Chapter 56: Chapter 55: Pushing Open the Door to Qi Cultivation
Less than half a day after Lin Li and Liu Xiangqian’s meeting ended.
A project report and a personnel list were delivered to the command center.
The report was stamped by Lin Li, and then sent via a special envoy to the Modu Base Camp.
Five hours later, a reply came from Modu:
Approval granted to establish the ’Suiren’ Spirit Awakening Pill special research group, with a total of eleven approved research personnel. The group leader will be Liu Xiangqian, and all necessary equipment will be delivered in two days.
The ’Suiren’ project group is officially established!
Meanwhile.
The twenty-two warriors who succeeded in awakening their spirit after half a day of adjustment.
Still led by Wei Fan, came to the Wei Mansion’s Martial Arts Arena’s training room to begin cultivation.
At the camp.
This time, only a four-person medical team accompanied them, led by the dean of Modu First Hospital, Bao Xin.
The medical team’s main task is to provide technical support to prevent some potential accidents and is not responsible for observation and analysis—related research will be conducted at the Life Experiment Base.
As for Liu Xiangqian and others, they have fully focused on the ’Suiren’ project and did not participate in this mission.
After entering the training room.
Wei Fan handed a stack of A4 papers to Lin Ziming:
"Colonel Lin, this is a photocopy of the ’Qi Accumulation Method’, translated by Professor Ma Ning and his team.
The ’Qi Accumulation Method’ is a widely spread entry-level cultivation technique in the Damo Realm, simple in mantra, suitable for cultivators from the preliminary stage to the third-layer Qi cultivation.
Once the cultivator reaches the third-layer Qi cultivation, they can select the main cultivation technique for the next stage based on their spiritual root."
Lin Ziming took the A4 paper, blinking at Bao Xin with a peculiar expression:
"Old Bao, why does this feel so out of place? Aren’t immortality cultivation techniques usually on jade slips or in thread-bound books?
Yet here we are, with over twenty entry-level techniques all summed up on a stack of A4 paper."
Bao Xin chuckled and said:
"That’s why we call it scientific cultivation! How can thread-bound books compare with the eco-friendliness and efficiency of A4 paper?
Once we make breakthroughs in some projects, the integration of technology and cultivation will surely become even closer.
Who knows, you might even see a tablet refined into a magical artifact someday!"
Lin Ziming imagined a cultivator flying on a tablet and couldn’t help but laugh too.
He then lowered his head, flipping through the cultivation technique, and said to the others:
"Everyone, come up and get a copy of the material, then find a place to sit down. This process will be directed by Patriarch Wei."
Just as Wei Fan mentioned.
The content of the ’Qi Accumulation Method’ is very simple.
The entire text has only one to two thousand words, something that in a novel would be criticized by readers for being short and understated.
The ’Qi Accumulation Method’ is an entry-level cultivation technique, where entry-level means laying the foundation.
So the stages of the ’Qi Accumulation Method’ are straightforward:
Absorb spiritual energy into the body, loop it through one complete circuit—thus entering the first-layer Qi cultivation.
Next, expand the body’s twelve major meridians, using spiritual energy to refine the body’s 206 bones.
This constitutes the second and third layers of Qi cultivation.
Only by crossing these two thresholds can one proceed to the next stage of cultivation.
However, although this process sounds simple, it actually requires quite a bit of time.
For example, expanding the meridians and refining the bones.
Bones are the basic units that support the body, but for ’life,’
the meridians and blood vessels are the roots that maintain the body’s vitality.
Therefore, when cultivating the ’Qi Accumulation Method,’ meridians take precedence over bones.
Only after expanding the meridians enough to withstand greater pressure can the body undergo bone refinement.
Bones are like the main structure of a building, while meridians are the foundation.
Only with a solid enough foundation can higher levels be supported.
Additionally,
the ’Qi Accumulation Method’ also records a more detailed trajectory for the circular cycle.
Once the meridians have expanded, just a circular cycle is needed to refine the bones.
As for how to absorb spiritual energy, the ’Qi Accumulation Method’ only has two words:
Perception!
Spiritual energy is akin to a ’stranger’ floating outside the body.
Inviting an unfamiliar stranger into one’s home is not an easy task.
But if this stranger becomes a friend,
then inviting a friend to play at home becomes much easier.
And the process of the ’Qi Accumulation Method’ attracting spiritual energy is,
like an ordinary person signaling to spiritual energy: Big boss, are we friends?
Some spiritual energy loves making friends and rushes over immediately upon hearing the call.
More spiritual energy, however, is quite aloof, and demands certain innate talent for cultivation from ordinary people.
The higher the innate talent, the easier it is to attract those aloof, free-floating spiritual energies.
