Body Transformation, Nourishing Yuan Realm Third Layer

The Qingxiao Sect was attacked by the Seven Peaks Alliance, and Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng were severely injured!

This news landed like a bombshell within the Qingxiao Sect, startling all the disciples as they gathered in the courtyard, discussing the earlier battle at the foot of the mountain in hushed tones, not daring to disturb those inside the house.

Inside the house.

Li Sifeng lay on the bed, with Jiang Zhaoxia sitting cross-legged at his feet. Li Qingqiu stood by the bedside, applying the Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle to Li Sifeng.

He had obtained a set of needles from the tailor—not true medicinal needles, but barely serviceable.

Li Sifeng's condition was grim: multiple rib fractures, a disfigured face, several teeth knocked out, and he was now unconscious.

Fortunately, he wasn't crippled; Li Qingqiu's Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle couldn't heal disabilities.

Zhang Yuchun, Li Dongyue, Wu Man'er, Li Sijin, and Yang Jueding stood behind, tense and worried as they watched Li Qingqiu treat Li Sifeng.

Xu Ning sat cross-legged on a stool in the corner, circulating her energy to regulate her internal qi and blood.

The room was silent; no one dared disturb Li Qingqiu. Their hearts were heavy, afraid Li Sifeng wouldn't pull through.

Li Qingqiu withdrew his hands, leaving three needles in Li Sifeng's chest. He spoke: "Alright, Sifeng is out of danger. We just need to wait for him to wake up."

At these words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Jueding turned to look at Jiang Zhaoxia and asked, "How many people did the Seven Peaks Alliance send? Who was leading them?"

Jiang Zhaoxia opened his eyes and replied, "Several hundred, all skilled. The leader was a formidable martial artist—gave me plenty of trouble. In the end, he escaped. Before leaving, he said this wasn't over. I don't know his name."

"By the way, if Xu Ning hadn't arrived in time, I might have died."

Xu Ning?

Everyone turned to look at the ten-year-old Xu Ning, expressions stunned.

Xu Ning didn't open her eyes, focused on herself.

Could she really be a peerless genius?

Yang Jueding's heart trembled, realizing he had misjudged again. But he didn't dwell on it; his face grew solemn as he spoke: "The Seven Peaks Alliance is a major faction in the Guzhou Martial Arts World. If they attack us with full force, we'll struggle to hold them off. They have up to three thousand disciples and countless experts. This time, we're truly in trouble."

Three thousand!

Everyone was shocked. Just a few hundred had nearly cost Jiang Zhaoxia his life. How could they withstand three thousand?

Li Qingqiu spoke: "Let them rest first. It'll take time for those guys to return to the Seven Peaks Alliance. At least for the next half month, we can be at ease."

His tone was calm, his face betraying no emotion, but inside, a storm was raging—his heart couldn't settle.

With that, Li Qingqiu turned and walked toward the door, the others following.

Outside, Zhang Yuchun began dispersing the disciples, telling them to go back to their tasks, while Yang Jueding caught up with Li Qingqiu.

"What are you thinking about this?" Yang Jueding walked beside Li Qingqiu, asking in a low voice.

Li Qingqiu replied, "I haven't figured it out yet, but this can't be let go."

Hearing his answer, Yang Jueding sighed. "This is the martial world. Even if you don't provoke others, they'll come looking for trouble. You're still too young. If it's too much, find another place to lie low, and come back in a few years to reclaim your territory."

Li Qingqiu stopped, glancing at Yang Jueding. His gaze made Yang Jueding feel a pang of unease.

"Precisely because we're young, I don't want to back down."

Li Qingqiu left these words and walked toward the mountain gate. Yang Jueding halted, watching him with a complicated expression.

Leaving the mountain gate, Li Qingqiu headed straight for the underground Spirit Lake, even as night was about to fall.

He walked faster and faster, quickly vanishing into the darkness.

