Chapter 418: Marrow refining like frost (Please vote)

Martial Arts Calendar 2047, December 1st.

The first day Lin Qi broke through to the Sixth Realm of Marrow Refining.

There were only 5 months left until the Global Martial Arts Competition.

Lin Qi got off his luxury black electric car and walked into the Sky Dome Building.

What he was thinking about at this moment was his special ability.

The template fusion degree was improving more and more slowly; it had been more than two years, and it was only at 27.5% now.

However, every time it improved by 5%, he would gain an additional talent.

And the special ability was also one of his talents; as long as he reached 30% fusion, he would possess a second new special ability.

Currently, he hadn't heard of anyone who had awakened two special abilities.

Even Du Du Shanyan, Chu Yu, Zang Wang Hailong, Meng Meng Yuxuan, and Shen Heng, the five SSS-rank geniuses, had only awakened one special ability.

But what was certain was that two special abilities were definitely stronger than one.

A moment later, he walked up the Sky Dome Building to the third floor, into a brand-new martial arts room.

The martial arts room was exceptionally spacious, with a minimalist white decoration style, covering a full 500 square meters.

Many famous quotes from Ninth Realm Title-level martial artists were printed on the white walls.

At the same time, weapon cabinets were installed in the corners, containing all kinds of weapons.

Lin Qi took a simple look around; they were all entry-level weapons infused with Delta alloy.

He saw Master Master Mu Hong, dressed in black, standing in the middle, waving a long spear and practicing his spear technique.

"Hoo hoo!!"

"Shoo shoo!!"

As the spear technique was waved, an invisible blood-colored artistic conception permeated the martial arts room. Lin Qi felt a strong suppression as if he were inside it.

He could feel that if he were to make a move, his strength might not be able to exert 100%.

"Is this the power of a Domain?"

When martial arts technique breaks through to the Fifth Stage, one can practice a Domain. Within the Domain, the opponent's strength is suppressed, while one's own strength is enhanced.

This ebb and flow is enough to determine the final outcome.

Facing enemies of a lower realm, one might only need to activate the Domain to suppress them.

"Hoo~"

The breeze blew, the Domain dissipated, and Master Master Mu Hong retracted his spear and turned to look at Lin Qi:

"You're here!"

He looked at Lin Qi and said slowly:

"I have been on the Otherworld battlefield for several months, and usually, I have been guiding you via video."

"But in the end, it's not as effective as face-to-face teaching."

"You have confusion that needs answering; could it be that you've broken through to the Sixth Realm of Marrow Refining?"

Lin Qi nodded and said: "Teacher, you guessed right; I have indeed broken through to the Sixth Realm."

Master Master Mu Hong was stunned and said: "You really broke through?"

Lin Qi nodded.

Master Master Mu Hong was silent. If he remembered correctly, Lin Qi seemed to have successfully broken through to the Fifth Realm in August.

Only four months had passed, and he had already broken through to the Sixth Realm?

The speed was much faster than he had imagined.

Back in his day, he only broke through from the Fifth Realm to the Sixth Realm after graduation.

And Lin Qi now, the first semester of his sophomore year hadn't even passed, yet he had already broken through to the Sixth Realm.

Too fast!

As expected of someone with the potential of an SSS-rank genius; he had already caught up to his senior brother, Liang Tai.

He took a deep breath to calm his heart, looked at Lin Qi with a complex expression, and said:

"Since you have successfully broken through to the Sixth Realm, I will explain the realm of Marrow Refining to you in detail."

Lin Qi nodded. The realm of Marrow Refining was also very important.

It involved the cultivation of the body's bone marrow, and every detail could not go wrong.

Master Master Mu Hong pondered for a moment and explained slowly:

"The Sixth Realm of Marrow Refining is the last realm of the Mid-Realm martial artist, and it is a realm transitioning to a High-Realm martial artist."

