"This Yin Spirit Pill seems a bit off!"
Feeling his body gradually stiffen, Qin Xuan hurriedly began to absorb and refine the cold energy within him.
But no matter how hard he tried, the refining speed was exceptionally slow.
There was no other way.
At this moment, the cold aura had frozen his entire body, including his spiritual power.
Let alone quickly refining the pill, even circulating his energy required great effort.
Fortunately, the effort was not in vain.
As time passed, Qin Xuan's spiritual power circulation slowly but surely returned to normal.
Although the flow rate was still very slow, both the circulation speed and the speed of refining the cold energy had improved significantly compared to before.
Several days later, the ice and snow melted.
As the temperature in Qin Xuan's room rose and the frost on his body gradually disintegrated, the Yin attribute spiritual energy of the Yin Spirit Pill was finally absorbed by Qin Xuan's own spiritual power.
The cold aura had now been completely assimilated by Qin Xuan's spiritual power.
The surging spiritual power, like a river, continuously impacted the meridians within Qin Xuan's body, emitting a roaring sound like waves crashing against a dam.
"Peak Qi Refining!"
"With just one Yin Spirit Pill, I've reached Peak Qi Refining!"
Feeling the surging spiritual energy within him, Qin Xuan was in a great mood.
Although he had misjudged the power of this Yin Spirit Pill due to his overconfidence, which almost led to his downfall, the result was clearly worth it.
After all, from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the peak of Qi Refining, a full five and a half levels of realm improvement. If he relied solely on cultivation, he didn't know how long it would take.
Indeed, taking pills is fun for a moment, and taking pills continuously is always fun.
Speaking of which, Qin Xuan discovered an unexpected bonus during the process of refining the Yin Spirit Pill.
That was, when he took pills, he seemed to not need to worry about pill toxins.
As the saying goes, "medicine has three parts poison," and theoretically, pills cannot be taken carelessly.
Otherwise, let alone improvement, the pill toxins deposited in the body would be enough trouble for any cultivator.
However, after taking the Yin Spirit Pill, Qin Xuan discovered that those so-called pill toxins would be completely refined along with his own spiritual power, and would not deposit in his body as his master had said.
This way, when he took pills in the future, he could refine the medicinal properties and the pill toxins simultaneously, without needing to find a specific time to extract and refine them separately.
"It seems my new cultivation technique has many unexpected functions."
"As the saying goes, 'profound and mysterious, the gateway to all wonders.'"
"Then, I won't rename this new cultivation technique. Let's call it the 'Tai Xuan Jing'!"
Recalling a sentence from the Tao Te Ching, Qin Xuan inherited the name Tai Xuan Jing from the previous cultivation technique and bestowed it upon the new one.
After confirming that there was no room for further improvement in his realm, Qin Xuan got up and slowly walked out of his room.
"Xuan'er, you're out of seclusion!"
Seeing Qin Xuan walk in from outside, Fang Rou was naturally beaming with joy.
Qin An Tai, who was reviewing documents in his hand, also couldn't help but stand up and look at his eldest son, who had recently returned.
Even now, he still wanted Qin Xuan to inherit his position.
With extraordinary strength and a strong sense of patriotism, even if his personality was a bit lax, it did not prevent him from being a good leader.
Unfortunately, Qin Xuan's mind was made up, and he refused to yield half a step to Qin An Tai no matter what.
There was nothing he could do but settle for the next best thing and agree to Qin Xuan's recommendation to observe his third brother, Qin Wu Sheng.
After a brief chat, Qin Xuan learned about the current world situation from his parents again.
Although the United States had not yet announced its consensus with aliens, judging from the various special operations they had recently conducted, cooperation with aliens was basically a certainty.
As for Long Country, although it announced that it had four cultivators at the Core Formation stage, it still could not win over many countries.
Currently, most people's attitude towards aliens was still one of observation.
Even though Long Country's image had always been very positive, it could not overcome the "peaceful coexistence and common development" that the United States had been repeatedly promoting recently.
"In short, Long Country is now in a very dangerous position."
"Once the United States officially announces its cooperation with aliens, we are very likely to become discarded pawns of the entire Blue Star."
"At that time, we will not only have to fight against the aliens invading the Blue Star, but also against other countries on the Blue Star. The pressure to survive will be far greater than the national calamity of over a hundred years ago!"
"So, what you mean is?"
Hearing his father's words stop abruptly, Qin Xuan knew that he had already made his decision.
As expected, when Ke Wudi and the other four pushed the door open, Qin An Tai also suddenly stood up and said coldly, "Completely incorporate the hidden aristocratic families. Our Long Country must unite!"
The incorporation of hidden aristocratic families was something Qin An Tai had long planned.
It was just that the national conditions did not allow it before, and they were completely insufficient in terms of top experts.
But now it was different.
Excluding Qin An Tai himself, the divine-level peak Dragon Head, who could not participate in the battle, the others such as Ke Wudi and Hundred Ghost Emperor had all broken through their original levels and increased their strength by several steps.
In addition, during the days Qin Xuan was in seclusion, Long Country had selected several more old-generation demigod-level and great circle grandmaster-level experts and administered them with Yuan Cultivating Pills.
Now, the strength of Long Country's official forces had reached an absolute peak in the past hundred years!
Of course, even with such combat power, the strength of Long Country's official forces could only overwhelm a single family.
But this was not a problem.
Not to mention that there were no grudges between the various hidden aristocratic families.
Even if they could help each other, they would not be able to provide timely reinforcements under the surprise attack of the many experts of Long Country.
At that time, if any aristocratic family had any improper thoughts.
Qin An Tai would no longer hesitate and could completely submerge them in the long river of history with a few missiles.
"So your target this time is the Lu family and the Lie family?"
After listening to Qin An Tai's entire plan, Qin Xuan couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
Indeed, when Long Country was stable and peaceful, it might tolerate the so-called hidden aristocratic families staying out of worldly affairs.
But if the country faced another crisis, and you hidden aristocratic families still wanted to stay out of it, then I'm sorry, you either submit or perish.
This is what a leader should have.
This is the vision a leader should have!
In response to Qin Xuan's question, Qin An Tai nodded slightly.
If the United States had not made these surreptitious moves recently, he might have observed for a while longer.
Let Qin Xuan meet the Lu family and the Lie family in his personal capacity first.
After all, although the hidden aristocratic families could not withstand the baptism of artillery fire, they were also rare talents.
Qin An Tai certainly did not want to destroy those who could be subdued.
But now, it was impossible.
The series of actions by the United States represented the undercurrents surging behind it.
If he hesitated any longer, he might be caught off guard by the other party.
At that time, with the front line in a tight spot, it would be difficult for him to mobilize forces to incorporate those hidden aristocratic families.