The step from the Blood Condensation Realm to the Xiantian Realm was a small bottleneck. Without enough resources and talent, it would not be so easy to cross.
Body Tempering was to refine the muscles and bones of the body, Blood Condensation was to refine one's blood and Qi, and Xiantian was to combine these two into one, completely refining the body and reaching the Xiantian Realm without a trace of impurities.
Body Tempering and Blood Condensation could only be regarded as ordinary people of the Jianghu. Only when one reached the Xiantian Realm, although they could not be regarded as experts in the Jianghu, at least they could be seen in public.
Even in a small place like the Tongzhou Prefecture, Chu Zongguang, a Xiantian Realm martial artist, was able to establish a family, one could imagine what this realm represented.
Those with talent naturally did not need to worry about this realm, but those without talent could only rely on comprehension and perseverance to struggle.
After practicing martial arts for such a long time, Chu Xiu could see that his talent could only be said to be ordinary, almost the same as the Li Family's brothers.
His only advantage was the Xiantian Skill, this skill could be regarded as improving Chu Xiu's foundation, making his foundation incomparably solid, at the same time his own cultivation speed became faster than the martial artists of the same level.
Of course, his speed was only compared to ordinary martial artists, compared to those real geniuses, it was estimated that it was still not enough.
So now Chu Xiu was very puzzled, his body had become the Sect Leader of the Evil Sect, who brought disaster to the Jianghu, what kind of opportunity did he obtain in his previous life to actually reach such a position?
These things Chu Xiu just thought about it, and did not continue to pursue further.
In the Jianghu, only absolute strength was the most important.
Just like what he said before about Li Ze, his strength was not enough, even if he was full of schemes, in the end, he could only make a wedding dress for others.
Of course, Chu Xiu would not make this kind of mistake, now that he had obtained the Jasper Pill, Chu Xiu immediately began to seclude himself to cultivate.
The changes in the Tongzhou Prefecture could not be felt by ordinary people, but for the martial artists of the Jianghu, these two days had set off a storm in the Tongzhou Prefecture.
The Li family, which had been rooted in Tongzhou Prefecture for a hundred years, had actually been exterminated. Moreover, it was done by the second son of the Chu family alone. This was something that they could not believe.
Therefore, most people believed that the Chu Clan was helping Chu Xiu. There were even some people who believed that Chu Zongguang was preparing to let Chu Xiu take over the position of Clan Head and deliberately arranged for him to take credit.
After hearing this rumor, the people of the Chu family didn't know what to say. They knew how Chu Zongguang treated Chu Xiu.
Moreover, the most bizarre thing was that the Opening Mountain Martial School's Ding Kaishan was also killed. This made them somewhat unable to see through it. All kinds of rumors spread everywhere, but the Chu family did not care. In any case, they would disperse in two days.
In fact, this was indeed the case. Half a month later, no one on the streets discussed this matter anymore.
Half a month later, Chu Xiu came out from his closed-door training. He had already refined one bottle of Jasper Pills, but he did not touch the other two bottles for the time being.
Closed-Door training also needed to be done step by step. After refining an entire bottle of Jasper Pills, he needed to rest for a while to digest.
After practicing in the courtyard for a while, Chu Xiu's blood and Qi surged. A warm current rose from his body. He could already feel that his True Qi had strengthened a lot.
Compared to when he first started cultivating, his True Qi was like a small stream compared to a large river.
Ma Kuo opened the courtyard door and walked in. Seeing Chu Xiu practicing his saber, he laughed and said, "Young master Chu, have you come out of seclusion? Your cultivation has improved again. "
Chu Xiu looked at Ma Kuo and said, "You're not bad either. Looking at you, you should be about to step into the Blood Condensation realm, right?"
Ma Kuo casually cupped his hands towards Chu Xiu and said, "It's all thanks to young master Chu's good fortune. Here, I eat well, sleep well, and have a supply of medicinal pills. The Blood Condensation realm is only a matter of time. I reckon that by the time I return to the stronghold, Feng Yidao and the others will be regretting their decision. Why didn't Young Master Chu look for them back then? "
After Chu Xiu stepped into the Blood Condensation realm, the Blood Condensation Pills were no longer of any use to him. That was why Chu Xiu gave all the Blood Condensation Pills to Ma Kuo, and Ma Kuo's strength had improved greatly.
After chatting with Chu Xiu for a while, Ma Kuo suddenly said, "By the way, young master Chu Xiu, three experts have come to the Tong Province recently. They are staying in your Chu family's inn, and they are all very strange."
"Oh? Experts? How strong are they? "
"I can't tell the specifics, but they are definitely above the Xiantian realm!" Ma Kuo said in a low voice.
Chu Xiu raised his eyebrows. If they were all above the Xiantian realm, then they could really be considered experts.
There were three basic realms for martial arts: Tempered Body, Blood Condensation, and Xiantian. These three realms mainly trained the martial artist's physical body.
Above the three realms was the Five Tiers of Qi-controlling. As the name suggested, the Five Tiers of Qi-controlling did not focus on the physical body, but on one's own True Qi.
The Five Tiers of Qi-controlling mainly focused on the cultivation of Internal and External Vigor, Gathering the Three Flowers, Concentrating the Five Qis, and Oneness of Heaven and Man.
The first tier, Internal Vigor, allowed one to use True Qi to observe one's meridians. After mastering it, one's control over one's physical body would reach an extreme.
