92: Chapter 92 The Barrier is Hard to Break Through, Finding an Alternative Path

Su Qinghan took out a Jade Slip from her sleeve, placed it on the stone table, and pushed it in front of Qi Yang.

"This is a breath-concealing secret technique I obtained on the periphery of the ruins. Although it cannot be considered profound, it is enough to hide one's aura."

Su Qinghan stood up, her moon-white skirt hem swaying slightly in the wind.

"Although this Nether Grass Field is remote, it may not be absolutely safe. Take it to protect yourself. As long as I am still in this Xuantian Sect for a day, I will protect this medicinal garden."

After saying that, she didn't wait for Qi Yang to thank her and left directly.

Qi Yang looked at the Jade Slip on the table and smiled slightly.

Not probing into each other's background while taking what each needs—this wonderful tacit understanding was precisely what he needed the most.

This lass had not only grown stronger in strength, but her Heart-Nature had also become increasingly mature, so he no longer needed to secretly clean up her messes like before.

Putting away the Jade Slip, Qi Yang turned around and walked into the thatched hut, locked the door, and directly sneaked into the underground secret chamber.

The commotion in Yunxing Abyss gradually subsided within the Sect, and the Three Major Sects were bickering with each other over the matter of the Jade Slip fragments, having no energy at all to manage the outer Sect and bottom-tier miscellaneous servants.

Qi Yang's life returned to peace once again.

In the underground secret chamber, starlight sand, earth vein spirit milk, and several black Spiritual Plants exuding terrifying poisonous gas were placed on the bronze stone platform.

Qi Yang sat cross-legged with a fanatical look in his eyes.

He was only one last step away from possessing the qualification to refine the foundation establishment pill—the Qi Condensation 12th Layer Great Perfection!

Only by reaching that Realm could the spiritual power in his body support the terrifying refining consumption of the foundation establishment pill.

He pulled open the mysterious black gourd kept close to his body and dripped a drop of emerald-green mysterious liquid onto a top-grade poisonous plant named Shinuohua.

Visibly to the naked eye, the Shinuohua grew wildly, soaring directly from a ten-year age to a hundred-year age, and the poisonous gas it exuded distorted even the surrounding air.

"Wanting to forcefully break through the meridian barriers from the Qi Condensation 11th Layer to the twelfth layer, ordinary Medicinal Pills are completely useless; only potent medicine can be used!"

A fierce look flashed across Qi Yang's eyes.

He formed seals with both hands, and a crimson Pill Fire ignited at the bottom of the purple bronze Pill Furnace.

He threw the hundred-year Shinuohua, top-grade starlight sand, and a drop of incomparably precious earth vein spirit milk into the Pill Furnace according to a perilous proportion.

What he wanted to refine was a first-grade peerless Medicinal Pill, the Heavenly Poison Barrier-Breaking Pill!

The medicinal properties of this Medicinal Pill were incomparably violent, and a slight carelessness would cause his Meridians to snap inch by inch.

But for Qi Yang, who possessed Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots and Poison Wood Spiritual Power, this was the best Sharp Weapon to tear open the barrier.

Bursts of muffled roaring sounds came from within the Pill Furnace, as if a Vicious Beast was roaring inside.

Qi Yang concentrated entirely on controlling the heat, not daring to be the slightest bit distracted.

This Alchemy consumption was extremely huge, and not a single mishap could be tolerated.

He endured for three whole days and nights.

Along with a soft crisp sound, Qi Yang suddenly slapped open the furnace lid, and three Medicinal Pills that were pitch-black throughout and covered with silver starlight patterns on the surface fell into his palm.

As soon as the Medicinal Pills came out of the furnace, a rich exotic fragrance mixed with pungent poisonous gas permeated the entire secret chamber.

"It's a success!"

Qi Yang looked at the Heavenly Poison Barrier-Breaking Pill in his hand and swallowed one of them into his belly without hesitation.

Boom!

The Medicinal Pill entered his belly and quickly transformed into a violent torrent.

The sharpness of the starlight sand, the severe poison of the Shinuohua, and the immense vitality of the earth vein spirit milk—these three completely different forces collided frantically inside Qi Yang's body.

Qi Yang clenched his teeth tightly, operating the Five Poisons Nourishing Spirit Art to the extreme, guiding this violent force to launch a charge toward the meridian barrier of the Qi Condensation 12th Layer!

The medicinal power of the Heavenly Poison Barrier-Breaking Pill was too overbearing.

The starlight sand cut crazily in the Meridians like countless steel knives.

The toxicity of the Shinuohua was corroding the Impurities in the Meridians.

Meanwhile, the earth vein spirit milk continuously provided vitality from behind, repairing the damaged Meridians.

This pain of tearing and recombining was enough to cause any Cultivator with weak willpower to suffer a mental breakdown.

But Qi Yang didn't utter a single sound.

What was hidden in his aged body was the purest yearning for longevity.

