With the simultaneous acquisition of two Divine Soul Talents and comprehension of the True Meaning of Fire, Qi Pingâs speed in cultivation and cultivation of Spiritual Medicine received a substantial boost.
Qi Ping also seized this hard-earned opportunity, striving to enhance both his and his animal companionsâ strength.
Now able to possess this cultivation speed required great effort and a step-by-step struggle to achieve the current conditions.
Thus, Qi Ping now only wants to cherish this opportunity and quickly enhance his combat power to the second tier.
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In this state of diligence, three months passed in a flash.
During this period, Qi Ping handed over the Spirit Nectar brewed by the Big Belly Bee Brewer to Boss Gao for sale, making a profit of five thousand three hundred and sixteen Spirit Stones.
For the sake of convenience, Qi Ping returned five thousand Spirit Stones and the hammer, which still retained about ninety percent of the essence of True Meaning of Fire, to Meng Yan.
With more than half of his debt relieved, Qi Ping felt a significant reduction in psychological pressure, as the burden of such a sizable Spirit Stone debt had been unsettling.
After repaying most of the debt, Qi Ping discovered that his Dao Heart Realm had become more intense and estimated it was not far from fully forming.
However, returning the items startled Meng Yan.
It wasnât Qi Pingâs faithful repayment of the Spirit Stones and hammer that surprised Meng Yan. With his keen intuition and meticulous thoughts, Meng Yan had long assessed Qi Pingâs personality, further understanding it through Yaya and the Dao Heart. Therefore, he was not surprised by Qi Pingâs punctual repayment.
What truly shocked Meng Yan was that Qi Ping only consumed ten percent of the essence from the hammer yet comprehended the True Meaning of Fire.
Though during their last battle together, Meng Yan had clearly sensed that Qi Ping was still some distance away from comprehending the True Meaning of Fire, estimating that he would need to consume at least fifty percent of the essence to fully comprehend it.
Now Qi Ping had succeeded with only ten percent consumption!
This suggested that Qi Pingâs Comprehension Talent was even better than Meng Yan had estimated.
For Meng Yan, it was impossible not to admire how far Qi Ping had come as a Loose Cultivator.
This, however, was beneficial for Meng Yan because recently, he had an ominous feeling that someone might target him.
Due to his successive slayings of several batches of disciples from rival sects in the past six months, he had attracted increasing attention.
Now that Qi Ping had improved his cultivation and comprehended the True Meaning of Fire, his combat power would undoubtedly surge. With Qi Pingâs hidden cards, even if targeted, Meng Yan could rely on Qi Ping to break through in advance.
Recently, he had stayed away from his residence; otherwise, he might have faced an ambush.
Even Qi Ping needed a Communication Talisman to discover Meng Yanâs location.
Meng Yan specifically discussed this matter with Qi Ping, to which Qi Ping naturally expressed his full support, as long as the enemies werenât at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Qi Pingâs confident words relieved Meng Yan of much of his worry.
During this time, Sister Nan, with the help of resources from Qi Ping, had already broken through to the Sixth-Layer of Qi Refining, and was not far from the Late-stage Qi Refining.
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After returning from Meng Yanâs place, having repaid the Spirit Stones, Qi Ping couldnât help but sigh when recallingâ
The situation in the Qingtian Realm as told by Meng Yan.
In brief, as the sectsâ conflicts became more intense, some battlefields resembled meat grinders, where disciples, once revered by Loose Cultivators, perished.
While some disciples soared through such life-and-death battles, they were ultimately in the minority, with most perishing.
Meng Yan even learned that someone in the three major families of Bluestone might have been persuaded by other sects to rebel, potentially igniting chaos in Qingshi County.
Even in the future, Foundation Establishment Cultivators joining the Qingshi County battlefield wasnât ruled out.
Once turmoil in Qingshi County broke out, it would involve more than a few Foundation Establishments, hence Meng Yan advised Qi Ping to prepare well and ideally break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage beforehand.
Hearing this news, Qi Ping felt incredibly fortunate.
"Itâs a good thing that after obtaining the Yang Fire Body Talent, I didnât immediately choose to join the Cyan Origin Sect."
"Otherwise, even if not captured for experimentation by an old monster, I would likely be sent as cannon fodder to dangerous areas, considering that disciples like Meng Yan, from the Elderâs lineage, couldnât avoid it..."
In comparison, farming deep in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range was far more comfortable.
Currently, any threats here to Qi Ping were from some Qi Refining Stage cultivators, which posed no danger to him now.
This feeling of "watching the chaos in the Qingtian Realm while gaining the foundational stones of Immortal Dao cultivation" was somewhat satisfying to Qi Ping.
Indeed, for Qi Ping, evading was the kingâs path!
In the times that followed, Qi Ping didnât engage in any special activities, continuing to cultivate, cultivate Spiritual Medicine, and nurture his animal companions as before.
Only now, the urgency was even stronger.
About a month later, which was the fourth month since Qi Ping contracted the little spirit fox and Hundred Eyes Flower Demon, Qi Ping achieved perfection in both the Flame Burst Technique and Wood Flame Technique!
His cultivation was even nearing the Ninth-Layer of Qi Refining!
"Qi Refining cultivation becomes increasingly difficult towards the end. Even with sufficient resources for cultivation, it still takes a long time to break through again..."
Qi Ping didnât even remember how much Spiritual Medicine he had cultivated, only knowing that if sold, the number would be terrifying.
"No wonder so many people are stuck at the Late-stage Qi Refining, trying to break through realms with just one or two Spiritual Medicines is impossible; it requires either a pile of Spiritual Medicine or slowly grinding through."
"But finally, Iâve perfected both the Flame Burst Technique and Wood Flame Technique!"
After perfecting these two Cultivation Techniques, Qi Ping eagerly tried them out in a previously visited pile of rocks.
"Yang Fire Body... Beast Kingâs Flame... True Meaning of Fire... Flame Burst Body Technique!"
A formidable momentum rose from Qi Pingâs body, and with a terrifying roar, his figure shot out like a rocket.
Under Qi Pingâs terrifying power, the ground was blasted into deep craters and large cracks!
His speed reached the extreme, with Late-stage Qi Refining experts unable to match Qi Pingâs speed even if they tried.
After experimenting, Qi Ping was stunned by the strong effects shown by the numerous cracks and deep pits behind him.
"This is insane!"
"Overlaying the True Meaning of Fire and Beast Kingâs Flame, the Flame Burst Body Technique is ridiculously powerful!"
Itâs no wonder that Lin Qingshu could cut down a peer cultivator from a hundred meters away; having comprehended Sword Intent and learned Swordsmanship to such a profound level, how could ordinary cultivators resist?
Just like Qi Ping now, not only comprehended the True Meaning of Fire but also perfected the Flame Burst Technique, with the augmentation of the Beast Kingâs Flame, its power was incredibly terrifying!
Especially since fire attribute power is known for its explosiveness, the Flame Burst Technique fully utilized all of Qi Pingâs fire attribute power to an extreme.
"Although itâs quite a headache for the physical body..."
Feeling his body injured again, Qi Ping could only helplessly use the Healing Technique to heal his body once more.
Recently, he consumed a lot of Fire Glow Honey, significantly boosting his physical strength, but the enhancements from the Flame Burst Body Technique were evidently more terrifying.
Without a robust physical body, one wouldnât even qualify to fully unleash this technique.
"I need to think of a solution for this physical body issue, although using the Healing Technique for now isnât too problematic, just inconvenient for prolonged battles..."
"Letâs see how the perfect-level Flame Burst Net and Flame Burst Fireball perform..."