4 hours later

On the top of the mountain, Yun Yi was lying on the ground panting, from just now to now, he had only run 3 laps, looking at the purple sky in front of him, Yun Yi could only lie on the ground and smile helplessly.

"Whew... Call... Whew, it's so tiring, this mountain is so high, I guess I'll have to waste it after 2 laps. Yun Yi thought helplessly.

At this time, a breeze blew, and this breeze blew Yun Yi's whole body refreshed, and even the bones in his whole body softened, as if a Yao Chi fairy with dexterous fingers was helping him massage. He was completely relaxed and threw himself into this divine blessing. At this moment, he remembered the golden words from before, which kept spinning and reorganizing in his mind, and finally turned into a strange image, and finally froze.

Yun Yi opened his eyes and found that some golden brilliance appeared around him, he quickly sat up and saw what it was, it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, he was startled, on the ground where he was sitting, the strange image in his mind just now appeared, and the golden brilliance was emitted by the image. When Yun Yi stretched out his hand and was about to touch it, the golden image disappeared again.

"What is this?" Yun Yi frowned.

At this time, a golden light cluster appeared in front of Yun Yi again, and the golden color slowly gathered into a human form, but this time, the lower half of the Qi Sect's body turned into a cloud of smoke.

"Congratulations, you've got the hang of it. Qi Sect said slowly. "Next, you have to cultivate here seriously until you thoroughly comprehend the secret of 'gathering qi'. ”

"Wait, what exactly is 'gathering qi'?" Yun Yi hurriedly asked him before the Qi Sect disappeared again.

"'Gathering energy'. Qi Zong thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "The so-called 'gathering qi' is to gather the free natural energy around you in your heart as much as possible to achieve the effect of strengthening yourself, the more energy you accumulate, the stronger the effect, come, let me show you." ”

Qi Zong picked up a large stone in a nearby clearing and threw it up at random, and then concentrated all his strength on one of the index fingers of his right hand, and in an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and a dazzling golden light erupted on his fingers, and then, as a lightning bolt struck down from the sky, the stone silently split in half from the air.

Yun Yi was stunned, he never thought that the strength of a person could be so strong, let alone see it with his own eyes.

"This is the real 'gathering of energy', you are not at my level for the time being, but it is more than enough to deal with a few bad guys. Airbender said lightly.

"Then how long will it take for me to cultivate to reach your level?" Yun Yi asked with envy.

"About 10,000 years. Qi Zong said lightly.

"What? 10,000 years!?? aren't you fooling me, then I won't be able to practice until I die?" Yun Yi exclaimed, and then, he thought of something, and began to doubt the true age of the Qi Sect in front of him.

"That's not it, some people are extremely talented, and they can have an epiphany in one day that others can only master in decades, some people can live forever, and it doesn't matter how many years they cultivate, and some people", Qi Sect said here and paused, glanced at Yun Yi, and then said slowly: "You can freely control time and turn tens of millions of years into one day." ”

"Isn't this kind of person invincible in the world?" Yun Yi said.

Qi Zong just glanced at him, but didn't speak.

Yun Yi felt that the atmosphere was a little stiff, so he changed the topic: "Then what should I do next?"

"Keep running, since you can comprehend 'gathering qi' in this way, then you will definitely be able to master it completely in this way. Qi Sect said unhurriedly.

"How long will it take?" Yun Yi asked.

"A year. After saying this, Qi Zong's whole body dispersed into a ball of light again, flying in all directions.

"One year? One year here is equal to three months in the outside world, so I actually only need to cultivate for three months. Yun Yi thought of Qianxue at this time.

The Outside World—in an abandoned factory

Breath is secretly discussing something with a group of men in black....

"Breath, I'll leave it to you to get him out, and then we'll do the work of arresting him. The man in black in the lead said in Chinese, not very fluent.

"It's all right to lure him out, but are you really sure to catch him? He's the one I can't even take down myself. As he said this, he glanced at the man in black and a large black object beside him.

"You don't have to worry about it, we naturally have a way to deal with him, your task is only to lure him out. The leader of the men in black said coldly.

Breath's face changed, but it quickly returned to normal.

"Okay, then I'll go get ready. I hope you can succeed this time" A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he left with this sentence.

Looking at the figure of the departing man, the leader of the men in black said: "Hmph, these people from country Z are just a bunch of waste, if it weren't for the fact that person gave us so much money, I wouldn't have said anything, but what he said was not unreasonable, I took a look at the information given to us by the black market this time, our opponent this time is indeed very strong, we must be completely prepared, otherwise, if we miss, we will all die without a place to bury!"

In the Sumeru space

"Whew... Call... Phew..."Yun Yi stumbled on the ground again panting, from the moment Qi Zong left just now, he had been running for another 4 hours, but this time the strange pattern just now did not appear.

"Old Mr. Qi Zong, I don't want to practice anymore, I want to go out. Yun Yi shouted at the sky.

"Why, it's only been a while, it's not going to work," Qi Zong's voice came from Yun Yi.

Yun Yi looked at it, and he didn't know when, the Qi Sect was already standing by his side.

"It's too difficult, after cultivating for so long, I feel like I've not grown at all. Yun Yi gasped as Qi Sect complained.

"Hahahaha", Qi Sect laughed after hearing this, "Do you know that it takes decades for a small sapling to grow into a towering tree, thousands of years for animals to cultivate into demons, and tens of thousands of years for mortals to cultivate into immortals. ”

"Oh..."Yun Yi didn't seem to understand after listening, "Qi... Zong, no, Grandmaster, can I call you Grandmaster Old Master?"

"Whatever, the name is just a code name, it doesn't matter what it's called. Qi Sect waved his hand casually.

"Grandmaster, may I ask what stage Zhou Sunan has reached?"

"Zhou Sunan?" the Grandmaster frowned after hearing this, and then said, "I haven't heard of this name. As I said, I've only seen you alone for thousands of years, and I have been asleep most of the time. ”

Yun Yi fell into deep thought after hearing this: "If Zhou Sunan has reached or even exceeded the stage of 'gathering qi', and he doesn't have a Sumeru space, then how long has he actually used it?"

"If it's an ordinary person," Qi Zong spoke again, "it is difficult to break through the 'Qi Explosion' stage with your own efforts, let alone the 'Qi Extinguishing' stage, but when you reach the 'Qi Extinguishing' stage or even the last time, your body will undergo great changes, and the strength of the 'Qi Gathering' and 'Qi Explosion' stages will also be greatly enhanced." So, the person you're talking about shouldn't have reached the 'extinguishment' stage. ”

"Really?" Zhou Sunan regained some self-confidence after hearing this, "Grandmaster, then I'm going to continue cultivating." ”

"Go ahead. After saying this, the Qi Sect disappeared again.