Chapter 28: Breakthrough, Qi Wu Realm!

  Fishing nets completely block Qin Zheng's path forward.

  Lu Yunfei burst out laughing: "I'm not necessarily going to lose to a high-handed martial artist in the water, and of course my specialty is using this fishing net as a weapon. Give it back to me!"

  He grasped the fishing net and pulled it violently.

  The scattered fishing net immediately retracted, and the sharp blades on it emitted a "ding-dong" collision sound, flashing with cold light. Under the stimulation of the true yuan, they all stood up after colliding, stabbing at Qin Zheng from all sides, making Qin Zheng attacked from top to bottom, left to right, front and back.

  Qin Zheng flipped his body, trampling the protective shield, and rushed towards Lu Yunfei. The protective shield rotated and charged towards the fishing net, blocking it from attacking him.

  "Say you're back, and you'll be back." Lu Yunfei laughed loudly, his left hand pulling the fishing net, his right hand thrusting a short spear forward at Qin Zheng.

  Tiger and Leopard's Might!

  With one breath, the momentum is like a tiger!

  Qin's body suddenly transformed into a majestic tiger king, with the air around him trembling violently as he inhaled and exhaled. His right fist burst forth with explosive force, unleashing a thunderous roar.

  Bang!

  Fist meets short gun, and the short gun is immediately knocked away. Even Lu Yunfei was shocked back a step. Qin Zheng flipped backwards in mid-air, landing and retreating three or four steps.

  "Whoosh!"

  At the same time, the fishing net hit the guardian shield and was cut off directly.

  The Guardian Shield's Revolving Power returned once more, and with one swing of it, the fishing net was torn apart, falling into Qin Zheng's hands.

  "You're nothing special, just a beginner in the Qi Wu realm. Even in water, you may not be able to challenge a strong opponent in the Ling Wu realm. As for on land, I, a Li Wu realm cultivator, won't lose to you." Qin Zheng sneered.

  Lu Yunfei looked at the fishing net that had been torn apart, and with Qin Zheng's mockery, his anger reached new heights.

  "The light of the phosphorescent fire dares to provoke."

  "Behold my ultimate martial art... Dragon-Fish Triple Strike!"

  Lu Yunfei threw away his fishing net, and the true yuan in his body flowed, affecting the air around him, causing it to fluctuate and form a sound like ocean waves. The air seemed to be churning as if it were about to turn into water. The short spear connected to his arm, making it seem like his arm and the spear had transformed into a swinging dragon, emitting a low roar that cut through the air, bursting through space, and fiercely pressing forward.

  "Roar!"

  Qin Zheng looked up at the sky and let out a long roar, his hair fluttering in the wind. This roar was the complete and unreserved application of the Dou Hu Shi stance, exhaling as much air as possible before taking a deep breath, drawing in the essence of heaven and earth to swirl around him, transforming into a white mist that poured into his mouth and nose, converting into attacking power. This was the fundamental reason he had not yet reached the realm of true yuan, which could rival the realm of Qi Wu.

  Heaven and earth's essence converges in the right hand, violently surging into the Guardian Shield.

  Roar!

  The tiger's roar shook the sky.

  The shadow of the Tiger King appeared on the Guardian Shield and rotated before flying out.

  Boom!

  The air burst and rolled in all directions.

  Lu Yunfei stood still like a god, completely sealing off the fierce attack. However, the short gun in his hand was ultimately an ordinary object and snapped in two with a "crack". The shield that protected him was also knocked flying into the air, drawing an arc as it flew back towards Qin Zheng.

  At this time, Qin Zheng didn't stay and directly rose into the air to step on the Guardian Shield, flying diagonally upwards.

  In a flash, he flew nearly a hundred meters high, and when the power of the shield was exhausted, he grabbed the protruding rocks on the mountain wall with his hands, then threw out the shield again, stepped on it, and flew up the mountain.

  Lu Yunfei looked at the broken gun in his hand, the torn fishing net on the ground, and his old face was somewhat flushed. Looking at Qin Zheng's figure getting smaller and smaller, he was even more unwilling to give up.

  Seize Qin Zheng and you may obtain the Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra.

  The worst round shield is also a good thing.

  Can't let him get away.

  Lu Yunfei picked up the fishing net and chased after Qin Zheng in the direction he had left, his killing intent soaring. He couldn't fly, so all he could do was follow along the mountain path, staring in Qin Zheng's direction, pursuing him from afar, refusing to give up.

  With the help of the mysterious divine soldier, Qin Zheng crossed over this high mountain, made a brief stop to observe the terrain, and saw that the waterfall was located there. From a high vantage point, no one noticed, so he simply stepped forward.

  Crossing through a small grove of trees, and over two small hills.

  He came under the waterfall.

  Recalling the situation at that time, I stepped on the shield and rose to mid-air, with the iron leaning against the wall, finding a cave and entering it very easily.

  The cave has a waterfall blocking it, and if you don't intentionally look for it, it's hard to find.

  Qin Zheng looked around the cave and found that it was no different from when he left last time. He also didn't find any trace of the corpse of the Flash Thunder Beast, nor did he see any sign of the mysterious figure from last time.

  Outside the rumbling sound of the waterfall, waiting in the mountain cave, ordinary people are not very adapted to it, very humid, Qin Zheng sat down here.

  He wants to break through the Qi Wu boundary!

  Truly stepping into the path of martial arts.

  Before long, Qin Zheng's mind calmed down, as if he had forgotten everything outside.

  Sitting quietly there, breathing lightly, one breath at a time, accompanied by an extremely faint tiger's roar, using the exact method of the "Tiger Fighting Stance".

  The Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra requires the practice of Impacting Qi Wu Jing, which is to absorb a sufficient amount of heavenly and earthly essence, constantly washing and refining the body, until the heavenly and earthly essence fills every part of the body.

