94: Chapter 94 Blood Vine Breaks Through the Wall, Qi Refining Level 12!

Qi Yang did not stay long in the market.

Places like this were a mixed bag, and showing off wealth or buying unknown items made it easy to be targeted by bandit cultivators.

He walked straight toward the exit of the market.

Sure enough, the moment Qi Yang walked out of the Formation light barrier of the market, he keenly sensed that three tails were following behind him.

Three Qi Condensation 8th Layer Loose Cultivators hid in the crowd leaving the city, their gazes locked tightly onto his back.

Clearly, seeing that he was alone at the Qi Condensation Seventh Layer and readily taking out Low-Grade Spirit Stones at the stall, they treated him as a fat sheep that could be easily manipulated.

Qi Yang smiled coldly.

He did not choose to take the main road; instead, his figure turned, and he dashed straight into a desolate rock forest on the periphery of the market.

"Big Brother, that kid went into the rock forest! Did he discover us?"

Behind him, a sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked bandit cultivator asked in a low voice.

"So what if he discovered us? Can a Qi Condensation Seventh Layer trash turn the world upside down? Chase! Be quick with your hands and feet, leave no survivors!"

Scarface, the bandit cultivator leader, sneered, and the three of them immediately sped up, rushing into the rock forest.

Deep inside the rock forest, the light was dim.

Not long after the three of them rushed in, they saw the sallow-faced middle-aged Loose Cultivator standing quietly on a boulder, looking down at them from above.

"Kid, you really know how to pick a place to be your own grave."

Scarface pulled out the ghost-head saber at his waist and approached viciously.

"Hand over the Storage Pouch, and I will leave your corpse intact!"

Qi Yang had no interest in wasting words.

"Die."

Qi Yang's lips moved slightly, and the next moment, the Poison Wood Spiritual Power within his body erupted with a roar!

There was no disguise, no reservation.

The terrifying pressure of the Qi Condensation 11th Layer Peak slammed heavily onto the three bandit cultivators!

"Qi Condensation 11th Layer?! Senior, spare—"

Scarface's eyeballs were about to pop out, and before his terrified scream could finish, Qi Yang had already made his move.

He flicked his fingers repeatedly, and three drops of liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power condensed to the extreme tore through the air, directly piercing the glabella of the three men!

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The three Qi Condensation 8th Layer bandit cultivators didn't even have time to prop up their Protective Aura before they fell straight down.

The venom entered their brains, corroding them frantically.

In just a few breaths, the three corpses turned into three pools of foul-smelling yellow water.

Qi Yang walked forward expressionlessly, using spiritual power to lift the three Storage Pouches.

Inside there were only a few hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones and some tattered Magical Artifacts.

"Poor ghosts."

Qi Yang cursed with disdain, sprinkling a few drops of corpse-dissolving water to clean up the scene completely.

Afterward, he attached a divine mobility talisman, transforming into an afterimage as he galloped rapidly in the direction of the Xuantian Sect.

Late at night, in the underground secret room of the Nether Grass Field.

Qi Yang sat cross-legged on the bronze stone platform, his eyes staring fixedly at the jade box in front of him containing the remnant roots of the pulse-eroding blood vine.

This vine, withered like firewood and covered with dense scales on the surface, was his only hope to break through to the Qi Condensation 12th Layer Great Perfection.

He uncorked the mysterious black gourd kept close to his body, and a drop of emerald-green mysterious liquid slowly slid down, accurately dripping onto the remnant roots of the pulse-eroding blood vine.

The originally shriveled and dark red vine was like meeting sweet rain after a long drought, expanding and stretching at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The scales on the surface stood up, and a nauseating, ultimate Evil Qi burst forth violently, filling the entire secret room.

In just a dozen breaths, this lifeless remnant root was forcefully ripened into a century-old top-grade ultimate evil poisonous herb!

"Such overbearing toxicity!"

Qi Yang took a deep breath, a flash of ruthlessness passing through his eyes.

He had been stuck at the Qi Condensation 11th Layer Peak for more than half a year.

The Meridian barriers of the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots were like a city wall cast from refined steel, and ordinary poisonous herbs simply could not shake them in the slightest.

Only such ultimate evil objects that could ignore spiritual power defense and directly dissolve Meridians could allow him to break the cocoon and become a butterfly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qi Yang grabbed that still-writhing pulse-eroding blood vine and stuffed it directly into his mouth!

Boom!

Entering his abdomen, the blood vine directly transformed into a violent dark red venom.

This venom did not play by the rules at all; it ignored the obstruction of the liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power inside Qi Yang's body, and like countless red-hot sharp knives, it fiercely stabbed into his Meridians!

Pain!

Excruciating pain!

Qi Yang felt as if his internal organs had been thrown into a huge meat grinder, every inch of his Meridians being frantically corroded and torn apart.

