Dantian Born Anew Once More

Am I, Nie Yun, really going to be suffocated to death in this pool by two Tiger-head Beasts?

Seated atop a rock at the bottom of the pool, Nie Yun was utterly frustrated.

More than twenty minutes had passed since he entered the pool. The true qi in his body was clearly beginning to run dry. If he did not think of something soon, those two Tiger-head Beasts really would suffocate him to death!

A dignified reincarnator, an old monster who had lived for centuries, reduced to this state by two demonic beasts blocking him underwater—the frustration in his heart was beyond imagining.

Should I use the power within the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone to cultivate the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique first? Once I reach mastery of the second level, I won't need to fear those two hulking beasts!

After thinking it over, this was the only path left to Nie Yun.

He had considered it before, but even cultivating with the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone would take at least three or four days to bring the second level of the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique to mastery. He could not possibly stay underwater for three or four days!

He took the backpack out of his Storage Dantian again, unfastened it, and gave it a casual shake, intending to shake out the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone inside. They were underwater anyway, so it would not break from falling.

Splash!

Before the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone came out, something else stirred up a spray of water and landed on the rock beneath him. With a pfft, it stabbed fiercely into the stone, sinking in more than halfway.

"Hm?"

Nie Yun froze at the sight before him.

The rock beneath him was Azure Steel Rock, even harder than granite. Even if one stabbed it with a Noble Grade weapon, it would at most leave a white mark; splitting it apart would be difficult! Yet this thing had merely slipped from the backpack and pierced into it with ease. How could there be something so sharp?

Filled with doubt, he reached out and casually pulled the object from the Azure Steel Rock. The moment he saw it, his eyes lit up!

It was a dagger gleaming with a cold light!

The dagger was only seven or eight inches long, its chill piercing to the bone. One look was enough to tell that it was incomparably sharp, able to slice a hair blown against its edge!

He casually drew the dagger across the Azure Steel Rock beneath him. Riiip! The incomparably hard rock was like tofu in his hand; he felt no resistance whatsoever!

"This..."

It was far too sharp!

Could it be an Emperor Grade weapon specialized in sharpness?

Nie Yun had possessed an Emperor Grade weapon in his previous life as well, but it had not specialized in sharpness. He could not determine this dagger's grade, yet judging by the aura it emitted and how it felt in his hand, this thing seemed like an ordinary item. Forget Emperor Grade—it probably did not even qualify as Noble Grade Lower!

It felt like an ordinary weapon, yet it could effortlessly cut apart Azure Steel Rock, famed for its hardness. Was that not far too bizarre?

Could my senses be wrong?

Such a sharp dagger could not possibly have no grade at all. Nie Yun scratched his head, circulated his dantian, and slowly sent the true qi within his body flowing into the dagger.

This method of probing a weapon with true qi was what Nie Yun had been best at in his previous life. So long as true qi entered a weapon, whether it had acknowledged an owner or not, he could immediately determine its exact grade.

"Hm? This... this..."

The instant his true qi entered the dagger, a glimmer of excitement flashed from Nie Yun's eyes. He was so thrilled that he nearly jumped up!

"The Nameless Art actually... actually... moved again!"

The moment his true qi entered the dagger, the Nameless Art that had lain dormant within his body actually pulsed slowly once more, just like when he had held the flowerpot last time!

The Nameless Art was like an engine lacking gasoline. No matter how he tried to circulate it, it would not move. Last time, it had moved because of the special writing on the pot. This time, the dagger seemed to have nothing on it. Could the dagger itself make the Nameless Art move, apart from writing?

Thinking of this, Nie Yun could not help shaking his head.

That definitely was not it. There had to be something he had yet to discover!

"No matter what it is, judging by the current situation, this dagger contains something that can make my Nameless Art circulate. Once it circulates, it can produce another dantian. I currently have three dantians; if I can reach four, my strength will surely soar by leaps and bounds!"

Three dantians meant Noble Grade upper rank, while four dantians meant Marquis bloodline. Though they differed by only one dantian, the gap between them was as vast as heaven and earth!

If he possessed Marquis bloodline, even if it were only lower rank, his cultivation speed would nearly double. Under such circumstances, he would not need even a month to successfully enter the late stage of the fourth level of the Qi Sea Realm and begin challenging the fifth level, the Body Egress Realm!

But if he cultivated normally now, it would be difficult to achieve that in less than half a year.

"That flowerpot was originally extraordinary, but after I absorbed it with the Nameless Art, it became worthless. This dagger also seems extremely extraordinary now. Could it lose its effect after I absorb it as well?"

A thought stirred in his heart as Nie Yun suddenly realized a problem that could not be ignored.

That flowerpot had previously been able to grow thousand-year Beardless Grass, but after he absorbed that special power, it had become worthless and lost its effect.

This dagger's sharpness was now unmatched in the world. Would it also become worthless after he absorbed its power?

"Judging by this dagger's sharpness, it could increase my combat strength by at least fifty percent. Even against someone in the early stage of the Astral Qi Realm, I would have nothing to fear! But if I absorbed its special energy to create another dantian, my bloodline would improve and my cultivation speed would become faster..."

One could increase his combat strength, while the other could increase his talent. Nie Yun once again fell into a dilemma.

"Forget it. My own strength is what matters most. All external things are useless!"

Suddenly, enlightenment dawned in Nie Yun's heart.

No matter when it was, external things were useless. Strength was what mattered most. If he had to choose between an external object and talent, then naturally he should choose talent!

Holding the dagger in his palm, Nie Yun focused his mind and began absorbing the special energy contained within it.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Just as when he held the flowerpot last time, a special, profound power instantly surged along his arm and into his body. Fed by this power, the dormant Nameless Art began circulating again with a crack! crack!

Rumble!

The instant the Nameless Art began to rotate, his Qi Sea, like a stagnant pool, suddenly started trembling violently.

"This is... what's happening?"

The previous two times the Nameless Art had circulated and produced Bloodline Factors, his Qi Sea had shown no reaction. Yet this time, it churned without end. What was going on? Could the art have gone wrong?

No, it was circulating correctly!

After considering it, Nie Yun could find nothing wrong with the art. He stopped overthinking, steadied his heart, and crazily absorbed the special energy within the dagger to supply the Nameless Art.

Splash!

At last, after churning for a long while, his Qi Sea suddenly expanded by an entire circle, as though heaven and earth had just been split apart.

A person's Qi Sea was completely fixed from birth, yet the circulation of the Nameless Art could actually enlarge it. If word got out, it would frighten people to death on the spot!

But to Nie Yun, if the Nameless Art could produce Bloodline Factors, what could it not achieve? Though he was shocked, he was not overly surprised.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Before long, Nie Yun absorbed every last trace of the dagger's special energy. The Nameless Art had reached the limit of its circulation, and immediately afterward, a series of crisp sounds of Bloodline Factors forming rang out from within his Qi Sea.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Amid the successive crisp sounds, the Bloodline Factors within his body actually produced...

Four!

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