The next day Xiao long went to the Sky Pagoda to choose a Qi refining technique .He choose the Origin refining technique .It was a Saint grade technique.
The second he learned it ,the scroll in his sea of consciousness began upgras ding it .It took a few hours he didnt know the reason it took so long .But the moment he began reading it's introduction he was elated .
The technique name was Primordial Qi gathering manual .
It classified Qi quality into normal Qi , elemental Qi and the primordial Qi .The shocking fact of this manual it enabled the cultivator to refine normal Qi into the Primordial Qi .The primordial Qi was also known as the Qi of beginning.
This was the Qi formed during the birth of the universe .
It is so rare that it's formation is accompanied by blood shed all across the realm.
For Xiao long to be able to form even a strand of it was a tremendous opportunities.
This type of Qi could help upgrade the grade of physique ,level of comprehension and battle strength among other things .
It was also known as the Limit breaker as it helped in cultivation bottlenecks.
What elated Xiao long much was that the more Qi he refined the more Primordial Qi he produced.For him to fill the dantian with primordial Qi he will have to reach the 8 realm of cultivation ( Tribulation realm)
There were several types of primordial Qi's the manual introduced 4 types Golden Qi,White Qi , Purple Qi ,Dark Qi .
Corresponding to luck ,Dao , perfection and evil.
For now the first time he circulates the technique he will be granted a stand of purple Qi to help open the dantian and temper it .
But this was only possible in the morning when the east rising Qi was realised.This was the primordial Purple Qi .Every sunrise strands of Qi a realised within a fraction of breath many cultivators tried to capture that stands but few ever succeed but now with this technique Xiao long was guaranteed to capture one once in a while.
If this new was known he may be captured and soul searched for the manual.
Xiao long knew what to share with people and what to keep for himself.In the cultivation world betrayal by kinsmen even loved ones was quite common trust was hard to earn.
He comprehended the technique the whole night reaching the Initial mastery with his high comprehension speed .
Early the next morning before the sun rose up Xiao long was meditating on the top to the highest building in the clan . The sect elders noticed his behavior and had a few speculation.Some thought he was there waiting for the Qi to reach its peak . The quantity of Qi released during sunrise ,afternoon ,sunset ,and moonrise was at it highest peak.
Cultivating at that time offered a higher Qi gathering .But in a big clan like this they are formations to gather Qi so the concentration was high and one could cultivate efficiently anytime.
So Xiao long behaviour was puzzling.A few thought of the legendary Primordial Qi as even them they had never captured and refined any.
Xiao long regulated his breath waiting for that spilt second to capture that strand of Qi .Even if the technique guaranteed the successful capture in the first try it didn't guarantee the quantity.
The quantity in a strand was measured by thickness.
The sunrise became his prey,Circulating the technique the Sunrose the minute the light reached Xiao long eyes he captured the first light that shone on him and that was the primordial Qi.
He didn't try again as the time has passed .He circulated that strand of Qi across his meridians .This was the first strand of Qi that have ever flowed in this meridian and it's quality was legendary .
This was the primordial Purple Qi as that strand flowed across his meridian a heavenly change occured in his body .His 5cm meridian began to expand rapidly untill they reached girth of 9 cm, rivaling that of the Divine Tyrant physique.
This wasn't the end of the transformation the purple hue inside the meridian combined with the purple Qi causing his blood to change colour to purplish . Xiao long felt his blood begin to boil as if it transformed into magma his veins throbbed loudly you could have thought it was a waterfall by the way they hit his walls his heart began beating loudly producing thunderous sounds.
Xiao long couldn't concentrate on this changes as he was busy Circulating the Qi guiding it across the meridian while increasing his circulation speed he circulated it until it attained a bird's speed and shaping it to form a spear shape he drove it directly in to his lower abdomen a few inches to his navel cracking a barrier there .This was his dantian the core of his Cultivation.For a Qi refiner the dantian was more important that anything else If one didn't open the dantian his qi cultivation will never begin and if it was crippled your cultivation journey ended there and if lucky you may retain your previous cultivation realm but in most cases it was highly unlikely.
The barrier shook and gained a few cracks but didn't shatter.Xiao long didn't care as he already expected his .He just began circulating the Qi again this time he didn't circulate for long he circulated a few times and formed a hammer ramming the barrier which didn't shatter he just increased the cracks.
Circulating the Qi for his last trial of the day .One had three chances to shatter the barrier daily.And after each failure the difficulty increases Xiao long could have shattered the barrier with the first spear but he was playing the long game.One had 9 trials with each trial having three chances after that the dantian becomes impossible to open.
A few geniuses tended to fail the 8 trials and pass the 9 thus acquiring a bigger and more tempered dantian .
Xiao long failed his fist trial and returned home .After recuperating for a day his tried again and failed this went on for a dozen days until he reached the 9 th trial .When he began failing the trials it was voluntarily but he noticed the more he failed the harder it got .
Today he had three chances but he chose to shatter the barrier with the first strike he wasn't one to take unguaranteed risks Circulating the Qi several times while adding his will in each circulation he shaped the Qi into an axe a chopped open the barrier .The minute it Shattered Xiao long felt a breaking sound inside his brain and also a sighing voice .
Before he knew it he was pulled into a dark zone.