Chapter 19 Physical Transformation, Third Level of the Nourishing Essence Realm

The Qingxiao Sect was attacked by the Seven Peaks Alliance, and Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Sifeng were severely wounded!

This news, like a bombshell, landed within the Qingxiao Sect, startling all the Disciples to gather in the courtyard. They discussed the great battle at the foot of the mountain earlier, their voices kept low, not daring to disturb those inside the house.

Inside the house.

Li Sifeng lay on the bed, Jiang Zhaoxia sat in meditation at his feet, and Li Qingqiu stood by the bed, performing the Rejuvenating Ghost Immortal Needle on Li Sifeng.

He had acquired a set of silver needles from a tailor; although not true medicinal needles, they could barely serve their purpose.

Li Sifeng’s condition was not optimistic; he had multiple fractured ribs, his face was disfigured, several teeth had been knocked out, and he was currently unconscious.

Fortunately, he was not crippled; Li Qingqiu’s Rejuvenating Ghost Immortal Needle could not save a disabled person.

Zhang Yuchun, Li Dongyue, Wu Maner, Li Sijin, and Yang Jueding stood behind, watching Li Qingqiu treat Li Sifeng with tension and worry.

Xu Ning sat in meditation on a stool in the corner, circulating Qi to regulate the Qi and blood within her Physical Body.

The room was silent; no one dared to disturb Li Qingqiu. Their hearts were heavy, fearing that Li Sifeng might not make it.

Li Qingqiu withdrew his hands, leaving three needles in Li Sifeng’s chest. He said, “It’s done. Sifeng is out of danger; now we just need to wait for him to wake up.”

At these words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did Yang Jueding turn to look at Jiang Zhaoxia and ask, “How many people did the Seven Peaks Alliance send? Who was the leader?”

Jiang Zhaoxia opened his eyes and replied, “There were hundreds of them, and they were all skilled fighters. The leader was highly skilled in martial arts, causing me a lot of trouble, and in the end, he still managed to escape. Before leaving, he said this matter wasn’t over. I don’t know his name.”

“Oh, and this time, it was thanks to Xu Ning arriving in time, otherwise I might have already died.”

Xu Ning?

Everyone turned to look at the ten-year-old Xu Ning, their expressions astonished.

Xu Ning did not open her eyes, focused on herself.

Could she really be a peerless Genius?

Yang Jueding was secretly alarmed, not expecting to have misjudged again. However, he didn’t dwell on it too much. His expression grew solemn as he said, “The Seven Peaks Alliance is a major Jianghu School in Guzhou Prefecture’s Martial Forest. If they launch a full-scale attack on our Qingxiao Sect, it will be very difficult for us to resist. They have as many as three thousand Disciples, and many experts. This time, it’s really troublesome.”

Three thousand!

Everyone was terrified. Just a few hundred people had almost cost Jiang Zhaoxia his life. How could they resist if three thousand people gathered?

Li Qingqiu said, “Let them rest first. Those guys will also need time to return to the Seven Peaks Alliance. At least for the next half a month, we can rest easy.”

His tone was calm, and no emotions were visible on his face, but in reality, a tumultuous storm was raging in his heart; his mind simply could not settle down.

With that, Li Qingqiu turned and walked towards the door, with the others following closely behind him.

After leaving the house, Zhang Yuchun began to disperse the Disciples, telling them to continue with their respective tasks, while Yang Jueding followed Li Qingqiu’s steps.

“What do you think about this matter?” Yang Jueding walked beside Li Qingqiu, asking in a low voice.

Li Qingqiu replied, “I haven’t thought it through yet, but this matter cannot be let go.”

Hearing his reply, Yang Jueding couldn’t help but sigh, “This is the Jianghu. If you don’t provoke others, others will still come looking for trouble. You are still too young. If it’s really impossible, find another place to avoid the limelight, and come back in a few years to reclaim what belongs to you.”

Li Qingqiu stopped, glancing at Yang Jueding, and his gaze made Yang Jueding feel a chill.

“Precisely because I am young, I do not wish to avoid.”

Li Qingqiu left these words and walked towards the mountain gate. Yang Jueding stopped, looking at him with a complex expression.

