Chapter 1 Looking at the Beginning

Looking at the small door on the ground gradually turning into black ashes, this thing, along with the key, disappeared completely, leaving nothing behind.

Clearly, Professor Miman had some special insurance in place, and once an accident occurred, it would automatically initiate self-destruction.

But in this way, the method and channel for him to return to Earth and Moon from here were completely gone.

Standing there for a long time, Li Cheng颐 didn't come back to his senses.

His mind was racing, thinking about how to return to Earth and Moon.

'No, there's still a way. The Divine Limit Heart Incantation of Intercepting Heaven and Extinguishing Earth was able to reach Earth and Moon, so there must be some kind of connection between here and Earth and Moon. Of course, it's also possible that someone who has been here brought the technique over, but this possibility is extremely small. Those who could bring such a divine technique over, after practicing it, couldn't possibly be unknown on Earth and Moon.’

A glimmer of hope rose again in Li Cheng颐's heart.

‘The martial arts here can directly reach the imprint, and I have already opened the Extraordinary Gate in my body, and can connect to the Black Sea at any time. So, the only thing missing is a road to return to Earth and Moon. And the countless dangers that may appear in the Black Sea.’

‘In this case, I just need to cultivate an imprint here as much as possible, and after strengthening my own strength, I can look for a way to leave safely and return from here.’

A place that can give birth to such terrifying powerhouses, he doesn't believe that there won't be means to conceal one's aura.

‘It seems that I still have to climb up through official positions and rely on the largest court resources to achieve the fastest development path.’

Quickly determining the subsequent arrangements, Li Cheng颐 tidied up the courtyard, carefully collected the black ashes that the small door had turned into, put them in a small bag, tidied himself up, and went out again.

This time, he was going to the martial arts library of the Divine Martial Division.

Any place, as long as it is a large organization or force, will have a place to store martial arts classics, and the Divine Martial Division is that martial arts library.

The martial arts library is generally divided into two parts, one is the True Qi martial arts library of the Divine Martial Division, and the other is the Blood Seed martial arts library of the Blood Guard Division.

Martial arts are also divided into True Qi martial arts and Blood Seed martial arts.

For example, the Mitian Blood Rain Skill practiced by the National Teacher Song Yunhe before is a Blood Seed martial art, and many people also call it Blood Essence martial art.

The martial arts library is not only responsible for preserving martial arts, but also has some retired and old members of the Divine Martial Division who serve as martial arts instructors here.

If there are any basic questions, you can pay to seek answers from them.

These instructors usually have a basic salary, which is regarded as a disguised form of the Divine Martial Division's pension department.

The location of the martial arts library is not near the courtyard of the Divine Martial Division, but in a more remote place called Shenyun Yuan.

This place is where the officials in the county often come to worship their ancestors and gods.

The martial arts libraries of the Divine Martial Division and the Blood Guard Division are both here.

After Li Cheng颐 asked the old men in the team, he came straight here. After going around in circles, he finally found a four-pointed pavilion surrounded by high walls.

The four corners of the pavilion's roof are all upwardly curved and raised spikes, with black roofs and black walls, dark red doors and windows, and dark green lanterns hanging on the gate of the wall. Apart from that, there is no plaque.

On the surface, it looks like an ordinary wealthy family.

Li Cheng颐 stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door opened automatically, and the inside was empty.

He narrowed his eyes, lifted his robe and stepped over the threshold to enter.

In the courtyard inside the wall, some grapevines were planted, supported by frames to form small patches of shade.

A sword-browed woman with white hair and a face as clean and flawless as a young man was wearing a white robe and leaning on a lounge chair in the shade, reading a book.

"If you want to read a book, take it yourself, don't take it away. If you want to ask for advice, look at the wooden sign. If you agree, you can ask."

The woman said lazily, without even looking at who Li Cheng颐 was.

Li Cheng颐 then noticed that there was a sign standing at the woman's feet, which clearly listed the prices of different types of questions.

However, he was rich and generous. After sweeping up the bandits for so long, secretly hiding a little was commonplace.

Not to mention that he often went to the wild to earn extra money.

"Yes, there is a question that I would like to ask the instructor." Li Cheng颐 cupped his fists.

