Fighting Qi Vortex

"Ding-dong!"

"The time to sign in has arrived. Would you like to sign in?"

As Hun Han stood by the window, gazing calmly at the road of the martial world while licking the lollipop in his hand, the system's voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

"Sign in!"

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations, sign-in successful. Item obtained: one box of Foundation Lollipops!"

"Damn it, another box of Foundation Lollipops. Does it really think I'm a child?" Hun Han clicked his tongue inwardly. Out of four Time Sign-ins, he had received lollipops three times.

Regardless of Hun Han's mood, the system's voice continued to ring out mechanically.

"Ding-dong!"

"Friendly system reminder: seven days remain until the next Time Sign-in."

"Seven more days. Fine, then. It's time to advance and become a Dou Zhe!"

Hun Han did not hold much hope for the next Time Sign-in reward. In his understanding, among the system's three sign-in functions, Time Sign-in gave the lowest-grade items and also the strangest ones.

Tomorrow, Hun Han would set out for the Black Corner Region to complete his third Location Sign-in mission.

With the perspective of a god, Hun Han knew all too well what kind of place the Black Corner Region was. Advancing to become a Dou Zhe would give him another measure of capital to preserve his life.

Of course, the reason Hun Han dared enter such a dangerous place with only the cultivation of a Dou Zhe was because he possessed the Primordial Sacred Body. His Primordial Sacred Body could now withstand attacks from a Dou Shi. As long as he remained careful and did not act too arrogantly, he could still survive in a place like the Black Corner Region. Besides, his soul ring also needed constant battle to temper his fleshly body.

After several days of constantly eating candy, Hun Han's cultivation had finally reached the Fighting Qi Ninth Stage.

In merely two or three days, he had risen from having no Fighting Qi at all to the Fighting Qi Ninth Stage. Even if he told others, probably no one would believe it.

Yet this was an undeniable fact.

Hun Han put away the half-licked lollipop, touched his storage ring, and flicked his finger, producing a cracked egg.

That's right, an egg.

But this egg was no ordinary egg. It was a medicinal pill Taishang Laojun had accidentally invented in his youth. Eating this egg guaranteed successful foundation breaking, allowing one to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage and enter the Qi Refining Stage. Its effect was comparable to Qi Gathering Powder.

Hun Han opened his mouth and swallowed the medicinal pill in a single bite. Immediately, a faint chill spread through his mouth. Moments later, a warm, pure energy rushed from his mouth into his body before seeping back out through his skin.

Shortly afterward, something resembling a barrier actually condensed around his body. At first glance, it looked like a golden egg. Presumably, that was where this item got its name.

Then, an incredible scene appeared.

Once the golden barrier formed, Hun Han discovered with delight that the Dou Qi in his body could no longer leak out. In other words, when he condensed his vortex later, he would not have to worry that the loss of Dou Qi would cause the compressed vortex to fail and make his cultivation regress.

Not only that, while preventing the Dou Qi within his body from leaking out, the golden barrier could also slowly gather external Dou Qi into Hun Han's body.

His Dou Qi would not leak away and would even continue increasing. Perhaps even a good-for-nothing could condense a Fighting Qi Vortex within their body.

The Dou Qi gathered from the outside seeped through Hun Han's skin and entered his meridians. Waves of intense pain made him clench his teeth involuntarily.

Hun Han took a deep breath, his ten fingers forming a strange hand seal. As the seal shifted, all the Dou Qi in his meridians was immediately drawn toward his lower abdomen, rapidly compressing inward.

To condense a Fighting Qi Vortex, he could only rely on his soul perception to compress it. As Hun Han compressed it with his will, the originally pale-white Fighting Qi began to turn milky white.

As the compression continued, the milky-white mass of air began to resist. A forceful repulsion pushed back against the guidance of Hun Han's soul perception.

The resisting force was not weak, but fortunately, Hun Han's soul had fused with another person's soul. The strength of his soul perception had already far surpassed that of an ordinary Dou Zhe. Thus, the repulsive force only held out briefly before Hun Han easily broke through it.

A soft, muffled sound rang out from Hun Han's lower abdomen. The repulsive force had vanished, replaced by a sense of abundant energy.

"Success!"

A joyful smile appeared on Hun Han's face. He gently exhaled, closed his eyes, and gradually immersed his mind within his body. At his lower abdomen was a palm-sized milky-white vortex slowly rotating. Around the vortex wrapped a layer of milky-white energy mist resembling a nebula.

Familiar with the storyline of Battle Through the Heavens, Hun Han knew that the energy within the vortex was no longer called Fighting Qi, but true Dou Qi. The two were fundamentally different.

The golden barrier around Hun Han's body did not disappear. The Dou Qi gathered from heaven and earth continued flowing into the vortex at his lower abdomen.

The next day, after washing up, Hun Han had just stepped out of the inn when the innkeeper called out to stop him.

"Young master, where are you going?"

"What, do you need something?"

"Young master, if I may ask, will you be continuing to stay at our inn?"

"No."

"In that case, please settle the room fee."

"Didn't someone settle it last night?"

"You mean the young lady you brought with you?"

"Mm." Hun Han nodded. He clearly remembered that before Ya Fei left, he had specifically told her to settle his room fee.

"Young master, you must be joking. Not only did she not settle the room fee, she also took the five-hundred-year-old ginseng from our shop."

"What?" Hun Han was stunned.

That five-hundred-year-old ginseng was worth more than a hundred Gold Coins!

"This is a note she left behind. She instructed us to give it to you if you were leaving!" The innkeeper handed Hun Han a small slip of paper.

It read: Master, you are going to a dangerous place like the Black Corner Region, and Ya Fei is terribly worried about you. You must be careful when you are away from home. Do not trust people too easily, and when you have time, come back and visit Ya Fei more often.

Hun Han looked at the note and could only smile bitterly. As the saying went, once a disciple was taught well, the first person they would strike was their master. That saying was indeed completely true.

Hun Han then took out the box of Foundation Lollipops he had received from signing in and instructed the innkeeper to deliver it to Ya Fei. Naturally, it was to be cash on delivery. Finally, he spent one Gold Coin to buy a fine horse and headed west toward the Black Corner Region.

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