Chapter 1174 – Practice
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Zhao Hai nodded and said, “No matter what, we know that the Cultivation Realm is much stronger than the Machine Field . It’s quite clear seeing how the fleet reacted to the small boat . They couldn’t do anything else other than turn around and flee . We need to increase our strength if we want to win . ”
Laura nodded and then she said, “There’s still a few days before the start of the next round of the qualifiers . What does Brother Hai want to do?”
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, “I’ll be closing up . Margaret, when you leave, please tell the General Manager that I’ll be closing up . Tell him that I’ll need some food and drinks delivered to my room and that I’ll have you take care of me . This way, n.o.body should disturb us . Then you can head to back here as I try to condense astral qi in the yellowsand background . ”
Laura and the others weren’t surprised to hear Zhao Hai trying to absorb astral qi . They also weren’t worried about him . Now that the s.p.a.ce has its own yellowsand background, Zhao Hai wouldn’t be in any danger at all . Therefore, none of them stopped Zhao Hai from doing so .
When Margaret heard Zhao Hai, she immediately nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll take care of it . ” Then her body flashed as she left the s.p.a.ce . Then she promptly reported that Zhao Hai was going to do closed door cultivation .
Zhao Hai didn’t leave . Instead he turned to Laura and said, “I’ll be heading to the yellowsand background to practice . If I hadn’t come out when the round is about to start, have Cai’er call me . ”
Laura and the others nodded . Then Zhao Hai’s body flashed as he reappeared inside the yellowsand background . Upon appearing, Zhao Hai once again felt the winds of Yellowsand Planet . Since the background took after the planet, it wasn’t strange that the two places were quite similar .
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Zhao Hai didn’t pay attention to the surroundings . To be honest, there wasn’t much to see in the yellowsand background . Zhao Hai sat down on the ground and controlled his breathing . Once he reached a comfortable state, Zhao Hai stood up and began performing the body tempering fist .
But this time, as Zhao Hai was using the fist techniques, he also tried using the astral qi concentrating art . This wasn’t an easy task . One must know that the Stellar Transformation Body Tempering Technique was a special technique for body tempering . The main function of this method was attracting the power of the stars into the user’s body .
However, the power of the stars was quite powerful . It can be said that it was much more powerful than astral qi . The energy between the two was just different . In such a case, using the technique in order to attract astral qi instead would be very difficult .
But just like the Stellar Transformation Body Tempering Technique, the most important and most difficult step for condensing astral qi was introducing it into the body . It was essential for the user to be sober during this process since they need to quite the astral qi using their spiritual force . Otherwise, the astral qi would rampage . Astral qi wasn’t a docile type of energy . If one loses control over it, then their body would certainly be damaged .
Zhao Hai was much more uncomfortable when concentrating astral qi . This was because the body tempering technique was already a painful process . Adding astral qi to the mix made the process much more painful than before .
However, since Zhao Hai had already underwent body tempering before, his capacity for pain has been increased . But even if this was the case, Zhao Hai was still sweating buckets . His entire body hurt so much .
Fortunately, the body tempering technique didn’t let Zhao Hai suffer for long . In less than an hour, he was able to do one circulation of the technique . When this was completed, a bit of astral qi had been completely integrated into Zhao Hai’s body .
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Once Zhao Hai discovered that the astral qi had been integrated into the body tempering technique, he began to do his second cycle . But this time, Zhao Hai didn’t plan to absorb any astral qi . This was because he saw that even if the astral qi had entered his body, it had yet to be fully absorbed . Therefore, Zhao Hai needed to refine it more to make the astral qi his own .
So in his second go, Zhao Hai didn’t use the astral qi concentrating art . He still used the separation between body and mind, which he used when practicing the stellar body tempering technique . This way, he could feel less pain . Zhao Hai knew that he just absorbed astral qi into his body and he needed to digest it . This way he would truly refine the astral qi .
If people from the Cultivation Realm knew about Zhao Hai’s plan, they would definitely be surprised . This was because Zhao Hai’s method wasn’t the same as theirs . Their method was combining astral qi to their spiritual qi . This way, whenever they attack, its offensive strength would be more powerful .
However, what Zhao Hai was doing wasn’t like the ordinary method . Not only did Zhao Hai absorb astral qi to combine with his spiritual qi, he was also using astral qi to temper his body .
If the Cultivation Realm heard about this, they would certainly think that Zhao Hai was crazy . Astral qi combining with spiritual qi was already very painful . The pain from using astral qi to temper one’s body should hurt a lot more .
