Chapter 4: Taiqing Bible

"It's actually true..." Yuanxu moved his right hand away from Xiao Mian's pulse gate, still with a look of disbelief on his face, muttering in a low voice: "I didn't expect it! To comprehend the feeling of Qi within six days, this level of understanding is not only Chengfeng, but also the younger generation of the Five Elements Sect, and I'm afraid you are the best in terms of understanding!"

Xiao Mian stood aside, at a loss.

He accepted that his spiritual roots were not good, at least he regained some confidence in his understanding. Why did his master not look very happy?

After a while, Yuanxu calmed down, and his eyes swept over Xiao Mian as if they were real, which made Xiao Mian dare not speak carelessly.

Suddenly, Yuanxu stood up abruptly and walked into the inner room without saying a word. Xiao Mian stood there stupidly, puzzled.

In a moment, it seemed like a long time in Xiao Mian's eyes, Yuanxu came out, holding a book that was older than the "Five Elements Qi Transformation Secret" he took out last time.

"You - very good!" Handing the ancient book in his hand to Xiao Mian, Yuanxu explained: "With your comprehension, it is really a waste of heaven to practice the "Five Elements Qi Transformation Art". Although this "Taiqing Wuwei Sutra" is a fragment, it is the most important thing to have a solid foundation and point directly to the great way. If you can practice it to the foundation-building stage within ten years, I Yuanxu will... That's it, it's too early to say all this now. You should first memorize the true qi running route of this "Taiqing Sutra". I will help you to guide the qi to break through the barrier!"

Yuanxu looked a little strange when he said this, as if he had struggled and seemed to be relieved. However, Xiao Mian's attention was all on the "Taiqing Wuwei Sutra" in his hand, and he didn't notice it at all. Only after listening to Yuanxu's words did he know what Yuanxu was going to do.

Yuanxu was going to guide the qi for him to break through the barrier and temporarily open up the small and large Zhoutian!

For mortals to practice Taoism, the first level is to experience the sense of qi.

Once this level is passed, if an elder is willing to spend a lot of effort to transfer his own true qi into the body of the younger generation, and guide the newly born weak true qi to impact the acupoints all the way, and open up the small and large circulations, it is called guiding qi to break through the level.

However, this mostly happens between two people with extremely close relationships, because compared with the large amount of true qi consumed by the elders who took action, the so-called opening of the small and large circulations is only temporary, and at the latest within three days, those acupoints will be blocked again.

Of course, guiding qi to break through the level is not completely useless, because the impact of this time will make it relatively easier for the younger generation to break through the level with their own true qi in the future.

That was originally recorded in the sub-chapter of "Five Elements Qi Transformation Art". Xiao Mian just read it as a strange story, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn today.

"This... Master has been so kind to me, how dare I ask Master to do this for me..."

"Don't say too much, why don't you calm down and practice the Taiqing Sutra?"

"...Yes!"

Three hours later, Xiao Mian dragged his tired body back to his courtyard. Of course, there were still many tonics given by Yuanxu. According to Yuanxu, it was too late for Xiao Mian to start practicing Taoism now. In the past ten years, he had taken too many worldly things, and a lot of things had accumulated in his body. He had to guide them out first and fill them with these tonics to make up for Xiao Mian's deficiency.

Thinking of the various strange feelings of warmth, coolness, numbness, or swelling when he was drawing Qi to break through the barrier, Xiao Mian felt as if he had endured all the tortures in the world. When he thought of Yuanxu's pale face when he finished Qigong, Xiao Mian couldn't help but be moved.

Although he was grateful to Yuanxu for taking him to the Five Elements Mountain, he was always somewhat cautious. It was not until this moment that Xiao Mian respected Yuanxu as his elder from the bottom of his heart.

Thinking that his master not only took out the secret book at the bottom of the box for a disciple with low qualifications, but also cast a spell to help him personally, Xiao Mian was moved. He endured the fatigue and ate a meal, then straightened his body again and sat in meditation.

Because Yuanxu said that the next three days would be crucial for his cultivation.

