Insufficient balance

  A thread of dark, mysterious aura was constantly rolling in Li Yi's palm, this aura sometimes thick and sometimes thin, changing countless times in an instant, and every time it was about to disappear, Li Yi would always stimulate another aura to make up for it, so that the black aura in his palm did not disperse.

  "Is this what it means to have inner energy?"

  Li Yi muttered to himself, then shook his head: "No, according to the rules of the Dou Shen Continent, at this moment, the yuanqi absorbed from the heavens and earth can only be used to wash the marrow and meridians, and cannot be stored in the body for a long time. Therefore, it can only be barely called yuanqi, not douqi. Only when the washing of the marrow with yuanqi reaches a certain amount, will there be an opportunity to condense douqi vortex in the body, reaching the level of a Dou Zhe."

  "But just how many crystal yuan of spiritual energy do I have now?"

  In the Dou Sheng continent, any level is divided into nine stages, from one crystal to nine crystals, which is also easy to remember.

  For example, the yuanqi in the early stages of cultivation is also divided into one to nine crystals.

  However, Li Yi did not have a special concept about this and did not know what situation he was in at the moment. Although there is a special crystal on the Dou Shen Continent that can test the level of yuan energy in his body, but he does not have such a thing around him.

  However, he is not without a way out.

  Li Yi's face revealed a hint of playful smile, he slowly stood up and jumped towards the shore, this time his figure steadily landed on the grass, making a soft rustling sound.

  He then pointed with his hand and gestured towards a lush green tree beside him.

  A crisp "crack" sound, and several distinct fingerprints appeared on the trunk of the tree, as if they had been printed there.

  Seeing this, Li Yi couldn't help but nod his head. This method of cultivating Qi was indeed worth learning, and he had only been secretly practicing for a month, yet his physical condition had already reached three or four tenths of its strength in his past life.

  Although this intensity may not be satisfactory for Li Yi, it is much better than his previously weak body.

  Just cultivating like this, I don't know if I can form a Dou Qi vortex within three months.

  Li Yixu had no idea about this, but he did know one thing: if he didn't form a Dou Qi vortex within three months, things wouldn't be as simple as he imagined.

  "Recently, the accumulation of yuanqi seems to have reached a bottleneck, it looks like it's also time to use that method."

  The practice of Tianmo Jiubian is extremely unusual, and within its methods, it introduces a way to rapidly increase one's strength: absorbing the Blood Calamity Qi.

  It is worth noting that the cultivation method of Dou Qi has different attributes according to the different methods of cultivation, and after cultivating, each attribute will have its own properties. If the same attribute of Yuan Qi is absorbed, the speed of cultivation will be greatly accelerated. For example, the fire-attribute Dou Qi cultivation method, if combined with the fire spirit's breath, will have the best effect; while the water-attribute cultivation method, if practiced in a place with dense water spirit's breath, can also accelerate the speed of cultivation by several points...

  However, Mo Jiu's Nine Transformations required what was known as Blood Evil Qi.

  As for this, Tiān Mó Jiǔ Biàn has a detailed account of several places with strong blood evil aura, but these place names make Li Yì's head ache. Let alone whether he can find those places, even if he finds them, it's another problem whether he will have time to cultivate.

  So now Li Yi wants to quickly improve his strength, so the only way is to artificially create a Blood Slaughter Land.

  Fortunately, this is not very difficult. According to the Tianmo Jiubian records, usually on weapons that have seen blood, there is a bloody aura, of course, the degree of concentration is different for each one.

  "It seems that it's also time to go out for a walk, and by the way, I can try to see how many yuan of energy is left in my body."

  Once again stepping into the Li family's courtyard, Li Yi suddenly had a feeling as if he was in another world.

  He originally practiced in the back mountain of Li's house, which belongs to the forbidden land of Li's house.

  As Li Yi slowly walked out of the forbidden area, two black-clad men who were originally hiding in the dark suddenly appeared in front of him.

  Li Yi naturally knew at this moment that these black-clad men were all Li family's personal guards, and they were the kind from Li Han's direct lineage. It can be said that this is the strongest power on the surface of the Li family, but as for how much power there is behind the scenes, it depends on his own cheap old father.

  The two Li family guards slightly bowed and then the eyes of both people on Li Yi's body simultaneously burst out with a flash of light, the one on the right with an astonished expression said: "Congratulations young master, in just one month's time, not only did you successfully wash your marrow, but also cultivated three crystal yuanqi, if the family head knew about this, he would definitely be overjoyed."

