12dz Chapter 30 February
Chapter 30 February
Qingyun Gate, back mountain.
Shen Qing stood on the newly reclaimed wasteland, holding the blueprints of the "Lingtian Development Method" in his hand.
The blueprints were densely marked with the method of setting up the formation, which involved using spirit stones as the array eyes, drawing the energy from the mountain roots into the mortal fields, and then using special techniques to change the concentration of spiritual energy in the soil.
Once the formation is set up, ordinary fields can be transformed into spiritual fields, and the crops grown there will contain trace amounts of spiritual energy.
Shen Qing looked at the blueprints three times before putting them away.
Not yet.
The opening of the spiritual field caused too much disturbance.
The moment the formation is set up, there will be fluctuations in spiritual energy.
Although it wasn't large, Zhao Yuanlang was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and his divine sense could easily cover the entire Qingyun Mountain. If he noticed that a spiritual field had suddenly appeared on the back mountain, all his previous disguises would be in vain.
Moreover, the Huang family is keeping an eye on things. Opening up the sacred fields now is like putting a picture of "Qingyun Mountain has a secret" on the mountain gate.
Shen Qing felt that he should wait until he had enough strength to protect this spiritual field before he could do these things.
Until then, we can only wait.
Shen Qing put the blueprint into his sleeve and turned to walk towards the training ground.
On the training ground, Uncle Zhou was instructing a group of outer disciples in the body-refining chapter of "The True Explanation of Mortal Martial Arts".
Practicing horse stance, boxing form, and wooden dummy drills, every move is powerful and dynamic.
Shen Qing stood on the sidelines for a while, then took off his outer robe and walked into the martial arts arena.
"Sect Master?" Uncle Zhou was taken aback.
"I will train with you."
Shen Qing walked to an empty spot, assumed a horse stance, and the disciples looked at each other in surprise, but quickly realized what was happening and gathered around him.
The fact that the sect leader personally practiced martial arts was a great encouragement to them.
An hour later, Shen Qing stood up, his body drenched in sweat.
Martial arts cultivation and Qi cultivation are completely different. Qi cultivation is a form of meditation, where one sits cross-legged, circulates spiritual energy, and achieves a state of tranquility of body and mind.
Martial arts involve physical exertion, including stance training, striking and refining techniques, and various boxing routines. Every move and every stance consumes physical strength.
Qi cultivation involves drawing spiritual energy into the dantian and transforming it into spiritual power, while martial arts involves dispersing internal energy into the muscles and bones to temper the physical body.
One is inward, the other is outward.
One seeks immortality, the other seeks power.
Shen Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead, and a thought suddenly came to mind.
What if we could combine the two? We could use martial arts techniques to temper our physical body and use qi cultivation techniques to enhance our cultivation.
The stronger the physical body, the more spiritual energy it can withstand, the faster the cultivation speed, the higher the cultivation level, the more spiritual energy it can attract, and the more efficient it is in tempering the physical body.
The two complement each other, forming a perfect closed loop.
This might be the true way to "crowdfund immortal cultivation".
Shen Qing took a deep breath to suppress the turmoil in her heart.
No rush, let's take it one step at a time. First, master the Body Refinement chapter of "True Explanation of Mortal Martial Arts" to solve the problem of the meridians' capacity to bear weight.
Once your physical body is strong enough, then you can consider the path ahead.
On the training ground, the disciples were still sweating profusely.
Wang Shouzhou's horse stance was the most stable, Su Shoujing's boxing stance was the most standard, and Zhong Xiu still stood in the corner, meticulous in every move.
Shen Qing looked at them, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction; the chives she had grown were beginning to grow stronger little by little.
A month is neither a long nor a short time.
The crops in the wasteland behind Qingyun Mountain have grown to knee height, a lush green expanse that ripples with the wind.
After the children in the academy finished learning the Three Character Classic, they began to learn the Thousand Character Classic. Their tender voices echoed through the mountains every day.
On the training ground, the disciples' boxing stances became more and more impressive.
Shen Qing's days were extremely regular during this month.
Every day at midnight, the system draws spiritual energy precisely.
As the pure spiritual energy contributed by more than a hundred bound disciples flowed into his dantian, Shen Qing would refine half of it using martial arts techniques, dispersing it throughout his body's muscles, bones, and skin to temper his physical body.
The other half is refined using Qi cultivation methods, incorporated into the dantian, and used to enhance cultivation.
