Chapter 11: Qi Gathering

In front of a skyscraper in the city center.

Zhang Yu raised his head and looked at the building that was soaring into the clouds and seemed to pierce through the sky. He could vaguely see a fairy palace emerging on the top of the skyscraper.

This is the office building of Xianyun Group in the center of Songyang City.

In addition, Zhang Yu could see a taller giant building in the distance, as if it was connected to the real end of the sky. He knew that it was the tallest building in Songyang City. It was said to be a 999-story central building. It was also a landmark he often saw on his way to and from school.

At this moment, he turned his head again and looked at the office building in front of him.

"Xianyun Group?"

On the way here, Zhang Yu had already searched for some relevant information about Xianyun Group on the Internet.

This is a giant enterprise under the Wanfa Sect, and its businesses include developing and selling martial arts techniques, immortal education, and books and cultural creation.

The Wanfa Sect is one of the ten major sects. In this Kunxu, from food, clothing, housing and transportation to birth, aging, sickness and death, a person's life is inseparable from the ten major sects. This is naturally true for the practice of immortality.

Therefore, Zhang Yu is not surprised at all that a giant enterprise like Xianyun Group belongs to Wanfa Sect, one of the top ten sects.

Zhang Yu walked into the building with his head down and explained his purpose at the front desk. He then went through the registration, contract signing and a simple physical examination, and was finally led to a place that looked like a classroom.

He saw that there were already several students sitting in the classroom besides him.

After waiting for a while, when the number of students in the classroom reached fifteen, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie walked in and began to talk about the content of today's test.

"Hello everyone, I am today's instructor."

"Everyone present has already signed the contract, but I still want to remind you that everything we talk about here today is not allowed to be spread. If our company finds out that anyone has leaked the news, we will find you no matter where you run to."

Many students felt a chill in their hearts when they heard these words, but they knew that what the other party said was true. With the strength of Xianyun Group and the Wanfa Sect behind them, it was indeed not difficult to do this.

"The technique you are going to try to learn today is called Experimental Technique No. 113. Please watch the teaching video first..."

According to the introduction in the teaching video, this technique is a breathing technique for the Qi Refining realm, but the difference from the basic breathing technique is that this technique is much more complicated, as if it is about establishing some kind of magic power circulation throughout the body.

So much so that after watching the teaching video, most of the students who came to try out the skills were still confused.

It was not until the instructor’s detailed explanation that many students had a general understanding, but they felt more and more dizzy.

"No... let us practice this kind of skills? Are we worthy?"

It is really that the exercise route of this method is too complicated and the difficulty is too high, just like painting the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" on a piece of 4A paper.

If Zhang Yu were to describe it, it would be as difficult as carving patterns on shit.

Not to mention practicing the exercises according to the instructional route, no one present could even memorize the route and had forgotten most of it almost as soon as the instruction was finished.

Not to mention spreading it, the students had no confidence at all as to whether they could master this martial art and complete the experiment.

As if sensing the emotional changes of many students, the instructor said from above: "Don't worry, everyone, this experiment does not require you to master this technique."

"In fact, it is impossible for a beginner to master this technique on his own."

"What we want to test this time is the auxiliary exercise equipment that matches 113..."

Next, many students present were sent to a testing room, where mana detection patches were affixed to their hands, feet, chest, back, and other places.

Then, something like silver needles were connected to the wires and delivered to the students by the robotic arm.

The instructor at the side continued, "After you start practicing, the detection patch will constantly monitor the status of the magic power in your body."

"And the magnetic needle will, under the control of the mechanical arm, stimulate the route of your magic power circulation, helping you to identify and correct the route of your power circulation..."

After listening for a while, Zhang Yu understood. It was just an automatic path finding... Oh no, it's not an automatic power finding, right?

Because the magic power route of this 113 exercise is too complicated, and the timing and points of the operation of inspiration and magic power are too high, it is necessary to detect the practitioner's exercise path while using the Yuan magnetic needle to stimulate various parts of the body for guidance.

However, this process is also quite dangerous because the exercise route of the 113 exercises is too complicated.

With such a complicated route of exercise, once there is a slight error in the path of the magic power, it will cause the magic power to get out of control and overflow into the body, causing itching and pain, and alternating hot and cold, which can easily lead to greater loss of control.

If the time is delayed for too long, it will cause internal injuries. The longer the time is delayed, the more serious the internal injuries will be.

After that, one can either go to the hospital and pay a high price to hire a strong man to use his powerful magic power to suppress the out-of-control magic power in the injured person's body, or rely on physical strength to resist and wait for the magic power to be exhausted and dissipated on its own, or the practitioner can practice this skill himself and use the method of practicing to actively gather the out-of-control and dissipated magic power along the route of the skill.

At the same time, the instructor continued, "... Everything will be as you signed in the contract. The remuneration for this trial will be distributed according to the percentage of the exercise routes you have completed. Only if you complete 100% of the exercise routes can you receive the full 10,000 yuan."

"If only half of the mana is gone, then there are only five thousand."

"Okay everyone, if you have no questions, please get started."

