Chapter 33 - Chapter 33: Chapter 30 Absorbing Moonlighti (2/2)

Because he was poor, he only had two sets of coarse clothes patched all over.

Next time he made some money, he would have to buy two sets of hemp clothes to bring back. He thought to himself quietly.

He came to the backyard, where there was only a thatched shed for storing firewood, and the rest of the place was open to the sky.

He found a stone slab beside the well and laid it on the ground. Then, following the posture described in the Everlasting Spring Technique, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and carefully felt everything around him.

Apart from the “chirping and cooing” of insects and the cool breeze of rhe night, he could not perceive anything useful.

Time passed by, and he tried sitting in meditation facing different directions, but still, he found nothing.

With no foundation in any cultivation technique and no mentor to guide him, fumbling on his own was like a difficulty level of hell.

He tossed and turned until midnight and still made no progress.

He was pretty tired as well.

He planned to head to the mountains early tomorrow to try meditating there.

The environment in the mountains would surely be pure nature, which should be more conducive to cultivation.

Opening his eyes, the moonlight shone brightly on the ground and the dirt walls of the backyard.

His gaze fixed on a green sprout emerging from beneath a stone slab at rhe edge of the well.

Under the moonlight, it seemed especially tender and green.

This was a young grass just beginning to grow.

At this moment, it was stretching out its leaves, bathing in the moonlight, joyfully growing.

Plants needed photosynthesis to grow.

Besides sunlight aiding their growth, moonlight could be useful for them as well.

Sunlight was more overbearing and intense, while moonlight was softer and more nourishing.

They were like a father and a mother, nurturing the growth of plants.

Qin Niu stared blankly at the young grass as if he had come to an understanding, but couldn’t quite grasp the crux of it.

He calmed down and thought rationally.

The grass, the moonlight, the growth…

That’s right, the grass enjoyed basking in the moonlight because it made it feel comfortable and allowed it to grow quickly.

Qin Niu had an epiphany and closed his eyes again, letting the moonlight shine on him just like the grass.

“I am a blade of grass, 1 am that very blade of grass…”

He told himself this.

He made an effort to feel the changes brought by the moonlight shining upon him.

But he couldn’t discern any changes.

After all, he was not the grass.

However, he didn’t give up. Having finally had a glimmer of understanding, he was determined to hold on to it. He tried to breathe in a rhythm, according to the breathing methods of the cultivation technique, with his eyes closed and concentrated.

As time went on, Qin Niu seemed to feel something unusual.

With every inhalation, it was as if a trace of cool energy entered his body from his head, face, palms, and other places exposed to the moonlight.

It was very faint, and if he didn’t focus and keep his heart calm, he wouldn’t even notice they were there.

He was secretly delighted.

But the moment he felt happy, his calm mindset broke, and the cool energy he had just felt vanished.

It seemed he was still not calm and composed enough, his Dao heart not firm enough.

This was normal since this was his first day trying to practice a cultivation technique.

He didn’t get discouraged but readjusted his state, breathing rhythmically, remaining inwardly calm.

With the experience of one successful attempt, it took him only about fifteen minutes to feel that cool energy again a filament as fine as silk, slipping into his body from each part that moonlight could reach.

Without any formal instruction or a base in cultivation, having such a profound realization on his first attempt ar cultivation would likely make those elders from sects scramble to take him in if they knew.

Because on the path of cultivation, while persistence and willpower are important, insight and talent are even more crucial..