Chapter 9: Testing Potential
In the early morning, the misty clouds added a bit of mystery to the valley, and as soon as the sky was bright, Qin He got up early, and the thought of learning the art of refining the body with Xiao Lao made Qin He's heart extremely excited. After cleaning up briefly, he walked out of the room, breathing in the fresh air of the morning, Qin He only felt extremely comfortable in his heart.
"Qin He, get up so early", a loud voice came from behind him, it was Xiao Lao.
"Xiao Lao Zao!", after seeing Xiao Lao, Qin He said very politely.
Seeing Qin He's energetic face, Xiao Lao nodded with a smile, and then said to Qin He:
"Qin He, you have been coming to the Ming Medicine Pavilion for more than a month, why did you delay teaching you the art of refining the body, there is also a reason, as the saying goes, if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, no matter what you do, if you don't have a good state of mind, it is often difficult to succeed, I remember when you first came to the Ming Medicine Pavilion, your heart was anxious and impetuous, and it was really not suitable to practice, but during this period of healing, your heart was much more steady."
Listening to Xiao Lao's words, Qin He couldn't help but nod secretly, he was bent on learning to refine his body with Xiao Lao, and his heart was impatient, but since he broke his legs, Qin He has also experienced life and death, and the impatience in his heart seems to have long disappeared, and his heart is more of a desire, and his state of mind has grown a lot compared to before.
"Although God has the virtue of a good life, once you embark on the road of cultivating immortals, it means that you have to fight with the sky, fight with the earth, and fight to the death with the people who block you, and if you are not careful, it is very likely that you will not recover, are you ready for these?" Xiao Lao said to Qin He with a serious expression.
Listening to Xiao Lao's words, Qin He didn't know what to say for a while, since his father died, Qin He no longer had any relatives, and he didn't know what he was going to do, but when Master Xiang Qing took him to the Heavenly Saint Sect and saw Xiang Ye'er, Qin He found that her shadow remained in his heart forever, and slowly, he realized that he had fallen in love with Xiang Ye'er, but Qin He knew that if he wanted to be with Xiang Ye'er, only he could become strong enough. No matter how good the master is to himself, Xiang Ye'er will not fall in love with an ordinary man because of this.
"Old Xiao, even if the future is dangerous, I am not afraid, I am already a person who has died, if it weren't for Master, if it weren't for you and Senior Sister Xiao, I'm afraid I would have been dead a long time ago", Qin He said, with a resolute look in his eyes.
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll teach you the true way of refining your body from today onwards", Xiao Lao's eyes suddenly showed a glimmer of essence, and he said to Qin He.
"The way of cultivating immortals can be roughly divided into two types, one is Qi cultivation and the other is body refining. Qi cultivators absorb the aura of heaven and earth and open their own one hundred and eight qi mansions, and with the opening of each qi mansion, their own strength will also be greatly improved, but qi cultivators not only need the existence of spiritual roots in the cultivator's body, but also need extremely large cultivation resources, because the opening of each qi mansion requires several times the aura required before.
Another way of cultivation is to refine the body, in the world of cultivating immortals, there are often fewer refiners, because refining the body not only requires the human body to bear great pain, but also the difficulty of cultivation is also several times that of the qi cultivator, there are twelve meridians in the human body, the refiner only needs to refine the meridians, and the refiner can be as powerful as the qi refiner, there is a saying in the immortal cultivation world called one vein and nine mansions, that is, the refining body, if the refiner can refine all the twelve meridians, it is equivalent to opening his own one hundred and eight doors of qi, under the same realm, the refiner can often crush the qi cultivator”。
Listening to Xiao Lao's words, Qin He couldn't help but feel a little shocked in his heart, he remembered that Master Xiang Qing had already opened the Eighteen Gates of Qi Mansion, and in his eyes it was already a very powerful existence, if Master opened all the one hundred and eight Doors of Qi Mansion in his body, he didn't know how powerful it would be. Also, since Qi cultivation is as powerful as body refining, can Qi cultivators also be able to refine their bodies? Thinking of this, Qin He couldn't help but ask Xiao Lao:
"Elder Xiao, since refining the body is so powerful, is it possible that qi cultivators can also refine the body?"
Listening to Qin He's question, Xiao Lao couldn't help but show a smile.
"Hehe, it's theoretically possible, but it's not as simple as you think, Qi cultivators have the Hidden Dragon Realm, the Present Dragon Realm, the Tilong Realm, the Leaping Dragon Realm, the Flying Dragon Realm, The six realms of the Kanglong Realm, each realm is divided into upper and lower realms, the first to nine Qi Mansions in the Hidden Dragon Realm are often relatively easy, and it generally takes more than ten years to do it, and some talented people can even open it in a few years, and once the Ninth Gate Qi Mansion is opened, the speed of cultivation will often become very slow, so the tenth Qi Mansion is a bottleneck to break through in the upper realm, and the eighteenth Qi Mansion is a bottleneck in the lower realm, and if you want to break through the bottleneck in cultivation, unless you have a natural treasure, or go out to experience and understand, it is difficult to break through。
However, if the body refining wants to make a breakthrough, it often takes more energy, and the energy consumed by the body cultivator for each meridian refining is several times that of the qi cultivator, and the qi cultivator's own qi has not yet been opened, so how can he think of refining the body? If the two are carried out at the same time, unless he has a rare talent, he will only achieve nothing, and the qi cultivation will not achieve anything."
Listening to Xiao Lao's explanation, Qin He understood a lot in his heart, the road of refining the body is very difficult, but the cultivation of qi is not simple, since he does not have a spiritual root and cannot cultivate the qi, then he will follow Xiao Lao wholeheartedly to practice and refine the body, there is no shortcut on the road of cultivation, only down-to-earth efforts can achieve results.
