Chapter 55

The Yin-Yang Technique is one of the foundations of the Three Mystical Sect. Liu Xiaolou has been in contact with it since he was fourteen, reciting the scriptures, learning annotations, and listening to his teacher Mr. Sanxuan's explanations.

By the time the teacher passed away, he had actually learned it for four years, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to explain the difficulties to Dai Sheng.

But his study of the Yin-Yang Technique always remained on the surface, without any depth, and almost all the methods were at the point of knowing what it was but not knowing why.

It's very simple, he has never practiced it, and has never even seen it with his own eyes. The reason is that he was not old enough and his foundation was not solid before.

According to the requirements of the Three Mystical Scriptures, one can only start after reaching the age of eighteen and opening the five meridians. He is nineteen this year, which satisfies this requirement, but only five acupoints have been opened in the fifth meridian, and he is still impacting the sixth acupoint—the Neiguan acupoint, which is called the foundation is not solid.

Therefore, he politely declined Qing Jie's request for "pointers", and he didn't believe that Qing Jie could give him any pointers.

But Qing Jie's next words immediately shook his attitude. Qing Jie said: "I said I am half your teacher's wife, this is not taking advantage of you for no reason. Mr. Sanxuan, your teacher, often came to Toutiao Lane. He didn't come to play, he came to practice. He said that the Three Mystical Scriptures are a trinity, and only by practicing together can they complement each other."

"That's true..."

"Xiaolou, do you know why I received him every time he came? Because I practiced martial arts, opened the Hand Jueyin Meridian and the Foot Shaoyin Meridian, but due to various reasons, the three meridians could not be connected, and I had no fate with cultivation. But my understanding of the meridians is not comparable to ordinary girls. Every time the teacher came to me, he would discuss the Yin-Yang Technique with me, recognize acupoints and meridians together, and check the feedback of the body when passing the barrier. Regarding the lightness, heaviness, urgency, depth, and surface of the true essence, I can give him practical personal feelings. So Xiaolou, do you think I can't give you pointers?"

Liu Xiaolou opened his mouth for a long time without saying a word, and finally said: "Then... at least not now. The five meridians are not connected, so you can't practice Yin-Yang. This is what the scriptures say. Perhaps, can we discuss it after I open the fifth meridian?"

Qing Jie blinked and asked: "How long will it take?"

Liu Xiaolou smiled bitterly: "How can this be said well? The Hand Jueyin Meridian has just opened Bai Jian Shi and is attacking Neiguan. There are still Daling, Laogong, and Zhongchong. It may take half a year, or one or two years."

Qing Jie comforted: "Xiaolou, don't worry, calm down, let it be. Cultivation is the same as in the room. The more anxious you are, the less you can get started. Even if you force your way in, the condensation of true essence cannot last, and most of it will leak out..."

Liu Xiaolou argued: "I'm not anxious!"

Qing Jie smiled and touched his head: "Okay, okay, Xiaolou is not anxious... It just so happens that the teacher's wife has opened the Hand Jueyin Meridian and has also practiced with your teacher. If you have any questions, you can try it on the teacher's wife. I will tell you how your teacher did it back then, so you can learn from it..."

Liu Xiaolou was speechless: "Why is it the teacher's wife again? This doesn't count... Besides, my five meridians are not connected..."

Qing Jie said: "I didn't ask you to dual cultivate Yin-Yang with me now. The teacher's wife just wants to help you open the Hand Jueyin Meridian as soon as possible. You just use your hands, and the teacher's wife won't change clothes."

As she spoke, she went into the bedroom, hugged a mattress, spread it out on the porch, lay down horizontally, and beckoned to Liu Xiaolou: "Come! Remember what the teacher said, what you get from books is always shallow, and you must practice to know it. You can't grope behind closed doors, and you should open the door when you grope."

Liu Xiaolou tilted his head and looked at the teacher's wife lying horizontally on the mattress... ah pui, Qing Jie, and felt that what she said made some sense. Maybe he could try?

He looked at the courtyard door that hadn't been closed, and greeted the big white goose: "Go, close the door!"

The big white goose came out of the water pool, rushed over to close the door, and returned to the pool, stretching its neck, looking curiously at the porch.

Liu Xiaolou took a deep breath, sat cross-legged beside Qing Jie, and gestured in the air above Qing Jie's body for a long time, but never managed to make a move.

Qing Jie couldn't help but smile, gently grabbed Liu Xiaolou's wrist, and brought it toward herself.

"The Hand Jueyin Meridian starts from the middle finger, runs parallel to the Hand Taiyin Meridian, and ends at the inner side of the elbow... along the inner side of the upper arm, ending at the armpit, hehe, Xiaolou, don't mess around, it's itchy..."

"Right, disperse the front and back to hold the two ribs... the branch enters the armpit, then, spreads in the chest, um... hmph..."

"... ends at the diaphragm..."

"Alright, alright, of course I know you know, how could you not know? My meaning is, men and women are different, and the orientation of the meridians is also different. The difference is not big, but it is a difference after all. In the way of cultivation, a difference of a hair's breadth leads to a thousand miles of error. You must be accurate..."

"Alright, let's go back to Neiguan, you can input true essence to probe... just like this... just like this..."

"Try to impact the acupoint barrier, ha! Mine is open, you naturally pass through it like this..."

"... Don't! Stop! Slower..."

"Mm, young man, you can't just rush blindly. How do you impact your own acupoints on weekdays? How can you be so fierce when you come to me? You need to control, observe carefully, and feel the teacher's wife carefully..."

"Right, so the teacher said, the hard work of the young will be achieved in the old..."

Although Qing Jie had not entered cultivation, in the process of guidance, she told Liu Xiaolou the methods of Mr. Sanxuan and her own feelings from time to time, which benefited Liu Xiaolou a lot, corrected many bad habits of impacting acupoint barriers, and realized better methods.

An hour later, Qing Jie got up in a sweat, and Liu Xiaolou seized the time to apply the realization just now to his own cultivation, vaguely feeling that the impact of true essence on the Neiguan acupoint seemed to have a much better effect.

Qing Jie tidied up her clothes, went out for a while, brought back some cooked meat and wine, put them on the table for Liu Xiaolou, didn't disturb him, watched quietly for a while, put a small silver ingot on the table again, went out quietly, and returned to the entrance of Toutiao Lane.

Zhang Ma had already finished cracking melon seeds. Seeing Qing Jie returning with a glowing face, she couldn't help but be very curious: "Where did you go to be dissolute?"

Qing Jie smiled and didn't say much, humming a little tune and entering the lane.

Zhang Ma called from behind: "It's just night, it's the time when business is booming, where are you going?"

Qing Jie replied: "Tired, finish work!"

The next day, Qing Jie waited until lunch, first went to the restaurant to buy a food basket of food and drink, and continued to see Liu Xiaolou.

Liu Xiaolou hurriedly finished his meal and asked impatiently: "Remember what you said yesterday, Qing Jie, my teacher once discussed the combination of building, piercing, and passing. I thought about it all night. The piercing and passing before the acupoint are easy to understand. What is building? I recited the Yin-Yang Scriptures, and this word is not in the scriptures."

Qing Jie smiled: "Look at how anxious you are... Come, where is the mattress?"

"Dabai! Mattress!"

"This goose is raised well, I almost killed it yesterday..."

"Quick, Qing Jie lie down... What is building?"

"Mm... ha... hmph... ah... hu..."

"What?"

"Five sounds, building is building the five sounds!"

"Oh, sound..."

"What did you think? Does it sound good? I'll do it again!"