Chapter 180 - 178: Martial Arts Qi Vortex
"Ping’an, punch me," Song Changming said, pointing to himself.
He wanted to test the toughness of his new skin after strengthening it to the Extreme Realm.
"Alright!" Song Ping’an swung his muscular right arm and grinned.
He was no stranger to such requests from Song Changming, having grown accustomed to them by now.
"Brother Song, don’t forget I’ve just broken through to the Sixth Realm recently!"
"Can’t forget, hurry up, no need to hold back," Song Changming nodded.
Song Ping’an didn’t say more and assumed a stance, bending forward to launch a punch directly.
The fist landed on Song Changming’s abdomen with a dull thud.
The next moment, Song Ping’an felt like he had hit an iron plate. He withdrew his fist, and Song Changming remained unmoved. Not even a red mark was left on the spot where he was struck.
This discovery left Song Ping’an somewhat deflated.
Even after recently breaking through the Body Refining Realm, his full-force punch was still ineffective against Song Changming.
To think that he too had consumed the Dragon Transformation Pearl, and after years of development, his strength was considerably greater than others in the same realm.
Normal Extreme Realm Martial Artists couldn’t stand there and let him hammer them with a punch.
"Hmm, after reaching the Skin Refining Extreme Realm, my defense indeed improved a lot," Song Changming nodded with satisfaction.
Through the feedback from the impact on Song Ping’an’s fist, comparing it with before, he had a baseline in his mind.
Now, with this body of his, even for Song Ping’an with Sixth Realm Cultivation, it would be extremely difficult for Extreme Realm Martial Artists to break his defense.
And for Song Changming, this was still only the limit of four sets of Body Refining Skills, far from the limit of his potential.
With three high-grade Physical Traits and a Root Bone Attribute as high as fifty points, theoretically, his body could still continue to evolve and strengthen!
But the original Body Refining Skills were not strong enough, and continuing to practice them yielded minimal benefits.
It would be best for him to find a set of stronger Body Refining Skills, or he wasn’t sure if there was such a thing as a Body Refining Martial Technique!
If Liu Dingsheng were still around, he could consult him.
But now that Liu Dingsheng had gone to the Northern States, he could only entrust Liang Zhao Long to try and use the power of the Changming Association to gather the information he wanted.
However, he didn’t hold too high expectations for this.
After all, the Changming Association had developed for less than ten years, and the information channels under its control most likely wouldn’t meet this need.
And as early as half a year ago, when his Muscle Training reached the Extreme Realm, he had already sent a commission letter.
However, over the past six months, no truly useful information had been found, just as he expected.
The matter regarding the Body Refining Martial Technique had been put on hold.
"Hmm? Come to think of it, hadn’t any letters arrived this month?" Song Changming suddenly remembered and couldn’t help but ask Song Ping’an.
Song Ping’an shook his head.
Over the years, Liang Zhao Long maintained very regular correspondence with him, with very few cases of delay or postponement in sending letters.
"Let’s wait a bit longer," Song Changming slightly frowned.
Missing a letter wasn’t a big deal; what he cared about was the abnormality in this situation.
He only hoped that nothing bad had happened...
By mid-June, the annual evaluation arrived as scheduled.
As usual, it was terrible. Over the past three years, Song Changming had been living an ordinary life, and the assessments naturally were not great.
In recent annual rewards, he opted for ordinary attribute points.
Counting this time’s attribute points, all were added to his Spirit Attribute.
This brought his Spirit Attribute qualifications to a total value of forty points.
The reason for continually improving the Spirit Attribute was that he gradually felt the strain during the cultivation of Martial Techniques.
Increasing the Spirit Attribute qualification could directly enhance the efficiency of cultivating Martial Techniques.
At the same time, it significantly affected the refinement and enhancement of his Spiritual Power.
And Spiritual Power was closely related to his Qi Refining Cultivation.
All these made the Spirit Attribute qualification increasingly important, forcing him to pay attention to it.
[Today’s Evaluation: A meaningful day, longevity +1, gained a time-limited state "Heaven Rewards Diligence"]
After receiving the annual reward, Song Changming glanced at the refreshed time-limited state for today.
Not bad, it’s the best ’Heaven Rewards Diligence.’
While he still had a relatively abundant Spiritual Power in the Nether Sea, he adhered to the principle of no waste, and before lying down to rest, Song Changming initiated another round of Qi Refining cultivation.
He usually operated this way.
