After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 193 Condensing Gas into Liquid

At the Shadow Stone Wall of Tianjian Mountain, everyone watched as the familiar giant-winged demon eagle landed near the Kunyuan Palace in the dense forest, but this time the familiar evil ghost was nowhere to be seen.

"It seems the evil spirit ultimately failed to achieve the feat of conquering all five palaces single-handedly," someone said with some regret.

"How could he bear to give that up? It's a title! If it were me, I would fight for it even if there was only the slightest chance."

"The leader of the Aoki Society would certainly not allow such a powerful opponent to appear, especially since he was originally a member of the Aoki Society. Isn't it normal for him to force the evil spirit to give up the competition for the title?"

"How did the leader of the Aoki-kai manage to make someone like the demon bow down to him? We still haven't seen any footage of the girl they're talking about wearing the Aoki mask."

"That's what makes it so terrifying! It's as if an invisible hand is manipulating all the storms chosen by the sword."

Tianjian Mountain Top

"What was that kid thinking?" Sword Master Haoyue murmured as he looked at the scene before him.

"With such strength and methods, yet willing to play a supporting role to the leader of the Green Wood Society, this kid can't be like Chi Yuan, can he?" Zhu Yan Sword Master suddenly realized.

"Zhu Yan, what do you mean!" Chi Yuan's face darkened instantly.

"That's quite possible!" the young man in hemp clothing said thoughtfully.

"I'm rather looking forward to seeing just how stunningly beautiful that girl is," the young man in white said with a smile.

“I think you’re wrong. Didn’t you see Xiao Yi is also in the Green Wood Society? We don’t know about others, but you don’t know how proud and arrogant Xiao Yi is. It’s not just personal charm that can make Xiao Yi willingly assist her,” the blonde woman suddenly said.

“Everyone in the Aoki Society is a top genius in this sword selection. She must have been planning this selection for a long time to gather all these people together,” the black-haired woman said slowly.

"Then let's help her out! Once the Kunyuan Palace opens, we'll send the ranking stele inside," said Haoyue Sword Master with a smile.

Valley of the Demon Eagle.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Qingyun slowly walked towards the stone gate. Her steps were elegant and steady, and each step seemed to contain some kind of mystery.

All the onlookers saw was her gently waving the crystal-clear jade tablet in her hand, and streams of powerful and pure Kun Yuan Qi poured out of the jade tablet like a surging torrent, continuously flowing into the stone gate.

As time passed, a beam of azure light shot into the sky, so dazzling that it completely obscured the sun's rays.

As the azure light rose, the Kunyuan Hall in the Demon Eagle Valley was fully activated. A lifelike image of a giant winged demon eagle appeared on the stone gate. It spread its wings, covering the sky and the sun, and its sharp claws gleamed with a cold light, making people shudder.

The members of the Aoki Society and the many sword-selection candidates from the Upper Red Jade Society all looked up and watched the azure light disappear into the sky, their eyes filled with amazement and shock.

Almost at the same moment, the stone gates of the other four Kunyuan Palaces scattered throughout the Kunyuan Secret Realm also emitted their own unique and dazzling light. Some were like raging flames, some like shimmering lake water, and others like twinkling stars adorning the scene...

As the light gradually subsided and eventually dissipated, the five tall and heavy stone doors slowly opened simultaneously, like a long-dormant beast slowly opening its eyes.

Through the slowly opening crack of the door, one could see that it was pitch black inside, deep and gloomy, giving one a sense of inexplicable fear.

Qingyun took a deep breath to calm her nervous emotions, then turned to look at the Wentianmen members behind her.

After seeing Shen Xu nod slightly to her, she took the lead and stepped into the interior of the Kunyuan Hall. As Wentian and the others followed Qingyun into the Kunyuan Hall, the others hurriedly followed behind and filed in.

However, before they could even see their surroundings clearly, a blinding white light suddenly flashed before their eyes!

The white light was so intense that it was impossible to look directly at it, instantly filling everyone's vision and causing them to involuntarily close their eyes.

When Shen Xu opened his eyes again, he found himself in a completely dark space. Without hesitation, he took out the White Yuan Lamp.

As the white lamp lit up, the surrounding scenery gradually became clear. He was in a man-made, enclosed stone chamber with rough stone walls on all sides and not even a window.

After careful observation, he was certain that he was not currently inside the Kunyuan Palace, but had been teleported to another location by that white light.

Looking towards the center of the stone chamber, one sees a small pool about ten feet square, filled to the brim with a colorless liquid.

Although it looked no different from ordinary water, Shen Xu could sense an unusually abundant vital energy inside. It was not water, but liquefied vital energy.

