74: lunar!

"In total... one hundred Qi Locks!"

Xiao Shi counted them.

He made sure not to miss any.

According to the information recorded in the jade slip, the total number of Qi Locks was one hundred.

After breaking through thirty-three Qi Locks, one could officially enter the Qi Martial Realm Early Stage. Breaking through sixty-six Qi Locks meant entering the Qi Martial Realm Middle Stage.

Breaking through ninety-nine Qi Locks was the Qi Martial Realm Late Stage. Breaking through one hundred Qi Locks was the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection.

At that point, he could attempt to break through to the Blood Martial Realm.

However, breaking through Qi Locks could not be achieved by Qi and blood alone.

Typically, there were only two ways to break through Qi Locks.

One was to cultivate a cultivation technique specifically designed to break Qi Locks.

The other was to rely on special Qi from heaven and earth.

Relatively speaking, most people broke Qi Locks by cultivating techniques.

The Red Tiger Sect had many such Qi Martial Realm cultivation techniques, but they required contribution points to exchange for them.

Although breaking Qi Locks with special Qi from heaven and earth would be faster and offer more benefits, these types of Qi were extremely rare.

Whenever they appeared, they would often trigger a scramble.

It was truly difficult to encounter them.

For ordinary people, it was rare to have the opportunity to encounter special Qi.

In most cases, they could only honestly cultivate techniques.

And in Xiao Shi's hand... he now happened to have this kind of special Qi!

And not just one!

When he first obtained this special Qi, he didn't know its specific use. Now that he understood the cultivation of the Qi Martial Realm, he immediately understood the significance of these types of Qi.

Currently, he had a total of six Qi Warrior Grade items, all of which he had acquired over the past three years.

In addition to these six Qi Warrior Grade items, there were also many Entering Martial Rank items.

Although most of these Entering Martial Rank items were no longer very useful, Xiao Shi had cultivated all the sword techniques, saber techniques, and staff techniques among them, to the extent that he was now proficient in all weapons, greatly increasing his combat ability.

Besides that, he also had a slight understanding of things like alchemy, medicine making, array arrangement, poison making and detoxification, and even divination and fortune-telling.

In a sense, he was now like an all-rounder, dabbling in various aspects, and even achieving proficiency in some areas.

Of course, the most important were the six Qi Warrior Grade items!

Among these six Qi Warrior Grade items, apart from the "Nine Refinements Vajra Body", the other five Qi Warrior Grade items were respectively... [Name: Grand Yin Qi] [Type: Qi] [Grade: Qi Warrior Grade] [Description: A wisp of Qi originating from Taiyin, which can be used to break through a Qi Lock.] [Note: After breaking a Qi Lock with Grand Yin Qi, it will cause the Qi Vortex to transform into a Taiyin Qi Vortex.] ... [Name: Fire Dragon Breath] [Type: Qi] [Grade: Qi Warrior Grade] [Description: A wisp of Qi originating from a Fire Dragon, which can be used to break through a Qi Lock.] [Note: After breaking a Qi Lock with Fire Dragon Breath, it will cause the Qi Vortex to transform into a Fire Dragon Qi Vortex.] ... [Name: Azure Frost Sword] [Type: Weapon] [Grade: Qi Warrior Grade] [Description: Forged from Azure Cauldron Steel, Extreme Cold Heavenly Frost, and other materials, containing Frost Cold Sword Qi. Inject Qi Strength to activate it.] [Note: If activated with Frost Cold Qi Strength, it will unleash sword Qi of even greater power.] ... [Name: Revitalizing Qi Pill (Rare)] [Type: Elixir] [Grade: Qi Warrior Grade] [Description: After use, it can immediately restore Qi Strength. The higher the quality, the more Qi Strength is restored.] [Note: The most overbearing aspect of this elixir is its ability to restore Qi Strength regardless of type.] ... [Name: Earth Core Crystal Marrow] [Type: Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure] [Grade: Qi Warrior Grade] [Description: Crystal marrow produced deep within the Earth's core.] [Note: Requires a certain period of refinement.] ... Among these five Qi Warrior Grade items, the Earth Core Crystal Marrow, a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, had already been refined by Xiao Shi and used for his Vajra Skin cultivation.