He knew that these instructors were all retired from the Divine Martial Division, and their strength was not weak, and their connections were extensive, so they could not be offended easily.

"Ask if you know the price." The white-haired woman said indifferently.

"I would like to ask the instructor, what is the biggest difference between Blood Essence martial arts and True Qi martial arts? Can one person practice both and combine them?"

Yes, what Li Cheng颐 was thinking at this time was to change his body, change to a body with bloodline, and then practice both.

However, in this way, he would have to give up his True Qi cultivation, which was too regrettable.

So he came to ask in a roundabout way.

"This question... you are bold to think about it." The white-haired woman finally turned her head and glanced at Li Cheng颐.

"This is impossible. True Qi martial arts and Blood Essence martial arts are fundamentally two contradictory directions. True Qi makes people go forward, Blood Essence makes people go backward."

"One is evolution, the other is returning to the ancestors. The two are fundamentally contradictory. It's like you want to go forward and backward at the same time, and the result is standing still."

"Forward, backward?" Li Cheng颐 seemed to understand something. "Then why is True Qi always said to be far inferior to Blood Essence?"

"It's very simple, how long have you been practicing True Qi? People's Blood Essence is the family property accumulated by generations, both are transforming themselves, you are transforming from the beginning of Qi training, people started transforming generations or dozens of generations ago, do you think it can be the same?" The white-haired woman rolled her eyes at him.

"Then this junior has another question." Li Cheng颐 understood and continued to ask.

"This is the third question." The white-haired woman reminded.

"Can a strong person like the National Teacher really pull the heavenly stars?" Li Cheng颐 still didn't believe it.

"Well, many people have asked this question, and the answer is... yes. Do you know why our Shao Yin Kingdom is built on a black soil?"

"I don't know."

"Actually, it's very simple. Originally, this was a mountain range. Later, the National Teacher arrived, and with a single strike of heavenly star traction, he destroyed this mountain range and the countries hidden inside. Then we moved here." The white-haired woman sighed, "So until now, the center of the Black Soil Plain still retains the huge meteorite pit that was smashed out at the beginning, which is a huge lake, comparable to an ocean."

Li Cheng颐 was silent. This is something that humans can do?

"The last question, what level of martial arts is required to achieve True Imprint fusion, how can I obtain it?"

This is what he cares about most.

Compared with the ethereal Illusory Dragon Heart, it now seems that practicing True Imprint martial arts fusion seems to be progressing faster.

The white-haired woman glanced at him, her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Black level. There are only white level martial arts here. In the entire Cangshi County, only the Town General and Town Guardian can practice black level martial arts, and there is only one copy. This is a level strictly controlled by the imperial court. In addition... in the entire Shao Yin Kingdom, there are only two places where you can find the material resources needed for True Imprint fusion cultivation. One is the imperial court, and the other is Wanmu Mountain."

"...That is to say, if you want to fuse True Imprints, you can only join our imperial court or go to Wanmu Mountain to complete it?" Li Cheng颐 understood.

"Yes. True Imprint fusion requires a medicine called Suoxin Dan (Heart Locking Pill). This medicine will be distributed to you every year as long as you reach the level of Town General or Town Guardian."

"I see..." Li Cheng颐 cupped his fists and saluted, "Thank you for your guidance."

"Pay up." The white-haired woman said lazily.

Li Cheng颐 took out forty taels of silver notes and handed them over, then walked towards the main building of the martial arts library.

Passing through the second threshold, the first thing that came into view was a dark wooden lattice that was somewhat dark.

They were embedded in the wall, one next to the other, like decorations, and a martial arts secret manual was placed in each lattice.

And below each secret manual, the name, grade, and purchase fee were written in small characters.

The martial arts in the martial arts library are divided into two parts, practice methods and medicinal stones. There are only practice methods here, and medicinal stone copies need to be purchased.

Li Cheng颐 glanced at it, and in the huge pavilion, about a hundred grids were embedded on three walls, most of which were empty.

The grids from left to right are non-grade, white grade, and black grade.

Li Cheng颐 went to the black grade for the first time.

Only two volumes were placed in a grid on this wall.

