Chapter 19: Cultivator

That night, the moonlight was bright.

Li Chi was sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, condensing his Qi and calming his spirit, preparing to condense the third wheel, the Zhou Xing Wheel.

The human body is infinitely mysterious, with twelve meridians and three dantian—upper, middle, and lower. The "Taiyin Breathing and Wheel-Nurturing Scripture" mentions:

"The lower dantian is the mansion of essence; the middle dantian is the mansion of Qi; the upper dantian is the mansion of spirit."

Among the six wheels of Great Breath, the Profound Mirror, Circulation, and Jade Capital wheels are called the three passes of Great Breath, which are particularly difficult. The key lies in the fact that these three wheels must condense spiritual wheels out of nothing in different energy centers.

The remaining three wheels are relatively easy. Just as the Profound Mirror Wheel is in the Qihai acupoint of the lower energy center, after condensing it, one only needs to breathe with intention, and the Chengming Wheel will naturally be born from the Qihai acupoint.

The Circulation Wheel is located in the Juque Court, which is the mansion of Qi in the human body. After condensing it, the magic power flows without end, circulating throughout the body. If the magic power is attached to the eyes, one can see a thousand miles; if attached to the feet, one can move like a god, flying over eaves and walking on walls, which is not a problem.

Li Chi adjusted himself for a quarter of an hour, feeling that his Qihai acupoint was full, and the two spiritual wheels were circling each other, entangled without end. He pinched the technique, moved his Qi through the Shimen, Guanyuan, Shenque, and Mingmen acupoints, and gathered it in the Juque Court, attempting to condense a spiritual wheel.

Lu Jiangxian was using his spiritual sense to watch Li Chi, casting a calming spell for him, and protecting him along with Li Tongya and Li Xiangping.

Just as he was watching Li Chi pinch the technique in preparation for the breakthrough, Lu Jiangxian suddenly felt as if needles were pricking his back. From afar, he felt a majestic aura flying from near to far, heading toward Mount Dali.

Comparing the strength of both sides, Lu Jiangxian decisively chose to be cautious. His spiritual sense surged into the mirror like a receding tide, and he didn't even absorb the moonlight cast by the skylight, lying in the dark room of the ancestral hall like a dead object, as if he were a real bronze mirror.

In just a few breaths, a green stream of light streaked across the sky above the Li family. Feeling the aura moving away, Lu Jiangxian was about to let out a long breath, but saw that the stream of light turned around lightly and hovered slowly above the Li family.

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Si Yuanbai broke through his cultivation at Qinghui Peak and his cultivation had improved again. He planned to go to Mount Dali to find trouble with that pig demon, so he stepped on his flying shuttle and headed south along the Kong Guli Road.

"That great battle caused the spiritual energy at the northern foot of Mount Dali to be cut off, and the earth veins were in chaos. Now, three hundred years later, the spiritual energy of the earth veins is slowly recovering, and quite a few monsters have become powerful."

Approaching Mount Dali, Si Yuanbai discovered that there were still quite a few villages at the foot of the mountain, especially on both sides of the unnamed river, where villages were scattered in twos and threes, looking very vibrant.

"The great battle cleared the world, killed all the monsters at the northern foot, and cut off the spiritual energy, but it became a good residence for these mortals."

Si Yuanbai looked down, but suddenly saw magic power flickering in the small village at his feet, and he could not help but feel a little curious.

He thought it was some small monster causing trouble. He activated his magic eyes and saw a handsome young man sitting cross-legged under the moonlight. Not only that, two young men with similar appearances were watching from the left and right, and they also seemed to have magic power.

"How strange, this young man is breaking through a bottleneck, yet there is no elder watching over him."

Si Yuanbai's spiritual sense swept through the village lightly, and he found no other magic power fluctuations. He was stunned for a moment, patted his palm, and laughed:

"I'm afraid it's the romantic seed left behind by some fellow Daoist."

