Time stands still in the forest; several days have passed since we escaped the ruins of the Luoshen Gate.
Inside the cave, the boy wielded an ancient-looking long staff, which made a whistling friction sound as it struck the surrounding air.
"I feel like something's missing from this Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff?"
Looking at the ancient long staff in his hand, he gently stroked it with both hands and could feel some scars on the staff, as if they were left from a terrible battle.
"If this thing were intact, it would probably be comparable to a celestial artifact."
An old man with a somewhat ethereal figure stroked his white beard and said thoughtfully.
The young man was Qin Xin, and the old man was Qin Xin's teacher, Dan Qing. After recovering for the past few days, Qin Xin had almost fully recovered. In his spare time, he took out the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff that he had obtained from the ruins of the Luoshen Sect and studied it. Only then did he discover some problems with this spiritual weapon.
"A celestial artifact?"
Qin Xin was somewhat shocked. He knew that spiritual artifacts were divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Yellow-rank spiritual artifacts were very common and could be easily forged with ordinary materials and beast crystals. Profound-rank spiritual artifacts were more complicated to forge, but they were not very rare. As for Earth-rank and Heaven-rank spiritual artifacts, they would have some independent consciousness, and with long-term nurturing, there was even a chance that a weapon spirit would appear. As for immortal artifacts, they had always been a legendary existence.
"I've never seen the materials used to forge this Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff before. It seems that restoring it will be quite difficult," Danqing said, frowning as he examined the ancient staff in Qin Xin's hand.
"Anyway, this Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff is equivalent to a mid-level Xuan-grade spiritual weapon, which is enough for me to use."
Qin Xin didn't care about the reputation of the immortal artifact. After all, his strength was still very low. If he possessed something too precious, he would inevitably attract the attention of some powerful martial artists.
Although Qin Xin possesses a martial spirit, which can be condensed into a weapon, the strength of a martial artist can also increase rapidly with the support of a spiritual weapon. Among martial artists of the same realm, the higher the level of the martial spirit and the more spiritual weapons they possess, the more advantageous they will be.
"Sigh, all I get are defective products."
Qin Xin muttered a few words, wanting to complain a bit. After all, apart from the Heavenly Phoenix Egg in the Heavenly Wind Futon that had no idea when it would hatch, both the mysterious fragment and the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff were broken.
"If those old geezers knew that the mysterious fragment of the map was in your hands, you would probably be reduced to dust by now!" Seeing Qin Xin's expression, Dan Qing rolled his eyes and retorted.
After putting the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff back into his Qiankun Bag, Qin Xin began to cultivate the Desolate God Body Tempering Technique. True Qi flowed along several meridians, and the familiar Desolate Qi flowed into Qin Xin's body from the void.
During the process of Danqing using the strange fire to help Qin Xin refine the energy, Qin Xin unexpectedly discovered that some of the desolate energy flowed into the Spirit Devouring Stone. However, strangely, the Spirit Devouring Stone did not convert it into pure energy for the Martial Spirit to absorb.
Qin Xin didn't pay much attention to it. After his blood and qi began to feel weak, Qin Xin quickly stopped the operation of the Desolate God Body Tempering Technique, and Dan Qing also returned to the fragmented map space to rest.
"Bang bang!"
Qin Xin stood up lazily, the sound of his bones grinding together audible, as if there was an extremely powerful force within him.
"Thump!~"
With a single punch, a massive blue boulder in the cave cracked open with a terrifying fissure, shattering completely along the crack.
"His right arm is not yet fully strengthened, but his physical strength is already comparable to that of a Xiantian Realm expert!"
Qin Xin's face showed some excitement, and he even began to look forward to what he would look like after cultivating the Desolate God Body.
"I wonder how Miss Luo, Xia Yue, Jiang Xinghai, Zhan Qingqi, Sanjie, and Shishan are doing."
