Ancient Strengthening Techniques
Chapter 9 – Go to the second layer
Chapter 9 - Breaking through to the Second Heaven Layer!
Time passed, a year had passed, ever since that time where he had forcibly lifted an 800 jin heavy stone, Qing Shui was even more confident of the benefits of strengthening his body and he was even more determined to walk down this path!
The Ancient Strengthening Technique could clearly be developed to temper his body, and the Yin-Yang symbol that revolved in his sea of consciousness was constantly emitting energy to feed the bones and organs in his body. In addition to refining his bones and organs, the Yin-Yang symbol also constantly increased his vital energy level to its peak, allowing Qing Shui to become more perceptive ..
After 1 year, Qing Shui no longer looked delicate and fragile anymore. Although his body skeleton was less muscular when compared to the other 3rd generation members, his body was extremely balanced.
Qing Shui knew that this was the result of the benefits bestowed upon him by the Ancient Strengthening Technique and the YinYang symbol. Qing Shui in his current state, could easily lift a stone weighing over 1000 jin, yet he was determined to keep his true abilities a secret and as such, no one knew.
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In the one year that had passed, Qing Shui had cultivated into a Martial Warrior, Class 2, for the Blue Lotus Art. Although he had already condensed Qi, no one knew of it and thus, he was classified as a Martial Disciple based on standards that he had not developed for a period of over 3 years.
The majority of the 3rd generation disciples no longer ridiculed him, he was no longer trash in their eyes. Qing Shui didn't even notice the change in their actions, After all, he was an adult in all aspects except his body and never allowed ridicule and ridicule to affect him.
Despite this, he did not mind interacting with these young disciples, he understood that they had an inherent nature to a child, all ridicule from before without hatred, he understood, they obviously don't like what's different from them.
The interaction with them actually gave Qing Shui a second chance to experience once again the heart as a child, allowing him to maintain a purity of heart bordering on innocence. He naturally would not care much about them.
Qing Shui still had not interacted with Qing Zi and Qing You's eldest granddaughter who was a genius. After all, 2 of them were not required to join the daily training sessions of the Qing Clan. Instead, he quite often met Qing Yang, now 16-year-old Qing Yang, in addition to the trace of heroic demeanor that could be seen from his features, he also began to show an adult aura. In this world, being 16 makes you mature and can be considered an adult. Qing Yang had broken through to the Martial Warrior, the Cla.s.s 6 Blue Lotus Art, a little before the age of 16, entering an important phase in his life. In the future, he would also no longer need to join the daily training sessions of the Qing Clan.
After Qing Yang broke through, the Qing Clan decided to hold a banquet to celebrate because it could be considered a fun event. If Qing Yang had broken through at the age of 17 instead, there would not have been so much fanfare and importance placed on this celebratory banquet!
16 Years old is the biggest difference. If Qing Yang had broken through to Martial Soldiers, Class 6 only after the age of 16, in this life, his potential would only allow him to reach Martial Commanders, at most Cla.s.s 8. It would be extremely impossible for him to break through to Cla.s.s 9 and not to mention, Hou Tian's peak.
However, if one were to break through before the age of 16, one could usually reach Martial Commander, Grade 9 during their 40s or 50s. Reaching Cla.s.s 10 (Hou Tian Peak), would require individual luck and destiny.
In the 3rd generation, the people with the greatest talent, other than Qing You who was a genius, and Qing Zi's eldest granddaughter, Qing Yang could also be considered one of the better-known figures.
Qing Bei's potential was also higher than average, it was just that she was born female, women usually had more limitations when they cultivated when compared to men, to compensate for that, women usually had more limitations when they cultivated when compared to men, Qing Bei would need many medicinal herbs and tonics.
As dawn approached, after Qing Shui finished his morning routine, he returned home to have breakfast with Qing Yi. Ever since Qing Shui recovered, he could see that Qing Yi smiled more often, even her eyes were brighter, seemingly somewhat lightening the burden on his heart.
Qing Shui vaguely knew about the burden in Qing Yi's heart, he wanted to eradicate it completely, yet he was only 8 years old now, he did not have enough strength. Qing Shui swore to himself, the road ahead, no matter how difficult it was, he would resolutely fulfill his mother's wish!
“Qing Shui, I have delayed my return to the City for half a month, I have to return to the City after eating today. This time, I need to escort a large number of medicinal herbs, promise me that you will cultivate obediently at home, okay? In the future, I still need to rely on your strength to fight for our right against that despicable bloodsucker. " [1] Qing Yi softly said as she patted Qing Shui's head, with a smart son, she didn't bother to hide these insignificant things from him.
