Returning Immortal

Chapter 7 : Pure Yang True Qi

Pure Yang True Qi was what the Raging Fire Divine Lord had refined from only the clear and pure energy in his lower dantian and stored in his middle dantian. It was an energy that was not lacking even when compared to the profound internal energy of the orthodox faction.

Its momentum was high and powerful, exhibiting excellent effects when attacking enemies, and it could also perform strange divine abilities.

Moreover, it had now become dense, and the formation of an inner core was not far off.

Ssssss.

Indeed, Pure Yang True Qi was different.

Profound and mysterious qi.

Or the energy of absolute invincibility.

Just as the Raging Fire Divine Lord had secretly cheered, intoxicated by its power, the Pure Yang True Qi, as soon as it came out, displayed its presence to the fullest.

Quietly and gently.

Yet, there was no hesitation in its advance.

The true qi of Leng Xuehan, which had been firmly blocking Gwi Seongjin's vital points, collapsed powerlessly as if by a lie when the Pure Yang True Qi entered.

The energies that had so fiercely resisted the Scorching Yang Qi, upon touching the Pure Yang True Qi, had their momentum softened and dissipated into a wisp of smoke.

In an instant, the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) was pierced, and the remaining seven extraordinary meridians also began to collapse in sequence.

Following the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) that connects the front center of the body, the Yin Qiao Mai and Yang Qiao Mai were released, and the Yin Wei Mai, Yang Wei Mai, and even the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel) that circles the waist were coolly unblocked.

It was different from just having the blocked acupoints released.

The meridians that the Pure Yang True Qi swept through became much wider, and there was even the fortuitous event of adjacent minor meridians being activated.

Now, only one meridian remained, the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel).

The Chong Mai, also called the sea of meridians because it is at an important crossroads of the twelve meridians, functions to harmonize the qi and blood of the whole body and is also connected to the Ren Mai and Du Mai.

If there was a problem here, one could not use internal energy smoothly, so it was the qi meridian that martial artists who desired a higher realm valued the most.

And it was also the passage that connected the three dantians.

Dududududu.

The Raging Fire Divine Lord's Pure Yang True Qi swept up the Chong Mai with the force of splitting bamboo.

With this, the Raging Fire Divine Lord had unblocked all the acupoints that Leng Xuehan had sealed.

He had safely completed the mission entrusted to him by the Cult Leader.

He could have just ended it here.

If he had withdrawn his palm from Gwi Seongjin's Mingmen acupoint, stood up, and walked out the door, the Raging Fire Divine Lord would not have left behind a lifelong regret today.

But the god of fate was cruel.

'Strange. The other meridians are firmly blocked, but why is only the Chong Mai perfectly clear? Should I check it in the reverse direction as well?'

At the curiosity that arose in an instant, the Raging Fire Divine Lord moved the palm he had removed from Gwi Seongjin's Mingmen acupoint to his Baihui acupoint.

The moment he pushed Pure Yang True Qi into his Baihui acupoint...

'Huh!'

A strange thing happened.

The Pure Yang True Qi that came out of his palm lost its direction and began to move on its own.

The Pure Yang True Qi had never once gone against his will until now.

Mind is qi.

It was to the extent that the qi moved as the mind went.

So the bewilderment the Raging Fire Divine Lord felt was even greater and higher.

'These bastards!'

Watching the true qi being sucked in as if digging under the Baihui acupoint, the Raging Fire Divine Lord initially suspected the Star-Sucking Great Art.

But it wasn't the Star-Sucking Great Art.

The Star-Sucking Great Art was a great art where a person with high internal energy absorbed the internal energy of a person with low internal energy.

Besides, Gwi Seongjin of the orthodox faction would not have practiced the Star-Sucking Great Art...

The Raging Fire Divine Lord, who had been bowing his head at the strange phenomenon, suddenly's eyes shot open.

He had barely reversed the Pure Yang True Qi that was trying to escape his control, but from somewhere, a tremendous suction force began to act, mercilessly sucking in the true qi.

Huh!

There was no time to just be surprised.

The Pure Yang True Qi that had flowed into Gwi Seongjin's body disappeared in an instant, and even the Pure Yang True Qi in his own body was being sucked in like a swamp of the abyss.

"Gaaah!"

The startled Raging Fire Divine Lord opened his mouth and let out a scream.

Academician Yu and the old physician, who were watching the unblocking of the acupoints from the side, were just as horrified.

Watching the Raging Fire Divine Lord, whose face had turned white, suddenly roll his eyes back, they too could guess that something was going wrong.

"Y-you bastard!"

The face of the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who was trying to remove his hand from Gwi Seongjin's Baihui acupoint, this time turned black.

