You said you would practice martial arts. Have you mastered the Tiangang Dharma?

Chapter 423: Opening the Spiritual Veins and Refining the Bloodline (Book Recommendation!!!))

As a bear demon living in the primitive ancient forest, Xiong Batian could not be without enemies. Even after the death of the previous overlord, he, as an old subject, offended many emerging strong men.

Of course, there may be more than one person who divided his territory. After all, to be honest, his original territory was quite large, but it has been divided up now.

So, naturally he has enemies. Those demons who stole his territory are his enemies. There are quite a few of them, and the one he hates the most is also the strongest one!
There is no overlord in this area yet, but there are indeed several particularly powerful demon tribes. They are all qualified to compete for the position of overlord, and perhaps the winner will be decided soon. Among them, Xiong Batian’s enemy is one of them.

But
"Sir, even if you help me get revenge, I can't keep my territory!" Xiong Batian knelt on the ground, his tone extremely pious, "Can you...can you help me open my spiritual veins? I don't need you to help me get revenge."

In his opinion, although he could get the chance to take revenge on Jiang Qiu, there was no doubt that Jiang Qiu was only planning to help him solve an enemy. If he took advantage of the opportunity directly, Jiang Qiu would kill the big monster easily, and he would be injured and alone, and he would definitely not be able to defend the territory he had gained.

And then, what's the point?

He just hopes to have a stable territory. He is not the kind of person who likes to fight all over the world, but only with sufficient strength can he defend his territory!
Why did he lose his previous territory? Wasn’t it because he was not strong enough? Otherwise, why could others snatch so much territory from him?
If his strength is strong enough, stronger than the big monster that stole his territory, or even the overlord of a place, then who would dare to steal his territory?

Jiang Qiu is an opportunity for him, and it is a very big opportunity. He knows very well in his heart that being able to meet Jiang Qiu today may even be the greatest fortune in his past and present life!
What is the concept of living beings above the sky?
It only exists in the inheritance of blood and there is no possibility of verification at all. The other party is equivalent to a god in mythology. How is it possible to encounter such an existence in the future?
Therefore, Xiong Batian wanted to seize the opportunity. He hoped that he could break through the limit of his own bloodline and embark on a more solemn and grand upgrade path!

The strong will always be strong, and he is a weak one, so he hopes to change his fate, hoping that he also has the potential to become a great demon, and thus become the overlord of a place, so that the surrounding creatures will not dare to invade his territory.

This is his biggest demand.

If he wants to upgrade, the most important thing for him is to open his spiritual veins. Without the formation of spiritual veins, how can he cultivate to a higher level?
Yes, he is a demon, awakened from the ordinary bloodline born from heaven and earth. His bloodline is actually mixed. If you trace the bloodline back to its source, there is no powerful ancestor. He is not like a high-level creature like Jiang Qiu, who is born with the visions of heaven and earth and thus resonates with the world.

He is just a bear that has developed intelligence.

And gaining wisdom is only the most common step in becoming a demon. It is merely the threshold for all things to start practicing. Does having wisdom mean one can definitely practice? Does one definitely know how to practice?

The answer is no. Even though he has a part of the bloodline inheritance and knows some rules of the world, his bloodline is very mixed and the inheritance is very low-level. There is no method of cultivation in his memory, and the only thing he understands comes from hearsay.

Opening the spiritual veins is the starting point of cultivation.

Aren’t those big monsters who can defeat me who are naturally huge the powerful ones with opened spiritual veins?

The reason why they could easily defeat me despite being relatively weak in size was because they had opened their spiritual veins and then used the invisible spiritual energy in the air to temper their bodies. In fact, it was a process of beating the body and exercising strength.

This process is called cultivation.

Xiong Batian really wanted to practice, he also hoped that his body would become stronger so that he could defend his territory!
Jiang Qiu didn't understand what he meant at first: "Open the spiritual veins, what is opening the spiritual veins?"

For Jiang Qiu, the system of this world is naturally different from the system of the original world. Every important piece of information from Xiong Batian is the first time he has heard it.

There weren't even any rumors before.

For example, high-level creatures, above the thirty-three heavens, overlords, primitive ancient forests, and demons outside are all things that have never been touched before.

