Chapter 195

In an instant, his arm broke into several sections, and white bone protruded from his shoulder.

"Pfft!"

Counter-flowing blood sprayed from his mouth, knocking off the mask on his face, revealing a young but sinister face.

"Ah... Senior Brother, spare me!"

The screams spread out; he roared, his face full of fear and pleading. With this level of combat power, he feared that even Qi Refining into Gang Qi would be no more than this.

He had never imagined that his Qi Gathering Perfection cultivation would be so devastatingly crushed by someone at the same realm, as if he were not facing a Qi Gathering martial artist, but an expert who had already achieved Qi Refining into Gang Qi.

However, the response to him was a fist wrapped in powerful strength, thrusting like a great spear. Before the fist arrived, the wind had already made him feel somewhat suffocated.

"Crack!"

Xu Yang's second punch slammed into his throat. With a crack, bone fragments flew out from the back of his head, and his head, under the effect of inertia, folded over and slammed heavily onto his arm.

The wind whistled, and the corpse flew backward, hitting a tree before stopping, causing a flurry of fallen leaves for a time.

Xu Yang strode over and bent down to search, soon finding a few banknotes, a medicine bottle, five contribution points, and an identity token.

This person was actually a Profound Heaven Sect disciple; he had thought he was a martial artist from Qingyun City.

Except for the identity token, Xu Yang put away everything else.

Then he lifted his foot and stomped the arm and neck into a pulp to cover up the traces of the Raging Waves Fist's force.

After doing this, he used the Flying Swallow Skill and flew up like a large bird, disappearing after a few leaps.

"So ruthless!"

A while later, several figures landed here. Seeing the neck and arm stomped into pulp, these people all gasped.

"I can't tell what martial art was used to kill him, but looking at this person's physique, he should only be at Qi Gathering Perfection. The one who killed him must be a Marrow Cleansing expert; otherwise, it would be impossible to kill him so devastatingly."

Someone stepped forward to inspect and found that nothing could be seen; the traces of the martial art had been completely erased.

"Truly blind; a Qi Gathering martial artist trying to ambush a Marrow Cleansing expert. How unlucky must one be to run into a Marrow Cleansing expert who likes to play the pig to eat the tiger," someone remarked with wonder.

"This person is too ruthless; he has no demeanor of a Marrow Cleansing expert at all. A lesson would have sufficed; why kill a fellow disciple?" someone said coldly.

"Fart, the other party already tried to rob and kill you, and you still talk about fellow disciples? If the cultivation was insufficient, would the dead person talk about fellow disciple affection with him?"

Soon, these people started arguing over the issue of whether to kill or not.

Xu Yang knew nothing of what happened afterward. He arrived at the mountain gate, removed his disguise, shook the blood off his hands, and after showing his identity token, he easily returned to his residence.

Lighting an oil lamp, he began to count his gains: three banknotes and a few pieces of silver, totaling less than one hundred taels.

Originally, one only resorted to robbery when extremely poor; no one would risk this if they had money.

Five contribution points were worth about twenty taels.

There were two Qi-Benefiting Pills in the porcelain bottle, also worth twenty taels; the total gains were less than one hundred and forty taels.

He did not mind; even a mosquito is meat, no matter how small.

"With these gains, I can reach Qi Gathering Perfection in one go."

Xu Yang immediately poured out a Qi-Benefiting Pill and swallowed it, operating his Diamond true qi to dissolve the medicinal power. After the medicinal effect was refined, he swallowed the second one.

Since he started practicing, he had never been so extravagant; previously, he would take one and wait a few days before taking another, worried about wasting the medicinal power.

Two hours later, he had refined four of the eight Qi-Benefiting Pills, but his true qi had not yet reached perfection.

He did not continue refining, but took off his clothes and went to bed.

Waking up the next day, he rolled out of bed and practiced the Turtle-Snake Great Stance.

Although he had the panel and had long since achieved an alternative form of longevity, he still kept Lin Cheng's words in mind and would practice the Turtle-Snake Great Stance every morning and evening.

Stance training is the foundation of all methods. Besides storing and nourishing qi and blood, tempering the physique, and prolonging life, it could also repair some invisible hidden injuries. With a breakthrough approaching, he could not be careless in this regard.

Only when his qi and blood were boiling and his whole body felt comfortable did he end his morning practice.

"Today I can reach Qi Gathering Perfection in one go. If I'm lucky, I should be able to directly achieve Qi Refining into Gang Qi."

He had long since comprehended the Hunyuan Force; Qi Refining into Gang Qi was not very difficult for him.

"Senior Brother Sun, no mission today?"

Returning from eating at the canteen, only Sun Tao was in the courtyard; Jiang Ping, Jiang Fan, Wan Hai, and the others were not there.

Sun Tao said in a muffled voice: "The previous mission has ended. I plan to rest for a few days and attempt to break through to Qi Refining into Gang Qi."

Hearing this, Xu Yang smiled and cupped his hands: "Congratulations, Senior Brother Sun, on reaching Qi Gathering Perfection. I wish you success in achieving Gang Qi and promoting to Marrow Cleansing."

Sun Tao smiled bitterly: "What is there to congratulate? Gang Qi is too difficult. I reached Qi Gathering Perfection around the same time as Lu Ren and have been stuck for nearly two months."

Xu Yang did not expect Sun Tao to have reached Qi Gathering Perfection so early, and he smiled: "Senior Brother, don't be impatient. Impatience won't get you anywhere. Keep your state of mind peaceful. Being stuck at this realm for three to five months is normal."

Sun Tao nodded and said: "By the way, I just received news that Qin Ze has achieved Qi Refining into Gang Qi. Aren't you going to congratulate him?"

Qin Ze achieved Qi Refining into Gang Qi?

Xu Yang was stunned, but he did not find it surprising. Back in Qingyuan, Qin Ze was a figure second only to Cao Rong, Yun Feng, and others, and was on par with Gu Haoming and Han Xing.

Now that Gu Haoming and Han Xing had both achieved Qi Refining into Gang Qi, it was reasonable for Qin Ze to break through.

"I should go take a look." Xu Yang stood up, intending to offer his congratulations before returning to practice.

Being in the same alliance, it would be one thing if he didn't know, but since he did, it wouldn't be right not to congratulate him.

When Xu Yang arrived at Qin Ze's courtyard, he found that there were already many people there. The disciples of the Spirit Monkey Fist Hall had all come, Yue Gui, Chen Jiang, and Liu Qian were also there, as well as some people from Qingyuan.

A sharp aura was emanating from Qin Ze; he must have just broken through and could not fully control his power.

"Congratulations, Brother Qin, on achieving Qi Refining into Gang Qi and taking a step forward in martial arts." Xu Yang cupped his hands.

Qin Ze was in high spirits and smiled: "I have only taken a step first; you will all be able to catch up soon."

Yue Gui said enviously: "Taking a step first is still a step."

He considered himself a genius of the same level as Qin Ze, with not much difference in fame, but he still let Qin Ze get ahead. ===== CHAPTER 196 =====