Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Chapter 161 What is the Way of the Blood Robe?

After an incense stick of time, Zhao Qing took his aunt and left Changshengfang.

His blood-stained robe token was left with the shopkeeper Shen Mo...

Five days later, Shen Mo led the team for the Qi Refining Realm assessment and went to the Changsheng Sword Sect to join the other three floors.

As for the Foundation Establishment Realm assessment, Liu Zijing led the team to the outside of the East China Sea...

However, those who take part in the assessment are not only guests from the Blood Robe Tower... there are also cultivators who want to join the Nine Swords Tower and the Liyan Tower.

Zhou Xiaoyi combed her hair and opened the tightly closed gauze curtains at home, allowing a ray of warm sunlight to come in through the window.

She whispered, "Xue Yi, Jiu Jian, and Li Yan...why is it Tian Xiang who decides the assessment of the disciples on the third floor?"

Zhao Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't even know what Li Yanlou was practicing... not to mention the secret rules involved.

"According to Shopkeeper Shen, this is the only case in Chu."

"However...each country's blood-stained robe assessment method is different. Judging from what Liu Zijing said later...this should be the meaning."

My aunt sighed slightly, stood up and walked to the outer hall to clean up the dishes.

"I can't help you any further... I'll be back in Lanxian Town in five days. If you have any news, please let me know."

She thought for a moment and then said, "I didn't expect there were other forces involved in this assessment... If things can't be done, I'll go home and make a long-term plan."

Zhao Qing remained silent, looking at his aunt busy in the outer hall.

I know she is leaving time for herself so that she can concentrate on asking Si He for advice.

I can't help you more...but Cheng Huang can...

"call……"

Zhao Qing sighed deeply, suppressing his chaotic thoughts. He muttered to himself, "What did I discover about Liu Zijing? What is the Way of the Blood Robe?"

Another scene appeared in his mind.

The white-haired girl soared into the air, her slender fingers lightly tapping the blood-red light curtain of Shouyun Mountain. Looking back, she seemed to be able to see herself...

Si He's figure seemed to be supported by clouds and mist, walking in the void.

"It should be a unique cultivation method, unique to the combat cultivation lineage."

Ripples appeared in her eyes, which were like deep pools, as if she was thinking about how to explain to Zhao Qing.

After a long while, Si He opened her cherry lips and said, "Liu Zijing is very strong."

Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly: "How strong?"

Si He landed in the bluestone courtyard and said in a deep voice, "If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, Liu Zijing could kill him with just a thought."

"Without using spiritual consciousness or spiritual power, he can sever his opponent's heart meridians with just his mighty blood and energy."

"You just now... life and death are just a matter of a thought."

Zhao Qing nodded silently.

It is normal for a Jindan cultivator to achieve this level.

Even without this kind of powerful blood and energy, the spiritual consciousness can easily strangle the foundation.

Si He shook her head slightly: "No."

"Your realm is too low to understand."

"Divine consciousness attacks can be resisted by secret treasures and restricted by formations... As for spiritual energy attacks, a protective talisman can even withstand them."

Her bright eyes trembled slightly, and she whispered, "Liu Zijing can even shake the Nascent Soul... He can hold on for at least ten breaths."

"If he faces someone weaker than himself, he can kill them directly with his Qi and blood."

"If I were to encounter someone with a higher level of cultivation than myself... I could also defeat the stronger one by channeling my inner energy and strengthening my spiritual consciousness, aura, and physical body!"

Si He paced slowly in the yard, his bright eyes full of shock.

"And the most crucial point is that Liu Zijing's Golden Core Realm is achieved through reverse cultivation!"

!! ?

Zhao Qing looked puzzled.

"Reverse cultivation of the Golden Core!?"

Si He looked thoughtful, and opened his lips several times, but he still couldn't think of what to say.

In the end, she had to explain herself from the beginning.

"There are nine levels in the Qi Refining Realm."

"The first three levels are the realm of Qi Condensation, the middle three levels are the realm of Body Tempering, and the last three levels are the realm of Spirit Refining."

Zhao Qing understood clearly in his heart that he had reached these realms step by step.

At this moment, he responded: "I understand."

"The third level of Qi Condensation corresponds to the Dantian, the third level of Body Strengthening corresponds to the three gates of the Tail Lu, Jiaji, and Yuzhen, and the third level of Spirit Refining corresponds to the Mingtang, Dongfang, and Niwan acupoints."

Si He nodded slightly.

She said in a delicate voice, "This is the foundation of every cultivator. First, fill it up with spiritual energy."