"So this is the Yuan Condensation Pool. I originally thought it would be a large public bathhouse, but it turns out to be a private room. I wonder how many Yuan Nourishing Pills it would take to form such a pool of Yuan Liquid." Squatting down to feel the Yuan Liquid slipping through his fingers, Shen Xu couldn't help but sigh.

The space where the Condensation Pool is located is specially manufactured to keep the primordial liquid condensed and not dispersed.

Shen Xu had even considered whether he could bring the Yuan liquid in the Condensation Pool to the outside world, but he later realized that it was a foolish idea, because he discovered that once the Yuan liquid in the Condensation Pool left the Condensation Pool, it would dissipate to the outside world with lightning speed.

This was a great pity for Shen Xu, as he did not have a suitable container to hold the Yuan liquid.

In his previous life, he broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm in a daze, so he had no experience whatsoever in how to break through to the Qi Condensation Realm.

As far as he knew, the key to breaking through to the Qi Condensation Realm was to successfully generate a Qi vortex, through which one could condense a large amount of Qi into drops of liquid Qi.

The methods for generating and rotating the vortex of primordial energy described in different cultivation techniques are all different, and the efficiency of condensing primordial liquid is naturally different as well. Now he can only follow the description of the Cloud Mist Illusion True Technique step by step.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu no longer hesitated and slowly walked into the Condensation Pool. As he entered, a large amount of Yuan liquid immediately overflowed into the room, turning into thick Yuan mist that drifted throughout the room.

The primordial liquid is formless and shapeless. Even after it was transformed into primordial liquid, he still felt no physical sensation. However, he could feel every pore of his body expanding as if trying to absorb the primordial liquid from the outside.

This feeling made him feel very comfortable, as if he could forget all the troubles of the world, but it also made his head a little dizzy. After his eyelids drooped a few times, he fell into a deep sleep in the Yuanchi.

While he was asleep, the Cloud Mist Illusion Technique began to operate automatically, gradually replacing the impure primordial energy in his body with the pure primordial energy in the Condensation Pool that was almost free of impurities.

When Shen Xu woke up, the vital energy in his body was still constantly being replaced. After discovering this change, he began to take control of the process.

With his guidance, the process began to accelerate. The vital energy in his body was gradually replaced by purer vital energy until the last wisp of impure vital energy in his meridians was expelled. All the vital energy in his body was then replaced by the extremely pure vital energy in the Condensation Pool.

He slowly exhaled a rich breath of vital energy, feeling as if every pore of his body was overflowing with incredibly rich vital energy.

The process of replenishing vital energy is also a process of adjusting his physical condition in all aspects. As this process is completed, his physical and spiritual state reaches a relatively peak state.

He took out three Condensation Fruits from his storage ring and swallowed them. The three fruits instantly turned into a colorless and odorless mild primordial liquid in his mouth.

Shen Xu immediately began to circulate the Cloud Mist Illusion Technique, gradually channeling the Yuan Liquid within his body into his dantian. A cool sensation continuously emanated from his meridians and dantian, which he knew was an illusion caused by the flow of Yuan Liquid.

Once all the vital energy in his body had flowed into his dantian, he began to slowly circulate the vital energy in his dantian according to the Qi Condensation Realm of the Cloud Mist Illusion True Technique. At the same time, he began to slowly guide all the vital energy in his dantian to rotate in a special way.

The process of swirling vital energy within the dantian must be controlled at a specific speed. If the speed is too fast, the dantian will not be able to withstand it; if the speed is too slow, the vital energy vortex cannot be successfully generated.

This requires the soul to have sufficient control over the vital energy, and Shen Xu's soul strength has always been strong, so controlling a large amount of vital energy to rotate at a constant speed is naturally a piece of cake.

Time passed slowly, and as the vital energy circulated, it continuously dissipated from his dantian to the outside world, while pure vital energy continuously entered Shen Xu's dantian from the Condensation Pool. The circulation of the two formed a delicate balance.

It's unclear how much time has passed, but the vortex of vital energy within Shen Xu's body has become incredibly solid, radiating a milky white light.

Feeling that the vortex of vital energy within his dantian was sufficiently solidified, he began to gradually relax his control over it.

As his last bit of control disappeared into his dantian, the vortex of primordial energy within his dantian did not slow down its rotation due to the loss of his control; instead, it continued to rotate slowly at a constant speed.

Shen Xu was overjoyed upon seeing this. He knew that he had successfully generated a spiritual energy vortex. All he needed to do next was to successfully condense a drop of Yuan Liquid so that he could become a true Qi Condensation Realm cultivator.

Circulating the Cloud and Mist Illusion Technique, Shen Xu began to absorb the pure primordial energy from the Condensation Pool, and then slowly injected it into the white vortex in his dantian through a new meridian route.