From the day he became the Qingxiao Sect's Sect Master, Li Qingqiu had anticipated all kinds of trouble. He hoped the sect could develop quietly, delaying problems as long as possible.

But fate didn't cooperate.

He could avoid trouble, but when it came, he wouldn't flinch.

The Seven Peaks Alliance had come after the Qingxiao Sect twice. In Li Qingqiu's heart, they were already mortal enemies, irreconcilable.

Come up with a plan to counter their next attack?

No!

He couldn't wait!

Tonight, Li Qingqiu would draw his second Fate. He planned to test a theory he'd had before—whether he could forcibly push his cultivation to the Nourishing Yuan Realm Third Layer.

Half an hour later, Li Qingqiu entered the underground Spirit Lake. After confirming no beasts or outsiders had intruded, he summoned the Legacy System and drew Xu Ning's Fate.

For now, Xu Ning's Fate was the strongest. If he took on another disciple, who knew how long it would take to find someone stronger than her?

Besides, Xu Ning's cultivation speed was actually slightly faster than Jiang Zhaoxia's—it was just that Jiang Zhaoxia's sword talent was better suited for combat.

After selecting the Fate, Li Qingqiu was once again pulled into a mysterious state, as if entering a dream.

Spiritual energy began to surge through this underground space, converging on Li Qingqiu, gradually forming a vortex around him.

If the Innate Sword Maniac was a transformation of comprehension, then the Heavenly Thunder Spirit Root was a tempering of the physical body.

Before Xu Ning started cultivating immortality, her physique was already extraordinary. Barely ten years old, she could endure hunger and walk a hundred li without stopping—how astonishing.

Without surprises, Xu Ning would surpass the others, becoming the third person after Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Qingqiu to step into the Yangyuan Realm Second Layer.

Li Qingqiu's consciousness was in chaos, as if he were floating amidst clouds, facing a vast heavenly thunder that was both terrifying and seemed to guide him.

Boom—

The night sky shrouding the Tai Kun Mountain Range rumbled with thunder, as if the heavens themselves were rebuking the slaughter among mortals.

Jiang Zhaoxia opened his eyes and looked out the window. The night had darkened, and Li Dongyue and Xu Ning had already returned to the female disciples' quarters.

"Third Junior Uncle, is there anything we can do?"

Huang Shan, lying on another bed, asked. The other second-generation disciples also turned their gazes to Jiang Zhaoxia.

Li Sifeng was severely injured and unconscious, and even the strongest, Jiang Zhaoxia, was still recovering from his wounds. The Qingxiao Sect had fallen into an unprecedented gloom. Though the Qingxiao Seven Sons were also frightened, they didn't want to just stand by and watch; they wanted to do something for their sect.

Wu Man'er, sitting beside Li Sifeng, said in a low voice, "Third Senior Brother, I want to avenge Sixth Junior Brother."

Although Wu Man'er hadn't had a chance to act yet, everyone could feel his strength surging forward. Even just sitting there, he looked like a fierce bear, his muscles nearly bursting through his sect robes.

Zhang Yuchun lay on his bed, facing away from everyone, his brow deeply furrowed as if lost in thought.

Jiang Zhaoxia withdrew his gaze, swept his eyes over the disciples, and said irritably, "What are you all thinking? You're still young. Focus on training hard. There's no need for you yet. Besides, I've already sent the enemy fleeing in panic. They won't dare come again."

Seeing that Jiang Zhaoxia was still arrogant and spoke boldly, the disciples instead felt relieved. At this critical moment, they actually found some comfort in Jiang Zhaoxia's arrogance.

The disciples began asking about today's battle at the foot of the mountain. Having calmed down, Jiang Zhaoxia didn't hide anything and calmly recounted the great fight he had experienced.

He thought of Xu Ning, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly surged within him.

He had actually Misjudged her. That girl possessed talent no less than his own. The Eldest Senior Brother was truly formidable.

