75: Seven Star Holy Land

Early morning.

Yang Zhen and the others, who had just become Inner Sect Disciples yesterday, gathered together, continuously discussing their current progress.

"After a night of hard work, I have successfully sensed thirty Qi Locks within my body!"

Yang Zhen said excitedly.

"Thirty? How did you sense them? I only sensed twenty-three!"

A team member from Team Ding nearby expressed his surprise.

"What's thirty? I've already sensed forty-one Qi Locks."

Wang Luo said proudly.

After learning about the method to break through to the Qi Martial Realm, they all began to use their own vital energy and blood to sense and search for Qi Locks within their bodies last night.

However, with the strength of their vital energy and blood... it was naturally impossible for them to sense all the Qi Locks at once like Xiao Shi.

"Lao Xiao, how many have you sensed?"

Wang Changhuan asked curiously.

"Twenty-five..."

Xiao Shi gave a rather mediocre answer.

It was impossible to directly tell them that he had not only sensed all the Qi Locks but had also broken one, stepping into the Qi Martial Realm.

For an ordinary Martial Warrior of the Qi Martial Realm, disguising himself as a Martial Warrior of the Entrance to Martial Realm was an extremely difficult task.

After all, upon breaking through to the Qi Martial Realm, a person's entire aura would undergo a huge change.

If the specific cultivation of a Martial Warrior of the Entrance to Martial Realm was primarily judged by the strength of his vital energy and blood.

Then the strength of a Martial Warrior of the Qi Martial Realm was judged by the aura he emitted.

Logically speaking.

After Xiao Shi broke through to the Qi Martial Realm, the aura he emitted would immediately reveal that he had reached the Qi Martial Realm.

However.

Xiao Shi possessed the martial emperor mask, which could conceal his own aura!

This allowed him, even after breaking through to the Qi Martial Realm, to completely hide his aura, making it impossible for anyone to tell that he had reached the Qi Martial Realm.

By now.

Xiao Shi also understood that the various abilities and functions of the martial emperor mask were primarily reflected in the aura.

Whether it was ignoring aura realm suppression, releasing a wisp of Martial Emperor aura, or concealing his own aura.

It was all like this.

And before this, Xiao Shi had a thought in his mind... that was, could he break through Qi Locks using the Martial Emperor aura from the martial emperor mask?

After all, Martial Emperor aura, like Grand Yin Qi and Fire Dragon Breath, was a type of aura.

But when he tried, he failed.

The key to the failure.

It was mainly because the Martial Emperor aura that the martial emperor mask could release was too little, and it was also illusory, unlike Grand Yin Qi and Fire Dragon Breath, which could form a tangible mass of gas.

This also made Xiao Shi feel a little regretful.

"Just sensing the Qi Locks is this difficult, breaking them open must be even harder!"

At this moment, the group of them were conversing.

They arrived at the sect's place for exchanging cultivation techniques.

They had specifically come to exchange for cultivation techniques that could break Qi Locks.

After all, after sensing the Qi Locks, the next step was to find a way to break them and step into the Qi Martial Realm.

They were not like Xiao Shi, who possessed special auras capable of breaking Qi Locks.

They could only break Qi Locks by cultivating cultivation techniques.

The Red Tiger Sect had many such Qi Martial Realm cultivation techniques, and in terms of price, they were generally quite expensive.

Even the cheapest ones required ten thousand contribution points.

Xiao Shi was also examining these cultivation techniques.

He discovered... the difference between these cultivation techniques mainly lay in the speed of breaking Qi Locks.

Cultivation techniques that broke Qi Locks faster would also be more expensive.

However, no matter how fast the cultivation technique, it could not be as fast as breaking Qi Locks with the special auras of heaven and earth.

And the Qi Vortex formed after breaking Qi Locks through cultivation techniques would only be an ordinary Qi Vortex.

Among these cultivation techniques, Xiao Shi casually chose one.

He only intended to use this cultivation technique for cover.

He did not plan to cultivate it.

He had a thought in his mind that others would not dare to imagine.

That was... to make every Qi Vortex in his body a Taiyin Qi Vortex!

Usually, for ordinary Martial Warriors of the Qi Martial Realm.

Most of the Qi Vortexes in his body were ordinary Qi Vortexes.

If he could have one special Qi Vortex, he would already be a very special Martial Warrior of the Qi Martial Realm.

All Qi Vortexes are special Qi Vortexes?

This was something no one dared to imagine.

After all, the special auras of heaven and earth were inherently extremely rare, and furthermore, there were many different types among these special auras.

In a situation where one could only choose one type of special aura, it was simply impossible to make all the Qi Vortexes in one's body become the same type of special Qi Vortex!

This point would be somewhat difficult even for Xiao Shi.

To make all the Qi Vortexes in his body Taiyin Qi Vortexes, the amount of Grand Yin Qi required would be immense.

If it were anyone else, it would certainly be impossible to achieve.

But Xiao Shi felt that for him, there was still hope.

He really wanted to know what would be different when all the Qi Vortexes in his body became Taiyin Qi Vortexes!

...At the same time.

Inside a grand hall of the Red Tiger Sect.

Guo Chengdao, the sect master of the Red Tiger Sect, with graying temples and an elegant demeanor, was discussing important matters with three elders in the hall.

The Red Tiger Sect had many elders.

But the ones with the greatest power, highest status, and who truly held major decision-making power in the sect were only these three elders.

"The Seven Stars Holy Land is about to open... According to the current situation in Seven Stars Province, this time's Seven Stars Holy Land will likely cause even greater changes in the pattern of Seven Stars Province."

The Grand Elder, among the three elders, sighed with emotion.

"I believe that this time we might be able to give up on this Seven Stars Holy Land, preserve our strength, so that we can better cope with future crises."

The Second Elder also nodded in agreement.

"The situation in Seven Stars Province is complex now, and even the Heretical Organization has infiltrated Seven Stars Province. With their methods, it is highly possible that they will also appear in the Seven Stars Holy Land..."

"I also believe that our Red Tiger Sect should prioritize preserving strength at present. If we participate in the competition for the Seven Stars Holy Land at this time, I'm afraid it will be more loss than gain."

After they finished speaking, they all looked at the Sect Master, awaiting his decision.

Sect Master Guo Chengdao frowned deeply.

The opening of the Seven Stars Holy Land.

It was the most significant event in Seven Stars Province, and also an opportunity that could rewrite the fate of various forces.

"If we don't participate, and other forces gain something in the Seven Stars Holy Land and become stronger because of it, then our situation will only get worse..."

Guo Chengdao shook his head.

Many years ago, the strongest force in Seven Stars Province was not Flying Origin Palace, but Seven Stars Sect!

The reason Flying Origin Palace was able to rise and become the strongest force in Seven Stars Province was because they had a major gain in the Seven Stars Holy Land back then.

This allowed them to defy fate and surpass Seven Stars Sect, becoming the strongest ruling force in Seven Stars Province.

Therefore, every force attached great importance to the opening of the Seven Stars Holy Land.

Although the current situation in Seven Stars Province was complex.

This time's Seven Stars Holy Land would inevitably be a bloodbath.

But Guo Chengdao felt that no matter what, they could not give up on the Seven Stars Holy Land.

If other forces became stronger there, and they only stood still, in this increasingly dangerous Seven Stars Province, they would find it even more difficult to establish themselves.