Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

#20 - Chapter 20 The Secret of Nourishing Qi

Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass, a main ingredient for Spirit Gathering Powder, a common elixir used by Foundation Establishment cultivators to enhance their cultivation. It sprouts three leaves initially, and then grows one leaf every thirty years. It is considered mature only when all nine leaves have grown, and can then be used to refine high-grade Spirit Gathering Powder.

If allowed to grow for another two or three hundred years, this grass might ascend to the fourth rank of spirit-grade, greatly increasing the probability of refining high-grade Spirit Gathering Powder.

After returning to his cave dwelling, Zhang Yuanjing put the matter of the root remnants to the back of his mind, took out the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass, stroked its leaves with one hand, and held its stem with the other, sitting cross-legged.

At this moment, he suddenly had a strange feeling. The power of Thick Earth in his dantian seemed to have become active, as if anticipating something.

Could it be that it, like me, is looking forward to using this Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass to achieve a breakthrough?!

He held his breath and focused, using his cultivation technique to draw a wisp of light green wood spiritual energy from the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass. Compared to the wood spiritual energy provided by Blue Star Grass, the wood spiritual energy provided by this grass was ten times greater in both purity and volume.

As soon as the wood spiritual energy entered his meridians, it immediately detonated the fire spiritual energy within, releasing a dark red flame that burned out a faint golden gas.

After circulating through a small cycle, the faint golden gas was injected into his dantian, merging with the power of Thick Earth, and dyeing the power of Thick Earth with a faint golden hue.

Zhang Yuanjing was shocked, realizing that, as he had thought, the Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique, upon reaching a certain level, required higher-grade spiritual plants to break through the realm and continue cultivation.

He cleared his mind of distractions and continued to circulate the technique, drawing wood spiritual energy from the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass again and again. After one small cycle after another, he transformed the mixed spiritual energy in his meridians into the power of Thick Earth, and then used the power of Thick Earth to nourish the spiritual grass, continuing to draw wood spiritual energy.

Repeating this cycle, after nearly half a year of circulating the technique, he finally transformed all the original reddish-yellow power of Thick Earth in his dantian into a light golden color. This completely new power of Thick Earth, slightly tinged with spirituality, roamed vibrantly within his dantian.

At that moment, Zhang Yuanjing felt his thoughts suddenly clear, and the Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique finally broke through to the seventh level, and his cultivation officially returned to the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

He opened his eyes, his heart filled with joy. The Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass in front of him had grown half a foot taller, its four light yellow, long, slender leaves were plump and bright, and the leaf flesh had noticeably thickened by a large layer.

A thought stirred in his mind: when Su Yuanxiao took out this Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass, she said that it was already more than ten years old. I used the sixth level of the technique to cultivate it for half a year, and it grew a leaf, and its growth was so vigorous, indicating that it had increased by at least twenty years. This is obviously much stronger than the Thick Earth Circulation Qi Technique.

However, how much stronger it is will require a longer period of testing.

If the Nurturing Qi Technique's effect is twice that of the Circulation Qi Technique, then the sixth level of the technique's cultivation effect should be twenty-five years. In the past half year, it has nurtured this Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass from a little over ten years to forty years.

And from this moment on, using the seventh level of the technique, one year is equivalent to ninety years. It will only take less than three months to allow the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass to grow its fifth leaf.

He calmed his mind and continued to meditate and cultivate, the power of Thick Earth constantly circulating back and forth between the spiritual grass and his meridians.

When nine major cycles were completed, he stopped circulating the technique and opened his eyes. As expected, another light yellow, long, slender leaf had grown on the cane-thick stalk of the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass, but it was smaller compared to the other three.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't contain the excitement in his heart. He jumped up and walked back and forth in the cave dwelling, occasionally waving his fist to vent his strong emotions.

Initially, whether it was listening to Wu Yuankui's words to cultivate the Thick Earth Circulation Qi Technique, or coincidentally learning the Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique, he only regarded this technique as a way to quickly improve his cultivation, as a desperate measure to treat a dead horse as if it were still alive. All he thought about was breaking through the realm as soon as possible and seizing that glimmer of hope for the Golden Core path.