And Zhao Hai did it the first time . But to be honest, the process hurt so much . It almost reached the limit that Zhao Hai could bear . Because of this, Zhao Hai didn’t let more astral qi enter his body . Instead, he decided to digest it first .
After separating his consciousness from his body, Zhao Hai began using his body to perform the fist techniques . But as he continued to perform the techniques, Zhao Hai couldn’t help but feel puzzled . This was because he discovered that his body seems to be faster at performing the body tempering technique .
But even if this was the case, Zhao Hai knew that he couldn’t stop . If he suddenly stopped in the middle of the routine, all of the previous results would be wasted . Therefore, he continued . And while he was doing so, he discovered that as he refined his astral qi, his spiritual force was getting consumed more and more .
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When the routine ended, Zhao Hai let out a long breath . Then he had his spiritual force inspect his body . This was his most strenuous body tempering routine yet . After the routine, Zhao Hai felt that his spiritual force had been exhausted . This caused Zhao Hai to feel strange . One must know that Zhao Hai’s spiritual force was fully capable of supporting three routines of the body tempering technique .
And as Zhao Hai continued inspecting his body, he couldn’t help but stare . This was because the current situation wasn’t something that he expected .
When he absorbed astral qi into his body before, he could feel that there were traces of astral qi that hadn’t been fully combined with his spiritual qi and body . But actually, these traces were very faint . If Zhao Hai didn’t use his spiritual force to feel them, he couldn’t feel their presence .
Zhao Hai knew that even if he was able to digest astral qi into his spiritual qi and body, then he still wouldn’t be able to feel a thing . But now, when he scanned his body, he discovered that this wasn’t the case at all . His spiritual qi was improved, his spiritual force had become tougher as well . Most importantly, Zhao Hai could feel that the amount of astral qi in his body was far more than he imagined . It was more than what he calculated before .
Zhao Hai paused for a moment before thinking about why this was the case . Then in the end he thought of an answer . It might be related to the Stellar Body Tempering Technique .
The body tempering technique was beyond formidable . And after separating his consciousness and body, the Stellar Body Tempering Technique would draw in stellar energy in order to temper the body . And in the process of drawing the power of the stars, it also reinforces the user’s spiritual force . So as Zhao Hai uses the tempering technique, both of his body and spiritual force were enhanced .
This was the reason why Zhao Hai felt that there was more astral qi inside his body than he expected . Moreover, it was completely unified with his body and spiritual qi . It can be said that concentrating astral qi had been more than a success .
But what made Zhao Hai even more surprised was the fact that some astral qi had integrated into his spiritual force . Zhao Hai discovered that his spiritual force now had some elements of astral qi, even if it was a very small amount . Zhao Hai just didn’t know what this development would entail .
However, Zhao Hai changed his mind in the end . This astral qi wasn’t astral qi that existed outside, it was astral qi produced by the s.p.a.ce . It was impossible for the s.p.a.ce to harm the host . Instead of being harmless, this union would instead be beneficial .
Zhao Hai inspected his spiritual force and discovered that it was tougher than before . If it was a silk thread before he underwent the body tempering technique, then it became like a steel wire after the tempering technique, it was now an alloy steel wire after being merged with astral qi .
When he discovered this, Zhao Hai was elated . But even if he was happy, he didn’t immediately go back to practice . This was because his spiritual force had dried up . Even if a depletion of spiritual force wasn’t harmful to his body, one shouldn’t forget that the Stellar Body Tempering Technique and the Concentrating Astral Qi Art needed to be carefully controlled . Otherwise, it would be easy for him to go crazy .
Although these things had been curated by the s.p.a.ce and were deemed non-harmful to Zhao Hai, this didn’t mean that the s.p.a.ce could protect him if he practiced wrong . After all, Zhao Hai’s spiritual qi was inside his body, only he could affect it .
Zhao Hai went out of the yellowsand background and then went to the hot spring to take a bath . Then after he was refreshed and relaxed, he returned to the villa . At this time, Margaret had already come back . Meanwhile, Laura and the others were looking into news regarding the Machine Field . This was because the elimination round had a lot of casualties . The machine field was currently in a depressive atmosphere .
These deaths were talents that were nurtured by small influences . Resources and time were poured into them . But then, they just died in Yellowsand Planet . This caused these small powers to get angry and start to question the fairness of the elimination round .
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