A man casually struck out a palm, meeting the palm that Ren Yuanhao had unleashed. The moment two forces, completely unequal in level, clashed, Ren Yuanhao was instantly sent flying like a kite with a broken string. He slammed violently into the mottled wall, plaster cascading down as he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Ren Yuanhao felt his breathing obstructed. The Qi that had been stagnant in his Dantian was like a large boulder lodged in a ditch, completely blocking the flow. Coupled with his forced exertion of internal energy, his injuries worsened. Ren Yuanhao felt the world spin; the dim light was like the soul-hooking lanterns hanging before the gates of the underworld. With every breath he couldn't take, his chest felt increasingly constricted.
"Brat, why is the Qi within you so peculiar?"
How could the man know that Ren Yuanhao could barely even speak? His ears were already ringing. The slightest attempt to circulate his Qi felt like something pressing against his chest, or a giant hand firmly holding it down, as if his very ribs were about to collapse!
"Forget it. Seeing as you saved that little fellow, I'll spare your life for now."
The man bent down and approached Ren Yuanhao. He tightened his clothes and placed one hand on his Dantian. With a gritted teeth, a wave of scorching Qi surged into Ren Yuanhao's Dantian like a tidal wave. However, the moment their internal energies met, a repelling force was generated!
"What's going on? That stagnant Qi in this brat's Dantian seems to be an unawakened special ability. If I forcefully break it open, I fear it will cause immeasurable damage to his body. However, if I let his Qi remain stagnant, he might not survive the night."
Stirred by the man's surge of Qi, Ren Yuanhao felt even worse. The stagnant Qi felt like it was about to burst his body. The internal and external forces continuously ground against each other, making him wish for death over life. He rolled back and forth on the bed like a madman, the wound on his back where the bleeding had been stopped now gushing blood again!
"I originally intended to help you dissolve the Qi within, but instead, I've harmed you. Brat, this is your fate. If you don't circulate your Qi to break open the stagnant energy in your Dantian, death is the only path. But if you break it open, there's still a chance. If your special ability backfires later, it will be due to your own greed. Bear the pain, I'll give it a try!"
The man knew very well the consequences of forcefully breaking open an unawakened special ability. However, no matter how severe the consequences, it was better than letting Ren Yuanhao die before his eyes. Without further hesitation, he once again channeled his internal Qi and, without any reservation, injected it into Ren Yuanhao.
The external force re-entering his body was like diverting another river to jointly clear blocked stones. Of course, this was not without risk; on the contrary, the risk was immense!
Imagine if both rivers couldn't clear the obstruction, the water flow would inevitably become congested and overflow, causing the internal Qi to become as chaotic as tangled hemp. Forget about survival, it was more likely that even death would be preceded by suffering more agonizing than death itself.
However, once the arrow is loosed from the bow, there is no turning back. This path could only be walked to the end. As for success or failure, it could only depend on Ren Yuanhao's destiny.
Ren Yuanhao now felt as if a large hole had opened in his abdomen. Scorching Qi, like warm currents, washed over the stagnant Qi in his Dantian. Occasionally, he heard the sobbing of the system's young lady in his mind.
"It's my fault I harmed you. I shouldn't have been greedy for Ma Rui Xi's special ability~"
"Wh-what's going on~"
As for that surge of Qi, Ren Yuanhao had always thought it was due to the disruption of his internal energy after being punished by electroshock therapy, and that he would recover with a few days of rest. Who knew that hearing the system's young lady say this now, it seemed that the electroshock was actually a method to activate the seizing of the other party's special ability!
"Actually, I was just throwing a tantrum then. Of course, I also wanted to test if your body could activate the method for devouring special abilities. Who knew that Ma Rui Xi would actively approach instead of calling for a doctor? So, by a fluke, her unawakened special ability was indeed plundered by you."
"In the end, you still wanted to seize her special ability,"
Although Ren Yuanhao now existed in his mind in a phantom state, his brain was still a part of his body. With the pain upon him, this ethereal space also began to tremble slightly. The torment, like a maggot gnawing at the bone, surged into his phantom body.
He began to roll on the ground, wailing incessantly. Every inch of his skin felt like it would be torn apart by the rampant, overflowing internal energy within him, like a balloon being continuously filled with gas. Once the gas exceeded capacity, it would undoubtedly explode.
"Ren Yuanhao, listen to me carefully now. You still have a way to save yourself."
Ren Yuanhao was no longer able to answer the system's voice. If this tearing pain could be graded, it would at least be level eleven or twelve! Far exceeding the pain of childbirth.
The system clearly understood Ren Yuanhao's current predicament and did not dawdle. It directly recited the incantation for the "Star Absorbing Grand Technique" that Ren Yuanhao had just acquired.
"The two poles of Qi have positive and negative, the negative is Yin, the positive is Yang. These two energies transform into form between heaven and earth, hidden within the Qi Sea and Dantian. Common people cultivate Qi, using breathing and exhalation as a guide, drawing the Yin and Yang Qi of heaven and earth into the Dantian. There are those who stubbornly cling to the notion that the more abundant the Qi in the Dantian, the faster they can guide Yin and Yang Qi into the body and advance more rapidly.
This is a fallacy, utter nonsense. The Dantian is like a mere speck of dust compared to the vast ocean, so how can the amount of Qi absorbed be significant? The Daoist saying goes, 'Embrace emptiness like a valley.' Thus, the Qi of the Dantian should also be like this. If you do not let go, you cannot break through. Be like a deep chest, always like a deep valley. Thus, transform Qi, reverse the natural order, breathe in and out, freely at will. Why cling to form?"
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In a daze, Ren Yuanhao heard the convoluted mental cultivation methods lingering in his ears like a mantra. If it weren't for the system's young lady saying that this technique could save his life, he would have long lost his patience and continued listening.
However, this technique, although only a few hundred characters long, held within it a crooked path that almost reversed the general principles of Qi cultivation!
The more he practiced according to the incantation, the more he felt that the Star Absorbing Grand Technique was truly extraordinary, even possessing diametrically opposed conclusions to some Qi cultivation methods in "Azure Sea Tide."
"Azure Sea Tide诀" primarily focused on guiding the flow of Qi, while the Star Absorbing Grand Technique's main principle was to transform the Dantian into a Qi Sea, absorbing Qi from heaven and earth, or from others, into oneself. Although there were some incompatibilities between the two, Ren Yuanhao vaguely felt that these two mental cultivation methods were subtly heading towards the same destination. However, as the system's young lady mentioned, the method of "Azure Sea Tide" seemed to be only the first volume, incomplete, and many areas, even if they had commonalities, could not be fully understood immediately! Big Wind Novel
Currently, although the Star Absorbing Grand Technique had a somewhat unorthodox path, it was also the only method that could dissolve the three streams of Qi. Ren Yuanhao gritted his teeth and finally began to cultivate according to the incantation.