  Upon hearing this, Li Yi couldn't help but slightly furrow his brow. At this moment, he also knew that the method of cultivating Qi was relatively easy at first, but as one's cultivation progressed, it became extremely difficult to advance to the next stage. He was also aware that the quality of the Yuan Qi in his body was not high, but he had never imagined that there were only three crystals.

  That Li family guard saw Li Yi's expression and immediately understood his thoughts. He smiled slightly: "Young master doesn't have to be overly humble, being able to cultivate three crystal yuanqi in just one month is already considered a genius among our Li family. If the head of the house knew about your current achievements, he would probably be delighted... However..." His tone shifted, with a hint of embarrassment, "The head of the house also instructed that if you can't reach the level of a Dou Zhe, then we two cannot let you leave this rear mountain forbidden area privately."

  Li Yi's mouth twitched, he didn't expect that cheap old man to be so distrustful of him. He let out a slight sigh and said, "I won't hide it from you two either, this time I came out to find some things to help with my cultivation. I've been stuck on the third crystal for several days now, if I don't find something, it will greatly affect my cultivation speed."

  The two Li family guards exchanged a glance, both secretly astonished. They couldn't believe that their young master had changed so much in just one month of cultivation, transforming from his usual arrogant and domineering personality to become so polite and courteous, as if he were a completely different person. However, despite their surprise, the two men didn't dare lose their composure and instead said in unison: "We don't dare! Since young master is out seeking help with cultivation materials, our lord has also given orders that no matter what young master needs, we will purchase everything for him."

  After that, the two of them immediately put on an air of "Young Master, just give us orders, we'll definitely get it done". It's worth noting that different martial arts have different cultivation methods, and even within the Li family's cultivation method, there are one or two doors that can be used to quickly increase strength with the help of external objects, so Li Yi's request was something these two personal guards could understand.

  Li Yi slightly furrowed his brow. Given his cautious personality from his past life, would he entrust such matters to someone he had only met once?

  He rubbed his nose and smiled wryly, saying: "You two, what I want is not clear for the time being, so I'll just go get it myself. If you're afraid of having trouble explaining to Father, then I'll go tell him personally."

  The two Li family guards hesitated for a moment, but they were not the kind of stubborn people. After a while, one of them said: "Well, since young master has given orders like this, we can't say much more. However, if the head of the household blames us, we'll have to ask young master to put in a good word for us."

  Li Yimiao smiled slightly and said: "This is natural, but I think Father shouldn't be that kind of unreasonable person either? So the two elder brothers don't have to worry."

  Having said that, Li Yi patted his hand and slowly walked towards one side.

  After leaving the forbidden mountain area, Li's big yard appeared in Li Yi's line of sight.

  Wancheng City was built on a mountain, with a magnificent momentum, and is one of the large cities in the Tianfeng Empire. As the Li family is the overlord of Wancheng City, it naturally occupies the best location, so strolling through the Li family's large courtyard, you can see birds chirping and flowers blooming everywhere, which makes people's spirits shake.

  Li Yi walked a few steps before deciding to head to the family's armory, but then changed his mind. His position in the Li household was sensitive, and if he were to take away a large batch of weapons at once, it might raise suspicions in the eyes of those with ill intentions, potentially causing trouble.

  In addition, although Li Yi had some understanding of this world due to the fusion of memories, many things were naturally different without being seen with his own eyes. At this time, Li Yi decided to walk around the market in Wancheng City.

  He walked around the Li's compound for a few more rounds and finally arrived at the front gate of the Li's house. As he couldn't help but marvel at the vastness of the Li's property, his gaze fell on a large empty space in front of the courtyard.

  Only on this empty land were dozens of young men and women practicing their skills, some with weapons in hand, others empty-handed.

  Several middle-aged men who looked quite dignified occasionally pointed at each other in the venue.

  Li Yi stood at the edge and took a closer look, and he already understood in his heart that this was probably the cultivation of Douji. However, compared to the Douji he had seen for the first time, the techniques used by these young men and women didn't have any special features, except that when some of them swung their weapons, there were a few flashes of strange light, which looked quite good.

  Although Li Yi didn't study this fighting technique at all, as the saying goes, "one principle is understood, a hundred principles are understood". In his previous life, he was after all a famous assassin in the dark world, and his skills were not weak. His close combat skills were among the top three in the dark world. So, with just a few casual glances, Li Yi had already seen that the fighting techniques used by these people, although they looked powerful, would likely only be able to injure someone if they landed on them. However, those moves were big and clumsy, with power but lacking finesse, looking like they were full of openings. It's unknown what use these people would be in a real fight.

  If so, then what's called a clan gathering is just this kind of person taking the stage. If you go up and show off a bit, it doesn't seem too hard, does it?

  At this thought, a faint smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of Li Yi's mouth...