C12 Third level of the qi jing and mai realm

Xuan Chen looked down the valley and saw Zhong Wuliang walking towards the Purple Horned Bull fearlessly.

The Purple Horned Bull also noticed Zhong Wuliang, and it, who was originally lying down leisurely, raised its head, staring at him, its eyes revealing an ominous glint.

Zhong Wuliang's footsteps were clearly slow, but he immediately continued to walk forward. This succeeded in enraging the Purple Horned Bull, causing it to quickly stand up, exhaling a heavy breath. After a long 'moo', it rushed towards Zhong Wuliang, releasing a green Qi from its entire body, giving off a very fierce aura.

Zhong Wuliang screamed, he turned and ran, his speed was extremely fast, in a blink of an eye he was already at the entrance of the valley. The Purple Horned Bull shook its head and walked back unsteadily to lie down under the Jade Star Flower Tree once again.

Not long after, Zhong Wuliang entered the valley again. This time, he held a handful of red wildflowers in his hands, and waved them in front of the Purple Horned Bull's eyes.

Seeing that Zhong Wuliang was gone, the Purple Horned Bull did not chase out of the valley, but went back to under the Jade Star Flower Tree while swaying back and forth, yet not long after it laid on the ground, Zhong Wuliang once again came to provoke it.

After going back and forth more than ten times, the Purple Horned Bull was finally enraged. It raised its head and roared a 'moo', and its body charged towards Zhong Wuliang like a purple lightning.

There was an obstacle not too far away from the mouth of the valley. Zhong Wuliang flew inside and nimbly passed through the narrow passage, but for the gigantic Purple Horned Bull, the narrow passage naturally could not be passed through.

Bang!

Five or six thick tree trunks immediately exploded, turning into countless pieces of wood that shot out in all directions.

"Now is the time!"

Xuan Chen quickly rushed down the valley. He didn't know when the Purple Horned Bull would return, so it was true that he would pick the Jade Star Flowers as soon as possible.

The Jade Star Flower felt smooth to the touch, like jade with a trace of warmth.

Xuan Chen harvested very quickly, and not long after, he finished harvesting all the Jade Star Flower Trees. He did not dare go through the valley entrance and leave, but went up the mountain.

When they were about five kilometers away from the mountain, he heard an earth-shattering cow roar coming from the direction of the valley, filled with a berserk aura.

Xuan Chen could not help but laugh out loud, his heart was at ease. He did not think that his harvest would be so big this time, thirty-two Jade Star Flowers, even if it was forty percent there were still thirteen, it was enough for him to use.

He looked at the bag in his hands, picked his direction, and headed towards the agreed location with Zhong Wuliang.

An hour later.

When Zhong Wuliang saw that Xuan Chen had arrived, the worry in his eyes instantly disappeared. He grinned as he walked forward, his eyes seemingly squished out of sight by the flesh and said: "Brother Xuan is indeed trusting."

"Hehe, if I didn't tell you my name, I'd want to keep it for myself."

Xuan Chen rarely started a joke so he found an empty spot and sat down before opening the bag.

"You can count, there's a total of thirty-two flowers. Yesterday, the Purple Horned Bull ate another one."

Zhong Wuliang grinned and said: "There's no need to count. Thirty-two of them, sixty percent for me, I want eighteen. How about fourteen for you?"

"That's me taking advantage of the situation." Xuan Chen was also happy. Since it was rare for Zhong Wuliang to be so generous, he would not refuse.

After an agreement was reached, the two of them quickly divided the Jade Star Flowers.

Zhong Wuliang took the Jade Star Flower and said: "Brother Xuan, are you prepared to go back, or will you stay in the mountain to cultivate?"

"I will find a place to cultivate and wait until I enter the 3rd level of the Qi Jing realm."

Xuan Chen said. If he wanted to collect over a hundred thousand silver, he had to continue hunting wild beasts. He could not go back so early.

Of course, if he were to sell the Jade Star Flowers, he would probably be able to sell two of them for a hundred thousand taels of silver. However, this strange flower was not something that could be measured with silver taels.

"Me too. Then we shall part here, and cooperate again when there's a chance! " Zhong Wuliang giggled, he cupped his hands, and his figure flashed, quickly disappearing into the forest.

...

One month later, at the bottom of a waterfall outside Redstone Mountains.

Xuan Chen sat cross-legged under the waterfall with his upper body naked. Under the effect of his trembling muscles, the huge impact transformed into a uniform energy that spread throughout his body, tempering his body time and time again.

After separating with Zhong Wuliang, Xuan Chen went back to the outskirts of the Redstone Mountains to look for this place.

He had taken seven Jade Star Flowers consecutively, causing the elemental pulse in his body to expand to its limit. Compared to before, it had expanded by thirty percent, and at the same time, strengthened by thirty percent.

The increase in elemental pulse also meant that the amount of true qi that could be absorbed would increase, thus the cultivation base would naturally become deeper.

At the same time, the strengthened elemental pulse could help his zhen qi run faster, which was equivalent to increasing the upper limit of attack. With the two combined, his battle power would definitely not be as simple as one plus one.

Although Xuan Chen was still at the peak of the Second level of the Qi Jing and Mai, his combat strength could definitely be said to have beaten the him of the past.

It was a pity that he was stuck at the bottleneck, unable to sense where the third elemental pulse was.

According to the theory of the five elements being together, the third elemental pulse should be the water-elemental pulse.

Unable to sense where the water-elemental pulse was in a long time, Xuan Chen thought of a way to try it. That was to sit cross-legged under the waterfall, and use the power of the waterfall to refine one's body while sensing the existence and power of water, hoping that one would be able to sense the water-elemental pulse through this.

He sat cross-legged under the waterfall for half a month, but Xuan Chen still did not feel the location of the water-elemental pulse.

Xuan Chen sat cross-legged, his mind immersed in his body. Gradually, he could not feel the impact of the waterfall nor the outside world, and gradually, he could not even feel his body.

Suddenly, a long river broke through the sky in the endless void. It was unknown how many thousands of miles long it had been. The river was boiling and churning.

Finally, the head of the river turned over, drawing out a circle that was connected to the end of the river, forming an irregular circle that was branded into the void.

The third elemental pulse — water-elemental pulse!

Xuan Chen's soul shook, his thoughts returned to reality as he felt a new elemental pulse appearing in his body.

With a thought, he raised the fish scale sword and activated Cast Sword Technique. Immediately, countless of Essence Qi entered his body and entered the new elemental pulse, washing away the impurities within.

Time flew by. Although Xuan Chen did not have a Qi Meridian Pill, with the help of the fish scale sword and the ferocious beasts he had killed, his cultivation speed was not slow.

Another half a month had passed, and Xuan Chen had finally opened up the water-elemental pulse, completely stabilizing his cultivation.

Xuan Chen sat cross-legged under the waterfall. He opened his eyes and two rays of light shot out.

He stretched out his right hand and pointed his fingers towards the sky. An inch-long stream of true energy shot out.

Releasing more than an inch of zhen qi was the symbol of the third level of the Qi Jing realm.

When one reached the third level of the Qi channels, compared to Second level of the Qi Jing and Mai, the strong point was not only the total amount of true energy, but also the endurance. Because the third level of the elemental pulse was a water-elemental pulse, the recovery speed of true energy was faster and the endurance was longer.