Chapter 142: Chapter 115: Slaughter Heart, the Divine Reappears
Li Fei once again stimulated the Innate Qi within his body.
After a successful initial attempt, stimulating the Innate Qi for a second time became much more natural. With a mere thought, the warm current from the Steel Armor Implant surged within Li Fei’s body, flowing wherever his mind directed.
Li Fei placed his right palm on the Eight Diagrams Plate that Shangguan Xiao was holding and injected a stream of Innate Qi into it.
As the dark golden Qi was injected, the pointer on the Eight Diagrams Plate immediately started to spin, quickly pointing towards the white side that represented positivity.
This meant that Li Fei’s Innate Qi was definitely Geng Metal from among the “Geng Metal, Xin Metal.”
Next, the pointer moved towards the Dui Trigram, the area representing the Gold Attribute.
Shangguan Xiao’s expression began to grow tense as she intently watched the Eight Diagrams Plate in her hand.
What the pointer would indicate next would reveal more specific attributes:
Was it Gang Qi? Primordial Qi? Or… True Qi?
Finally, the pointer stopped on a symbol marked with the character “一.”
“True One! It’s actually True Qi!” Shangguan Xiao shouted in astonishment.
She looked up at Li Fei. “You’ve actually cultivated True Qi!”
The symbol ‘一’ represents True One, which in Taoism signifies the ultimate singularity. This symbol on the Eight Diagrams Qi Distinguishing Plate represented True Qi.
“Geng Metal True Qi?” Li Fei looked at the scale on the Eight Diagrams Plate, not particularly surprised by the result.
After hearing Shangguan Xiao’s introduction, especially about True Qi, he felt that it was possible for him to cultivate True Qi.
True Qi requires purity, free from impurities. However, during the cultivation process involving Elixirs, ordinary martial artists often accumulate some impurities in their bodies.
But Li Fei had the Myriad Blood Pearl to share the damage. Each time he took an Elixir, the Myriad Blood Pearl absorbed 99% of the damage caused by the Elixir.
The damage Elixirs caused to the body was mainly from those impurities, so with 99% of the impurities absorbed by the Myriad Blood Pearl, the remaining 1% could be naturally expelled by the body.
Thus, Li Fei experienced almost no impurity sedimentation when taking Elixirs, making the implant within his body extremely clean, and the emergence of True Qi quite natural.
“It seems your talents are not only evident in your Horizontal Training Skills but also in your ability to absorb Elixirs.” Shangguan Xiao looked at Li Fei with delight, “Some people’s constitutions are naturally more suited to taking Elixirs, with very few impurities settling. Such people have the best chance of cultivating True Qi—you must be one of them!”
Li Fei nodded. “Master’s Aunt, what features does this Geng Metal True Qi have?”
Innate Qi had many great uses; it could progressively strengthen a martial artist’s body over time, enhance speed, strength, stamina, and resistance in combat.
Eventually, each type of Innate Qi possessed unique properties that could be developed into specific tactics.
“Gold Attribute’s Innate Qi: Geng Metal is sharp, mainly for slaughter; Xin Metal is solid, mainly for defense. True Qi’s traits are purity, imperviousness to all evils, unchanging through myriad transformations, which allows one particular trait to be infinitely amplified. Thus, your Geng Metal True Qi, compared to other Geng Metal Qi, will possess the most extreme sharpness and will be hard for other types of Innate Qi to affect. Once it enters another’s body, it will be very difficult to eliminate.” Shangguan Xiao told Li Fei.
“Throughout the history of the Da Lan Dynasty, many famous generals have practiced Geng Metal True Qi, a type of Innate Qi particularly suited for battlefield slaughter.”
Having heard Shangguan Xiao’s introduction, Li Fei felt very satisfied with his own Innate Qi.
With the Myriad Blood Pearl, his defenses were already maximized; what he currently lacked was offensive capability.
Although the power of the Blood Slaughter Qi was impressive, this aura only affected living beings and was unsuitable for siege battles.
Now with Geng Metal True Qi, he could use it to break through an opponent’s defenses before employing the Blood Slaughter Qi to inflict harm.
“The [Mixed Element Heavenly Gold] Tao Foundation is extremely difficult to cultivate, and the Gold Attribute [Steel Armor] Implant is the most crucial component; now that you’ve cultivated Geng Metal True Qi, the likelihood of your future success in cultivation could increase by at least 30%. Very well, I’m more and more convinced that you will ultimately succeed!” Shangguan Xiao said to Li Fei with a smile, delighted for her fellow disciple.
Next, she instructed Li Fei on many things he needed to be aware of during his Qi Change Stage cultivation.
From the Body Breaking Stage to the Qi Change Stage, the growth of the Implant was crucial, and the power of intention could influence the speed of the Implant’s growth. Subsequently, stimulating Innate Qi also required the power of intention, thus cultivation through ‘Breaking Heart Barrier’ was possible.
However, once in the Qi Change Stage, the growth of the Implant was no longer a focus. No matter how much it grew, it could only increase the total amount of Innate Qi, while the next Breakthrough required a qualitative change of the Innate Qi, namely cultivating Force.
During this stage, the focus remained on the Innate Qi, requiring different cultivation plans based on the properties of the Innate Qi.
“The cultivation in the Qi Change Stage is crucial for developing the corresponding Heart Realm; only then can one condense the corresponding Force.” Shangguan Xiao told Li Fei, “For example, if it’s the Wood Attribute Clear Qi, it is suitable for quiet meditation, experiencing the beauty and interest of nature and the mountains, understanding the ethereal Heart Realm, thus condensing the corresponding Force.
If it’s the Water Attribute Xuan Qi, since Xuan Qi is ever-changing, it’s suitable to practice a variety of Martial Arts, to spar with different types of opponents, to comprehend the way of change, reaching the Profound State, and successfully cultivating Force.
Your Innate Qi is Geng Metal True Qi, where Geng Metal governs slaughter, and True Qi seeks purity. Thus, the most suitable place for your cultivation is actually the battlefield. Those historical generals of the Da Lan Dynasty who practiced Geng Metal True Qi all tempered themselves on the battlefield and completed their Breakthrough. What you need to grasp is the purely unadulterated Slaughter Heart.”