After Li Huangquan broke the border and went out of the pass, he took away all the mid-to-high-level combat power of the sect, leaving only some old, weak and women and children with full happy on their faces chattering while avoiding rain in the sect protected by a great formation.

    In the simple yet grand hall facing north and south, Lu Jin'an boldly occupied the grand meeting hall that has a history of over a thousand years, practicing in the early morning under the eaves where the morning rain was drizzling.

    The remaining old and weak people of the Blood Royal Sect have no qualifications to enter here.

    In the sound of heavy rain, Lu Jin'an's breathing gradually became steady and rhythmic. During the process of inhaling, he allowed the qi to enter through the nostrils and deeply into the abdomen, mobilizing the qi and blood of five organs and six internal organs, feeling the fullness brought by qi and blood.

    After circulating this pure qi throughout the body for a full cycle, the impure qi generated from impurities is gradually exhaled through the mouth and nose.

    In the repeated cycles, the heart is powerful and the qi and blood are abundant. Particularly, the body gradually absorbed a layer of faint red glow.

    Exhale——

    In the rain curtain, a red falcon swooped in, landing on the tiles below the eaves, spreading its wings and shaking off the raindrops before silently watching Lu Jin'an as he generated aqi force different from spiritual energy through his morning exercise.

    This is a sign that one's cultivation in body refining has already taken effect.

    Xia Ming knows that his eldest brother practices every morning, alternating between cultivating spiritual energy and qi force every two days, and simultaneously cultivating spiritual energy and qi force once every three days.

    The eldest brother is extremely disciplined, but Xia Ming has never understood why he insists on refining his body.

    After all, the human race's cultivation of the body has not only failed to maintain its level, but has been gradually regressing for thousands of years – the resources consumed in breaking through the realm have not only increased, but it is also very difficult to break through.

    Even though in ancient times, before mastering spiritual energy, humans rose to power through their powerful physique cultivated through exercise and battles with beasts, although they later mastered spiritual energy and gradually developed the current spiritual force system through failure and success in generation after generation, there is no reason for refining the body to stop progressing, let alone regressing.

    If the heritages of human body refinement have not been severed, why has it become increasingly difficult to carry on the tradition?

    Is it because of the decline of human physical constitution?

    But even so, with the perfect spiritual force system, humans are now among the top hundred races. The strongest among them are even stronger than dragons and phoenixes. Therefore, even if body refining is not practiced, it's not a big deal.

    Why then, does the eldest brother still insist on refining his body, which is resource-intensive and rarely yields significant results?

    Xia Ming stopped pondering the question after tilting his head and observing for a while. After all, the Wandao Sect is not lacking in resources. As long as the eldest brother's body refining goes smoothly, it is not a loss.

    Lu Jinan continued to focus intently on his morning exercises. Just from Xia Ming's calm demeanor, it was clear that even after a night had passed, Li Huangquan still hadn't taken down the [South Zhou Alliance].

    Lu Jinan, who could feel the abundant qi and blood in his body, breathed in rhythm with the beats of his five internal organs.

    Although refining the body and cultivating qi are two different power systems, both pay great attention to the use of breathing methods.

    From breathing to breathing; qi fills the spiritual sea, and the innate qi fills the body's organs.

    Lu Jinan knows that the current human body refining system is much more difficult than in the past. However, as he was reincarnated into a new life, he has plenty of spare energy in refining qi, so it would be hard to think that he wouldn't challenge himself to see how far he can go.

    Moreover, there is no shortage of cultivation resources around him… When the meal is placed in front of him, if he does not take the initiative to eat it, it would be unacceptable.

    "The poison's concealment and toxicity, which Nan Zhi created and paired with the arts, are too strong."

    Lu Jinan silently thought, although he had completed the basic steps of refining the body such as practicing flesh, organs, bones, marrow, and meridians, he still hadn't noticed how Nan Zhi had poisoned him and the poison hidden within his body.

    Although Nan Zhi said this poison was her own creation, Lu Jinan thought it must be based on the foundation laid by the predecessors. There was a small droplet of blood contained in a small water pearl floating in a particulate substance, as well as the reference of maiden's blood...

    It seems like something that only the women of the Hehuan Sect could be involved in, no matter how you think about it.

    But he also thought that Nan Zhi might have been secluded in a small black room for a long time, so it was more likely that she had seen the origin of this poison from Qing Miao Palace.

    But on the other hand, Qing Miao Palace is a pure and sacred place that has always looked down on the Hehuan Sect. How could they have something like that?

    "Is it possible that the cultivators who entered the mortal world in order to refine their husbands into sword spirits like Nan Zhi, have become unconventional?"

    Muttering to himself internally, Lu Jinan finished his morning exercise, activated a gesture to clean the sweat from his body, and turned to look at Xia Ming: "Did you find anything?"

    Xia Ming transformed into the appearance of a girl with double braids, standing with his arms crossed and proudly saying: "I only remembered that I didn't bring a stone to check my physical constitution when I left for my journey two days ago!"

    "So, nothing was found?" Lu Jin'an smiled.

    "Of course not," Xia Ming, who was full of pride, shook his head: "I did find something. I discovered that Lin Mu has a girl named Xiao Li at the later stage of the Yin Dao realm. She presided over the defense array while Lin Mu was secluded. She was resisting Li Huangquan's personal attack. It's obvious that she is a genius!"

    Lu Jinan nodded: "That's good."

    "Oh yes," Xia Ming leaned over to him and curiously asked: "You said that Lin Mu comes from the upper realm. Why did they send him to such a remote and desolate place when the conditions in the upper realm are so good?"

    Lu Jinan placed his hands behind his back and said indifferently, "Lin Mu comes from the upper realm, yet he is not from the upper realm."

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    There was a bright stupidity in Xia Ming's eyes. He then crossed his arms and expressed dissatisfaction: "You're getting more and more like the old men in the sect. You speak in a mysterious way, which is hard to understand. I don't understand you at all."

    BOOM——

    A loud thunder echoed in the sky, brighterening the already gloomy sky. Lu Jinan gazed into the distance, as if the abnormal phenomenon that occurred when Li Huangquan broke through was there, but even more impressive.

    Xia Ming blinked and said: "He broke through? It's quite fast."

    After a pause, she said proactively, "Shouldn't we set off now?"

    "No need to rush, wait here."

    "Will he come? Do I need to go and lead him here to fight?" Xia Ming was very excited. It had been a long time since he saw the eldest brother show his strength.

    "No," Lu Jinan stopped her. There's a high probability that Zhu Nanzhi is over there. If she were to discover that Xia Ming, who had contact with him the day before, was like a small bird, what if she were to get jealous?

    It's very frightening when a sickly jealous person gets angry.

    "He will come," Lu Jinan said, "There's no need to rush."

    "All right," Xia Ming controlled his emotions, a bit curious about how the eldest brother would make him come over.

    Lu Jinan smiled slightly and opened his mouth again: "I just said that Lin Mu comes from the upper realm, but is not from the upper realm, right?"

    "Hmm, hmm!" Xia Ming nodded quickly: "Why?"

    Lu Jinan turned and walked towards the grand hall, speaking softly, "Possession."

    Xia Ming's eyes widened instantly: "Dominance? From the upper realm? A human?"

    Lu Jinan walked up the steps and sat in the position originally occupied by Li Huangquan, gazing out at the rain curtain outside, and said calmly: "Even if they are from the upper realm, they cannot break the rules."

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