"I don't know him at all, so it's impossible for us to have any grudges. Then why did he lure me out and kill me on purpose?" Qin Shi frowned. He couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.
At first, he thought it was Hua Ling, but now it didn't seem to be the case. Otherwise, why did she save him? Wasn't this contradictory?
The question was, if it wasn't Hua Ling, what else could it be?
"Could it be because I killed Li Bufan and the other two elders of the Xuan Palace?
He came to seek revenge? "Qin Shi smacked his lips. Now this was the only explanation that made sense.
"I can't blame others. There's really no one who dares to swagger in public like me, making enemies all over the world. It seems that I have to be careful in the Xuan Palace these days. Otherwise, when I go to the Yama Palace one day and the Yama King asks, I won't know what to take!"
After letting out a long sigh, Qin Shi stopped being conflicted. He looked at the injuries in his body and felt slightly bitter. Yu Qing was in the Three Heavens Realm and his strength was abnormally strong. Unlike Hua Ling at the foot of the Profound Peak, he truly wanted to kill Qin Shi. Every move he made wanted to take Qin Shi's life. Because of this, Qin Shi's internal organs were all ruptured and his organs were bulging. Even the Spirit Crystal in his Dantian lost its usual brilliance and lost its color.
"I was thinking about what to do in these seven days. Now I don't have to worry about it. I hope I can make it for the competition."
Under the scars, Qin Shi tried his best to comfort himself. Then, he started to practice the Sweet Pouring Rain Skill without delay.
As he practiced the skill, the wounds on the inner wall of the blood vessels were the first to recover. Wisps of emerald green vitality were like spiritual snakes, swimming in the tens of thousands of meridians in his body like the spring rain.
All rivers run into the sea, enlightening the mind.
Dantian, Sea of Consciousness, and the two Life Gates barely recovered under the cleansing of the clear water. Only the Spiritual Crystal on the lotus platform where the nine spiritual veins bloomed, had a rough crack that was shattered by Yu Qing. It couldn't be repaired for a long time.
"What a stubborn disease."
He used all his strength and the spiritual tide converged towards the crack.
Crack!
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a clear cracking sound reverberated from his chest, causing Qin Shi's expression to become slightly chaotic. He was suddenly shocked, "This is … the sign of a breakthrough?"
As soon as he thought of this, joy spread across Qin Shi's face. "The heavens are really on my side. Yu Qing would never have thought that not only did he fail to kill me with a single strike, he even backfired and helped me break through the shackles of the Cryptic Spirit Realm late stage, right?"
This sudden piece of good news caused all of the haze from before to disappear. However, Qin Shi did not blindly attempt to break through. Instead, he lowered his head and pondered for a while. With his current spiritual energy, it was clearly impossible for him to break through this shackle. Thus, he had to rely on external help.
With a flick of his sleeve, a translucent crimson pill fell into his palm. It was the Ascending Spirit Pill that Hua Ling had left behind.
"What a coincidence. It looks like I have no choice but to break through."
Qin Shi felt as if the heavens were deliberately helping him break through tonight. It was just that the process was a little painful. He looked down at the Ascending Spirit Pill in his palm and murmured, "Whether I can break through or not, it all depends on you."
"Gulp!"
After swallowing the Ascending Spirit Pill, Qin Shi opened his palm and placed it on his knees. He sat steadily on the lotus platform and felt the medicinal effect spread through his body.
Boom!
This Ascending Spirit Pill was even more terrifying than Qin Shi had imagined. The moment it entered his abdomen, it melted into dozens of crimson spiritual pythons and poured into the nine spiritual veins without any order.
As they moved, Qin Shi's skin turned faint red. He couldn't help but frown and curse, "What a fierce medicinal effect!"
