True Qi Stage! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

Chapter 33: True Qi Stage! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

A Harmony Qi Pill went down the hatch.

Lu Qingfeng felt a powerful medicinal force surge within his body.

He circulated the Azure Origin Sword Scripture, compressing and refining his Inner Breath. The Inner Breath slowly circulated, continuously refining the potent medicinal energy, and his Inner Breath gradually grew. By the time most of the medicinal energy was consumed, Lu Qingfeng could already feel an indescribable bottleneck hindering his Inner Breath from growing further.

It felt like being trapped!

Only by breaking through this confinement could he achieve sublimation and soar!

Lu Qingfeng attempted to break through.

However, even after consuming the remaining half of the medicinal energy, Lu Qingfeng remained stuck at the Ninth Layer of Fetal Respiration Realm, and his Inner Breath was even starting to recede.

Just as the moon waxes, it wanes!

Inner Breath was the same.

"It seems one Harmony Qi Pill isn't enough!"

Lu Qingfeng stood up, personally experiencing the difficulty of advancing to the True Qi Stage. Although he failed, he wasn't discouraged. He stood up, adjusted his mindset, and after a moment, began to refine pills.

For the next five days.

Lu Qingfeng attempted to break through the bottleneck of the True Qi Stage once or twice every day.

Finally, on the fifth day, Lu Qingfeng refined the eighth Harmony Qi Pill he had consumed over these days, and the breakthrough arrived!

It was like an avalanche!

It was like a tsunami!

A surge of Inner Breath swept through him, converging into a great river, rushing forward with immense power. During its rush, the Inner Breath gradually condensed into a single force, impacting the formless bottleneck.

Crack!

The bottleneck shattered in response!

His Inner Breath was like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate. After breaking through the bottleneck, it rapidly condensed. What was previously perceived as a river of Inner Breath in his senses, instantly emitted a 'hissing' sound, and amidst a swirling mist, it became as thin as a strand of hair.

Yet, this single strand of hair contained an energy far beyond Lu Qingfeng's imagination, far more powerful than his Inner Breath had been just moments before!

"Boom!"

As this strand of hair appeared, Lu Qingfeng's mind roared, followed by a wave of dizziness, and then an infinite clarity! Somewhere in his body, a valve seemed to open, and this strand of hair flowed directly into it, settling down.

Within his meridians, streams of energy circulated. They continuously passed through the strand of hair and then flowed back.

"True Qi!"

"Dantian!"

Lu Qingfeng suddenly understood.

This strand-of-hair-like energy was his Inner Breath, transformed into True Qi through extreme condensation!

The mysterious location where the True Qi resided was the human Dantian!

True Qi was born! The Dantian was opened!

"The True Qi Stage, I've made it!"

"Old Lu, congratulations!"

Lu Qingfeng was pondering in the Seven Profound Artifact Refining Room when Zhang Zong walked in, looking exhausted, and forced a smile to congratulate him.

"It's just the True Qi Stage."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head and looked at Zhang Zong.

Two months had passed since Lu Qingfeng broke through to the True Qi Stage.

More than two months ago, Mu Yuanyi's subordinate combat team had gone out on a mission.

Zhang Zong had accompanied them.

He was the only top-tier Artifact Refining Apprentice in the Yuan Yi Guild, and Mu Yuanyi and others mostly used puppets. If any of them were damaged, Zhang Zong would need to repair them on-site.

Therefore, for any important mission, Zhang Zong had to follow the team.

He didn't need to participate in the combat, so overall, it was relatively relaxed.

However, seeing Zhang Zong's tired appearance, the mission must not have been simple.

"Brother Zhang, how was it?" Lu Qingfeng saw this and couldn't help but stop what he was doing and ask.

More than two months ago, around the time Lu Qingfeng logged off before breaking through to the True Qi Stage, beast tides had begun to appear frequently within Yue Country.

The Spirit Opportunity Institute guarded one side, and nine cities, including Dusk Mountain City, were under its protection. When beast tides appeared, the Spirit Opportunity Institute had to send people to resolve them immediately.

The Yuan Yi Guild was affiliated with the Spirit Opportunity Institute's outer forces, so they naturally couldn't escape.

They had been gone for two months this time. Zhang Zong's safe return indicated victory, but the specifics of the battle were unknown!

"It's not optimistic!"