*Bixue Gong* (碧血功, Azure Blood Skill), *Fantian Yiqi Jue* (翻天意气决, Heaven-Turning Righteous Qi Technique).

The *Bixue Gong* clearly marked below: Remnant.

Li Cheng颐 reached out and took down the complete version of the *Fantian Yiqi Jue*, but it was blank inside.

Sure enough, there was no way to find a loophole.

He has no bloodline, so he can only take the path of True Qi martial arts. And the Songwen Qi (松纹气, Pine Pattern Qi) itself does not have a True Imprint fusion method, so he hopes to gain inspiration from other martial arts and create a True Imprint fusion belonging to the Songluo Saber Technique (松鹿刀法, Pine Deer Saber Technique).

Unfortunately...

This is a martial art that only the Town Guardian can practice.

'The Town Guardian also has a term of office. If the Town Guardian had a martial art to practice from the beginning, then how should this technique be handled?'

He wondered in his heart.

'Moreover, since this technique is allowed to be practiced by the Town Guardian, so many terms of Town Guardian will definitely spread it out.'

Obviously, this technique must have restrictions, or a method of changing cultivation. Li Cheng颐 plans to go back and inquire about the current situation of the former Town Guardians in the county. Is it possible to obtain the True Imprint fusion part from them.

Leaving aside the black grade martial arts, he turned his attention to the non-grade direction, and quickly found the Songluo Saber Technique belonging to his family.

Although he didn't know how the Songluo Saber came here, he still took it down and looked at it.

It was terribly incomplete, with only the basic practice method of Songwen Qi inside, no moves, no applications.

It is estimated that it was the castrated version submitted by the Wang family's ancestors.

Li Cheng颐 put it back and went to look at the other martial arts.

*Luxing Gong* (陆行功, Land Walking Skill), *Dishou Gong* (地授功, Earth Granting Skill), *Sifang Futu Dao* (四方浮屠刀, Four Directions Stupa Saber), *Duanjiang Shou* (断江手, River Severing Hand)...

The names of these non-grade martial arts are more resounding than each other, but they are all just different castrated versions of the basic Qi training.

Li Cheng颐 remembered it after reading it, and quickly memorized dozens of Qi training methods here.

Soon, he turned to the white grade martial arts.

This is a higher-level martial art than the Songwen Qi he practiced.

There were more than a dozen grids with classics on this wall.

He randomly took out a copy of the *Moxu Zhenjing* (墨虚真经, Ink Void True Scripture). The Qi training part inside was similar to the previous one, but there was an additional step of refining later.

After practicing Qi, it also needs to be refined to make it more pure.

In the *Moxu Zhenjing*, the refining method is to use a certain prescription combined with special Qi movement techniques to absorb and remove impurities in the True Qi, thereby indirectly purifying the True Qi.

This method seems to have undergone countless tests and attempts, and summarized the arduous method.

Li Cheng颐 put down this book and continued to pick up the next volume.

*Bihai Jingtao Gong* (碧海惊涛功, Azure Sea Shocking Wave Skill).

The subsequent refining method in this book is to use the strong pressure in the deep sea to squeeze the whole body, forcibly compress the True Qi to achieve it.

Continue to the next volume.

*Lanyanjin Yu Jue* (蓝焰金域决, Blue Flame Golden Domain Technique), is to use a special kind of medicinal flame to scorch the True Qi, so that the impurities in it are burned and evaporated.

Li Cheng颐 read them one by one, most of which used external pressure, induction, traction, temperature, humidity, and medicinal properties to offset and achieve the purpose of refining.

This gave him a lot of inspiration.

Especially for the common impurities in True Qi, a book called *Mingxuan Danjing* (鸣悬丹经, Ringing Suspension Pill Scripture) mentioned that the impurities are mainly the mixed Qi produced by the fusion of mixed blood, and the waste Qi produced by the fusion of mixed thoughts.

The essence and blood in the human body are not pure in themselves, and there will be impurities, so mixed Qi exists.

In people's minds, countless mixed thoughts will be generated every moment. Even the most concentrated attention will have subconscious mixed thoughts, so waste Qi will naturally be generated.

For these two, it is necessary to first figure out their characteristics, and then prescribe the right medicine to achieve the purpose of purification.

(End of this chapter)