The Ascending Spirit Pill was made from dozens of fifth-grade spiritual herbs and three extremely rare sixth-grade spiritual herbs. The difficulty of making it was beyond imagination. Even a pinnacle sixth-grade alchemist might not be able to make it. The medicinal effect wasn't like what Hua Ling had said, which was to nourish the bloodline and strengthen the dantian. It was a treasure that would only be used when reaching the Cryptic Spirit Realm.
It was just that Qin Shi didn't know about this.
Of course, if others knew that a sixth-grade Ascending Spirit Pill, which was used to break through to the Heavenly Realm, was used by Qin Shi to break through to the Cryptic Spirit Realm, they would probably die from anger.
It was such a waste of a treasure.
The unruly medicinal effect was like tens of thousands of wild horses galloping on a vast grassland. It trampled on every inch of Qin Shi's senses, causing him unbearable pain.
Fortunately, the years of training had made his willpower indestructible. This little bit of pain was nothing to him. He could even endure the more painful Cryptic Spirit Bible, let alone this.
After a long time, the medicinal effect finally gathered in his abdomen and dantian. It flowed through the lotus petals of the nine spiritual veins and into the spirit crystal, charging towards the last place of the shackles.
…
At the same time.
In the Elder Cabinet at the north corner of the Mystic Temple, Yu Qing held his chest in pain and walked into the main hall. He half-knelt on the ground and coughed out a few mouthfuls of blood before he felt better.
A thin figure sat in the main hall. If Qin Shi was here, he would definitely recognize him. Wasn't he Xue Bin, the son of the Imperial Tutor?
Xue Bin's clean hand knocked on the table rhythmically. When he saw Yu Qing enter in a sorry state, his face darkened and a cold light flashed in his eyes. "Failed?"
"Yes. In the end, Hua Ling suddenly took action and saved that kid."
"Hua Ling?"
Xue Bin frowned. "Didn't you say that Hua Ling hates him to the core? Why did she suddenly save him?"
Yu Qing shook his head. "I don't know. Who can predict Hua Ling's temper? She did whatever she wanted for the past 30 years. If it wasn't for her, that kid would have died a long time ago!"
Xue Bin lowered his head and pondered for a while. His eyes kept darting around. He pursed his lips and said, "With this lesson, if something happens to Shi Qin again, Hua Ling will definitely suspect you. It seems that it's impossible to get rid of him before the competition. I can only do it myself during the competition."
"Young master, I don't understand."
Yu Qing focused and asked, "There are seven people in the first level. If it's Little Mi Cai, Yan Feng, or Qiu Diao, I can understand why you are afraid of them. But why do you value Shi Qin so much?
He's only at the middle stage of the Cryptic Spirit Realm. "
"When you were at the middle stage of the Cryptic Spirit Realm, could you reach the first level in the Spirit Testing Tower?"
Yu Qing couldn't help but be stunned by the question.
He asked himself honestly. When he was at the middle stage of the Cryptic Spirit Realm, he really couldn't reach Qin Shi's position.
"The other six are easy to deal with, but he gives me a different feeling. I don't know why, but I keep getting a bad feeling from him."
Xue Bin's fingernails tapped on the table. As spirit energy leaked out, he pierced a hole in the wooden table.
Yu Qing was surprised. He really couldn't understand. Even if Qin Shi reached the first level, he would at most be a clown at the middle stage of the Cryptic Spirit Realm. Why would Xue Bin, the son of the Imperial Preceptor, be so afraid of him?
"Forget it. No matter who it is, they won't be able to stop me this time. Now that the former Emperor has passed away, even if Empress Xiao Chong has locked down the news, it can only last for half a month at most. Hua Ling has changed too much, so I can't rely on her. I have to control the eastern region's strength in half a month to prevent a riot from happening there."
Xue Bin said in a low voice. Then he said with a much more serious expression, "That's right. How's the control over the other three regions?"
Hearing that, Yu Qing said gravely, "The two regions in the south and west are already under our control. As long as the news of the former Emperor's passing spreads, the two great factions there will immediately jump out to support Prince Fang Heng. The northern region … is a bit troublesome."
