socalfunplaces Chapter 9 Creation Technique: [Qi Gathering Technique]
Chapter 9 Creation Technique: [Qi Gathering Technique]
Chapter 9 Creation Technique—[The Qi Gathering Technique]
Hao Youren was carried back to Chen Yi's room in the middle of the night.
With his spine broken in two and his internal demonic energy rampant to the point of near death, the physical injuries were no longer a big deal.
Chen Yi was shocked to see this. Even Hao Youren, a top-notch expert, was crippled like this. The demon-hunting team was in too much danger!
He was even more determined not to risk hunting demons for the sake of seizing innate opportunities.
Moreover, he was determined to quickly master the Turtle Breathing Technique, especially focusing on refining and perfecting its ability to conceal one's strength.
Serving as a servant in a cultivation family means you really can't show off too much, or you'll sometimes find yourself without control of your own destiny.
As for Hao Youren before him, the broken bones were not difficult to heal; the difficulty lay in the rampant demonic energy within his body.
Chen Yi has the ability to absorb the demonic power within the other party through the system.
Of course, he couldn't do that; it would expose his secret.
Moreover, when Chen Yi previously negotiated with the other party to say he would no longer go to the half-closed door, they were merely handling the matter formally, and from then on, they were assigning Chen Yi even more dangerous missions.
If Hao Youren hadn't rewarded Chen Yi with ten Qi and Blood Pills when he was happy to advance his cultivation level, Chen Yi might have watched him bleed to death.
Now, Chen Yi, intending to proceed officially, pointed to a twelve-year-old newcomer and said:
"Xiao Jiu, as the master instructed, you just need to take good care of Steward Hao these days, and do your best to meet any of his needs."
Of course, as a twelve-year-old child, he had no resources and could not offer much in terms of what he could do for the other party.
Hao Youren looked at Chen Yi and said with difficulty, "Thank you, Captain Chen."
"Manager Hao, please don't be so polite. No matter what, I'll always be Old Chen."
Chen Yi adopted a humble attitude and did not take advantage of the other party's moment of dejection.
Anything can happen in the world of cultivation. What if this person survives a great calamity? Wouldn't that make an enemy for no reason and lead to retaliation later?
The demonic power within Chen Yi's body was completely absorbed, and he felt much more relaxed.
However, this also weakened his ability to enhance his physical functions by absorbing demonic energy within his body.
Fortunately, Chen Yi discovered that he could not only absorb the demonic power within his body,
Even when there is no demonic or spiritual power within his body, he can still actively choose to absorb external demonic power when his physical body comes into contact with it, transforming it into energy to enhance his bodily functions.
However, the efficiency of this absorption is related to the physical endurance of Chen Yi's body.
Currently, Chen Yi only has the opportunity to come into contact with spiritual power and demonic power and absorb them when dealing with demonic beasts or tending to the spirit wheat.
Later, Chen Yi was quite proactive in dealing with demonic beasts and managing the spirit wheat.
Secretly, he absorbed a significant amount of external spiritual energy into his body, transforming his meridians, internal organs, and physique to far surpass those of ordinary martial artists.
Chen Yi's current cultivation level is that of a second-rate martial artist, still some distance from first-rate, but his physical strength has recovered to a level exceeding that of a second-rate martial artist.
He can now lift 500 jin (250 catties) without using his qi and blood, which is a level of physical strength that has reached that of a first-class martial artist.
"If this mechanism of absorbing demonic power to strengthen my body can continue indefinitely, it seems that I don't only have the path of martial arts to follow. I've heard that there's a type of body-refining method among cultivators specifically for strongmen. If I could obtain it, I wonder if I could cultivate it?"
Chen Yi thought to himself, if he could refine his body, even if he didn't have spiritual roots, as long as he could increase his physical strength without limit, even if he couldn't cultivate qi and become an immortal, he could still increase his lifespan and have powerful combat strength.
However, body-refining techniques are relatively rare and are only found in major powers. This is because it requires a great deal of resources to cultivate a body-refining warrior. Such warriors are considered "odd jobs" in high-level sects and powers in the cultivation world. They cannot get involved in truly advanced immortal techniques or complex cultivation skills, so they are not popular in the cultivation world.
A few days later, a great joyous event occurred in the ordinary town:
Lin Youyou, the daughter of Steward Lin, has advanced to the Innate Martial Artist level and successfully awakened the dual spiritual roots of wood and ice. At only in her early twenties, her Innate Martial Artist strength is already comparable to that of an ordinary mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
As long as she cultivates a matching Qi-refining technique and transforms her innate true Qi into magical power, she will be considered to have a promising future among cultivators. At least, if any member of the Li clan has such a spiritual root talent, they will do their best to cultivate them and help them establish their foundation.