The second tier, Physical Vigor, allowed one to refine True Qi into Vigor Qi, which could be released to injure others. The shortest range was a few inches, and the longest range was dozens of feet. The sword aura and the saber aura were extremely powerful.
The third tier, Gathering the Three Flowers, allowed one to cultivate one's Essence, Qi, and Spirit to the peak. With the Three Flowers at One's Prominence, one's control over True Qi would be greatly increased.
The fourth tier, Concentrating the Five Qis, trained the five Qis in one's internal organs, gathered in the lower body's Dantian, and rushed up to the top of the head's Sense Ocean to reach the Five Qis Unification realm.
The fifth tier, Oneness of Heaven and Man, trained one's physical body and True Qi to the extreme, reaching the state of being both inside and out. With one's spirit as the guide and Qi as the foundation, one could receive the power of heaven and earth. This was the true Oneness of Heaven and Man.
Only when one reached the fifth tier of the Imperial Qi realm would one be qualified to be called an expert in the Jianghu. Even though the Tong Zhou Prefecture was considered a large prefecture in Wei Prefecture, it was sandwiched between the North and South Shang Mang Mountains. It was rather remote and usually, no experts would come here. This was because experts were not afraid of bandits. They could ride alone through the Shang Mang Mountains and did not need to pass through the Tong Zhou Prefecture.
Now that three outsiders had suddenly appeared in Tongzhou Prefecture, it would attract a lot of attention.
However, Chu Xiu did not care. He said casually, "Maybe they're Eastern Qi or Northern Yan martial artists. They didn't want to rest in the barren mountains when they passed through Shang Mang Mountains, so they came to Tongzhou Prefecture to rest."
Ma Kuo shook his head and said, "Definitely not. The reason I noticed them and said they were strange was because they were hiding their realms.
If I hadn't followed Leader Pang back then and seen many masters, I probably wouldn't have noticed that they were all in the Fifth Tier of Qi-controlling.
"Also, these people are definitely not just passing by. I asked the innkeeper of the inn, and he said that they had booked rooms in the inn for a few days. During the day, they spread out and asked some low-level martial artists in Tongzhou Prefecture if there was a martial artist with the surname Zhang from the Kingdom of Qi in Tongzhou Prefecture. Moreover, he cultivates a type of inner force that tends to be mediocre, but it focuses on accumulation. After mastering it, his inner force will be like a vast ocean.
"These people are interesting. The Wei Prefecture used to be the Wei Kingdom, and the Wei Kingdom was closer to the Kingdom of Qi. Before the Kingdom of Qi was destroyed, many martial artists from the Kingdom of Qi came here. Besides, the surname Zhang is a common surname, so people like him are as common as the hairs on a cow. As for the description of the inner force, it's so vague that it's impossible for those low-level martial artists to know."
However, after Ma Kuo finished speaking, Chu Xiu was shocked. The martial art that the three people described was the Chu family's Boundless Sea Mantra!
However, the inner force was different from the moves, especially the Chu family's Boundless Sea Mantra. It was mediocre and had no special characteristics. Moreover, it was only taught to direct descendants like Chu Xiu.
Therefore, not many people in the Chu family knew the characteristics of the Chu family's inner force, let alone outsiders. Some people didn't even know the name of the Chu family's inner force.
Chu Xiu was almost 90% sure that the inner force that the three people described was the Boundless Sea Mantra. Moreover, Chu Xiu had also heard that the Chu family used to be in the Eastern Qi and moved to the Tongzhou Prefecture in the Wei Prefecture more than 20 years ago.
However, Chu Zongguang did not come here alone. Instead, he brought the whole Chu family with him. Moreover, the Chu family had never changed its surname. It had always been Chu. This could be seen from the Chu family's ancestral hall and the elders.
Adding all these coincidences together, Chu Xiu guessed that the three people were most likely here for the Chu family. He even couldn't help thinking in the direction of the Chu family's situation.
After all, three martial artists in the Fifth Level of Qi-controlling Realm could indeed cause a great change in the Chu family.
"Take me to see the three martial artists," Chu Xiu said in a low voice.
Seeing that there was something wrong with Chu Xiu's eyes, Ma Kuo vaguely guessed something, but he didn't ask. He just nodded and led Chu Xiu to the inn.
Ma Kuo seemed to be a rough person, but in fact, he was a meticulous person. Otherwise, Chu Xiu wouldn't have specially picked Ma Kuo to help him.
Chu Xiu followed Ma Kuo to the inn. The two of them found a table on the second floor by the window and sat down. They waited until noon. Ma Kuo whispered to Chu Xiu, "Young Master Chu, they are the three people on the street."
Chu Xiu followed Ma Kuo's gaze and saw three martial artists in coarse linen clothes walking toward the entrance of the inn. They were carrying bags on their backs.
The three people looked ordinary, and there was nothing special about them. Even their cultivation was hidden to the extreme. If Ma Kuo hadn't reminded him, Chu Xiu would have thought that they were at most in the Blood Condensation Realm.
The only eye-catching thing about them was that one of them had a hideous whip mark on his face. It extended from the corner of his eyebrow to his chin and covered the entire right side of his face.
This was caused by a golden iron whip. Although it had healed, it still left a hideous scar, which looked a little scary.
If this person was really an expert in the Fifth Level of Qi-controlling Realm, then who could whip an expert of this level? This could be said to be an insult.
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