Beside the underground Spirit Lake, a silver-blue glow illuminated Li Qingqiu's face. He slowly opened his eyes, and faint traces of lightning flickered within them, lending his features an added touch of divinity.

After opening his eyes, Li Qingqiu quickly regained control of his physical body.

"Hm?"

Li Qingqiu let out a surprised sound, a look of delight spreading across his face.

He had directly reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Third Layer!

Not only that, his physical strength had also increased considerably, giving him a feeling of Bone-Shedding and Marrow-Changing.

He had originally planned to use the Spirit Stones embedded in the cave wall to break through. When he had come here to cultivate before, he sensed that those crystals contained rich spiritual energy that could be absorbed into the body. However, the quantity was too great and could easily damage the meridians, so he hadn't attempted it and had forbidden his junior brothers and sisters from taking them without permission.

If these Spirit Stones could help cultivators train, their usefulness would be immense, especially for a newly rising cultivation sect.

Li Qingqiu carefully sensed the Origin Energy within his body. He found that not only had his Origin Energy increased several times over, but its very essence had also changed.

Lightning attribute!

Cultivation techniques were divided by attributes, and the Taiqing Primordial Scripture he had obtained encompassed all attributes. It could even be called a collective version of the five elements, allowing cultivators with different Spiritual Root Aptitudes to train in it and then develop their own path based on this foundation.

Just like now, Li Qingqiu's Origin Energy had become Lightning attribute, containing a domineering thunderous might.

From now on, when his Origin Energy struck an enemy, it would carry lightning damage as well.

He felt that his Origin Energy had become far more lethal. No wonder he had sensed something off about Xu Ning's Origin Energy when he was teaching her before.

The spiritual energy around him had not yet dissipated, which made him think of a certain possibility.

"Fates related to the body can opportunely raise my realm?"

This speculation made Li Qingqiu look forward to this type of Fate even more.

He stood up, walked to the cave wall, took down a Spirit Stone, tucked it into his robe, and then left the underground Spirit Lake.

He had originally planned to use the Spirit Stones in the underground Spirit Lake to forcibly break through to the Nourishing Yuan Realm Third Layer. Now that he had already achieved it, there was no need to take the risk.

His body was now brimming with Origin Energy, and he didn't even need to recuperate.

He was ready to act immediately and catch the Seven Peaks Alliance off guard!

Half an hour later.

Li Qingqiu returned to the Qingxiao Sect and woke Yang Jueding.

At this moment, the rain was torrential, and thunder rumbled in waves.

Yang Jueding opened the door and saw Li Qingqiu, drenched all over. He asked in surprise, "Where did you go?"

Li Qingqiu stared at him and asked, "Do you know how to get to the Seven Peaks Alliance?"

Yang Jueding replied, "Of course I do. I've been there as a guest. What do you want to do?"

"Pack up and come down the mountain with me."

Li Qingqiu left these words and turned around, leaving Yang Jueding standing there stunned.

He arrived at the courtyard where he lived and knocked on the door of the room where his junior brothers stayed. Soon, Zhang Yuchun opened the door.

"Yuchun, I'm going to take Yang Jueding down the mountain to patrol the Tai Kun Mountain Range, just in case the Seven Peaks Alliance people haven't left yet. For the next few days, keep the disciples from straying too far from the sect. Wait for us to return." Li Qingqiu showed a smile and gave his instructions.

Zhang Yuchun frowned and asked, "Senior Brother, with such heavy rain, why not wait until tomorrow to go down the mountain?"

Li Qingqiu waved his hand and said, "A rainy night is precisely the best time to move."

With that, he turned and walked toward his own house. Zhang Yuchun opened his mouth as if to speak, but ultimately chose to trust Li Qingqiu and closed the door.

A little while later.

Yang Jueding, wearing a straw rain cape, waited for Li Qingqiu at the mountain gate. Li Qingqiu also donned a straw cape, with the Heavenly Rainbow Sword that his Master had left him hanging at his waist.

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