Chapter 304 The Aura of Qinghua
Three days later.
Ye Changqing controlled the shuttle to land in the icy pool and asked:
Where is Fellow Daoist Ji?
Zhang Cuihua stepped forward and slightly bent her knees:
"Grandmaster Ji is currently cultivating in his cave and will return around noon."
Please wait in the living room, Uncle-Master. I will brew you a pot of spiritual tea.
Ye Changqing looked up at the height of the sun, waved his hand, and said:
"No need to go to the living room, I'll just sit here for a while. There's no need to serve the spirit tea either; I'll have lunch here."
It was still about half an hour before noon, and it would be silly for me to sit alone in the living room.
“Grandmaster will be very happy to have friends visiting.”
I'll go get some dried fruit and pine nuts to eat, to pass the time. Please wait a moment.
After saying that, Zhang Cuihua ran towards the warehouse.
Ye Changqing chuckled to himself, thinking:
'Fellow Daoist Ji's maids are all quite eloquent.'
He sat at the stone table by the pool, watching the blue water turtles lazily lying under the shade of the trees on the opposite bank, and sighed softly:
"How wonderful it would be if human cultivators could have the lifespan of turtle-like demonic beasts of the same level!"
Turtle-type demonic beasts at the Foundation Establishment stage can easily live for four or five hundred years, while human cultivators only have a lifespan of two hundred years.
When turtle-type demon beasts reach the Chaoyuan stage, their lifespan is at least one thousand years, while human cultivators only have five hundred years.
Human cultivators jokingly refer to turtle-like demonic beasts as 'ten-thousand-year turtles' because they are incredibly long-lived.
A maid brought over roasted pine nuts and some snacks, but Ye Changqing waved his hand and joked:
"Go ahead and get busy. I'll be by myself for a while. You still need to prepare lunch!"
"I've neglected my martial uncle," Zhang Cuihua apologized and left, running to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
At noon, Ji An emerged from his cave dwelling with a faint smile on his face.
Two more veins have been opened up in the past few days, bringing the total to eighteen, completing half of the work.
He took out the flying shuttle and was about to input his magic power when he suddenly felt a heat rising all over his body. His skin emitted a blood-red aura and began to burn.
Twisted black patterns appeared on the surface of his body, instantly covering his arms and cheeks, and a chilling malice condensed in his mind.
The Blood-Transforming Soul-Chasing Curse has reappeared.
Ji An grinned, he had almost forgotten that he still had a Golden Core stage demon beast as an enemy.
These past few years have been peaceful, and he thought the Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King had returned to the Hundred Thousand Mountains with the beast herd.
It seems the enemy is still eyeing him covetously, and has once again ventured into the sect's territory.
"You persistent ghost! If you have the guts, wait until I break through to the Golden Core stage!"
A ruthless glint flashed across his face as he steered the shuttle back to the icy pool.
The Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King was incredibly fast, so it moved freely and fearlessly through the human cultivators' territories.
He thought he should get to know Li Haoran better and try to hunt down the demon king together in the future.
As the shuttle landed, Ye Changqing, upon seeing his appearance, exclaimed in surprise:
"The Demon King has appeared again?"
He also knew that the other party was possessed by the Blood-Transforming Soul-Chasing Curse.
Ji An nodded slightly, and said with a hint of helplessness:
"Yes, I don't know what the relationship was between the demon beast I killed and the demon king, that it still remembers me so fondly!"
"Fellow Daoist, do you know what level a Demon King is?"
Ji An shook his head, "I don't know. The ancestor has never met the Demon King, so I have no way of knowing the Demon King's level."
He paused, then said fiercely:
"So what if he's a demon king? He can only linger outside the sect! I'm still alive and well."
He kept this threat in mind, and would certainly take action to eliminate it when the opportunity arose.
"Haha, fellow Daoist has a great attitude, I admire it."
Ye Changqing cupped his hands in greeting. How many cultivators could disregard the threat of a Golden Core stage demon king?
"This is my last mission for the Diligent Work Hall, to check on the magic array built by Uncle Chu."
"The last time?"
"Yes, the sect has already found a successor for me. After this mission, I will be free to enjoy my retirement."
"Fellow Daoist has served the sect his whole life, it's time for him to take a good rest."
Ji An sighed almost imperceptibly. Only a few days had passed, and when they met again, he noticed that the decaying, deathly aura emanating from the other person had intensified.
"Let's go, I'll take you to check the teleportation array."
The two walked side by side, and Ye Changqing asked:
"Did you conduct a self-inspection after the teleportation array was built?"
"Yes, it has been done."
Back then, Senior Brother Chu conducted an experiment using the Earth Rock Rat at the first level of Qi Refining. I went to Ningcui Cliff with him via the teleportation array.
Later, I was teleported back from Ningcui Cliff.
The two entered the stone house, where Ye Changqing took out a booklet, carefully compared it with the array diagram, and wrote comments on it.
He took out another storage bag, took out spirit stones, and installed them on the teleportation array. "I need to ride it myself once, fellow Daoist, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he activated the teleportation array.
After the light distorted, he disappeared.
Ji An said softly, "Fellow Daoist Ye is very serious about his work."
The other party completed the final task meticulously.
The other party had served in the Qin Gong Hall for many years and seemed to have never made a mistake.
A moment later, the light in the magic circle flashed again, and Ye Changqing reappeared.
