Chapter 2 Bad News

  "Cough! Cough!"

  Coughing out several mouthfuls of water, Qin Yun came to and opened his eyes, his vision quickly becoming clear.

  He was shocked to find himself lying on the edge of the cold pond, with his lower body still soaking in the water, but his whole body felt warm and comfortable.

  What's going on? Qin Yun still remembered when he was floating up from the deep pool, exhausting all his strength, and being invaded by cold energy, causing cramps in both legs. He thought for sure that this time he would die.

  But now not only did I escape death, but my body also feels very different, without any signs of exhaustion or injury.

  Pfft!

  Not far away, the water surface rolled up waves, the red carp poked its head out from under the water, it quickly swam to Qin Yun's side and gently touched his legs.

  "So it was you who saved me!"

  Qin Yun suddenly understood and realized that it must have been this childhood friend who had rescued him onto the shore.

  This carp that has become a spirit is extremely intelligent.

  "Thank you!"

  The joy of escaping death made Qin Yun's mood suddenly clear, he jumped back into the water, hugged the red carp and thanked it for its life-saving grace.

  After playing for a while, after the red carp left, Qin Yun returned to the rock on the shore and began to check his physical condition.

  This search was nothing serious, but the young man was completely stunned!

  He was shocked to discover that the Wu Mai, which had taken him a year to penetrate, had miraculously opened up. A fine thread of crimson true energy flowed through his meridians, piercing his four limbs and reaching his Sea of Consciousness!

  Without his knowledge, he had actually completed the most important step in advancing to the Qi Refining stage - opening up his meridians!

  What's going on here? Qin Yun was at a loss, if Wu Mai could understand it so easily, then his hard work and suffering over the past year would be a joke.

  Was it because of that five-colored gemstone? Qin Yun's mind suddenly flashed with insight, and he vaguely remembered that before he fainted in the water, the gemstone in his hand seemed to have melted away...

  He couldn't help but glance at his right hand, palm empty and bare, where was the colorful gemstone?

  Shaking his head, Qin Yun simply didn't think about these headache-inducing problems. His top priority wasn't to investigate the truth of things, but rather to hurry up and consolidate the results of opening his meridians.

  After opening the pulse, if you don't use true energy to repeatedly flush and refine it in a short period of time, the opened martial pulse may be re-closed. Not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but also wanting to reopen the pulse again would be extremely difficult.

  Sitting cross-legged, Qin Yun began to circulate the Scarlet Flame Heart Technique.

  But as soon as he moved his true energy, he was stunned again!

  The crimson true energy in Dantian has become dozens of times more vigorous than before, and under the condensation, seven true fires have actually condensed!

  The Crimson Flame Heart Technique is divided into five major levels. Qin Yun had previously cultivated up to the second level, Yang Fire Triple Repeats, and was able to condense three true flames in his dantian, which was quite impressive for someone of his age.

  Now the seven true fires represent the Red Flame Heart Technique breaking through two levels to the fourth layer, only one step away from the highest fifth layer - Nine Yang Gathering Flames!

  Miraculous opening of the meridian, the true Qi heart mantra suddenly soared... Qin Yun was struck by the sudden arrival of good fortune, almost numb, and completely under the drive of instinct, operated the heart mantra, merging the seven true fires into one, rushing into the martial vein.

  Just after the Wu Mai passed through, it could only accommodate a thread of true energy, but like a long dike breaking open, with the previous path opened up, under Qin Yun's powerful true energy impact, the channel expanded rapidly, and the Chi Yan True Energy was able to reach both hands and feet without any stagnation.

  Penetrating the Wu pulse is the basic boundary of the martial artist's cultivation of Qi. On this basis, continuous practice is carried out to gradually open up all the meridians in the body, and finally break through the Ren and Du two pulses to complete the great circulation of the heavenly cycle, so as to advance to the powerful pre-heavenly great boundary.

  Of course, for Qin Yun now, the Innate Realm is still too far away. After completing the expansion of his limbs and main veins, he transported his Qi upwards into the Sea of Consciousness.

  The Sea of Consciousness is the conscious sea opened up by martial artists when cultivating internal energy and heart method. Its existence, like the elixir field of the dan tian, is indispensable, with subtle uses beyond measure in inner vision and outer sensation.

  It's just that in the past, the pulse was not connected, and the elixir field, sea of qi, and sea of consciousness could not be linked together, so the role that can be played is extremely limited. However, it is now completely different.

  The scene in the sea of knowledge gave Qin Yun his third shock at this time!

  In the depths of his mind, a glowing orb floated quietly, surrounded by a halo of light. It was the missing Five-Colored Gemstone, its surface adorned with countless dark golden runes that flickered faintly.

  A halo of light, like a galaxy, slowly rotated around the cluster of light, with countless star dust scattered among it. The mysterious beauty was beyond words, and its existence illuminated Qin Yun's originally dull sea of consciousness.

  This beauty and shock almost made Qin Yun forget all his consciousness, and his whole attention was drawn to it.

  It took a long time for Qin Yun to come back to his senses. He tried to use his mind to touch the light sphere, but found that no matter how hard he tried, his mind was blocked by the stardust halo and couldn't enter.

  In the most important Sea of Consciousness, there is this completely uncontrollable thing, whether it's good or bad Qin Yun doesn't know yet, but he believes that the miracle that happened to him and the gemstone obtained from the bottom of the Cold Spring are absolutely related.

