Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

The Jiang family, a large family that has been passed down in Longyuan for a thousand years, does not consider the current provincial capital Yandu to be the core area of ​​Longyuan in their family tree, even though Yandu was the capital of the Yan State three generations ago.

In the eyes of the Jiang family, only 'Hengzhou' where their family originated should be the center of Longyuan. In fact, Hengzhou is indeed ranked among the nine states of Longyuan. Whether in terms of wealth, number of masters, or local customs and habits, it is qualified to compete with Yandu.

In the Jiang family.

The huge ancestral temple is like a royal palace.

All the core elders of the Jiang family learned the news.

"News came from Yandu that Yu Fei had died. He was killed by a kid from Qiulong Mansion..."

"He's so useless that he was actually killed by a country bastard. This is a disgrace to our Jiang family."

"That's not true. The intelligence from the branch family in Yandu said that the kid from Qiulong Mansion, although only at the seventh realm middle level, can exert a combat power beyond his own 'six limits' and can challenge the peak of the eighth realm, especially... he has a part of the Xia Wang treasure on him."

"Yu Fei, that kid, probably wanted to get the Xia Wang treasure from that kid, so he attacked that kid, but ended up failing."

"The Hero King's Treasure?!"

"Really?"

"Then this is an opportunity!"

"Yes, this is a good opportunity. With Yu Fei's death, we old guys have a reason to die. Let's just capture that kid. If we can really get one or two secrets of the Hero King's treasure, it will definitely bring new blood and vitality to the family."

Of course, not everyone in this Jiang family meeting was so impatient.

Occasionally there are one or two voices that do not fully agree:
"Now the nine major sects in Yandu have joined forces with the imperial court to establish the Shenwu Hall. The performance of the kid from Qiulong Mansion has probably caught the attention of the Shenwu Hall. If we act too openly against him, won't we inevitably become enemies with the imperial court? Moreover, our Jiang family's thousand-year heritage has not been fully digested by the younger generations after so many years, so they may not necessarily be interested in the Xia Wang treasure."

"Yeah, that's what I meant."

But these voices were quickly suppressed by the will of a large number of other people.

In the end, the decision was unanimous.

"Please ask Elder Yanchang to go there. If we can really get something from the kid from Qiulong Mansion, maybe we can help Elder Yanchang pass that hurdle. In this way, our Jiang family will have another guardian of the clan."

The ninth elder of the Jiang family, Jiang Yanchang, is an old man at the peak of the ninth realm who has already cultivated to the ninth level of blood exchange. He is only one step away from entering the tenth realm, Yuantian realm, and defying his innate nature to live a thousand years.

But for most people, the final step is a bottleneck like an insurmountable chasm, and they may be trapped there for the rest of their lives, unable to make any progress.

The journey from Hengzhou to Yandu is not too far.

A ninth-level blood exchange expert can arrive in half a day.

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"Someone from the Jiang family has arrived. It is said that he is the old man who was once famous in Longyuan two hundred years ago. He rose to prominence in the troubled times and has witnessed the history of Daji since its founding."

In the city of Yandu, the so-called well-informed tabloids published the news immediately.

Xiao Tianzuo and a few others looked at the underworld tabloids in their hands, all with worry on their faces.

Duan Qingxuan said silently: "My mother said that Yuchan Mountain cannot easily intervene in this matter, otherwise it will be gossiped and make others think that we in Yuchan Mountain also have intentions on the Xia Wang treasure. The things involved behind this treasure involve the ten rebel kings of the past. Yuchan Mountain has always been secluded from the world and does not want to have anything to do with these things."

Not all people and forces will be unable to move when seeing the treasure.

Especially those sects with the word "Zong" in their names that have been conferred by the imperial court. They are all forces that have people above the tenth realm to suppress the sect and have a strong sect foundation.

If it was the complete version of the Hong Dynasty treasure, perhaps they would be tempted.

But there is an unknown piece of news, that is, a part of the treasure that is suspected to be one of the ten true and false ones distributed by the Hero King back then, which cannot attract everyone. Some sects that do not want to cause trouble even try to avoid it.

“We did receive news from our family. After I told them about Brother Chen’s talent, they expressed that they would be willing to speak for Brother Chen when the time is right, but… they would not take the initiative to oppose the Jiang family.” Xiao Tianzuo also sighed.

"Haven't you found Brother Chen yet?"

Helan Qing frowned and said:

"Brother Chen... Could it be that after killing Jiang Yufei, you dare not return to the city? This is bad. There are still two days before the Shenwu Hall starts recruiting students. If you miss this opportunity and cannot enter the Shenwu Hall, you will completely lose the greatest protection."

Xiao Tianzuo was also worried about it.

Thinking of Chen Ku's actions before leaving the city, he sighed:

"Brother Chen probably knew from the beginning that someone would follow and kill him once he left the city, but he didn't want to drag us into it and planned to face it alone. This... this is too much of a waste of time to treat us as friends."

………………

Just when the outside world was discussing the news that Chen Kuzhen killed Jiang Yufei and the elders of the Jiang family rushed to Yandu overnight.

Under the cliff in the backyard of Guanyin Temple.

Chen Ku sat cross-legged, placed the bull's horn on his knees, held it with both hands, and activated the Hun Tian Ba ​​Ti, swallowing the "thunder essence" in it like a whale swallowing water.

huh~~
Behind him was the last great monk of Mount Putuo, the divine monk Tianhai, who was standing barefoot. He placed one hand on the top of Chen Ku's head to help Chen Ku speed up the refining of this thunder spirit.