Zhang Yu took a look at the information appearing on the feather book.

Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method Level 0 (0/1)

He thought to himself, "Does this mean I only need to practice it once to get it done?"

Zhang Yu closed his eyes and tried to practice the technique he had just learned, starting from his dantian and moving toward his spine.

At the same time, he felt a slight pain in his back and knew that it was the magnetic needle guiding him to transfer his magic power.

So then he followed the guidance of the magnetic needle, and used his magic power bit by bit to follow.

…

At the same time, outside the testing room, a group of people were observing the students.

"here we go."

The leading researcher had messy short hair and was staring at the constantly changing data on the screen.

It shows the flow of mana in the bodies of various students after they began to practice Experimental Technique No. 113.

The assistant at the side also looked at the training pictures of each student on the screen with a serious face. This was an image that was used to describe the circulation routes of the magic power in the students' bodies after gathering the magic power data of various parts of the students' bodies.

The correct operation route is green, and the part where the mana operation deviates will be marked in red.

As time passed, the assistant's eyes began to reveal disappointment as he watched more and more red errors appear on the exercise routes.

"Teacher, it seems that the guidance accuracy of the Yuanci needle needs to be further improved, otherwise it will not be able to meet the mana operation accuracy of beginners when practicing 113."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"It's still too difficult for a beginner to reach level 113. Should we recruit a group of test subjects with higher Dao Heart levels?"

The researcher called the teacher frowned and said, "Whether it is 113 or the Yuan magnetic needle, they were originally developed for beginners. I will not change this direction."

"Besides, those with a higher Dao Heart level have better skills to learn. The passive breathing effect of 113 is not competitive among them. On the contrary, beginners need the passive breathing effect more..."

At this moment, a student who made a mistake groaned and suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood.

The teacher said coldly: "Send him out quickly, don't let him disturb other people's mood."

But with the appearance of the first student who vomited blood, more and more students who tried to practice the exercises began to feel unwell. Some turned pale and couldn't breathe, some screamed in pain and fainted, and some were only slightly injured, with only a pale face and pain or itching in the place where the mana was flowing...

Watching students being sent out one after another, the teacher's expression became more and more ugly.

He said dissatisfiedly: "The quality of this batch of students is too poor. Can't we recruit some talented students?"

The assistant explained in a low voice: "Teacher, the previous test subjects were injured too seriously, and no school is willing to cooperate with us anymore."

The teacher snorted coldly, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face: "They are just a bunch of poor students. Whether it is 113 or the Yuan magnetic needle, as long as it can be improved successfully, there will be a huge market for beginners. Even if hundreds of people die, so what?"

At the same time, there were only three students left in the testing room who were still practicing.

Two of them are still holding on because they reported fewer errors and lost very little mana out of control.

The other pale-faced student was slightly surprised by the teacher: "This kid made a lot of mistakes while practicing his skills. I'm afraid he must be in unbearable pain all over his body. How could he still hold on until now?"

The assistant at the side asked: "Teacher, do you want to stop him?"

The teacher shook his head and said with interest: "Since he wants to make this money so much, just give him this opportunity."

"Besides, for our research, having more complete data on errors along the exercise route is obviously more beneficial."

…

In the testing room, every time Zhang Yu wanted to give up, he felt the chill from the power of the ritual and the countdown in his mind.

"What a moron! All you know is to talk nonsense. Come on if you have the guts."

During the practice of Qigong, if Zhang Yu made the slightest mistake, he would feel that some of his magical power was uncontrollably dissipating from the route, and the power that remained in various parts of his body stimulated him, making him feel sore, itchy, and hot and cold all over.

After finally completing the entire exercise route, he glanced at the feather book and saw that the "Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method Level 0 (0/1)" had turned into "Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method Level 1 (0/20)". He breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Yu admitted that there was a gambling element in his behavior, but fortunately the gamble was successful this time.

At this moment, the memory of practicing this skill hundreds and thousands of times flooded out of his mind, making him feel as if he had been practicing this skill for several months.

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt that as long as he wanted, he could use the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method to gather the out-of-control magic power in his body and establish a complex magic power circulation.

However, he did not do so immediately. Instead, he slowly stood up despite the soreness and itchiness all over his body.

The instructor at the side hurried over and said in surprise: "Student, are you okay?"

It was the first time he had seen a technique that could be run to the end with such a high error rate.

Zhang Yu covered his stomach and said, "I feel like my internal organs are burning, itchy and painful, my upper body feels like it's on fire, and my lower body feels like it's frozen... It's so uncomfortable."

The instructor quickly supported him and said, "I'll take you to the infirmary to check the situation first."

"No need!" Zhang Yu waved his hand fiercely and said, "I mean... I want to pay more."

The instructor looked him up and down, and seeing Zhang Yu's trembling and increasingly pale face, he said, "1,000 yuan, and sign a contract. Whatever happens to you next will have nothing to do with us."

After some tug of war, Xianyun Company finally increased Zhang Yu's salary by 3,000 yuan and asked him to have nothing to do with the company no matter how serious his injury was.

(End of this chapter)