Although a single Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure was not enough to cultivate Vajra Skin, he had made good progress.

As for the remaining four items, Xiao Shi focused his attention on the Grand Yin Qi and Fire Dragon Breath.

Both of these special types of Qi could break through a Qi Lock and enable the Qi Vortex to transform into a special Qi Vortex!

Qi Vortexes are generally divided into ordinary Qi Vortexes and special Qi Vortexes.

In most cases, the Qi Vortexes opened after breaking a Qi Lock were just ordinary Qi Vortexes.

Only by breaking a Qi Lock with special Qi was there a chance for the opened Qi Vortex to transform into a special Qi Vortex.

But it was important to note that... only one type of special Qi Vortex could be chosen.

If two or more different types of special Qi Vortexes appeared, it would lead to chaos in the body's Qi Vortexes, resulting in severe consequences.

"In other words..."

"I can only choose one of these two special types of Qi!"

"And once I make a choice, from then on, I can only develop that category of Qi Vortex."

Xiao Shi understood in his heart.

Looking at the two masses of Qi in his hand, one was Taiyin and the other was Fire Dragon.

Although he didn't know much about these two types, Xiao Shi could guess that Taiyin should be more inclined towards darkness and concealment, while Fire Dragon focused on direct confrontation.

Comparing them, Xiao Shi felt that Taiyin would be more suitable for him.

After all, his personality disliked ostentation and was more suited to being hidden and low-key.

Taiyin was undoubtedly very suitable for his personality.

And perhaps Taiyin could bring more enhancements at night.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi decisively chose the Grand Yin Qi.

He clenched his hand, directly squeezing the entire mass of Grand Yin Qi into his palm, letting it permeate and surge into his body along his palm.

Then, he guided this mass of Grand Yin Qi to move around various parts of his body.

Xiao Shi was contemplating which Qi Lock he should break first.

The hundred Qi Locks within his body were not all the same.

Some of these Qi Locks were more solid, while others were looser.

After sensing a few of them, Xiao Shi had a premonition that even with this mass of Grand Yin Qi, he might not be able to break them.

To be safe, Xiao Shi felt that he should not rush to break these solid Qi Locks.

He chose a relatively looser Qi Lock.

Controlling the Grand Yin Qi, he surged towards this Qi Lock.

Boom!

A huge impact appeared on Xiao Shi's body. He felt as if he had been hit by a giant beast, and his entire body trembled.

Fortunately, his body, tempered by body refinement, was incredibly strong, and such an impact was not enough to injure him.

However, if it were anyone else... they would probably be severely injured by such an impact!

Crack, crack!

As the Grand Yin Qi impacted, cracks quickly spread across the entire Qi Lock.

With a 'boom', the entire Qi Lock shattered.

A brilliant and dazzling speck of light shone brightly at the location where the Qi Lock had shattered, forming a deep black vortex!

As it rumbled and spun, deep black Qi Strength continuously and slowly emerged from the vortex.

The moment the Qi Strength was born from the Qi Vortex, Xiao Shi's aura dramatically changed.

His entire life level underwent a direct leap!

A terrifying fluctuation, far exceeding the Qi Martial Realm, erupted from him, stirring up a storm.

"Qi Martial Realm!"

Xiao Shi felt the changes after his breakthrough.

He extended a finger.

With a thought, a wisp of black Qi Strength immediately coiled around his finger.

He gazed at this wisp of black Qi Strength, clearly feeling that this wisp of black Qi Strength was very different from the Qi Strength of the Qi Martial Realm martial artists he had fought before!

"Their Qi Strength was ordinary Qi Strength, but mine... is Taiyin Qi Strength!"

Xiao Shi took out a black brick-like stone from his storage bag.

This was an Entering Martial Rank material, characterized by its sturdiness.

Xiao Shi placed his finger, wrapped in Taiyin Qi Strength, onto the black stone.

He didn't even use force.

Whoosh!

His finger easily penetrated the black stone as if it were tofu, completely unaffected by the stone's sturdiness.

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