Originally, she planned to accompany Qing Yi during her assignment. After that, he decided not to. With his current strength, he would only be a burden to Qing Yi as he still had to split some of his attention to protect her. Qing Shui could only sulk and let Qing Yi go by herself.
“Mother must be careful during this trip, the safety of the mother must be a priority, even if the business transaction fails, the money lost can always be obtained again. Mother, you only have one son .. Give me a few years; I will definitely make you the happiest person in the world. " The reason why Qing Shui kept repeating was to leave a deep impression on Qing Yi's mind. He wanted to remind her that no matter what, she could not allow herself to be harmed, her safety was the most important, she still had him as her son! Even though she was young now, she would protect her as she grew up.
Qing Shui only knew that Qing Yi was a medicinal herb merchant as he revealed to her. He was also able to conclude that Qing Yi's business partners all had the support of other families and clans with much greater power than the Qing Clan, so when it came to dividing up the profits, it was worth it, Qing Yi would always get the shorter end of the stick. Although business partners would suck up more than half of the profits, the rest of the profits could still be said to be quite large. There would be no shortage of people from the Qing Clan wanting to take over if Qing Yi decided to let go of her grip. Even though his heart was not too comfortable, Qing Yi still decided to hold him back.
If he could gain an understanding of the alchemy arts, there would be no problem to concoct and refine some high-quality medicinal pills; Small Revitalizing Pellets, Golden Fragrant Jade Pills, Golden Sore Ointment, etc, Beauty Temptress Pills, even legendary artifacts like the purification of Glowing Buddha Seeds and 9 Souls Reincarnation Pellets. If this was the case; women, wealth, authority and power would all be his! Qing Shui excitedly anticipated the arrival today.
Qing Yi had left; qing Yi could be said to be the source of most of the Qing Clan's income. More than half of the Qing Clan's income came from Qing Yi's medicinal herbs business. Other than Qing Yi, there seemed to be some other Qing Clan members helping her, otherwise, it would be very impossible for her to return and accompany Qing Shui for a period of over 10 days.
Qing Shui circulated Qi throughout his body based on the Ancient Strengthening Technique repeatedly, after a year of cultivating, in rain or shine, he had never stopped his cultivation before. Although the Qing Clan was rather strict regarding the training of 3rd generation disciples, moreover, they were free to do whatever they wanted beyond the time required for the training sessions.
Although Qing Shui was only 8-9 years old, in terms of mentality, he was already an adult, he clearly knew the importance of strength in this world. With a body the size of his little child, he had not been able to achieve Qing Yi's wish, therefore, he spent all his manpower and time to practice his cultivation.
On his body, streams of blue and yellow Qi were only slightly thicker than a strand of hair, fused together. Over the past year, Qing Shui had diligently cultivated the Blue Lotus Art and had broken through to the 2nd level.
However, for the Ancient Strengthening Technique, it was extremely strange, as if, as he stepped on the door to the first layer of the sky, he could already enjoy benefits such as dirt cleaning. It was as if he did not need to cultivate to the top of the first layer to enjoy the benefits it brought.
But despite spending all his effort and diligently cultivating the Ancient Strengthening Technique over the past year, he had only reached the peak of the first layer, unable to break through to the second layer!
In this past year or so, he had no idea if it was a coincidence, or the reason was because the Ancient Strengthening Technique was a complementary supporting art, he had no idea, Qing Shui discovered by chance that he could simultaneously activate the Blue Lotus Art and the Ancient Strengthening Technique together! This discovery made him very happy. Reap double the profits with just half the effort!
Qing Shui was cultivating silently in his basement, circulating his Qi throughout his body over and over again, he could feel that he was about to break through, but seemed to lack something .. He knew that he was at the last obstacle but every time he tried to overcome the last barrier, he always failed. Let out sweat running down his face as proof of the effort he put in.
“I have to make a breakthrough, for the sake of my mother, and myself, I will never give up on failure, I have to be stronger, I don't want to be labelled trash again, I don't want to be stamped, I MUST STAND ON TOP OF THIS WORLD ! ” RAWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
An unknown amount of time had passed, and as a faint whitish light appeared in the eastern sky, “Peng!” A sound similar to the burst of bottle cork rang out, Qing Shui could feel an extremely comfortable and cooling energy flowing throughout his body. All 360 acupoints and pores in his body shivered as if excited.
The strand of Qi that was as thin as hair, after Qing Shui broke through to the second layered sky had grown thicker by more than 10 times! It's as thick as wool now.
After slowly circulating his Qi for 36 cycles, Qing Shui could feel the explosive energy in his body, even his perceptiveness was increasing, he could see the world more clearly, she said, he could even see ants walking on the ground clearly from afar. Within a 10m radius, he could hear everything clearly.
[1] Weight measuring system by China, 200 jin is about equal to 100kg.
