Chapter 23: Primordial Qi Art

Zhongnan Mountain was covered in white snow, and the chill was bone-piercing.

Gu Qing's room had a stove, and the chimney was built outside. The fire was burning vigorously. In this Quanzhen Sect, Gu Qing felt that the string that was always taut when walking the Wu Lin was gone, and his whole person was much more relaxed, sleeping exceptionally sweetly.

"Knock knock!!"

There was a knock at the door, causing Gu Qing to open his eyes. Through the window paper, he looked at the figure outside, vaguely like Qiu Chuji, so he put on his clothes and opened the door.

"Grandmaster."

The person standing outside was indeed Qiu Chuji. Gu Qing hurriedly let him in and said, "Come into the room and warm up quickly."

"No need."

Qiu Chuji waved his hand and said, "Come out with me for a walk."

Hearing this, Gu Qing tightened his clothes and followed Qiu Chuji out of the room. The wind and snow blowing in his face poured into Gu Qing's collar. Fortunately, the Quanzhen Sect's internal energy showed its skill in walking, sitting, and lying down. This internal energy resisted the chill, and Gu Qing didn't feel much discomfort.

"You kid made the Quanzhen Sect disperse, making people panic, but you slept peacefully yourself."

Qiu Chuji suddenly said.

"Walk comfortably, sit peacefully, drink when thirsty, eat when hungry, sing when drunk, and lie on the grass when tired. The sun and moon are long, the world is wide, leisurely and happy!"

Gu Qing said calmly.

This was a small poem by Guan Hanqing. After hearing it, Qiu Chuji savored it carefully and said, "It does have a bit of world-avoiding thought... But you are a person who can't stay idle."

After Qiu Chuji appraised it, he felt it was not original.

Gu Qing laughed and said, "I was fighting to the death down the mountain. Now that I'm at Zhongnan Mountain, can't I be leisurely and happy?"

"Of course you can."

Qiu Chuji smiled and said, "The Quanzhen Sect is in the area controlled by the Mongols, which indeed makes us look up to their breath. Wanting to walk comfortably and sit peacefully is all subject to invisible constraints. After we discussed it, we felt that dispersing the Quanzhen Sect is indeed a good idea, but that sentence of yours, 'Chongyang Palace has become the biggest obstacle to the development of the Quanzhen Sect', makes it very difficult for us to accept."

This was what Gu Qing said when he returned to the Quanzhen Sect and persuaded everyone to migrate.

"I was just getting carried away and said it."

Gu Qing said.

Qiu Chuji nodded, looked at Gu Qing, and said, "You want to fight the Mongols, so the Quanzhen Sect and Chongyang Palace naturally cannot become your stumbling block. We have decided that each of us will lead a branch of the Quanzhen Sect to other places to establish a sect. As for Chongyang Palace, we cannot give it up just like that. We still have to leave some people to watch over our ancestral court... Of course, if we see that the situation is not good, we will run."

Fighting the Mongols was another point Gu Qing mentioned in Chongyang Palace, involving the righteousness of the family and country, which the Quanzhen Seven all supported.

"This is the Primordial Qi Art of Grandmaster Chongyang. After you memorize it, you can go down the mountain."

Qiu Chuji handed a scroll of books to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing reached out with both hands and took the Primordial Qi Art.

"Primordial Qi, acquired Qi, those who obtain it, often seem drunk."

"Change between virtual and real, pay attention, Qi fills the body without the slightest stagnation."

Gu Qing looked at the content silently.

This was the essence of the Quanzhen Sect and also the foundation of Wang Chongyang's ability to suppress the Four Greats back then.

It was also the secret scroll that Gu Qing had been plotting since he came to the Quanzhen Sect. Now Gu Qing looked at the content inside and directly chose to consume merit to memorize everything about the Primordial Qi Art, never to forget it.

Gu Qing originally had a lot of merit stored, waiting to get benefits when he met Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng fighting on Huashan, but the two didn't fight to the point of exhaustion, so they didn't show their moves for Gu Qing to learn.

