Gula De Qianghua Jishu

chapter 9: penetrating the second tier of the sky

Time passed, another year had passed, from that moment where he forcefully lifted the 800 jin heavy stone, Qing Shui was even more confident of the benefits of strengthening his body and he was even more determined to walk down this path!

The Ancient Strengthening Technique could clearly be developed to temper his body, and the Yin-Yang symbol that revolved in his sea of consciousness had been constantly emitting energy to nourish the bones and organs within his body. In addition to refining his bones and organs, the Yin-Yang symbol also constantly increased his vital energy level to its peak, allowing Qing Shui to become more sensitive..

After 1 year, Qing Shui no longer looked as gentle and weak as it was. Although his body skeleton was lacking in muscle when compared to the other 3rd generation members, his body was extremely balanced.

Qing Shui knew that this was the result of the benefits bestowed upon him by the Ancient Strengthening Technique and the YinYang symbol. Qing Shui in his current state, could have easily lifted a stone that weighed over 1000 jin, yet he was determined to keep his true abilities a secret and as such, no one knew of it.

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In the one year that had passed, Qing Shui had cultivated to the Martial Warrior, Class 2, for the Blue Lotus Art. Even though he had already condensed Qi, no one knew about it and thus, he was classified as a Martial Student based on standards that he had not cultivated for a period of over 3 years.

The majority of the 3rd generation disciples no longer ridiculed him, he was no longer trash in their eyes. Qing Shui was not even aware of the change in their actions, After all, he was an adult in all aspects except his body and never allowed ridicule and ridicule to affect him.

Despite this, he did not mind interacting with these young disciples, he understood that they had the innate nature of a child, all the ridicule from before without hatred, he understood, they obviously don't like what's different from them.

The interaction with them actually gave Qing Shui a second chance to experience once again the heart of being a child, allowing himself to maintain the purity of the heart bordering on innocence. He naturally would not care much about them.

Qing Shui still had not interacted with Qing Zi's eldest grandson and Qing You's genius. After all, the two of them were not required to join the daily training sessions of the Qing Clan. Instead, he had met Qing Yang quite often, now that Qing Yang was 16 years old, in addition to the heroic imprint that could be seen from his face, he had also started to show an adult aura.

In this world, being 16 makes you mature and can be considered an adult. Qing Yang had broken through to the Martial Warrior, the Cla.s.s 6 Blue Lotus Art, a little before the age of 16, entering an important phase in his life. In the future, he would also no longer need to join the daily training sessions of the Qing Clan.

After Qing Yang broke through, the Qing Clan decided to hold a banquet to celebrate as it could be considered a fun event. If Qing Yang had broken through at the age of 17 instead, there would not have been so much fanfare and importance placed on this celebratory banquet!

16 Years is a big difference. If Qing Yang had broken through to the Martial Warrior, Class 6 only after the age of 16, in this life, his potential would only allow him to reach the Martial Commander, Class 8 at most. It was simply impossible for him to break through to Cla.s.s 9 and not to mention, Hou Tian pinnacle.

However, if one were to break through before the age of 16, one would usually be able to reach Martial Commander, Grade 9 during the 40s or 50s. Reaching Cla.s.s 10 (Hou Tian Peak), would require individual luck and destiny.

In the 3rd generation, the people with the greatest talent, other than the genius Qing You, and Qing Zi's eldest granddaughter, Qing Yang could also be considered one of the more recognizable figures.

Qing Bei's potential was also higher than average, it was just that she was born female, women usually had more restrictions when they cultivated when compared to men, to compensate for that, women usually had more restrictions when they cultivated when compared to men, Qing Bei would need a large amount of medicinal herbs and tonics.

At daybreak, after Qing Shui finished his morning routine, he returned home to have breakfast with Qing Yi. Ever since Qing Shui recovered, he could see that Qing Yi smiled more often, even her eyes were brighter, seemingly somewhat lightening the burden on his heart.

Qing Shui vaguely knew about the burden in Qing Yi's heart, he wanted to wipe it out completely, yet he was only 8 years old now, he did not have enough strength. Qing Shui swore to himself, the road ahead, no matter how difficult, he would definitely fulfill his mother's wishes!

“Qing Shui, I have delayed my return to the City for half a month, I have to return to the City after eating today. This time, I need to escort a large amount of medicinal herbs, promise that you will cultivate obediently at home, okay? In the future, I still need to rely on your strength to fight for our right against that despicable bloodsucker.” [1] Qing Yi softly said as she patted Qing Shui's head, with such an intelligent son, she didn't bother to hide these kinds of trifles from him.

Originally, she planned to accompany Qing Yi during her duties. After that, he decided not to. With his current strength, he would only be a burden to Qing Yi as he still had to split some of his attention to protect her. Qing Shui could only sulk and let Qing Yi go by herself.

