Chapter 49: Boiling Mountains and Rivers in a Half-Pint Pot, Meeting the Beautiful Woman Again

"Good!"

"It is decided, it shall be you."

The records from that ancient classic, *The Essential Principles of Cultivating Fields*, slowly surfaced in his mind.

"Iron oxen plow the fields to plant gold coins."

"Carved stone children hold the strings through."

The acupoints throughout the human body and the twelve meridians, along with the methods of circulation and the optimal timing for cultivation, were all expounded one by one.

A truly detailed immortal secret manual.

First, one must sense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth until each acupoint is filled with nine strands of spiritual energy; this completes the First Heavenly Ladder.

The Second Heavenly Ladder requires opening the major acupoints and meridians throughout the body, allowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to surge into the body continuously, scouring the meridians and clearing the acupoints.

This process aims to temper the tendons and bones, making them as tough as iron, as if undergoing a marrow-washing and bone-cleansing, leading to a complete rebirth.

Four lines of verse reveal the profound mystery.

"The so-called thousands of scrolls of scriptures are not as good as a single true word."

Lu Chen recalled the acupoints throughout the human body, his spiritual sense sinking into them.

He moved the spiritual energy through the Small Heavenly Circuit, operating the three-carriage Small Heavenly Circuit, the Great Heavenly Circuit Great River Carriage, the Return-to-Void Purple River Carriage, and the initial practice of the Ox-Carriage Small Heavenly Circuit.

A majestic strand of spiritual energy, like a general charging into battle, led a subsequent, endless torrent of spiritual energy, galloping through Lu Chen's meridians.

"Small Heavenly Circuit, open for me!"

Charge the acupoints!

Chisel the barriers!

Move the Qi and blood, connect the acupoint mansions.

Every movement of the spiritual energy was accompanied by excruciating pain.

Lu Chen only felt as if his whole body were being pricked by needles; he gritted his teeth desperately and clenched his hands.

Drenched in sweat!

His chest could not stop trembling, rising and falling unevenly.

Lu Chen's body seemed to have become a massive battlefield, with spiritual energy "waging war" within it.

The path of the meridians' operation and the mechanism of their flow gradually formed a brilliant golden thread, piercing through his entire body.

"If you meet an immortal who personally points out the formula, grasp the Big Dipper's Heavenly Circuit Wheel."

Lu Chen recited silently in his heart.

The first cycle of spiritual energy was within it!

He gritted his teeth even harder.

This breath!

Must not be exhaled, absolutely must not be exhaled!

Once exhaled, all previous efforts would be wasted.

Recalling his past life as a beast of burden, now living a new life!

Encountering a great age of cultivation, a real man should roam the nine heavens.

"I will cultivate immortality."

An incomparably strong conviction burst forth, allowing him to remain clear-headed.

Lu Chen pressed his tongue against his upper palate, also known as the hand supporting the heavens; his Ren and Du meridians were linked by the tongue pressing against the palate.

As a powerful strand of spiritual energy permeated his entire body.

He felt as if he had merged into one with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Lu Chen's eyes snapped open, shining with brilliance.

"Start rotating for me!"

At this moment!

It cannot be broken, it must not be broken.

Two strands of the Primal Qi of Rotation followed the flow of spiritual energy, still possessing momentum.

Lu Chen wanted to break through several acupoints throughout his body in one go, allowing the spiritual energy to complete a Small Heavenly Circuit.

The method recorded in *The Essential Principles of Cultivating Fields*.

"A world hidden within a single grain of millet."

"Boiling mountains and rivers in a half-pint pot."

Each acupoint is like a seed, a treasure mountain, just like a cave heaven, a world.

It is evident!

The patriarch who wrote this line possessed a spirit vast enough to shake the past and dazzle the present.

The body as a cauldron, scorching and refining mountains and rivers!

At this time, one must nourish the Qi, dispersing it into the many major acupoint mansions.

Spiritual energy, circulating through the Small Heavenly Circuit twice.

The pores all over Lu Chen's body opened wide, and the silk-like spiritual energy was absorbed into the Lower Dantian.

At the Dantian, it steamed out with rising spiritual energy.

Looking inward!

The many acupoints were like crystal-clear treasure mountains, emitting the color of pearls.

After three cycles of the Small Heavenly Circuit, the spiritual energy changed quietly.

"Refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, lead refines mercury, mercury becomes the perfect elixir fruit."