It can even be said that in the process of pursuing the [Inverted Eight Direction Ship], Jiang Qiu has come into contact with thousands of worlds. He has been to all kinds of worlds, big and small, and knows the unique features of many worlds.

But this is the first time I’ve seen a place as brand new as the Dragon Emperor Secret Realm.

Since we don't know where this place is, we might as well call it the Dragon Emperor Secret Realm. Our current judgment is that we should first find a way to improve ourselves, and then go to the Thirty-Three Heavens to find a strong person who knows the secrets of the world.

At the moment, we just need to help Xiong Batian meet a small request.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether to help or not. The main thing is that Jiang Qiu feels that he used someone else’s body to test his strength and was seriously injured, so he should give some compensation. Of course, he will definitely not do anything that is too difficult.

Killing his enemies is almost the most efficient reward.

As for the so-called opening of spiritual veins, he had never heard of it. Moreover, he had not even reached the half-step Hedao realm and was unable to mobilize the spiritual energy around him. How could he help him?

However, Xiong Batian did not doubt his ability at all, and just continued to boldly state his request, or rather, to interpret his request: "Opening the spiritual vein is to open the road of cultivation, sir.

You are a creature from above the heavens, born with the ability to practice cultivation, and born with a powerful realm that is far beyond the reach of creatures of the lower realms like us. However, those of us of mixed blood need to open our spiritual veins to obtain the key to practice the spiritual charm of heaven and earth.

Only when a spiritual vein is condensed in the body can we connect with the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth, and then temper ourselves until the spiritual vein transforms to the next stage, and then advance."

Jiang Qiu gradually understood what he meant as he listened, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "What is the level of opening the spirit vein?"

Opening the spiritual veins is somewhat similar to the casting of jade tendons in the Blue Star era. Both methods are about trying to condense a medium for absorbing spiritual energy within the body.

However, casting the jade tendons was extremely laborious at the beginning, and there were many coincidences that allowed Jiang Qiu to cast nine sections of jade tendons, which was shocking.

Mainly, casting jade tendons requires a lot of precious materials. If there are no materials, they cannot be cast.

Since opening a spiritual vein has similar properties, it definitely requires materials. Where can he get the materials for Xiong Batian?
And even if he got it, he himself didn't open his spiritual veins, how could he help the other party? Thinking of this, he didn't deny it directly. After all, at least he pulled out an important piece of information. Let's see what else Xiong Batian knows.

“Those who have opened their spirit veins are all great monsters. They are beings that can easily mobilize the spirit rhythm of heaven and earth to temper their stone bodies. Although their bodies do not look very large, they actually possess extremely great power.

Just like you, you don’t have a very impressive figure, but you can easily knock me down, and it doesn’t seem like you have to exert any effort at all.”

Hearing this, Jiang Qiu nodded: "So, the first characteristic of opening a spiritual vein is great strength and outstanding body strength? At what stage can you mobilize the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth and use it directly, or in other words, at what stage can you add the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth and then attack."

It seems that physical training is still in the initial stage. You know, when casting jade tendons, you can already try to use a little bit of spiritual charm. Although it is not very outstanding, it is indeed possible.

Later, he became a warrior, which means he entered the spiritual body realm. Although he still focused on tempering his physical body, in fact, the mobilization of spiritual energy had reached a new stage. His natal weapon could be equipped with attacks of spiritual energy!

Now, the spiritual charm of this world is somewhat different from the original world. I wonder if the difference is big.

"Adding spiritual energy to attack?" Xiong Batian was stunned. He had never thought about this question before. A flash of lightning seemed to pass through his mind. "Can this still be done?"

According to his knowledge, he has never seen anyone using spiritual energy to fight. At most, they use spiritual energy to temper their bodies and then develop a strong physique.

Even the strongest overlord before, although he had a strong body, was still killed by the demons outside and eaten.

He had never seen a living being that used spiritual energy as a means of attack. At the same time, he originally had mixed blood, and there was not even a method of cultivation in his blood inheritance. There was no way to open his spiritual veins at all. Naturally, he had no idea how to use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth after opening his spiritual veins.