Consuming nearly all Spiritual Power, then rest well to recover slowly.
Especially under the ’Heaven Rewards Diligence’ cultivating state, he was even more inclined to arrange his cultivation periods wisely to make full use of this state.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Song Changming skillfully guided his Spiritual Power, initiating the Qi Refining process.
Soon, a cycle completed, refining a strand of new Inner Qi into his body.
He continued without stopping and began the second round of Qi Refining.
With his current intensity of Spiritual Power, he was naturally much stronger than when he first opened the Nether Sea.
Initially, one round of Qi Refining would almost reach his limit, requiring a full recovery of Spiritual Power to continue.
It indeed had a feeling of "charging for two hours, talking for five minutes."
But now, even if he wasn’t in a perfect Spiritual Power state, completing five cycles of Qi Refining in one go was still manageable.
On the bed, Song Changming focused on his cultivation, with the unique energy fluctuations from the operation of Spiritual Power around him.
Occasional slight humming affected the resonating vibrations of other energy particles around him.
Inside Song Changming, strands of Inner Qi flowed like thin wisps, constantly mingling throughout his body under the guidance of his Spiritual Power.
With the injection of the last strand of Inner Qi, this Qi suddenly underwent a change in nature.
For the first time, it actively disengaged from Song Changming’s Spiritual Power control and began spinning on the spot.
All his Inner Qi was gathered by this Qi Vortex, like streams flowing into a pool, converging into this vortex.
"This is?!" Song Changming could clearly perceive through spiritual introspection that all the Inner Qi within him was joining this vortex.
He first felt a shock, then seemed to realize something, feeling joyful inside.
According to what he knew, when the Inner Qi within the body accumulates enough, it undergoes an initial qualitative change.
All Inner Qi will automatically transform into a vortex like this within Song Changming.
This is the Martial Arts Qi Vortex.
The successful formation of a Qi Vortex indicates that your Qi Refining Cultivation has finally made some progress.
The scattered Inner Qi finally has a fixed abode, no longer stored randomly throughout the body, awaiting guidance and extraction.
The Inner Qi within the vortex is more condensed and more easily mobilized.
Song Changming hadn’t expected to form a Martial Arts Qi Vortex tonight.
This was definitely an unexpected surprise!
However, thinking of it, there should have been some results by now.
More than three years of diligent practice is not a short time, and if this couldn’t achieve the initial transformation, it would mean the Qi Refining Realm’s cultivation was too difficult.
After consuming more Spiritual Energy to consolidate it, the vortex quickly stabilized, spinning inside him.
When he tried to mobilize the Inner Qi, the vortex immediately whipped up a large amount of Inner Qi, concentrating in his palms.
Then Song Changming raised two fingers, lightly flicking towards the front.
Roar!
The sound of a dragon roar exploded, and a mini little wind dragon flew out from between his fingers, extinguishing the candle on the table with precision, then vanished.
He had drawn out a Qi Blade with two fingers at will.
He couldn’t do this before.
Simply because now.
[Ninth Grade Wind Dragon Divine Saber Technique: Mastery (6050/12000)]
His Saber Technique had progressed from the Entry Realm to Mastery.
Not only did the Sword Might strengthen, but his execution became smoother. Even without a sword in hand, he could unleash it and release the Sword Qi.
...
After some more time.
By July, Liang Zhao Long’s letter finally arrived.
As expected, Song Changming’s bad premonition came true.
Where there is abnormality, there must be a demon!
The letter was hastily written, not as neat and orderly as before in describing the happenings of the past month.
The letter only mentioned one thing.
There was an internal split within the Changming Association. Someone had other intentions and colluded with outside forces to attempt to seize the association entirely!
Simply put, Liang Zhao Long had been busy catching the internal traitor, which might become a major trigger for the collapse of the Changming Association. Hence, he had to handle it carefully.
That’s why he didn’t have time to send a letter to Song Changming.
At the end of the letter, Liang Zhao Long seemed to have identified a few prime suspects and was preparing to take action.
Song Changming felt that this matter could have significant implications, and if Liang Zhao Long mishandled it, not only could the association collapse, but Liang Zhao Long’s life could also be in danger.
Thinking of this, Song Changming decided to return a letter, deciding not to remain a bystander anymore and planning to go and assist.
No matter what kind of conspiracy or tricks, with him there, he could always provide a safety net for Liang Zhao Long, ensuring that even if things went wrong, there wouldn’t be any fear.