Chapter 40 Officially Begins
The master was worried that her perception of spiritual energy was too weak, so he spent an entire afternoon setting up a spirit gathering array to assist her.
When the sun was setting, the master led Tao Zi into the formation, and Xi Jing and others stood by with healing tools, ready for battle.
It's no wonder they are so nervous. The first step in physical cultivation is to guide the spiritual energy into the spiritual veins. This is the same as Taoist cultivation. The difference is that Taoist cultivation guides the spiritual energy to flow in the spiritual veins, while physical cultivation allows the spiritual energy to penetrate into other meridians. The damage to the body is unimaginable to others. At least 50% of physical cultivators fail here, and more than half of them die.
Tao Zi was meditating in the formation. Her master said slowly, "Azi, your spiritual veins are severely damaged. Forcing spiritual energy into your veins will inevitably cause severe pain. You must stay awake and endure it. If you faint, you will have failed."
"I see."
The master placed his hand behind Tao Zi's head. She closed her eyes, and the spiritual energy around her began to become gradually clearer in her perception.
It’s such a nostalgic feeling.
This is what cultivators call "entry guidance," where a cultivator at the foundation building stage or above guides you to perceive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and helps it flow into your meridians. Of course, a small number of those with high talent may be able to perceive it on their own.
"Azi, the spiritual energy is approaching the meridians. Once the spiritual energy enters the meridians, I can no longer easily detect it. From now on, it's up to you."
The moment the spiritual energy entered her veins, the expected severe pain emerged. She needed to let the spiritual energy circulate in her spiritual veins first. After she became familiar with the feeling, she could then attract the spiritual energy from the surroundings based on her feeling. This time, the spiritual energy would really circulate in her body.
It was already dark. Han Yueshan and the others stood in front of the formation, holding lanterns. Zhao Xue couldn't help but say, "Senior Sister's face is a little too pale. It shouldn't be that way. It's very comfortable for spiritual energy to flow within the spiritual veins."
"Don't forget, there's something wrong with Senior Sister's spiritual vein."
Before she finished speaking, the eldest sister spat out a mouthful of blood. Everyone's face changed color. Xi Jing called out softly, "Master! The eldest sister is not in a good condition. Should we stop first?"
The master's expression remained unchanged. He waved at them and told them not to speak so as not to disturb Tao Zi.
It was only half an hour since the spiritual energy entered her veins, but she felt it was extremely long. The pain of a knife cutting or an ant biting was not as painful as the spiritual energy flowing through her veins.
Finally, the first stream of spiritual energy ended its journey and dissipated from the body.
She tried to attract other spiritual energy into her body, which should have been an extremely simple thing for her, but everything went wrong.
Tao Zi bit her lower lip tightly. How could it be? Why would those spiritual energies avoid her? They had clearly been very close to her and loved her in the past.
She tried again without giving up, but the result was the same.
This is impossible. Under normal circumstances, spiritual energy will at most ignore you, but it will not avoid you. Even if you are a demon cultivator, spiritual energy will not avoid you.
"Look, if you don't become a demon, you're not even as good as a demon cultivator."
A mocking voice sounded and it came out again.
Tao Zi ignored it, suppressing her fear and beginning to use some special methods to force the spiritual energy into her body. Her spiritual veins kept sending out warning pains, but she ignored them and finally forced the spiritual energy into her spiritual veins.
After the spiritual energy entered the meridians, it finally became obedient and spread to the surrounding meridians according to her wishes.
Her veins were broken, her flesh was crushed, and a large amount of blood was flowing out of her body. If she failed, she would die.
Seeing her like this, the master's face suddenly changed, and Zhao Xue's face was also extremely serious.
Xi Jing felt uneasy: "Third Brother, why do you and Master both look so unhappy? Isn't this normal?"
He forced a smile and said, "It's okay, don't talk."
He clenched his fists nervously. How could he be fine? The book said that physical training should be gradual. At the beginning, there would only be a small amount of bleeding. Situations like severe skin breaks and heavy bleeding should only occur in the later stages of physical training, when one is about to reach the solid stage. The eldest sister's body is mortal. How can she survive this?
He looked at his master, whose expression was even uglier than his. His heart sank, thinking that perhaps this matter was more serious than he thought.
Sect Master Wen wanted to stop it, but there was no way. Tao Zi's body had been pushed to its limit. If he intervened again, she would probably burst and die.
Under normal circumstances, the body refining stage should be to gradually temper the body's healing and spiritual resistance abilities. This stage will only be reached when the abilities have reached the limits of the mortal body.
If she really couldn't make it...
The master looked up at the sky, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
Tao Zi had no idea how terrifying her current appearance was. She focused solely on forcing spiritual energy into her body, feeling the pain of her body breaking apart and reshaping. She didn't realize she was no longer able to do anything, and then fainted from the pain.
After an unknown amount of time, she regained consciousness and found herself lying in the water. She slowly looked around. Why did this feel like she was in the kitchen? And she felt like she was in a cauldron?
She stood up hesitantly and looked down. Xi Jing was squatting on the ground, her cute round head shaking, and her hands were still adding wood to the pot.
Is this cooking her?
Xi Jing heard the noise, looked up, and excitedly jumped up and hugged her neck: "Senior Sister!"
Before she could say anything, Xi Jing screamed and let go of her hand, blowing on her arm that had touched the hot pot. She was obviously burned.
"Xi Jing, you should flush with water."
She suddenly realized what had happened and poured the water on her arm, saying, "Sister, is this water hot? If not, let me heat it up."
"No need, it's just right." Tao Zi shook her head, looked at the various medicinal herbs floating on the water, and guessed what was going on.
After Xi Jing recovered, she said, "Senior Sister, you really scared us to death this time."
"What's going on?"
"Sister, you've been in a coma for half a month." She excitedly waved the water scoop, "But this is a good thing, Sister, you're in the solid stage now!"
How is that possible? Tao Zi looked at her in shock. She had clearly just entered the Body Refining Stage.
After she finished packing, she went to find her master first. The master looked at her with a puzzled expression. She looked at him even more confused: "Master, what's wrong? And what's going on? How did I directly become a solid stage?"
"Azi, your body had already reached the late stage of body refining before, that's why it's like this this time."
Tao Zi was stunned: "How is this possible?"
The body of a late-stage physical cultivator was a notch stronger than even the Xuanzhao stage. She had only been a Jindan before, and after her spiritual veins were damaged, with good luck, her physical strength remained at the early stages of foundation building. At worst, she was even weaker than an ordinary person. She had always thought it was her good luck, and the Yisan Sect's support, that allowed her to tie with the two Minglan Sect's physical cultivators. But now it seemed that wasn't the case.
She frowned and said, "Master, I really don't know what's going on."
"Master knows, but now that we have reached the solid stage, some things need to be explained in detail."
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