After leaving the mountain gate, Li Qingqiu headed straight for the underground Spiritual Lake, even though night was approaching.

He walked faster and faster, quickly disappearing into the night.

From the day he became the Sect Leader of the Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu had anticipated various troubles in the future, so he hoped the Qingxiao Sect would develop discreetly, trying to delay trouble as much as possible.

Alas, it did not turn out as he wished.

He could avoid trouble, but when trouble came, he would not cower.

The Seven Peaks Alliance had troubled the Qingxiao Sect twice, making them mortal enemies in Li Qingqiu’s heart, an unresolvable conflict.

Find a way to deal with the Seven Peaks Alliance’s next attack?

No!

He couldn’t wait!

Li Qingqiu was going to extract a second destiny tonight. He planned to try a previous speculation: whether he could forcibly raise his Cultivation to the Nourishing Origin Realm, Third Layer.

About half an hour later, Li Qingqiu entered the underground Spiritual Lake. After confirming that no wild beasts or outsiders had trespassed, he called up his dao lineage panel and extracted Xu Ning’s destiny.

Currently, only Xu Ning’s destiny was the strongest. If he took in more Disciples, who knew how long he would have to wait to find someone stronger than Xu Ning.

Moreover, Xu Ning’s Cultivation speed was actually slightly faster than Jiang Zhaoxia’s, it was just that Jiang Zhaoxia’s sword Dao talent was more suitable for actual combat.

After extracting the destiny, Li Qingqiu was once again drawn into a profound and mysterious state, as if entering a dream.

The Spiritual Qi in this underground space began to surge, approaching Li Qingqiu, gradually forming a Qi vortex around him.

If ‘Born Sword Fanatic’ was a transformation of Comprehension Ability, then ‘Heavenly Thunder Spiritual Root’ was a tempering of the Physical Body.

Before Cultivating, Xu Ning’s Physique was already extraordinary. Before the age of ten, she could endure hunger and walk a hundred li continuously, which was astonishing.

If there were no accidents, Xu Ning would surpass others and become the third person to step into the Nourishing Origin Realm, Second Layer after Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Qingqiu.

Li Qingqiu’s consciousness was in Chaos, as if he were in the clouds, facing vast heavenly thunder. The heavenly thunder was terrifying, yet it seemed to be guiding him.

Rumble—

Thunder rumbled in the night sky covering the Taikun Mountain Range, as if the heavens were scolding the killings in the human world.

Jiang Zhaoxia opened his eyes and looked out the window. The night was dark, and Li Dongyue and Xu Ning had already returned to the female Disciples’ room.

“Third Junior Martial Uncle, is there anything we can do?”

Huang Shan, who was lying on another bed, asked. The other second-generation Disciples also looked at Jiang Zhaoxia.

Li Sifeng was severely injured and unconscious, and the most powerful Jiang Zhaoxia was also recuperating. The Qingxiao Sect was shrouded in an unprecedented gloom. Although the Seven Sons of Qingxiao were also frightened, they didn’t want to just watch and wanted to do something for the School.

Wu Maner, sitting beside Li Sifeng, said in a muffled voice, “Third Senior Brother, I want to avenge Sixth Junior Brother.”

Although Wu Maner hadn’t had a chance to act yet, everyone could feel his strength advancing by leaps and bounds. Even sitting there, he resembled a fierce bear, his muscles almost bursting his robes.

Zhang Yuchun lay on the bed, his back to everyone, his brows furrowed, lost in thought.

Jiang Zhaoxia withdrew his gaze and scanned the Disciples, saying irritably, “What are you thinking? You’re still young. Work hard on your Cultivation. You’re not needed yet. Besides, I’ve already sent the enemy fleeing in disarray; they won’t dare to come again.”

Seeing Jiang Zhaoxia still arrogant and speaking wildly, the Disciples actually felt relieved. At this critical juncture, they surprisingly liked Jiang Zhaoxia’s arrogance.

The Disciples began to inquire about today’s battle at the foot of the mountain. The now calm Jiang Zhaoxia did not conceal anything, calmly recounting the great battle he had experienced.

