Chapter 10: Penance
"The blood qi method is the secret practice of Biluo Cave, you are not allowed to pass it on without the permission of the sect, and the offender will be skinned and withdrawn, remember." After Elder Huhuo briefly mentioned a few more precautions when cultivating, he changed his tone and warned.
"Yes." The three of them looked stunned and replied in unison.
Elder Huhuo nodded, hid the fierceness in his eyes, took out a jade bottle from his arms, poured out three lilac pills, and handed them to the three of them:
"Take."
Yuan Ming took the pill and didn't swallow it, looking at the other two with his eyes.
"Elder Huhuo, is this He Dan Medicine?" The Tiger Beast Slave asked.
"Rotten Heart Pill, my Biluo Cave secret medicine, after taking it, it will slowly invade the heart veins, and you need to take the antidote regularly every month to suppress the toxicity." Elder Huhuo said in a flat tone.
When the Tiger Beast Slave and the Wild Boar Beast Slave heard this, their expressions couldn't help but change.
Yuan Ming also frowned, Biluo Cave was planning to use the Rotten Heart Pill to control these furry beast slaves.
However, people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.
He didn't think much about it, he raised his head and swallowed the pill, the Rotten Heart Pill melted in his abdomen, and a cold feeling spread in his internal organs, and he stopped there after approaching his heart, as if there was a cold dagger against his heart, which could be stabbed at any time.
Although the other two had somewhat ugly faces, under the indifferent gaze of Elder Huhuo, they also took the Rotten Heart Pill one after another.
"You have passed the test, you have been taught the blood and qi method, and you have become my official hairy beast slave in Biluo Cave, and in the future, you will be given the antidote to the Rotten Heart Pill when you hand in five copies of the fierce beast essence blood here every month." Elder Huhuo was quite satisfied with the attitude of the three of them and said.
"Dare to ask the elder, what is a fierce beast?" Yuan Ming asked.
"The fierce beast is a beast that can absorb the aura of heaven and earth, and its combat power is even higher than the beast you hunted before. Ten miles south of here, there is a canyon, and the forest on the other side of the canyon is infested with fierce beasts. The premise is that you have cultivated the Blood Qi Fa, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no return. Elder Huhuo glanced south and said.
Yuan Ming was silent, but his face was very solemn.
When he first heard the Blood Qi Method, he felt that it was a bit mysterious and difficult, and he hadn't had time to carefully figure it out, but he also knew that it would not be easy to cultivate.
Moreover, even if he cultivates the Blood Qi Method and can perform the Cloak Technique, he will only reach the previous state of combat power.
He had barely succeeded in hunting the black bear before, let alone hunting stronger beasts.
A trace of dark clouds flashed in the depths of Yuan Ming's eyes, in the eyes of Elder Huhuo, or in the eyes of Biluo Cave, it didn't matter whether these poorly qualified furry beast slaves lived or died, what mattered was whether they could be driven by them.
The other two quickly understood what was at stake, and their faces became more and more ugly.
"Remember, if you perform well, the future is promising, and I hope you will do it yourself." Elder Huhuo didn't know how many furry beast slaves he had seen, and he could see what the three of them were thinking at a glance, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and as he spoke, he raised his hand and patted it lightly on his waist.
The huge falcon flew up again, carrying his body to the sky, and the air flow within a radius of more than ten zhang was violently surging, like a hurricane, causing the surrounding trees to shake their leaves.
The three of them were blown back and forth for a while, and it was not easy to stabilize their figures.
However, after such a toss, the heavy hearts of Yuan Ming and the three of them were dispelled a lot.
"This gray eagle's momentum is far from being comparable to ordinary beasts, most of them are a kind of fierce beasts, right? can be tamed so far, it seems that this Biluo Cave is really deep. Yuan Ming secretly guessed, but he unconsciously yearned for Biluodong in his heart.
"Two, the three of us can gather here today, it is also fate, you might as well get to know each other, in Lower Ulu." The Tiger Furry Beast Slave arched his hand and said.
"Yuan Ming." Yuan Ming picked up the white ape skin and returned the salute.
"Just call me Largo." The boar slave also gave his name.
"It turned out to be Brother Yuan Ming and Brother Lage, the beasts here are powerful, both of them should have personally understood, the task that Elder Huhuo just ordered, there is almost no hope for a single person to complete, Elder Huo did not explicitly say that we must act alone, you and I work together, how?" Uludo glanced at Yuan Ming and said.
"Great idea! The three of us work together to hunt the beast with great hope! Rhago's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed.
"It's not too late to talk about the hunt for ferocious beasts later. Now the most important thing for us is to find a safe place to practice the Blood Qi Method, we have all been lifted from the Fur Technique, and there is no chance of victory in the face of those beasts, so it is safer to act together. Uru suggested.
"Brother Ulu has a long-term vision, and he really needs to find a safe place first." Largo was slightly stunned, and then said.
"Brother Yuan Ming, I don't know what you think?" Ulu smiled and looked at Yuan Ming.
"I'm sorry, Yuan has always been used to acting alone." Yuan Ming was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, and turned around to leave without waiting for the two to speak again.
He had prepared a safe place to live, and he didn't have the slightest trust in the two people he had just met, and he was afraid that he would worry day and night if he stayed together, so it was better to go alone.
"It is said that the people of the Central Plains have always been from the state of the Heavenly Dynasty, and Yelang is arrogant, and it seems that the rumors are true. Speaking of which, being able to pass the test with the white ape animal skin that has little power is also a bit of ability. Largo pursed his lips and said.
