71: Opening the Dantian

"Let's give it a try."

This time, Sun Bing withdrew the Spiritual Qi screen, and a transparent light shield appeared around his body.

Wei Lan nodded and took a step forward.

She made no other movements.

She simply stared at Sun Bing, her eyes slightly narrowed.

Everyone saw a flash of red light in Wei Lan's originally black pupils, and the transparent light shield in front of Sun Bing distorted for a moment.

Sun Bing nodded and quickly recorded it on a form.

"Next, Qin Tian."

Qin Tian strode forward.

With no nonsense.

He took a step out and threw a punch at the Spiritual Qi barrier.

Boom!

The terrifying collision erupted into a massive shockwave.

"Very good, plenty of power."

"One more, Xiao Weiqing."

Sun Bing said, "You use that Fire Owl move!"

Xiao Weiqing nodded, "Okay!"

Without hesitation.

He extended his left hand, forming it into a palm. Flames suddenly ignited, and with the injection of Qi Fire, the surrounding air became distorted.

Yin Tiantian subconsciously backed away, feeling uncomfortable.

Sun Bing's eyes lit up, as if he had seen something interesting.

The next moment.

A pillar of flame burst forth instantly, with a golden Fire Owl vividly depicted in the center.

In an instant, it reached the barrier.

Boom!

The impact of the flames created a huge surge, resulting in an explosion.

A second later, as the golden Fire Owl struck the Spiritual Qi barrier, another explosion occurred, even more powerful than the first.

Rumble!~

Flames scattered in all directions.

"Whoa, Xiao Weiqing, are you trying to murder us?"

The people from the Upper Academy quickly dodged.

Sun Bing was pleasantly surprised. "I see. Xiao Weiqing, your Innate Skill is very powerful."

"I have a general understanding of your Extraordinary Talents now."

"I will organize some materials later and provide references regarding the choice of Innate Skills. I'll send them to your bracelets tonight."

"If you have any questions regarding cultivation, feel free to contact me."

After saying that, Sun Bing turned and left... At night.

Xiao Weiqing continued to refine Qi Fire, easily reaching 953 wisps.

Subsequently.

Xiao Weiqing received an email from Sun Bing.

He opened the email.

There was no nonsense, just a few lines of text. Sun Bing had recommended four Innate Skills for him.

His gaze locked onto the first one.

"Arcane Recovery, 'Technique' type, Level 3 Innate Skill."

Significantly accelerates one's own Spiritual Qi recovery. Price: 70,000 points.

"Sigh..."

Xiao Weiqing let out a deep sigh. The Innate Skills Sun Bing recommended were definitely excellent and suited him well.

As the saying goes: you get what you pay for.

But.

As another saying goes: being expensive also has its difficulties.

Xiao Weiqing had checked his loan limit before—50,000. He couldn't afford it.

"Let's look at the second one."

"Wildness, 'Body' type, Level 3 Innate Skill."

Increases Spiritual Qi recovery and physical stamina recovery. Price: 60,000 points.

Still too difficult.

He continued to the third one.

"Vein Expansion, 'Body' type, Level 2 Innate Skill."

Expands Meridians, accelerates cultivation speed, and slightly improves recovery ability. Needs to be cultivated in conjunction with a Body Tempering method. Price: 10,000 points.

"Not bad, but it requires a Body Tempering method."

His cultivation speed already far exceeded that of ordinary people. Adding a Level 2 Innate Skill wouldn't make it much faster, and requiring a Body Tempering method would be another point expenditure.

At this stage, if he went to the Body Tempering room frequently, it would actually slow down his cultivation speed.

The last one.

"Reinforcement, 'Body' type, Level 2 Innate Skill."

Strengthens Meridians, slightly increases cultivation speed and Spiritual Qi circulation speed. Price: 8,000 points.

Xiao Weiqing's eyes lit up.

"This one is good."

Strengthening the Meridians was excellent. Increasing cultivation speed was secondary; the key was that it could increase Spiritual Qi circulation speed, which was very important to him.

Besides seeking powerful Innate Skills, Technique Cultivators also found another point very important: the speed of casting techniques.

Gamers all know that startup is very important.

