"Heh, it looks like I'll have to be better prepared next time I break through." Ling Tian still felt a lingering fear. He knew that failing to force a breakthrough could have serious aftereffects. At best, his cultivation would regress; at worst, he could go into qi deviation.
"Hehe, Big Brother Ling Tian, how do you feel?" Hua Min'er asked with a smile.
Ling Tian carefully examined how he felt for a while, then his face lit up with delight. "I feel great! My power feels so much stronger. I reckon I can already release energy outside my body."
"Then give it a try. I could only release energy externally when I was at the fifth layer of Qi Condensation." Hua Min'er was very surprised to hear that, and hurriedly urged him to try.
Ling Tian said nothing. He held out a finger and focused his thoughts, gathering energy at his fingertip.
"Pfft!"
With a soft sound, half an inch of golden energy emerged from Ling Tian's fingertip. It was only a little, but it felt incredibly powerful. At a thought, the energy vanished again. In that brief moment, he felt that he had used up more than one percent of his energy.
"Oh? You really can release energy externally. It seems you have more energy in your body at the first layer of Qi Condensation than I did." Hua Min'er's voice carried a hint of envy.
"Heh, I reckon this is why Master said that Buddha cultivators are stronger than Dao and demonic cultivators at the same cultivation level." Ling Tian was a little excited.
"Wah, Big Brother Ling Tian, I want to practice your cultivation technique too," Hua Min'er pleaded.
"Uh, I don't think that'll work. You've already practiced the Qing Ling Sword Canon. Are you willing to