[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign":3,"chapter-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Eternal Green Immortal Sovereign",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2270038,4432,"Chapter 30: Xuanqing Qi","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>“Ah, I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tu leaned back slightly, his expression one of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not suspect Li Rui of lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui had only recently entered the ranks; back then, he was nothing but a stable hand, far too lowly to be involved in Huaqing Sect matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing too much would be suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was merely following a lead, and happened upon the Zhu family—he hoped to extract some useful information from Li Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tu offered a kind warning: “I heard the Huaqing Sect traitor has been hiding in Qinghe City, searching for something. The constables involved in this matter have been slaughtered nearly to a man. Brother, be extra cautious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though risky, the reward is high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To survive in the martial world, you must fight, you must strive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tu had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Zhao Wei’s suppression, he wouldn’t need to scavenge for cultivation resources on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui knew perfectly well what the Huaqing Sect disciple was searching for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the White Ape’s Cloak Blade had long since been burned to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Huaqing Sect disciple was truly formidable—having killed so many constables in Qinghe, he still hadn’t been caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grew wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his wine, Li Rui returned alone to Tianyi Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not agreed to join Wu Tu in the Huaqing Sect’s campaign against the Ghost Ming  Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither the Huaqing Sect nor the Ghost Ming  Sect were things he could afford to provoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sneaky cultivation was the way forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days passed one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiger Bone Elixir was no ordinary eighth-rank elixir; even the lowest tier among spirit elixirs far surpassed ninth-rank pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its effects lasted a full month before fading completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui gripped his long blade; the wind from its swing scattered falling leaves, cold and sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single droplet of water was precisely split in two by the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water stains clinging to both sides of the blade—this was the sign of the White Ape’s Cloak Blade reaching minor mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing the blade to sever flowing water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tested the precision of the sword technique, granting decisive advantage in actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui weighed the long blade in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The standard long blade of the Heaven’s Alliance was decent, forged from good iron, but far too light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Ape’s Cloak Blade uses the spine of the blade to strike, alongside the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not a slash—it’s a smash, relying on brute force to split mountains; only a heavy blade can truly unleash the White Ape’s Cloak Blade’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll need to forge a better blade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui had received his monthly salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full ten taels of silver!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than enough to forge a good blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having decided, he went to Wenzhutang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhutang managed not only the Heaven’s Alliance members’ registrations, but also the forging of weapons within the alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Li, you want a blade forged?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young disciple of Wenzhutang, hearing Li Rui’s request, was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This young disciple happened to be the one who had greeted Li Rui on his first visit to the Heaven’s Alliance, and thus recognized him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Twenty taels of silver. Don’t skimp on the iron—if it’s not enough, come to me for more, but it must be heavy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He emphasized the word “heavy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young disciple’s lips twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Master Li wanted a blade weighing a full thirty jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could that even be called a blade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Li Rui was paying—and he was the head of Tianyi Hall—Wenzhutang had no reason to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Li, rest assured. The blacksmiths here are the finest in the city. Their craftsmanship is beyond question; twenty taels is more than sufficient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s blade had no other requirements besides weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was far easier than what other hall heads demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For special materials like rare iron, three blacksmiths might need to take turns hammering for seven days and nights just to shape it—that was true hardship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young disciple had seen many such cases, so he was merely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seventy-year-old man wielding a thirty-jin blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image was too absurd to contemplate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regulate your Qi, slow your breath; your progress will be slow. But if you hold your Qi while circulating it, your progress doubles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sound of turning pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui leaned back on a soft couch, flipping through a Daoist scripture, the rustle of leaves whispering beside his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marvelous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently praised himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many doubts he’d had about the White Ape’s Cloak Blade breathing method were now clarified by the scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing methods hinge on cultivating Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the highest levels of martial skill, what matters is one’s breath—long breath means long martial path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, storytellers often describe a powerful martial artist as having “enduring breath”—this is why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once you cultivate true Qi, you reach the Primordial State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you could refine that Qi into an oceanic expanse, the very thought was unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s insight struck suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a haze, he saw a wisp of blue Qi drifting before him—lively as a mountain spring, nimble as a forest ape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanqing Qi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the White Ape’s Cloak Blade breathing method, when perfected, it could give birth to a trace of Qi called Xuanqing Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… that was something only cultivators above sixth rank could perceive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui found it hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He compared the vision in his mind with the scripture’s description of Xuanqing Qi, again and again, until he confirmed—the faint shadow he’d seen was indeed the sign of Xuanqing Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was still ten thousand miles from truly generating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely glimpsing it was already an extraordinary achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yu Kingdom’s Sword Saint Liu Taibai entered the Dao at three, entered the ranks at five, perceived Qi at seven—he was the supreme martial prodigy of the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one followed this logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Saint Liu Taibai had taken four full years—yet Li Rui had done it in just one?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is the Sword Saint inferior to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui’s heart pounded wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his martial bone, his talent was truly monstrous—if not for his lack of resources, he might have grown even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he revealed his martial bone, the great sects would surely court him—he’d never lack for resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the risks were immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he encountered some ancient monster who delighted in stealing talents, it would be disastrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui was seventy—he’d heard too many tales of martial prodigies who burned bright and died young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speed doesn’t matter; distance does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he could reach the peak, taking his time was fine—he’d already waited decades; a few more years made no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of turning pages resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Li, your blade is ready.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young disciple of Wenzhutang lifted onto the table a blade half a man’s height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This blade is three chi seven cun long, forged from thirty-seven jin of Huishan iron. Three masters hammered it for three days and three nights to complete it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young disciple spoke fluently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he awkwardly scratched his head: “The master lost control a bit and used a bit too much iron. Master Li, you’ll need to pay five more taels.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Master Li is dissatisfied, I’ll have the master forge another.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young disciple glanced at Li Rui, nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Rui truly rejected it, a blade this heavy—thirty-seven jin—would be nearly impossible to sell, and he’d be punished for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui gripped the hilt with his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The handle felt smooth and warm; the swordsmith had specially carved it from walnut wood, exuding an air of nobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the young disciple’s eyelid twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Rui lifted the thirty-pound blade as if it weighed nothing, swung it lightly with a flick of his wrist, and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A fine blade!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1319,"2026-06-19T22:01:09.077Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5d194e812a9d89cd87dbd28b4b0c382426f78efd7d90e27ab6565cf86b1968f1","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-31","eternal-green-immortal-sovereign-chapter-29",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-green-immortal-sovereign-cover.jpg"]