Spirit Pearl gra.s.s
"I heard that you made in to Spirit Martial realm all by yourself, are you proud? Today i will let you see clearly that you and i are of different stage, you and i… are of different fate!" Zhao Lie's momentum rose and ran, after 10 steps he did a 720 degree backflip and landed behind Qin Ming, the whole process was very smooth, he gave a cold smile and punched towards Qin Ming's neck.
The flames raging on his right hands.
Not only did he want to beat Qin Ming, he also wanted torture him once. He have waited for a very long time for this moment.
"Good! Good!"
"Beautiful!"
"Cripple him!"
The underlings were all getting excitingly cheering.
"You are too much Zhao Lie!"
But in a flash, Qin Ming suddenly turned his body and open his palm widely to receive the punch, there is electric arcs dancing in his palms, making it look very eye catching.
Peng!!
The wide open right palm was unexpectedly able to block Zhao Lie's fire punch, fire and lightning tangled with each other, both seemed to not want to lose.
Qin Ming didn’t even move an inch, both his legs were steadily on the stone stoll.
Zhao Lie was startled, how was this possible? He was very confident in his sneak attacks, he himself is at Spirit Martial realm grade 3 while Qin Ming is only a Spirit Martial realm grade 2.
Cai Yi was shocked. Grade 3? Why didn’t i know!
Qin Ming's wide open right hand tightly held onto Zhao Lie's fire punch, like an iron clamp squeezing on his finger bones.
Qin Ming blinked as he smirked, he activated Qi and threw Zhao Lie's body by grabbing his fist, Zhao Lie's body flipped and smashed onto the floor.
There was a loud crashing sound, and Zhao Lie's whole body was on the floor, his arms were twisted, only after a few seconds did a shrieking scream sound from the warehouse. "Ah…. My hand…"
"Senior brother!"
"Pariah! Let him go!"
[TL Note: Pariah means something like outcast and used to call someone of a lower social status.]
Those underlings were all panicking and don’t know what to do.
"Very sorry, i am also Spirit Martial realm grade 3! You talked alot, and you are correct to say that you and i are of different level." Qin Ming said as he threw Zhao Lie around the courtyard destroying everything in its path, this made Zhao Lie look like a sack, just that this sack is screaming pathetically while the surrounding was worst.
Qin Ming's strength was strangely strong, and he is very explosive too.
Without waiting for the underlings to charge forward, Qin Ming stood at his original spot, spun three times and then suddenly let go, causing Zhao Lie to be thrown towards the iron door.
"Hong long long", Zhao Lie made a line of bloodstains, and lay on the ground.
Cai Yi who was watching this scene was so shocked that she covered her mouth.
"Pariah Qin Ming! You're in f.u.c.king trouble… " the underlings were scolding while charging in one by one, Qin Ming frowned coldly, shouted: 'scram!"
The five of them boys and girls actually quivered and stopped moving forward.
Zhao Lie struggled to get up, just when he was going to become mad, he discovered that Qin Ming was walking towards him: "Qin Ming… dont come forward… we gentlemens talk with our mouth not our fists, we can talk about it, don’t come forward.. Do you hear, don’t f.u.c.king come forward."
Qin Ming stood in front of him, he twisted his neck and arm to make cracking sounds. "Was it painful?"
"Pain! Very painful! Lets not do this, we have known each other for so many years… there’s no need to…" Zhao Lie was afraid and panicking, how is this possible? How is Qin Ming Spirit Martial realm grade 3?
"What’s inside this? Spirit Pearl gra.s.s? Gift it to me." Qin Ming took away the embroidery pouch from Zhao Lie's waist.
"You… " Zhao Lie almost jumped.
"Hmm?"
"Okay, okay."
"Many thanks." Qin Ming hold onto the embroidery bag, and took out a stalk of lush green spirit plant, as expected of a middle grade spirit essence, Spirit Pearl gra.s.s, there is even a l.u.s.ter to it.
Although he don’t know how to use this treasure, but he knew more than anyone else the value of it.
While Zhao Lie was struggling to distance himself away from Qin Ming, his heart was feeling like it was going to collapse. I have spent so much effort to think of ways to reach Spirit Martial realm grade 3, how did Qin Ming do it.
