After returning to the Xiao family, the two parted ways.
Xiao Ling headed to his small courtyard, planning to break through to Battle Practitioner first before learning Vacuum Palm.
Entering his room and sitting on the meditation mat, Xiao Ling thought of it and took the Qi Gathering Powder he had extracted from Gu He from the system space.
He tilted the bottle slightly and poured out a pea-green, dragon-eye-sized pill.
He raised it to his nose and sniffed; a clear fragrance drifted into his mind, making him feel a hundred times more alert.
“Truly a Tier 4 pill, indeed extraordinary.” Xiao Ling didn’t sigh for long.
He licked his lips, raised his hand, and stuffed the pill into his mouth.
The pill melted in his mouth, turning into a cool energy that rushed into Xiao Ling’s body.
A moment later, the medicinal power flowed throughout his body, and his Battle Qi felt very robust.
Xiao Ling did not hesitate, formed the cultivation hand seal, and his breathing gradually stabilized.
Sensing the Battle Qi in his body, he used his soul power to guide it.
The Battle Qi entangled with the pure medicinal power and began to absorb and refine it.
Inside the dark room, a gust of wind suddenly blew.
Xiao Ling’s clothes moved without wind, and strands of pale white Battle Qi from the air drilled into his body.
Keeping his mind steady, Xiao Ling used his powerful soul power to orderly organize every strand of Battle Qi.
Due to his excellent soul perception, the meridian swelling and pain that ordinary people felt during a breakthrough did not occur; the process was very stable.
Inside his body, the Battle Qi wrapped around clumps of green pure energy.
As it was refined bit by bit, the green liquid became less and less, and the pale white Battle Qi increased bit by bit.
The Battle Qi in his body was being continuously replenished.
Under the continuous refinement of medicinal power and the absorption of external Battle Qi, the Battle Qi inside Xiao Ling’s body gradually filled the odd meridians and eight vessels.
Continuing to refine the pure energy, he felt the medicinal power slowly decrease, and the Battle Qi in his body seemed to reach a critical point where it could no longer increase.
Sensing pain from his body and his meridians twitching slightly, Xiao Ling knew the time had come and formed a peculiar hand seal.
As Xiao Ling’s seal changed, the surging Battle Qi in his body seemed to be hit by a fierce suction, rapidly contracting toward the position of his lower abdomen.
When the Battle Qi from all the meridians gathered in the lower abdomen, the pale white Battle Qi slowly began to turn milky white.
With a thought, Xiao Ling began to use his soul perception to quickly control the Battle Qi, gathering the scattered Qi together and beginning to compress it frantically.
At first, the pale white Battle Qi resisted slightly, trying to prevent the compression.
But under Xiao Ling’s excellent soul perception control, it was merely a drop in the bucket.
After a brief stalemate, it began to contract helplessly.
The Battle Qi began to rotate, gradually becoming the shape of a vortex.
“Bang!”
A soft sound came from within his body, and a wave of exhaustion instantly swept over him.
After the Battle Qi stabilized, Xiao Ling let out a long breath and began to recover his consumed soul power.
After a while, feeling his body had recovered significantly, Xiao Ling closed his eyes and probed his body with his mind.
Once a practitioner reaches Battle Practitioner, they can master the internal vision function.
Watching the Battle Qi Vortex in his lower abdomen with his mind, Xiao Ling nodded in satisfaction.
Although the volume of the vortex was small, the energy contained within was more than ten times greater than before.
From now on, he had officially begun practicing Battle Qi, and his progress would advance by leaps and bounds.
Opening his closed eyes and exhaling a breath of turbid air, he felt his body had undergone a transformation. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Xiao Ling thought of it and called up the system panel.
“System, open my personal panel.”
[Ding!
Host’s personal panel is opening automatically]
Host: Xiao Ling Gender: Male Age: 8 Cultivation: 1-Star Battle Practitioner Battle Qi Attribute: Fire (mixed with a trace of Wood) Technique: None Battle Skill: Fissure Claw Strike (Yellow Middle), Mountain Splitting Palm (Yellow Middle), Rock Crushing Palm (Yellow Middle) Items: Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night Extraction Chances: 9
“I didn’t expect my Battle Qi attribute to be Fire mixed with a trace of Wood.
It seems I can also become an alchemist.” Xiao Ling closed the panel, feeling very satisfied.
He took out the black iron piece recording Vacuum Palm, rubbed his chin, and thought for a while.
