Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 1564

Chapter 1564

AST 1564 - Consuming the Dragon Pill, Explosive Increase in Strength, Muyun Qingge

Regardless of other people’s intentions, Qing Shui would consume it no matter what . He had a physique that was impervious to poison . He even had Nature Qi and a Nine Yang body . If he didn’t consume the pill, it would be too much of a waste .

Qing Shui returned to the Violet Jade Immortal Realm after going out for a while . This time, he should have used roughly around nine days of time to refine the medicine . After calming down his state of heart, he suddenly felt a sense of drowsiness assailing his senses .

Eight hours later, Qing Shui woke up . His body recovered to its peak state . He then opened up the cauldron and took the four dragon pills and placed them into four different bottles . Each of this pill was priceless, but only a rare few could consume it safely .

For the remaining pill, Qing Shui directly consumed it .

An instant later, Qing Shui could sense that there were two powerful streams of auras, one fiery, one ice-cold, being manifested within him .

An Ice-fire hell? Qing Shui bore the piercing pain of his meridians and circulated the energy from the Ancient Strengthening Technique wanting to refine the two auras . Also, there was a black-colored qi spreading in his body, but that would dissipate almost after every round of circulation .

Qing Shui knew that it was the poison Qi . But because his physique was special, the black-colored Qi had no way of spreading in his body . Hence, without the threat of poison, Qing Shui could focus fully on refining the two tyrannical auras .

The auras grew hotter and colder, as Qing Shui was trying his best to resist . He made use of the pressure from the two auras to forcibly connect some of his minor meridians . Doing so actually could alleviate some of the pressure .

Occasionally, Qing Shui would insert a golden needle in to seal parts of the auras so his body wouldn’t bear such a heavy burden .

Qing Shui knew that this sealing was only temporarily, and so he didn’t really seal that much . Instead, he would force the auras to different parts of his body and use the pressure to connect more of his meridians to lighten the burden .

Qing Shui’s entire body was drenched in perspiration . He closed his eyes and steadied his breathing . After every few moments, he would insert a needle into his body .

As time flowed by, the number of golden needles in his body increased . The speed of insertion increased as well . The golden needles not only improved the flow of his circulation through the meridians, but it also made them more stable as well . In fact, they could even stimulate his potential and increase the rate of refinement .

Qing Shui closed his eyes in concentration . The robe on his body now was already torn and tattered as droplets of blood oozed out of him . His entire body was inserted with golden needles .  

Qing Shui also didn't expect that even with his current strength, he would still need to face such a huge dilemma . Initially, he thought his physique should be strong enough to absorb the energies within the pill . But clearly, it was not the case .

BOOM!

A major nameless meridian suddenly connected and the pressure on him drastically lessened . That heavenly meridian managed to contain a large portion of the auras and quickened the pace of the refining absorption . However, Qing Shui felt a little giddy .

There were many meridians in the human body but as for the major ones, only a few important ones existed . As for the others, they are usually minor in width and were basically uncountable in number .

The twelve heavenly and earthly meridians are considered mysterious meridians that could only be connected through certain circumstances or fate . This meridian which Qing Shui just connected was none other than the first out of the twelve earthly meridians .

This time around, the dragon pill actually brought him such great benefits, mapping out the twelve earthly meridians . Although he only managed to connect one, the others would eventually be connected as time passed .

The twelve earthly meridians were different from the twelve heavenly meridians . One must meet a specific requirement every time one connected them . The first earthly meridian was the most difficult to be connected . After successfully connecting it, the other meridians could be connected as long as one gradually increased in strength . As long as the conditions were met, the difficulty would naturally decrease .

This was also the reason why Qing Shui was happy .

The pressure on him reduced . Qing Shui used all his strength to stir his Origin Qi to refine all these auras . As time flowed by, the two mysterious auras finally ceased . Qing Shui finally heaved a sigh of relief .

Pu!

As he refined the last strand of aura, a light sound rang out from his Dantian . Instantly, Qing Shui felt his Dantian being filled . He could feel that his entire strength had just enjoyed an explosive increase .

Qing Shui smiled . He had succeeded . His strength had, in fact, increased even more than one-fold . The most important thing was that Qing Shui discovered the Paragon in his Dantian grew more and more corporeal and was now like a real miniature human .

Also, he gained one more paragon heavenly technique!

Paragon Eruption: Passive-type technique, enemies won’t be able to remove it . Increase all your attacks other than Seal of Roc by one-fold . Attacks have a chance to ignore enemy’s defense completely .

Finally, another mysterious sure-kill technique appeared . Moreover, this was a passive one . The only thing that made Qing Shui unhappy was that this couldn’t increase the attack power from Seal of Roc .

Although it was a little regretful, he was still very happy in his heart . He had already cultivated the Snake-Elephant Movement to the point of perfection . One must know how tyrannical Qing Shui’s strength was . Now with the Snake-Elephant Movement, he could ascend to the heavens with a single step .

