hundred martial arts, absorbing the strengths of each, and finally blending them together before he could have a chance to reach the Half-Saint realm.
Transcending into sainthood was the dream of all martial artists.
The Xuanwu Sacred Canon, like the Peac*ck Sacred Canon, were both remarkable techniques, and definitely had many desirable aspects, so as long as one was attentive to them, they would definitely be able to make up for some of the deficiencies in their own martial arts. At the same time, there was also a chance that from the Xuanwu Sacred Canon, he would be able to comprehend some powerful martial arts.
When Little Black heard the words Xuanwu Sacred Codex, he immediately squeezed over and stretched his neck to watch the contents of the bone book.
After reading for a moment, it directly snatched the Xuanwu Sacred Dictionary and flipped through it towards the back.
After half an hour, Little Black sighed and closed the Xuanwu Sacred Dictionary, somewhat disinterested, shaking its head and saying, “It’s not the real Xuanwu Sacred Dictionary at all, it’s just a transcription, and it’s also mutilated, at most only one-fifth of its contents have been recorded.”