Li Yudie, a fairy at the seventh level of Qi Refining in the Li Clan, personally led Lin Youyou away from the mortal town to report to the Li Clan's cultivation ground.
In an instant, all the ordinary martial artists in the town were excited, wishing they could be the next ones to advance to the Innate Realm.
In Chen Yi's room, when Hao Youren heard this news from the boy he was caring for, he sighed for a long time.
When Hao Youren saw Chen Yi again, he sighed, "Old Chen, I regret it so much now. If I had been half as steady as you before, things wouldn't be like this today."
As he spoke, Hao Youren's emotions fluctuated greatly, but Chen Yi did not see any despair in his eyes.
"Steward Hao, you flatter me. You are a genius in cultivation. I was practically on my deathbed. I am truly unworthy to compete for opportunities, and I cannot compare to you."
No matter what the other party said, Chen Yi insisted that he was no longer capable, that the other party had lost all his martial arts skills, and that they could not see through the true strength hidden beneath Chen Yi's Turtle Breathing Technique.
After Lin Youyou's incident, every martial artist with some skill volunteered to go to the lake to hunt monsters.
Only Chen Yi was still diligently doing his duty of dealing with the demonic beasts and tending the spirit wheat fields.
With so many martial artists leaving, there's a shortage of talent to deal with the monsters.
That day, Lin Youyou personally led several martial artists, carrying a dark-colored Xuan Shui turtle weighing a thousand pounds, to have it dissected.
As it turned out, the shell of this Xuan Shui Turtle was too hard, and many martial arts teams found it difficult to handle.
The final task fell to Chen Yi's team.
"Old Chen, all the second-rate martial artists in town have gone to hunt demons, and you, the only former second-rate martial artist, are still dissecting demon beasts."
Although this dark-colored Xuan Shui turtle is of low quality, its shell is particularly hard. If you can dissect it, you can double the amount of Qi and Blood Pills for your team.
"The tortoise heart will be extracted within three days; Fairy Lin awaits the alchemy."
The Qi and Blood Pill wasn't important; Chen Yi sensed the immense demonic power within the Xuan Shui Turtle the moment he came into contact with it.
It is definitely not a low-grade monster!
After some polite exchanges, Chen Yi finally gave a reluctant agreement.
It was the same size as a regular Xuan Shui Turtle, and when Chen Yi led the team to carry it away, the icy demonic energy on it was also about the same as that of a regular Xuan Shui Turtle.
But it's almost twice as heavy.
Opening the tortoise shell was extremely difficult; Chen Yi had to secretly use his true strength to barely manage to open a corner of the black shell.
The moment the door was opened, Chen Yi discovered extraordinary, robust flesh and blood inside, as well as a heart with a dim luster but possessing extremely strong spirituality.
[Host detected contact with water spirit; interception in progress]
[Based on the host's physical limits, 2% of the water demon's spiritual essence has been extracted. Extraction complete.]
Chen Yi was shocked. With his current physical limits, he could already extract almost 10% of the spiritual essence from other low-grade demonic beasts.
As a result, this Xuan Shui Turtle reached its maximum level at only 2%.
What makes this Xuan Shui Turtle so different in its spirituality? Is it a mutated species?
The next moment, Chen Yi understood the problem.
While digesting the 2% of mutated Xuan Shui turtle spirituality,
Chen Yi's Turtle Breathing Technique, particularly the part concerning concealing his aura, was rapidly evolving at this moment.
The internal energy circulation path matched the demonic energy flow during the hibernation of the Xuan Turtle, allowing him to reduce his vital signs to the hibernation state of a turtle, completely concealing the fact that Chen Yi possessed powerful qi and blood.
A first-rate martial artist would never be able to discern the truth, and even a master of innate martial arts could easily misjudge if they didn't look closely.
"It should be able to be improved further."
Over the next two days, Chen Yi deliberately delayed, using the excuse that the tortoise shell was too hard, and absorbed 1% and 0.5% of the mutated Xuan Shui Turtle's spiritual energy each day.
In the end, Chen Yi really couldn't inhale any more.
He used all the spiritual energy he gained to improve his ability to conceal his presence.
Ultimately, this ability to conceal itself transcended the realm of martial arts, forming a system of its own.
Even if a martial artist with innate spiritual power or a cultivator practicing Qi refinement uses their spiritual sense to investigate, they may still make a misjudgment.
"It's no longer appropriate to call you 'turtle breathing technique' anymore."
"Gather your energy like a tortoise; from now on, I'll call you the 'Gathering Energy Technique'."
Chen Yi gave a separate name to the part of the Turtle Breathing Technique that specifically conceals one's breath.
(End of this chapter)