Qing Shui sensed his current strength and was pretty satisfied with it .

His raw strength already reached a terrifying four hundred million suns .

Qing Shui’s rough estimated power can actually hit about five hundred million suns . The Nine Continents Mountain can increase speed and attack by three times, and with shield energy, his power can reach roughly 1 . 5 billion suns after augmentation .

With his spirit energy in the Arhat Beat (x2), the Seven-colored pellet can now increase raw strength by a factor of (x50), Paragon (x60), Nine-nine nebula divine formation (x4), and Seal of Xuantian (x2) . Paragon Eruption doesn’t include techniques like Seal of Roc and Nine Continents Mountains and wouldn’t directly augment it .

His fearsome spirit attack reached a strength of 2 billion . This was not including Battle God Halo and boost by formations . Feeling his current strength, he felt a sense of indescribable comfort . Although he was still some distance away from divinity, he was getting closer and closer .

The explosive increase in his strength brought him an unprecedented confidence .

Lowering his head and glancing at his body, he realized that his body was reeking of blood . He wrinkled his nose and hurried to cleanse himself and changed into a new set of robes . Only then did he feel comfortable .

Next, Qing Shui focused all his attention on practicing battle techniques, wanting to get familiarised with his new strength . If he was fatigued, he would go into the Violet Jade Immortal Realm for a walk . Right now, the interior space within the realm was getting vaster and vaster . He looked at everything in it as a sense of self-satisfaction and pride appeared in his heart . Everything here belonged to him . This was also his safest refuge and his foundation, with things that could propel him to a brighter future .

During the second morning, Qing Shui exited the realm . As he did so and exited his room, he discovered that Muyun Qingge was already awake and was staring into the horizons as though she was contemplating something .

Qing Shui stared at her beautiful figure and walked over .

“You are awake . ” Muyun Qingge lightly spoke but didn’t turn her head .

“Do you have some worries weighing you down?” Qing Shui hesitated a bit before he decided to ask . When he looked upon her lonely silhouette, he could sense that there was a heavy burden in her heart .

Muyun Qingge turned and regarded Qing Shui, “Who wouldn’t have worries in their heart? It doesn’t matter . In any case, you have changed so much just after not seeing you for one night . ”

Qing Shui smiled . At this moment, he could feel how terrifying this woman was . She was actually able to sense the increase in his strength . According to logic, one could only do that when their strength surpassed their target by a lot .

Qing Shui then calmed down upon thinking of her race . He wouldn’t be shocked by her strength and if she really was from the mermaid race, it would all only be logical .

Qing Shui stared at the faint astonishment in her eyes when she realized his strength increased . He then smiled, “I concocted a pill that can allow your strength to increase one-fold . ”

He spoke as he watched her reaction . He didn’t have anything to hide . In fact, he didn’t mind gifting her one . After all, she did him a huge favor by bringing him to find Yiye Jiange .

Although Qing Shui cured her of her injuries, that wasn’t any great kindness in his book . Hence, he wanted to use some other method to repay her favor .

As for Qing Shui’s women, there were too few among them who could use this . Qing Shui was still a little worried . Yiye Jiange should be able to consume this pill but he was still worried about the toxins . The risk was too great .

Muyun Qingge was different, she was powerful and had a unique physique . Although he couldn’t be 100% sure that she was of the mermaid race, she should be related to them .

She might be the offspring of a human and mermaid . . .

In the water, there were many races that retained some small characteristics specific to them . The majority of their appearances are no different from humans . Humans are intelligent creatures, but so are those from the aquatic races . They abide by laws and grow stronger in strength and intelligence as they slowly transformed . However, no matter how much they had changed, it was impossible for them to become completely like humans .

Qing Shui’s power of acceptance was very strong . He had heard of the aquatic race since a very long time ago . The dragon race was also a mystical existence - they could not transform their appearance no matter how strong they were . At most, they could only reduce their size at will but their figures would still be that of a dragon .

There were many demonic beasts who were the same as well . The characteristics of these beasts were the same - their strength was incomparably powerful .

Those that were extremely similar to humans are none other than the Mermaid and Drakaina races . Other than these two, the special characteristics specific to other demonic creatures would still remain with them .

Hence, Qing Shui could narrow down that Muyun Qingge belonged to either the Mermaid or Drakaina race .

“To think you are truly a powerful alchemist . Don’t forget that with the rapid rise in strength, you must build up your foundation well . ” Muyun Qingge smiled .

“Mhm . Come, I wish to gift you a Dragon Pill . However, there’s a risk you might lose your life if you consume it . The toxicity of this pill is very high and for those who don’t have a unique physique, they might even implode upon consuming it . ” Qing Shui spoke .

“This pill is too valuable . Just keep it with you, I have no use for it . ” Muyun Qingge shook her head and smiled .