Under the catalysis of the Medicinal Pill, the Poison Wood Spiritual Power fiercely slammed into the invisible barrier leading from the Qi Condensation 11th Layer to the twelfth layer.

Once, twice, ten times...

Every time it collided, Qi Yang's body would tremble violently, and blood even overflowed from his seven orifices.

The barrier of the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots was simply too thick and heavy, just like a city wall cast from refined steel; no matter how the Poison Wood Spiritual Power washed over it, it remained motionless.

"Break for me!"

Qi Yang roared in his heart, squeezing out every last trace of spiritual power in his body, converging it into an invisible poisonous blade, and fiercely stabbed at the barrier.

Boom!

A muffled roar came from within his body, and that indestructible barrier finally showed a trace of a tiny crack.

Massive spiritual power poured frantically along the crack, Qi Yang's Dantian Qi Sea expanded once again, and the color of the Poison Wood Spiritual Power became deeper and more crystal-clear.

However, the charge ended here as well.

The medicinal power of the Heavenly Poison Barrier-Breaking Pill was exhausted, and that crack did not completely shatter, but instead stabilized there.

Qi Yang slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a foul turbid breath.

He sensed the Realm within his body, and a trace of helplessness flashed across his eyes.

"Qi Condensation 11th Layer Peak."

He was only a hair's breadth away from the Qi Condensation 12th Layer Great Perfection.

But this very hair's breadth was like a natural chasm.

The Aptitude of the Mixed Spiritual Roots completely exposed its shortcomings here; even with potent medicine like the Heavenly Poison Barrier-Breaking Pill and earth vein spirit milk, it still could not be accomplished overnight.

"We cannot rush; haste makes waste. This layer of window paper can only be worn away slowly."

Qi Yang wasn't discouraged either.

He knew the cruelty of the Cultivation World deeply; being able to walk to this step, he had already surpassed ninety-nine percent of Mixed Spiritual Roots Cultivators.

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.

In these past six months, Qi Yang lived in seclusion.

Externally, he hung out a wooden sign stating that he had contracted a cold and was declining visitors.

During the day, he occasionally wandered around the Nether Grass Field, maintaining his persona as an old miscellaneous servant.

At night, he frantically popped pills in the underground secret chamber.

The black gourd condensed a drop of green liquid every three days, and Qi Yang used all these green liquids to ripen various top-grade poisonous plants.

heartbreak grass, blood-dissolving vine, bone-corroding flower... these highly toxic items that made people terrified upon hearing their names in the outside world became his three daily meals.

However, as he swallowed more and more poisonous plants, Qi Yang discovered a fatal problem.

Drug resistance.

Although the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots could accommodate all poisons, his body's resistance to the same toxin was also continuously strengthening.

Later on, even the hundred-year bone-corroding flower could only splash a tiny ripple in the Dantian when swallowed, completely unable to shake the barrier leading to the Twelfth Layer Great Perfection.

"The old routine no longer works."

Qi Yang stood by the edge of the Nether Grass Field, looking at the black poisonous plants swaying in the wind, his brows slightly furrowed.

Just as Qi Yang was pondering a way to break the deadlock, a sharp sword light streaked across the sky.

Su Qinghan landed steadily in the center of the courtyard.

In these past six months, she had not been in closed-door seclusion like Qi Yang.

As a relative Disciple of Jianzhi Peak, she accepted a large number of high-difficulty tasks from the Sect.

Clearing out demon Cultivator strongholds, slaying rampaging Yao Beasts, and even escorting Sect supplies.

Relying on that unyielding Sword Intent, Su Qinghan rose to fame in the inner Sect.

She was no longer that hothouse flower who needed Qi Yang to secretly step in and save her, but a true female Sword Cultivator who could stand on her own.

"Old Qi, is your cold feeling better?"

Su Qinghan looked at Qi Yang, her tone still cold and detached, but with a trace of warmth added.

She casually threw a cloth bag onto the stone table, and the crisp sound of Spirit Stones colliding came from inside.

"This is the loot from my mission this time. There are some Spirit Medicine inside that nourish Qi and blood. Take them and boil them into soup to drink."

Qi Yang immediately put on an expression of flustered gratitude, bowing repeatedly: "Many thanks for the Fairy's reward! This old man's aging bones rely entirely on the Fairy's care."

Su Qinghan didn't mind Qi Yang's demeanor. She picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Recently, outside the Sect's jurisdiction, things have not been peaceful. The Tianluo Sect, a Righteous Path major Sect, and our Xuantian Sect have friction over a spirit mineral vein at the border. Many Loose Cultivators and mercenaries have flocked over, and the situation is very chaotic."

She paused, and her eyes became sharp.

"At a time like this, the inside of the Sect is also mixed with dragons and fish. Although your Nether Grass Field is remote, you must still be extra careful. If you encounter trouble, directly crush the communication Jade Slip I gave you."

"This old man understands, this old man understands."

Qi Yang nodded.