Chapter 3: Practice but to no avail
There is a roughly square black stone in the middle of the small courtyard. The blue stone sits cross-legged on the stone. He first feels his own condition and adjusts his condition, then feels the aura environment outside his body, and then introduces the energy into the body to practice. This is the starting point for practicing almost all techniques. Mode.
The technique Qingshi is currently practicing is called Qinghua Gong, which is widely circulated. It is said that it can be practiced up to the elixir realm. Of course, no one has ever practiced this technique to the elixir realm, at least Shitou and Fu Yunhao are not aware of it.
Qingshi is currently practicing the first level of Qinghua Gong.
Take the energy into the body, sink into the Dantian, and then guide the spiritual energy to circulate along the nine main meridians of the body for a week and return to the Dantian. The spiritual energy turns into your own true energy for a week.
Qingshi feels good, and the zhenqi is flowing in his body. The bright green zhenqi always exists and moves on its own, warming and nourishing his nine meridians all the time, making them strong and strong.
After running for a week, Qingshi discovered a problem. The spiritual energy inhaled into the body should have turned into his own true energy and stored it in the sea of Qi in the Dantian after a week of running. Changes will slowly occur, and when an opportunity comes at a certain moment, the sea of qi in the Dantian will suddenly expand a bit, and the true qi will become more pure, which means that it has been promoted to a higher level.
At this time, Qingshi discovered that he had absorbed external spiritual energy into his body, and after a week of circulation, the true energy that had been converted into his Dantian was not stored. Instead, it flowed into the bright green soul body along the trace of bright green true energy. went.
It is really unheard of for the soul body to absorb the true energy, and Qingshi is puzzled to understand it.
Qingshi guessed that this mysterious bright green soul came to this world in order to escape the turbulence of the void of the universe. In order to resurrect the stone's body, it must have used some heaven-defying secret method, but it itself consumed too much, and might even be affected by it. Severely injured and in a state similar to coma or semi-coma and loss of consciousness.
It has not responded to Qingshi's communication, but it can independently absorb the Qi cultivated by Qingshi. It should be the Qi that has a restorative effect on it.
Qingshi did not stop practicing, but became more focused. Qingshi thought: Since it is absorbing the true energy, I will satisfy it. When it absorbs enough true energy, maybe it will regain consciousness.
Qingshi abandons distracting thoughts, concentrates on practicing with concentration, and slowly enters a state of forgetfulness of things and self. The surrounding spiritual energy gathers and forms an invisible cyclone that slowly flows around Qingshi. This is a sign that the cultivation state is in good condition.
After running for nine weeks, Qingshi slowly exited this state. When he sensed it, he realized that nearly four hours had passed and it was already night.
The length of day and night, the years, months, seasons, and even the timekeeping and weights and measures of this world are almost the same as those of the ancient earth. In fact, most of the worlds habitable by humans are like this.
Qingshi looked inside himself and found that all the zhenqi he had gained from practicing this time had flowed into the bright green soul body without leaving any trace. His Dantian and meridians had increased a lot as the zhenqi flowed. .
Due to the existence of that trace of bright green Qi, the Dantian and meridians were enlarged and strengthened to a great extent, far exceeding the effect that can be achieved by a normal nine-turn practice, but the own Qi did not increase at all.
Standing up, Qingshi slowly circled around the courtyard, thinking about how to deal with this situation.
After pondering for a long time, Qingshi gritted his teeth and simply sat on the stone training platform again, preparing to continue practicing. Originally, Qinghua Gong could only be practiced for nine weeks at most at a time, and the time required varied from person to person.
Nine is the ultimate number. If you try to run it forcefully after nine times, the effect of practice will be significantly reduced, and your own Dantian and meridians may be damaged due to overwork. Therefore, generally you will never practice Qinghua Gong beyond nine turns, and other exercises will also Probably so.
Qingshi has been practicing for so long, but there is not a trace of true energy left in his dantian, but the sea of qi has expanded a lot. He has just advanced to the seventh level, and his true qi is far from full. Now it seems that his dantian is becoming more and more empty. , it seems even more out of reach to reach full levels.
However, the meridians not only did not feel tired, but also strengthened a lot. Therefore, Qingshi concluded that he could continue to practice. This time, Qingshi decided not to practice Qinghua Gong, but to practice Dahuang Gong.