"What's wrong?"
"It's the Qin Sect that Qin Shi created. Recently, it's risen abnormally fast in the northern region. Burning Sky Sect is almost unable to suppress it," Yu Qing explained with difficulty.
Understanding the situation, Xue Bin nodded indifferently, "It's fine. Deal with the eastern region first. The northern region is the most barren of the four regions. Don't worry about it. We can take it over at any time."
"Also, pay attention to your words when you're outside. Don't expose your identity," Xue Bin stood up with a wave of his sleeves and reminded Yu Qing again.
"Yes!"
Yu Qing replied respectfully.
Once everything was settled, Xue Bin's handsome face became savage. A strange evil smile rose on his face. Then, without a word, he turned into a series of afterimages and disappeared from the hall.
… …
The night sky was dark.
A sleepless night was destined to be.
In the place where the disciples of the Mystical Palace trained, in a stone room inside a side room.
A youth wrapped in a black robe was sitting cross-legged on a lotus seat made of rock. His five fingers were spread out, forming a profound hand seal that was placed on his knees.
From time to time, a powdery spiritual light would float out from under the black robe. The youth's chest rose and fell rhythmically, causing the spiritual light to enter his body through his mouth. It was quite magical.
Boom!
In the midst of his indifference, his black robe fluttered even though there was no wind, causing a whistling sound to ring out. The skin on Qin Shi's entire body was slightly red. He suddenly opened his deep black eyes, and they pierced out like a black leopard that had locked onto its prey.
In the next moment, the stone room trembled violently. An uncontrollable wave of primordial spiritual energy pierced out in all directions like a huge dragon that was about to fly.
Standing up from the lotus seat, Qin Shi's entire body revealed an extraordinary aura, "Late stage of the Profound Spirit Realm, to be able to break through before the competition, this is truly great news."
Right now, even if he met an ordinary supreme expert at the first level of the Heaven Seizing Stage, he would still have the confidence to fight against him.
Bang!
Just then, a violent collision sound came from outside the stone room, causing Qin Shi to frown in alarm. Soon after, he could not help but reveal a bitter smile.
"Who are you?
And you, why are you here? "
"Hurry up and get out of the way, where is my father injured?
If you don't move aside, I'll tell you, I'll make a move! "
Without even stepping out of the stone door, Qin Shi already knew who the person was from the tyrannical voice. He pushed open the door of the stone room and stepped out. Little Qing had already woken up and was guarding the entrance of the stone room with Qiu Diao. She was in a state of mutual hostility with Xiaomi Cai.
"Father!"
Seeing Qin Shi, Little Mi Cai was overjoyed, and immediately threw herself into Qin Shi's embrace, "How did you get injured?
Tell me who did it, I'll kill that bastard! "
Brushing away Little Mi Cai's seven-colored hair, Qin Shi laughed helplessly: "I'm fine, what about you?
Did you find a suitable martial art in the Scripture Pavilion? "
After all, she was an inexperienced little girl. When martial arts were mentioned, Little Mi Cai immediately forgot about Qin Shi's injuries and said complacently: "I won't tell you, you'll know when the competition starts!"
Smiling faintly, Qin Shi knew that Little Mi Cai must have found a martial art that she liked. After that, he chatted with Little Mi Cai for a bit, and the latter could not help but be startled, "Father, you …"
"What's wrong?"
"I can't say, but I have a feeling that you're different from before." Little Mi Cai clenched her teeth and asked.
Qin Shi smiled but did not say anything. He did not respond.
While the two of them were talking, Xiao Qing shyly stepped forward and said, "Thank you before."
Qin Shi knew that she was talking about the black-clothed man, but this matter did not have much to do with Xiao Qing. On the contrary, she was the victim, and the black-clothed man's goal was to lure Qin Shi out of the cave, so he should be the one apologizing.