The underlings then started to surround and hold him.
"Thats weird, Senior brother, how did he raise his level so fast?" they all couldn’t believe Qin Ming's strength.
"Cai Yi, it must be your doing!" Zhao Lie turned his anger towards Cai Yi. The great elder once commanded that, everyone in the Azure Cloud Sect cannot provide Qin Ming with any Spirit Essence, Martial skill and most importantly not to give him any advice on the Martial Dao, this is the punishment for Qin Ming. But now Qin Ming suddenly jumped to Spirit Martial realm grade 3, there must be something wrong.
Cai Yi tenderly raised her head: "So what if i did or did not? Look at you, you need to rely on your sister to get to Spirit Martial realm grade 3, with your talent, you won’t make it far even if you went into Wuzong Pavilion. What’s the point?"
"You…"
"Don’t think that you can be arrogant because if your coquettish sister, your sister cant even make it to the ranking in Azure Cloud Sect"
"Good! Very good! Just you wait!" Zhao Lie brought his underlings out, when he walked out of the iron door, he turned his head and looked at the embroidery pouch in Qin Ming's hands as he felt pained in his heart!
"Do come often, don’t forget to bring gifts" Qin Ming waved and sent them out.
"Don’t be arrogant! You will regret it later!"
"Hengheng, you silly, you even gave me a Spirit Pearl gra.s.s." Qin Ming said laughingly as he study the Spirit Pearl gra.s.s. Sentences like 'you better wait and see', 'i am going to cripple you', 'do you obey' and such, in these 8 years he had already listened until he was bored of it.
"Qin Ming, i heard you!" Zhao Lie almost wanted to rush over.
"I wanted to say that for you to listen."
Zhao Lie was just about to go mad, but was held down by the the disciples around him and brought out. This perverted guy is unexpectedly at Spirit Martial realm grade 3, he cannot be offended and wanted to quickly leave.
"Mr Qin, you are at Spirit Martial realm grade 3?" Cai Yi cant believe. Qin Ming wasn’t even able to manifest his Spiritual Strength, how is he suddenly at Spirit Martial realm grade 3? Although Qin Ming didn’t show himself for the past few month, there is something wrong, it should be impossible to raise his level this quickly.
"I broke through to Spirit Martial realm grade 3 five days ago."
"How did you do it?"
"I somehow broke through."
"I don’t believe you." Cai Yi looked at Qin Ming strangely, but he still felt happy for Qin Ming, those people pressured him for eight years, but in the end he still managed to succeed. He did not have any external help, no guidance from elders, all by his effort. The fact that he managed to finish the Spirit Quenching realm and advance to Spirit Martial realm, was already very scary, now he has also advanced to Spirit Martial realm grade 3, even she felt that something is wrong here.
"Advancing to grade 3 in 2 months is not exaggerated, it is only Spirit Martial realm grade 3."
"How is this not exaggerated, i also needed 2 months to break through to Spirit Martial realm grade 3, but it was personally taught by elders, it is because of the help of martial skills."
"Don’t be inferior, you are very beautiful, that’s all it matters."
Cai Yi stuck out her tongue. "You and your glib tongue."
"How do i use this Spirit Pearl gra.s.s to its maximum potential?"
"Just directly eat it. Chu Hua elder sure is generous, she unexpectedly gave Zhao Lie a middle grade Spirit Essence."
Spirit Essence is split into low grade, middle grade and high grade, for a normal disciple, they only get a few low grade Spirit Essence, of course Qin Ming with his servant status will definitely not get any, middle grade Spirit Essence is only given to those personal disciples, as for high grade Spirit Essence, even golden disciples don’t even get much.
Azure Cloud Sect's distribution of resource is purely based on the ranking of disciples.
"Then i won’t stand on ceremony." Qin Ming had never had a middle grade Spirit Essence so he is very looking forward to its effect.
"You are now at Spirit Martial realm, as you go further down the road of cultivation, you will need more Spirit Essence, do you want me to get some for you?"
"No need, i will think of something myself." Yue Qing used to give him a lot of stuff in the past, but they were all punished when they got discovered, after that, except for normal medicine and food, he never accept any other donations from Yue Qing, the more precious it is the more he cannot take as he didnt want to give Yue Qing more troubles.