In other words, he had not even felt the spiritual charm of heaven and earth, nor had he seen it with his own eyes, so he could not imagine what the scene of a battle with the spiritual charm of heaven and earth would be like.

Jiang Qiu could tell at a glance that he knew nothing, and became interested: "You don't know how to use the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth, you only know how to use it to mold your body, and you have never seen anyone develop the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth?"

"Yes sir."

Seeing Xiong Batian nod, Jiang Qiu smiled and suddenly felt that his mind was filled with boundless wisdom.

Although he had lost his realm, his memory was not cut off, and he remembered clearly all the secret techniques or cultivation methods he had practiced in the past.

Furthermore, he did not lose his understanding of cultivation.

The reason why warriors can become powerful, from the Spirit Body Realm, Bright Soul Realm, Dharma Realm to the Grandmaster, is to explore how to use spiritual charm!
If spiritual charm is utilized to a certain level, the personal realm level will rise, corresponding to the first level of realm. And now Xiong Batian said that he didn't know how to use spiritual charm to attach to the outside, which means that the lowest level of knowledge in this world is even lower than he imagined!
Yes, the knowledge of the lowest level is very low, which is completely incompatible with the warrior period. In other words, it is now equivalent to the stage of high school enlightenment, and everyone is in the process of body building.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there is someone in this realm who has mastered the basic use of the spiritual charm of heaven and earth, but for now, Xiong Batian has no idea that such a person exists, right?

In other words, there is no existence in a large area nearby that can attach and use the spiritual charm of heaven and earth!
Without the attachment of spiritual energy, all that can be fought is the physical body. As for competing with the dragon clan in physical body, Jiang Qiu just smiled and said, "It seems that there will be no enemies within a radius of hundreds of miles."

How can the weak have enemies? Even a newborn tiger will not be afraid of being bitten to death by ants.

Of course, what is more important is that the spiritual charm of heaven and earth in this world is not being utilized. There may be two situations. The first is the speculation above, that people’s cognition is very low and they don’t know that the spiritual charm of heaven and earth can be attached and used.

The second is that the spiritual charm of heaven and earth cannot be attached and used, or the conditions are extremely high.

Jiang Qiu had some guesses about the second situation, but he didn't care, at least not now. After all, he couldn't even get the cultivation method of this world, and he hadn't opened his spiritual veins yet, so he couldn't cultivate. What was there to worry about?
Therefore, Jiang Qiu prepared to reject Xiong Batian’s request. Since he himself couldn’t open the spiritual vein, how could he help the other party to do so?

"Xiong Batian, what are the conditions for opening a spiritual vein?"

One last question before rejection.

Jiang Qiu planned to open a spiritual vein for himself first, and then prepare to practice, to try whether the previous practice method could be used.

"What are the conditions for opening a spiritual vein?" Xiong Batian was stunned. If he knew what the conditions were for opening a spiritual vein, wouldn't he have gone out to look for the treasure to open it long ago? However, it has come to this point, and if he said he knew nothing, everything would be gone. He knew that the other party might not want to help open the spiritual vein anymore, and this was his last chance!
He gritted his teeth and thought about his bloodline heritage, tracing back to his roots. He began to summarize his experiences and review all the insights from the first half of his life.

How to open the spiritual vein?

Who opened the spiritual vein?
How to open the spiritual vein?
Why can’t I open my spiritual veins?

This process of thinking seemed long, but in fact it was just a blink of an eye. Soon, a piece of information popped up in Xiong Batian's mind. His eyes flickered: "To open the spiritual veins, you need to purify the blood, so that the blood becomes the initial medium, so that the body has the conditions to open the spiritual veins!"

Yes, he remembered what the difference was between himself and those great monsters with opened spiritual veins, and what the similarities were between those great monsters and the overlord.

Opening the spiritual vein is destined to be a difficult journey and cannot be achieved in a few words, unless one is a creature who is born with a natural talent.

In the first realm, most of the creatures are of mixed blood, so it is impossible for them to be so heaven-defying. They all gain wisdom step by step and continue to explore ways to open their spiritual veins!
However, it seems that every living being has a different way of refining their blood, and he himself doesn't know how to open his spiritual veins.
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