Zhang Zong's eyes were tired, and his face was a little serious. "This beast tide launched without any warning. Not only the nine great cities under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Opportunity Institute, but the entire southern border of Yue Country is in turmoil to varying degrees. There seem to be traces of the Ghost Spirit Sect behind it."

"Ghost Spirit Sect?!"

Lu Qingfeng's brows shot up.

Although he hadn't seen this sect before, he had heard many rumors about it.

Eastern Victory Continent was divided into three countries: Yue, Qian, and Jin. The righteous path declined, and the demonic path grew!

Among them, Yue Country had four sects, all built on Cloud Dream Mountain. For example, the Hundred Crafts Sect, to which the Spirit Opportunity Institute belonged, was located on Flying Immortal Peak in the western vein of Cloud Dream Mountain.

Therefore, the four sects of Yue Country were also called the Cloud Dream Four Sects, belonging to the righteous path!

As for the three sects of Qian Country and the three sects of Jin Country, they were of the demonic path, each with three sects, collectively known as the Six Demonic Sects.

The Ghost Spirit Sect was a great demonic sect among the Six Demonic Sects, located in the southeast of Qian Country.

Its comprehensive strength was no less than that of the Hundred Crafts Sect.

The Hundred Crafts Sect and the Ghost Spirit Sect were neighbors and had always had friction, but it was mostly minor skirmishes. This time, the Ghost Spirit Sect had an aggressive posture and was colluding with demon beasts. No one knew what their plan was!

"The Hundred Crafts Sect will deal with the Ghost Spirit Sect. We only need to clear out the beast tide. However, during this period, Old Lu, you and your colleagues might have to work hard. The Spirit Opportunity Institute has assigned pill refining missions, and our Yuan Yi Guild is the best at alchemy, so we have the heaviest workload," Zhang Zong said, looking at Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng nodded slightly.

In the Yuan Yi Guild, Mu Yuanyi was a first-grade alchemist, followed by Wang Tao and Yue Ran, two top alchemy apprentices, and special alchemy apprentices like Lu Qingfeng. Naturally, the alchemy missions assigned by the Spirit Opportunity Institute leaned more towards the Yuan Yi Guild.

Lu Qingfeng, as an elder in charge of a pill refining room independently within the Yuan Yi Guild, bore a considerable burden.

However, the Yuan Yi Guild had treated him well in recent years, and Lu Qingfeng had no complaints.

"Let's not talk about that for now."

"Advancement to the True Qi Stage is a great thing. I see that you, Old Lu, haven't left Yuan Yi Mountain much in recent years. This time, in Sishui Town, the major guilds have organized a small auction. Are you interested in taking a look?" Zhang Zong said with a smile to Lu Qingfeng. "Among our Yuan Yi Guild, you, Old Lu, have the most substantial fortune. This auction will be held after the beast tide. The next beast tide or battle could come at any time, and there will definitely be many good items."

The major guilds had just withdrawn from the front lines of the beast tide and needed a few days to recuperate. The auction was scheduled for three days later, and the Yuan Yi Guild would form a group to go down the mountain to Sishui Town.

The Yuan Yi Guild was also one of the initiators of this auction!

Lu Qingfeng would naturally attend such a good event!

There were still three days until the auction. Lu Qingfeng completed the alchemy missions assigned to him and the 'Black Sand Pill Refining Room' by the Yuan Yi Guild, while also taking time to cultivate and study puppet refining.

He had been attempting to refine them for the past two months.

The complexity of refining puppets far exceeded that of ordinary magic artifacts.

For example, the giant puppet controlled by Mu Yuanyi, not to mention the puppet itself, its equipment alone was a combination of several magic artifacts.

Second-grade magic artifact Serrated Sword!

Second-grade magic artifact Profound Origin Heavy Shield!

First-grade magic artifact White Bone Funeral Arrow!

In addition, there were some auxiliary magic artifacts.

Beyond these magic artifacts, there was the puppet itself.

From the overall structure, to the internal and external runes, and then to the Thousand Mechanism Stone...

It was a myriad of details.

It was already difficult for an ordinary artifact refiner to control the refining of one magic artifact, let alone the energy and mental effort required to refine a puppet, which was dozens of times that of an ordinary magic artifact!

Thanks to 'Golden Egg O Little Gold' for the 500 reward; thanks to 'Not Respecting Eggs', 'Serious Is Losing', 'Extremely Casual' for the 100 reward.

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