Chapter 49: Go with the Flow!

  The Qingyu Gate's five-yearly Jinwu Grand Competition is approaching, but among the nine disciples participating in this competition for two direct transmission quotas, the most promising Guan Yundong has become a useless person, Gao Yingcai has become disabled, and Li Shaofeng has already completed his foundation building and transformed his body. Tang Jing has even formed a Tian Di Bao Ti, so there is no need to hold the Jinwu Grand Competition again. On the next day, Shangguan Qixue announced that Tang Jing and Li Shaofeng have successfully become direct transmission disciples of Qingyu Gate.

  Late at night.

  Qingyu Gate, the inner gate. Inside a luxurious and grand hall, four elders sat solemnly in their chairs, their faces gloomy, their eyes filled with ominous intent.

  "Four Elders, just a few days ago, Tang Jing mysteriously formed the Heaven and Earth Treasure Body. Today, Shangguan Qixue has announced that Li Shaofeng and Tang Jing have become her personally accepted disciples. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Guan and Gao families receive the news. How will we explain this to them at that time?"

  The rest of the elders also gathered here, they had previously agreed that two places would be contested by Gao Yingcai and Li Shaofeng as well as Guan Yundong, and they had already gained a lot of benefits from it. However, now one of the places belongs to Tang Qing, so the Gao family and the Guan family will definitely not agree.

  "If it were just Gu's and Gao's families, that would be easy to handle, but how are we going to deal with Lord Cao?"

  As soon as Cao Daoren spoke, all the other elders couldn't help but feel a sense of unease in their hearts, including the four elders.

  "If Lord Cao were to find out about this matter and blame us for it, we would be..."

  Suddenly! With a loud bang, the four elders slapped the table and coldly snorted, "What are you panicking about? If Tang Qing had formed any other kind of heavenly treasure body, I really wouldn't know what to do. But he just so happened to form the cheapest Earth Body. This kind of heavenly treasure body is something that the Upper Realm won't want, so we still have some leeway."

  "Oh? How can Fourth Elder say such a thing?"

  The four elders stood up, took two steps forward, and walked to the bedside. Stroking his goatee, he gazed out of the window at the moonlight and said in a gloomy tone, "Have you forgotten the rules set by our superiors? All newly appointed personal disciples of Qingyu Gate, Banyue Gate, and Qixing Gate must go to Wuji Hangguan in Yongyang City for inspection?"

  In this world, those who take sects as great are called great sects, those who rank next are called upper sects, and those who belong to the end are called lower sects.

  Each Da Zong has jurisdiction over several Shang Pai, and each Shang Pai has jurisdiction over several Xia Men.

  Due to the distance between the Upper and Lower Gates being relatively far, the Upper Gate would set up a traveling pavilion within a certain boundary to monitor the Lower Gate.

  The three major sects of Yongyuan City are Qingyu Gate, Banyue Gate and Qixing Gate. All three gates belong to the jurisdiction of Wuji Sect, and the Wuji Sect's guild hall in Yongyuan City is called Wuji Guild Hall.

  "What does 'Four Elders' mean..."

  The four elders did not respond, but instead asked in return, "Do you think that Gao Yingcai's arm was severed for nothing? Did Guan Yun Dong become a useless person for no reason? Did the Sixth Elder die for nothing? All of this is because of Tang Qing! The Wuji Xingguan will not tolerate such arrogance from a mere disciple! Even if he has Shangguan Qixue backing him up, I will still make sure to tear him apart this time!"

  Although the four elders did not say it explicitly, the other elders seemed to have understood his meaning as well.

  After a moment, the four elders said again, "Shouldn't the inner disciples of Qingyu Gate who are out training have finished by now?"

  "This time, all the personally transmitted disciples of the three gates of Yongyuan City practiced together. The other day, the personally transmitted disciples of the Half Moon Gate had already returned. I think that my personally transmitted disciples from the Qingyu Gate will also return within these two days. I heard that Guan Ming performed exceptionally well in this practice and made great progress in his internal strength, and has now entered the acquired stage."