Spiritual energy, spiritual Qi, spiritual liquid, spiritual essence.

The transformation of four different states is also the necessary path to step into a higher realm.

The final spiritual essence is the state that spiritual energy can only transform into after Foundation Establishment.

Step into the gate of Foundation Establishment, only then are you a cultivation practitioner!

After the ninth cycle of the Small Heavenly Circuit, the spiritual energy turned into spiritual Qi, and then into spiritual liquid.

"Disperse!"

Acupoints like mountains, tendons and meridians in the heavens, spiritual energy like clouds on the horizon.

Just like!

A vigorous autumn rain.

Falling grandly upon the mountains.

The flushed redness on Lu Chen's body all faded away.

Sitting cross-legged!

Opening his eyes again, the spiritual energy was refined into his body, and the many treasure mountains of acupoints emitted intoxicating brilliance once more.

A long-lost joy finally appeared on Lu Chen's face.

He had finally opened the Small Heavenly Circuit connecting the Lower Dantian to the Upper Dantian, which meant he had stepped into the Great Accomplishment stage of the Second Heavenly Ladder.

However!

Lu Chen knew clearly that he was still some distance from the Perfected Realm, because there were still two hundred and eighty-four acupoints not yet incorporated into the circulation.

Only when all seven hundred and twenty acupoints are incorporated into the body's circulation can he reach the Perfected Realm of the Second Heavenly Ladder.

Regrettably!

The two strands of Primal Qi of Rotation that Lu Chen currently possessed had been completely exhausted, so the plan to impact the Perfected Realm could only be temporarily shelved, waiting for the next opportunity.

If there were no Primal Qi of Rotation!

Next, he could only rely on slow, grinding effort to continue cultivating.

Recalling that his predecessor had spent a full four years to open all the acupoints, attempting to use the moment of Foundation Establishment to break open the "Divine Heavenly Acupoint."

The result was turning to dust!

This lesson made Lu Chen deeply realize that the path of cultivation cannot be rushed; one must be steady and solid.

Take it as a warning!

Just like a beautiful woman with a graceful figure who is also wearing a fun outfit, one cannot be impatient, otherwise, big problems will arise.

One must have insurance... a backup plan.

Lu Chen nodded; Foundation Establishment must be planned slowly!

In the Second Heavenly Ladder realm, there are three miraculous wonders:

【Golden Skin and Jade Meridians】

【Copper Skin and Iron Bones】

【Mercury Blood and Silver Marrow】

The original body possessed one, the 【Golden Skin and Jade Meridians】, but it was all destroyed when the Foundation Establishment failed later.

If one could possess them all, it would mean the Second Heavenly Ladder realm was already stable.

Then Foundation Establishment would be a sure thing.

Foundation Establishment still has nine grades, and above the nine grades, there is Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment; all these must be considered in the future.

Fortunately!

He could cultivate, and he had also escaped the possibility of sudden death.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen could not stop the smile at the corners of his mouth.

At this time!

Lu Chen sniffed, and a smell drifted over.

"Ugh!"

He almost vomited and could not help but say:

"Who pooped their pants?"

Lu Chen came to his senses and saw that his arms were covered in brownish-red sludge with a foul odor.

The smell was simply incredible!

It was more pungent than opening a jar of decades-old pickled vegetables.

It was the same last time, but the smell was not this strong.

All the stagnant blood in the meridians had been expelled, along with some waste residue.

Looking inward, everything was clear.

He rushed into the bathroom; all four courtyards in the outer sect were equipped with bathrooms.

A good scrub!

Feeling refreshed.

At this time, the noon sun also shone in.

It was bright and beautiful.

It was his seventh day since transmigrating; he had solved the original body's cultivation problem, and there were still more than two months until the assessment.

The Great Accomplishment of the Second Heavenly Ladder was still not stable enough!

Disciples of noble families like Lu Chen were mostly at the Perfected Second Heavenly Ladder.

It seems he still needs to continue cultivating until he reaches perfection.

After saying this, he walked out the door, picked up a large bowl filled with spiritual rice, and prepared to cook.

"Hungry."

Pushing open the door, he saw!

A beautiful scene at the doorway.

Lu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had met the beautiful woman from last time again.

The purple long dress was quite tight.

Making her curves look astonishing, especially exaggerated.

From the back!

The shape was like a pear, a peach.

Let's cook first, I'll look later.

The strange thing is!

After the beautiful woman noticed him, she walked straight toward him.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 50 =====