The Half-Saint’s Light was a very pure energy, and when it was absorbed into the meridians, it was automatically transformed into Saint Qi.
As the gong method operated, Zhang Ruochen’s blood, bones, and internal organs were also absorbing the Semi-Sacred Light, continuously condensing and enhancing the strength of his physical body.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, there was a special light that surged towards Zhang Ruochen’s mind, transforming into a huge amount of memories and knowledge, like a tidal wave that seemed to be trying to completely engulf Zhang Ruochen’s mind.
“This is the memories and knowledge of …… Qi Hong.”
Zhang Ruochen’s face revealed a joyful expression.
If a Half-Saint died, the memories in the Saint Soul would actually dissipate in a very short period of time.
The reason why Qi Hong’s memories and knowledge appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s mind was that, therefore, Qi Hong had just died, Zhang Ruochen collected the Half-Saint’s Light, and the memories and knowledge were retained.
Other cultivators, even if they refined the Half-Saint’s Light, it was impossible for them to obtain the knowledge and memories of a Half-Saint.
Zhang Ruochen was different, as he cultivated the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Sutra, and amongst the 36 meridians that he had opened up, there was a chakra called the “Soul Chakra”.
It was because of the possession of the Soul Vein that Zhang Ruochen’s knowledge and memories of Qi Hong flooded into his mind through the Soul Vein when he was refining the Semi-Saint’s Light.
There were very few martial artists who were able to open up a soul vein, even Zhang Ruochen in his previous life had not managed to do so.
Qi Hong had lived for over a hundred years, and within his memories, he possessed many valuable things. His knowledge, too, was quite valuable, which, amongst other things, included having a sense of cultivation, including an understanding of the Sacred Dao and Sword Dao.
Of course, the vast majority of that huge memory was useless dross. If Zhang Ruochen absorbed all of them, not only would there be no benefits, there would also be great disadvantages.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen utilised his powerful spiritual power to temporarily seal that mass of light with memories and knowledge.
He was prepared to wait until he walked out of this Ancient Medieval Ruins, and then extract the time to digest Qi Hong’s knowledge and investigate the useful information in Qi Hong’s memories.
In the next seven days, Zhang Ruochen absorbed most of the Half-Saint’s Light and finally opened up the fourth Sacred Vein, the Yang Dimension Sacred Vein, and impacted into the Seventh Transformation of the Fish Dragon in one fell swoop.
At this point, all four Saint Veins leading to the limbs were opened.
His cultivation level had surged by a large margin.
As Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground, he could clearly perceive that the four Sacred Veins converged together and rushed straight towards the Qi Sea in his brow, like four pillars holding up the Qi Sea.
“Wow–”
The four Saint Veins operated simultaneously, forming a powerful suction force.
In just three breaths of time, the four Saint Veins absorbed all of the remaining Half-Saint Light from the Ruyi Treasure Vase into their bodies. That energy, after running through the body for a circumference, was quickly transformed into holy qi that belonged to itself.
“The Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation is indeed a hurdle, once it is broken through, the Saint Qi in the body will be more than ten times more than the Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation.”
With the strength of the Saint Qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body, maintaining the change in appearance for half a year would not deplete the Saint Qi.
In other words, he now no longer had to worry about a lack of Saint Qi that would lead to his identity being exposed. Moreover, because of his increased cultivation and the abundance of holy qi, Zhang Ruochen’s control over the Formless and Invisible Thirty-Six Transformations had become even more subtle and perfect.
The Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation, the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, and the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation, each of them was a hurdle for Saint Dao cultivators.
The Seventh Transformation of the Fish Dragon was for the Sacred Vein to connect the limbs through, and for the Sacred Qi to run through the legs and arms, thus allowing the cultivator’s speed to increase greatly, and the use of the Sacred Qi to become easier.
Furthermore, by reaching this realm, the holy qi in the cultivator’s body had increased greatly, and he was completely able to mobilise his holy qi to exert the full power of his holy weapon.
In comparison, the holy qi within the cultivator’s body at the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon was quite thin, and it was impossible to utilise the full power of the holy weapon.
The eighth transformation of the Fish Dragon was another hurdle, as the cultivator opened up the last sacred vein, the “Spirit Charging Sacred Body”, and at that time, the sacred qi of the entire body would merge together to form a whole. The cultivator’s strength would soar again.
The Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon could be cultivated into the “Glazed Treasure Body”, and once the Treasure Body was completed, for cultivators with average talent, it had infinite benefits. Just the longevity can be increased by fifty years.
Of course, the Glazed Treasure Body didn’t have much of an increase for Saint Body and some cultivators with special physiques.
“With my current cultivation level, if I go all out, it’s enough to fight against a First Order Half-Saint.”A faint smile appeared on Zhang Ruochen’s face.
The realm of Half-Saints was mysterious and full of infinite mysteries.
Even if it was only a First Order Half-Saint, there was actually a difference between the strong and the weak, and the difference was quite obvious. Some veteran First Order Half-Saints would be much stronger than a First Order Half-Saint who had just broken through.
One must know that even a Saint Body that had reached the Half-Saint realm would only be able to cross one or two realms to compete with other Half-Saints. From this, it could be seen that the power gap in the Half-Saint realm was actually quite obvious, and the ranks of strength and weakness would become even more distinct.
Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation level would only be able to call the shots with weaker First Order Half-Saints. If, on the other hand, he encountered a veteran First Order Half-Saint, he would only be able to immediately flee for his life.
