God Emperor

When reaching the early stage of Huangji Realm, the "Qi Pool" becomes dozens of times larger, as big as a basketball.

The true energy in the qi pool is still very scarce, only a ball the size of an egg, which is less than one-tenth of the capacity of the qi pool.

Only by cultivating the true qi in the qi pool can one reach the next realm, the middle stage of Huangji realm.

Zhang Ruochen sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, opened the divine mark between his eyebrows, and began to practice the first level of "Taihuang Huang Jingtian" in the "Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Sutra".

True Qi flows out from the Qi pool and flows throughout the body along the opened meridians.

With the movement of the true energy in his body, Zhang Ruochen's body seemed to turn into a whirlpool and began to slowly absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth flows into the divine mark between the eyebrows.

The mark of Shenwu transforms the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into true energy and stores it in the energy pool. True Qi flows out from the Qi pool, along the meridians, and circulates throughout the body.

The true energy circulates in the body for one cycle.

After running for nine full days, when Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes again, he found that the amount of Qi in his body had doubled, reaching one-tenth of the capacity of the Qi pool.

If other warriors knew that they could double the amount of Qi in their bodies in such a short period of time, they would definitely be ecstatic.

However, Zhang Ruochen was a little dissatisfied, "After practicing for nine weeks, I have only gained such a small amount of Qi. It's too slow! It would be great if I could get a spiritual crystal! My cultivation speed can still be improved by one." Times!"

You must know that Zhang Ruochen practiced the "Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Sutra", and the speed of absorbing the true energy was faster than those warriors who practiced lower skills.

Naturally, he was very dissatisfied with the current speed of cultivation.

If you can have a spiritual crystal, you can speed up your cultivation by a lot.

Spiritual crystals are crystal stones formed by spiritual energy.

You can dig "natural spiritual crystals" from the underground veins, or you can kill wild beasts and dig out the "acquired spiritual crystals" inside the beasts.

The value of a spiritual crystal is generally equivalent to the value of a thousand silver coins. Only the nobles, or geniuses cultivated by big families, have the opportunity to obtain spiritual crystals.

One thousand silver coins is definitely a huge number for Zhang Ruochen and Concubine Lin now, and it is impossible to afford it.

"Spirit crystal!"

Zhang Ruochen's heart moved, and he immediately took out the white date-stone-shaped crystal that he had been wearing and held it in the palm of his hand.

Could this be a spiritual crystal?

As the true energy circulated in his body, the divine mark between his eyebrows immediately emerged and turned into a circular halo the size of a coin.

A white qi shot out from between the eyebrows and hit the white crystal stone.

"Wow!"

Four ancient characters appeared on the surface of the white crystal stone.

So weird!

Zhang Ruochen had never seen such words before, but he recognized four words at a glance - "Time and Space Crystal".

You know, in his last life, Zhang Ruochen also injected his true energy into the white crystal, but he never inspired the words on the surface of the crystal.

"In the last life, my cultivation was hundreds of times stronger than now, and there was no writing on the surface of the white crystal. In this life, my cultivation at the early stage of Huang Ji Realm actually caused the white crystal to change. It shows that the fundamental It’s not the reason for the intensity of the Qi, but the attribute of the Qi.”

For example, warriors with the Flame Divine Martial Mark will have the best effect using fire-attributed spiritual crystals, which can achieve three times the cultivation speed. Using ordinary spiritual crystals, you can only achieve twice the cultivation speed.

In nature, 90% of spiritual crystals have no attributes. Just like 90% of warriors, they can only inspire martial arts marks without attributes.

"Could it be that the Divine Martial Seal I opened also has certain properties that match this space-time crystal? Wait a minute, what is the space-time crystal?"

Zhang Ruochen was the son of Emperor Ming in his previous life. He was very knowledgeable and had heard of many spiritual crystals with properties, such as red flame spiritual crystals, black ice spiritual crystals, thunder and lightning spiritual crystals, evil blood spiritual crystals... However, he had never heard of time and space. Attribute spiritual crystal.

Because time and space cannot be controlled by humans at all. Even gods cannot shake time and space. They must follow the rules of time and space.

Just when Zhang Ruochen was still very puzzled, a halo of light appeared on the surface of the space-time crystal and turned into a vortex.

The vortex continued to grow, wrapping Zhang Ruochen's body.

Zhang Ruochen felt like the world was spinning. The next moment, he came to a closed space and fell heavily to the hard ground.

Fortunately, he completed the Marrow Cleansing and Chongmai, reached the early stage of Huangji Realm, and his body strengthened a lot. With his fragile body before, he would probably have died if he fell this time.

Zhang Ruochen got up from the ground, moved his painful muscles, and began to observe the surrounding space.

This space is completely airtight, with no doors or windows visible. The height of the space is about ten meters, and the length and width are also about ten meters.

"How could this happen? Where did I come in? Where is this? Hey! There is a stone platform there!"

There is only one stone platform in the entire space.

There is a rolled-up painting and a silver iron book placed on the stone platform. Apart from that, there is nothing else!