Da Huang Gong, the cultivation method of the Da Yan Dynasty royal family in the Da Huang world, is the number one magical skill in the Da Huang world. Compared with Qinghua Gong, it is undoubtedly in the sky and on the earth.
The main reason why Qingshi did not practice the Great Huang Gong immediately was because under normal circumstances, his meridians could not withstand the practice of the Great Huang Gong.
Under normal circumstances, the introductory skills of Dahuang Gong require at least the seventh stage of Qi Gathering Realm to practice, but the current Qingshi is only at the seventh stage of Qi Gathering Realm, which is still far behind.
However, with the presence of bright green Qi, Qingshi decided to give it a try. The dead can be resurrected, which shows how powerful the vitality contained in them is. With such a powerful vitality that can be nourished at any time, are you still afraid of damaging the meridians?
Xiao Lou's personality has not recovered, and his life experience before his death is completely blank. However, for some reason, nearly half of the various martial arts and magical powers he practiced are remembered.
This Dahuang Gong technique has the most complete memory. Only the last level is missing part of it, and to practice to that level, you must at least reach the Immortal Elixir realm.
Qingshi started to practice Dahuang Gong according to the introductory method. After a while, a spiritual energy cyclone formed around him. It was much faster than practicing Qinghua Gong and the volume of the cyclone was also much larger.
The spiritual energy surged into the body, impacting the sea of qi and meridians. Qingshi was pleasantly surprised to find that he could indeed withstand it.
Dahuang Gong's method of guiding the movement of spiritual energy is completely different from that of Qinghua Gong. It is not only more difficult, but also requires higher strength of the meridians. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to mobilize the spiritual energy to move as desired, and it is impossible for the meridians to withstand the movement of spiritual energy. The impact, but now everything happens as he pleases, and there seems to be no obstacle at all.
Soon a cycle of movement was completed. In the same cycle, the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the movement of Dahuang Gong was at least twice as much as that of Qinghua Gong, and the amount of spiritual energy it converted into one's own true energy was more than three times more, and it took less time. Nearly half.
Qingshi sighed in his heart, it was indeed the number one magical skill in the world of Dahuang. What's even more awesome is that mysterious bright green soul body, which actually allows him to practice the Great Huang Gong without any obstacles at this level. It's really incredible.
However, there was still no trace of the true energy gained through cultivation, and all of it flowed into the bright green soul.
It seems that it requires far more energy than expected. I don’t believe in the bluestone heart, even if it is a bottomless pit, one day I will fill it up.
For the next period of time, Qingshi was completely immersed in the practice of Dahuang Gong. He practiced it once every morning and evening, which took nearly three hours each time. He had almost no time to do other things. After practicing so diligently for a whole month, Qingshi finally lost his temper.
On this day, in the second half of the night, Qingshi completed its last cycle and slowly opened his eyes.
It was quiet in the small courtyard, the stars above the head were dim, and a thin Milky Way stretched across the sky. To the east, close to the horizon, the largest of the three moons was slowly sinking. Although it was huge, it had begun to become dim. To the south There is another moon suspended in the sky, one-third missing. Although it is small, it is very bright. It shuttles among the sparse white clouds and looks very much like the moon on the earth.
Qingshi looked at the moon for a while, lowered his head and looked inward at himself, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He practiced Dahuang Gong diligently for a whole month, but the true energy in the sea of qi did not increase at all, and all the true energy he practiced was absorbed by the bright green soul body.
Is it really a bottomless pit? It seems that even the speed at which Dahuang Gong can cultivate Qi cannot satisfy its demand for Qi. We cannot continue to practice like this and we need to think of something else.
If you want to speed up your cultivation, there is actually a better way. The fastest way is to take pills. Zhenqi pills are treasures that can replenish your zhenqi and quickly improve your cultivation.
This kind of elixir is made from heavenly materials and earthly treasures that are rich in aura, with a minimum of one star and a maximum of seven stars. Under normal circumstances, Qingshi's level can take one or two-star Qi pills, but Qingshi estimates that he can take three-star Qi pills. One three-star Qi pill can be roughly equivalent to practicing for ten days at the current cultivation speed.
Of course, you can’t eat too much of this. If you eat too much, it will be useless and may even cause side effects. The specific amount you can eat varies from person to person. But this method is temporarily impossible, because he doesn't even have a one-star Qi Pill.
Qingshi has a storage bracelet left by Fu Yunhao. When Fu Yunhao escaped, he brought a lot of medicinal pills, treasures and other cultivation resources with him, but they were all used up too early.