His hand, his hand was not coming off the Baihui acupoint.

He hastily tried to block his middle dantian, but even this was impossible...

The true qi he had trained for ten years?

No.

If you included the 70 years it took him to start circulating his qi and form his middle dantian, it was a whopping eighty years.

The internal energy he had painstakingly gathered for eighty years, the blood-like true qi that would lead him to the realm of the ultimate demon, was now flowing out like a flood at this very moment.

Gwi Seongjin's body, which had received the Pure Yang True Qi, also began to change.

Thud! Thud!

The long needles that the old physician had stuck in came out of Gwi Seongjin's body on their own.

A faint halo seemed to be forming on the back of his head...

In contrast, the Raging Fire Divine Lord's face was turning a dark, bruised color like a rotten pig's liver.

The suction force that had been eating away at the Pure Yang True Qi of the middle dantian was now coveting even the internal energy of the lower dantian.

Th-this!

Thwack!

Crash!

At the thought that arose in an instant, the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who had succeeded in pushing Gwi Seongjin away by explosively expanding the Scorching Yang Qi of his lower dantian, had angry flames flowing out of his eyes like an active volcano.

Whoosh!

Boom!

The books on the bookshelf caught fire from the heat emanating from his body, and the roof, which was directly hit by the raging fire, was half-destroyed, spewing black, acrid smoke.

The Raging Fire Divine Lord's anger did not stop there.

With an almost insane, frenzied expression, the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who had drawn his Sky-Piercing Halberd, aimed the sharp blade at Gwi Seongjin, who was rolling on the floor unconscious.

A look that said he would definitely kill him.

The hand of the Raging Fire Divine Lord, who was glaring at Gwi Seongjin with such a murderous gaze, slowly rose to the sky.

And.

Whoooosh!

A light containing the flames of hell fell towards Gwi Seongjin.

At that very moment, a shadow shot out from the side and blocked Gwi Seongjin's front.

"You can't!"

The wailing voice of Academician Yu scattered futilely in the air...

The small fan he had drawn in a hurry was engulfed in the flames emanating from the Sky-Piercing Halberd, and its shape could no longer be seen.

The act of a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot.

But it was not without effect.

Had time stopped as it was?

The Sky-Piercing Halberd, which was falling with a violent momentum as if to split the world in two, was stopped like a picture in front of the shabby little fan.

The Raging Fire Divine Lord's body was frozen like a stone statue.

Shred.

Academician Yu's clothes were cut and scattered by the blade wind he couldn't control, but the Raging Fire Divine Lord didn't even show any interest.

He was only staring intently at the fan in Academician Yu's hand. A small fan with a black yaksha drawn in the very center.

Gack!

Was it because he had forcibly stopped his internal energy?

Dark red blood gushed out from the Raging Fire Divine Lord's mouth.

Even so, his gaze did not leave the fan.

"Seeing the mark of the yaksha, you must be from the Yama Hall. It's surprising that a noble person from the Yama Hall is an academician of the Dark Spirit Council... Did you receive that fan from the Cult Leader?"

"That's right. The Cult Leader personally bestowed it upon me, imbuing it with his Sacred Radiance."

As Academician Yu's hand shook, a brilliant light flashed once more from the eyes of the black yaksha in the fan.

It was the very same radiance that had blocked the Raging Fire Divine Lord's attack a moment ago.

"The Sacred Radiance is only manifested when using a sacred object bestowed by the heavens. How could the Cult Leader have bestowed it upon someone like you?"

"Are you saying you don't believe in the Cult Leader's insight?"

"...Thirty years ago, in the holy war against the Blood Cult, the number of people who died at my hands was countless. Even after achieving such brilliant merits, what I did not receive was a sacred object. Are you saying you have achieved a greater merit than me?"

"I also know that you achieved tremendous merits at that time, Divine Lord. But sometimes, what is unseen can be a greater achievement."

Academician Yu answered, holding his head high.

It was a gaze filled with pride.

As if acknowledging that gaze...

Or perhaps for the realistic reason that one would not dare to lie while invoking the Cult Leader within the Luminous Cult, the Raging Fire Divine Lord did not question him any further.

"Hmph! Fine. Let's say you achieved great merits in an unseen place and received a sacred object from the Cult Leader. But that would not have given you the right to stand in my way. So, get out of the way!"

The Raging Fire Divine Lord shouted in an angry voice.

Although he had reluctantly stopped his blade after seeing the Sacred Radiance containing the Cult Leader's authority, the Raging Fire Divine Lord had absolutely no intention of forgiving Gwi Seongjin, who had stolen his Pure Yang True Qi.

