I Have Unlimited Dantians-Chapter 44 - 35: Seeing the Demon Race Again
"That was a close call!"
Seeing Yangg Tiesheng and the others flee in disarray, the black-clad figure on the rock suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. He wiped his hands across his face, and the fake beard fell to the ground, revealing the face of a young man. It was Nie Yun!
’I never expected that circulating my Spirit according to the Nameless Technique would produce such a powerful and oppressive aura! Without it, tricking those guys would have been much harder!’
Thinking back on the scene, Nie Yun couldn’t help but let out a breath of relief.
Without that special power in his body, the Nameless Technique was like an engine without fuel—it couldn’t run. But he could still slowly circulate his Spirit according to the Technique’s method, and in doing so, produce an oppressive aura that far surpassed his actual strength!
’If circulating my Spirit can do this, doesn’t that mean no one will see through my act if I pretend to be an expert in the future?’
’Of course, I must never get caught when I’m bluffing. Otherwise, all I have is an imposing aura and no real power. It’s an empty-fort ruse. If I’m discovered, I won’t even know what hit me!’
’I can’t use this again unless I’m absolutely forced to. The side effects are just too severe!’
Rubbing his splitting head, Nie Yun sighed to himself.
When he first discovered this effect, Nie Yun couldn’t resist trying it out a few times. He never expected that each attempt would give him a splitting headache, bringing him to the verge of blacking out. If not for the fact that he had lived two lives and his Spiritual Power was naturally more resilient than an ordinary person’s, he probably would have passed out before he even managed to scare them away.
’Scaring them off so quickly was also thanks to my thorough preparations. It planted a subconscious suggestion in their minds!’
After hearing at the inn that people from the Yangg Family were coming to hunt, Nie Yun had rushed over without a moment’s rest and deliberately staged a battle scene.
As an old monster who had experienced countless battles, if people like Yangg Tiecheng could find a flaw in the fake battle scene he created, Nie Yun might as well have just bashed his head against a wall and died in shame.
The incredible control of power that had astounded Yangg Tiecheng and the others, the perfectly uniform distance between each hole—Nie Yun had measured it all with a ruler. Of course there were no errors!
As for the hole in the granite, he hadn’t punched it out. Even if he had wanted to, Nie Yun lacked the strength. He had used a special potion to create it through corrosion!
This potion could corrode anything. It was something Nie Yun had learned from a member of the Demon Race back in the day. It was originally meant for forging weapons; he never thought he’d end up using it just to show off.
’Alright, time to head back...’
Muttering to himself, Nie Yun slowly stood up from the rock. But before he could take a single step, his knees gave out, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.
’Looks like I still underestimated the side effects of circulating my Spirit with the Nameless Technique...’
With a wry smile, the grogginess in his head grew stronger and stronger until his head lolled to the side, and he passed out completely.
This unexpected fainting spell was Nie Yun’s first real rest since his rebirth. When he opened his eyes again, the sky was filled with countless stars; night had fallen.
’I was out for that long? I’ll have to be more careful from now on. If there were any Demon Beasts around, I’d probably be dead already!’
The thought of being killed while unconscious, completely unaware, made a cold sweat break out on Nie Yun’s forehead.
He stood up and stretched his limbs. He felt no ill effects from having passed out; on the contrary, his exhausted body felt replenished, and his mind felt sharper than ever.
’Huh? My strength... I actually broke through while I was unconscious?’
His eyes suddenly fell upon the True Qi in his Qi Sea, and a wry, dumbfounded expression appeared on his face.
He had been stuck in the Early Stage of the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm. He had thought he would need some kind of catalyst to advance to the mid-stage, yet he had reached it just by waking up from a dead faint!
The transition from the early to mid-stage of the Fourth Layer of the True Qi Realm is a crucial process for the metamorphosis of one’s True Qi. Many people spend three to five years without grasping the key to it. If anyone else found out that Nie Yun broke through just by fainting, they would probably die of sheer indignation!
How utterly absurd! Was this guy using a cheat code or what?!
Though it sounded unbelievable, the reason was actually simple. Nie Yun had used the Stem Lotus to stimulate his muscle activity. While the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique had absorbed most of the medicinal power, a portion had still integrated into his body, accelerating his Cultivation progress.
How could a thousand-year-old Stem Lotus, worth 200,000 taels of silver, have only a simple effect? That alone was more than enough for him to break through!
’Crap, it’s so late. Yangg Yan probably couldn’t wait any longer and has already gone to the Yangg Family himself...’ Looking at the sky to gauge the time, Nie Yun knew he had missed his arranged meeting with Yangg Yan. Given the man’s personality, he had likely gone on his own.
’But it’s fine if he went by himself. After the scare I gave the Yangg Family, he won’t be in any danger. My mission can be considered complete!’
Thinking that the other party had likely already gone, Nie Yun didn’t worry about it any further and just smiled faintly.
After being frightened by an "Ultimate Venerable" like him, the Yangg Family would surely treat Yangg Yan like a precious treasure. There would be absolutely no danger for him, so there was no need to worry.
’There’s nothing left for me to do. I’ll head back to the branch. If Yangg Yan succeeds in becoming the Yangg Family’s number one heir, he’ll probably rush over to tell me tonight!’
With a faint smile, Nie Yun pushed off the ground and sped away in the direction of the branch family.
Sprinting forward with all his might, Nie Yun was like a straight black line in the night. A distance of several dozen li rolled by under his feet in an instant.
’Although Luoshui City isn’t considered a first-tier city in the Divine Wind Empire, it must rank near the top of the second-tier cities!’
The Luoshui Canyon was still some distance from Luoshui City, but he could already see the entire city from afar, lit up like a radiant pearl nestled between the mountains and forests.
A city’s rank was not determined by the number of its buildings, but by the strength of its most powerful martial artists.
The stronger its greatest fighters, the safer a city was against an invasion by the Demon Race. Through survival of the fittest, more people would naturally flock to such a city to live, allowing it to grow and prosper.
Luoshui City was conveniently located near the Luoshui River, the largest river in the Divine Wind Empire. Furthermore, the Patriarchs of the Four Great Families were all experts at the Peak of the Qi Sea Seventh Layer Armor Realm. As a result, the city had developed with extreme speed in recent years.
All it lacked was a powerhouse at the Qi Sea Eighth Layer Qi Sect Realm. If Luoshui City had a Qi Sect Powerhouse, it could immediately be promoted to a first-tier city of the Divine Wind Empire, and its City Lord, as well as the Four Great Families, could be granted titles of King and nobility by the Empire.
’Huh? What’s that?’
Just as Nie Yun was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly saw radiant waves of Qi erupting along the banks of the long Luoshui River.
These waves of Qi were as pure as snow, illuminating the surroundings like bright lanterns in the dark of night.
’Someone’s fighting! I’ll go check it out!’
Judging that there was a fight, Nie Yun didn’t hesitate, immediately changing direction and sprinting wildly toward the riverbank.
He soon arrived at an abandoned pier, where a dozen or so shadowy figures were ganging up on a single white-robed figure in the darkness.
Every one of these shadowy figures had a bizarre appearance. Some had two long horns, others had three arms. Each was taller than a normal person, standing two or three meters high. When they attacked, power roiled from them endlessly. All dozen or so of them were at the Peak of the Qi Sea Fourth Layer. The two at the very front were even releasing their True Qi, having already reached the Body Emergence Realm!
’The Demon Race? They’re members of the Demon Race! Why are they here now?’
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