Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 170 - 160: The 9th Layer of the Soul Refinement Realm
"Yes!"
Elder Lin nodded and then bowed before retreating.
He didn’t say anything more, but the instant he turned around, his eyes revealed deep scorn and disdain.
"Sooner or later, even the Jiang Clan will be nothing more than a stepping stone under that kid’s feet?"
Naturally, Lin Jiuhe thought it was nothing more than a remark made in a fit of pique by his young mistress.
He, Lin Jiuhe, was well aware that the Jiang Clan had risen from insignificance to stand tall in the Tai’a Ancient Country and even become a colossal entity across the entire Heavenly Mind Continent. Throughout this process, how many generations of geniuses had emerged, blessed with countless opportunities, and having carried on the lineage since ancient times, accumulating for countless millennia, to forge their deep-rooted, unshakable foundation.
And that Qin Qing fellow, without any foundation or background, was nothing more than a speck of dust on the Heavenly Mind Continent.
He didn’t even have the qualifications to be compared with the Jiang Clan, not at all!
Even if we’re talking about martial arts, that kid was just at the Soul Refinement Realm. If we liken the entire martial path to a tall mountain, he hadn’t even reached the foothills yet, and the process of climbing a mountain is fraught with dangers, requiring the right timing, location, and cooperation, all of which are indispensable to reaching the summit.
Out of countless geniuses, only a handful manage to reach the top.
And such fate was supposed to befall Qin Qing, a brat from some backwater village?
Lin Jiuhe couldn’t believe it!
...
Jiang Ruorong watched coldly as Lin Jiuhe left.
In fact, when she claimed that Qin Qing would rise to heights unimaginable to Lin Jiuhe, it wasn’t simply a momentary outburst of anger.
She believed in Qin Qing!
Perhaps, sometimes, believing in something doesn’t require any reason.
She just believed in Qin Qing! She believed that one day Qin Qing would certainly stand at the pinnacle of this world.
"Junior brother, I have faith in you!"
Jiang Ruorong turned her head and glanced at the courtyard where Qin Qing’s training room was located, then quietly left...
...
Inside the training room.
Qin Qing quickly entered into a state of cultivation.
Selflessness!
This was a mysterious state.
In the theory of cultivation, this state was known as enlightenment.
The reason why Qin Qing’s cultivation progressed so quickly wasn’t just due to his physical talent, but also because of his talent at the level of divine sense.
His greatest talent in the divine sense realm was the ability to achieve enlightenment anytime and anywhere.
As such, during his cultivation, there simply were no bottlenecks.
At this moment, within Qin Qing’s body, spiritual energy surged, continuously gathering towards his dantian.
In Qin Qing’s dantian, more and more spiritual energy gathered and compressed together.
All the spiritual energy became increasingly crowded and dense, and even started to form mysterious patterns.
These patterns were the embryonic form of gang patterns.
Transitioning from the Soul Refinement Realm to the Divine Might Realm, a martial artist’s body undergoes two major changes: one is the growth of the martial soul, and the other is the condensation of spiritual energy.
The martial soul, becoming stronger, will lead to the enhancement of divine sense, making the mental realm more powerful and thereby improving the ability to comprehend the Heavenly Soul and manipulate spiritual power correspondingly.
And the condensation of spiritual energy is about intense compression, transforming spiritual energy into gang qi, causing the power contained within each thread of spiritual energy to explosively increase.
In essence, gang qi is still spiritual energy; its nature hasn’t changed, but the form it takes and the leaps in power mean that within the cultivation system, it is referred to by different names than the original spiritual energy.
Qin Qing was still at the eighth level of the Soul Refinement Realm, but the spiritual energy in his body had already begun to show the rudiments of Gang Patterns, indicating that the compression of his spiritual power was no less impressive than that of an average martial master at the ninth level of the Soul Refinement Realm.
Three days later—
"Boom!"
A thunderous vibration came from within Qin Qing’s dantian.
It was followed by waves of profound oscillations.
Simultaneously, Qin Qing’s Soul Palace seemed to resonate with it as well.
Gradually... In the void above Qin Qing’s head, a new layer of light emerged around the Dragon Soul.
This was the ninth layer of light!
It also meant that Qin Qing had officially broken through to the ninth level of the Soul Refinement Realm!
"I’ve succeeded!"
Qin Qing took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
Everything had gone according to his plan; on this day, he had broken through to the ninth level of the Soul Refinement Realm.
However, Qin Qing did not stop cultivating because of the breakthrough.
In the following days, he planned to further consolidate his cultivation. Currently, the feeling during cultivation was excellent. Breaking through to the ninth level of the Soul Refinement Realm was like opening a new channel, and what followed was to introduce an endless stream of lively water into the new channel, making the entire circulation cycle of spiritual energy run smoother and more invigorating.
Seven days later.
"Rumble..."
The door to the secret chamber opened, and Qin Qing walked out.
The air outside was very chilly, but it felt incredibly refreshing to Qin Qing.
After being secluded in the training room for nearly half a month, as if cut off from the world, he finally saw the light of day again.
"Now, I’ve risen to the ninth heavy level of the Soul Refinement Realm. Next, I must prepare for the assault on the Divine Might Realm..."
"The transition from the Soul Refinement Realm to the Divine Might Realm is not that simple! The most important thing is to lay a solid foundation for the Divine Might Realm!"
"Right now, what I lack the most is cultivation resources..."
Qin Qing pondered in silence.
"Looking at the time, the New Year is just a few days away. In these few days, I’d better figure out a way to obtain some resources myself! Not only for me but also for Xiaoshuang... Furthermore, my master also needs them..."
Qin Qing was aware of the current situation. Although Xiaoshuang hadn’t suffered much in the past six months from the pain caused by the fire toxin due to the consumption of a large amount of resources, those resources had been provided by his master, Bai Qiuhe.
"At a critical moment in his own cultivation, master needs to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation, yet he lacks sufficient resources because of me and Xiaoshuang..."
"Therefore, I must find a way myself!"
Qin Qing planned to make a trip to Tianjue Forest in the coming days.
In the Great Qian Dynasty, the best way to obtain cultivation resources was undoubtedly to delve into Tianjue Forest.
Tianjue Forest was a natural treasure trove for martial cultivators. Many loose cultivators survived by relying on Tianjue Forest. There were specialized hunters and medicine seekers who earned Spirit Stones by slaying ferocious beasts to take their materials, or by finding spiritual medicine to maintain their cultivation.
The process of martial cultivation itself is very resource-intensive.
Now in the Soul Refinement Realm, Qin Qing needed a large amount of resources. Once he stepped into the Divine Might Realm, the resources required would increase tenfold, or even a hundredfold.
"Another method is to go to the Elixir Pavilions in the imperial city or shops that sell Spiritual Treasures, and help them refine elixirs or Spiritual Treasures..."
Qin Qing thought to himself, and just then, a figure suddenly blocked Qin Qing’s path.
"Kid, I have some things I want to talk to you about," Lin Jiuhe stood in front of Qin Qing and said with a cold voice.
