Chapter 33 True Qi Realm! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

A Qi Union Pill was consumed.

Lu Qingfeng felt an extremely potent medicinal power abruptly emerge in his body.

While running the "Qing Yuan Sword Technique," the compressed and condensed Inner Breath slowly circulated, continuously refining the majestic medicinal power, and his Inner Breath gradually grew. Not until most of the medicinal power was consumed did Lu Qingfeng feel an indescribable barrier hindering the further increase of his Inner Breath.

It was like being imprisoned!

Only by breaking through this imprisonment could he sublime and soar to the heavens!

Lu Qingfeng attempted to make a breakthrough.

However, even after nearly half of the remaining medicinal power was exhausted, Lu Qingfeng remained at the Ninth Layer of the Fetal Breathing Realm, his Inner Breath even receding.

What waxed must wane!

So it was with Inner Breath.

"It seems that a single Qi Union Pill is not enough!"

Lu Qingfeng rose to his feet, personally experiencing the difficulty of ascending to the True Qi Realm. Despite the failure, he was not disheartened. He got up, adjusted his mindset, and moments later started refining more pills in the furnace.

For the following five days.

Lu Qingfeng attempted to charge at the barrier to the True Qi Realm one or two times every day.

Finally, on the fifth day, Lu Qingfeng refined the eighth Qi Union Pill he had taken over these days and a breakthrough came!

Like a mountain collapsing!

Like a tsunami!

The massive Inner Breath swept through, converging into great rivers, surging mightily. During the tumultuous course, the Inner Breath gradually coalesced into one, charging towards the invisible barrier.

Crack!

The barrier shattered in response!

Inner Breath, like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, rapidly condensed after breaking through the layer. What was once river-like in sensation, in an instant, made a 'hissing' sound. Amidst the mist, it became as thin as a strand of hair.

Yet, this mere hair-thin strand encapsulated energy far beyond Lu Qingfeng's imagination, far stronger than his Inner Breath, which was like a river just a moment ago!

"Boom!"

With the appearance of this strand, there was a thunderous noise in Lu Qingfeng's mind, and after dizziness came endless clarity! Somewhere in the body, as if a valve was opened, this strand went straight into it, coiling down.

In his body's meridians, the breaths circulated. They continuously passed through the strand and cycled again.

"True Qi!"

"Dantian!"

Lu Qingfeng instantly realized.

This hair-like energy was the extremely condensed Inner Breath transformed into True Qi!

The mysterious place where True Qi resided was the human Dantian!

True Qi emerges! The Dantian is open!

"True Qi Realm, accomplished!"

...

"Lao Lu, congratulations!"

Lu Qingfeng was pondering in the Seven Mysterious Refining Room when Zhang Zong came over, looking exhausted but managed a tired smile and congratulated him.

"Just the True Qi Realm."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head as he looked at Zhang Zong.

It had been two months since Lu Qingfeng's breakthrough to the True Qi Realm.

Over two months ago, Mu Yuanyi's team had set out on a mission.

Zhang Zong followed.

He was the only top-level artifact refining apprentice of the Yuan Yi Guild, and since Mu Yuanyi and the others often used puppets, Zhang Zong was needed for on-the-spot repairs if any damage occurred.

Hence, for any important mission, Zhang Zong needed to join the team.

He didn't need to enter combat; generally speaking, it was quite relaxed.

But judging by Zhang Zong's tired look this time, the mission must have been far from simple.

"Brother Zhang, how is the situation?" Upon seeing this, Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but stop what he was doing and asked out loud.

Two months ago, which was the last time he logged out before his breakthrough to the True Qi Realm.

Beast tides began to occur frequently within the borders of Yue Country.

Spirit Mechanism Institute held fort in the region, protecting a total of nine cities including Mushan City. With the emergence of beast tides, the Spirit Mechanism Institute had to dispatch personnel to resolve the issue at the earliest opportunity.

Yuan Yi Guild, as an affiliated force of the outer ranks of the Spirit Mechanism Institute, naturally could not escape involvement.

Having been away for two months, Zhang Zong's safe return likely signaled victory, but the specifics of the battle were unknown!

"Not very optimistic!"

Zhang Zong wore a weary look in his eyes and a somewhat solemn expression on his face. "This beast tide started without any warning, not only affecting the nine major cities under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Mechanism Institute but also the entire southern border of Yue Country was in varying degrees of turmoil, with signs suggesting the involvement of the Ghost Spirit Sect behind it."

