Chapter 144: Chapter 104: Blood Qi Unleashed, Resonating Bones and Sinews

Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, Liou Yuan, who had completed his breakthrough, slowly opened his eyes under everyone’s gaze.

The blood energy, like boiling water, vibrating on his body surface, was also gathered into his internal organs at this moment.

"Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer!" Liou Yuan murmured softly as he looked around. He was already accustomed to his hut collapsing again and stood up slowly.

With just this simple movement, his muscles and bones made a cracking sound, like frying beans.

Amateurs watch the fun, while experts observe the technique. Qiu Ming, hearing the peculiarity within his body, exclaimed exaggeratedly, "The resonance of muscles and bones! This brat Liou Yuan’s physique can now catch a magical artifact barehanded."

"Catching a magical artifact barehanded!" Xie Miaobo and Fu Xueping were shocked beyond words by this simple statement from Qiu Ming.

What is a magical artifact? Besides magic, it’s the main means of attack for cultivators.

Liou Yuan can withstand magical artifacts with his flesh, which means half of the opponent’s means in a cultivator’s duel would be ineffective.

Fu Xueping, after all, being a girl, with a more delicate mind, asked Qiu Ming, "Does being able to catch a magical artifact barehanded mean that he can also withstand general magic with his body?"

Qiu Ming nodded without hesitation, and in a very assured voice, said, "Unless it’s a higher realm or some higher quality magic, he really can withstand the usual spells."

"This is body cultivation, which, compared to cultivators who focus only on spiritual power, is much harder to achieve breakthroughs in the physical body."

"Once one reaches the level where blood energy leaks outside and muscles and bones resonate, in the same realm of the Qi Cultivation Stage, there are hardly any opponents."

The more Qiu Ming spoke, the more excited he became because Liou Yuan’s current state was the realm he had always longed for, and he didn’t expect Liou Yuan to surpass him first.

"When his body cultivation realm hadn’t even reached the point where blood energy was leaking, he could already drive Liou Tao to that extent."

"Now, isn’t he just going to crush Liou Tao?" Xie Miaobo looked at the young figure rising from the wreckage of the hut like a monster.

With a breakthrough in his physical realm, Liou Yuan’s combat power immediately soared, giving him an implicit tendency to sweep through opponents in the same realm.

The most crucial point is that the young man before them didn’t only have a breakthrough in body cultivation.

The fluctuation of his spiritual power, now revealed, was no longer at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer but at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"This freak grew up right under our noses." Qiu Ming said enviously.

The three of them were conversing so closely, and with Qiu Ming’s loud voice, how could it escape Liou Yuan’s ears?

Having just made a breakthrough, Liou Yuan was in a good mood and laughed heartily at Qiu Ming, "You better cultivate well, Qiu Ming. Don’t let your Mr. Liou get too far ahead."

These were the words Qiu Ming had once said to Liou Yuan in Yanhe City, now returned to Qiu Ming in full.

"Argh, I need to go into seclusion, a life-and-death retreat!" Qiu Ming shouted in frustration, unable to utter words of congratulation and slammed the door heavily.

He was actually not far from the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, and for Liou Yuan to surpass him was a huge blow to him.

"What level of Star Acupoint does Mr. Liou have?" Xie Miaobo, always the most keen-minded, asked.

Watching Liou Yuan standing in the rubble of the hut, breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, then looking at the sulking Qiu Ming going into seclusion, he couldn’t help but raise the long-ignored question again.

Since entering the sect, Liou Yuan had never precisely mentioned his level of Star Acupoint.

Nor had they asked.

But the fact that this young man’s cultivation speed surpassed all Four-Star Star Acupoint holders was true.

Now, he even broke through to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer faster than Qiu Ming, a Five-Star Star Acupoint holder.

This bizarre breakthrough speed led not only Xie Miaobo to question what level of Star Acupoint Liou Yuan possessed, but also had Fu Xueping and all the Xiaopei Mountain disciples utterly confused.

"Five-Star Star Acupoint?" Fu Xueping blinked her bright eyes, uttering these four words in a somewhat uncertain tone.

Hearing this, Xie Miaobo shuddered, thinking that it was indeed possible.

"Oh no!" Xie Miaobo and Fu Xueping’s whispered discussion could not escape Liou Yuan’s notice.

Hearing their whispers, Liou Yuan realized that the issue of his Star Acupoint aptitude was a concern and quietly thought to himself that this wasn’t good.

With such fast breakthroughs, the matter of his cultivation aptitude would surely catch the eye of the Five Extremes Mountain higher-ups.

Entering the sect through a back-door facilitated by Mr. Yu was something that should not be exposed.

Although not a big deal, if exposed, Mr. Yu might get implicated and punished.

However, on reconsideration, Liou Yuan felt lucky that no aptitude test was conducted when he entered through the back door.

If Mr. Yu had conducted an aptitude test, the change from Two-Star Water Acupoint, Three-Star Gold Acupoint to Two-Star Water Acupoint, Four-Star Gold Acupoint would be undeniable.

That would be a much more severe problem than the exposure of borrowing a back door.

After all, aptitude is determined at birth.

There has never been a precedent in the Cultivation Realm for improved aptitude.

Only a few legendary extinct ancient elixirs have the effect of enhancing aptitude.

If it were known that his aptitude improved, Liou Yuan couldn’t explain it, and the secret of the Fixed Star Compass might be at risk of exposure.

"Thank goodness! Thank goodness! Thanks to my elder brother’s blessing, my aptitude hasn’t been exposed yet."

"If the higher-ups of the sect really suspect, we can always let them test the current aptitude."

With some lingering fear, Liou Yuan thought, somewhat ironically, "Poor Mr. Yu though."

With the breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, surely the issue of aptitude couldn’t be concealed anymore.

In fact, Mr. Yu’s impending punishment was already a foregone conclusion.

Yet, Liou Yuan had no regrets.

Given a choice again, he would still forge ahead with the breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

Having seen the world’s brutality, Liou Yuan wouldn’t let any opportunity to improve his cultivation slip by.

Furthermore, as Liou Yuan’s cultivation speed increased, the issue of aptitude was bound to come to light.

It was just a matter of sooner or later.

"Better discovered early, no need to hide and cover!" Liou Yuan thought openly.

So this time, the only victim of his breakthrough was Mr. Yu alone.

Xie Miaobo, Fu Xueping, and the fellow Xiaopei Mountain disciples watched Liou Yuan after his breakthrough, with fluctuating expressions on their faces as if troubled by something.

They watched, unable to help but laugh and cry.

"Having reached the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, what’s there to be troubled about? We’re the ones who should be troubled!"

Despite the words, none spoke further.

After a brief shock, Xie Miaobo and Fu Xueping also shut their doors and started their seclusion.

With Liou Yuan at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer and them still at the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer, it was too demoralizing.

With Xie Miaobo and Fu Xueping leading the way, the rest of the disciples followed suit, reinvigorated, retreating behind closed doors to cultivate.

With five days left before the end of the year, they had to give it their all.

When Liou Yuan came back to his senses, Xiaopei Mountain had shifted from its earlier commotion to silence.

Liou Yuan looked around and then gazed up at the stars above, feeling somewhat melancholic as he said, "No one congratulated me. Is my popularity really that bad?"