Breaking the Realm Again

Zhang Ruochen sat under the water, calmly and quietly, without changing his face, mobilizing the true qi in his body and running it through the three meridians.

The true qi, with every circle it ran, the surge of pain would diminish by a few points.

With his current martial arts cultivation, he couldn't keep cultivating in the water with his Qi closed, every five minutes, he would go to the surface of the water to change his Qi.

As an hour passed, the pain gradually disappeared, and a cold stream of qi entered his body, repairing the damaged flesh. The soothing sensation permeated the entire body, practically making one moan/groan out.

"Wow!"

Zhang Ruochen stood up from the water, dried the water droplets on his body with a bath towel, stood in front of a bronze mirror and nodded as he surveyed his body.

After cultivating for more than ten days, coupled with the quenching of the medicinal bath, his body had obviously gotten a few points stronger, unlike before, when it was so thin that it was a bit sickly.

Of course, more than ten days in the time and space crystal stone, only four days had passed in reality.

Four days ago, he was still just a weakling, kicked out of Yushu Palace by the Eighth Prince, mercilessly mocked and bullied by everyone. Who knew that after four days, he already possessed a middle stage Yellow Extreme Realm martial cultivation.

This was simply a miracle!

"It's not enough! The middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm is just the beginning!" Zhang Ruochen clenched his fists tightly, his gaze very sharp.

After putting on his clothes, he took a Blood Pill and entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone to continue his cultivation.

Being able to reach the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm within four days was not just because he had martial arts experience from his previous life, but also because of the help of the Space-Time Crystal Stone.

With the Space-Time Crystal Stone, he had three times more time to cultivate than other martial artists. This was his unique advantage!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Barbarian Elephant Chi Earth!"

Zhang Ruochen's legs flexed and stepped in pace as his arms continuously slapped out, each palm strike mobilizing the strength of every inch of muscle and every bone in his body.

Having just finished the medicinal bath, he had to use boxing techniques in order to integrate all the medicinal power into his body and transform it into his own strength.

For the next few days, Zhang Ruochen practically cultivated in the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, only going out from the inner space once every three days.

Concubine Lin knew that Zhang Ruochen had just opened the Divine Martial Seal, so he definitely had to close down and cultivate, open up his Qi Pools, and wash his marrow and flush his veins, so she didn't ask too many questions, and only instructed Yun'er to take good care of Zhang Ruochen's life and living.

She would still take her ornaments to sell and give the silver coins she got to Zhang Ruochen to buy blood pills.

Often at this time, Zhang Ruochen would again let Yun'er bring silver coins to quietly buy those ornaments back at a high price.

This was an indescribable emotion, that kind of selfless care, which made Zhang Ruochen's heart very touched.

Gradually, Zhang Ruochen accepted the identity of this current body, treating Concubine Lin as his true mother.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince, should we tell Concubine Lin the truth? If she knows that you are now a true martial artist, she will definitely be very happy." Yun'er said.

"No need for now. I want to give her a surprise when the end of the year examination comes around. Besides, my current cultivation is not strong enough, I need to become stronger." Zhang Ruochen said.

Right now, Yun'er knew many of Zhang Ruochen's secrets.

Other than the secrets of her previous life and the Time Crystal Stone, Zhang Ruochen had told her almost everything else.

In Yun'er's opinion, His Highness the Ninth Prince was simply a marvelous martial arts prodigy, within a short period of time, he had already cultivated to the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and all those other princes were too far behind compared to His Highness the Ninth Prince.

Perhaps, only the Seventh Prince, whose cultivation was the best of his generation, could be compared to His Highness the Ninth Prince.

After reaching the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, Zhang Ruochen cultivated inside the Space-Time Crystal Stone for another month, taking a Qi Gathering Pill every six days and soaking in a medicinal bath every ten days.

The rest of the time was spent cultivating the second palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, "Flying Dragon in the Sky", and comprehending the "meridian diagram" of the Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Scripture.

The second palm of the Dragon Image Prajna Palm had yet to be successfully cultivated, but the true qi in the qi pool had already been cultivated to perfection.

"We can start impacting the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm tonight!" Zhang Ruochen said.

Hearing this, Yun'er was shocked and said, "Late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm? It's only been ten days since His Highness, the Ninth Prince, reached the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and he can impact the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm? The Eighth Prince, however, spent four years to cultivate from the mid Yellow Extreme Realm to the late Yellow Extreme Realm."

Yun'er didn't know about the existence of the Time and Space Crystal Stone and thought that Zhang Ruochen had only been cultivating for ten days, but in reality, Zhang Ruochen had been cultivating for a whole month.

This was still because, he had spent a lot of time on tempering his body, otherwise, his cultivation speed would have been even faster.

"Very fast? It can only be considered as water to water!"

Zhang Ruochen didn't feel that his cultivation speed was that fast, if those other geniuses had such abundant cultivation resources as him, their cultivation speed would definitely be fast as well.

The fact that it took the Eighth Prince four years to reach the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm only showed that his qualifications were too poor.