"Once Marrow Refining is completed, our human body can be considered to have completed a major cycle."

"Physical fitness will also usher in explosive growth, beginning to formally move toward the transcendent."

"At the same time, the tempering of internal organs is completed, and cooperating with other parts to exert force together, one can release more massive force."

"Hum hum!!"

After Master Master Mu Hong finished speaking, he raised the long spear in his hand with one hand, and strands of cyan force emerged out of thin air, circling the long spear like a swift wind.

It formed an invisible cyan spear light.

The moment the spear light formed, a series of whirlwinds blew in the martial arts room, accompanied by bursts of sharpness.

"Shoo!"

The next instant, the silver long spear in his hand thrust out abruptly!

"Bang!"

A cyan spear light pierced through space, tore through the air, and exploded abruptly after releasing several meters.

A series of fierce winds blew in the martial arts room.

Master Master Mu Hong, with his upright posture, retracted his spear and said:

"Sixth Realm martial artists, force condenses into light, which is released from the body, and the damage it can cause is already very considerable."

"Once the spear light is struck, it can easily tear through the flesh of a First-Level Calamity Beast, Second-Level Calamity Beasts will also be severely damaged, and Third-Level Calamity Beasts will be blasted back."

"You already possess decent long-range attack means."

"And the attack range is within three meters of the body, where the damage is greatest."

"And the stronger a person's physical fitness, the larger this range."

"It is even already able to effectively resist the damage brought by special abilities."

Lin Qi felt the wind of force blowing on his body. Upon reaching the Sixth Realm, the ability to resist special abilities also became stronger.

This led to fighting across realms becoming increasingly difficult. After a First Realm martial artist awakens an ability, they can fight against the Third Realm, fighting across two realms.

By the Mid-Realm, most can only fight across one realm against ordinary martial artists.

And by the High-Realm, everyone has awakened special abilities, and basically, it is impossible to fight across realms.

Only the most top-tier SSS-rank geniuses can achieve this.

From this, one can see how strong the addition to strength is after force becomes light.

After Master Master Mu Hong finished demonstrating the changes after Marrow Refining, he projected a green screen, and a large amount of graphic data was displayed.

"The process of Marrow Refining is a delicate job; it is not that easy to make progress."

"Breaking through the Qi and blood value to 1000 is the realm of Marrow Refining, but wanting to break through to the Seventh Realm's 4000, there is a 3000 Qi and blood value gap in the middle."

"It is higher than the sum of the Qi and blood values from the First Realm to the Sixth Realm."

"If you want to increase your Qi and blood value, you need to consume a large amount of top-tier resources. Without money, you can only rely on cultivating Source Energy methods to grind slowly."

"The Sixth Realm to the Seventh Realm is a watershed; countless geniuses will be stuck in this realm for a lifetime."

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Master Master Mu Hong pointed to the data on the screen and said with a serious expression:

"Our Xia Guo divides geniuses into seven levels, but only A-rank geniuses have hope of breaking through to the Seventh Realm."

"For those below B-rank, the Sixth Realm is their limit."

"Only 20% of geniuses among Sixth Realm martial artists can be promoted to the Seventh Realm."

"Our Xia Guo is not short of Mid-Realm martial artists, or rather, not short of Sixth Realm martial artists."

"But we are very short of Seventh Realm martial artists!"

"This Marrow Refining hurdle is a critical node, connecting the preceding and the following."

"I myself was also stuck in the Sixth Realm for five or six years before I completed the breakthrough."

Lin Qi nodded. After hearing Teacher Master Master Mu Hong say this, he realized this Marrow Refining hurdle was not as easy as he had imagined.

Master Master Mu Hong continued: "Of course, the degree of Marrow Refining also concerns whether you can break through."

Lin Qi thought of Martial Bone and internal organ quality; Marrow Refining should also have distinctions, right?

He asked curiously: "Then Teacher, how do you distinguish the degree of Marrow Refining?"