He would use the extraction chances a few times first; he didn’t have a cultivation technique yet.
If he really didn’t draw a suitable technique, he would have to ask Xiao Xun’er if that “Nurturing Flame Decision” was still there; Mysterious-level High-grade could serve as a transition for now.
After checking his attribute panel, Xiao Ling muttered in his heart:
“System, start the extraction.
Let’s do 5 times first.”
[Ding!
System extracting…
Congratulations to the host for extracting the Infinite Coke Bottle.]
[Ding!
System extracting…
Congratulations to the host for extracting “Tai Yi Soul Art” from the Pill Tower Library.]
[Ding!
System extracting…
Congratulations to the host for extracting “Flame Mantra” from Yao Chen’s Bone Chilling Flame ring.]
[Ding!
System extracting…
Congratulations to the host for extracting one Super Luck Card.]
[Ding!
System extracting…
Congratulations to the host for extracting the Shocking Aphrodisiac Pill from the storage ring of the protagonist Bai Xiaochun of A Will Eternal.]
Xiao Ling thought of it and opened the system warehouse.
Sure enough, he saw five items inside.
He didn’t think more and clicked on the item descriptions.
[Infinite Coke Bottle: From the modern world, the coke inside is endless.]
“This is good; it’s been many years since I had some ‘happy water’.”
[“Tai Yi Soul Art”: An ancient cultivation method that can increase soul power.]
“Isn’t this the soul cultivation manual that was the prize for the Pill Gathering champion at the Pill Tower?
With a soul cultivation technique and my innate strong soul perception, I no longer need to worry about my soul power.”
[“Flame Mantra”: A bizarre technique whose mystery lies in its evolutionary nature. This story is hosted at g.com.
This evolution manifests in its ability to evolve infinitely by devouring Heavenly Flames, eventually even surpassing the Sky-level.]
Seeing “Flame Mantra”, Xiao Ling couldn’t help but be overjoyed: “The number one technique of the Battle Qi Continent!
With this, I have a chance to become an Emperor.”
[Super Luck Card: Using it makes a person very lucky, with a high chance of obtaining opportunities, depending on the scenario.]
“The uncertainty of this is high.
Using it in a place with many treasures should yield rare treasures!”
[Shocking Aphrodisiac Pill: A pill that can make all ferocious beasts, regardless of gender, turn pale at the mere scent and go crazy upon swallowing.
It terrifies gods and ghosts and makes all spirits shudder.]
Seeing the description, Xiao Ling’s mouth twitched.
“Truly made by Bai Xiaochun; none of them are normal.”
In the Spirit Stream Sect of the Heavenspan Continent:
Bai Xiaochun, who had just finished cultivating, suddenly noticed a movement in his storage ring.
Upon checking, he found that one of his high-grade aphrodisiac pills had actually gone missing.
He rubbed his chin and pondered, “Could a master have passed by and taken an interest in it?
I should get to know them.”
He cupped his hands to the surroundings and spoke, “Senior, if you have taken a fancy to the pills refined by this junior, this junior can offer them with both hands.
I only wish to make your acquaintance.”
Silence.
After a while, finding that no one answered him, he scratched his head.
Bai Xiaochun didn’t think more and continued practicing, muttering, “What a weirdo.”
Ignoring other matters, Xiao Ling calmed his mind.
With a thought, “Flame Mantra” appeared in his hand.
Holding the scroll with both hands, he pressed it to his forehead.
The latter turned into a stream of information that poured directly into Xiao Ling’s mind.
With the cultivation method now in his head, Xiao Ling began practicing according to the guide.
Cultivating a technique for the first time, he watched the Battle Qi in his body with his mind as it slowly transformed from milky white to yellow.
Before he knew it, two hours had passed.
Xiao Ling opened his closed eyes and sensed the Battle Qi in his body; it hadn’t increased much.
Raising his palm and circulating his Battle Qi, a pale yellow Battle Qi appeared on his fair hand—the signature color of a Yellow-level Low-grade technique.
The higher the technique level, the deeper the color would be.
He muttered, “Yellow-level Low-grade is still too low.
I should be able to buy low-level beast flames at the Mittel Auction House in Wu Tan City, and then go to Jia Nan Academy to buy higher-level beast flames.” Xiao Ling didn’t think more.
With a thought, the coke bottle fell into his hand.
He pulled the tab and drank it all, feeling refreshed.
He walked out of the room toward the family Battle Qi Pavilion to report that he had broken through to Battle Practitioner.