Li Chi below knew nothing about it. On the contrary, he felt a flash of inspiration. As he continued to try to condense, the various doubts in his technique became clear one by one. Streams of magic power gathered rapidly in the Juque Court, and the crystal-clear spiritual wheel condensed rapidly, as if he were familiar with it after practicing it thousands of times.

"What a young man!"

Si Yuanbai twisted his beard and praised softly.

The path of immortality is full of obstacles and difficulties. Spiritual apertures are only the foundation for entry. It also depends on good fortune, comprehension, and willpower, and even more on family background, sect, and techniques.

This young man has good comprehension and talent, and his technique is profound, but in this mortal village deep in the mountains, how much cultivation resources can he use, and how many secret techniques can he get? In the end, he will only achieve Qi Refining and turn to dust in two hundred years.

The road to immortality is long, and how many heroes have failed and how many talents have died and their families destroyed.

Slowly lowering the flying shuttle, Si Yuanbai pinched the technique to cast an invisibility spell, sat on the rockery in the courtyard, and watched the people in the courtyard leisurely.

He saw an old mortal man walk into the courtyard, and the young man protecting the breakthrough called out:

"Father."

Hearing this, Si Yuanbai's expression suddenly became strange. Those with spiritual apertures are one in a thousand, and this is a family with three spiritual apertures. Could this be the seed of that old mortal man?

Observing that his magic power was mellow and clean, he must have a profound technique. It must be the illegitimate child left behind by some fellow Daoist. It is rare for a cultivator to have offspring, but he dare not bring them home, so he has to raise them in this village to cultivate first.

"But these three children all have spiritual apertures. This fellow Daoist's cultivation is probably above Foundation Establishment."

Although it is not easy for cultivators to have children as their cultivation increases, the probability of children having spiritual apertures increases greatly. Qi Refiners can reach one in ten or two, and after Foundation Establishment, it is fifty percent. These three children all have spiritual apertures, so their father must be a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As for Zifu? The entire Yue Kingdom cannot gather two handfuls of them. With the dignity of a Zifu, why bother to make do in this small village? Even if he had an illegitimate child, he would bring him home. Who would dare to criticize? He would have to be served like a little ancestor.

Seeing the young man below finish his technique, he said with joy on his face:

"Father, I have broken through!"

The Li family was naturally full of joy. On the rockery, Si Yuanbai looked at him and his heart stirred, pondering:

"This stretch from Kong Guli Road to Mount Dali has many mortals, but because of that great battle, no cultivator has guarded it for three hundred years. Now that the earth veins have returned and the spiritual energy is gradually recovering, this land must return to the sect's governance soon."

"Why not use these people to affiliate with the sect and guard this place? Borrowing the prestige of that Foundation Establishment senior, it can also suppress these monsters."

The Qingchi Sect controls the five southern counties of the Yue Kingdom and naturally has a set of governance systems. The sect only sends disciples to manage the cities, and the rest uses the blood marriages of those cultivation families to control the bottom layer.

Using elixirs and magic tools to force families to plant raw materials and support a large number of low-cultivation manpower, and then harvesting the excellent disciples of the families every year to enrich the sect, this is almost a recognized good technique in the cultivation world. The Qingchi Sect has used it for more than five hundred years since its founding.

"By the way, I can also form a good relationship with that Foundation Establishment cultivator."

Thinking of this, Si Yuanbai pinched the technique and revealed his figure, landing lightly in the courtyard.

Li Chi was rejoicing, feeling the magic power of the Zhou Xing Wheel surging without end, but saw a green-clothed figure appear out of thin air in the courtyard.

The man was dressed in green, looked to be in his thirties or forties, with a handsome face and a gentle smile, and a glowing treasure sword at his waist, looking elegant and detached.

Li Chi and the others were suddenly like facing a great enemy, quickly protecting Li Mutian behind them. Li Tongya shouted in a low voice:

"Who are you?"

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PS: There is another update tonight. ===== CHAPTER 20 =====