Chapter 9 - A Coincidental Encounter (1/2)

Qin Nan didn’t place the two brothers in his eyes. During a life and death situation, he definitely would not be lenient.

Qin Nan carefully surveyed the surroundings once more. After making sure there were no traces of Demonic Beasts or Martial Artists, he finally let his guard down and walked towards the Yuan Qi Pond. Qin Nan sat cross-legged within Yuan Qi Pond, the Divine Battle Spirit emerged from his back and stood up. The fuzzy human avatar emanated a tyrannical attraction force, causing the Spiritual Qi within the Yuan Qi Pool to surge over.

Qin Nan proceeded to guide the Spiritual Qi to nourish his body. Allowing it to restore the injuries caused by the battle with the Demonic Ape. After he had absorbed roughly one-third of the Spiritual Qi within the Yuan Qi Pond, Qin Nan’s body trembled. He felt himself being completely revitalized.

“Hu! I’ve finally recovered from the injury.” Qin Nan opened his eyes in satisfaction as he thought to himself, “There’s still a lot of Spiritual Qi remaining within the Yuan Qi Pond, enough for me to properly cultivate and break through!”

Qin Nan promptly closed his eyes once again and wholeheartedly channeled the Divine Battle Spirit in order to absorb the Spiritual Qi into his body.

Currently, Qin Nan’s cultivation has reached the third-layer of Body Tempering Realm. His skin, flesh, muscles and bones had already received tentative tempering. Only the viscera and blood remained.

Qin Nan’s current objective was to focus on his viscera.

Tempering the viscera was different to tempering skin, flesh, muscles, and bones. This was due to the fact that the viscera was exceedingly weak. If one were to make a slightest mistake when tempering, then they could end up injuring themselves.

In the past, Qin Nan had heard about a Rogue Cultivator in the Linshui City who was tempering his viscera; he unfortunately made a mistake and exploded.

Qin Nan cautiously absorbed large amounts of the pure Spiritual Qi and guided it toward his viscera, merging them into it. Hence achieving the best effects of tempering the viscera.

A full six hours passed as he cultivated.

When the Spiritual Qi of the Yuan Qi Pond was completely absorbed, Qin Nan abruptly opened his eyes. From his body, a dull explosion which sounded similar to the sounds of a drum could be heard.

“I’ve broken through the fourth-layer of Body Tempering realm!” Qin Nan’s eyes gleamed with a trace of happiness, he nodded his head in satisfaction.

Qin Nan could clearly sense the changes to his body. For example, in the past when he had used the low-class Martial Skill, Collapsing Fist, he was only able to embed external strength to it.

However, if he were to use Collapsing Fist now, then he could imbue internal strength to it. If he imbued internal strength into the Collapsing Fist, it would unleash the power of a middle-class Martial Skill.

The fourth-layer of Body Tempering realm. Not only would it change the corporeal body, but it also gives you a higher understanding of your own body.

“These two days within the Longhu Mountain Range has allowed me to reap a great harvest. However, returning now would be a bit too early, it would be better if I remain here and continue practicing!”

Qin Nan pondered for a while before coming to a decision.

The five hundred Body Tempering Pills which Qin Tian is acquiring for him would take some time. If Qin Nan was to return to the Qin Clan, then he was only able to painstakingly cultivate by himself. In that case, it would be better to remain in Longhu Mountain Range. Firstly, this would increase his combat experience. Secondly, if his luck was good, then he could even obtain some sort of fortuitous encounter. Similar to how he had discovered the Yuan Qi Pond.

Qin Nan dedicated the rest of the time to hone himself. He was like a lone wolf within the forest, coming and going, incessantly slaughtering every Demonic Beast he encountered. The Demonic Beasts he had killed this time were of fourth-rank, he had even traded blows with those of fifth-rank.

“The power of my Thundercrash Saber Art is gradually becoming stronger and stronger. I feel like it won’t take too long before I make another breakthrough!” Qin Nan thought to himself as he darted through the forest at full speed.

During the two days of fighting, he had discovered that the speed of his saber had become faster and faster. Occasionally, the Demonic Beast would be dead before Qin Nan himself had realized it.

This state caused Qin Nan to raise some doubts. He naturally was clear on his own perception, and logically speaking, his perception has yet to reach this level. What exactly caused his increased perception?

After Qin Nan pondered over this, he gazed at the Divine Battle Spirit. At the moment, even Qin Nan wasn’t certain about this.

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“If the Divine Battle Spirit really could increase a practitioner’s perception as well as increase its own grade, then its prowess would be more than what we call ‘fearsome’....” Qin Nan thought to himself.