Chapter 1 The Earthly Rankings

The first on the Earthly Rankings, Heroic King Yun Haitian, specializes in the Heroic Righteousness Saber, Myriad Waves Crashing Palm... Record: A hundred battles in his life, seven Qi Vessel souls under his blade, more than twenty defeated by his hand. He has also fought multiple times with the Beggar Clan Leader, Divine Vessel expert Wang Jianglong, yet only injured but not killed him. If he hadn't suffered severe injuries early on, he would have already achieved Divine Vessel. Therefore, naming him first on the Earthly Rankings is well-deserved."

"The Heroic King is indeed worthy of the first spot..."

Huang Pu nodded slightly, but his expression stiffened as he looked further down.

Tie Shan's expression also changed.

Because the second on the Earthly Rankings was none other than An Qisheng!

"The second on the Earthly Rankings, Blood Demon An Qisheng, specializes in long spear, palm techniques, Soul-Snatching Demon Skill... Record: In the Hua Yan Mountains, he slaughtered hundreds of martial artists in one battle. After achieving great success in the demonic art, he killed two Great Qi Vessel Xiantian, Xue Chaoyang and Tuoba Chongguang, unscathed in a one-against-two fight...

Therefore, he is ranked second."

"The third on the Earthly Rankings, Twelve Linked Strongholds, Fu Fei..."

The Earthly Rankings listed as many as seventy-two people, twice as many as the Heavenly Rankings, but everyone no longer had the mood to continue reading.

"Daoist Priest, this is praising to kill..."

Tie Shan frowned.

How could the Embroidered Uniform Guard promote someone's name for no reason?

In his opinion, being on this list meant that countless troubles were about to come.

Which Jianghu person would be willing for someone to emerge out of nowhere?

Moreover, someone without a sect, despised by the martial world, and wanted by the imperial court, this was simply a target!

"The imperial court is truly shameless..."

Unexpectedly, An Qisheng smiled.

He originally thought that the imperial court would rank him first, but fortunately, the Heroic King's record was too solid, with many battles throughout his life, and even a record of fighting a Divine Vessel expert and not dying. Even if the imperial court was shameless, no one would believe it if they ranked him above the Heroic King.

On the contrary, it would make people doubt the authenticity of the list.

After condensing the Qi Vessel, a person communicates with heaven and earth, with no flaws in the body, and true qi reaches everywhere.

But Qi Vessels also have strengths and weaknesses.

In the past half month, in addition to entering his own dream to fight Xue Chaoyang and Tuoba Chongguang time and time again, he also entered the dreams of the two of them, as well as Zhao Changlin and Lan Da. The strengths of these four Great Qi Vessel experts varied.

Among them, Xue Chaoyang was the strongest, followed by Zhao Changlin, then Tuoba Chongguang, and finally Lan Da.

Entering the dreams of the four people, coupled with the other Qi Vessel experts seen through the eyes of many martial artists, An Qisheng also had a deep understanding of Qi Vessels.

The more complex the Qi Vessel structure and the more complex the true qi circulation, the stronger the achieved Qi Vessel.

The difference can sometimes be huge.

The four were certainly not weak among Qi Vessels, but they were not top-tier.

"Daoist Priest can still laugh?"

Tie Shan was a little speechless.

Although he knew that An Qisheng had killed Xue Chaoyang and Tuoba Chongguang alone, the Heroic King Yun Haitian had once fought seven people alone and still won, forcibly killing a Great Qi Vessel expert in the Crimson Training Demon Sect.

And he was still a powerful figure who escaped from the hands of the Divine Vessel Grandmaster, Crimson Training Dharma King!

Regardless of record or qualifications, An Qisheng should not have been ranked second by a long shot.

"If I don't laugh, what then?"

An Qisheng shook his head slightly, put the white paper in his arms, and said leisurely:

"In any case, it's a good thing to make a name for myself..."

What he was thinking at this time was different from Tie Shan.

'A Divine Vessel strike is enough to evaporate a ten-mile-long river, so how can the Heroic King Yun Haitian fight a Divine Vessel and not die?'

An Qisheng couldn't help but be curious about the Divine Vessel experts.

Unfortunately, there were very few people in the world who could see Divine Vessel experts fight, and even Xue Chaoyang and Huang Pu, who were very close to Divine Vessel Grandmasters, had never seen it.

Huang Pu and Gui Xiaoer exchanged glances, and they were also a little worried as they shook their heads inwardly.

This old Daoist Priest was about to become the center of a storm vortex.

"Let's go!"

An Qisheng waved his hand slightly, closed his eyes, and entered his own dream.

Huang Pu gritted his teeth hatefully, sat cross-legged, and stirred up his true qi to drive the boat to ride the waves.

Along the way, he had been used as a boatman.

Gui Xiaoer scratched the back of his head and also began to mobilize his true qi.

Whoosh~~~

Two True Qi Realm experts mobilized their true qi together, and the small boat suddenly shot away like an arrow from a string.

Its speed was so fast that the people on the surrounding large ships were dumbfounded.

On a small boat, everyone fell into silence.

Tie Shan closed his eyes and circulated his inner strength, while Huang Pu and the other bit their teeth and stirred up their true qi.

An Qisheng entered his own dream, circulating his blood and inner strength while comprehending true qi.

His state at this time was extremely delicate.

Although he hadn't achieved Great Success in Blood Exchange for long, because of his supreme control over his body, the newly generated powerful blood had already completed a true replacement, and every subtle place had been greatly sublimated.

Until now, the improvement of his physique had been extremely limited.

Any horizontal training methods recorded in martial arts were no longer effective for him.

