Chapter 43

Chapter 43 – : Golden Crow True Fire

Chapter 43: Golden Crow True Fire

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Although the elder was pleased, Li Ming only smiled back before heading straight back to his cave abode with the book.

He now had both the pills and the cultivation techniques prepared!

Additionally, he even acquired a blue entry during his trip to the scripture depository!

Li Ming could now be said to be completely prepared to undergo another round of swift progress!

While carefully referring to the Ancient Spirit Mysterious Art, Li Ming set up the circulation route within his body.

Unlike the One Qi Art that he used in the past, this Ancient Spirit Mysterious Art also had a certain requirement with regard to the cultivator’s physical body that had to be fulfilled!

Li Ming absorbed spiritual qi through his skin, then flesh, then bones, then meridians, and then finally his dantian!

The Ancient Spirit Mysterious Art required the cultivator to completely transform their body into a furnace that absorbed spiritual qi! This was completely different from his previous qi refinement technique!

Qi cultivation was supposed to be a path where one would progressively abandon the physical body, but this cultivation technique was clearly different from that as it made use of the physical body.

And this point perfectly coincided with Li Ming’s body cultivation!

The main goal of body tempering was to temper the body. The body would then grow to be able to store more spiritual qi while simultaneously making it sturdier and more powerful.

Every one of the basic skills of body tempering that Li Ming routinely performed contributed to the tempering of his body and thereby contributed to allowing his body to better absorb heaven and earth spiritual qi.

This qi cultivation technique was perfect for him!

Coupled with the effect of the Qi Raising Pills and the effects of his entries, this was the first time Li Ming felt that cultivating qi was so easy!

Even though the process of spiritual qi being transformed by the physical body would present unbearable pain to most, this bit of pain was not a problem for Li Ming who had already reached the martial dao foundation establishment stage.

The spiritual qi of heaven and earth was gathered and absorbed by Li Ming’s body. And as he absorbed more and more spiritual qi, soon enough, Li Ming actually felt that he was about to break through!

He heightened his focus, preparing to make one big push to break through!

Under the effects of the entries, medicinal pills, and various other supplementary effects, he managed to break through to the eleventh level of qi refinement!

He had broken through one whole level in just one day!

If this were to happen to any other qi refinement cultivator, they would naturally come to be considered to be at the level of prodigies.

However, only Li Ming himself knew that if he had not reached the martial dao foundation establishment stage, even with the pills and the Ancient Spirit Mysterious Art, he still would not have been able to advance one whole level in a day!

In the blink of an eye, there were only four days left before the inner sect grand competition.

After Li Ming made a breakthrough in his qi cultivation, he stabilized himself a little and focused on body tempering.

The Golden Crow Body Tempering Art was the follow-up to the Blazing Sun

Body Tempering Art. It was key to furthering Li Ming’s cultivation of his body.

The heavenly fire drawn out by the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art was unbearable!

At the back mountain of the cave abode, Li Ming fixed his form as he prepared to practice the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art.

Following the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art, the moment that his fist swung out, the muscles on his arm felt as if they had been plunged into a sea of fire!

While he was practicing, balls of heavenly fire were drawn and descended from the blazing sun above his head!

As the heavenly fire descended, Li Ming did not dare to relax.

He waved his arm and retracted his fist. The heavenly fire burned his body and completely fused into his body as he moved!

There were twelve levels to the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art, and Li Ming had yet to even enter the first level!

The last time he tried practicing the technique, he had not even reached the foundation establishment stage yet. Back then, he was placed under agonizing, inhuman pain!

This time, however, although the feeling of being burned by the heavenly fire was still uncomfortable, it was a lot better than back then!

With the help of the [Martial Dao Prodigy] entry, Li Ming could feel the improvements his body was experiencing!

The heavenly fire burned his body and tempered his flesh and blood. His meridians, which felt like they were being boiled, repeatedly broke apart and rebuilt themselves!

Buzz!

Three hours later, Li Ming’s body began to buzz!

Li Ming felt his entire body heat up. As he moved, the heat in his body began to be restrained and all of it moved towards his dantian!

