On the mountain path of Qingyun Mountain, hundreds of bystanders watched as a trail of blue smoke flashed past them, resembling flying close to the ground. In the blink of an eye, it had appeared a hundred steps away.
The bystanders were dumbstruck.
"Holy shit! What is this?"
"Flying close to the ground?"
"That movement technique, it's too flashy!"
"Taoist, awesome! Your movement is like flying!"
"Goodness, did we just encounter a celestial being?"
Among the crowd, exclamations rose one after another.
The two couples who had just taken photos with Qin Hao were also stunned.
They recognized him at a glance—it was the young Taoist who had just posed for pictures with them!
Who would have thought he was so incredible?
Right then, another Taoist passed by them, and the two couples, curious, asked, "Taoist, are all the little Taoists at Qingyun Mountain this awesome? Climbing the steps like they're flying, do they possess some kind of lightweight skill?"
The passing Taoist looked puzzled, "Laymen, we're just ordinary people, how could we possibly know lightweight skills? What you're talking about belongs in martial arts novels; we really aren't familiar with it."
Among the couples, a young man pointed towards the distant mountain gate, at the disappearing figure of Qin Hao.
"Taoist, we saw it with our own eyes, that young Taoist flew so fast, we are not blind. How can you say you don't know lightweight skills?"
The Taoist caught on and laughed, "Oh, you're talking about him! He's the current Heavenly Master of Qingyun Mountain! A direct descendant of the Heavenly Master Mansion, naturally, he's different."
Listening to the Taoist's words, the two couples were dumbfounded.
What?
Heavenly Master?
He is the Heavenly Master?
Holy moly!
The two couples couldn't believe it and looked at the photo in their hands.
They had just taken a photo with the Heavenly Master?
In the couple, the young man still slightly doubted, saying, "Taoist, you're not joking, right? You're saying that young Taoist is the Heavenly Master? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
The Taoist replied, "Layman, you jest. In the whole of Qingyun Mountain, there's only one Heavenly Master. How could I possibly mistake him?"
The young man continued, "But he looks so young! Barely in his twenties, how can he be the Heavenly Master?"
In their impression, the Heavenly Master, being the leader of a sect, should be an older man.
That young Taoist looked about their age.
They had just graduated from college, and he's already become the Heavenly Master?
The Taoist explained, "Laymen, you're unaware, our generation's Heavenly Master from Qingyun Mountain is the one with the highest talent in centuries. The capable one ascends to the position, it's a fine tradition upheld by the Heavenly Master Mansion."
The young man queried, "But isn't it said online that the Heavenly Master should wear a purple robe? He wasn't wearing one."
The Taoist replied, "Yes, wearing a purple robe is correct, but he doesn't wear it every day."
The two couples were speechless.
...
At this moment, Qin Hao, oblivious to the conversation below, had already returned to the Heavenly Master Mansion atop the mountain.
Having experienced the speed of the "Hovering Cloud Step."
Qin Hao was impressed.
There really were such powerful movement techniques in the world.
This technique was practically no different from flying close to the ground.
Although its use was limited to climbing stairs, at least from now on, going up and down the mountain wouldn't be as tiresome as before.
Qin Hao was quite satisfied with this.
After returning to the Heavenly Master Mansion.
Qin Hao had just sat down.
When the system issued a new mission.
"Ding! Organize the Taoist Scriptures on the bookshelf, reward: [Taiping Five Qi Formulas]!"
New mission, organizing the Taoist Scriptures?
Qin Hao glanced at his room.
One wall of the room was filled with hundreds of Taoist Scriptures.
These scriptures had been passed down to him by the previous Heavenly Master.
Qin Hao, having traveled here, hadn't looked at them before, and now they were covered in dust.
It was time to properly organize them.
Qin Hao stood up and walked to the bookshelf, beginning to organize.
Arranging the Taoist Scriptures, this task wasn't difficult,
just a bit tiring.
Qin Hao spent over two hours organizing the scriptures on the entire wall before he finally finished.
After placing the last book in his hand onto the shelf,
the system achievement notification sounded again in his mind,
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task. Reward received: [Taiping Five Qi Formulas]!"
Taiping Five Qi Formulas, a cultivation technique.
Absorb the five energies of heaven and earth: Sun Energy, Taiyin Energy, Star Energy, All Living Beings Incense Fire Qi, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy for cultivation.
Automatically cultivate daily, and over time, the cultivation could reach profound levels.
Once perfected, with a wave of the hand or a step, one could lift heaven and mountains would quake.
Objects could be manipulated from a distance.
...
Looking at the introduction to the Taiping Five Qi Formulas,
Qin Hao retrieved the technique.
Then he had a feeling, feeling his lower abdomen become warm.
It was like having an automatic turbine generator installed in his Dantian,
continuously absorbing the external spiritual energy.
Inside his body, the Taiping Five Qi Formulas were also incessantly using the spiritual energy to cleanse Qin Hao's body.
In just a moment, Qin Hao could feel that with the increasing amount of spiritual energy, his physical constitution had gotten stronger.
Half an hour later,
Qin Hao felt his Dantian was filled with spiritual energy.
The Taiping Five Qi Formulas then automatically compressed these energies until they formed a drop of Spiritual Water.
When the Spiritual Water dropped into the Dantian,
Qin Hao's cultivation level surged instantly.
Qi Refining First Layer!
At this moment, his physical constitution had multiplied in strength, with each movement now naturally accompanied by wind pressure and spiritual energy.
His entire aura had also skyrocketed.
Now, Qin Hao, surrounded by a gust of wind, seemed from afar to walk with an air of a transcendental master.
Qin Hao walked into the courtyard and tested the strength of his Qi Refining First Layer.
He clenched his fist and punched a stone slab in the courtyard of the Heavenly Master Mansion.
With that punch,
the stone slab emitted a roaring sound.
The entire stone slab was actually cracked by Qin Hao's punch.
And Qin Hao felt nothing in his fist,
actively, he hadn't even used his full strength.
Looking at the cracked stone slab on the ground,
Qin Hao took a deep breath, and from within the drop of Spiritual Water in the Dantian, a trace of True Yuan separated.
True Yuan transformed into a sword.
Qin Hao opened his mouth, and a burst of Sword Qi spit out, targeting the already halved stone slab on the ground.
The Sword Qi blasted and struck the stone slab,
actually piercing a sword hole directly through it.
And the concrete beneath the stone slab was also drilled into a small pit by Qin Hao's burst of Sword Qi.
Even Qin Hao himself was shocked.
You call this Qi Refining First Layer?
Isn't that a bit outrageous?
Currently, Qin Hao had too little Spiritual Water and insufficient True Yuan.
He could only manage to turn a small amount of spiritual energy into a sword, and the system said its power was just okay.
Once Qin Hao's cultivation increases and his internal Spiritual Water can provide enough True Yuan,
he will be able to truly release Sword Qi with a mere gesture.
At that time, it wouldn't just be about drilling a hole in a stone slab.
Rather, with a casual slash, hundreds of trees could be cut simultaneously.
With a flick of his finger, he could split gold and break stones.
That would be true cultivation!