"Zhao Lie's sister Zhao Ming is now at Spirit Martial realm grade 6 , you have to be careful and avoid if possible. I’ll go back first, eat the cake while it’s hot." Cai Yi said goodbyes to Qin Ming, and also greeted the old man on the way.
After the old man finish eating, he once again sit quietly at the lonely grave.
Qin Ming left some cakes for the old man on the stone table while he once again sat back down on the stone stool to swallow the Spirit Pearl gra.s.s and refine the pure Spiritual Strength in it.
No martial skill? Actually he has, but it was learnt in secret so no one will know.
No guidance? He has the talent to try it himself through fumbling.
Unable to go into the arena to train? He is able to fight everyone in the Azure Cloud Sect.
What does he have? Talent and willpower.
By learning in secret and with willpower, Qin Ming forcefully completed his Spirit Quenching realm, and step into Spirit Martial realm.
Even Qin Ming felt that he has improved way too fast after reaching Spirit Martial realm, it seems like he has it easier than others. Grade 3 in 2 months? That sounds a bit exaggerated. Qin Ming had thought about it before and the only reason is the Rebirth Exercise. After 3 years of studying and 2 years of integrating, he had gotten many benefits although it took up a lot of energy and time, Vital Qi from the Heaven and Earth seems to be changing him, allowing his body to improve in his adolescent stage.
This was Qin Ming's guess, he tried to ask the old man, but all he got was silence.
The Spiritual Strength in the Spirit Pearl gra.s.s surged, and the amount is equivalent to hundreds of low grade Spirit Essence, Qin Ming had to train till late night to totally convert all of it to his own Spiritual Qi. The special medicinal effect off Spirit Pearl gra.s.s also helped Qin Ming's injury.
Qin Ming just broke through to Spirit Martial realm grade 3, 1 stalk of Spirit Pearl gra.s.s allowed him to stabilize his cultivation and it is obvious as he can feel that  the Spiritual Strength in his body is more plentiful.
Spirit Pearl gra.s.s sure is a good thing, but when will he get another stalk?
Chu Hua elder should have given this Spirit Pearl gra.s.s to Zhao Lie for him to stabilize his cultivation so that he might have an easier time to break through to grade 4 in Wuzong Pavilion, this way she can have some face, and also stop others from saying that she chose a useless successor.
But now Qin Ming got it easily
Qin Ming stretched his stiff body, the sky was clear, and he can hear people training in Azure Cloud Sect, but this warehouse is so secluded that it is very quiet.
The old man still silently sits at the lonely grave, although the grave has a tombstone, but he tombstone has no words.
"Old man, come inside the house to sleep, you might catch a cold."
The old man's eyes moved, seemed to come back to reality from his thought, he looked at Qin Ming, today, his eyes seemed different from normal, it seems like it is less empty.
"Do you need me to help get you a blanket?"
Just as Qin Ming was going to leave, a faint hoa.r.s.e voice sounded: "The Yin and Yang, through the Spirit, Qi is easily made."
"What?" Qin Ming replied.
The old man with his back facing him, whisper silently: "when Vital Qi enters the body, it moves like a circle."
"Rebirth Exercise?" Qin Ming was shocked, could this be the other part of the Rebirth Exercise?
"戴九履一,左三右七,二四为肩,六八为足,五居其中。阳居四正,阴归四隅,中五居中,调停阴阳。上应北斗,下御八方。"
[TL Note: G.o.d dammit the amount of mnemonics i don’t want to translate mnemonics anymore T.T]
"Changes and decline in the growth."
Rebirth Exercise? Rebirth Exercise's second paragraph! Qin Ming was elated, it was too sudden, after 5 years, he finally got the Rebirth Exercise's second paragraph, he bowed deeply as thanks to the old man and immediately sat back down on the stone stool, and repeatedly read silently in his mind.
Could this paragraph be about the method of Qi circulation in the body.
In the past when Qin Ming cultivate, the first paragraph of the Rebirth Exercise only taught him how to devour the Vital Qi of Heaven and Earth, how to saturate it in his body, there was no other introductions. Qin Ming even wondered if the Vital Qi can be circulated like Spiritual Qi in his meridians, now he have a way to do it.