Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates-Chapter 31 - 030 Qi to Spit Blood

31: Chapter 030: Qi to Spit Blood

31 -030: Qi to Spit Blood

Su Meng was similarly stunned by the sudden appearance of twenty-five water columns, and at this moment, upon hearing Gu Chuqiu’s words, he couldn’t help but frown.

He didn’t know who possessed the twenty-five Qi Vortices, but he was certain that the one with eighteen Qi Vortices was definitely not Su Hao.

Su Hao was dull by nature, not good with words, and would never lie to him, let alone have such aspirations to shock everyone with a sudden rise.

“Father, do you think the one with twenty-five Qi Vortices could be Mr.

Xiao?” Su Ying blinked her eyes and asked with anticipation.

“Impossible!” Su Meng shook his head firmly, “With three days’ time, Xiao Ye, my young friend, could at most condense one or two Qi Vortices.”

On Su Ying’s gentle face, there was a stubborn look: “But I believe that it’s him.”

Su Meng helplessly glanced at his daughter, it seemed that this girl had taken a fancy to Xiao Ye.

“What a pity.” Su Meng felt a sense of regret in his heart.

If Xiao Ye could have gotten the Nayuan Skill earlier, with his talent, the number of Qi Vortices he condensed might not be less than that of Gu Chen.

However, now due to the urgency of time and his late entry into the Blood Cleansing Pool, he suffered too much of a disadvantage, absorbing only a very limited amount of Washing Vein Power.

After emerging from the Blood Cleansing Pool, Xiao Ye was doomed to be far outstripped by Gu Chen.

“It seems that the one who condensed twenty-five Qi Vortices is undoubtedly Gu Chen.” Even though Su Meng was unwilling to believe it, he could only accept the fact.

Looking over the juniors who entered the Blood Cleansing Pool, besides Gu Chen, he couldn’t think of anyone else.

…

Inside the Blood Cleansing Pool, the water churned violently.

Xiao Ye’s twenty-five Qi Vortices opened simultaneously, and the terrifying suction force, like a whale drawing in water, plundered all the nearby Washing Vein Power.

The white Qi streams, resembling Jiao Dragons, merged into his body, constantly forging his True Qi.

“My current cultivation should have reached the Postnatal Realm Sixth Layer.” Xiao Ye felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

The cultivation technique he practiced, the Heavenly Net Technique, was a Twelve Meridian Postnatal Technique, which made his True Qi robust but also made his advancement more difficult.

Because with every major breakthrough, he had to forge the True Qi within all twelve meridians.

But under the refining of the Washing Vein Power from the Blood Cleansing Pool, his True Qi was transforming at an astonishing rate, advancing by leaps and bounds.

“I wonder if this Blood Cleansing Pool can let me break through to the Postnatal Realm Eighth Layer.” Xiao Ye’s eyes flashed as he suddenly caught sight of Gu Chen trying to swim forward with all his strength.

“I was a bit careless and let this guy escape ten meters away.” Xiao Ye chuckled mischievously, shaking his True Qi slightly, and his figure shot out like an arrow off its string.

In terms of cultivation, he was not the least bit inferior to Gu Chen, and in terms of strength, he was far superior to the other.

So for him to catch up with Gu Chen, it was effortless.

“Ah!”

Gu Chen, taking advantage of Xiao Ye’s moment of contemplation, intended to sneak away, but at that moment, he noticed the water stirring violently.

He turned back and saw that Xiao Ye had followed up like a ghost, shivering all over, and sped up, swimming forward quickly.

But no matter how much he accelerated, he could no longer shake off Xiao Ye.

The twenty-five Qi Vortices on Xiao Ye exerted formidable suppression on Gu Chen, who could not absorb any Washing Vein Power at all.

Furthermore, the gap in cultivation between the two was growing ever wider.

“Big brother?” In a certain direction of the Blood Cleansing Pool, Gu Yang, who was operating four Qi Vortices, revealed a look of joy.

“Hehe, big brother, is that kid about to die from anger?” Gu Yang approached with a jolly smile, sending his words through True Qi.

