Martial arts cultivation begins with refining qi, refining the true element in the body with the help of exercises, circulating in the meridians in the form of qi, and using time to transform the force out, which is called mana.

A punch containing mana is more powerful than a normal punch, and how much it is larger depends on the size and purity of the mana.

Xue Tong was half ignorant and half understood, he had heard the word true qi, and the strong hunter in the village once said that there was something like heat in the body of a person who practiced martial arts, and the heat was circulating everywhere, full of power, if it was transmitted, hundreds of catties of sledgehammers could dance effortlessly.

Xue Tong naturally didn't know that the true qi refined by folk qigong could only be understood as the most basic form of mana, which was no less different from the real mana of a martial cultivator.

Importantly, mana can also be transformed into spell power, such as fireball spells, ice archery, all of which are due to the change of mana according to the law of attributes, and "Five Elements Basic Spells" talks about the most basic spells in the five elements spells.

Xue Tong not only has to refine mana, but also needs to gather qi into a sea in the belly of Dan, that is, a sea of mist-like mana.

The so-called martial artist refers to the initial level of a martial artist when he steps into the martial arts.

There are nine levels of martial arts, martial disciples, acquired martial artists, innate martial artists, grandmasters, celestials, martial saints, true laws, spiritual honors, and Xuan immortals.

Each level is divided into five grades, the early stage, the middle stage, the late stage, the big stage, and the peak. According to this, the level of the martial artist can be determined, such as the middle stage of the martial apprentice, the early stage of the day after tomorrow, the grandmaster Dacheng, and the peak of the celestial man.

Immortal cultivators refine to the heavenly people in the mortal realm, are attracted by the upper interface, pass through the rifts between the realms, ascend to the spirit realm, and until they become the great masters of the spirit realm, and cross the Xuan Immortal at the peak stage, and fly to the immortal realm to obtain eternal life.

Yunxiao Sect rules, cultivating a martial disciple can stay in the sect forever, and the martial apprentice period is called a disciple, and the disciple is promoted according to the way, and the contribution value reaches the standard, and the top ten in the martial arts competition can be promoted to one level, or refined to Dacheng, and directly promoted to the inner disciple.

Disciples at all levels enjoy different resources, exercises that can be learned, and guidance from their teachers, and miscellaneous disciples receive five spirit stones per month, and no one teaches them the skills, so they all rely on their own work to participate in enlightenment and cultivation.

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When he woke up, the sun was already shining, and Xue Tong's stomach was already growling with hunger.

The canteen, where Xuanmen eats for free, the dining hall in the middle of the mountain is simply arranged, and there are no diners in it, only two handymen with blank looks.

Ordinary meat, rice, fruits and vegetables in the canteen are served for free, and only special varieties need to pay for spirit stones.

The spirit stone is a spar containing the aura of heaven and earth, formed at the beginning of chaos and the construction of heaven and earth, the aura contained in the stone can be absorbed by the cultivator to supplement the mana, and the spirit stone can also drive the magic circle, the more advanced the magic circle, the more spirit stones are needed to drive. In this way, the spirit stone has naturally become a good product for martial cultivators.

Spirit stones are usually cut into crystals the size of broad beans, which are used as the "silver taels" used in the Xuan Realm.

The pieces of meat in the canteen were not delicious, they were just cooked, but they were enough for Xue Tong, he ate as much as six or seven catties, swallowed three bowls of rice and a large plate of wild fruits, and filled them himself, and "ate" the two listless handymen out of his spirits.

"Oh, where did the little ghost come from, it can't be that he cheated on food without food."

"Where is it, the two senior brothers are laughing, my name is Xue Tong, a native of Xue Village, Shannan Town, I have eaten a lot since I was a child, and I just entered the sect yesterday."

"It's no wonder that Shannan came from a land like this." The tall Zhang Datong said disdainfully.

"People in the countryside don't eat like this, don't get a strange disease like hunger." The short Zhao Yuan rolled his eyes and said.