For Qingshi, the most precious thing Fu Yunhao left behind was the storage bracelet itself.
This is a kind of artificially refined spiritual weapon. It requires a refiner of at least level five or above to take the ores naturally generated in the alien space and fuse them with other spiritual objects to refine it. In the alien space, time passes very slowly or even not at all, so it is placed in the alien space. Nothing in it is basically non-perishable, but no living things can be put into it.
The storage bracelet left by Fu Yunhao is not bad. It is divided into five compartments, with a total of about one hundred cubic feet of space.
Now there are only a few ordinary weapons and a few secret books in this storage bracelet. The only pills available are a few one-star detoxification pills and Qi-returning pills made from stones. There are also some gold, silver and spirit stones, but even one three-star Qi pill is not enough.
Apart from Zhenqi Pills, the most common and most efficient cultivation method in this world is to directly use spiritual stones to practice.
Lingshi is a mineral-like energy crystal, about the size of a thumb, mostly rhombus-shaped, blue, and rich in spiritual energy. The spiritual energy contained in it can be directly absorbed by monks. Due to its wide range of uses and huge size, it is the most basic cultivation resource. , so in the world of monks, spirit stones are used as currency.
Spiritual stones are also divided into grades. According to the purity of the crystal, they are divided into lower grade, middle grade and upper grade. One high grade spiritual stone is equivalent to one hundred middle grade spiritual stones. It does not contain as much spiritual energy as one hundred middle grade spiritual stones, but the spiritual energy is More pure.
One piece of medium quality is equivalent to one hundred pieces of low quality. As for the top-grade ones, there are also top-grade ones, also known as spiritual crystals, but they are priceless treasures.
Absorbing the spiritual energy in spiritual stones to practice is the most common practice method for monks.
Qingshi now only has a dozen of the lowest-grade spiritual stones in his body. This world never lacks people with cultivation talents, but it lacks cultivation resources.
Qingshi thought for a long time and felt that he should start with alchemy. Fu Yunhao and Shitou both died directly or indirectly while refining alchemy. This shows that alchemy is not easy, but it also shows that if you want to obtain training resources, alchemy is definitely a shortcut and a great road. .
It is difficult to become an alchemist.
After the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is absorbed and refined, it will turn into true energy and exist in the sea of energy. About one-third of the monks have transformed the true energy with attributes. This is called the awakening of true energy.
Specifically, there are nine types of Qi with attributes, namely the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, also known as basic attributes; the four heaven and earth attributes of yin, yang, wind and thunder, also known as sublimation attributes. or high attributes.
More than 70% of cultivators who can awaken attribute Qi awaken only one basic attribute Qi. The five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are randomly generated.
In addition to these 70% of people, there are about 30% of monks who have special talents. Their awakened Qi will be different, and their cultivation talents are naturally better than ordinary monks.
The situations of these people vary. First of all, they have one of the four sublimated attributes of yin, yang, wind, and thunder, and are called high-attribute monks. There are also some people who may have awakened two or more attribute qi. Qi is called a multi-attribute monk.
Theoretically, after a person awakens one attribute of Qi, he or she may continue to awaken other attributes of Qi until the age of eighteen. It is said that there are some peerless geniuses who are not restricted by age when awakening to Qi of other attributes.
But in fact, there are only a few monks who can awaken more than two types of Qi.
To become an alchemist, you must be a multi-attribute monk with at least two basic attributes of Qi, and its attribute Qi must have fire and wood attributes.
Therefore, it is difficult to find one person among a thousand monks who has the qualifications to become an alchemist.
Coupled with other factors such as understanding, spiritual power, and resources, alchemists are definitely unique among monks.
Fu Yunhao is a genius with three basic attributes of Qi, and the stone he is interested in is naturally gifted.
Shitou was born into a sea of qi at the age of nine. He practiced with Fu Yunhao for less than two years and awakened the fire attribute Qi. After another year, he awakened the wood attribute Qi. Then he learned alchemy with Fu Yunhao and successfully practiced it at the age of fourteen. After making a one-star elixir, one becomes a de facto one-star alchemist.
However, after Fu Yunhao passed away, Shitou could only explore on his own based on the scriptures left by Fu Yunhao.
Shitou had never gone to school, was not well-literate, had little understanding, and had very little knowledge. Since Fu Yunhao passed away, his alchemy skills had made no progress, and instead he lost his life because of his rashness.