However, at this moment, the extremely effective Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique, while helping him rapidly increase his cultivation, also provided another precious thing: the self-reliance and self-improvement that a cultivator should have.

For a long time, he had relied on Wu Yuankui's help to survive in this extremely dangerous world of cultivation, living a muddled and aimless life. But now, he finally had his own "unique skill". With this unique skill, he was enough to support himself and strive for self-improvement!

A two-hundred-and-five-year-old fellow, rejoicing that he could finally earn a living with his own hands, was somewhat absurd. But for Zhang Yuanjing, who had always been mediocre in talent and timid in character, this was the reality.

He never regarded himself as a true cultivator, a rebellious strongman who fought against heaven and fought against people, but always used various reasons to avoid challenges, avoid struggles, and comfortably rely on Wu Yuankui, who treated him like a biological brother.

But today, or from today onwards, he could climb the great path on his own!

After resting for several days, Zhang Yuanjing took out the four root remnants that Su Yuanxiao had given him. Whenever he thought of Su Yuanxiao's words before leaving, "I will definitely not disappoint my little sister", he couldn't help but smile wryly. He only had himself to blame for being careless and accepting the other party's spiritual grass without asking about the conditions first. Now he was truly in a dilemma.

This Su Yuanxiao looked gentle and elegant, but he didn't expect her to be a mischievous character. Her master, Shu Tianqi, was not easy to deal with, especially since this female Core Formation cultivator had a close relationship with the second person in the sect, the Core Formation Grand Perfection cultivator Tong Tianfu. Even Wu Yuankui had to treat her with respect.

If he really couldn't stimulate the root remnants, wouldn't he have to find a Mysterious-grade spiritual plant and send it over!

Of the four root remnants, two were yellow in color and about an inch long. The other two, one purple and one blue, were less than half an inch long. Due to their age, although these four root remnants had been properly preserved, they were already in a semi-withered state and probably couldn't be preserved for many more years.

Zhang Yuanjing cultivated the Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique by first drawing wood spiritual energy from the spiritual plants, converting it into the power of Thick Earth, and then, after circulating it through the meridians and dantian, injecting it back into the spiritual plants, forming an interactive cycle. For the root remnants, he could only first infuse the power of Thick Earth into them to test their reaction.

He first chose the slightly longer yellow root remnant, meditated and adjusted his breath, and slowly injected the power of Thick Earth into it, carefully searching for the internal ducts of the root remnant, and following its veins to travel in an orderly manner.

At first, the power of Thick Earth could still condense without dispersing, but as it continued to branch and deepen, it began to become erratic, and finally imperceptible, dissipating into nothingness.

Zhang Yuanjing frowned and infused the power of Thick Earth again. This time, he increased the speed, and the amount of power of Thick Earth also increased by more than double.

However, the result was still the same. As long as it entered the slender veins after the main duct, the power of Thick Earth would quickly disappear completely.

He was somewhat disappointed. Although the Thick Earth Cultivation Notes did not mention whether root remnants could be stimulated, he had high expectations for it, hoping that the Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique could have more functions.

He continued to try, constantly adjusting the amount and speed of the power of Thick Earth injected into the root remnant, consuming most of the power of Thick Earth in his dantian, but there was still no progress.

Zhang Yuanjing sighed, knowing that this root remnant was impossible to succeed. He took out a small jade box and gently put it into it. Who knew that at the moment the root remnant fell, the root bark began to fall off "rustling", followed by sawdust, and finally only a short piece remained.

He was dumbfounded, muttering to himself: "It's over, it's over, this is troublesome, how can I explain it!"

Then he cursed himself for being stubborn, why bother staring at one root remnant. Try each one, as long as one has an effect, wouldn't it be possible to hand it over!

Zhang Yuanjing took out the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass again, circulated the technique for a major cycle to replenish his dantian, and then chose the blue root remnant and injected the power of Thick Earth into it.