Half body tempering, half cultivation.
In the first few days, he was worried that this allocation would slow down his cultivation progress.
But he soon realized that his worries were somewhat unnecessary.
As the cultivation levels of the disciples under the system improve, and with the increase in the number of disciples bound to the system, the spiritual energy extracted by the system each day is steadily increasing.
If it weren't for his physical strength increasing day by day and the capacity of his meridians becoming stronger, the total amount of spiritual energy he could safely absorb each day would actually be constantly increasing.
Although some spiritual energy was used to temper the physical body, the total amount of spiritual energy kept increasing, and the cultivation speed not only did not slow down, but was much faster than before.
The most direct benefit of a strong physical body is that Shen Qing's efficiency in refining spiritual energy has greatly improved.
In the past month, Shen Qing's martial arts skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
The Body Refinement Chapter of "The True Explanation of Martial Arts for Mortals" is divided into three stages: the initial stage of polishing the skin membrane, the middle stage of tempering the tendons and bones, and the later stage of unifying the entire body.
Shen Qing's extravagant practice of using pure spiritual energy as "fuel" to temper his physical body is ten times more efficient than that of ordinary martial arts practitioners.
In just one month, he reached the peak of the Body Refinement Realm. His skin was as tough as cowhide, his tendons and bones as hard as iron, and his entire body was unobstructed. When he threw a punch, it had the force of a sonic boom.
This progress has surpassed all the disciples under his tutelage who specialize in martial arts, and is second only to Uncle Zhou, who has been practicing martial arts for decades, on Qingyun Mountain.
On the night Shen Qing confirmed that he had mastered body refinement, he went to the back mountain alone.
He found a piece of bluestone about the size of a human head, took a deep breath, and threw a punch.
The bluestone cracked in response. Shen Qing looked at himself and saw that he was only slightly red, with no broken skin or joints. For a moment, he even had the idea of abandoning Taoism and taking up martial arts.
Shen Qing felt that if he had punched the rock like that a month ago, his hand would definitely have been broken.
Now, the stone shattered, but his hand remained unharmed. This was the change brought about by mastering body refinement.
Of course, Shen Qing also knew that this rapid improvement was only temporary, and that with his lifespan running out, he still needed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage to prolong his life.
Martial arts were merely an auxiliary means for him to embark on the path to immortality. Above the Body Refining Realm was the Meridian Opening Realm. Successfully opening the meridians allowed Qi to flow through the entire body's meridians, enabling the internal Qi to circulate freely. At this point, his combat power was comparable to the late stage of Qi Refining.
Above that is the Divine Realm, where one can condense martial will and release internal energy into a powerful force, making one's combat strength comparable to that of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Shen Qing felt that the road ahead was still long, but he had an advantage that others did not have.
The pure spiritual energy extracted by the system every day is the best cultivation resource.
Others who cultivate martial arts can only rely on their own blood and qi to generate internal energy, and then use internal energy to temper their physical body. Without the help of precious medicines, the speed and quality of their internal energy generation are slow, so their cultivation efficiency is naturally low.
He replaced his internal energy with spiritual energy, which was like forging a sword with gold—extremely extravagant, but also extremely effective.
Back at Qingyun Sect, Shen Qing summoned Zhou Bo to the quiet room.
"Uncle Zhou, please take a look at this cultivation manual."
As he spoke, Shen Qing handed over the handwritten copy of "The True Explanation of Martial Arts for Mortals." Zhou Bo took it and, once he opened the first page, he couldn't stop reading. After a long while, he murmured:
"Sect Master, this..."
"Uncle Zhou, this is a martial arts technique I obtained by chance a few days ago. It is divided into three levels: Body Refinement, Meridian Opening, and Divine Connection. You have been practicing martial arts for decades and have a solid foundation. If you can comprehend this technique, breaking through to the Divine Connection realm should not be difficult."
Zhou Bo's hands trembled slightly as he held the book. He had been in Qingyun Sect for decades, from the Taoist of Fushan to Shen Qing. Now he was in his sixties and was about to suffer from blood and qi deficiency.
In the eyes of cultivators, martial arts are things for mortals, low-level skills that cannot be presented in a respectable way.
But now Zhou Bo sees something different in Shen Qing's technique.
"metropolitan……"
Zhou Bo's voice was a little hoarse, "This old servant will certainly live up to the sect master's expectations."