Chapter 143: Chapter 104: Vital Blood Unleashed, Tendons and Bones Resounding

The passage of time is like a white steed that’s here and gone; two months fly by in the blink of an eye.

Counting the time, there are less than half a month left until the year-end deadline set by the sect.

Spring fades and summer arrives.

On Five Extremes Mountain, the essence of the flora grows even denser; the towering trees’ branches and leaves interlace more exuberantly than in spring.

Unknown wildflowers bloom wantonly, their colors more intense against the backdrop of green trees.

News arrived from the second peak that Zhao Feiyue had broken through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

She was the first among the disciples from last year to reach the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer with a Five-Star Star Acupoint.

The news enraptured the veteran disciples on Five Extremes Mountain.

After all, it’s the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer. Many veteran disciples trained for seven or eight years and only reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation.

A disciple who entered just a year ago achieved feats that ordinary disciples may only touch after seven or eight years of cultivation.

This result made countless disciples with less talent beat their chests in frustration, lamenting the disparity in cultivation talent.

Three days followed after Zhao Feiyue’s breakthrough.

News of Liou Tao from the Liou Family breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer followed in quick succession.

This young master of the Liou Family, who once suffered defeat at the hands of Liou Yuan in Little Cyan Valley, secluded himself immediately and immersed in rigorous training for nearly a year, finally emerged from retreat.

Anyone with eyes could see his intention; he wanted to redeem himself, reclaim the ground lost from Liou Yuan’s hands.

In fact, that’s exactly what he did.

On the first day of coming out of retreat, he strode with a gloomy face straight to Xiaopei Mountain.

Unluckily, he was intercepted by Zhao Feiyue, who had just broken through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer. Claiming to have long admired the Liou Family’s mystical Fog Acupoint, she wished to have a sparring match.

Then, whether Liou Tao was willing or not, she forcefully engaged him, and they fought midway.

That day, the thunderous sound resonated through the mountains and forests.

Liou Tao’s Cloud Manipulation seemed to gain no advantage before Zhao Feiyue.

After all, speaking of background and talent, Zhao Feiyue wasn’t lacking in any aspect, and the quality of magic she practiced was not worse either.

In the end, no one knew who won, but anyway, Liou Tao retreated.

No one found this odd.

Sparring among disciples is the norm.

Five Extremes Mountain doesn’t prohibit martial clashes; it even somewhat encourages this act.

Five days following Liou Tao’s breakthrough to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

Yet another disciple with a Five-Star Star Acupoint emerged from retreat.

It was Bi Wan, the Wood Aperture of the Bi Family.

Thanks to the aid of the Star Acupoint, Bi Wan excels particularly in Alchemy Dao, counted as the top Alchemist among this batch of disciples.

She usually keeps a low profile; few on Five Extremes Mountain have seen her figure, thus her appearance upon coming out of seclusion attracted many wonders.

The fact proves that among disciples with a Five-Star Star Acupoint, there are also levels of superiority.

The first three to break through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer have undoubtedly the best talent among those with a Five-Star Star Acupoint.

Day by day passes, and the weather grows hotter.

With merely five days left until the one-year mark.

When everyone thought there wouldn’t be a fourth disciple from last year’s batch reaching Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

That night, Xiaopei Mountain witnessed sounds resounding like the toll of bells and drums under the starry light.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

The source of the sound was one of the four cabins atop the peak of Xiaopei Mountain, closely spaced.

The sudden noise startled the disciples of Xiaopei Mountain awake from their training, thinking once more that it was Qiu Ming’s doing.

Although disgruntled, none dared voice it, each peered out their doors towards the mountain peak.

After seeing the situation on the peak, everyone realized they misunderstood Qiu Ming.

Because on the mountain slope, Qiu Ming, like them, along with Fu Xueping and Xie Miaobo, stretched their heads to look towards the last cabin.

And that room had always belonged to one person, Liou Yuan.

"It’s Senior Brother Liou Yuan!"

"What kind of commotion is this? Is he about to break through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer?"

"Impossible, even Qiu Ming is still lacking a bit, though Senior Brother Liou Yuan’s talent is high, it hasn’t reached a Five-Star Star Acupoint."

The disciples discussed, uncertain and astonished.

Amidst their talks, the bell and drum sound resounding from Xiaopei Mountain suddenly halted.

What followed was an even more surging roar.

Boom! A red light burst open in that cabin.

Under that radiance, the third reconstructed cabin of Liou Yuan ruptured and splintered apart.

Revealing within, the figure of Liou Yuan training in a supine posture.

His body was enshrouded with red light, not merely a simple crimson, akin to blood.

The blood-colored halo enveloped his entire robust physique.

Those disciples with less cultivation, upon seeing that red-blood light, felt an inexplicable oppressive sensation rise in their hearts.

As if what lay under the cabin’s ruins wasn’t a human, but a wild beast.

"The Vitality is revealed!" On Xiaopei Mountain, only Qiu Ming and Liou Yuan practiced Body Refining; he discerned the essence behind the blood-colored brilliance on Liou Yuan’s body, hollering loudly: "Damn it, this kid cultivates even faster than I do."

Vitality revelation is an attack means naturally burgeoned from the body of a Body Cultivator upon reaching a certain realm.

Resembling magic.

Yet different from magic consuming spiritual power, vitality constantly entwines a Body Cultivator, capable of attack and defense.

Had Liou Yuan merely broken through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, Qiu Ming wouldn’t have reacted so strongly.

This vitality revelation is even harder than Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

As for why Liou Yuan could reach the stage of vitality revelation, the answer naturally becomes apparent.

Because he broke through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer signifies that his Five Mansions Star Gazing Breathing Skill’s Third Mansion, the Liver Mansion, has reached perfection.

Blood resides in the liver, and with the Liver Mansion perfected, Liou Yuan’s entire vitality naturally reveals itself.

The Grade B Breathing Skill is second only to Grade A, its various uncanny features need no elaboration.