Chapter 39: Breakthrough, Qi Refining Realm

  Spring goes and summer comes, winter goes and spring comes again. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed. There are still three months until Mu Feng's 16th birthday. Mu Feng's cultivation had already reached half-step transformation several months ago, only one step away from internally igniting his Xuanli.

  Entering the Qi Refining Realm marks the true beginning of a warrior's cultivation, for only by entering this realm can one's body store Xuanli and utilize its energy.

  When a martial artist cultivates to the peak of the Great Perfection of Refining the Body, a transitional energy similar to Xuanli will be produced in the body, called "Yinqi".

  Only when this Qi is gathered in the Dan Tian to form a Qi nucleus, will this Qi nucleus resonate with the mysterious power between heaven and earth, producing true mysterious power within the body of the martial artist, thereby reaching the realm of transforming Qi.

  It sounds easy and simple, but in reality, it's extremely difficult. Eight out of ten people on the mainland are unable to condense their Qi nucleus, sense the mysterious power of heaven and earth, and thus stop at the Refining Body stage.

  When Mufeng reached the peak of Lian Ti's Great Perfection, he tried several times to condense the Qi nucleus in his Dantian, but the Qi gathered in his Dantian was always uncontrollable, leading to failure in condensing the nucleus. This made Mufeng feel extremely frustrated.

  In a flash, it was already over ten days. Mufeng quietly sat on the bed with both hands lightly placed on her knees, her mind completely focused on the internal Qi circulation.

  He could clearly feel the thick and turbid Qi surging around inside his body, and the next thing to do was to gather these Qi in the Dan Tian, condensing them into a nucleus.

  First, lock your mind on a breath of air, that breath of air is fixed by the mind of Mufeng. Then, following the pull of Mufeng's consciousness, slowly come to the Dan Tian. Mufeng leads that breath of air into the Dan Tian, then again locks his mind on another breath of air...

  After a busy hour, Mufeng finally guided all the Qi in his body into the Dantian. From the outside, it seemed that Mufeng had only been sitting quietly on the bed for an hour, but in fact, he had consumed a large amount of energy and was already feeling extremely tired. However, he didn't dare to relax at all, because what came next was the most crucial step: condensing the Qi in the Dantian into a nucleus, thereby triggering the production of Xuanli.

  Mo Feng concentrated all his attention in the dantian, he couldn't gaze directly at his own dantian, and could only rely on the response of his heart. To achieve a direct view of one's own body, one must reach the state of Huāqì.

  At this time, Mufeng's dantian was filled with surging qigong. He wrapped each qigong with his mind and then tentatively merged two qigongs together.

  Two streams of Qi merged together under the control of Mufeng's Heart Spirit, and then Mufeng continued to merge other pairs of Qi. In the end, only two clusters of Qi remained in Mufeng's Dantian, and upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the luster of these two clusters was somewhat similar to that of Xuanli.

  Mofeng only needs to condense these two clusters of spiritual energy together to form a spiritual energy nucleus, thereby triggering the power of Xuan to reach the state of transforming energy.

  His mind was completely tense, because in the last few times he had always made mistakes at the last step, resulting in failure of the nucleus. If there were outsiders in the room now, they would definitely see that Mu Feng was already soaked with sweat and became a water man. The nucleus was really too exhausting, this kind of thing even made people feel more tired than moving a big mountain.

  Carefully, the two clusters of spiritual energy wrapped in heart and soul approached each other. Just as the two clusters of spiritual energy came into contact, the talisman in his palm suddenly burst out with a powerful suction force, pulling the two clusters of spiritual energy together. This suction force was precisely the root cause of the failure of the previous few attempts at Wind Condensation.

  Mo Feng once again concentrated his mind to counteract this suction force. However, this suction force was particularly strong, and he absorbed the experience of the previous few times' failure in condensing the nucleus. He didn't use all his strength to resist the suction force, but instead engaged in a stalemate with it. When the suction force showed some signs of weakening, he suddenly exerted his strength, trying to quickly merge the two clusters of guided air.