Seeing Gu Yang, Gu Chen was infuriated, if it weren’t for Gu Yang, how would he have provoked Xiao Ye, this plague god?

Especially after hearing Gu Yang’s words, Gu Chen’s nose was almost crooked with anger.

It wasn’t Xiao Ye who was about to die from anger, it was himself!

“Waste, I really want to slap you to death!” Gu Chen swung out a palm, the immense force causing stars to appear in Gu Yang’s eyes, his head dizzied.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Just then, the water suddenly stirred up fiercely, and Gu Chen’s body jolted like a startled bird, swimming away quickly.

“Brother…” Gu Yang, with a face full of confusion, couldn’t understand what was happening.

When he looked in the direction of the turbulent water, his pupils shrank dramatically.

“Twenty-five Qi Vortices!” Gu Yang’s mouth gaped open in disbelief.

Xiao Ye swam over leisurely, the twenty-five Qi Columns on his body flowing upward, reaching directly to the Sky Horizon.

“Hmm?

Four Qi Vortices, you’re quite the failure, I’ll go after your brother instead.” Xiao Ye scorned as he chased after Gu Chen, leaving Gu Yang behind with a stunned expression.

The Blood Cleansing Pool was a two hundred meters wide pool, and with Xiao Ye chasing Gu Chen, it didn’t take long for everyone to know.

“Damn it, twenty-five Qi Vortices, is this youngster a monster?”

“F*ck, don’t you come over here!”

Xiao Ye, like a plague god, left everywhere he passed devoid of Washing Vein Power, causing everyone to be terrified and in misery.

“Are you from the Ancient Family?” Xiao Ye stopped before a young man, vaguely remembering that this youth was from the Ancient Family’s group.

At that moment, eleven Qi Columns emerged from the young man, having condensed eleven Qi Vortices, he was the most qualified junior in the Ancient Family beside Gu Chen.

“No, I…

I’m not.” The youth said, his face filled with terror.

“Whether you are or not, follow Gu Chen or I won’t mind killing you!” Xiao Ye said coldly, having no good feelings towards the people of the Ancient Family.

Now, it was like repaying the kindness to the Su Family.

Under Xiao Ye’s threat, the young man had no choice but to steel himself and chase in the direction Gu Chen had fled.

Soon, a peculiar scene emerged in the Blood Cleansing Pool.

Gu Chen and the youth swam rapidly, while Xiao Ye followed behind the two at a leisurely pace, always maintaining a distance of seven or eight meters.

“You join in as well.” Xiao Ye spotted another junior from the Ancient Family, who had formed eight Qi Vortices.

Under Xiao Ye’s threat, the youth also joined the fleeing crowd.

Pfft!

Gu Chen’s face turned red with indignation, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood as his blood qi roiled with anger.

Now, apart from Gu Yang, all the Ancient Family’s juniors that had entered the Blood Cleansing Pool were oppressed by Xiao Ye to the point where they couldn’t absorb the Washing Vein Power.

If this continued, the Ancient Family would face total annihilation.

But now, Xiao Ye’s cultivation had risen at a jaw-dropping speed.

He was far beyond what they could handle; they could neither defeat him in fight nor escape from him.

The remaining Gu Yang was nothing but trash, having only formed four Qi Vortices, he was merely making up the numbers by entering the Blood Cleansing Pool.

“The Ancient Family has really hit a snag, haha!” The Zhang Family’s youngsters laughed heartily.

“Hurry up and absorb the Washing Vein Power, maybe by the time I leave the Blood Cleansing Pool, I could even become the number one genius of Wutan City!”

The three big families of Wutan City were always in opposition to each other; naturally, they took joy in the Ancient Family’s misfortune.

This mean jeering, transmitted through True Qi, made Gu Chen’s body tremble, and once again he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, enraged.

Because that sentence might very well become reality.

“Xiao Ye is really powerful.” Su Hao, not good with words, took a while before he uttered this phrase, and a sly smile appeared on his face.

“The position of the number one genius of Wutan City is mine.”

…

As time passed, a day and night went by, and once again the scorching sun shone upon the land.

