Chapter 228: Boundless Blood Sea

"Naturally it's true. I'm only at the ninth layer of Qi Refining; if I really have any problems, isn't it the same to ask you, Senior Sister? Besides, with my Master's temperament, staying further away from him might even create beauty through distance; why bother pestering him with questions about the Qi Refining realm?" Xia Daoming replied.

"This..." Mo Yongzhi was left speechless by Xia Daoming.

After a long time, Mo Yongzhi smiled bitterly: "What you say seems to have some truth, but if you can't let Elder Wei Shu guide your cultivation, isn't this status as a personal disciple too wasteful?"

"Not at all. I now find that the status of a personal disciple of a Jin Dan Elder is still very useful. For example, reading for free on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion, and in the future, when encountering Jia Shaoxuan and that what's-his-name Luo Mu, there's no need to be a generation lower than them.

Also, having a Jin Dan Elder as a backer. When that Luo Mu comes out of the Dragon Fish Sea, even if she complains to her father Luo Qian, Luo Qian can't do anything to me." Xia Daoming said.

"That's true! Last time at the Ghost River Valley, Luo Zhanglao didn't pay attention to you, but that Luo Mu had a lot of opinions about you. When she comes out, it's very likely she will look for trouble with you.

However, you are now Elder Wei Shu's personal disciple; even if Luo Mu is a true disciple and her father is Luo Zhanglao, she can't do anything to you." Mo Yongzhi said.

Xia Daoming's mind was on the matter of opening the blood sea, so after staying at the Elder Mansion for a moment, he bid farewell and left.

Leaving the Elder Mansion, Xia Daoming flew all the way back to Changqing City.

This time, with the personal disciple token of a Jin Dan Elder, he flew directly over the city and didn't land until he was near Changqing Lake.

Changqing Lake had many powerhouses sitting in town, and Xia Daoming did not want to be too high-profile for the time being.

Returning to the Vermilion Bird Residence, Xia Daoming gave strict instructions to everyone that he was not coming out and no one was allowed to disturb him.

Xia Daoming was not in a hurry to open the blood sea.

The ancient scrolls recorded that opening the blood sea was closely related to the twelve regular meridians and the blood-Qi force contained within them.

The stronger the twelve regular meridians, the higher the quality and the greater the quantity of the blood-Qi force hidden within, the larger the blood sea that could be opened.

The opening of the blood sea required momentum like a rainbow, to be done in one go, until exhaustion, and it was not advisable to lose momentum or stagnate in the middle.

Once stagnant, the blood sea would begin to form embankment boundaries, and if one wanted to continue opening it, one would have to break through the embankments.

In this way, blood-Qi force would be wasted in vain.

Not only that, once the embankment boundaries were constantly reinforced and the blood-Qi force could no longer break through, the territory of the blood sea would be fixed.

The blood sea was the foundation.

The larger the territory of the blood sea, the higher the future achievements and the stronger the strength.

Therefore, Xia Daoming was not in a hurry to open it, but wanted to adjust his state to the best first.

One day later.

His state reached its peak.

Xia Daoming fully mobilized the blood-Qi force contained within the twelve regular meridians, following the path recorded in the ancient scroll, like a rolling river, and like ten thousand horses galloping, rushing forward all the way.

Soon, there was no road ahead.

Xia Daoming, however, did not care and only fully mobilized his blood-Qi force to rush forward.

In the roadless front, it was as if an invisible wall stood.

The blood-Qi force impacted on it, just like sea waves impacting an embankment.

Boom!

A loud noise.

That invisible wall was instantly broken through.

The blood-Qi force, like water from a broken dam, roared in.

Ahead was a piece of darkness.

The blood-Qi force rushed in, the darkness constantly disappeared, and light constantly appeared; under the light was a vast ocean of blood.

The blood-Qi force had momentum like a rainbow, like ten thousand horses galloping, constantly rushing forward.

He did not know how long had passed.