The pain of ten thousand ants devouring the heart and bones separating from flesh submerged all his sanity.

His haggard face suddenly twisted, veins bulging on his forehead, and black filthy blood overflowed from his seven orifices simultaneously.

But he gritted his teeth stubbornly, not uttering a single sound.

"Refine for me!"

Qi Yang roared frantically in his heart, driving the Five Poisons Nourishing Spirit Art to the extreme.

Deep inside the Dantian, the Five Elements Grindstone formed by the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots began to spin frantically.

The liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power poured out in full force, transforming into large nets that tightly wrapped around the rampaging dark red venom.

Two overbearing forces launched a tragic tug-of-war inside Qi Yang's body.

The Evil Qi of the blood vine wanted to melt his Meridians, while Qi Yang wanted to use the Five Elements Grindstone to forcefully crush this Evil Qi and turn it to his own use!

Time became extremely long amidst the ultimate pain.

Qi Yang's body trembled violently, a thick layer of blood scabs oozing out from the surface of his skin, and the whole person looked as if he had been fished out of bloody water.

But the light in his eyes grew brighter and more frantic.

I do not know how long had passed, but the Five Elements Grindstone within the Dantian emitted a muffled roar.

That unyielding Evil Qi of the blood vine was finally completely crushed, transforming into a dark red energy pure to the extreme, which merged into Qi Yang's liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power.

Having obtained the addition of this fresh force, the spiritual power within Qi Yang's body began to surge wildly.

He guided this violent torrent, launching a charge toward that invisible barrier leading from the Qi Condensation 11th Layer to the Qi Condensation 12th Layer!

Crack!

A crisp cracking sound resounded inside Qi Yang's body.

That sturdy barrier that had plagued him for more than half a year simply disintegrated in the face of the Poison Wood Spiritual Power fused with the blood vine's Evil Qi!

Rumble!

Massive spiritual power surged frantically into the brand-new Meridians.

Qi Yang's Dantian Qi Sea suddenly expanded by a full fold; the originally jade-like liquid Poison Wood Spiritual Power now carried a trace of dark red Evil Qi, becoming deeper and more terrifying.

Qi Condensation 12th Layer!

Qi Yang abruptly opened his eyes, two substantive glimmers flashing and disappearing in the dark secret room.

He slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air carrying a strong bloody smell, feeling the terrifying power within his body, and couldn't help revealing an excited smile.

The current him, if he were to face that Qi Condensation 12th Layer deacon from the Qingyu Sect again, he wouldn't even need to use the five elements ring; a single finger could poke the opponent into a pool of blood.

However, when Qi Yang calmed down and introspected his own Dantian, his brows furrowed slightly.

Although he had broken through to the Qi Condensation 12th Layer, he found that his Dantian Qi Sea, which had expanded by a fold, was like a bottomless pit at this moment.

The foundation of the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots was too poor. Wanting to fill this bottomless pit and reach the Qi Condensation 12th Layer Peak—which was also the lowest threshold for refining the foundation establishment pill—still required a massive amount of spiritual power.

"At my current Cultivation speed, even if I eat top-grade poisonous herbs as meals every day, it will take at least a year of grinding effort to reach Great Perfection."

Qi Yang calculated inwardly.

He was not in a rush; having lain low for so many years, the thing he lacked the least was patience.

A mere year, he could afford to wait.

Qi Yang stood up, walked over to the bookshelf in the corner of the secret room, and opened a yellowed ancient book.

This was a trophy he had casually stolen back then in the ruins of the Yunxing Abyss, which recorded some secrets of the Cultivation World from a thousand years ago.

He flipped to the page regarding Mixed Spiritual Roots Foundation Establishment and read carefully.

A moment later, Qi Yang's expression became a bit more solemn.

"It really wasn't that simple."

Qi Yang closed the ancient book and sighed.

The ancient book recorded very clearly that if the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots wanted Foundation Establishment, besides needing that Heaven-Defying foundation establishment pill, it also had to prepare five ultimate Five Elements spiritual materials!

Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—not a single one could be missing!

The Mixed Spiritual Roots had all Five Elements within the body, and during Foundation Establishment, the Five Elements power would undergo a terrifying conflict.

If he didn't rely on these five ultimate Five Elements spiritual materials to construct the Dao foundation and balance the Five Elements, even if he swallowed the foundation establishment pill, he would explode and die in an instant.

"Five Elements spiritual materials..."

Qi Yang touched his chin.

Things like this were definitely scarce resources in the Cultivation World, and taking any single one out would cause those major Sects to frantically fight over it.

Wanting to gather these five spiritual materials was no less difficult than refining a foundation establishment pill.

"The road must be walked step by step, and food must be eaten bite by bite. First spend a year to push the Cultivation to the Peak, and search for the Five Elements spiritual materials slowly."

Qi Yang put away the ancient book, turned around, and walked out of the underground secret room.