"The foundation-building stage is also at the ninth level, but it transforms spiritual energy into spiritual power, allowing the Dao foundation to replace the Dantian, thus nourishing the body and spiritual consciousness again."

Her calm gaze gradually became sharp.

Her nose wrinkled slightly as she pondered, "And the Golden Core... has eight levels."

"Condensing the three hues and swallowing the five qi, you can condense the Nascent Soul."

Three Huas and Five Qis...

Zhao Qing silently repeated in his mind that he had seen these secret treasures on the jade stele in Zizhu Tower and had heard of some of them in his previous life.

The three hua are essence, divine hua and qi hua.

The five elements are the conscious mind, wandering soul, false thoughts, ghosts, and turbid essence.

"Exactly!"

Si He said in a deep voice: "The path that a cultivator takes is always the same, it is just to constantly cultivate oneself."

"Qihua is born from the golden elixir and is evolved from the cultivator's spiritual power."

"Shenhua is born in the Niwan Palace and is the foundation of a cultivator's innate spiritual consciousness."

"As for the essence... it comes from the Qi and blood in the heart meridians, nourished by the essence and blood accumulated throughout one's life."

Zhao Qing's eyes widened, and suddenly he understood.

The Dantian turns into the Dao foundation, and the Dao foundation condenses into the golden elixir! This is actually the difference in the quality of the spiritual energy.

The Qi Hua cultivated by the Golden Elixir corresponds to the Qi Condensation Stage of Qi Refining... The Divine Hua corresponds to the Spirit Refining Stage, and the Essence corresponds to the Body Refining Stage!

No wonder……

No wonder after reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining, the Jiaji Pass is nourished by spiritual energy, the heart meridian is protected... and the lifespan is greatly increased, making the difference between immortal and mortal.

Si He said casually: "That's right."

"Concentrate the three hues and swallow the five qi, then you can condense the Nascent Soul."

"There are three levels of the Nascent Soul realm. Using one's own three souls as a guide, and building three souls for the Nascent Soul, one can break through the Nascent Soul and transform into a God."

"There are seven levels in the Spirit Transformation Realm. Similarly, one uses one's own seven spirits as a guide to construct seven spirits for the Primordial Spirit..."

"After that, you will refine the void and merge with the Dao, build the foundation of Mahayana, and overcome the nine heavenly tribulations, then you can ascend to heaven!"

Zhao Qing: ...

He listened to Cheng Huang's endless chatter and just wanted to ask weakly: Have you ever considered... I am still in the Qi Refining Stage?

Si He said coldly, "I just want to say that your spirit is with me. This is why you won't be able to break through to the Spiritual Transformation stage in the future."

Zhao Qing: ...

"I understand, Master. You've said this many times."

Si He continued, "The three essences of spirit, energy and spirit all originate from the essence of energy, but Liu Zijing reversed his practice of cultivating the golden elixir, focusing on accumulating essence and cultivating energy and blood."

She continued, "As I expected..."

"The way of the Blood Robe is to attack with all your energy and blood. You can crush the weak, but still be able to fight against the strong."

"The Way of the Nine Swords, using the utmost spiritual power to attack and kill, supplemented by military tactics, evolves the cultivator's own myriad powers."

"And Li Yan's way, spiritual consciousness attacks and kills, with countless changes!"

"so!"

"The assessment method for this third floor is combat! And it may be a multi-player melee!"

Zhao Qing: ...

He wondered to himself, are all the third floor's characters damage-producing? And Tianxiang is the only healer?

But isn’t the Nine Swords the ultimate in swordsmanship?

The white-haired girl showed disdain: "Humph!"

"Swordsmanship? How can mere swordsmanship evolve into such miraculous spiritual power?"

"Nine Swords is definitely not the ultimate swordsmanship! Who told you that?"

Zhao Qing was silent for a long time.

Youyou said, "I and two drunkards got together and... figured it out."

Si He looked strange.

After a long while, he added: "If you want to cultivate the way of attacking with blood and qi, you need to use all kinds of natural materials and treasures to nourish your blood and essence. Hard practice is useless."

Zhao Qing nodded secretly.

Spiritual energy can be absorbed and condensed, and spiritual consciousness can be honed and nurtured... but qi and blood can only be acquired through krypton gold.

The more you spend, the stronger you become...

"And it requires blood. Liu Zijing has consumed Azure Dragon's blood... If you become a Blood Robe disciple, you will surely consume it as well."

"So, Qing Huan is already a Blood Robe disciple, but we didn't realize it before!"