At this moment, Qin Ning also felt satisfied. It seemed his second brother had great resolve, having absorbed two parts of the Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal's heat. It would be no problem for his second brother's cultivation to reach the Jingmen Realm.
But at this moment, his second brother showed no intention of stopping and continued to absorb.
As time passed, Qin Ning's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Something was wrong!
Qin Hai looked as if he had reached his limit.
The Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal still had six parts of its power, but his second brother showed no signs of stopping.
"Second brother, stop! You've already reached the Zimen Realm, that's enough. Your spiritual energy has been improved by the Spirit Crystal, making it much stronger than an ordinary person's. Don't continue!"
Qin Ning wanted to dissuade Qin Hai, but he couldn't get close to him.
The heat of the Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal was not something that the Adamant Wind Spirit Body Art and protective spiritual energy could block.
At this moment, Qin Ning understood that Qin Hai was not listening to him but had decided to duel with the Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal.
Qin Ning's expression changed slightly; if this continued, he feared something big would happen.
With the power of the Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal, it was enough to help Qin Hai open up all nine realm gates, a method with a hundred benefits and no harm. But if he was even a little careless, the Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal would incinerate his body into dust, leaving no ashes behind.
Even someone who had experienced nine lives and nine tribulations would not dare to take such a risk because the danger was too great.
But Qin Hai was trying to seize this opportunity.
"Second brother, stop quickly!"
Qin Ning shouted again, "If you take a turn for the worse, you'll be lost forever!"
Qin Hai completely ignored his words.
Gradually, the fiery energy outside Qin Hai's body intensified.
"Jingmen Realm now..."
Qin Ning said in surprise.
At this moment, he discovered another problem.
It seemed that Qin Hai no longer rejected the heat of the Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal but had developed a sense of harmony with it.
Another hour passed, and Qin Hai suddenly opened his eyes, which were blood-red.
"Third brother!"
He was still sitting in the wheelchair, intending to stand up, but having not walked for a long time, he momentarily forgot how to take a step.
Qin Ning stepped forward to support Qin Hai.
"Haha..."
Qin Hai laughed joyfully, "Third brother, haha, third brother... my legs... they're healed, truly healed!"
"Not only that, but I've also reached the eighth gate of the Jingmen Realm, a hundred meridians in my limbs, six internal organs and five viscera, condensing the Life Gate, with my nose, mouth, and heart connected in a straight line!"
Qin Ning was now a little skeptical.
Qin Hai absorbed four parts of the heat, so where were the remaining five parts?
"Second brother, that Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal..."
"It's inside my body!"
Qin Hai said excitedly, "I could originally only absorb three parts before I couldn't bear it, but when I gritted my teeth and persevered to four parts, and was about to use the Spirit Flame Art to release the heat, half of the remaining Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal began to settle steadily inside my body!"
Hearing this, Qin Ning's eyes were filled with astonishment.
"Could it be...", Qin Ning was stunned.
"Could it be what?"
"No, nothing at all!"
Qin Ning took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
He had thought of a bold idea, but now he didn't dare to confirm it.
If he had the strength he had back then, he would definitely be able to confirm it.
But if it was truly as he thought, then even the Spirit Nurturing Platform wouldn't be able to investigate it.
"This time can be considered a blessing in disguise!" Qin Ning looked at his second brother and said, "But don't take such risks again next time!"
With that, Qin Ning took out five other Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystals and handed them to Qin Hai.
"Second brother, here are five more Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystals. Take them and absorb them; they're enough to reach the fifth layer of the Spirit Sea Realm, or even the Spirit Platform Realm!"
"Five Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystals..."
Qin Hai was completely stunned.
One Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystal was enough to plunge the entire Beiming Empire into war, yet Qin Ning had five!
Flames were divided into Wood Fire, Beast Fire, Earth Fire, Heavenly Fire, and the legendary Divine Fire.
Divine Fire only existed in legends. Heavenly Fire was merely a name heard but never seen in the Beiming Empire.
Yet Qin Ning had taken out five Heavenly Fire Spirit Crystals!
"To me, they're nothing, but to the entire empire, they would lead to destruction."
Qin Ning said with a smile, "So, Second Brother, you must be careful."
"Don't worry, I will be careful!"
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled. Qin Hai stood firm and embraced Qin Ning.
As the second brother, he couldn't protect his younger brother, and even needed his third brother's help.
"Oh, I received a letter from Eldest Brother. He knows about your situation and is preparing to return to the city. By my reckoning, he should be arriving soon, yet there's still no news..."
"Eldest Brother..."
In Qin Ning's memory, Qin Shan's sturdy shoulders appeared.
He remembered very clearly that when he was little, he had climbed onto his eldest brother's neck countless times, cheering and playing, which often earned him scoldings from their father.
"Perhaps something delayed him!"
Qin Ning said with a smile, "It's alright, this time, what is there that the two of us brothers can't handle?"
"Yes!"
Knock, knock, knock...
A knocking sound echoed, and a second later, a figure broke through the door and entered.
"Ning Ge..."
"Huh?"
Before Qin Xin Xin could say anything, she saw two figures standing in the courtyard and was instantly dumbfounded.
"Hai Ge... You, you, you... you can stand up!"
"You little rascal!"
Qin Hai patted Qin Xin Xin's head and scolded with a laugh, "What, you're not happy that I can stand up?"
"Happy, so happy, almost dying of happiness!"
Qin Xin Xin smiled joyfully, "This way, our Qin family's Three Heroes will once again be famous throughout Lingyun City!"
The Qin family's Three Heroes...
Qin Ning and Qin Hai's expressions both became strange.
"Why were you in such a hurry just now?" Qin Ning asked.
"Oh, right, big news, big news!"
Qin Xin Xin's expression immediately changed as she said, "That old dog Shen Chengfeng led hundreds of guards from the Shen family to surround our Qin Manor, wanting to break in!"
"Oh? Only Shen Chengfeng?"
"Yes, not..."