Three Gates

"Have you heard? Junior Brother Tang became a personal disciple!"

"A personal disciple? So Junior Brother Tang really has Superior Bone Aptitude?!"

"No mistake about it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been accepted directly as a personal disciple!"

Within White Ape Martial Hall, news of Tang Mu's promotion to personal disciple quickly spread, immediately stirring up widespread discussion.

"I also heard that Senior Brother Tang can enter the True Martial Realm within a month!"

"Enter the True Martial Realm in one month? That can't be possible, can it?"

"Exactly. Even Superior Bone Aptitude can't be that terrifying!"

"Don't you dare doubt it. Senior Sister Zhou said it herself."

"Hiss! Just what kind of monster is he..."

Once Zhou Yuqing's remarks spread, the martial hall disciples became even more uproarious.

Entering the True Martial Realm in just one month—such talent was terrifyingly powerful.

One had to know that among the Outer Courtyard disciples, eighty or ninety percent would never enter the True Martial Realm in their entire lives.

From that alone, one could see just how earthshaking Superior Bone Aptitude was.

"Whoosh!"

In a corner of the martial hall, Jiang Chen, as always, shut out the noise around him and meditated quietly.

Absolute focus was an important ability he had tempered in his previous life.

It could even be said that this counted as a kind of talent.

With the medicinal power of the high-quality Aperture Breaking Pill assisting him, the turtle shell around the First Aperture was steadily being worn away.

Judging by the progress, just as he had expected, he would break through the aperture in seven days.

And so, amid the clamorous discussions, four days passed.

At noon, in the dining hall.

"Jiang Chen, why haven't you gone to the Practice Field these past few days?"

Just as Jiang Chen had collected his food and sat down, Luo Yang came over and asked curiously.

The Jiang Chen of the past had been famously obsessive.

He got up earlier than chickens and slept later than dogs, like an indestructible cockroach that could never be worked to death.

Yet during this period, Jiang Chen's figure had been completely absent from the Practice Field.

If he had not run into him in the dining hall, Luo Yang would have suspected that Jiang Chen had gone home.

"Something came up."

Jiang Chen smiled and did not mention cultivating the breathing method.

Over the half year since joining the martial hall, Luo Yang had never once slackened, yet he was still at the Second Qi and Blood Gate.

As for Jiang Chen, despite wasting so much time, he had overtaken him from behind and was about to enter the Three Qi and Blood Gates.

If Luo Yang learned of it, he would probably suffer a severe blow.

"Oh, right. Have you heard? Senior Brother Tang has already reached the Second Qi and Blood Gate."

While chatting, Luo Yang brought up Tang Mu again.

Recently, no one in the martial hall had been more in the limelight than Tang Mu.

The uproar around him even overshadowed the Martial Exam at the end of the year.

"Three days to condense Blood Qi, four days to enter the Second Qi and Blood Gate..."

Jiang Chen's expression shifted slightly.

It seemed the rumors from the Inner Courtyard were true.

With Tang Mu's talent, he could enter the Three Qi and Blood Gates in half a month and break into the True Martial Realm in one month.

Honestly, the talent of Superior Bone Aptitude was truly enviable.

Without the Myriad Dao Chart's assistance, Jiang Chen probably would not even have the qualifications to look up at Tang Mu's back.

"I also heard some news related to your family."

Luo Yang continued.

"Related to my family? What is it?"

Jiang Chen asked.

Could the Green Wolf Gang be making another move?

"Ever since Senior Brother Tang became a personal disciple, Jiang Xuan returned to the Jiang Clan. According to the Inner Courtyard disciples' guesses, Jiang Xuan is preparing to break into the True Martial Realm."

It had to be said that Luo Yang's information network was genuinely impressive.

"Jiang Xuan? The True Martial Realm? Heh, looks like he was stimulated."

Hearing that it was about Jiang Xuan, Jiang Chen relaxed.

He did not care much about Jiang Xuan.

Although Medium Bone Aptitude was not bad, it was no longer worth his notice.

This was not arrogance. It was fact!

Jiang Xuan had needed four or five months just to cultivate to the peak of the Three Qi and Blood Gates.

But Jiang Chen had begun charging toward the Three Qi and Blood Gates after only a little over a month.

To put it bluntly, his overall talent had already surpassed Jiang Xuan's.

"Cultivate."

After lunch, Jiang Chen did not waste any time and sat cross-legged in meditation once more.

The martial Blood Qi fused with the Aperture Breaking Pill continuously wore away at the barrier.

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

Boom!

Late that night, Jiang Chen, who had been sitting like an old monk in meditation, suddenly shuddered from head to toe.

Immediately afterward, an incomparably powerful wave of Blood Qi surged forth within him.

"I broke through!"

Jiang Chen opened his eyes and awoke from meditation, his gaze bright as stars.