Three days later, Xiao Mian woke up quietly.

The acupoints that were originally opened by Yuanxu Taoist's strong true qi were closed again. Only the three acupoints near the lower abdomen dantian were not closed immediately. Under the continuous impact of Xiao Mian's weak airflow that could not even be called true qi, although two acupoints were finally closed, the acupoint closest to the dantian was finally stabilized, becoming the first level that Xiao Mian opened with his own strength.

What Xiao Mian has to do from now on is to continuously strengthen the true qi in his body, so as to use it to open the acupoints and meridians throughout the body.

This is the most important means of cultivation for cultivators in the Qi training stage. They must constantly warm their own true qi in the Dantian to make it stronger, and then impact unknown meridians and acupoints.

There are twelve meridians in the human body. Every time a cultivator opens a meridian and all the acupoints on it, it is considered that his cultivation level has improved by one level. Therefore, the Qi training stage is divided into twelve levels.

When the cultivator opens the twelve meridians and connects the 365 acupoints in the body, he has opened the small and large Zhoutian, which is the great perfection of the Qi training stage.

At that time, he can start preparing to build the foundation.

Huangfu Ying, who was defeated by Lu Chengfeng that day, was in this state.

Of course, these are still too far away for Xiao Mian now. Xiao Mian has only opened one acupoint now. What he needs to do is to constantly nourish the true qi, constantly attack, constantly fail, and then constantly start over. And to nourish the true qi, he can only sit quietly and enter into a state of concentration, so Xiao Mian can only enter into a state of concentration and stay at home.

Time flies, and three years have passed in a flash.

"The human spirit likes to be clear, but the heart disturbs it; the human heart likes to be quiet, but desires pull it. If you can often get rid of your desires, your heart will be quiet; if you clear your heart, your spirit will be clear; naturally, the six desires will not arise, and the three poisons will be eliminated."

Xiao Mian closed his eyes slightly, opened his lips slightly, and unconsciously recited the "Taiqing Wuwei Sutra". The true qi in his body started from the dantian, rushing all the way, attacking the city and finally rushing through the last acupoint of this meridian.

For a moment, Xiao Mian trembled all over, and subconsciously groaned with his brows furrowed, and then stationed the true qi on the acupoint, constantly consolidating the foundation.

Opening his eyes, Xiao Mian sighed with neither joy nor sorrow.

At this time, Xiao Mian was already a 15-year-old boy. Because of his long-term stay at home and meditation, his originally dark skin gradually turned white. With the many spiritual medicines sent by Yuanxu, his stature was even taller, comparable to that of an adult.

But compared with this, Xiao Mian's progress in cultivation was minimal, because the meridian he opened today was the first meridian he opened in three years - this was the result of Yuanxu's personal guidance and the cultivation of a large number of spiritual medicines.

According to this calculation, Xiao Mian needs at least thirty-six years to cultivate to the great perfection of the Qi training period!

Thirty-six years, when thinking of this number, even the mature Xiao Mian couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Anyway, I finally opened a meridian, which is good news. Let's go tell Master first."

After sorting out his mood, Xiao Mian walked out of his courtyard and headed towards Yuanxu's cave on Yanzhu Peak.

On the Yanzhu Peak, Yuanxu Cave.

"Finally opened up a meridian?" Hearing Xiao Mian's good news, Yuanxu's expression was not happy at all, but more solemn. Seeing that Xiao Mian was quite uneasy, Yuanxu comforted him: "You don't have to be too anxious. It's better to have progress than no progress."

"But...but according to my progress, if I want to cultivate to the great perfection of the Qi training stage, it will take thirty-six years?" When saying this, Xiao Mian himself felt that this was really embarrassing. Yuanxu seemed not to hear him, and continued to talk to himself: "Thirty-six years? You dare to think about it! Even if you can wait, I can't! As the number one alchemist of the Five Elements Sect, I have countless elixirs at hand. You couldn't open any meridians before, so you couldn't take the elixir."

"What does the master mean?"

"Now that you have opened a meridian and can control part of the true qi, you can naturally start taking elixirs to dissolve the power of the medicine to assist in cultivation."