These days, even blind dates ask if you have a car or a house, let alone spiritual energy, which can determine a person’s cultivation ceiling.
However.
Now that the rabbits have arrived in the Damo Realm, who knows what developments or changes there might be in cultivation in the future?
After all, what rabbits are best at is breaking down those established hierarchical barriers...
Of course.
That’s something that might happen in the future.
Currently, the rabbits have just started cultivating.
Even if they wish to do something, they feel powerless, and for now, they must follow the predetermined path.
The sight returns to the training room.
Under Wei Fan’s guidance.
Twenty-two warriors received the "Qi Accumulation Technique," and after choosing their respective spots, they sat down and began reading the content of the technique carefully.
"After channeling spiritual energy into the body, guide it first to the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian....
The Three Yin Meridians of the Hand run from the chest to the fingers; the Three Yang Meridians of the Hand run from the fingers to the head; the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot run from the head to the feet; the Three Yin Meridians of the Foot run from the feet to the abdomen.
The Three Yin Meridians of the Hand move from the chest cavity towards the fingertips, joining the Three Yang Meridians of the Hand;
The Three Yang Meridians of the Hand move from the fingertips towards the head and face, joining the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot;
The Three Yang Meridians of the Foot move from the head and face towards the tips of the toes, joining the Three Yin Meridians of the Foot;
The Three Yin Meridians of the Foot move from the toes towards the abdomen and chest cavity, joining the Three Yin Meridians of the Hand, thus forming a ’Yin-Yang interconnected, endless loop’ path."
Four Spiritual Root Warrior Liu Ming, looking at the technique on the paper, felt a bit dizzy and nudged his good buddy Zhang Xin with his elbow:
"Ah Xin, this is really complicated."
Zhang Xin nonchalantly replied:
"I think it’s fine, the technique is explained clearly.
The so-called circulation means channeling spiritual energy from the chest to the fingers, fingers to the head, head to the feet, and feet back to the chest—it’s a standard closed loop.
I suggest you adjust your breathing a bit better. Your temperament is too impulsive, and you may not have the patience to guide the spiritual energy.
Although our local Daoist techniques have nothing to do with the Damo Realm, I believe that the principles of the Daoist School are quite suitable for cultivating immortality, as achieving tranquility and non-action allows you to follow the natural path of Daoism."
After saying this, Zhang Xin lowered his head again, earnestly studying the technique.
Liu Ming shrugged, took a breath with his eyes closed, and focused his attention on the "Qi Accumulation Technique."
Half an hour later, Wei Fan spoke up:
"Alright, everyone, start your preparations.
Adjust your breathing, then close your eyes, and use your mind to move the ’inner sea’ in your abdomen, entering a state of oneness with the world once again.
In this state, you should sense many glowing dots around you, which are the spiritual energies in the air.
Once you perceive the spiritual energy, you must concentrate your telekinesis and attempt to absorb these spiritual energies.
Once the spiritual energy officially enters the body, you can follow the trajectory of the ’Qi Accumulation Technique’ to operate it."
Cao Yi’s position was in the southeast corner of the training room. After Wei Fan spoke, he adjusted his breathing.
Then he slowly closed his eyes.
As an ordinary person from a technological world, suddenly encountering the concept of cultivating immortality, it is impossible not to be excited.
Someone with less stable mental conditions might have their DNA so excited that it generates an Archimedean spiral pattern inside.
However, Cao Yi had a pretty good mindset, having worked many years as a grassroots police officer, experiencing all sorts of odd events. (Highly recommend a documentary called "Stories of the Police Station," it’s worth watching.)
After closing his eyes.
Cao Yi quickly sensed several glowing small particles around him.
One even imperceptibly brushed across the Baihui Acupoint at the top of his head.
At the same time.
A yearning instinctively emerged within him:
Absorb it! Absorb it!
Though the particle eventually drifted away, Cao Yi was not disappointed but joyful: this must be spiritual energy!
He held his breath again, trying to communicate with the spiritual energy.
Finally.
A tiny particle of spiritual energy slowly flew towards him, eventually merging into his body.
As the saying goes, the first step is always the hardest.
When the first particle of spiritual energy was successfully absorbed, more and more spiritual energy started to flow into Cao Yi’s body.
Eventually, near his lungs, it formed a warm current.
Cao Yi carefully guided this current, moving it along the trajectory described in the "Qi Accumulation Technique."
From the lungs to the hand... hand to the head... head to the feet... finally returning to the chest cavity.
After circulating for one round, the current gradually began to sink.
Eventually, it completely merged into the ’inner sea.’
Cao Yi’s body shook slightly, and a mysterious aura spread out.
Reaching entry into the body, First-Layer Qi Cultivation!
The gate to Qi Cultivation is thus pushed open!