He wanted to tear him to shreds.

He didn't care even if he was reprimanded by the Cult Leader.

He wanted to kill Gwi Seongjin by dismembering his body, then crush his bones and pull out his brain and internal organs to feed to dogs and pigs.

"I can't do that. This person is an existence that the Cult Leader values more than a sacred object. If you harm this person, I will die too, and you, Divine Lord, will by no means be safe."

"What! Just because I killed one prisoner like this..."

The Raging Fire Divine Lord could not finish his words.

It was because of Academician Yu's sudden action.

"If you must kill him, then kill me along with him."

Academician Yu, who had folded the fan and stored it on his body, turned around and picked up the fallen Gwi Seongjin.

Then he slowly walked outside.

"Stop!"

A rough lion's roar.

A huge flame rose up from behind the Raging Fire Divine Lord like a storm and blew away the half-destroyed, burning roof entirely.

Even so, Academician Yu did not stop walking.

Thud, thud.

He just moved his steps steadily, one by one, with his lips firmly shut.

Thud, thud, thud.

As the burning building fragments fell, the old physician silently approached and protected Academician Yu.

Judging by his movements, his martial prowess was also not ordinary.

At least the end of the first-rate.

If he was good, he could be mistaken for the beginning of the supreme realm.

Thud, thud.

Academician Yu's steps continued.

Even so, the Raging Fire Divine Lord did not move.

A rage that felt like his heart would burst.

A killing intent that soared to the heavens.

The Cult Leader's solemn command and extreme patience.

On that boundary, only his hand, gripping the Sky-Piercing Halberd as if nailed to the ground, was trembling.

Thud, thud.

Stop.

Academician Yu, who was leaving the door, suddenly stopped walking.

"You, Divine Lord, should also know well that this child is special, to the extent that the Cult Leader personally requested the unblocking of his acupoints. But after going to the trouble of unblocking them, why are you suddenly trying to kill him... May I ask the reason?"

At Academician Yu's question, the Raging Fire Divine Lord could not answer.

It was because his raging anger had risen and was now threatening his brainstem.

It wasn't a crisis of qi deviation.

But the Raging Fire Divine Lord instinctively sensed that he had to calmly control his internal energy now.

Besides, the fact that he himself had completed his middle dantian was a secret that should not be revealed yet.

So he couldn't possibly say that his Pure Yang True Qi had been extorted by Gwi Seongjin.

"..."

"If you tell me the reason, I will consider your position to some extent when planning things."

"..."

As the Raging Fire Divine Lord continued to maintain his silence, Academician Yu's hair began to stand on end.

It was because he mistook it for the Raging Fire Divine Lord consolidating his killing intent.

"The Cult Leader has high hopes for this matter, so I cannot hand this child over to you now. But if this child fails to prove his worth, or conversely, if he successfully achieves his purpose... then the Cult Leader's thoughts will also change."

"If the bastard dies in the meantime, the responsibility..."

Speaking while circulating one's qi was an extremely dangerous act.

But as if his resentment had reached the heavens, the Raging Fire Divine Lord risked the danger and let out an angry voice.

"The Dark Spirit Council will protect him as much as possible so that such a misfortune does not happen. If necessary, we plan to request support from the Cult Leader."

"That support... I will do it."

"That is a matter for the Cult Leader to decide. And you have worked hard today. I will take my leave now."

Academician Yu, who had turned around and left the building, handed the limp Gwi Seongjin, who was like a corpse, to the old physician.

"Take him to a safe place and treat him."

"I understand."

Academician Yu, who had confirmed that the old physician had disappeared, turned to the Raging Fire Divine Lord with a tense expression.

As if he had somewhat calmed his surging anger in the meantime, the Raging Fire Divine Lord's bright red face seemed to have calmed down a little.

That too was brief.

Smoke billowed out from the Raging Fire Divine Lord's two ears and head like fireworks...

Flash.

A red radiance arose, brightly illuminating the surroundings, and disappeared.

Nothing had changed.

Only that the Sky-Piercing Halberd that had been in the Raging Fire Divine Lord's hand had returned to its original place.

A moment later.

Crack, crackle.

The stone wall of the new room that had been given to Gwi Seongjin cracked like a spider's web, and then collapsed with a roar, creating blue flames.

Looking at the pieces rolling on the ground, their cross-sections were all smooth as if cut by a blade.

Was it because the resentment of losing eighty years of accumulated skill was too great?

The Raging Fire Divine Lord once again poured out his palm force towards the collapsed stone wall.

Boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

Only after freely pouring out his resentment and anger like that did the Raging Fire Divine Lord move away from Academician Yu's line of sight.

(End of Chapter)