"Ghost Spirit Sect?!"

Lu Qingfeng's eyebrows rose sharply.

Although he had not experienced this sect firsthand, he had heard plenty of rumors about it.

East Victory Continent was divided into three nations: Yue, Qian, and Jin, where the Way of the Tao prevails over the Demon Dao!

Among them, Yue Country has Four Sects that are all built relying on Yunmeng Mountain. Such is the Hundred Skill Sect affiliated with the Spirit Mechanism Institute, with its headquarters located at the Feixian Peak on the western range of Yunmeng Mountain.

Therefore, the Four Sects of Yue Country are also known as the Yunmeng Four Sects, all belonging to the Righteous Sect!

While Qian Country has Three Sects and Jin Country has Three Sects, all of which follow the Demon Dao and are collectively known as the Six Sects of the Demon Dao.

The Ghost Spirit Sect is one of the Six Sects of the Demon Dao, a Great Sect located in the southeast of Qian Country.

Its overall strength is not inferior to the Hundred Skill Sect.

The Hundred Skill Sect and the Ghost Spirit Sect have always had friction between them, although mostly minor skirmishes. Yet this time around, the Ghost Spirit Sect appeared with a posture that spelled trouble, getting involved with demon beasts no less, leaving one to wonder what their intentions were!

"The Hundred Skill Sect will deal with the Ghost Spirit Sect on their own. We just need to clear out the beast tide. However, during this period, Lao Lu and the others might need to take on more responsibility. The Spirit Mechanism Institute has issued a task for elixir pills, and our Yuan Yi Guild is the most adept at alchemy, hence we have the heaviest burden."

Zhang Zong turned to Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng nodded slightly.

Within the Yuan Yi Guild, Mu Yuanyi was a First-rank Alchemist, and below him were two top-level alchemy apprentices, Wang Tao and Yue Ran, along with a unique alchemy apprentice like Lu Qingfeng. Naturally, the Spirit Mechanism Institute's alchemy tasks would be more inclined towards the Yuan Yi Guild.

Lu Qingfeng, as an elder in charge of an Alchemy Room within the Yuan Yi Guild, carried no small weight on his shoulders.

However, the Yuan Yi Guild had been generous to him over the past years, so Lu Qingfeng bore no complaints.

"Let's not talk about these for now."

"Ascending to the True Qi Realm is a great thing, and I see that you, Lao Lu, have hardly ever left Yuan Yi Mountain over these years. There's a small auction event organized by the major guilds in Sishui Town recently, are you interested in attending?"

Zhang Zong smiled at Lu Qingfeng. "Among us in the Yuan Yi Guild, it's you, Lao Lu, who has the wealthiest foundation. The auction event comes after the beast tide, and the next beast tide or battle might arrive at any moment, ensuring that there will be many good items up for grabs."

The major guilds had just retreated from the frontline of the beast tide and needed a few days to recuperate. The auction event was set for three days later, by which time the Yuan Yi Guild would organize a group to head down the mountain to Sishui Town.

The auction event was also initiated by the Yuan Yi Guild!

Such a good opportunity was not to be missed by Lu Qingfeng!

...

There were still three days until the auction event. Lu Qingfeng worked on completing the alchemy tasks assigned to him and the 'Black Sand Alchemy Room' by the Yuan Yi Guild, meanwhile allocating time to practice and research puppet crafting.

In the past two months, he had already been attempting to refine puppets.

The complexity of puppet crafting far exceeds that of ordinary magical artifacts.

Take for example, the giant puppet controlled by Mu Yuanyi; not to mention its own complexity, the equipment it wore alone comprised combinations of several magical artifacts.

Second Rank Magic Artifact Sawtooth Sword!

Second Rank Magic Artifact Xuanyuan Heavy Shield!

First Rank Magic Artifact White Bone Door Arrow!

In addition, there were several other auxiliary magical artifacts.

Beyond these artifacts was the puppet itself.

From the overall structure to the internal and external talisman arrays, and the Thousand Machine Stone...

There were countless details involved.

For an ordinary Artifact Refiner to master crafting a single magic artifact was already challenging, the energy and Heart Power consumed in crafting a puppet was dozens of times more than that of an ordinary magic artifact!