Inner Qi of the Fifth Layer Heaven is reserved for the profound Inner Strength of the Grandmaster Realm.
The key lies in accumulation.
It requires slow and gradual refining to achieve mastery.
Even someone as powerful as Ling Pingyang, the strongest Cavalry General of the younger generation, spent several years gradually refining his skills to reach the late stage of the Fifth Layer Heaven. Continuing to cultivate, he might have a chance to break through to the Sixth Layer Heaven.
Li Guanyi’s Inner Qi, under the dual impact of the Red Dragon Power and the Nine Tripods Divine Charm, was rapidly advancing at an astonishing speed. In just a few breaths, he crossed a decade of Inner Strength cultivation, directly reaching the peak of the Fifth Layer Heaven.
The roar of the Ancient Red Dragon shook the four directions.
The clouds and mist dispersed.
One side of the Nine Provinces Tripod had completely returned to its original golden form, engraved with the geographical map of the Jiangnan region’s mountains and rivers. However, the Ancient Red Dragon was furious, feeling an indescribable Divine Charm pressing upon him.
So heavy that it seemed to directly press him beneath the tripod!
Unavoidable, inescapable, vast as the cosmos and all manifestations.
Even with the Ancient Red Dragon’s experience, he was shaken at this moment, exclaiming: "What are these Nine Tripods? Why are they so heavy!"
Li Guanyi sensed the Nine Provinces Tripod suddenly stabilize.
He suppressed the Nine Provinces Tripod’s absorption of the Red Dragon’s Primordial Qi. In an instant, the boundless Primordial Qi of the Ancient Red Dragon receded, and upon examining himself, he was startled and furious: "What exactly is this!?"
"It actually absorbed my eight hundred years of longevity?!"
Li Guanyi was shocked.
The Nine Provinces Tripod had only restored one-ninth of its form, yet it consumed eight hundred years of the Ancient Red Dragon’s foundational lifespan. If it were fully restored, wouldn’t it drain all the remaining lifespan of the Ancient Red Dragon?
The Ancient Red Dragon raised his head, scales trembling all over his body, and flung Li Guanyi away.
The Qilin landed in the void, stepping on fiery clouds, catching Li Guanyi.
A blaze of crimson-golden clouds spread around them.
Li Guanyi lifted his head, seeing the massive Red Dragon coiling between heaven and earth, gazing at him with eyes full of intense anger. Even the Ancient Candle Dragon seemed merely exasperated at this point.
Li Guanyi felt his entire body stiffen, as if falling into an ice cave.
The Immortal Body was ineffective, and his Inner Strength couldn’t circulate.
The disparity in power was too overwhelming.
Yet, Li Guanyi showed no sign of retreat or timidity, merely lifting his head to gaze at the Ancient Red Dragon, exhaling and relaxing his demeanor, saying: "Senior, I have advised you before."
The immense anger of the Ancient Red Dragon paused for a moment.
Li Guanyi sincerely stated: "Could this thing not have injured you?"
"Eight thousand years of the Ancient Red Dragon’s foundation."
"It shouldn’t be damaged by a Divine Weapon on me that hasn’t yet awakened, right?"
"Lord of Red Flames, Candle Dragon Swallowing Sun Venerable!"
"How could you be harmed by such an unrevived, humble Nine Tripods Divine Weapon?"
The Ancient Red Dragon and Li Guanyi locked eyes.
The Ancient Red Dragon was directly lifted by Li Guanyi, who had wandered the streets in his youth.
A certain awkward atmosphere filled the air.
Only the Fire Qilin noticed a nearby cloud, resembling a gigantic peach, opened its mouth to bite into the mists, cheeks moving up and down as it ate the cloud.
The Little Qilin felt desolate.
Gazed at the blue jewel.
Instead, the tension between the Ancient Red Dragon and Li Guanyi eased significantly, Li Guanyi’s back damp with sweat, as the Ancient Red Dragon sighed: Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel★fire.net
"What courage, however, this old one indeed should not vent anger on you."
"I laughed at the Fire Qilin for swallowing a gem and dying, laughed for eight hundred years of amusement."
"Today, I almost treaded the same path as that fellow."
"However, it has absorbed my vast Primordial Qi and eight hundred years of lifespan. Has your Divine Weapon been restored?"
Li Guanyi hesitated for a moment, then honestly replied: "Not yet."
Thus, the atmosphere became even more silent and awkward.
The Fire Qilin abandoned swallowing the jewel, caught a bird in midair with boredom, breathing fire to turn it into roasted wings, stuffing it into its mouth, slowly chewing.
Li Guanyi took the initiative to say: "However, a significant portion has awakened."
"As for absorbing the senior’s longevity and Primordial Qi."
"This tripod is definitely not an evil object. I believe there must be a slight problem, and there should be a solution afterwards to remedy it."
The Ancient Red Dragon said: "Let this matter be a case of my misjudgment, no need to mention it further."
"But if you want to reverse the ’Emperor’s Divine Skill’, fixing the Qi Fortune of all the people, not allowing it to be usurped by the heroes of the land and returning it to the people, you need a Divine Weapon. Now that the thing won’t emerge, what should be done?"
Li Guanyi’s spirit delved into it, sensing the Divine Charm emanating from the Nine Tripods, having an epiphany, said: "I might have a way."
Li Guanyi looked at the Ancient Red Dragon:
"Reforge the Nine Tripods."
Reforging the Nine Tripods, but not like in legends, gathering the gold of the Nine Provinces to cast into one. Li Guanyi lacked such skill, and the Nine Provinces Tripod, restored to one-ninth, could not enable him to do so.
He sensed the revived Divine Charm on the bronze tripod.
Planning to mimic the sages’ approach, gathering gold and iron from various regions of the Eighteen States of Jiangnan to forge a grand tripod. The amount of metal needn’t be much, just some from each state would suffice, then circulate Li Guanyi’s internal Nine Tripods Divine Charm, mimicking the Nine Provinces Tripod, accumulating the Qi Fortune of Jiangnan’s mountains and rivers.
To serve as the required Divine Weapon for the ’Emperor’s Divine Skill’.