In this way, under Xiao Lao's narration, Qin He roughly understood the cultivation method of immortal cultivators, and before he knew it, the sky was already bright, a round of red sun gradually rose from the east, and the clouds and mist in the valley began to slowly dissipate, a new day began, and Qin He also began the first day of body refining.
Xiao Lao prepared a large vat for Qin He in a secluded place in the valley of the Ming Medicine Pavilion, and in the vat was some green liquid, not so much liquid, but spiritual liquid, under Xiao Lao's instructions, Qin He soaked naked in the liquid in the vat.
"This is an aura made of some herbs that can strengthen muscles and bones, and the medicinal effect in it is enough for you to absorb twelve hours, these twelve hours, you will be very painful, but you must always soak in the spiritual fluid in the vat, remember, you must have no distractions in your heart, and carefully feel the changes that the spiritual fluid brings to your body", looking at Qin He who was soaked in the vat, Xiao Lao said softly.
Listening to Xiao Lao's words, Qin He nodded, and then calmed down according to Xiao Lao's words, carefully feeling the changes in the spiritual fluid around him, at first he didn't feel anything, but after a while, Qin He felt a soreness like a pinprick coming from all over his body, and his whole body was like thousands of ants frantically biting him, Qin He only felt a tingling scalp for a while, and there was an urge to jump out of the vat immediately, but he couldn't help it, now that the refining has just begun, if he can't hold on, it will definitely make Xiao Lao feel very useless。
Qin He gritted his teeth and persevered, as time went on, this soreness became more and more intense, Qin He's face was covered with beads of sweat, and his hair began to exude bursts of heat, 'dong', 'dong', as the sweat dripped into the vat filled with spiritual liquid, Qin He's bearing capacity seemed to have reached the extreme, his body began to tremble, his eyes also became red, and if he looked closely, Qin He's appearance at this time was like a fierce beast trapped in a cage.
Qin He only felt that he was in extreme pain, and it seemed that he was about to lose consciousness because of the pain, however, just when Qin He was about to hold on, he suddenly felt that there was a heat coming from his dantian, and then he felt that the pain in his body began to disappear slowly, and a very pleasant feeling came, Qin He only felt that the sweat pores of his whole body seemed to be opened, like a small mouth, frantically absorbing the spiritual fluid in the tank.
"It's so comfortable", Qin He couldn't help but whisper to himself, he was in a lot of pain before, but now he feels extremely comfortable, under this great contrast, Qin He clearly felt that some kind of change seemed to be taking place in his body, as the spiritual fluid was absorbed by the body, Qin He only felt that his whole body was full of strength, and his brain seemed to become clearer, Qin He calmed down and carefully felt the subtle changes brought by his body.
Xiao Lao, who was standing on the side, looked at Qin He in the medicine tank, and couldn't help frowning, according to his estimate, Qin He should have jumped out of the medicine tank by now because he couldn't hold on, and the pain caused by the spiritual liquid in the medicine tank would have jumped out of the medicine tank, but half an hour had passed, and the pain on Qin He's face slowly disappeared, and instead turned into a look of enjoyment.
The spiritual liquid in this medicine jar was specially prepared by Xiao Lao, the purpose was to see how great Qin He's potential was, generally speaking, the longer he persisted in the medicine jar, the greater the potential of the cultivator, according to Xiao Lao's calculations, Qin He was only a mortal, and he could last for a quarter of an hour at most, but half an hour had passed, Qin He was still inside, and what was even more strange was that Qin He's face at this time was full of enjoyment.
In the blink of an eye, another half an hour passed, Qin He slowly opened his eyes, because at this moment he could no longer feel any changes in his body, Qin He looked down, but found that the spiritual liquid in the medicine tank had become as clear and transparent as water at some point, Qin He turned his head and saw Xiao Lao sitting on a wooden bench not far from him looking at himself.
"If you can't hold on, come out quickly", seeing that Qin He seemed to want to come out of the medicine tank, Xiao Lao said with an appreciative look in his eyes, in Xiao Lao's opinion, Qin He's ability to hold on for such a long time was really beyond his expectations.
Hearing Xiao Lao's words, Qin He walked out of the medicine jar, got dressed and came to Xiao Lao.
"Qin He, the elixir in this medicine jar was specially prepared for you, I deliberately said that I asked you to persist in the medicine jar for twelve hours before, the purpose is to see how much potential you have, you can hold on for such a long time, it is indeed a bit unexpected to me, you can have such perseverance, you will definitely be able to achieve achievements in the path of body refining, do you feel any changes in your body now?" Looking at Qin He, who had just walked out of the medicine tank, Xiao Lao said happily.
"I feel that my body seems to be more powerful than before, and my mind has become much clearer, but Xiao Lao, it was really painful when I first entered the medicine tank, but after a while, I felt very comfortable, and I didn't walk out of the medicine tank because I couldn't hold on", listening to Yao Lao's words, Qin He said with some doubts.
"Oh, then why did you come out of the medicine tank", Xiao Lao's face also showed a hint of doubt.
"I saw that the spiritual liquid in the medicine tank became clear and transparent, and my body seemed to no longer absorb the medicinal effects of the spiritual liquid, so I came out of the medicine tank", Qin He said truthfully to Xiao Lao.
"What are you talking about?, the spiritual liquid in the medicine jar has turned into clear water", Xiao Lao suddenly stood up from the wooden bench and said loudly to Qin He in disbelief.
"Yes... , yes", looking at Xiao Lao's excited appearance, Qin He thought that he had done something wrong.
For a while, Xiao Lao suddenly ignored Qin He and walked straight towards the medicine jar.