I Have Unlimited Dantians-Chapter 52 - 43: Deriving a Dantian Again

’Am I, Nie Yun, really going to be held underwater by two Tiger-Headed Beasts until I suffocate?’

Seated on a rock at the bottom of the pool, Nie Yun was beyond frustrated.

More than twenty minutes had passed since he’d entered the pool. The True Qi in his body was clearly running out. If he didn’t find a solution soon, he really would be held here until he drowned by those two Tiger-Headed Beasts!

To think that a grand Reincarnator, an old monster who had lived for several hundred years, would be cornered like this by two mere Demon Beasts—his frustration was unimaginable.

’Maybe I should first use the power within the Emperor Flame Spirit to cultivate the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique. Once I reach Second-Layer Great Success, I won’t have to be afraid of these two big guys anymore!’

After some thought, Nie Yun realized this was the only path available to him now.

He had considered this before, but even cultivating with the Emperor Flame Spirit, it would take at least three or four days to reach Second-Layer Great Success with the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique. ’I can’t possibly stay underwater for three or four days!’

He once again took out the backpack from his Storage Dantian, undid the clasps, and gave it a casual shake, intending to get the Emperor Flame Spirit inside to fall out. In any case, it wouldn’t break from a fall in the water.

WHOOSH!

Before the Emperor Flame Spirit could fall out, something else splashed onto the rock beneath him. With a sharp SHHCK!, it drove deep into the stone, embedding itself more than halfway.

’Hm?’

Seeing the scene before him, Nie Yun was stunned.

The rock beneath him was Cyan Steel Rock, even harder than granite. A direct strike from a Noble Top-Grade Weapon would, at most, leave a white mark—cleaving it was next to impossible! Yet this object had merely slid from his backpack and pierced it with ease. ’How can anything be this sharp?’

Puzzled, he reached out and casually pulled the object out of the Cyan Steel Rock. As soon as he saw it, his eyes lit up!

It was a dagger, glinting with a cold light!

This dagger was only seven or eight inches long. It radiated a bone-chilling coldness, and one glance was enough to tell it was incomparably sharp—sharp enough to slice a falling hair!

He casually swiped the dagger across the Cyan Steel Rock beneath him. SZRAK! The incomparably hard rock felt like tofu; he felt no resistance at all!

’This...’

This was way too sharp!

’Could it be a Royal Family’s Top-Grade Weapon that specializes in sharpness?’

In his past life, Nie Yun had owned Royal Family’s Top-Grade Level weapons, but none of them specialized in sharpness, so he couldn’t be sure of this dagger’s grade. Still, judging by its aura and the feel of it in his hand, it seemed like an ordinary object. ’Forget Royal Family’s Top-Grade, it probably doesn’t even qualify as Noble Low Grade!’

It felt like an ordinary weapon, yet it could effortlessly slice through Cyan Steel Rock, which was renowned for its hardness. ’This is just too strange!’

’Did I misjudge it?’

’A dagger this sharp can’t possibly be ungraded.’ Nie Yun scratched his head. With a revolution of his Dantian, he slowly channeled his True Qi into the weapon.

This method of using True Qi to inspect a weapon was something Nie Yun had excelled at in his previous life. As long as his True Qi entered the weapon, he could immediately determine its specific grade, regardless of whether it had an owner or not.

’Hm? This... this...’

The moment his True Qi entered the dagger, an excited glint shone from Nie Yun’s eyes. He was so excited he almost jumped up!

’The Nameless Technique actually... it actually... moved again!’

The instant his True Qi entered the dagger, the dormant Nameless Technique in his body, just like when he held the flowerpot, slowly pulsed once more!

The Nameless Technique was like an engine without gasoline; no matter how he tried to operate it, it wouldn’t budge. The last time it moved was because of the special writing on the pot. This time, the dagger didn’t seem to have anything on it. ’Could it be that daggers can also activate the Nameless Technique, not just written characters?’

At this thought, Nie Yun couldn’t help but shake his head.

’That can’t be it. There must be something I haven’t discovered!’

’Whatever it is, it’s clear there’s something in this dagger that can make my Nameless Technique operate. Once it operates, it can derive a Dantian. I have three Dantians now. If I can reach four, my strength will definitely soar!’

Three Dantians meant a Noble Top-Grade bloodline, while four Dantians was a Marquis Clan bloodline. Though it was only a difference of one Dantian, the gap was as wide as that between heaven and earth!

If he possessed a Marquis Clan bloodline, even just a low-grade one, his cultivation speed would nearly double. In that case, it wouldn’t even take a month for him to successfully enter the Qi Sea Fourth Layer Late Stage and begin breaking through to the Fifth Layer Body Emergence Realm!

But with his normal cultivation speed, it would be difficult to accomplish this in under half a year.

’That flowerpot was originally magical, but after I used the Nameless Technique to absorb its power, it became useless junk. This dagger seems incredibly magical now, too. Will it also lose its power after I finish absorbing from it?’

A thought struck him, and Nie Yun suddenly considered a problem he couldn’t ignore.

Previously, that flowerpot had been able to grow Thousand-Year Beardless Grass, but after he absorbed that special power, it became useless, losing all its abilities.

’This dagger’s sharpness is currently unparalleled. Will it also become useless after I absorb its power?’

’Based on this dagger’s sharpness, it could increase my combat strength by at least fifty percent. Even if I faced an Early-Stage Gang Formation Realm expert right now, I wouldn’t be afraid! But if I absorb its special energy to derive a Dantian, my bloodline will improve and my cultivation speed will increase...’

One could increase his combat strength, the other could improve his talent. Nie Yun once again found himself in a dilemma.

’Forget it. My own strength is what matters most. External objects are ultimately useless!’

Suddenly, a moment of clarity washed over Nie Yun.

’External objects are always unreliable; true strength is what’s most important. Between an external object and talent, of course I choose talent!’

Holding the dagger in his palm and focusing his spirit, Nie Yun began to absorb the special energy contained within it.

WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Just as when he held the flowerpot, a special, profound power instantly surged from the dagger, up his arm, and into his body. Infused with this power, the dormant Nameless Technique began to operate once more with a CRACK! CRACK!

RUMBLE!

As soon as the Nameless Technique began to rotate, his Qi Sea, which had been as still as stagnant water, suddenly began to tremble violently.

’What’s... happening?’

The previous two times the Nameless Technique operated, it had derived Bloodline Factors, and his Qi Sea hadn’t moved. ’But this time it’s churning restlessly. What’s going on? Did the technique run incorrectly?’

’No, it’s operating correctly!’

After a moment’s thought, Nie Yun couldn’t find anything wrong with how the technique was operating. He stopped overthinking it, calmed his mind, and frantically absorbed the special energy from the dagger to supply the Nameless Technique.

WHOOSH!

Finally, after churning for a long while, his Qi Sea suddenly expanded in a world-shattering fashion.

A person’s Qi Sea was fixed from birth. The fact that his Qi Sea could actually expand under the operation of the Nameless Technique was a truth that could scare someone to death if it got out!

However, for Nie Yun, if Bloodline Factors could be derived, what was impossible for the Nameless Technique? Although he was shocked, he wasn’t overly surprised.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

In a short while, Nie Yun had completely absorbed the special energy within the dagger. The Nameless Technique’s operation also reached its limit. Immediately after, he heard the crisp sound of Bloodline Factors being derived in his Qi Sea.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

With a series of crisp cracks, the Bloodline Factors in his body were derived in an instant...

Four of them!

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