Zhang Ruochen took the lead to get the painting, but the painting was extremely heavy, as if it was integrated with the stone platform. No matter how much force Zhang Ruochen used, the scroll would not move at all.

Since he couldn't pick up the scroll and couldn't open it, Zhang Ruochen could only give up temporarily and stare at the thin silver iron book.

On the surface of the silver iron book were written four words: "Secret Book of Time and Space!"

This time, Zhang Ruochen was prepared. He circulated his true energy throughout his body, mobilized all his strength, and opened the first page of the "Secret Code of Time and Space".

"So...easy?"

"Secret Code of Time and Space" is very easy to read without any effort.

Zhang Ruochen shook his head angrily, stopped circulating his Qi, picked up the "Secret Code of Time and Space", held it in his hand, and read it carefully.

What is recorded on the first page of the "Secret Code of Time and Space" is not a secret code of practice, but the transcript of the previous owner of the space-time crystal, "Holy Monk Xumi".

After Zhang Ruochen read the transcripts of Saint Monk Xumi, he finally understood everything.

"It turns out that the Divine Martial Seal I opened is actually the Space-Time Divine Martial Seal. According to the Holy Monk Xumi, not one among hundreds of millions of people can open the Space-Time Divine Martial Seal. From ancient times to the present, there are only two people, including me, there are three .”

"Holy Monk Xumi was the second person to open the mark of the divine martial arts of time and space. However, according to the time he recorded in the "Secret Code of Time and Space", he died more than 100,000 years ago. More than 100,000 years ago, that It’s already the Middle Ages, so far away from now.”

The space that Zhang Ruochen is currently in is the inner space of the space-time crystal.

The flow speed of time in the inner space is completely different from that in the outside world. After practicing in the inner space for three days, only one day passes in the outside world.

Zhang Ruochen was overjoyed and said excitedly: "I practiced for three days inside and only one day passed outside. Isn't it three times more time to practice than others out of thin air? That's great."

Zhang Ruochen wanted to turn to the second page of the "Secret Code of Time and Space", but no matter what method he used, he could not open the second page.

"Can't open it again."

Zhang Ruochen had the urge to throw the "Secret Code of Time and Space" to the ground. Suddenly, there was a line of small words in the last row of the first page he was looking at.

"Cultivation to the small extreme level of Huangji Realm, injecting true energy into the scroll, you can open the scroll."

Zhang Ruochen stared at the scroll again, guessing in his mind that there must be some mysterious technique recorded in the scroll, maybe related to the time and space of cultivation.

"Practice hard and strive to break through to the Xiaoji position as soon as possible. But let's see what secrets are hidden in the scroll?"

"Small pole position" is the fourth small realm of the Huangji realm, and above it is the middle pole position, the great pole position, and the great perfection.

Zhang Ruochen felt a sense of hunger in his belly, and he immediately temporarily withdrew from the inner space of the space-time crystal and returned to his room again.

He held the space-time crystal tightly in his hands. With this crystal, he would be more confident that he could reach the late stage of Huangji Realm within three months.

Zhang Ruochen, Concubine Lin, and maid Yun'er were sitting together to have breakfast.

The food they ate was just white rice and steamed buns, with no meat at all.

For warriors, the physical strength consumed is much greater than that of ordinary people, so what they eat is very important.

The other princes and princesses who have opened the mark of divine martial arts eat "blood pills" made from the blood of wild beasts every day, and have stopped eating ordinary food for a long time.

Taking one blood pill can replenish your physical strength for a whole day. Even if you practice boxing and swordsmanship for a day, you will not feel hungry.

Moreover, taking blood pills can also improve blood energy, strengthen martial body, and increase physical strength.

If Zhang Ruochen only eats white rice and steamed buns, even if he eats eight meals a day, it will not be enough for his body.

"Chen'er, you have now activated the Divine Martial Seal and can no longer eat ordinary food. You should accept these ten blood pills first. If they are not enough, my mother is thinking of other ways." Concubine Lin took out a jade bottle and Pass it to Zhang Ruochen.

Zhang Ruochen was eating steamed buns and had no idea that Concubine Lin could actually take out ten blood pills. She said with some confusion: "Mother, it takes five silver coins to buy one blood pill. Ten blood pills are worth fifty silver coins. Where did you get so much money?"

Concubine Lin smiled and said, "Mother always has a way."

The maid Yun'er stood behind Concubine Lin and said, "The empress sold her favorite golden hairpin, and then went to the elixir market to exchange it for ten blood pills!"

Concubine Lin glared at Yun'er gently, as if blaming her for talking too much, and then said: "Chen'er, don't think too much, as long as you can cultivate into a real warrior, my mother will sell all the accessories. , will also support you to continue practicing."

Zhang Ruochen was extremely moved. He squeezed the jade bottle tightly in his hand and bit his lip. He wanted to tell Concubine Lin that he had now become a true warrior.

No, you can't do that.

It was too fast to open the Qi pool and complete the marrow cleansing and pulse channeling in just one night. If the news accidentally leaked out, it would definitely reach the ears of other princes and queens. When the time comes, it will harm himself and Concubine Lin.

He is still too weak now and needs more strength.