He wrote a few more words in the booklet and smiled:
"Finish!"
Ji An laughed loudly as well: "Let's go, let's go for a drink."
"Let's go! There's one more thing I need to tell you, fellow Daoist. After you take over the Emerald Cliff, you will receive a monthly allowance of spirit stones for teleportation."
A month has passed.
Inside the cave, Ji An sat upright on a futon, activating a secret technique.
The magical power flowed between the dantian and the liver, and the Jia-Yi wood Dao seeds in the acupoints shone brightly.
He looked inward at his body and saw that the veins on the surface of his liver were a vibrant, glossy green.
Inside the liver, thirty-five veins are neatly arranged, and the thirty-sixth vein is also mostly complete.
His breathing was very even, and he subtly controlled the flow of magic power through his veins.
Ji An lost his sense of time, and at the same time, he lost his sense of mental exhaustion.
He activated the secret technique, continuously opening up the meridians.
Suddenly, he felt a peculiar sound, like the hands of a clock starting to turn.
The last vein has been created!
All the veins quickly turned yellowish-brown, and the vibrant green liver rapidly shrank, like a withered flower.
The next instant, the liver throbbed, and the veins returned to their green color.
Ji An suppressed his joy and immediately switched to a different method, causing the magical power in his dantian to surge out.
The magical power flowed rapidly through the immortal veins, like a surging river, rushing wildly into the liver.
The moment to unite our core is here!
Ji An vaguely felt the sound of waves in his ears, and his magical power gathered and compressed in his veins.
After an unknown amount of time, the magical power in his dantian was almost depleted, and a drop of emerald-green liquid simultaneously gushed out from the thirty-six veins inside his liver.
When these original fluids were combined, it seemed as if a new organ was growing in the liver, producing a heart-like beating sound, and the core was formed.
The core is exactly the same shape as a liver, but only the size of a peanut, translucent, and faintly glowing with a bluish light.
His skin turned pale blue, and many patterns similar to those on his liver appeared, while a soft, lustrous light shone from the cave.
The area around the futon became lush and green, as if one were in a field where countless green plants were sprouting.
Ji An slowly finished his practice, and all the strange things in the cave disappeared.
He clenched his fist tightly and shouted excitedly:
"It's done!"
The Wood Element Divine Palace has been opened, and he can now begin his cultivation at the Chaoyuan stage.
He suddenly stood up from the futon, feeling as if time had slowed down, and his heart was filled with boundless joy.
Ji An paced back and forth in the cave to calm his excitement.
He read in his senior's cultivation notes that cultivators like him, who had already developed veins on the surface of multiple organs, could develop a second divine palace before the core of their divine palace was fully mature.
In other words, he can take advantage of the gap in strengthening the Wood element Divine Palace to open up the chakras of organs such as the Fire element Heart Palace, Water element Kidney Palace, and Earth element Spleen Palace.
In this way, he can save a lot of time and simultaneously strengthen the four divine palaces.
That's why he was so excited.
After a while, as the excitement subsided, he felt waves of exhaustion wash over him.
Ji An felt dizzy and his vision became somewhat blurry, which was caused by the excessive effect of his spiritual sense.
He took out the only remaining second-tier Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea, quickly boiled a pot of spiritual spring water, and brewed all the tea leaves.
After finishing the pot of tea, a faint coolness spread through my mind, relieving the pain.
Ji An could no longer hold on, lay down on the stone bed, and fell fast asleep.
When Ji An woke up again, he felt full of energy, and all his fatigue had vanished.
He checked the water clock and found that it was just past dawn, and couldn't help but grin.
Stepping out of the cave, Ji An took out the Flame Banner, and after channeling his magic power into it, a cloud of fire appeared beneath his feet.
He piloted his magical artifact to the Wood Spirit Plant Garden by the Cold Pool and landed near the tea trees.
The Wood Element Divine Palace has been opened, and its condition is now perfect, the timing is right, making it an ideal time to practice the Qi Absorption Method.
Ancient practitioners of Qi cultivation referred to absorbing Qi as "exhalation and inhalation." Why? It means exhaling the old and taking in the new.
He faced the direction of the rising sun in the east, with his feet shoulder-width apart, his shoulders relaxed and slightly curled inward; his legs were slightly bent, and he had a slightly rounded chest and straight back.
Ji An's lips were slightly closed, his tongue tip moved forward and slightly retracted inward, and there was a slight gap between his upper and lower teeth.
As you exhale, slowly raise both hands from your lower abdomen, palms facing each other, and widen your eyes as much as possible while exhaling, making a "shh" sound.
This is the first step in absorbing the vital energy of wood and promoting the flow of qi. First, exhale to clear the turbid qi from the liver, which can be considered as emptying the "memory" and making room.
After exhaling, inhale naturally, turn your palms down, and slowly lower them, repeating this process.
After six times, Ji An felt a cool sensation different from before enter his mouth, with a special fragrance.
His body instinctively made a swallowing motion, and that special energy flowed along his meridians to his liver.
Without activating any cultivation technique, the liver turned as green as jade, and all the veins appeared instantly.
The Qi, after being compressed and processed by the veins, was integrated into the core, which then lit up with a cyan light before dimming instantly.
"It has absorbed the Qi!"
Ji An laughed heartily. He had just swallowed a wisp of Wood-elemental Azure Qi, and he felt a warm current rising from his liver and spreading to his limbs and bones.
(End of this chapter)
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