  At the moment when the two auras merged, one of them suddenly strengthened its suction power, forcibly tearing the two auras apart. If not for Mufeng's mental energy wrapping around the aura clusters, they would have been scattered away.

  Taking a deep breath, Mufeng once again stabilized the two clusters of spiritual energy, thinking to himself: I don't believe I won't be able to condense my core successfully!

  The two forces were again locked in a stalemate, and after another two hours, Mufeng could clearly feel that the suction force was slowly weakening, while he himself was not much better off. His mind had been focused for more than three hours, and he was already nearing his limit. He even believed that if this continued, he would definitely die from mental exhaustion.

  Suddenly feeling that the suction force had weakened, Mu Feng's heart slightly shouted: "Condense!"

  Two masses of spiritual energy slowly merged into one under the effect of Mufeng's mental power, and the talisman in his palm seemed to feel that the situation was already irreversible, and the suction force suddenly disappeared. The two masses of spiritual energy finally condensed into a fist-sized energy mass. When the fist-sized energy mass had just formed, a kind of unprecedented energy burst out from the energy mass: Xuanli energy.

  Mo Feng's mind sank into his dantian, this was the first time he "saw" his own dantian. After entering the stage of transforming energy, Mo Feng could use his consciousness to "introspect" the changes happening within his body.

  Mo Feng's dantian formed a mysterious vortex of energy, making his dantian almost become an ocean of mysterious energy. Both body and mind were filled with this mysterious energy, a sense of comfort that had never been felt before impacting the brain nerves.

  Mo Feng's mind and spirit left the Dan Tian, a strange wave spread out from his brain, projecting everything within tens of meters around him back into his mind with extreme clarity.

  As I opened my eyes, in this instant, the entire world seemed to have brightened up. The things that entered my line of sight were clearer than before, and the sounds coming from outside the house were also more distinct.

  In the air around his body, a strange thing was flowing, that thing was extremely similar to the Xuanli energy inside his body.

  Clasping his fists tightly, Mu Feng felt the power contained within himself, which was several times stronger than before. He had confidence that one punch now would be enough to send Jiang Wei flying.

  After entering the realm of Huaji, Mufeng also felt that his chest contained a vast and powerful Xuanli energy. The power of Qingfeng Tianzun's palm was enough to destroy the entire Hongfeng Town. However, Qingfeng Tianzun's palm seemed to have shrunk significantly, and its true power was likely to be unbearable not only for the entire Hongfeng Town but also for the entire Dawu Wang Dynasty.

  Mufeng pushed open the door, and the two people in the hall immediately stood up as soon as they heard the sound, anxiously looking at Mufeng. The couple was Mu Chengzhi and his wife.

  "How is it?" Mu Chengzhi asked, his voice slightly trembling with tension.

  Two people looked at Mu Feng, but didn't say a word. However, when looking at Mu Feng's dejected appearance, Mu Chengzhi sighed and patted Mu Feng's shoulder, intending to comfort him, but unexpectedly, just as his palm touched Mu Feng's shoulder, an invisible force bounced his hand back.

  Mu Chengzhi's face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed with joy: "Feng'er, you've succeeded?"

  "Dad, Mom, Feng Er has successfully advanced to the Hua Qi realm!" Mu Feng said excitedly, shaking off his earlier dejected look.

  Mu Chengzhi and Lin Hui both had a relieved smile on their faces.

  "Alright, alright, Feng Er, you've helped your father gain some face. The clan's coming-of-age ceremony is also approaching, in a few days we'll be heading to Mu City." Mu Chengzhi clapped his hands excitedly.

  But Mu Chengzhi, who was overjoyed, did not notice that the mysterious power vortex in Mu Feng's body far exceeded that of an ordinary warrior who had just entered the Huaqi realm.