In any case, at this moment, Yun'er's mood was very excited as she said, ''Ninth Prince, I believe you can definitely succeed. As long as you reach the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, we will never have to be afraid of the Eighth Prince again in the future."

"Hmm! You go out first! Tonight, don't let anyone disturb me." Zhang Ruochen said.

Yun'er nodded her head vigorously, just like a chicken pecking at rice, and said, "Tonight, I'll stand guard outside the door, and if anyone dares to come and disturb the Ninth Prince's cultivation, I'll stop him even if I have to fight to the death."

Zhang Ruochen stared deeply at Yun'er and softly said, "Thank you!"

After Yun'er walked out of Zhang Ruochen's room, Zhang Ruochen immediately entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone.

"If I want to break through to the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, I must open up three meridians in one breath so that the meridians run through the five viscera, both arms, and both feet."

Zhang Ruochen took out three small jade vials in a row and placed them in a row, each of which contained a portion of Marrow Cleansing Liquid.

After adjusting himself to his best state, Zhang Ruochen swallowed the Marrow Cleansing Liquid from the first small jade vial into his mouth, and with the help of the medicinal power of the Marrow Cleansing Liquid, he immediately began to open up the fourth meridian in his body.

After spending half an hour, the fourth meridian was successfully opened.

The fourth meridian flowed out of the Qi Pool, passing through the neck, chest, left arm, right arm, and then, rushing up to the head along the spine of the back, returning back to the Qi Pool in the center of the brow, completing a large circumference.

Without any rest, Zhang Ruochen took the Marrow Cleansing Liquid from the second small jade bottle and immediately began to open the fifth meridian.

The fifth meridian, which extended out from the Qi Pool, passed through the chest cavity, the abdominal cavity, passed through the left leg, the right leg, and returned back to the Qi Pool again.

This meridian had a much longer route, and it took Zhang Ruochen a full three hours to successfully open it.

With most of the true qi in his body depleted and beads of sweat all over his body, Zhang Ruochen had to take out a Spirit Crystal and pinch it in his hand, quickly absorbing the spirit qi in the crystal, converting it into true qi and storing it in the qi pool.

The True Qi in the Qi Pool was once again restored to a perfect state.

Zhang Ruochen immediately took the Marrow Cleansing Liquid from the third small jade vial and began to open the sixth meridian.

This meridian flowed through the spleen, lungs, kidneys, liver, and heart, belonging to the five organs of the human body. When true qi flowed through the five organs, it could strengthen the five organs. At the same time, the five viscera were also the most fragile, so Zhang Ruochen had to control them carefully.

After spending six whole hours, the true qi in his body was almost completely depleted, but the meridians still did not open up the whole body, and there was still a small gap.

If the true qi was interrupted, then all the work would be lost, and even the five organs would be traumatized.

Trying to open up this meridian in the future would be ten times more difficult than it was now.

Zhang Ruochen made a bold decision and took a Qi Gathering Pill into his mouth with great speed.

"Boom!"

The Dan Qi of the Qi Gathering Pill exploded violently within his body.

Immediately, Zhang Ruochen used two things at once, on one end, utilizing the five meridians that had already been opened up, absorbing the Dan Qi, converting it into a steady stream of True Qi, and carrying it to the Qi Pool.

On the other end, carefully controlling the True Qi, he continued to impact the sixth meridian.

This was a huge test of one's mental strength, fortunately, Zhang Ruochen was a Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Circle powerhouse in his previous life, his mental strength was strong, and he surprisingly succeeded in the case of using two minds at once!

The sixth meridian was successfully opened!

The Qi Pool in the center of his brow emitted a ring of white light, its capacity expanding tenfold once again.

At the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, the Qi Pool was only the size of a water cylinder.

Now, Zhang Ruochen's Qi Pool became as big as ten water tanks, very open and able to hold a large amount of True Qi.

"Finally, I've broken through to the late stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm!"

Zhang Ruochen pinched a Spirit Crystal in his hand, and the Divine Martial Seal in his brow emerged and began to absorb the Spirit Qi from the Spirit Crystal in a steady stream.

With all six meridians running, the speed at which the Divine Martial Seal absorbed the spiritual qi doubled.

After stabilizing his realm, Zhang Ruochen stopped cultivating.

He opened his eyes, and his pair of pupils became incomparably bright, almost like two brilliant cold stars.

Three new meridians were opened up, and a large amount of impurities were again expelled from his body through his pores, emitting a fishy odor.

Zhang Ruochen stepped out from the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, and after taking a bath in the wooden barrel that had been prepared long ago, he put on his clothes and pushed the door open.

At this moment, it was already late at night.

In the air, flakes of goose feather-like snowflakes drifted and fell, covering the entire compound with a layer of silver frost.

Yun'er sat on the steps outside Zhang Ruochen's room, curled up, rubbing her hands together from time to time and hailing hot air into her palms.

"Squeak!"

Hearing the sound of the door opening behind her, Yun'er immediately stood up and looked towards Zhang Ruochen, who had walked out from inside, and said joyfully, "Your Highness, the Ninth Prince, you've succeeded?"