Mainly, the points required were very affordable. With his current points, he could just pay in installments.

Xiao Weiqing tapped his bracelet and entered the Innate Skill Mall.

He searched for the Reinforcement Innate Skill.

Several pages appeared at once, with hundreds of entries in total.

All of them were Reinforcement.

"Man, this Innate Skill is a dime a dozen."

However, the highest was only Level 2, with prices ranging from 4,000 to 8,000 points. The notes listed how long the Innate Skill had existed; some were only six or seven years old, while others were over ten.

"The Reinforcement talent is so common, yet there's no Level 3. Does that mean they've all been bought out?"

"This also shows how much in demand Reinforcement is."

The more Xiao Weiqing thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He decided to visit the Talent Tower tomorrow.

He exited the mall.

"Continue cultivating to refine the Qi Fire to Perfection."

A few hours later, it was late at night.

Xiao Weiqing opened his eyes. At this moment, he had condensed his Qi Fire to Perfection.

First Samadhi Qi Fire: (1000/1000) wisps

"Hmm?"

"For real?"

The subsequent Cultivation Technique surfaced in his mind, giving Xiao Weiqing a feeling of being scammed.

"I'll know if I try."

Xiao Weiqing guided the Spiritual Qi to enter the cultivation cycle, finally letting it stay in the shanzhong. However, since the Dantian was not yet open, most of the Spiritual Qi disappeared or dissipated. The small amount of remaining Spiritual Qi began to form tiny vortexes, but they could not last.

Tiny vortexes continuously formed and then collapsed.

Yes, Xiao Weiqing was attempting to open his Dantian.

At some unknown point.

The Qi Fire energy within his body suddenly became restless and began to gather toward a certain direction in a rhythmic manner.

"It really works?"

Xiao Weiqing was overjoyed and quickly swept up the Spiritual Qi along with the Qi Fire energy, guiding them to the shanzhong.

After entering the shanzhong, the golden energy spun faster and faster, continuously pulling in the Spiritual Qi, gathering without dissipating.

One minute.

Ten minutes.

Time passed.

Boom!

At a certain moment, a roar erupted within his body, and a surge of energy burst forth from his chest.

A milky white spiritual qi sea formed, rotating slowly clockwise in a shape resembling a galactic disk, profound and mysterious.

At the center of the spiritual qi sea was a golden flame, lifelike, condensed from a thousand wisps of Qi Fire.

Xiao Weiqing opened his eyes and clenched his fists; he felt his entire body was currently filled with power.

He hurriedly looked at the panel.

Realm: Second Realm (One Dantian)

Extraordinary Talent: Samadhi True Fire (Samadhi True Fire Spirit Refining Art)

Mental Energy: 10.3

Spiritual Qi: Shenque, shanzhong

Physique: Body Tempering Realm

First Samadhi Qi Fire: (1000/1000) wisps

Second Samadhi Refined Fire: (0/1000) wisps

"I really succeeded."

"Is it really this simple?"

Xiao Weiqing himself felt it was a bit surreal; he had only been trying it out.

That's right, Qi Fire itself was the essence of human Spiritual Qi, condensed through the Samadhi True Fire Spirit Refining Art.

"So, can I follow suit and open the other two Dantians the same way next time?"

As soon as Xiao Weiqing thought of this, he couldn't wait to go to the Body Tempering Room.

He didn't know how strong a Level 6 Extraordinary Talent was.

But he was certain that in terms of Spiritual Qi cultivation speed alone, even a Level 6 Extraordinary Talent could not do what he did.

With a Level 5 Extraordinary Talent, one could fill the Shenque with Spiritual Qi within a month after Awakening. As for opening the Dantian, let alone within one month, it would be difficult to do even in two months.

What about Level 6?

Luo Jiang Academy had recruited many Level 6 Extraordinary Talents throughout its history, but there had never been a record of anyone opening their Dantian within a month.

Let alone half a month.

Yet Xiao Weiqing had done it. From his Awakening until now, all in all, his cultivation time was only a little over half a month.

With an excited heart, he walked to the balcony to admire the night scene.

At this moment, Xiao Weiqing felt the night breeze was particularly comfortable, and even the moon was extraordinarily bright...