The Qi streams coursing through the Blood Cleansing Pool, which resembled Jiao Dragons, had become so sparse as to be nearly invisible.

“The power of the Blood Cleansing Pool is exhausted; they’ll be coming out soon,” someone said above the pool.

Whoosh!

As soon as the voice fell, a figure surged out of the water and leaped to the shore.

“It’s Zhang Lin from the Zhang Family!” Seeing the youth, Zhang Tao, the Family Head of the Zhang Family was visibly excited, “Zhang Lin, what is your cultivation level now?”

Zhang Lin had exceptional talent among the younger generation of the Zhang Family, having formed ten Qi Vortices.

All eyes turned to Zhang Lin, full of anticipation.

What level of cultivation had this youth achieved after being baptized in the Blood Cleansing Pool?

That’s what they had been waiting here for a day and a night to see.

The youth named Zhang Lin closed his eyes to sense his condition and then burst forth with a powerful aura.

Postnatal Realm Fifth Stage Middle Stage!

“Not bad,” Zhang Tao nodded in approval.

Before entering the Blood Cleansing Pool, Zhang Lin was only at the Third Realm Late Stage of Postnatal; his cultivation had suddenly shot up by two major boundaries.

Zhang Lin was naturally elated.

Soon, two more figures broke out of the water, both belonging to the younger generation of the Zhang Family.

Although their cultivation did not increase as much as Zhang Lin’s, their progress was quite good.

Whoosh!

Then, a simple-looking youth emerged from the water; it was Su Hao from the Su Family.

“Su Hao, what’s your cultivation level now?” Su Meng asked eagerly.

There was an odd expression on Su Hao’s face, then a powerful surge of True Qi soared into the sky, stunning everyone before the commotion began again.

Postnatal Realm Sixth Layer Peak!

Su Meng’s face was full of excitement.

Before entering the Blood Cleansing Pool, Su Hao was only at the Postnatal Realm Fourth Stage Middle Stage – how could his cultivation have surged so dramatically?

Could it be that he was the one with eighteen Qi Vortices?

Listening to everyone’s praise, Gu Chuqiu sneered: “Hmph, Chen’s cultivation will definitely increase even more.”

“That’s right, Gu Chen has twenty-five Qi Vortices.

If Su Hao’s improvement is so significant, then Gu Chen must be able to break through to the Postnatal Realm Eighth Layer!” the crowd nodded in agreement.

“Then let’s congratulate Family Head Gu in advance,” several Martial Artists said with flattery.

“Postnatal Realm Eighth Layer is just so-so, you all flatter me too much,” Gu Chuqiu said with a feigned calmness while feeling elated inside, “Today, the Ancient Family will hold a feast to celebrate my son’s reach to the Postnatal Realm Eighth Layer, and I hope everyone will honor us with your presence.”

“Haha, we will definitely come to drink to the celebration of Wutan City’s number one genius,” cheers erupted from the crowd.

Whoosh!

Just then, four figures leaped out of the water together, and the scene fell silent; all eyes were fixed on the youth in the black robe.

He was Gu Chen.

“Chen, show us your current cultivation level, so that certain people don’t get too complacent,” Family Head Gu urged Gu Chen to display his cultivation, casting a glance at Su Meng as he said so.

However, Gu Chen remained motionless, his expression shifting between hope and despair.

The expectant eyes of the onlookers felt like needles pricking him.

Under Xiao Ye’s suppression, not an inch of progress had been made in his cultivation.

“Why is there no movement from Gu Chen?” After waiting a moment, Gu Chen remained still, head down and silent, his body trembling continuously.

“Perhaps his cultivation has increased too much, and he wants to keep a low profile,” an older Martial Artist speculated with admiration.

“That makes sense; it must be so,” other people said, suddenly enlightened, and agreed readily.

“Gu Chen is really remarkable, so talented and yet so modest.

Truly a role model for us all to learn from,” a young lad in the crowd said, his eyes blazing with admiration as he looked up at Gu Chen.

Pfft!

This statement stabbed at Gu Chen like a knife, enraging him to the point of spitting out blood once more, and then he fainted.