"The horn of the one-horned red Kui that you got contains at least five hundred years of thunder essence, and it is the five hundred years of thunder essence of an eighth-level peak demon. Although these essences have been refined by the red Kui and are no longer violent, they still belong to the category of demons. When you practice the Five Thunder Art in the Hun Tian Ba ​​Ti, you need to refine the thunder essence again to prevent your own cultivation from being polluted by the demonic energy." Tianhai old monk said calmly:
"However, with my help, you can save yourself a lot of effort. I will help you eliminate the Kui beast energy in the thunder energy. You only need to concentrate on integrating the refined energy with the body you have cultivated, and you can get twice the result with half the effort."

"Thank you, uncle."

Chen Ku closed his eyes and could clearly feel how much help the old monk Tianhai had given him.

Hula la~~
He felt that the essence of the Kui horn in his hand was being snatched away by the Tianhai monk in some incredible way, far exceeding the speed he could refine on his own.

If it takes at least a month for Chen Ku to refine this Kui horn by himself, then with the help of the divine monk Tianhai, the speed can be greatly increased by more than ten times. In about three days, the essence in it can be completely refined.

at the same time.

Chen Ku could still clearly feel the palm of the divine monk Tianhai against his head. The power flowing down from his palm was not Gangqi or true Qi, but a kind of power that was the same as the state he was in after he exerted the power of concentrating his mind and dispersing his energy.

"Is this the 'innate true essence' that was condensed in the body of a tenth-level expert after he reversed his innate nature?"

Chen Ku seized this opportunity and not only practiced the Five Thunder Art, but also felt the state of this innate true energy.

Different from the energy form that he couldn't control.

The innate true essence of the Tianhai Divine Monk is a kind of 'innate vitality' that can be controlled at will. Chen Ku even feels that the true essence that has entered his body has its own thoughts and wisdom, and carries a strong temperament of the Tianhai Divine Monk's skills.

The reason why he could refine the eighth-level peak Kuijiao at a speed more than ten times faster was inseparable from the power characteristics of the 'innate true essence' of the tenth-level Tianhai Divine Monk.

Why is it said that the Ten Realms is a huge watershed in the practice of martial artists?

The simplest distinction is the difference between innate and acquired.

Before entering the Ten Realms, no matter how powerful a warrior or a demon is, it is still at the acquired level. It is contaminated by a lot of foul air and is not pure. Its essence is not close enough to the origin of heaven and earth.

As for the innate level, one has already touched upon some of the essences between heaven and earth, found the most important point in the life level, the 'innate qi', and transformed the whole body, turning oneself from the inside out into an innate body.

Once one enters this realm, all acquired energy can be restrained and crushed, which is the fundamental difference in quality.

That's it for now.

With the help of the innate true energy of the Tenth Realm of Zen Master Tianhai, the thunder essence in the Kui horn was dissolved like tofu with brine, all the impurities were removed, leaving only the pure thunder will and power, which merged into Chen Ku's body.

Chen Ku only needs to follow the exercise route of the 'Five Thunder Art' of the Hun Tian Ba ​​Ti, transform these thunder essences into his whole body, and condense the 'Five Thunder Body'.

"Transform thunder into the body, use thunder as the guide, and control the energy of the five internal organs of gold, wood, water, fire and earth in the body to form a small world in the human body. Use the five internal organs to breed five thunders. This is the Five Thunder Art. After this art is perfected, one can swallow thunder and electricity, refine the body with thunder, and control the power of thunder..."

With the help of Zen Master Tianhai.

Chen Ku's body was like a glutton that never knew how to be full, and the practice of the Five Thunder Art never stopped.

Unlike the previous birth of the Five Elements Qi, this one was born from nothing.

The birth of the Five Thunders Qi was actually derived from the Five Elements Qi.

Chen Ku could clearly see that the seventh true qi and internal energy had not been born in his body.

Instead, on the basis of the Five Elements True Gang, the Five Elements True Gang produced lightning and thunder.

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The appearance of lightning and thunder is not enough.

Chen Ku continued to observe the changes in the Five Elements True Qi in his body, until, during the operation of the Five Thunder Art, he actually began to actively devour the Black Wind True Qi...

Followed by.

The six strands of true energy in the body suddenly seemed to be tied together by a powerful attraction, and began to twist in a spiral shape...

A thick and strong energy flashing with colorful light!
The moment this colorful true energy appeared, a destructive aura with the five elements rotating and wind and thunder surging was born from the body.

"This is... the Five Thunder Art?! It actually twisted all the energy in the body into one strand?"

Chen Ku was unbelievable.

He thought that the seventh true qi would appear, but it turned out that they were merged.

In just one day, the Five Thunder Energy was condensed in his body.

This is entirely inseparable from the help of a master of the Tenth Realm.

In this way, with the help of the divine monk Tianhai, the vast amount of thunder essence in the Kui horn was continuously refined by the seven-colored true energy in Chen Ku's body.

Chen Ku was originally still at the inner energy stage, and could only protect the energy of the five internal organs and bones in his body. At this moment, it was like a seed spreading from the inside out.

On the second day, seven-colored qi began to emerge from outside Chen Ku's body, like a protective shield formed by a colorful rainbow, enveloping Chen Ku.

It turned out that the seven kinds of skills, namely gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder, had all reached the point at the same time where they could release their inner energy, entering the peak state of the Seven Realms of Controlling the Inner Energy, which was proof of the 'External Inner Energy'.

Entering the outer realm was just the beginning of Chen Ku's practice of the Five Thunder Art. (End of this chapter)