"Heaven and Earth Profound Qi", Third Level

"Thump!"

Ning Xiaochuan jumped into the river again, disappearing into the cold water.

Xiao Li stood on the bank, staring at the dark water surface, and snorted coldly, "Let's see how long you can stay in the water."

Although a martial artist's body is very strong, it cannot achieve a state of complete fetal breathing. In particular, a Profound Qi Ninth Level martial artist is already quite remarkable to be able to stay in the water for ten minutes.

Ning Xiaochuan's body sank to the bottom of the river, walking rapidly along the riverbed. After about ten minutes, he felt his breathing becoming increasingly difficult, his body movements becoming slower and slower, and his brain becoming more and more sluggish.

"Since my mouth can't breathe, then I'll use my Martial Heart Palace to breathe, and use my pores to breathe."

Ning Xiaochuan sat cross-legged on the riverbed, cultivating Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.

Profound Qi is everywhere.

There must be Profound Qi in the water as well.

The cultivation principle of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi is to absorb the Heaven and Earth Profound Qi and transform it into one's own Martial Dao Profound Qi.

"Boom!"

Under the immense water pressure and the pressure of life and death, Ning Xiaochuan's speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Profound Qi increased sharply by one time, reaching the third level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.

Each level increase in Heaven and Earth Profound Qi doubles the speed of absorbing Profound Qi.

The first level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi is the normal absorption speed.

The second level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi is twice the normal absorption speed.

The third level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi is four times the normal absorption speed.

The fourth level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi is eight times the normal absorption speed.

When reaching the seventh level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, it is sixty-four times the normal absorption speed.

If one cultivates Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to the seventh level, it already surpasses many top-tier cultivation manuals.

One should know that the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's number one divine canon, the Heart Furnace Divine Canon, only reaches sixty times the normal absorption speed when cultivated to the sixth level. And within the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, the number of people who can cultivate the Heart Furnace Divine Canon to the sixth level probably does not exceed five.

Moreover, Heaven and Earth Profound Qi does not only have seven levels. According to legends, someone in the Yulan Empire once cultivated Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to the eleventh level, and the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Profound Qi was more than a thousand times the normal speed of absorbing Profound Qi, and their cultivation surpassed the Earth Venerable Realm, reaching an even higher and more mysterious realm.

Of course, these are all legends.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Qi scriptures circulating in the market only have records of the cultivation methods for the first four levels.

Even the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion only has the cultivation methods for the first six levels.

The initial stages of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi are too difficult to cultivate, and there are no secret records of the subsequent cultivation methods. This is the reason why no one chooses to cultivate Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, thus turning Heaven and Earth Profound Qi into a common, worthless cultivation manual.

Reaching the third level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, Ning Xiaochuan possessed four times the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, finally able to barely maintain his physical condition. Even if he stayed at the bottom of the water for three days and three nights, he would not die from holding his breath.

Ning Xiaochuan began to impact the hidden meridians again, determined to open up the first hidden meridian in the shortest amount of time.

Even break through three hidden meridians and reach the Divine Body Realm.

Xiao Li waited on the water surface for two consecutive days, but did not see Ning Xiaochuan come out of the water, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

He also entered the riverbed three times in a row to search for Ning Xiaochuan, but did not find Ning Xiaochuan's trace.

"Could it be that he has already escaped?" Xiao Li was a little impatient, considering whether to continue guarding.

If Ning Xiaochuan had already escaped, wouldn't he be wasting time by staying here?

"Splash!"

Waves rippled across the water surface.

A huge rock slowly emerged from the water, probably weighing ten thousand pounds, but it floated to the surface like foam.

Immediately afterward, a person's hand was seen holding the boulder, walking out of the river step by step, his head also emerging from the water, followed by his entire body.

Ning Xiaochuan held a ten thousand pound boulder in one hand, walking step by step from the bottom of the river to the shore.

Xiao Li was both surprised and delighted.

The shocking thing was that a Heart Nourisher at the Profound Qi Ninth Level could actually lift a ten-thousand jin boulder with one hand; the joyful thing was that Ning Xiaochuan had finally come out of the water.

Now that he was out, he would definitely not let him escape back into the water.

"Impressive! You've actually improved again. I underestimated you before." Xiao Li stood on the bank, his palm gathering dense Profound Qi. If Ning Xiaochuan made any move to escape back into the water, he could immediately unleash his strongest attack and kill Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan sneered, took a deep breath, and the Profound Qi in his body crackled. He suddenly hurled the ten-thousand jin boulder in his hand.

Xiao Li knew that Ning Xiaochuan was not easy to deal with, and his expression became serious. He stretched out his palm, and countless Profound Qi flowed on his palm, condensing into a three-meter-long beast claw.

"Roar!"

The claws were sharp, and the scales were clearly visible.

Bang!

The claw shattered the ten-thousand jin boulder into stone powder.

This was the Martial Dao Divine Power, the 'Gluttonous Maw Claw', that was born in his body after he reached the first level of the Divine Body Realm.

Using the Martial Dao Divine Power could unleash the power of a Gluttonous Maw Claw, capable of tearing apart even steel chariots.

Just as the boulder exploded, Ning Xiaochuan rushed up, "Profound Qi Sword Sevenfold Slash!"