On the foundation establishment stone platform, a golden crow condensed from heavenly fire appeared!

“The first level! I’ve done it!”

He had successfully achieved the first level of the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art!

It was also the door to officially entering the martial dao foundation establishment stage!

Both types of foundation establishment cultivators, be it in qi cultivation or the martial dao, would have a stone platform in their dantians. However, the martial dao foundation establishment stone platform was only a place where the spiritual qi of the physical body gathered. It could not be called their core.

This was fundamentally different from the qi cultivation foundation establishment stone platform!

“The Golden Crow Body Tempering Art is indeed extraordinary.”

“According to the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art, reaching the third level will allow one to possess the Golden Crow True Fire! This is a rare body tempering skill!”

Most body tempering techniques focused on strengthening the body. If he wanted to learn all kinds of techniques like those in qi cultivation, he obviously needed to learn them separately.

It would be similar to how he had learned the Five Divine Fists!

Golden Crow True Fire was a technique that wandered between the paths of qi cultivation and the martial dao!

True fire was a type of fire that could only be obtained after reaching the foundation establishment stage. It could be used to refine and smith magical treasures!

This was a common occurrence.

Every foundation establishment cultivator could refine their own magical treasures.

Not only that, even demons and demonic beasts could refine their own natal magical treasures after reaching a certain level of strength!

Golden Crow True Fire was exclusive to Li Ming and was derived from the Golden Crow Body Tempering Art!

Successfully reaching the first level meant that Li Ming had stabilized his foundation in the early levels of the foundation establishment stage.

What followed was the repeated honing over countless days and nights.

There were not many shortcuts to body tempering, and he could not just rely on large amounts of pills to increase his cultivation. The only thing he could do was to constantly temper himself!

Unknowingly, there were only two days left until the inner sect grand competition!

On this day.

As usual, Li Ming began to practice in the front yard of his cave abode.

Ever since he reached the martial dao foundation establishment stage, the sect had returned to giving him a bit more attention.

Although they were surprised that he had attained the martial dao foundation establishment stage, most of them still did not hold much hope for him.

However, with the fact that Li Ming had recently been raising his level in qi refinement as well, the sect naturally would not ignore him.

In the past few days, some resources that other inner sect disciples should have received were sent to him instead.

If it was in the past, he would at most just have the title. As for how he was treated, it would be no different from outer sect disciples!

After all, no one was willing to spend resources to nurture a person who they believed had taken the wrong path.

“Senior Brother Li!”

Just as Li Ming was counting the resources he had received, he heard Chen Qingke’s voice from outside.

Looking at her happy and cheerful appearance, Li Ming knew that she had successfully reached the foundation establishment stage.

“Senior Brother, I’m out of seclusion!”

“I’m a foundation establishment cultivator now! No one will dare to bully senior brother in the future!”

Chen Qingke said this happily, but Li Ming felt helpless when he heard what she said. He wondered why protecting him was always on her mind.

“Junior Sister Chen, congratulations on reaching the foundation establishment stage. ”

“It seems like junior sister will be able to show off her skills in this inner sect grand competition.”

Li Ming congratulated her. Chen Qingke was very talented and powerful. After reaching the foundation establishment stage, she would definitely be ranked at the top of the inner sect.

“Senior brother, there’s no need to praise me like that. When I left seclusion, I heard that you’ve also reached the foundation establishment stage! In the entire sect, or even in the entire eastern continent’s Heavenly Southern Region, there is probably no second martial dao foundation establishment cultivator!”

“I believe that senior brother will definitely be able to make everyone look at him in a new light after this coming competition!”

When Chen Qingke came out of seclusion, she quickly came to learn that Li Ming had attained the martial dao foundation establishment stage. However, she also knew that most people in the sect still held a contemptuous attitude toward Li Ming.

They did not think that Li Ming’s martial dao foundation establishment was as powerful as others’ qi cultivation foundation establishment!

However, Chen Qingke had seen Li Ming’s strength in the last trial.

Thus, she believed in Li Ming!

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