The darkness ahead became more and more viscous, and every step the blood-Qi force advanced was very difficult.

Xia Daoming's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat the size of beans.

The veins on his forehead bulged one by one.

His face flushed red.

His breathing was coarse and heavy.

The blood-Qi force cultivated through many years of hard work within the twelve meridians was now constantly flowing out from the meridians, rushing into the blood sea that was constantly being opened.

A feeling of indescribable weakness and powerlessness surged into his heart.

Xia Daoming wanted to stop right there.

He felt that he could no longer move.

But he still gritted his teeth and persisted.

The blood-Qi force in the meridians became less and less.

He did not know how long had passed.

Xia Daoming felt that his meridians had turned into a desert, unable to squeeze out another drop of water.

The embankment boundaries of the blood sea were gradually forming.

The blood-Qi force stopped at the embankment boundaries.

The blood sea was formed.

His spiritual sense probed into the blood sea, just like a pair of eyes observing the blood sea.

Blood waves rose and fell, blood-Qi constantly steamed upward, entered the brain through some mysterious and profound channel, and constantly nourished his spiritual sense.

His spiritual sense constantly and rapidly became stronger.

However, Xia Daoming did not pay attention to these; he anxiously "looked around," wanting to see how large the blood sea he had opened actually was.

The blood sea ocean could not be seen to the end at a glance.

"Boundless blood sea! It's a boundless blood sea! A true blood sea!"

The exhausted Xia Daoming was extremely excited.

The blood sea was just the highest goal pursued by countless body-refiners.

According to the ancient scrolls, the blood sea opened by the vast majority of body-refiners could only be considered a blood pool.

People with extraordinary talent and naturally powerful physiques could reach the blood lake level when they opened it.

It is rumored that in the most ancient era, those most powerful races, such as the True Dragon, True Phoenix, and other divine beasts, had blood seas that were like true oceans from birth, boundless and endless, unable to be seen to the end at a glance.

But later, no one could ever open a blood sea that could not be seen to the end at a glance, also known as a boundless blood sea.

Of course, in reality, the blood sea had boundaries.

"It seems that my meridians, with the help of the system and nine levels of strengthening, have reached the level of the meridians of those powerful races at birth in the most ancient times." After a long time, Xia Daoming's excited mood gradually calmed down, and he was thoughtful in his heart.

"System!"

Xia Daoming's heart moved, and he hurriedly went to "look" at the system.

But the system interface in his brain had actually disappeared.

"The super foundation has been formed, so it has left. Next, everything will have to rely on my own efforts!"

Although Xia Daoming had already guessed this in his heart, the sudden disappearance of the system interface that had always accompanied him still made his mood indescribably complex.

However, soon, a super sense of hunger surged into his heart, and Xia Daoming no longer had the mind to think about the disappearance of the system.

Xia Daoming rushed out of the closed-door cultivation room.

"Uncle-Master, you've come out of closed-door cultivation!" Lu Ziying saw Xia Daoming come out and was pleasantly surprised.

During these days, Xia Daoming was in closed-door cultivation, and Lu Ziying and Liu Qiaolian had been taking turns sitting outside the door to protect the Dharma.

"Immediately cook me a big pot of spirit rice. By the way, where is Senior Martial Aunt Shang?" Xia Daoming said with green eyes.

"She and Senior Martial Aunt-in-law are preparing for the refining of the Dragon-Ascension Pill." Lu Ziying replied.

"Good, you go cook the spirit rice immediately." Xia Daoming waved his hand while casually taking out a pill bottle containing Dragon-Origin Pills from his storage ring, poured out a handful, and poured it directly into his mouth.

The Dragon-Origin Pill contained powerful energy.

A handful of Dragon-Origin Pills went down his throat, and Xia Daoming's hunger was slightly alleviated, but he was still so hungry that his heart was panicked.

After thinking about it, Xia Daoming directly knocked open Shang Rui's alchemy room.

In the alchemy room, Ji Wenyue was raising the furnace fire.