“Mom should be careful during this trip, your safety should be your priority, even if the business transaction fails, the lost money can always be recovered. Mother, you only have a single son .. Give me a few years; I will definitely make you the happiest person in the world.” The reason why Qing Shui kept repeating it was to leave a deep impression in Qing Yi's mind. He wanted to remind her that no matter what happened, he could not allow himself to be injured, his safety was the most important, he still had her as his son! Even though he was young now, he would protect her when she grew up.

Qing Shui only knew that Qing Yi was a medicinal herb merchant as he revealed to her. He was also able to conclude that Qing Yi's business partners all had the support of other families and clans with much greater power than the Qing Clan, so when it came to dividing up the profits, it was worth it, Qing Yi would always get the shorter end of the stick. Although business partners would suck up more than half the profits, the remaining profits could still be said to be quite large. There would be no shortage of people from the Qing Clan wanting to take over if Qing Yi decided to let go of her grip. Although her heart did not feel too comfortable, Qing Yi still decided to endure it.

If he could gain an understanding of the alchemy arts, there would be no problem to concoct and refine some extremely good medicinal pills; the Little Revitalizing Pellet, the Gold Fragrant Jade Pill, the Gold Sore Ointment, the Little Revitalized Pellet, Beauty Teaser Pills, even legendary artifacts like the refining of the Shining Buddha Seed and the 9 Soul Reincarnation Pellet. If this was the case; women, wealth, authority, and power would all be his! Qing Shui was looking forward to the arrival today.

Qing Yi had left; qing Yi could be said to be the source from which most of the Qing Clan's income came from. More than half of the Qing Clan's income came from Qing Yi's medicinal herbs business. Other than Qing Yi, there seemed to be some other Qing Clan members helping her, otherwise it would be completely impossible for her to return and accompany Qing Shui for more than 10 days.

Qing Shui circulated Qi throughout his body based on the Ancient Strengthening Technique over and over, after a year of cultivating, in rain or shine, he had never stopped his cultivation before. Although the Qing Clan was rather strict regarding the training of 3rd generation disciples, moreover, they were free to do whatever they wanted beyond the time required for the training sessions.

Although Qing Shui was only 8-9 years old, in terms of mentality, he was already an adult, he clearly knew the importance of strength in this world. With her body being the size of a child, she had not been able to achieve Qing Yi's wish, therefore, she spent all her energy and time practicing her cultivation.

On his body, streams of blue and yellow Qi were only slightly thicker than a strand of hair, fused together. Over the past year, Qing Shui had diligently cultivated the Blue Lotus Art and had broken through to level 2.

However, for the Ancient Strengthening Technique, it was extremely strange, as if, as he stepped on the door to the first layer of the sky, he could already enjoy benefits such as dirt cleaning. It was as if he did not need to cultivate to the peak of the first layer to enjoy the benefits it brought.

But despite expending all his efforts and diligently cultivating the Ancient Strengthening Technique over the past year, he had only reached the peak of the first layer, unable to break through to the second layer!

In this past one year, he did not know if it was a coincidence, or the reason for that was because the Ancient Strengthening Technique was a complementary supporting art, he said, Qing Shui discovered by chance that he could simultaneously activate the Blue Lotus Art and the Ancient Strengthening Technique together! This discovery made him very happy. Reap double the profits with just half the effort!

Qing Shui was cultivating silently in his basement, circulating his Qi throughout his body over and over again, he could feel that he was on the verge of a breakthrough, but it seemed like there was something lacking.. He knew that he was at the last obstacle, but every time he tried to overcome the last barrier, he always failed. Scrolls of sweat ran down his face as proof of the effort he put in.

“I have to make a breakthrough, for the sake of my mother, and myself, I will never give up on failure, I have to be stronger, I don't want to be labelled trash again, I don't want to be stamped, I MUST STAND AT THE TOP OF THIS WORLD !” RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

An unknown amount of time passed, and as a faint whitish light appeared in the eastern sky, “Peng!” a sound similar to the eruption of the bottle cork sounded, Qing Shui could feel an extremely comfortable and cooling energy flowing throughout his body. All 360 acupoints and pores in his body shivered as if excited.

The thin strand of Qi hair, after Qing Shui broke through to the second layer heaven had grown thicker by more than 10 times! It's as thick as wool now.

After slowly circulating his Qi for 36 cycles, Qing Shui could feel the explosive energy in his body, even his catching power increased, he could see the world more clearly, he could see the world more clearly, he could even see an ant walking on the ground clearly from afar. Within a 10m radius, he could hear everything clearly.

[1] Weight measurement system by Chinese, 200 jin is about equal to 100kg.