Xue Tong was taken aback, he had never thought about whether the strange changes in his body were good or bad, and Zhao Yuan's words made him a little worried.

"No, no, I've been eating for ten days in a row recently, and I feel like I've gained a little more strength." Xue Tong barely squeezed out a wry smile.

"If you love to eat, take more with you!" Zhao Yuan threw out a light green bag.

"This bag is woven with green bamboo and sunflower water wood, which is fresh and antiseptic, and the meat is not bad for half a month on a hot day."

"Three spirit stones!" Zhao Yuan quoted.

The actual price of the woven bag was one piece, and Zhao Yuan bullied Xue Tong for not understanding it, and offered three yuan. Zhang Zhao and the others are cooking handymen, relying on the purchase of special ingredients, and earning spirit stones at a higher price after cooking.

Xue Tong is a newcomer, how dare he bargain, besides, the food storage bag is indeed useful, full of food, there is no need to waste time going back and forth to the dining hall.

Xue Tong quickly paid the spirit stone, loaded a hundred catties of meat, and carried a large bag of non-perishable wild fruits back to the house.

Xue Tong sat cross-legged on his knees, calmed down his breath according to the mental method of gathering the spirit, adjusted his breathing, and mixed the depth and shallow...

On the night of the third day, Xue Tong suddenly felt a slight heat on his right arm, as if a bubble the size of a mung bean rose, the bubble slowly expanded, and the "yi" cracked, and a shallow heat flow flowed down the meridians, disappearing after traveling a few inches.

The first time he refined the sense of qi, Xue Tong was overjoyed, and he hurriedly repeated the mantra several times, but no matter how he tried, the heat was nowhere to be seen.

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The east is white, and the morning breeze is gentle.

Xue Tong got up early, waited at the entrance of the quarry, and the quarry handymen divided into six groups, took the elk beast trailer, and went to the quarry site three miles away.

Looking at the scale mound from afar, rows of dozens of blue-black low peaks are connected in a ring, resembling pieces of fish scales, and the newly mined green stone mountain, layer by layer, is exploded with flame bombs, like the accumulation of stones in the mountain, waiting for Xue Tong and others to cut it into the specified size with a black iron saw.

Xiong Jing, the boss of the Xue Tong group, is as his name suggests, he looks five big and three thick, and the bluestone of seven or eight hundred catties and his partner can be lifted up and easily placed in a corner of the stone field.

Xue Tong's companion Guan Hongfei was about fifteen years old, lean and capable, and he was not sure whether Xue Tong could lift the boulder, so he chose a smaller bluestone to try to move.

Guan Hongfei's lips moved a few times, and then said, "Try it and lift it together."

Xue Tong half-bent over, stood firm with forked legs, and lifted it hard, and more than 400 catties of bluestone rose under stress, and smoothly moved to the place where it was placed

Xue Tongtong observed in his heart, Guan Hongfei had to mumble a few words before lifting the stone, he didn't know what to say at first, but after hearing the individual words clearly, he suddenly woke up, Guan Hongfei seemed to be chanting the magic of gathering spirits.

"Oh, it looks like Guan Hongfei is using mana to move stones."

Sure enough, after seven or eight stones, Guan Hongfei signaled to pause, sat cross-legged under the awning, his arms hanging lightly on his knees, palms facing the sky, and closed his eyes to run the Gathering Spirit Technique.

Looking at the others, the same interval has to be practiced for a while, only Xiong Jing and individual handymen seem to have inexhaustible strength, and there is no need to replenish mana.

Xue Tong relied on brute force to support himself, barely keeping up with Guan Hongfei's rhythm, and when Guan Hongfei's mana was exhausted, Xue Tong's arm was also sore, almost exhausted.

"How long has Senior Brother Xue been in the Cloud Sky Sect?" Guan Hongfei finished refining a spiritual trick and got up and asked.

