Danzun War God

Chapter Ten: Heading to the Seven Star Palace

Having made up his mind, Han Qi found a stone in the stone chamber and sat down. He then activated the Hunyuan Five Elements Sacred Technique, and a stream of profound energy immediately appeared around him. Han Qi's clothes and hair were constantly flying in the stream of profound energy.

Within Han Qi's Life Palace, five streams of profound energy intertwine, mutually generating and restraining each other in a continuous cycle. Finally, at the confluence of these five streams, a massive vortex of profound energy appears, continuously channeling profound energy into all nine meridians of his body. This nine streams of energy converge at the Dantian, forming a giant ball of profound energy. This ball of energy is pale blue, with countless streams of energy undulating on its surface. Simultaneously, the profound energy flows from the Dantian back to Han Qi's Life Palace, forming a loop. Thus, the profound energy circulates endlessly within his body.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Han Qi had also undergone several breakthroughs. The storage space for profound energy in his dantian had expanded several times over, and his cultivation level had risen from the ninth level of the Breaking Core Realm to the seventh level of the Profound Realm. Moreover, thanks to the tempering of the Five Elements Sacred Technique, the quality of Han Qi's meridians had become purer. Profound energy circulated within his body, and it could be seen from the surface of his body that the profound energy was flowing through his meridians, like nine fire dragons swimming freely within Han Qi's body. His cultivation level had improved several levels in just a few days, a feat that many cultivators could only dream of.

At this moment, Han Qi slowly opened his eyes after withdrawing his profound energy into his dantian. Han Qi did not deliberately pursue the speed of cultivation improvement, after all, laying a solid foundation was the most important thing. Han Qi took out the Formless Technique from his Qiankun Ring, opened it and looked at it, preparing to cultivate the Formless Technique, since the demon gods of the demon realm should still be in the human world.

Han Qi glanced through the Formless Technique. It was rather obscure and difficult to understand; for the time being, he could only discern that it was a mental cultivation method. The method was divided into nine levels. Drawing upon his experiences from both his past and present lives, Han Qi spent three days studying it and finally comprehended the first level. With this comprehension, a Daoist altar appeared within Han Qi's life palace, upon which sat Han Qi's primordial spirit. Around the primordial spirit appeared a Bagua (Eight Trigrams), clearly divided into black and white, containing boundless power of the Heavenly Dao.

As Han Qi gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation method, a thin layer of golden light gradually appeared on the surface of his primordial spirit, and the primordial spirit began to show a rare kingly aura. Han Qi was also very shocked to see the scene in his life palace. The Formless Technique was indeed no ordinary cultivation method. Han Qi was really looking forward to the effect of cultivating it to the ninth level. However, time was very limited for Han Qi at this time.

At this point, a full half month had passed since Han Qi began cultivating the Formless Technique. Han Qi thought that the Formless Technique was rather obscure and difficult to understand, and he felt that a lot of time had already passed. Although he couldn't be sure how much time had passed, Han Qi decided to go to the Seven Star Palace first, then go to Fire Cloud City to retrieve the Fire Spirit Pearl, and then slowly comprehend the Formless Technique later when he had time.

Han Qi then got up, put the luminous pearl into his Qiankun Ring, and hurriedly went down the mountain. By this time, the ragged boy who had come out of the cave had already disappeared.

Han Qi flew directly back to the inn. The waiter was stunned when he saw Han Qi, because Han Qi had left the inn to go to the mountain almost a month ago. He thought Han Qi had been killed by the monsters long ago. He stammered, "Sir... how come you are alive again? The people in town all said that your heart and lungs were ripped out by the monsters on the mountain long ago."

After hearing the waiter's explanation, Han Qi patted his chest helplessly and said, "Look, my heart and lungs are still there, and I'm doing just fine."

The waiter realized he had misspoke and scratched his head sheepishly, saying, "Please don't be angry, sir. I was just being rude. Please forgive my ignorance."

Han Qi simply smiled and said, "It's alright. I came here to ask you something. Did you see a raggedly dressed boy coming down the mountain the day I went up?"

Without hesitation, the waiter said, "There is such a person. Many people saw him. He said he personally killed the monster that was wreaking havoc in the town. Why do you want to ask him?"

After listening, Han Qi thought for a moment and then said, "It's nothing, I was just asking casually. I saw him when I was on the mountain, but I don't know which direction he went."

The waiter then pointed in the direction and said, "The people in town say he went in that direction."

The waiter was pointing in the direction of Fire Cloud City. I just don't know if he went to Fire Cloud City, Han Qi thought to himself, and then said, "I understand, thank you, sir, goodbye." He then strode out of the shop.

"Your horse is still in the backyard," the waiter called out as Han Qi left.

Instead of retrieving his horse, Han Qi took to the air and flew towards the Seven Star Palace. At this moment, Han Qi's cultivation had reached the seventh level of the Profound Realm. Relying on the continuous output of profound energy from his dantian, he had gained the ability to fly, and his speed was much faster than before.

The directions to the Seven Star Palace and Fire Cloud City are different. Han Qi chose to go to the Seven Star Palace first mainly because he didn't know how long his plans in Fire Cloud City would take to complete. He also wanted to see his good friend Lin Yuyao, who had recently been accepted as a closed-door disciple by Situ Changkong, the current leader of the Seven Star Palace, and was probably studying there now. Han Qi was unaware that Lin Yuyao had actually wanted to meet him at the Lin Clan's Alchemy Pavilion, but she was stunned by the news of Han Qi's duel with Lu Yong and hadn't brought it up.

After several days of flying, Han Qi finally arrived at the location of the Seven Stars Palace, Lingtai Mountain. Upon reaching the palace gates, Han Qi saw that the main gate was shaped like a giant Bagua (eight trigrams), one black and the other white, exuding a magnificent aura. However, the gates were wide open. Han Qi called out several times but received no response, so he stepped inside. Even after entering the main hall of the Seven Stars Palace, Han Qi still saw no one. He was quite puzzled; although the Seven Stars Palace was a sparsely populated sect among the middle-level sects, surely there was someone there?

When Han Qi rushed to the entrance of the main hall, the scene inside stunned him. Dozens of corpses of Seven Star Hall disciples lay scattered haphazardly within. Han Qi immediately jumped into the hall, cautiously observing his surroundings. Finding nothing amiss, he then briefly examined several corpses. All of them had died in the same way: their faces were bluish, indicating they had likely died from severe poisoning. He judged that they had died three or four days prior. Han Qi did not find the bodies of the Seven Star Hall leader or Lin Yuyao in the main hall. Han Qi looked around and saw that the door to the left side hall was ajar, so he rushed towards it.

There were also many corpses of Seven Star Hall disciples in the side hall, their deaths exactly the same as those in the main hall. Not a single one of them was alive. Han Qi then rushed to the right side hall. The door of the side hall was tightly closed. Han Qi pushed it but couldn't open it, so he took a step back. Then, he condensed powerful Xuan Qi in his right palm, covering his entire palm with a light blue layer. Xuan Qi waves surged from his arm to his palm. Then, Han Qi pushed out with his palm, and the entire main hall trembled. With a loud bang, the stone door of the side hall was shattered.