This time, as soon as the power of Thick Earth entered the duct in the xylem, it seemed to be pulled by some force, rushing forward with a whoosh, and soon scattered into various veins and disappeared.

But it was not like last time, where it dissipated and disappeared, but was firmly absorbed into the interior of the root remnant. In an instant, the root remnant trembled slightly, and a faint trace of death qi escaped from under the root bark and disappeared into the air.

Before Zhang Yuanjing had time to carefully experience it, he discovered that the power of Thick Earth in his dantian was being continuously drawn into his body by the suction force in the root remnant, and quickly entered the xylem through the meridians.

He was shocked and quickly activated the Thick Earth Nurturing Qi Technique, trying to control the operation of the power of Thick Earth. However, the situation at this time was no longer under his control. The operation of the technique was useless, and the power of Thick Earth was still gushing out, not only not stopping, but also accelerating.

Zhang Yuanjing felt an absurd sense of sorrow in his heart. He had not died from the tyrannical power of the Golden Scale Fruit, but was going to fall on such a small root remnant!

His mind went blank, and he stared blankly at the blue root remnant in his hand, always feeling that it was like a ferocious beast, roaring ferociously at him!

Suddenly, he felt his body soften and he fell to the ground in despair. The suction of the root remnant disappeared.

He lay on the ground for a moment, then sat up straight, meditated and looked inward, but found that his dantian was empty. The original vast power of Thick Earth had been completely absorbed by the root remnant.

Zhang Yuanjing narrowly escaped death and was very grateful. Looking at the blue root remnant again, it lay quietly on the ground, and a burst of vigorous vitality emanated from it. At the front and center, there were two places where the root bark had cracked, and a hint of green was faintly visible.

"It's done!" Zhang Yuanjing was overjoyed, his heart full of accomplishment.

He was extremely weak at this time and could not continue to cultivate, so he took out a special jade box for preserving spiritual plants and placed the blue root remnant in it. Then, he held the Nine-leaf Yellow Sun Grass and circulated his technique to restore his mana.

He absorbed wood spiritual energy as usual, igniting the fire spiritual energy in his meridians, but suddenly discovered that there was a completely different tender green wood spiritual energy in his meridians. He didn't know when or where it had entered his meridians, and it had not become fuel for the fire spiritual energy, but was burned with the earth spiritual energy and water spiritual energy, and integrated into the newly generated power of Thick Earth.

The power of Thick Earth, on its light golden surface, had a faint layer of warm luster flowing, making people feel an endless stream of vitality.

Zhang Yuanjing did not understand the reason, but seeing that the operation of the technique was normal, he did not think much about it and continued to circulate the technique. However, this time, he did not see the unusual tender green wood spiritual energy in his meridians, and the generated power of Thick Earth was as usual.

Thus, one cycle after another, until after a full three major cycles, his dantian was refilled.

Compared to before, the power of Thick Earth at this time had a significant change, that is, it had more of that warm luster. Although it was extremely weak, the vitality within it was like flowing water, moving vibrantly.

"Could it be that cultivating the root remnant to sprout can obtain that tender green wood spiritual energy and transform the power of Thick Earth?"

Zhang Yuanjing secretly speculated. Because he had exhausted his mana when cultivating the blue root remnant just now, he failed to maintain internal vision, and therefore missed observing the process of the tender green wood spiritual energy being produced. Now, he can only put forward a more reasonable guess for now, and verify it in the future.

Afterwards, he tried to stimulate another yellow root remnant, but like the previous yellow root remnant, it was also useless. He was worried about damaging it, so he tried twice and gave up.

When cultivating the purple root remnant, a completely different effect appeared. No matter how he input the power of Thick Earth, the root remnant would accept all comers and absorb everything, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no reaction.

Zhang Yuanjing did not want to take risks, so he stopped trying and instead continued to cultivate the blue root remnant, stimulating the two green sprouts to grow to an inch high before stopping and leaving the cave to go to Concealing Moon Peak.

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