63: Qidong Nine Levels, the Level of Qi Sea

Ouyang Zhi felt a shiver run down her spine under his gaze.

A terrifying and absurd thought flashed through her mind.

"His target was me from the start?"

As soon as the thought emerged, Ouyang Zhi forcefully suppressed it.

She was a prodigy ranked ninety-eighth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, with the entire Cold Moon Sect backing her.

Even if this Night Watcher in front of her was powerful, he shouldn't be setting his sights on her.

But Lu Ming's gaze, filled with regret, pricked her like needles, making the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end.

Something's not right, sisters.

She really encountered a shrimpy man!!!

Lu Ming gave her a deep look, then kicked Jiang Tangyue, who had fallen asleep: "Drag the body back to the Night Watch Division and tell those old farts from Longhu Mountain to come claim it!"

Wei Changfeng had just recovered from his shock when he heard Lu Ming's command and immediately straightened his back, responding, "Yes, Patrolman Lu!"

So satisfying, it was incredibly satisfying.

This was simply his dream self.

What prodigies, what powerful backgrounds.

Dare to provoke our Night Watch Division, and they will all be killed.

Of course, Wei Changfeng only fantasized for a moment; the pain in his chest immediately pulled him back to reality.

Can't learn from him, brother.

Even among Night Watchers, there are differences... A core disciple of Longhu Mountain was slain by a newcomer from the Night Watch Division.

This incident was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a huge commotion.

What kind of place was Longhu Mountain?

Its talismans were peerless, and its sect's power was among the top in the entire Great Xia.

Yet, a core disciple cultivated by such a behemoth was actually crushed by an unknown newcomer from the Night Watch Division?

This was simply like eating mushrooms!

The entire Jiang City seemed to have been paused; the originally arrogant and domineering disciples of sects and aristocratic families suddenly became much more subdued.

Because Lu Ming, this fiend, truly dared to fight and kill.

Not only did he slay Jiang Tangyue of Longhu Mountain, but he also brought his body back to the Night Watch Division!

But despite such arrogant methods, Longhu Mountain didn't even dare to utter a peep.

Because Lu Ming had the entire Night Watch Division standing behind him!

In the end, it was an elder from Longhu Mountain who came forward, dutifully paid the fine, and only then retrieved Jiang Tangyue's body.

Now everyone was well-behaved.

Outside, rumors were rampant, but Lu Ming remained as steady as an old dog.

Three days had passed since the incident at Nanhua Commercial Plaza.

Jiang City appeared calm on the surface, but beneath, undercurrents surged.

The words "become immortal" were too tempting for all transcendents.

Even within the Night Watch Division, different voices emerged.

Some approved, some opposed.

Ultimately, the higher-ups spoke.

It could be attempted, but attention must be paid to the impact; it should be handled discreetly and cautiously.

However, none of this concerned Lu Ming.

At this moment, he was refining the drop of Purple Spirit Jade Marrow that Yang Kaihe had used to save his life.

It was indeed a good item, worth 1500 points.

Purple Spirit Jade Marrow was extremely rare; found in the deepest fissures where the Earth Vein Dragon Qi was most concentrated, wrapped in thousand-year-old purple jade, it would take two to three hundred years to barely accumulate one such drop.

The spiritual energy it contained was immense.

For both the Third Realm and the Fourth Realm, it was an invaluable great medicine.

To be precise, for a Third Realm transcendent to refine this item was a bit of a waste.

But Lu Ming couldn't care less; he urgently needed to quickly break through to the Fourth Realm.

Whatever it was, he'd use it first.

As the saying goes, hoarding it only benefits the corpse looters.

Just like Yang Kaihe, who originally intended to save it until he reached the third stage of Aerial Mastery, to use the medicinal power of the Purple Spirit Jade Marrow to break into the mid-Fourth Realm in one go.

But in the end, it only benefited Lu Ming.

After three days of refining, Lu Ming had already digested seven or eight tenths of the medicinal power contained in the Purple Spirit Jade Marrow.

When the last trace of medicinal power exploded within him, Lu Ming felt his entire body's bones and muscles emit tiny, crisp sounds.

Vast spiritual energy was like countless spirit snakes drilling into his limbs and bones.

The 720 acupoints of the two major circulations, visible and invisible, lit up simultaneously like stars.

The spiritual energy originally flowing through his meridians suddenly boiled, surging and circulating along specific trajectories, transforming into crystal-clear spiritual liquid wherever it passed.