Refining Qi Hong’s Half-Saint’s Light not only allowed Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation to break through to the middle stage of the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation. At the same time, it also allowed Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power to increase by a large margin, reaching the peak of the forty-fourth rank.
Before Zhang Ruochen could be happy, by the Corpse River, an ear-shattering voice, which transformed into an aggressive sound wave, entered his ears, “Finally, I’ve found you, Sacred Book Talented Girl, do you still want to continue hiding?”
Qi Yun stood on the riverbank and mobilised his entire body’s Saint Qi, condensing it towards his fingertips and pointing it towards the centre of the Corpse River, where the Heavenly Ascension Boat was located.
“Swoosh!”
With his finger as the centre, a ripple of holy qi with a diameter of a hundred feet emanated. At the centre of the holy qi ripple, a bowl-thick sword qi wave rushed out.
Qi Yun was executing the Ten Veins Sword Wave.
Even if it was only a Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial skill, it had a rather terrifying power when played out by a Half Saint.
The sword wave flew through, forming a pillar of air that caused the water in the Corpse River below to surge to the left and right.
Qi Yun was not certain that the Sacred Book Talented Maiden was already hiding in the centre of the Corpse River, he only sensed that there was a fluctuation of Sacred Qi at that location.
Thus, his strike was entirely just a tentative attack.
Zhang Ruochen knew very well that it must be because, the fluctuation of Saint Qi caused by his breakthrough of the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation was too large and escaped, thus, it was discovered by the tracking enemy.
“Centre Charge Pulse Sword Wave.”
Zhang Ruochen stretched out his left hand and gathered his entire body’s Saint Qi towards his middle finger, then struck out with one finger.
“Boom!”
The two sword waves collided together, forming a powerful counterforce that lifted the entire water in the Corpse River, rolling up huge waves more than ten metres high.
“It’s also a Ten Veins Sword Wave.”
Qi Yun’s brows furrowed, really somewhat unable to figure out how the Sacred Book Talented Maiden could have such a powerful expert by her side.
Just now, in that one move duel, it was evident that the other party’s cultivation was not below his.
Could it be that the expert sent out by the court to rescue the Sacred Book Talented Lady had already arrived?
Since he had already been discovered, there was no need to continue hiding. Zhang Ruochen stood up and with a wave of his big hand, he put away the Meteor Invisibility Cloth.
At that instant, the green-coloured Heaven Ascending Boat appeared in the centre of the Corpse River’s surface.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden stepped out of the boat and stood in the bow position, still cupping her folding fan in her hand, looking rather breezy as she glanced towards Qi Yun on the shore and said, “Qi Yun, you actually dared to make a move against me, it seems like the Qi Clan is really trying to rebel. If I walk out of the Perishing Tomb Forest, I must plunge your Qi Family into extinction.”
Qi Yun smiled coldly and said, “The Qi family is a medieval family, the family’s children are spread all over the Eastern Region, even the Empress would not touch us easily. With just one word from you, you want to exterminate my clan. Your breath, is it too big?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden smiled faintly, “In the eyes of Her Majesty the Empress, the Qi family doesn’t have that much weight yet, so don’t be too presumptuous.”
“You ……”
Anger appeared in Qi Yun’s eyes, his fists clenched together, and immediately, a pillar of holy qi light, rushed out from the top of his head, coalescing into a cloud of holy qi, dispersing all of the Yin Fury qi that permeated the surroundings.
“Want to make a move against me? I’m afraid, you’re still far from it.”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
Xiao Hei hemmed and hawed and transmitted his voice to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “This Sacred Book Talented Lady is truly a big-tailed wolf, obviously losing all her cultivation, yet she still acts so strong. I see that Qi Yun, has been somewhat intimidated by her.”
Zhang Ruochen also transmitted his voice, “Qi Yun is a Half-Saint after all, so it would be a good thing if the Sacred Book Talented Lady is able to scare him off. Otherwise, I’m afraid there will be a vicious battle later.”
Right at this moment, in the distance, a huge ball of light, rapidly rolled in.
The ball of light, half white and half black, was as huge as a small mountain and emitted a very strong aura. Where it rolled through, all the tombstones collapsed, forming a huge gully.
From the black and white ball of light, a pale and raspy voice rang out, “Lord Talented Lady, Qi Yun’s age is still young, and is indeed not worthy of fighting you, I wonder if the old man has that qualification?”
The black and white ball of light, cracked from the middle, unfolded and transformed into a Taiji Seal with a diameter of ten miles, slowly rotating on the ground.
An old man stood at the centre of the Taiji imprint, his hair and body, instead, were cut apart, appearing half black and half white.
“Qi Qiankun.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden read out the old man’s name.
Seeing Qi Qiankun arrive, Qi Yun’s face revealed a joyful expression, finally breathing a slight sigh of relief.
Zhang Ruochen’s face, however, became quite grave.
Qi Qiankun’s name was as good as a thunderclap in the entire Eastern Region, being the head of the Two Elemental Sect’s Devil Suppressing Courtyard, who had lived for more than three hundred years, and whose cultivation had even reached the Saint realm.
With such a powerful big shot arriving, if the Sacred Book Talented Maiden was in her heyday, she would have been able to fight against him. However, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden had lost all her cultivation now.
The identity of a Spiritual Saint could scare off Qi Yun, but it was absolutely impossible to scare off Qi Qiankun.
