Chapter 42: Breakthrough, Second Realm of the Immortal Dao

Comfortable.

In the next few days, Fei Tai'a didn't come.

This made Lu Xun feel very comfortable.

This Grand Sword Technique... could be given to Murong Wan; as for the Dark Energy... let's see if she needs it.

Lu Xun now has quite a few good things.

The Grand Sword Technique that Fei Tai'a gave him, Lu Xun glanced at it and found it very profound, extremely not simple.

Compared to that, the earth-level technique Fei Tai'a initially gave him is actually nothing much for the students of Pure North.

The grading of techniques: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, Huang; Heaven-tier is highest, Earth-tier is second.

In the outside world, earth-level techniques are precious.

But not everyone can practice them.

If one's martial and spiritual meridians aren't strong enough, cultivating a technique too high in rank will backfire.

The hundred thousand units of Dark Energy Fei Tai'a gave him, Lu Xun originally intended to give all of it to Chu Youqing.

Chu Youqing's family has currently cut off her card, trying to force her to concede.

But after thinking, Lu Xun decided to also give Murong Wan some Dark Energy.

The Murong family's situation is unstable lately; Murong Zhan's healing consumes a lot of Dark Energy, so Murong Wan might indeed need some.

Half of the vacation has passed, but Murong Wan still hasn't come to the capital.

It looks like she'll only come when school starts.

Lu Xun continued his own laid-back lifestyle.

Chu Youqing sends him a message every few days, giving an update on her situation.

She is cultivating with all her strength, aiming to reach the Second Realm before school starts, so that after the cultivation assessment at the start of term, she can receive more Dark Energy.

As for medicinal pills, spiritual materials, or other resources, they can all be exchanged for Dark Energy.

Dark Energy can be used for one's own cultivation, and it also serves as currency among cultivators.

On Xiao Bai's side, there's still nothing abnormal.

Lu Xun isn't in a hurry either; he lazes around every day, occasionally still going to attend a theory class or go to the training room just for show.

"Hahaha, Lu Xun, Brother Fan has opened a Heaven Earth Meridian."

One week later, after a heavenly-earthly phenomenon, Li Bu Fan excitedly reported the good news to Lu Xun.

He finally opened a Heaven Earth Meridian.

His Heaven Earth Meridian is called the Mysterious Yellow Martial Meridian; it's an earth-type Heaven Earth Meridian, emphasizing defense and strength.

"Lin Yan, come on, big brother lets you make the first move."

"This is of your own making."

As soon as he opened his Heaven Earth Meridian, Li Bu Fan eagerly sought out Lin Yan, wanting to fight him on the stage.

The stage is a place for inter-school sparring and exchange.

When Li Bu Fan opened his Mysterious Yellow Martial Meridian, the heavenly-earthly phenomenon's range was greater than Lin Yan's.

These days, Lin Yan has widened his Crimson Yang Meridian a bit; combined with the Crimson Yang Meridian's strong offense, he has enough confidence to defeat Li Bu Fan.

With many students watching, the two fought back and forth on the stage, quite lively.

"This guy..."

Lu Xun was also watching the match.

This fight was rather interesting; Li Bu Fan purely defended, while Lin Yan purely attacked.

After Lin Yan became exhausted, Li Bu Fan then struck, a single blow deciding the victory, knocking Lin Yan off the stage.

"Are you convinced?"

"I'm not convinced, besides being a turtle, what else can you do?"

"You can't even break Big Brother's defense, yet you're here barking like a dog."

After they finished fighting, they started a war of words.

Lin Yan is unwilling to accept defeat; he couldn't beat Lu Xun, and now he can't even beat Li Bu Fan.

"Huh, isn't that the Shoe Guy?"

"It's him."

He was feeling depressed when a female student recognized Lin Yan.

"Hahaha, so you're the Shoe Guy; are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit my slippers?"

Li Bu Fan loudly mocked.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Lin Yan exploded on the spot.

"Brother Lu, we have a lead."

The day after Li Bu Fan opened his Heaven Earth Meridian, Lu Xun suddenly received a message.

This message was sent by the dark-web assassin named Luo Dasheng.

"What do you mean?"

"The person who wants to kill you is in Rong Cheng; they likely have a history with you, knowing you often go to the Heroes' Cemetery. Recently they raised the price, increasing the bounty on you to thirty thousand Dark Energy. Be careful—this amount could tempt a Third Realm cultivator."

Thirty thousand Dark Energy!

This is not a small sum.

Third Realm cultivators could indeed be tempted, especially those who have painstakingly reached the Third Realm over time.

Li Sheng!

Luo Dasheng's words let Lu Xun be completely certain.

Whoever wants to kill him must be Li Sheng, who seized all his property.

After the other party learned he had opened the Heaven Earth Meridian, they feared Lu Xun's rise and future reckoning, so they harbored murderous intent toward him.

【Chu Youqing breaks through to the Second Realm, you gain twenty times what Chu Youqing harvested.】

Two days later, Chu Youqing broke through to the Second Realm.

Lu Xun thus received a twentyfold return.

The Immortal Dao's Second Realm is Qi Gathering; through the spirit meridian, it absorbs Dark Energy and transforms it into gaseous spiritual power.

When spiritual power is sufficient, opening a spirit mansion in the dantian allows a breakthrough to the Second Realm.

This realm is somewhat similar to Martial Dao, but the nature of power differs.

"Humm~"

As spiritual power continually increased, a vast spirit mansion was opened up inside Lu Xun's dantian.

Spiritual power continued to pour in endlessly.

Unlike Martial Dao, spiritual power is not compressed and upgraded via the spirit mansion; the spirit mansion merely stores spiritual power.

To make spiritual power more pure, Immortal Cultivation must be carried out by oneself.

At this point, having a spirit wheel makes things much simpler.

With spiritual power circulating in the spirit wheel, one can, with the aid of a minor spirit meridian, compress the spiritual power, making it purer until it becomes mist-like, semi-liquid, then liquid, finally condensing into an elixir, allowing entry into the Fifth Realm Mysterious Elixir Realm.

The first five realms of Immortal Cultivation mainly revolve around spiritual power.

For Lu Xun, this process is much simpler.

He basically doesn't need to do anything himself.

That heat flow then resolved everything on its own.

Inside his body, spiritual power continually increased; when it exceeded the spirit mansion's capacity, density began to rise.

His strength also rose continuously from the first layer of Qi Gathering, up to the second, third, fourth, fifth layers, and finally to the sixth layer of Qi Gathering before stopping.

The twentyfold return is indeed more powerful.

Murong Wan's breakthrough only brought Lu Xun to the third layer of the Qi Sea.

Chu Youqing's breakthrough, however, pushed him to the sixth layer of Qi Gathering.

Know that, whether it's Martial Dao or Immortal Dao, Lu Xun is stronger than other cultivators of the same realm.

This also means that for Lu Xun to rise a layer, he must pay more.

Moreover, each higher layer inherently demands much greater strength; yet he still reached the sixth layer of Qi Gathering, which fully demonstrates the potency of the twentyfold return.

This alone is equivalent to half a year of effort for some peerless geniuses, one or two years for ordinary geniuses, and several years of arduous training for ordinary Immortal Cultivators.

"Lu Xun, I have broken through to the Second Realm."

Chu Youqing happily made a video call.

"Congratulations."

Lu Xun sent his blessings.

"Shall we meet at Qingbei Jie tonight?"

Chu Youqing missed Lu Xun a little.

Over the past month and a half, she has been diligently cultivating.

"Good."

Perfect, Lu Xun prepared to give her the Dark Energy.