Master Master Mu Hong in black switched the projection, and new graphic data appeared, and he continued:

"Each realm is completely different depending on the exquisiteness of the martial artist's cultivation method, their own talent, and the resources consumed, as well as the degree of tempering of the body."

"Every breakthrough to a realm is laying down a foundation."

"It is particularly obvious in the Mid-Realm: casting Martial Bone, refining fourth-grade quality internal organs!"

"Every achievement is laying a deep foundation for oneself."

"Marrow Refining, like internal organs, is divided into four levels."

"The first type is Turbid Marrow: the marrow quality is turbid, with many impurities, the cultivation speed is extremely slow, the body foundation is unstable, and the early stage of the Sixth Realm is the limit."

"The second type is Clear-Turbid Marrow: the marrow quality is a mixture of clear and turbid, slightly stronger than Turbid Marrow, with hope of reaching the peak of the Sixth Realm."

"The third type is Clear Marrow: the marrow quality is clear, with fewer impurities; generally, only geniuses who have cast Martial Bone can refine it, with a 90% probability of breaking through to the Seventh Realm."

"I refined Clear Marrow back then."

"The fourth type, and also the best one, is called Flawless Marrow; the marrow quality is pure and flawless, with almost no impurities."

"The foundation is deep, and it can drive deep-level transformation and metamorphosis of the body."

"100% can break through to the Seventh Realm, and there is also a high probability of breaking through to the Ninth Realm in the future."

"There used to be a saying called 'Marrow refining like frost,' meaning that the bone marrow refined must be as pure as frost, without impurities."

Lin Qi looked at the screen on the projection, which clearly introduced the four types of marrow quality, as well as the color of the bone marrow.

They could also perceive the marrow quality through mental perception.

"Then Teacher, is there a fifth type of marrow quality?"

Lin Qi asked suddenly.

Master Master Mu Hong pondered for a moment and said: "Theoretically, it exists."

"Just like some people always say that internal organ quality has five grades, some people also say that there is another type of marrow quality called Glazed Marrow."

"Truly achieving not a single trace of impurity, pure as glaze, performing deep-level transformation on the body, allowing physical strength to be significantly enhanced."

"It's just that currently, I have only heard rumors, and the world's strongest person has reached it."

"You are an SSS-rank genius; your goal is Flawless Marrow."

"Among S-rank geniuses, only 70% can cast Martial Bone; by the Fifth Realm, only 50% can refine fourth-grade quality internal organs."

"And by the Sixth Realm, only 20% can achieve Marrow refining like frost."

"Only a very small number of SS-rank geniuses and SSS-rank geniuses can achieve it."

Lin Qi nodded. His goal was not Flawless Marrow, but the fifth type of marrow quality.

Because his internal organ quality had reached the fifth grade, which proved that the theoretical qualities were all real.

He believed he could refine Glazed Marrow and further widen the gap with other geniuses in the Sixth Realm.

Master Master Mu Hong switched the projection again and continued:

"There are many methods of Marrow Refining; if any one of them cannot be pushed to the limit, it will affect the marrow quality."

"The first method of tempering is the Marrow Refining method; there are high and low Marrow Refining methods."

"And the Marrow Refining method within a five-star rated Source Energy cultivation method is naturally the best."

"The second is relying on the martial artist's own talent; Marrow Refining is using mental power to control Qi and blood to activate the vitality of the bone marrow for tempering."

"If you have Martial Bone and fourth-grade quality internal organs, you can significantly temper out impurities and improve marrow quality."

"Then there are various top-tier potion resources, or heavenly treasures, using external force to remove impurities and temper bone marrow."

Lin Qi nodded secretly; these were things he could do.

He now had top-tier talent and quite a bit of money.

In terms of resources, he also had Seventh-Level Calamity Beast meat, which could also temper bone marrow.

As long as there was enough time, his breaking through to the Seventh Realm was only a matter of time.

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