  "Oh? Guan Ming has already entered the post-heaven realm?"

  The realm of Qi has seven stages: cultivating Qi, small vehicle, great vehicle, acquired, innate, three flowers gathering at the top, and five Qi returning to the origin.

  Due to the need to open up the body's eight extraordinary meridians and over 360 acupoints in the realm of Qi, cultivation is extremely difficult. In the foundation-building stage, as long as one is willing to work hard, they will eventually transform their body and mind. However, the realm of Qi is different; even with diligent practice, it may not be enough, and one also needs a high level of enlightenment and innate ability. If a person's enlightenment is low and their innate ability is poor, they may become stuck in the realm of Qi forever, especially since the later stages are a critical juncture for the realm of Qi, making breakthroughs extremely difficult.

  Inside the Qingyu Gate, Song Changlao and the four elders, seven elders, and eight elders in the field were all like this. They had been stuck for decades and couldn't break through. Fortunately, they had been accumulating wealth and taking spiritual pills over the years, which gave them a glimmer of hope to break through. If they could enter the Pre-Heavenly stage, that would be truly entering the realm of Qi. Now, learning that Guan Ming had already entered the Post-Heavenly stage at such a young age made all the elders present feel envious. This meant that Guan Ming might possibly enter the Pre-Heavenly stage before the age of thirty.

  The four elders' faces were filled with pleased expressions, twirling their goatees, saying, "You truly are worthy of being the chief personally-transmitted disciple of Qing Yu Men, good! Very good!"

  ……

  At noon, the sun is shining brightly.

  Tang Qing sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes slightly closed, and as he breathed in, his lower abdomen suddenly caved in, and the surrounding loose spiritual energy was instantly absorbed into his body. As he exhaled, a faint misty air escaped, and his lower abdomen gradually recovered. For several days, Tang Qing had been practicing breathing exercises, cultivating the "Dragon Tiger True Classic" sent by Shangguan Qixue. Although he had gone through nine calamities, he knew little about the methods of refining Qi. Before crossing the calamity, when he was young, the techniques for cultivating his Qi realm were not suitable for his current physical condition.

  Of course, in Tang Qing's eyes, this Dragon and Tiger True Classic was naturally not worthy of his attention. However, after he improved it, it barely met his standards, so he reluctantly started cultivating it first.

  "After all, it's still the Earth Body! It's really hard enough! No wonder it's called the Unmoving Body, the Rock Body."

  After several days of meditation, Tang Jing's dantian in his body has already cultivated true energy. He originally thought about trying to open up the aperture first, but unexpectedly, he didn't succeed. However, he isn't anxious either; this thing can't be rushed. The key is that he now completely doesn't understand what's going on with himself.

  Am I still considered a free and unconstrained immortal?

  If it's not, then he carefully examined his physical body, and after rebuilding it, there was no change. It was still the body of a nine-tribulation scattered immortal, extremely powerful, and his tribulation spirit was also still there, only separated, and with one thought, the tribulation spirit returned.

  It's said that a Nine-Tribulations Loose Immortal's body can actually still cultivate? And there's even a chance to cultivate a second Origin, this is a legendary event that has never been heard of in thousands of years!

  If I can really cultivate a second Benyuan at that time, then I will have two Benyuans. Then, damn it, am I still a loose immortal?

  I don't understand, Tang Qing is really confused.

  However, this person has a not-so-good advantage. Since he can't figure it out, he simply doesn't think about it and won't get entangled in it. As for whether he can refine the second Benyuan or not, he doesn't know and is too lazy to think about it. If he refines it, that's best; if he can't, he won't go overboard with his cultivation to verify this issue. In his free time, he'll just casually cultivate a bit, and everything will follow its natural course. These four words are the deepest realization he has gained after experiencing nine calamities: not refusing, not forcing, letting things take their natural course.