Under Master Lin's guidance, Kong Xiang carefully recultivated his qi, breezing through the three levels of the first stage, Origin Blood Qi Refinement. Rather than form a new heart pill for the next stage after that, Kong Xiang attempted to form a Blood Qi Core in his dantian instead.
With a slight tweaking of the meridians route and the overall circulation pattern, the attempt was successful. After stabilizing the newly Blood Qi Core, Kong Xiang finally opened his eyes, coming face-to-face with his Master.
Master Lin had monitored the entire process with his optic prying spell. He nodded in satisfaction.