  With a hint of nervousness and excitement, Qin Yun withdrew from the Sea of Consciousness.

  Open your eyes, and the world in front of you suddenly becomes different.

  His eyesight became sharp, and the mountains in the distance were clearly visible, his hearing was even more acute, and all movements within a hundred steps around him could not escape his ears!

  The entire world, in Qin Yun's perception, became increasingly clear and transparent, this wondrous feeling was enough to make one's body and mind drunk.

  Refining Qi Realm!

  This is the effect of the great boundary promotion, after ten years of hard work and dedication, Qin Yun finally truly stepped onto the path of martial arts.

  "Hahaha!"

  The clear and cheerful laughter of the young people echoed in the mountains for a long time.

  ………

  The sun sets in the west, and the sky gradually darkens. Qin Yun returns to Shanghun Village at this time as usual.

  His footsteps were exceptionally light and swift, and before long he saw in the distance a village surrounded by green fields and blue hills.

  Shang Lie Village is not big, with only over a hundred households in the whole village. Most villagers have the surname Shi. Due to its location at the foot of Yunwu Mountain, more than half of the villagers are hunters, and the local customs are quite bold and fond of martial arts.

  Qin Yun moved here with his grandfather thirteen years ago.

  His grandfather Qin Yang was good at literature and martial arts, and also had excellent medical skills. With his kind and gentle personality, he was willing to help others, so he was quickly accepted by the villagers of Shanglie Village. Over a decade or so, both Qin Yun and him became an integral part of Shanglie Village.

  Qin Yun followed Qin Yang to learn literature and martial arts since childhood, the Red Flame Heart Technique he cultivated was a family secret technique, and there was also a set of Red Flame Fist that matched it.

  The village was beautiful and peaceful under the sunset, but two black smoke columns rising straight into the sky broke this beauty, shocking!

  Something's happened! Qin Yun was shocked and his heart felt like it had been fiercely pinched, a sudden inexplicable fear rising in his mind.

  He involuntarily quickened his pace and sprinted towards the village, seeing from afar that many people had gathered at the village entrance, all of whom were hunters from the village, each holding weapons in their hands.

  While running over, Qin Yun loudly asked: "Old Man Shi, what's going on?"

  "Yun Xiaozi, your grandfather has been injured by horse thieves, hurry back home!" An old man dressed as a hunter exclaimed to him anxiously, his face full of wrinkles and anger.

  This old man with the surname Shi is the village chief of Shang Lie Cun and has a very high prestige in the village.

  Grandpa is hurt!

  Qin Yun was suddenly struck as if he had been hit hard, his blood and energy surging up, his eyes turning black, a mouthful of air stuck in his chest, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

  In his anxiety, he urged the true energy of his dantian to pour into his legs, and like an arrow off the string, he ran towards his home.

  Qin Yun's home was in a corner of Shang Lie Village, he had been dependent on his grandfather since childhood, and there were no other people in the house.

  There were several people gathered at the door of the house, all of whom were villagers from the surrounding area. Qin Yun didn't bother to greet them and rushed directly into the room.

  His grandfather, Qin Yang, was lying on the wooden bed, with bloodstains all over his chest and a dull look in his eyes. He looked very ill, and there was also a middle-aged peasant woman serving him by his side.

  "Grandpa!"

  Seeing that it was Qin Yun who had returned, Qin Yang's eyes lit up, and his pale face, as white as paper, gained a few shades of color: "Yun'er, you're back."

  "Shi Jia Auntie, can I trouble you..." He turned his head to the peasant woman beside him and said apologetically: "I have some words to say to Yun'er."

  This peasant woman is from the neighboring Shi family, who usually takes Qin Yun as her own child to care for, and the relationship between the two families is very good.

  She hastily nodded and immediately put down the water bowl and left the room, carefully closing the door behind her.

  "Grandfather, how are you? Are your injuries severe? Do you want me to go to the mountain to pick herbs?" Qin Yun's eyes welled up with tears as he sat down beside the bed, clenching his fists: "Who hurt you?"

  "Don't worry about these things for now, I have something to tell you, you must listen carefully and remember it in your heart!" Qin Yang's spirit was getting better and better.

  He straightened up, grasping Qin Yun's wrist with one hand, his eyes shining with an intense light: "Yun'er, actually I'm not your real grandfather!"

  "Your real grandfather has long since passed away. Your father's name is Qin Yuanfeng, a collateral descendant of the Great Yan Qin clan, while your mother, Yan Mingyue, is a member of the imperial family of the Great Yan!"

  Qin Yang's words shocked Qin Yun beyond measure, he never could have imagined that his own life had such an extraordinary origin.

  Qin Yun's biological father, Qin Yuanfeng, was originally a prominent figure among the collateral branches of the Qin family. During a family mission, he saved Yan Mingyue from an assassination attempt by a group of assassins. The two fell deeply in love at first sight and secretly pledged to spend their lives together.

  However, this romance was met with the ruthless opposition of the imperial clan Yan, as Yan Mingyue had already been betrothed to the heir of the powerful Dugu clan.

  The Yan clan exerted even greater pressure on the Qin family, with elder members ordering Qin Yuanfeng to abandon his foolish notions. After several futile attempts at resistance, Qin Yuanfeng eloped with Yan Mingyue, who was already pregnant at the time.

  The humiliated Yan imperial family immediately sent someone to pursue and kill them, and the two fled everywhere in distress. Yan Mingyue even gave birth to a child along the way.

  This child is the current Qin Yun!