When a drop of spiritual liquid fell into the Mortal Transformation Acupoint, it actually emitted a clear chime like a jade chime.

"Om—"

The two circulations, visible and invisible, suddenly brightened, and two brilliant streams of light intertwined into a ring within his body, like two miniature full moons slowly rotating in his meridians.

Lu Ming suddenly opened his eyes, a purple-gold stream of light flashing through them.

"Finally, I've reached the peak of the Qi Movement Realm; next, as soon as my Qi Sea forms, I can officially step into the Fourth Realm!"

He slowly stood up, stretched his limbs, and a hint of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

However, forming a Qi Sea also had its nuances.

According to the current cultivation system, Qi Seas can be roughly divided into four grades.

When ordinary transcendents form their Qi Sea, it is mostly a first-grade stream-sea.

A shallow pool is carved out in the dantian, and it is considered qualified if it can hold three to five times the amount of spiritual liquid.

Above that is a river-sea, which can hold seven to eight times the amount of spiritual liquid.

One grade higher is called a vast-sea, like an inland lake, with misty waves, capable of containing twenty to thirty times the spiritual liquid, and the solidity of the Qi Sea is self-evident.

The highest grade is the ocean-sea.

It can encompass the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the Earth Vein Dragon Qi, can autonomously devour the essence of the sun and moon, is self-sustaining, and its spiritual liquid storage capacity reaches an astonishing forty to fifty times.

However, the stronger the Qi Sea, the more resources required.

Ordinary transcendents, let alone aiming for a vast-sea, even a river-sea is just a luxury.

After all, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures required just for expanding the sea are enough to severely impact a small aristocratic family.

And it is said that opening an ocean-sea requires the assistance of a Seventh Realm fierce beast's essence blood.

But how many forces can manage to hunt a Seventh Realm fierce beast?

But Lu Ming didn't think that way.

He was on the path of a hexagonal warrior, and the martial arts he learned were all grand and sweeping, so the storage capacity of spiritual liquid was particularly important.

Moreover, he was backed by the Night Watch Division, and there was indeed Seventh Realm fierce beast essence blood available for exchange, it was just a tiny bit expensive.

Close to ten thousand contribution points, it seemed a bit out of reach.

But who was Lu Ming?

He was never the type to sit and wait for resources to come to him.

Although ten thousand contribution points were a lot, for him, it was just a matter of handling a few more cases and taking a few more heads.

He opened the Night Watch Division's app store.

His gaze swept over the dark red glass bottle in the store labeled [Crimson-Eyed Thunder Lion Essence Blood (Seventh Realm)].

The note below the exchange list clearly stated: Contains a trace of the ancient Qiongqi's primal ferocity, can assist in expanding the sea, with a thirty percent chance of helping cultivators below the Fourth Realm open an ocean-sea Qi Sea.

"Thirty percent chance..." Lu Ming was slightly speechless.

No wonder they all said an ocean-sea was hard to achieve.

Even the essence blood of a Seventh Realm fierce beast only increased the success rate to thirty percent.

But the path of cultivation itself was a struggle against heaven; let alone thirty percent, even if there was only a ten percent chance, Lu Ming would gamble.

However, the most pressing issue now was how to gather ten thousand contribution points in a short period.

The Night Watch Division's contribution point system was strict; ordinary missions only offered tens to hundreds of points.

To accumulate quickly, one could only accept missions labeled "High Risk" or even "Top Secret."

Soon, a pinned mission caught Lu Ming's attention.

[Rumor has it that there is an "immortal corpse" at the bottom of the Jiangyin River. Bring that ancient corpse back to the Night Watch Division intact, and receive 10,000 contribution points!]

This mission had only been posted a few minutes ago.

Lu Ming saw that the mission's publisher was a department named [White Tiger Bureau].

Although he had only recently joined the Night Watch Division, he had heard of the fourelephant bureaus—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—which belonged to the central authority.

For instance, this White Tiger Bureau was specifically established to trace the origins of the transcendent, dealing with extraordinary historical remnants.

The people inside were all out-and-out madmen.

Only these wealthy madmen could offer the sky-high price of ten thousand contribution points.

"Could it really be an immortal corpse? But didn't my aunt say it was just a malevolent corpse?"

Lu Ming immediately became interested and sent a message to Chen Ziliang.

[Ziliang, send me the file on that stone coffin in the Jiangyin River.]