As he said, Yuanxu casually brushed the coffee table in front of him, and behind his sleeves, a row of three long-necked small porcelain bottles stood there quietly.

Now Xiao Mian naturally knew that these porcelain bottles were not made out of thin air by Yuanxu, but were turned out from Yuanxu's storage bag. It's just that Yuanxu's move of taking objects from the air was so smooth and natural.

But soon, Xiao Mian's attention was attracted by the three small porcelain bottles. On the three-inch porcelain bottles were small red notes with the words: Qi-replenishing pill, Qi-benefiting pill, and Qi-nourishing pill.

"With the help of these three kinds of pills, I believe your cultivation speed will be greatly improved."

Yuan Xu Zhenren briefly explained the effects of the three kinds of elixirs, and then signaled Xiao Mian to put them in his arms.

"Master, may I ask, how many years did Senior Brother Lu take to cultivate to the great perfection of the Qi training period?"

"Chengfeng? Seven years!"

Xiao Mian wanted to ask more, but Yuan Xu was unwilling to say more on this issue. After answering a few questions about cultivation for Xiao Mian, he sent Xiao Mian back to continue his cultivation. After all, Xiao Mian's current realm was too low, and Qi training was completely a slow process. Even if Yuan Xu wanted to teach him many cultivation methods and tricks, it would be useless.

When Xiao Mian walked out of the cave, Lu Chengfeng appeared.

"Grandpa is really partial! At the beginning, I begged you to give me some pills, but you always refused. Now even I am a little jealous of Junior Brother Xiao." As soon as he appeared, Lu Chengfeng complained in a playful way. Yuan Xu didn't even raise his eyelids and whispered: "You should know why I didn't let you take the pills!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Isn't it because you are afraid of the poison of the pill? How could I not know your love for me? But - why did he ask me about my things?"

"Youthful vigor is not all bad!"

"Humph! Does he want to compete with me?" When saying this, Lu Chengfeng's face was full of disdain, and there was no open-mindedness as brothers that day. Yuanxu Zhenren didn't care and said to himself: "Chengfeng! I want to hold the 'Shenglong Fight' at Yanzhu Peak!"

"Shenglong Fight? Isn't that a shortcut for outer disciples to enter the inner sect?"

"Yes! The two sides participating in the Shenglong Fight are inner disciples and outer disciples. If the outer disciples can defeat the inner disciples, they can replace them."

"This... Grandpa, you are the head of Yanzhu Peak, and you can certainly hold the Shenglong Fight at Yanzhu Peak, but will the sect agree to it for no reason? Besides, asking those vulgar outer disciples to fight with the elite inner disciples is probably..."

As soon as he said this, Lu Chengfeng's face suddenly froze.

"Wait! Grandpa, do you want him to participate?"

"His qualifications are really useless! Fortunately, he has strong perseverance. He spent a year to open up a meridian, so that he can take elixirs. As long as he can persist, with the help of a large number of elixirs from me, it is not impossible for him to successfully build a foundation. However, cultivation is difficult, and inner persistence alone is far from enough. There must be some external stimulation to enable people to exert their greatest potential!"

"When do you plan to hold the Shenglong Fight?"

"After a year!"

"One year? Is it too hasty? No matter how magical the elixir you gave me, the kid's foundation and qualifications are really too poor. I'm afraid..."

"It's okay! I have prepared 'Sanyang Chongqi Pills', 'Liuhe Yunqi Pills' and 'Jiuyin Rongmai Pills' for him!"

"This... Grandpa is so generous! These are all third-grade elixirs! Humph! Can that kid handle it?"

"Whether he can handle it or not is up to fate! How can I let him do what he wants?"

"Even if there are all these elixirs, after a year's work, I'm afraid that kid is only at the seventh or eighth level of Qi training. How can he resist those high-level disciples from the outer sect?"

"It's okay! You must know that 'knowing shame is close to courage'. If you can guide it properly, a great shame is much more useful than a magic pill..."

"Chengfeng knows what to do!"

"Yes!"