With his current physique, it was already a natural thing to receive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and condense true qi.

The reason he didn't do so was to comprehend many true qi secrets and try to find a true qi path that was most suitable for him.

In the Jiu Fu world, everything has spiritual energy.

Thunder, great sun, red moon, mountains, rivers, plants, earth, rivers, seas... The true qi born after combining countless kinds of heaven and earth spiritual energy with one's own inner strength is also completely different.

He had entered Tong Zhengyang's dream many times, and had felt Tong Zhengyang's regret more than once.

Tong Zhengyang had undoubtedly condensed qi to the most powerful extent, but he still regretted it because he had lacked cultivation techniques and snatched the Dragon Tiger Pure Yang Qi to condense true qi.

As a result, the condensed true qi did not match him, and he could not reach the pinnacle of Qi Vessel in the most perfect posture.

With the lessons of the past in front of him, An Qisheng would naturally not choose blindly.

True qi condensation is related to Qi Vessel and Divine Vessel, so it must not be taken lightly.

However, he was not idle. At the same time as entering his dream, in the dim vision, the 'stick figure' that he had already filled into a complete human form was still practicing boxing.

Qi Vessel, as the name suggests, is the Qi Vessel through which true qi runs, which is not the same system as blood flow.

The martial arts system of the Jiu Fu world uses that seed of true qi as a second 'heart' to construct another large network of Qi Vessels throughout the body, distinct from the blood network, that only allows true qi to flow.

This Qi Vessel network can be complex or simple. The simple ones only construct an ordinary cycle and then advance to Qi Vessel.

The complex ones have no limit.

Only at this step can the difference between large sects and casual cultivators be truly distinguished.

The large sects with long inheritance have countless predecessors who have deduced and explored the Qi Vessel system, which is not only simple in structure, but also more powerful.

Casual cultivators are different. Even if they obtain a martial arts secret manual, it is impossible to deduce a complete Qi Vessel system from a single manual.

But An Qisheng discovered that he had a better choice.

This discovery came from the time when he understood Dan Strength and held the Sacred Embryo.

The 'people' of the Jiu Fu world and the 'people' of Xuan Xing, although they look like the same species, are actually different in their inner workings.

The whole difference is in the meridians.

An Qisheng is temporarily unable to trace the origin of the two worlds' races and how their genes differ.

But this difference in meridians is not a bad thing for him.

Because, this means that he has a set of extremely complete, perfect, and clear meridian diagrams that he can refer to!

Buzz buzz buzz~~~

As An Qisheng's thoughts turned, the 'stick figure' conjured in his vision slowly sat cross-legged and began to glow.

Under the light, the 'stick figure's' tendons, flesh, skeleton, internal organs... and other subtle places were all visible.

Then, in the light, an extremely complex meridian diagram began to emerge little by little with An Qisheng's imagination.

.........

The mighty and vast Dragon River. Ronghua Prefecture is like a giant beast lying on the wilderness, opening its mouth to swallow ships and people from all directions.

Ronghua Prefecture has four major city gates, with the West Gate being the place where waterway docks are located.

Outside the West Gate, it is very lively. Many ships are docked on the docks, either to replenish goods or to rest temporarily.

A small boat mixed among them is naturally inconspicuous at all.

"Daoist Priest, be careful along the way."

On the deck of the small boat, Huang Pu and Gui Xiaoer cupped their fists slightly.

"We'll meet again if fate allows."

An Qisheng smiled slightly and walked into Ronghua Prefecture City with Tie Shan.

Huang Pu could not be kept.

After outliving his fellow disciples, he was already one of the few successful disciples under Han Changong's sect.

If he didn't want to provoke the Qintian Supervisor, who was said to be able to calculate the fate of the country, grasp the yin and yang of heaven and earth, and peep into ancient and modern times, he had to let him go.

However, An Qisheng was very cautious. Even if he wouldn't force him to stay, he couldn't just let Huang Pu go like this.

Therefore, in the past twenty days, he had been using the Soul-Seizing Great Art and hypnotism at the same time, combining the two to subtly influence Huang Pu and Gui Xiaoer.

The whole process was gradual, without causing sudden and drastic changes.

Even a Divine Vessel expert like Han Changong would only think that Huang Pu's mentality had changed after experiencing this life and death, and would not think that he had been secretly plotted against by others.

"Daoist Priest, are we going to stay in this Ronghua Prefecture?"

Looking at the small boat going downstream, Tie Shan frowned slightly.

Although Gui Xiaoer said that Ronghua Prefecture did not have An Qisheng's wanted notice, it was not necessarily true.

If he said that the Six Doors would swallow this breath, Tie Shan would not believe it even if he died.

If they didn't act now, it was nothing more than brewing more terrifying means.

"Who said we were going to stay in Ronghua Prefecture?"

An Qisheng smiled slightly, his expression leisurely:

"Now that we're out, we naturally have to turn around more, see more, and learn more. Otherwise, I might as well find a deep mountain and old forest to cultivate in seclusion."

With the Dream Entering Technique, any expert or sect in this world is a treasure to him.

It wasn't suitable before, but now that he had confidence, he naturally had to visit them one by one and 'have good exchanges and learning'.

"Ah?"

Tie Shan was stunned.

These great martial arts sects are all more sophisticated than the others. It would be good if they didn't pursue him. What's the point of visiting them?

"There is confusion in your heart, and there are doubts in my heart. Walking around will naturally be beneficial."

An Qisheng stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the dragon-like winding river, and said meaningfully:

"How can the Jianghai be formed without accumulating small streams?"