Xue Tong's height is higher than usual, Guan Hongfei thought that the two were of the same age, and speculated that Xue Tong had been in the Yunxiao Sect for some time, and he himself had spent a year in the breeding farm before, refining the third chapter of the Gathering Spirit Technique, and after retaining mana in the meridians, Fang came to the stone field to do heavy work.

"Just came, what about Big Brother Guan?"

"You've been here for more than a year, and you're here? Have you cultivated martial arts before?"

"No, rely on your strength to move the stone, the bluestone is too heavy, I can't move it!" Xue Tong heard Guan Hongfei's voice and simply said it clearly.

"Oh, you don't use mana to move stones, how can you do it after a long time?" A dark cloud appeared on Guan Hongfei's face.

"Give it a try, try not to delay the progress of the senior brother."

Xue Tong gritted his teeth and insisted, and after a few rounds, Guan Hongfei's rest time became longer and longer, giving Xue Tong more time to breathe.

It is necessary to know that mana is refined by the true yuan qi in the body, and the vitality is limited, and it is depleted after a certain extent, and it needs to be refined again after the body recovers. Martial cultivators forge their bodies and transform their meridians through exercises and elixir hammers, so that their vitality increases and their mana conversion rate increases. The vitality can be slowly replenished by absorbing the aura of heaven and earth that exists in nature, or by taking pills and absorbing the aura from the spirit stones.

Xiong Jing and Huang Zhengliang took the lead in completing the all-day task, at this time, just after noon, Huang Zhengliang returned to the stone house to cultivate, Xiong Jing made a round, and frowned in front of Xue Guan and the others.

"The sect needs a lot of green stone bars to repair the martial arts field, Guan Hongfei, you were a mess earlier, and the newcomers came and swallowed slowly, can you finish the work? If you drag the whole group back, don't blame me for being unkind!"

"It's done, please rest assured, Senior Brother Xiong." Guan Hongfei didn't dare to slack off and replied.

Xiong Jing is the leader of the group, and the task of the whole group has not been completed for a day, and his extra two points of sect contribution value at the end of the month will be in vain, so he is keeping an eye on it very closely; Guan Hongfei, as a member of the group, if he does not obey the command of the team leader, it will be even more sinful to delay the progress of the group, and he will be directly fined three months of spirit stones.

"And you, Xue Tong! If you can't do it, don't make some money in the quarry. Xiong Jing pointed at Xue Tong and said loudly.

Yunxiao Sect Rules, the miscellaneous servants who work in the lumberyards, quarries, and hunting grounds, have a little more contribution value per month, and Xiong Jing came to the stone field when Xue Tongtu counted the points.

After Xiong Jing finished speaking, he walked straight away, and Xue Tong stuck out his tongue, "Boss Xiong is quite fierce." ”

"Senior Brother Xue is wrong, Boss Xiong's heart is actually not bad, Peng Tai in the next group is the real villain, half a month ago, one person in their group was tired to death, it should be his ghost, Master Hong investigated for a few days without real evidence, and finally had to give up."

"Good thing you didn't go to that group!"

Xue Tong's scalp was numb, and his back was cold and swishing on a hot day.

The two of them regained their spirits, cut the bluestone with a black iron saw, and worked hard for more than two hours, and finally finished it before sunset.

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Xiaoyi Mountain, stone chamber.

Xue Tong was exhausted, so he went back to the house and fell asleep.

He slept until he woke up in the middle of the night, calmed down, and said in his heart: "With such heavy work, it will be worse every day, and stepping up the refining of mana is the only way out."

He was so anxious that he couldn't wait to cultivate the Gathering Spirit Technique...

I had no choice but to concentrate too much.

Xue Tong sighed and flipped out the book "Cultivation Technique".

The spiritual power determines the will and consciousness of the cultivator, and it affects the cultivation of mana and spells and the overall force of the exertion of force in an all-round way.

Unexpectedly, after refining a few words of his mantra for cultivating the Divine Technique, his mind moved, and a sharp pain suddenly came, and his whole head seemed to be cracked.