Sitting cross-legged on the Heavenly Wind Futon, his Martial Spirit circulated rapidly, forming a phantom behind him. It continuously absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him into his Martial Core. After circulating through the body, the energy transformed into pure True Qi, flowing through the Martial Core and the main meridian.
Under the constant cleansing of true energy, Qin Xin's main meridian is now flawless, faintly radiating a bluish-red light.
Qin Xin originally wanted to stay in the Innate Realm for a while longer to solidify his foundation. However, since the Meridian Tempering and Bone Strengthening Pill given to him by Dan Qing had already cleansed his marrow and strengthened his foundation, staying any longer would be pointless. So Qin Xin simply accumulated true qi to prepare for the Condensation of Apertures.
For a martial artist at the ninth level of the Innate Realm to advance to the Acquired Realm, the first step is to unite the nine meridians and transform them into true meridians.
When the true meridian opens the orifices, the main meridians converge, and the true orifices solidify.
The nine main meridians are inherent to martial artists, but they are blocked from birth and need to be opened.
The True Meridian is formed by a martial artist through cultivation by fusing the nine main meridians. Furthermore, to complete the Condensation of the Aperture, one can only rely on the abundant True Qi within the True Meridian.
After adjusting his body to its optimal state, Qin Xin began to fuse the nine main meridians.
At this moment, the Black Stick Martial Spirit also accelerated its absorption of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to provide sufficient true energy support for the Meridian Integration.
"Merge!" Qin Xin shouted inwardly.
Nine main veins separated from the Martial Core and moved towards the black stick Martial Spirit inside the Martial Core, forming a peculiar connection with the Martial Spirit.
The process of merging the main meridians sounds simple, but in reality, the fusion of each main meridian is like dismembering bones and tendons. If one cannot withstand the pain and falls into a coma, the fusion will fail, and the martial artist will need to spend a long time recuperating before they can try to merge the meridians again.
Qin Xin only frowned at this pain. Compared to the soul-piercing pain of having his martial bones stripped away, the physical pain caused by this meridian fusion was easy to endure.
After a while, the nine main meridians had been fused together. Beads of sweat dripped from Qin Xin's forehead. The fusion of the main meridians required him to concentrate very much. If the true energy dissipated during the fusion, it would make the subsequent condensation of the acupoints even more difficult. Therefore, when a martial artist at the ninth level of the Innate Realm was merging meridians, if any of the nine main meridians experienced a dissipation of true energy, he would immediately stop and try again after cultivating for a period of time.
With a boom, a surge of powerful true energy instantly welled up in his hand.
"Is this the power of the true vein?"
Qin Xin was slightly surprised as he sensed the fiery red true vein emanating from the martial core.
The True Meridian seems to be an integral part of the Martial Elixir and the Martial Artist. With a thought, the True Qi in the Martial Elixir will connect with the True Meridian. The speed of the True Qi's circulation and its resilience are much higher than those of the Main Meridian.
Qin Xin's talent was so great that he succeeded in merging the nine main meridians on his first attempt that even Danqing in the fragmented map space was somewhat shocked. However, Danqing also knew that Qin Xin's ability to perfectly merge the nine main meridians was largely due to his extraordinary soul perception.
"Next is the process of condensing the acupoints!"
Qin Xin took a deep breath and took out the Condensing Aperture Pill that was placed in front of him.
Gazing at the jade-like Condensing Aperture Pill, its golden patterns shimmering, Qin Xin smiled slightly, gently inhaling the emanating fragrance. A resolute look appeared in his eyes as he licked his lips and took a bite.
The moment the Condensing Aperture Pill entered his mouth, the golden pill patterns instantly melted away, and a warm sensation flowed through his mouth. A moment later, a gentle energy rushed into his body, causing Qin Xin's body to tremble violently.
Within his body, the pure, azure-colored medicinal power flowed continuously through his meridians. As the Black Stick Martial Spirit rapidly refined the power, more and more of this pure, azure-colored medicinal power transformed into true qi and was injected into the Firewood Martial Pill. The true qi in Qin Xin's dantian was visibly expanding rapidly until it could no longer be contained. Then, the true qi began to rapidly merge into his true meridians.
The rapid refining caused a feeling of expansion, which made Qin Xin feel a sharp pain in his dantian, and his lips turned pale for a moment.
"You brat! Quickly condense your true essence! Otherwise, you'll explode!" Danqing's angry voice suddenly rang in Qin Xin's mind.
Qin Xin was also instantly awakened. He immediately concentrated all his true energy in his lower abdomen and began to compress it with all his might.
Through his spiritual sense, Qin Xin was able to perceive the condition within his body. Coupled with his extraordinary soul perception, he was able to exert subtle control while suppressing his true energy. Soon, a white stream of energy connected to his true meridians began to rotate and shrink under continuous compression.
"not good!"
Sensing that the white aura was about to dissipate, Qin Xin hurriedly swallowed the Qi Condensation Pill given to him by Xia Yue. Although it did not contain as much medicinal power as the one refined by Dan Qing, he had no other choice at this point.
As the medicinal effects returned, the white aura shone even brighter as it swirled.
"Bang!"
A soft, muffled thud quietly echoed within her body…
Suddenly, a white light flashed in Qin Xin's dantian, and a thin layer of true qi, like a garment, appeared.
"True Qi Gauze Robe!"
A slight smile appeared on Qin Xin's somewhat tired face. This True Qi Gauze Robe was the mark of a martial artist in the Opening Aperture Realm, and he had now become a martial artist at the first level of the Opening Aperture Realm.
Feeling the true aperture that Qin Xin had just completed using two Condensing Aperture Pills, Qin Xin's face was full of satisfaction. He could feel that the strength of the true energy contained in the true aperture he had just condensed was twice that of an ordinary martial artist. He wondered if it was because his martial pills were of dual fire and wood attributes.
After removing his true qi veil, Qin Xin breathed a heavy sigh of relief and slowly lay down on the stone floor of the cultivation room, his eyes revealing confidence.
"The Awakening Realm? It seems I'm one step closer to that person?" Qin Xin murmured to himself. The area in his dantian where his martial bone had been extracted was now warm.
After lying on the stone slab in the cultivation room for a long time, Qin Xin finally caught his breath and sat cross-legged on the Heavenly Wind Futon again. With a focused mind, he directly entered the space inside the futon.
Looking at the ancient phoenix egg shimmering with iridescent multicolored light, Qin Xin had the same thought as the dragon wood: "Eat it!"
However, Qin Xin ultimately held back. If he could hatch and raise this ancient phoenix egg, wouldn't he be able to roam freely in the Tianxuan Continent?
Because there was no spiritual energy in the futon space, it was impossible to cultivate here. Therefore, Qin Xin did not stay for long. With a thought, his figure disappeared in the futon space.
Just after Qin Xin's figure disappeared, a smooth light flashed across the ancient phoenix egg, which was very mysterious, but Qin Xin was unaware of it.
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