[Myriad Dao Chart]

[Dao Master: Jiang Chen]

[Cultivation Method: White Ape Breathing Method · Perfection]

[Cultivation: Three Qi and Blood Gates · First Aperture 0%]

[Martial Arts: Stone Moving Method · Perfection]

[Talent: Soul Seal · First Rank (7/10)]

[Origin Source: 0 points]

On the Myriad Dao Chart, the cultivation entry had changed to Three Qi and Blood Gates.

"So this is Innate Qi."

With his consciousness turned inward, Jiang Chen could clearly see pure, flawless Innate Pure Qi emerging from the First Aperture and merging with his martial Blood Qi.

Its purity was far beyond anything Five Viscera Essence or Primordial Energy could compare to.

As the Innate Qi fused with it, his martial Blood Qi began its second transformation.

When he had reached the Second Qi and Blood Gate and fused with Five Viscera Essence, his martial Blood Qi had expelled impurities.

Now, fusing with Innate Pure Qi elevated the purity of his martial Blood Qi to another level, gradually bringing it into a state of innate flawlessness.

"This aura... why does it resemble the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

Jiang Chen caught a familiar trace of aura within the transformed martial Blood Qi.

It was extremely similar to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth he had absorbed deep within mountain ranges and Earth Veins in his previous life.

So when Primordial Pure Qi fused into martial Blood Qi, it transformed into Innate Spiritual Qi?

It had to be said that this world's martial arts system was truly profound and unfathomable.

[Cultivation +1]

Driven by the breathing method, Primordial Pure Qi continuously merged into his martial Blood Qi, while a line of illusory text drifted across the Myriad Dao Chart.

[Cultivation: Three Qi and Blood Gates · First Aperture 1%]

Immediately afterward, the cultivation entry increased.

"Senior Brother Sun was right. Once one successfully breaks through the apertures of the Three Qi and Blood Gates, cultivation becomes effortless."

During the First Qi and Blood Gate and Second Qi and Blood Gate, he had needed to exert tremendous effort just to make any progress.

But at the Three Qi and Blood Gates, all he needed to do was easily fuse energy. This was much easier than the first two gates.

[Cultivation +1]

Before long, another line of illusory text floated past.

"At this rate, I can completely refine the Innate Pure Qi within a day."

Jiang Chen was in high spirits.

Seven days to break through the aperture, one day to refine it.

That meant he could cross the First Aperture in just eight days.

In other words, in less than two months, he could reach the peak of the Three Qi and Blood Gates.

This cultivation speed was far faster than Jiang Xuan, in whom the Jiang Clan had placed such high hopes.

More importantly, he would have more than three ample months to prepare for the True Martial Realm.

Before the Martial Exam, entering the True Martial First Layer was already as certain as a nail hammered into a board.

If luck favored him, he might even have a chance to glimpse the True Martial Second Layer.

This was not wild fantasy.

For him, as long as the medicinal energy could keep up, anything was possible.

Amid silent, bitter cultivation, the eastern horizon gradually began to pale.

"Whoosh!"

When the morning light broke through the dawn, Jiang Chen, who had sat in meditation for half the night, slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.

[Cultivation: Three Qi and Blood Gates · First Aperture 30%]

On the Myriad Dao Chart, the First Aperture's progress had already approached one-third.

"Let's test the power."

Arriving at the Practice Field, Jiang Chen walked before an Iron Wood Stake, curled his five fingers into a fist, and struck out rapidly.

With a clang.

A clearly visible fist mark appeared on the Iron Wood Stake.

"Seven hundred pounds of force!"

Seeing that fist mark, the light in Jiang Chen's eyes grew even brighter.

After fusing with Primordial Pure Qi, his martial Blood Qi had transformed once more.

What followed was a comprehensive enhancement of his strength, speed, defense, reactions, and more.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Jiang Chen then performed a set of punches on the Practice Field.

The fist winds boomed in his ears, and the fist force was fierce and sharp.

This was the Ancient Martial Fist from his previous life. Every move was lethal, brutal to the extreme.

He was practicing this fist technique now to become familiar with his transformed martial Blood Qi.

The same principle still applied.

A martial artist's combat strength depended on how proficiently they controlled their martial Blood Qi.

"It's time to find Senior Brother Sun."

After roughly half an hour, Jiang Chen, steam rising from his body, withdrew his fists and straightened.

At this hour, Sun Wu should already have arrived at the martial hall.

After simply washing up and changing clothes, he quickly headed to the Inner Courtyard.

"Senior Brother Sun."

Sure enough, the ever-dutiful Sun Wu had arrived at the martial hall early.

"Junior Brother Jiang? Why are you looking for me so early in the morning? Don't tell me you broke through an aperture?"

Seeing Jiang Chen arrive, Sun Wu said with a smile.

Naturally, he was joking.

After all, Jiang Chen had only bought a high-quality Aperture Breaking Pill from the Ghost Market a few days ago.

With Jiang Chen's Ordinary Bone Aptitude, there was no way he could have broken through an aperture so quickly.