For Shen Yunhao, the real opportunity to break through to the first level of Qi Refining was undoubtedly very exciting.
However, the little white dragon seemed even more excited than him.
After the dragon's head came closer, a slender dragon whisker quietly peeked behind Shen Yunhao's head and gently poked him.
Caught off guard by the sudden poke, Shen Yunhao nearly fell face-first into the mud.
"What are you doing... Ouch!"
"You idiot, you've been blind for two days straight, haven't you ever thought about how other people feel?"
"Huh?" Shen Yunhao was taken aback, thinking he had broken some taboo, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to last so long, but what happened?"
The little white dragon glared with her beautiful eyes, her aura fierce: "Nobody's talking, I'm so bored..."
"..."
Shen Yunhao stood there, stunned, momentarily at a loss for what to do.
"Pfft!" Zhu Li was amused by this scene: "Alright, alright, just kidding! When you first start cultivating, don't be greedy for quick results and rush ahead. A weak foundation will affect your subsequent cultivation!"
Although he said it was a joke, Shen Yunhao could clearly see a hint of resentment in those light purple eyes.
After several days of conversation, Sister Li'er certainly showed a gentle and understanding personality.
But she was the girl who had forced Shen Yunhao to call her "sister" back then, so how could she be completely without a temper?
Of course, if Shen Yunhao knew that his "Sister Li'er" was a genuine princess, he wouldn't be so surprised by this scene.
"Thank you for your reminder, Sister Li'er. I got too excited and lost my sense of proportion! I will definitely not do that again in the future, and I will spend more time talking with you, Sister Li'er."
In this life, Shen Yunhao is not as clueless about romance as he was in his previous life. Now that he has seen through her little scheme, it's not a problem for him to say a few polite words to make Sister Li'er happy.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, a glint flashed in the little white dragon's eyes, and he was visibly much happier. However, he still pretended to be reserved and said, "Ahem, cultivation is a big deal, but it also needs to be done step by step. I can't let you call me 'sister' for nothing, so naturally I have to pay more attention to you."
"Okay, now tell me, what did you feel?"
When it came to serious matters, Shen Yunhao immediately showed barely suppressed excitement: "I felt resistance! Before, when I was cultivating, absorbing spiritual energy was very smooth, but I've never felt this way before..."
After a moment's thought, Shen Yunhao continued, "It feels like the spiritual energy within my body is completely full, and there's no more room for it..."
Zhu Li nodded: "That's right. The fact that your body is full of spiritual energy and you can't absorb any more is a sign of a breakthrough. But if you want to break through to the higher level of Qi Refining, you need to use spiritual energy to continuously expand the remaining meridians in your body."
"With each expansion of a few channels, the amount of spiritual energy the body can hold will increase by a level, and at the same time, it will also strengthen the body's physical attributes."
At this point, she realized that Shen Yunhao was no longer at the first level of Qi Refining, which meant that his meridians had been significantly expanded.
"I am currently unable to use my divine sense. Can you sense how much your meridians have been opened up?"
"This... I'll give it a try."
Generally speaking, introspection is something that can only be done during the Soul Refining stage, while to separate the soul from the body and condense divine sense to explore others, one needs the cultivation of the Void Soul Realm.
Now, Shen Yunhao can only rely on his limited sensitivity to spiritual energy to examine the condition within his body, which is somewhat of a stretch.
After closing his eyes for a while, Shen Yunhao shook his head and said, "I can't sense where the meridians are. I can only sense that the spiritual energy in my body can't hold any more, and it seems to be gathering together and heading towards my stomach..."
"Stomach? Why would it go to the stomach..."
Zhu Li didn't react at first, but after a moment she suddenly realized something and blurted out, "You mean, the spiritual energy is completely full? And it's starting to compress and condense?"
"It seems like this..." Shen Yunhao scratched his head: "The inhaled spiritual energy has nowhere to go, so it starts to compress and drill into the stomach..."
"..."
The little white dragon couldn't help but widen its eyes.
The reason she didn't react immediately was that the demon race and the human race are different.
The demon race's demon essence is located in the heart. When the demon essence is fully condensed during the Qi Refining stage, spiritual energy will gather in that area of the heart.
However, for humans... the Qi Palace is located in the Dantian!
That is, about three inches below the navel.
So it seems... this kid has clearly reached the peak of Qi Refining and is currently condensing his Qi Palace!
To be honest, at his age, his ability to condense his Qi is not particularly outstanding; it could even be described as mediocre.
But... he clearly hadn't actively cultivated before.
By passively absorbing spiritual energy in this way, he actually reached the tenth level of Qi Refining in eighteen years.
That's a bit perverted, isn't it?
Even someone with truly divine talent and innate abilities couldn't possibly do that!
No wonder this kid was able to achieve such a deep connection with Han Hai; he's actually a peerless genius hidden among the crowd.
"Sister Li'er? Sister Li'er? What's wrong?"
Seeing that Zhu Li was standing there without saying a word, Shen Yunhao asked.
"..."
After a long silence, Zhuli sighed.
"Yunhao... Now that things have come to this, I can no longer hide it from you..."
"???"
Seeing that Xiaobailong's tone suddenly became extremely heavy, Shen Yunhao became tense and sat up straight, watching Xiaobailong cautiously.
"Actually... it's impossible for you to break through to the first level of Qi Refining."
"What!"
Shen Yunhao's face turned deathly pale instantly, as if he had been stabbed through the heart by a sharp knife.
Could this be his inescapable fate in this lifetime?
They always give you a glimmer of hope first, and then while you're foolishly running around, they extinguish that hope, leaving only a mess.
He felt that his mindset was already good enough, but when he heard these words, he felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer, and his heart was filled with a sense of loss from the inside out.
Just as he was about to collapse from the pressure, Zhu Li's voice rang out again.
"Because you've already reached the tenth level of Qi Refining."
"As expected, I'm still a useless piece of trash... Wait? What?"
Shen Yunhao raised his head and froze on the spot.
“I’m telling you, your cultivation level is already at the tenth level of Qi Refining. Unless you destroy your meridians, you definitely won’t be able to regress to the first level of Qi Refining.”
Shen Yunhao: "???"
The white dragon continued, "Haven't you noticed that your strength is significantly greater than that of an ordinary person? If, as you say, you have a useless constitution, how could you possess such powerful physical attributes?"
"The spiritual energy has tempered your body ten times. Your physical condition should now far surpass that of ordinary people!"
"Moreover, since the spiritual energy did not continue to expand the meridians, but instead gathered in the dantian and was compressed, this is a sign of the formation of the Qi Palace."
"So... Xiao Yunhao, wake up! You are now a true Qi Refining Level 10 cultivator!"
"..."
Shen Yunhao's mind went blank, seemingly stunned by the sudden news. With the events unfolding so dramatically, even his CPU seemed to be struggling to keep up.
Seeing Shen Yunhao's seemingly terrified appearance, a sly glint flashed in the little white dragon's eyes. It secretly turned its long tail around, and with a sweep of the tip, Shen Yunhao was knocked over by a gust of wind.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
