After the Wang Family affair, Chen Qing continued to devote himself to cultivation. Aside from occasionally going fishing, he spent most of his time training.
His cultivation was steadily advancing toward Gang Strength Late-stage.
That day, he was guiding the surging True Gang within his body through its circulation when he keenly sensed something unusual.
At Gang Strength Early-stage and Mid-stage, True Gang was mainly contained within the body. It was called Inner Gang, moving at one's will, turning smoothly and freely.
But upon reaching Gang Strength Late-stage or even Perfection, one had to project True Gang outward, striking enemies from afar and multiplying its power. This was Outer Gang.
To reach the realm of Outer Gang, one not only needed sufficiently vigorous True Gang, but also exquisitely precise control over it.
Chen Qing's cultivation had grown ever deeper, and he felt that he was drawing closer and closer to the threshold of Outer Gang.
Yet now, when he tried to project his True Gang, he discovered that the Five Elements True Gang which had once moved as easily as an arm or finger had become somewhat obscure and sluggish.
It was as though an invisible barrier lay between them. Even circulating it carried a heavy sensation of stagnation.
"Could it be because of those pills?"
Chen Qing wondered to himself.
He carefully inspected himself inwardly and ruled out the possibility of lingering pill effects.
"Not the pills... then what could it be?"
Chen Qing's thoughts spun rapidly, and his attention soon settled on his own physique. "Could it be the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body?"
The Qi and Blood cultivated through this Buddhist secret body-tempering art was vast and mighty, like dragons and elephants lying dormant. It had certainly strengthened his body tremendously, but could such terrifying Qi and