  This process was originally very slow.

  After all, it's the realm of Lì Wǔ, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth completely relies on oneself to communicate with heaven and earth, slowly guiding it in. Now that there is a Dou Hu stance, this time has been greatly shortened.

  In less than half an hour, the vital energy of heaven and earth filled every part of Qin Zheng's body.

  Compression!

  Qin Zheng took a deep breath, and the heavenly energy that had been circulating throughout his body suddenly surged towards his dantian. As it did so, it also stirred up the subtle energies within his blood vessels, which merged with the nine-colored divine lotus's wu pulse at its peak, forming a stream of energy that shot into one of the red petals of the nine-colored divine lotus.

  Then, the red lotus petal suddenly burst out with a stunning red light from Qin Zheng's abdomen, shooting into the ground in front of him, stirring up the surrounding heaven and earth energy to gather into the shape of a red lotus petal.

  "Got one, keep going!"

  Qin Zheng once again employed the Tiger-Fighting Stance breathing technique, guiding the essence of heaven and earth.

  Just like the first time.

  Covered all over the body, compressed again.

  This time it was the orange-colored lotus petals that emitted a warm, golden light, which gathered and condensed the essence of heaven and earth beside the red lotus petals.

  So it went on, each time for more than half an hour.

  A total of nine times in front and back.

  The last time was the white lotus petal shape, from then on nine lotus petals surrounded Qin Zheng, making him look like he was sitting on a lotus platform.

  "Finally finished the first step."

  "Next, internal and external are connected, causing the nine-colored divine lotus martial pulse to communicate with heaven and earth, and one force rushes into the air martial realm!"

  Qin Zheng closed his eyes, and the contents of the Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra flowed through his mind.

  The next step, which can be said to be unique to the Nine-Colored Divine Lotus Sutra, is also a process that refines the essence of heaven and earth into true yuan. Generally speaking, the true yuan of high-level martial artists is not extremely pure and contains impurities that ordinary people cannot detect or eliminate. Only when one reaches the realm of divine martial arts will these impurities become particularly noticeable, and breaking through the constraints of human nature is crucial in this regard. The Nine-Colored Divine Lotus Sutra addresses this issue from its initial stages.

  Qin Zheng took a deep breath, and the essence of heaven and earth split into two strands, entering his hands separately. He pointed his right hand at the ground, where the nine-colored lotus petals converged to a single point, while placing his left hand on his abdomen, then activated the Nine-Colored Lotus Divine Pulse.

  "Boom!"

  Jiuzi Shenlian Wumu Yunzhuan, borrowing the essence of heaven and earth, connected through the arm to the nine-colored lotus petals, instantly detonating the space within a hundred meters around Qin Zheng.

  In an instant, the situation changed dramatically.

  The rumbling sound almost caught up with the waterfall outside.

  Even more, a large amount of heavenly energy from all directions swept in, constantly surging and pouring into the nine-colored lotus petals, causing them to emit an even more dazzling light. The nine-colored radiance illuminated the sky, making the shimmering lights inside the cave dazzling, and the waterfalls outside also underwent a change in color.

  "Humming"

  The nine-colored lotus petals rotated and exploded with too much heavenly energy, which gathered into mist, solidifying the nine-colored lotus petals. As they floated up step by step, Qin Zheng also slowly left the ground, suspended in mid-air about one meter above the ground. The heavenly energy of the nine-colored lotus petals that had been refined through the heavens and earth was absorbed through his fingers into his dantian, then transformed into true yuan through the special refinement of the nine-colored divine lotus martial pulse within his dantian.

  It's just a relatively slow process.

  Because of reaching the Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra's requirement for true yuan, it can be said that it is tempered a thousand times and refined a hundred times. Even with such a large scale of heavenly and earthly essence, only a thread can be smelted out.

  This scale is quite large.

  If it weren't for the waterfall blocking the view, it would be sure to attract attention.

  The true yuan was gradually taking shape, and Qin Zheng also slowly pushed himself to the realm of gas martial arts. This breakthrough was very long and could not be achieved in one go.

  When the true yuan in the dantian produces a fullness, it is also the initial achievement of the primary level of qigong, Qin Zheng has also completed the breakthrough, which took two days and one night.

  Officially entering the realm of Qi Wu, Qin Zheng did not stop, but instead urged the Nine-Colored Lotus Martial Pulse. This time, it was driven by the True Origin, and it was no longer as difficult as before, relying only on the heavenly energy brought by breathing. Therefore, the Nine-Coloured Lotus Martial Pulse rotated extremely fast, instantly expanding the scale of the exploded heavenly energy by five or six times. This time, the heavenly energy refined within the Nine-Colored Lotus Petals did not guide into the Nine-Colored Lotus Martial Pulse, but instead remained in the Nine-Colored Lotus Petals, constantly compressing and compressing.

  As it continued to compress, the nine-colored lotus petals transformed from being illusory to extremely solid, and they themselves were also shrinking, gradually taking on the appearance of the Nine-Colored Divine Lotus's martial aura.

  When the nine-colored lotus petals no longer attracted the essence of heaven and earth, Qin Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, turned his hands over, and simultaneously struck two fists on top.

  The nine-colored lotus petal showed signs of sudden explosion and fragmentation on the spot.

  The remnants scattered, leaving behind nine-colored lotus petal of the same size as the Nine-Colored Divine Lotus Pulse.

  "Bang!"

  Qin Zheng slapped a palm on the connection point of the nine-colored lotus flower petals, slapping them open and transforming into nine fluttering lotus flower petals.

  "Nine-colored petals, four limbs and five internal organs, blood vessels and essence, condensed into the nine-colored divine lotus's unique divine power!"