Chapter 55: Cultivation Base Skyrockets! (2/3, seeking flowers!)

After moving away from Meng Zhangqing.

Bai Suxi stopped on a small hillside.

She turned around and looked in Meng Zhangqing’s direction.

Every meeting with Senior Brother Meng was so brief; if only they could last longer.

“It is hard to find a soulmate in life, and even rarer to find a close friend.”

“You are quite lucky to have met a good person.”

The aged voice sighed with rare emotion.

If it were back in her time.

If a Nine-Leaf Blue Spirit Grass were placed in front of them, even fellow disciples would kill each other.

Morality? Friendship?

They were all just illusions.

Yet in this Meng Zhangqing’s eyes, there was not a trace of greed.

He was merely a bit surprised.

He glanced at it, then looked away.

As for Bai Suxi’s proposal, he chose to refuse it directly.

“Yes, Senior Brother Meng is a very, very good person.”

In Bai Suxi’s water-like beautiful eyes, a look of admiration even appeared.

She was only a young girl in her teens.

At this age, meeting a man like a light, how could she not feel reverence?

“However, I must also work harder!”

Bai Suxi withdrew her gaze and clenched her small fists. “Senior Brother Meng has already reached the Sea Opening Realm; I cannot fall too far behind him!”

“Master, after the secret realm, please teach me the true inheritance.”

“Very well.”

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Meng Zhangqing stood still.

A cold wind blew, and his sleeves fluttered.

He opened his character panel.

He prepared to fuse the attributes.

Although Bai Suxi had given him the secret manual, nothing was as direct as fusing it directly.

“System, fuse attributes.”

“Ding!”

“Fusion starting!”

The moment the words fell, an incredibly vast amount of insight surged into his mind.

These were all the essence of the *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique*.

The quantity was so great that it far exceeded the *Exquisite Cold Moon Sword Scripture*.

It took a full half-hour to absorb it all.

Haa!

Meng Zhangqing exhaled softly and slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes was deep excitement.

This technique was indeed Earth-grade.

But that was not the key to his excitement.

The key was the content!

The *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique* was not a martial skill, but a pure cultivation technique.

The function of this technique was to increase the total amount of blood-qi or true qi.

It had five levels in total.

Each level practiced would double it, but upon reaching the fifth level, a qualitative change would occur, a full ten-fold increase.

It was well known.

Everyone’s blood-qi or true qi power was not much different.

Therefore, during combat, the control over true qi consumption was also a very critical factor.

But if one’s true qi volume was sufficient, then one was inherently in a winning position!

Like the sword strike that killed the Sky Wind Cluster Cloud Tiger just now.

That could be considered an all-out strike.

Although it was very, very strong, the remaining true qi could at most support one more strike.

After that, he could only use some weaker sword moves.

“No wonder when I saw Bai Suxi, I felt her blood-qi was unreasonably vast.”

Meng Zhangqing’s eyes flickered.

Logically, after being chased by the Sky Wind Cluster Cloud Tiger for so long, her blood-qi should have been bottoming out.

But Bai Suxi was the exact opposite.

It was very full.

It felt as if she hadn’t consumed much at all.

It turned out to be because of this *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique*!

The human dantian is a mysterious place that nurtures true qi.

Only by constantly comprehending can one gradually increase the total amount of true qi.

This is also the cultivation of the Sea Opening Realm.

The *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique* does not help the martial artist comprehend the dantian.

Instead, it simulates the existence of something similar to a dantian in the five internal organs of the body, allowing true qi to be stored there.

One must know that true qi can only exist in the dantian and cannot stay in the meridians or other places for long.

So the logic of this technique was very correct.

“A genius, to be able to create even such a technique.”

Meng Zhangqing felt admiration.

He had now fused Bai Suxi’s technique mastery, and the *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique* was already at the fourth level.

This meant that dantian-like structures had already been simulated in the lungs, spleen, liver, and kidneys.

Only the heart remained.

Once the five organs returned to the origin, the amount of true qi that could be stored would undergo a qualitative change.

“System, use the Earth-grade martial skill mastery card!”

“Upgrade the *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique*!”

“Ding!”

“Consumed Earth-grade martial skill mastery card *1”

“*Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique* has been upgraded to the fifth level!”

Boom!

As the words fell.

Meng Zhangqing felt his heart shake violently!

It felt as if heaven and earth were being opened.

At the same time.

There seemed to be an indescribable connection between the five organs, connecting to each other, and the simulated dantian expanded with a roar!

The amount of true qi it could store.

Had reached ten times that of a true dantian!

“This technique is extremely difficult to cultivate because it requires many strange resources, and even some parts of demonic beasts.”

“Bai Suxi is blessed with great luck and can find them one after another, but I estimate I cannot.”

Meng Zhangqing sensed the changes in his body, the corners of his mouth rising slightly. “However, I have mastery cards, which is the same, and much simpler.”

It only takes a ‘ding’.

Thinking this, Meng Zhangqing began to mobilize his true qi, gathering it toward the five organs.

And the dantian, sensing the decrease in true qi, actively began to replenish it.

According to Meng Zhangqing’s estimate.

It would take about several hours to fill it up.

“There are two more mastery cards; I can also upgrade the *Exquisite Great Luo Heaven*.”

The value of this secret technique is almost equal to the *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique*.

It’s just a pity that, like the *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique*, it must be practiced to the last level, the Great Perfection, to have a significant change.

But regardless, he had to practice it up.

“System, upgrade *Exquisite Great Luo Heaven*!”

“Ding!”

“Consumed Earth-grade martial skill mastery card *2”

“*Exquisite Great Luo Heaven* has been upgraded to the second level!”

A large amount of insight instantly surged into his mind.

Slowly absorbed by Meng Zhangqing.

Because there were only two levels, it didn’t take much time.

After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

Meng Zhangqing opened his eyes.

The second level of *Exquisite Great Luo Heaven* meant it could increase combat power by two times.

Its main logic was to burn true qi, causing the quality of the true qi to surge.

Thereby causing the power of various martial skills used to be strengthened!

“In a sense, this *Nether Sea Returning Origin Technique* and *Exquisite Great Luo Heaven* are a perfect match.”

“One increases the volume of true qi, the other increases the quality of true qi.”

“It’s just a pity that *Exquisite Great Luo Heaven* is only a secret technique, not a cultivation technique; it can only increase it for a short time.”

Meng Zhangqing couldn’t help but feel some regret.

But regardless, with these two techniques and secret arts, his strength could be said to have skyrocketed!

Even as a newcomer to the Sea Opening Realm, he had the confidence to clash with a peak Sea Opening Realm martial artist!