Ning Xiaochuan had completely opened up the first hidden meridian, forming a complete cycle. His arms erupted with powerful Profound Qi fluctuations, and with a stomp of his legs, he could jump six zhang high.

His current speed was no slower than a martial artist at the first level of the Divine Body.

The Profound Qi Sword intent surged towards Xiao Li wave after wave, almost submerging Xiao Li.

When Ning Xiaochuan slashed the sixth sword, Xiao Li's cultivation was already somewhat unable to resist, and he could only retreat.

When the seventh Profound Qi Sword was slashed out, it directly broke through Xiao Li's protective XuanGang, slashing a foot-long bloodstain on his chest, and dense blood beads gushed out.

"You can actually hurt me!" Xiao Li was furious. He was actually broken through his protective XuanGang by a Heart Nourisher at the Profound Qi Ninth Level. This was a disgrace.

"Go to hell! Gluttonous Maw Claw."

A beast roar came from Xiao Li's heart, and his body was completely wrapped in Profound Qi. His palm turned into a huge claw of a ferocious beast. The claw was even larger than Ning Xiaochuan's body, as if it could slap Ning Xiaochuan's body into bloody mud with one claw.

Ning Xiaochuan was covered in mud, his hair draped over his head like seaweed, his eyes flashed with a trace of crimson, more terrifying than the eyes of a beast, and two words squeezed out of his white teeth: "Demon Sword!"

Ning Xiaochuan stretched out his palm and bombarded the huge beast claw, and a strange red light burst out from his palm.

"Boom!"

The water around Ning Xiaochuan's body was shaken by the powerful Profound Qi fluctuations, and it exploded directly. I don't know how many aquatic creatures were shocked to death.

Inside Ning Xiaochuan's Martial Heart Palace, the Demon Sword was ringing frantically. Traces of scarlet airflow flowed directly from the hidden meridian to his arm, sucking on Xiao Li's palm, which had turned into a huge claw print.

Xiao Li originally thought that his claw could put Ning Xiaochuan to death, but he did not expect that a domineering force would emerge from Ning Xiaochuan's palm, absorbing the blood in his body.

Blood flowed out of the palm of his hand at a rapid speed.

Xiao Li's face changed drastically, "You... you... you have cultivated demonic art... demonic art..."

Ning Xiaochuan said coldly: "I will use your blood to help me break through to the Divine Body Realm!"

Ning Xiaochuan used the blood in Xiao Li's body to start impacting the second hidden meridian - connecting the Martial Heart Palace to the internal organs, and even the most important symbol of a man, were connected in this hidden meridian.

Profound Qi was constantly expanding in his body!

Xiao Li's eyes widened, watching his arm become shriveled, and the skin of his arm became scorched black.

"No, no, I'm not reconciled..."

Xiao Li let out a roar, and at the same time, a beast-like howl came from his Martial Heart Palace! A look of determination flashed in his eyes, and he slapped his chest with a palm, knocking himself away.

Finally escaped from Ning Xiaochuan's hands, his body fell heavily on the ground, and he kept coughing up blood.

He looked at his right arm and shouted in horror. This arm was completely useless, and it was severely withered, like the hand of a dry corpse in a tomb. Even he felt scared and horrified after seeing it!

Ning Xiaochuan circulated his hands, and his internal organs were wrapped in Profound Qi, and the Profound Qi in his body increased by a large amount.

He had completely opened up the second hidden meridian, and blood could flow eight cycles in his body within a minute.

With his current Profound Qi cultivation, he could completely unleash the "Profound Qi Sword Eightfold Slash".

Now, he only needed the last hidden meridian, and he could step into the Divine Body Realm.

Although he hasn't stepped into the Divine Body Realm yet, he is now standing at the peak of the Profound Qi Realm. If he were to unleash the Profound Qi Sword Eightfold Slash, he would be invincible below the Divine Body Realm.

Those geniuses from the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, such as Ning Hengqing and Ning Meier, are no match for him now. He can suppress them with ease.

Ning Xiaochuan stared at Xiao Li, who was lying on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you want to kill me? Now, do you still think you can kill me?"

"It's just that I was too careless, otherwise you would have died long ago. In terms of cultivation, you are far behind." Xiao Li was not convinced, his eyes filled with deep coldness.

He is a martial artist of the Divine Body Realm, enough to look down upon these ants of the Profound Qi Realm. How could he be defeated by him?

This is absolutely impossible! Ning Xiaochuan said, "Is that so? Then stand up, let's fight again, let's see who is stronger?"

The blood in Xiao Li's body has been severely lost, and it cannot be recovered in a short time, so naturally he cannot be Ning Xiaochuan's opponent.

He suddenly got up from the ground, and then quickly fled into the forest, his hatred for Ning Xiaochuan in his heart became even stronger, vowing that once his injury healed, he would definitely cut Ning Xiaochuan into pieces.

"Escape? Can you escape?"

Ning Xiaochuan circulated all his Profound Qi to his legs, his steps as fast as the wind, and he quickly chased after him.

So-called, the tables have turned.

Two days ago, Xiao Li forced Ning Xiaochuan to the brink of death, but two days later, the person who was running for his life became him.