The stored merit was brought back to the Quanzhen Sect by Gu Qing and came in handy at this time.

After memorizing the content of the scroll, Gu Qing took the scroll and sniffed it carefully. Under the moonlight and firelight, he observed the paper of the secret manual until Gu Qing was about to throw the manual into the water, when he was stopped by Qiu Chuji.

"My master was upright and left us secret manuals, which are naturally accurate to the word, and he wouldn't use such small tricks."

Qiu Chuji said, "Back then, he didn't want us to cultivate the Nine Yin Manual because the essence in this Primordial Qi Art is no less than that of the Nine Yin Manual. As long as you cultivate well, you will surely succeed." After Qiu Chuji said this, he took the Primordial Qi Art and left.

Gu Qing nodded seriously, silently thinking about the Wu Gong principles in the Primordial Qi Art.

The so-called 'Primordial' means condensing one's own three treasures—essence, Qi, and spirit—into one, forming the primordial Qi energy. Because it condenses spirit, Qi, and essence, this internal energy of the Primordial Qi Art has its own will after being used and is not guided by external energy.

Gu Qing applied merit, and the true Qi penetrated section by section in his body, making Gu Qing's spirit clear and calm. He also felt the internal energy moving and circling, coming and going, like strands of hair, sticking all the Qi energy of the whole body together, moving the whole body with one hair, and also bringing Gu Qing's mastery of the body to an extremely subtle realm.

"This Primordial Qi Art is primordial Qi. Besides being strong and domineering, it seems that it can also be compatible with other internal energy circulation methods."

Gu Qing tried to apply the Nine Yin Manual.

This was the internal energy application method he had originally learned, and the Primordial Qi Art's internal energy naturally transformed. Gu Qing applied the Nine Yin Manual's internal energy circulation method calmly. It was just that after finishing the work, it took about the time of an incense stick for the Nine Yin Manual's internal energy to gradually transform back into the Primordial Qi Art's internal energy.

The Primordial Qi Art was the primordial Qi of the fusion of the three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit, while the Nine Yin Manual was the acquired Qi in the body. The internal energy of the Primordial Qi Art could naturally promote the operation of the Nine Yin Manual.

Similarly, Gu Qing could also use the Primordial Qi Art to promote the operation of the Jade Maiden Heart Scripture... But this required Gu Qing to have a deep understanding of the Jade Maiden Heart Scripture.

"Back then on Taohuadao, Zhou Botong's strength was already at the level of the Five Greats, but he believed that his own Wu Gong was just beginning, and also believed that if Wang Chongyang were alive, with Wang Chongyang's talent and Wu Gong progress, he could suppress the Four Greats in half a day if he held another Huashan Sword Discussion."

Gu Qing recalled Zhou Botong's words. The Quanzhen Sect's Wu Gong is endless in research. This is really not false.

This was Zhongnan Mountain. Gu Qing didn't try to circulate the Toad Art, but carefully sensed the wonderful use of the Primordial Qi Art until dawn. Gu Qing said goodbye to the Quanzhen Seven, packed his luggage, and went down the mountain as a separate branch of the Quanzhen Sect.

From now on, Gu Qing had to establish his own sect.

When leaving, Gu Qing took the back mountain of the Quanzhen Sect, mainly to see how Yang Guo was doing.

In those two thatched huts, one had faint cooking smoke, and the other was cold and clear.

Gu Qing walked to the door and saw Yang Guo standing in the snow, with a layer of thin ice all over his body, as if he had frozen stiff. He immediately used internal energy to pass into Yang Guo's body, breaking the thin ice outside his body, allowing Yang Guo to recover.

"My aunt doesn't want me anymore."

After seeing Gu Qing, Yang Guo said tragically. He stood outside, wanting Xiaolongnu to forgive him, but his body was covered in ice, and Xiaolongnu didn't pay attention to him.

Yang Guo seemed to feel Xiaolongnu's determination and was heartbroken.

"Then does your aunt want me?"

Gu Qing didn't comfort Yang Guo, but opened his mouth to ask.

BOOM!

Yang Guo exploded directly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====