Although Qin Xin has been recovering these past few days, he has been constantly worried about the safety of these people. After all, when he faced a threat, those people could have chosen to stand by and watch, but they did not, and instead chose to help Qin Xin.
"Don't worry, with that little girl around, there won't be any problems." Danqing's voice echoed in Qin Xin's mind, her words carrying a hint of something else.
"Let's go back to the Eastern Wilderness Academy first."
Qin Xin did not hesitate and immediately made a plan. Now that he was already at the ninth level of the Innate Realm, he only needed to complete the Condensation of Apertures to enter the Opening Aperture Realm.
"Humans live between heaven and earth, corresponding to the stars above. The stars are arranged in a constellation, and there are acupoints all over the body, which is the way of nature."
"There is a world outside the body, and a world within the body. The nine meridians and nine orifices complement each other."
"Refining the nine orifices means refining the nine energies of the human body. Internal strength will naturally emerge. After the nine orifices condense into the ancestral orifices and the nine meridians condense into the main meridians, the gate of life and death will be opened, the bridge between heaven and earth will be built, and the internal and external will converge, and the martial arts will be initially formed."
Therefore, only after a martial artist enters the Qi Sea Realm will their lifespan be extended to a certain extent, which is also a manifestation of the initial formation of martial arts. As for the later Yuanfu Realm, Ningdan Realm, and Dharma Aspect Realm, it goes without saying.
After stepping out of the cave, Qin Xin immediately entered the giant trees of the jungle and concealed himself.
Furthermore, Qin Xin focused his mind on his Niwan Palace, using his spiritual sense to perceive the surrounding environment. If he encountered any powerful demonic beast aura, he would quickly move away, because Qin Xin was currently located near the depths of the Dead Leaf Forest, where some extremely powerful demonic beasts might appear at any time.
Along the way, Qin Xin fled when encountering strong opponents and directly killed and took the beast crystals from the weak ones. He also devoured the souls of the demonic beasts for the advancement of his martial spirit.
However, Qin Xin also discovered that since his martial spirit reached the fourth star, the meager amount of pure energy from absorbing the souls of ordinary demon beasts had no effect whatsoever; it seemed that only some powerful demon beasts could be of any use.
"Sigh! Advancing to the fifth star level won't be that easy..."
Qin Xin, sitting by the campfire eating the meat of some unknown demonic beast, muttered to himself as he ate.
The beast's flesh contained powerful blood energy, and Qin Xin used this blood energy to begin cultivating the Desolate God Body Tempering Technique. However, Dan Qing was quite talkative, as Qin Xin used him as a laborer.
Although she said it wouldn't work, Danqing would still use her strange fire to help Qin Xin refine the desolate energy every time he started cultivating the Desolate God Body Tempering Technique.
"It seems that to complete the introductory stage of the Desolate God Body Tempering Technique, I need some good things."
Qin Xin sighed as he tossed the gnawed animal bones to the ground.
Qin Xin discovered that when he first started cultivating the Desolate God Body Tempering Technique, the desolate energy refined by the strange fire could continuously strengthen his body. However, he now seemed to have hit a bottleneck, and the desolate energy refined by the strange fire alone had no effect on his body.
"I've come into contact with high-level body-refining techniques, but this low-level Xuan-rank Desolate God Body-Forging Technique is indeed a bit strange!" Danqing said with some doubt.
"How about you just give me any high-level body-refining technique, teacher? I don't need to practice this one anyway." Upon hearing this, Qin Xin's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and then he stared at Dan Qing with a fervent expression.
"Don't even think about it! You'd probably burn yourself to death before you even learned my body-refining technique."
Danqing firmly refused, not forgetting to give Qin Xin a disapproving look.
Hearing Danqing's bizarre reasons, Qin Xin rolled his eyes, inwardly cursing Danqing as a miser.
"If you want to master a Heaven-rank martial art, you should at least reach the Yuanfu Realm first. Without Yuan power, you can't even learn it, let alone use it."
Seeing the disappointment in Qin Xin's eyes, Danqing still said something.
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