Shang Rui was preparing alchemy materials on the side.

"Eh, you've come out of closed-door cultivation! How is it, have you had any breakthroughs?" Shang Rui looked up at Xia Daoming and asked.

Xia Daoming did not answer Shang Rui, but his gaze fell on the dragon fish that was placed on the ground and cut into pieces, and he could not help but swallow his saliva.

This dragon fish was a third-rank high-stage demonic beast.

The energy contained in its body was relatively gentle and carried the dragon race bloodline, so it could be used as medicine to refine the Dragon-Ascension Pill.

"Wenyue, help me roast a piece of dragon fish meat." Xia Daoming said.

"Ah, why roast dragon fish meat?" Ji Wenyue asked in surprise.

"Of course, to eat." Xia Daoming replied.

"This won't do. Although the energy of dragon fish meat is relatively gentle, without the physique of a Jin Dan cultivator, eating it directly, the body cannot bear it." Shang Rui's expression changed slightly.

"It doesn't matter, I am a body-refiner; my physique may not lose to a Jin Dan cultivator. I'm just trying to eat a little bit to see." Xia Daoming said.

Shang Rui thought about it; Xia Daoming indeed could not be viewed by common sense, so she personally picked a piece of fish meat and roasted it over the furnace fire.

Watching the fish meat gradually turn golden and emit bursts of fragrance, Shang Rui's mood was subtle.

It was the first time she had used furnace fire to roast fish.

Xia Daoming did not have so many thoughts; seeing the fish meat begin to turn golden, he could no longer resist the temptation, directly tore off a large piece with his hand, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The dragon fish meat entered his stomach and was quickly absorbed and refined, transforming into blood-Qi and flowing into his meridians and blood sea.

There was no discomfort; on the contrary, there was a bit of satisfaction.

Xia Daoming was overjoyed, and while taking all the remaining fish meat that was being roasted, he ordered Shang Rui and Ji Wenyue to help continue roasting the fish.

Shang Rui and Ji Wenyue watched Xia Daoming gorge himself and could not help but be dumbfounded.

This was third-rank high-stage dragon fish meat!

Eating it directly was poison for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

As a result, Xia Daoming was actually eating with a satisfied face.

Soon, Lu Ziying brought the spirit rice.

Lu Ziying was still very reliable in doing things.

Xia Daoming asked her to help cook a big pot of spirit rice, and she directly cooked nearly a hundred catties of spirit rice for him.

The dragon fish meat was fishy, and the spirit rice was fragrant.

Eating the two together was quite good.

Xia Daoming did not stop eating after coming out of closed-door cultivation.

This eating lasted from the sun hanging high at noon until the sun set.

Shang Rui and the others watched with fear and trepidation.

The sky gradually darkened.

Xia Daoming's hunger was finally greatly reduced.

"Sister, this dragon fish is not bad; leave the rest to Ziying. Next, I estimate I will have to eat it every day. By the way, don't take that Ice-Flame Sea Python to refine pills either; give it to Ziying, I want to eat it too." Xia Daoming touched his stomach, which did not seem to have grown, and said with some satisfaction.

"What, you eat the Ice-Flame Sea Python too?" Shang Rui was horrified to hear this.

The Ice-Flame Sea Python was a third-rank top-stage demonic beast, equivalent to a Foundation Establishment peak-stage cultivator.

Even a Jin Dan cultivator would probably not dare to take a bite easily.

"Mm." Xia Daoming nodded.

What he opened was a true blood sea.

The capacity was extremely large.

The blood sea was newly opened, and at this time there was not much blood-Qi inside, so it needed a lot of supplementation.

The power in the bodies of water beasts was relatively gentle, which was just the right thing to replenish blood-Qi.

"How can you eat like this? You didn't break through in martial arts during this closed-door cultivation, did you?" Shang Rui's heart moved, and she blurted out.

"That's right, I've broken through the Grandmaster realm!" Xia Daoming nodded and said.

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