He thought of Xu Ning, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

He had actually misjudged; that girl actually possessed an Aptitude no less than his. Senior Brother was truly impressive… By the underground Spiritual Lake, a silvery-blue glow illuminated Li Qingqiu’s face. He slowly opened his eyes, which actually flickered with faint lightning, giving his face an added divine quality.

After opening his eyes, Li Qingqiu quickly regained control of his Physical Body.

“Huh?”

Li Qingqiu exclaimed in surprise, a look of joy appearing on his face.

He had actually directly reached the Nourishing Origin Realm, Third Layer!

Not only that, his physical strength had also increased significantly, giving him a feeling of complete transformation.

He had originally intended to use the Spirit Stone embedded in the mountain wall to achieve a Breakthrough. When he had come to Cultivate before, he had felt that those crystals contained rich Spiritual Qi that could be absorbed into the Physical Body. However, the quantity was too large, making it easy to damage the Meridians, so he hadn’t tried it, nor did he allow his other Junior Brother and Junior Sister to take them without permission.

If these Spirit Stones could help Cultivators Cultivate, then their use would be immense, especially for newly emerging Cultivation Schools.

Li Qingqiu carefully sensed the Origin Qi within his Physical Body. He discovered that his Origin Qi had not only increased severalfold but its essence had also changed.

Lightning attribute!

Cultivation Techniques are divided by attributes, and the Taiqing Hunyuan Scripture he obtained encompasses various attributes, or rather, it is a collection of Five Elements attributes, allowing Cultivators with different Spiritual Root Aptitudes to Cultivate, and then develop their own path based on this Cultivation Technique.

Just like now, Li Qingqiu’s Origin Qi had transformed into a lightning attribute, imbued with domineering thunderous power.

In the future, when his Origin Qi landed on an enemy, it would also carry lightning damage.

He felt his Origin Qi had become more lethal, no wonder when he was teaching Xu Ning before, he felt Xu Ning’s Origin Qi was not right.

The Spiritual Qi around him had not yet dispersed, which made him think of a certain possibility.

“Could physical type destinies directly boost my Realm?”

This speculation made Li Qingqiu have more expectations for this type of destiny.

He stood up, went to the mountain wall, took down a Spirit Stone, put it in his Huai, and then left the underground Spiritual Lake.

He had originally intended to use the Spirit Stones in the underground Spiritual Lake to forcibly Breakthrough to the Nourishing Origin Realm, Third Layer. Now that he had already achieved it, there was no need to take risks.

Now, his Physical Body was filled with abundant Origin Qi, and he didn’t even need to rest.

He was ready to act immediately and catch the Seven Peaks Alliance off guard!

Half an hour later.

Li Qingqiu returned to the Qingxiao Sect and woke Yang Jueding.

At this moment, the rain poured down, and thunder rumbled.

Yang Jueding opened the door and saw Li Qingqiu, soaking wet, and asked in surprise, “What have you been doing?”

Li Qingqiu stared at him and asked, “Do you know how to get to the Seven Peaks Alliance?”

Yang Jueding replied, “Of course I know, I’ve been there as a guest. What do you want to do?”

“Get ready, and come down the mountain with me.”

Li Qingqiu dropped these words and turned, leaving Yang Jueding stunned in place.

He came to his own courtyard and knocked on the door of the house where his Junior Brother lived. Soon, Zhang Yuchun opened the door.

“Yu Chun, I plan to take Yang Jueding down the mountain to patrol the Taikun Mountain Range, to ensure that the people from the Seven Peaks Alliance haven’t left yet. These few days, tell the Disciples not to stray too far from the School, and wait for us to return,” Li Qingqiu said with a smile, admonishing him.

Zhang Yuchun frowned and asked, “Senior Brother, with such heavy rain, why don’t you two go down the mountain tomorrow?”

Li Qingqiu waved his hand and said, “Precisely because it’s a rainy night, it’s better for action.”

With that, he turned and walked towards his own house. Zhang Yuchun hesitated to speak, but ultimately chose to trust Li Qingqiu, then closed the door.

After a while.

Yang Jueding, wearing a straw cape, waited for Li Qingqiu at the mountain gate. Li Qingqiu also put on a straw cape, with the heavenly rainbow sword left by his Master hanging at his waist.