279 Later Stage of Qi Nucleation Realm (1/2)

An unknown amount of time slowly passed in the dim, gray space.

Mo Wen sat cross-legged on the cattail hassock as a gentle gold, black, and green radiance flickered on his body.

For an ordinary ancient martial art practitioner, having different types of Inner Qi appearing in one body would be very weird and uncoordinated, and the different types of Qi would even possibly conflict with one another. However, when they appeared on Mo Wen, they were harmonious, interdependent, and integrated into one another. Everything was so natural.

After an unknown period of time, the multi-colored radiance gradually disappeared and integrated into Mo Wen's body. Almost at the same time, Mo Wen abruptly opened his eyes, and the multi-colored, resplendent radiance suddenly flashed in them. The three colors were vying with one another for splendor and were filled with a brilliant yet threatening aura.

A terrifying aura surged and frantically rose in Mo Wen's body. Waves of pressure formed gusts of strong wind that were blowing constantly within the gray space.

Finally, I've broken through to the later stage of the Qi Nucleation realm.

Mo Wen gradually stood up while the multi-colored, resplendent radiance gradually disappeared from his eyes. The terrifying aura on his body also gradually dispersed, and the power that was seen before no longer existed. He simply looked like a normal person who had not learned ancient martial arts.

He felt the rushing Inner Qi in his body. The strength of the Inner Qi had almost doubled, and the degree of its profoundness was at least equal to Invisible Sabre Demon's. If he were to fight with her again, he would win effortlessly.

The longer one studied the ancient martial arts, the more difficult it was to break through to new levels of Cultivation. Getting from the intermediate stage of the Qi Nucleation realm to the later stage of the Qi Nucleation realm had taken a lot of Mo Wen's time and effort. Furthermore, to a certain degree it had the accumulated effects of the Yin Yang Combined Cultivation he had practiced previously with Demoness Gong. Otherwise, based on his individual practice alone, it would have been impossible for him to have another breakthrough so quickly.

It was already so difficult to break through from the intermediate stage of the Qi Nucleation realm to the later stage, so the next step of breaking through from the later stage to the pinnacle would be even more difficult.

According to the normal path, it was impossible to accomplish in less than a few years. It had nothing to do with talent. Even a genius would need constant accumulation to achieve that kind of breakthrough.

However, Mo Wen did not have the time to practice slowly and wait several years only to break through to a level within his current realm. He needed to increase his strength as quickly as possible.

Therefore, his future path of practice couldn't be the normal path. The method that could let him break through constantly within a short period of time, other than serendipitous encounters, would be those panaceas and miraculous medicines that could increase Cultivation.

For ordinary ancient martial art practitioners, getting those panaceas and miraculous medicines that could increase a practitioner's realm directly would be more difficult than having those serendipitous encounters. Such pills were very rare, as there wasn't a way to sell them, even though they were of great value. Consequently, it was impossible for those who had such precious pills to sell them to others.

However, it was different for Mo Wen. He was an alchemist who had been in the Immortal Cultivation Sect. Although he had only been an Alchemist boy, that experience was more than sufficient when applied to ancient martial arts.

However, the only problem was that while Mo Wen had the alchemic skills, he didn't have a sufficient supply of medicinal herbs to concoct pills. One couldn't make bricks without straw, so without the correct materials, even the best Alchemist couldn't concoct the pills from nothing.

Mo Wen scratched his head over the problem of medicinal herbs, as this had always been his weakness. He couldn't even obtain the normal precious medicinal herbs, not to mention those precious spiritual herbs and spiritual medicines.

As for making a trip alone to the deep mountains and virgin forests to find the medicinal herbs, the probability of success was too low. It was too difficult to determine if the herbs could be found.

After all, the ancient martial arts sects had some knowledge of medicinal skills, so they could recognize some precious medicinal herbs, especially those used to make spiritual medicines. While identifying those herbs was relatively easy for those with experience, it was extremely difficult for those without medicinal skills.

Therefore, once the spiritual medicines grew in the mountains, they would most likely be picked by nearby ancient martial arts sects, so there wouldn't be any left for Mo Wen to pick. As for those spiritual medicines that were not picked, they were either hidden too well, or nobody had discovered the other places where they grew.

During his trip to Changbai Mountain, if he had not been lucky enough to meet Xu Qianqian, find the Blood Mushroom, and lure the elderly man in black—who subsequently revealed the whereabouts of the Flame Flower—it would have been impossible for Mo Wen to have made such big gains.

If he tried to repeat this type of serendipitous incident, he might not be so lucky.

When Mo Wen walked out of the Qi Circulation Main Hall, he realized that the Contribution Credits on his Vermilion Bird ring had quietly been reduced by 3,000. So, he had already been practicing in the Qi Circulation Main Hall for three days.

He walked out and recalled the Huatian Palace Redemption Main Hall. That was a structure found on the map of Huatian Palace. The Identity ring of every Huatian Palace Executor recorded some of Huatian Palace's main structures. It was very easy to find different locations with the help of the structural images in the Vermilion Bird ring.

Mo Wen didn't know this before because Mo Qingtian hadn't told him. After he asked for Pei Fengwu's help in looking for the Practice Main Hall, Pei Fengwu told him that he could find the respective location through the structural images in the Vermilion Bird ring.