"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, don't force it. Brother Lago, let's go, I've found a safe place to hunt beasts in the past two days, and the two of us will work together to believe that something will happen. Uru picked up the hides and walked in the other direction with Ragor.
Yuan Ming wrapped the ape skin around his waist, and covered his whole body with mud to hide his breath, and cautiously walked towards the cave where he had lived before, and immediately lurked when he encountered any wind and grass.
He doesn't have the help of the coat technique now, and he doesn't have any blades to take advantage of, and he is no match for the beasts here by relying on some spear and stick skills alone.
Fortunately, his luck was not bad, although he encountered wild beasts several times along the way, he lurked and avoided in time, but he arrived at the cave safely without danger.
He struggled to bring in a few large rocks to block the entrance to the cave, and the cave fell into darkness, with only a few faint rays of light shining through the cracks.
At this point, Yuan Ming's tense heartstrings were slightly loosened, he cleaned up the sludge on his body slightly, began to close his eyes, and after recalling the mantra of the Blood Qi Method in his mind, he began to try to comprehend and cultivate.
He first sat down cross-legged and crossed on his knees according to the method that Elder Huhuo had said, and assumed a posture with his heart facing the sky, and then silently recited the mantra in his heart.
"There is fire in the lungs of the earth, which enters from the secluded spring and rises into the abdomen, and is as brilliant as a torch......"
While reciting, Yuan Ming felt a sudden warm sensation rise on the ground under his body, which passed upward from the bottom of the tailbone, and after circling around in various parts of his body, it slowly returned to the lower abdomen position.
He was overjoyed in his heart, and just wanted to stabilize the hot flow in his abdomen as he said, but in the next moment, the warm feeling suddenly dissipated, and there was no special feeling anymore.
"Huh, what's going on?"
Yuan Ming frowned and pondered, and found that there was no mistake in his movements, and there was no problem in reciting mantras, so he tried again.
However, this time the result was no different, still only a slight heat flow could be felt in the lower abdomen, but it could not stabilize this heat flow, so it could only be watched and let it gather first and then disperse, disappearing invisibly.
According to what Elder Huhuo said earlier, after running a Great Zhou Tian cycle, the normal situation should be to be able to maintain this heat flow at the dantian, making it like a carbon furnace, heating the qi and blood around the body, making the qi and blood active and vigorous, and gradually nourishing and growing, which will be a long process, depending on the individual's understanding and qualifications.
When the qi and blood are strong enough, there will be a feeling of hair swaying outwards when cultivating, and at this time, the pores around the body will be opened, and you will be able to further try to sense and absorb the ethereal aura contained between heaven and earth.
Once the aura enters the body through the pores, and then after the transformation of the dantian, it can be transformed into its own mana accumulation, and when it is accumulated to a certain extent, it can be activated by urging the animal skin through the technique of draping, and combine with its own flesh and blood, and then it can be transformed into a half-human and half-beast state, with far more power than usual.
But Yuan Ming was embarrassed to find that he had already been stopped at the first step of cultivation.
After that, he tried several more times in a row, but they all failed.
Yuan Ming was not discouraged by this, he had long expected that the cultivation of the Blood Qi Method would not be easy, and if he couldn't succeed today, he would continue to explore tomorrow, believing that he would eventually succeed.
"Goo......
At this time, there was a chirp in his lower abdomen, but he was already hungry.
Yuan Ming rubbed his empty stomach, got up and cut off a piece of black bear meat and swallowed it, drank two more sips of water, and continued to cultivate the blood qi method.
There are no years of cultivation, and half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.
In the cave, Yuan Ming sat cross-legged with his heart to the sky.
The aura of heaven and earth slowly converged, running around the course of the blood qi method for a week, and sank towards the dantian.
The previous problem was still there, the aura that had finally gathered quickly overflowed, and it dissipated ninety into nine in an instant, and only a wisp of almost imperceptible spiritual power entered the dantian and was transformed into mana.
"Still, it seems that my qualifications are enough." Yuan Ming opened his eyes, his face was a little solemn.
After half a month of penance, he finally made a little progress, conflicted the bottleneck of spiritual power that could not enter the dantian, and incorporated the absorbed heaven and earth aura into the dantian.
However, the situation of spiritual power overflow is still very serious, almost one in a hundred, he has been cultivating for half a month, and the dantian has only accumulated a trace of mana, which is far from urging the wool technique, according to his current cultivation speed, it will take at least half a year to accumulate enough mana.
Yuan Ming couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, let alone half a year, in a month, he was afraid that he would die of poison.
Could it be that this blood qi method is more suitable for the cultivation of the people of Southern Xinjiang, and the body and bones of the people of the Central Plains are a little unsuitable?
He couldn't help but guess.
What's even more troublesome is that the food and water in the cave are almost used up, and it is impossible to cultivate with such peace of mind, and going out to hunt for food, with today's flesh and blood, once encountering the black bear and green wolf and the like again, it will be ten deaths.
"Am I really going to be trapped here? No, I still have time and can't give up! Yuan Ming gritted his teeth, crossed his legs and made a posture of five hearts to the sky, intending to continue his penance.
At the moment, he seems to have no other way than to continue cultivating, because there is only a dead end to stop, and there may be a glimmer of life if he continues to try.
However, after another half a day, more than a dozen Great Zhou days came down, and the trace of mana in the dantian was almost untouched.
"Give me mana...... I want to go back to the Central Plains! The nameless anger in Yuan Ming's heart rose, and the strong obsession did not decrease but increased.
In the next moment, his eyes suddenly went black, and he almost passed out.
At the same time, there was a sudden slight heat on his right arm, and it seemed that a scorching air flow seeped in, and immediately disappeared.