Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Volume 2, Chapter 5 – Mounts the Clouds and Rides the Mist to Fly High through the Vast Sky
A colorful spirit lizard climbed over from the finger as it pleasingly swung its long tail as if it was rejecting a granule of jade’s bead. Zhang Yan’s eyes followed it all the way into a small crack on the wall while faintly smiling. These spirit animals were raised in his Immortal Cave and usually only ate flying insects as it also swept the dust and dirt, causing poisonous snakes as well as other ferocious beasts to not dare to approach. It also only needed to be fed with a Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish bead once a year, which was truly cheap and worthwhile. However, he could only feel some regret that these kinds of living creatures could neither enter nor be reflected in the Broken Jade’s s.p.a.ce.
And compared to these spirit animals, the group of people led by Tang Yan in the northern part of the island were useless to him; not even one of them sparked his interest.
He had once taken the initiative to ask Ning Chongxuan to return this woman; however, the other person actually evaded the subject and seemed to have some profound intentions. He carefully thought about it and decided that first, he would let these people be dried up under the sun and would rarely provide them with supplies as to see how long they were able to support themselves. So it wouldn’t be a wonder should they leave voluntarily.
Zhang Yan secretly antic.i.p.ated, “Senior Brother Ning said that three years later, there would be a great compet.i.tion where all the Sect’s Courts’ disciples from the nine peaks would gather. In which many of them are outstanding experts of the younger generation. I heard that the gifts that would be bestowed are quite generous. I must strive hard to practice as to be able to obtain a top result and a good harvest at that time!”
Although true disciples didn’t need to go out to kill, they were in a fierce compet.i.tion with each other. Moreover, the other disciples were also hostile towards true disciples and have been constantly provoking them. Not only does the Upper Court not forbid it, but instead encourages this kind of compet.i.tion. And the three years’ big compet.i.tion was to be held in order to improve the disciples’ cultivation level in the Sect.
As for the Sect’s bestowments, it would depend on the disciples’ cultivation level, with each realm having different gifts. It was the same for true disciples, such as the gifts for Profound Light Realm disciples, which would be 10 times more precious than gifts for Radiant Qi Realm disciples. There were even magic flying swords to be bestowed. Both realms, of course, could not be compared on the same level, so regardless of which realm, the most fundamental purpose was to improve their cultivation.
If he were to improve his cultivation level, how could he let Tang Yan and other trivial matters occupy his mind?
At the moment the sky had darkened, Zhang Yan stepped out from his Immortal Cave and headed to the volcanic crater on the Spirit Leaf Island. At 3 to 5 PM everyday, it was the third time in the day when the fire surged and the chaotic and Evil qi was at its peak. The mist evaporated and the Heaven and Earth spiritual qi was extremely fierce. This time was precisely the best time to polish his True Primordial Qi.
In the past two months, after having spent more than 20 days in the Broken Jade’s s.p.a.ce, he had been repeatedly practicing the Taiyi Golden Manual. The time he had spent there was equivalent to a year in the outside world. Not only was he able to comprehend this cultivation law thoroughly in his heart, but he also had ex
perimented the maximum tolerance his body was able to endure with each stage.
For example, at his present stage, the most he could inhale was three and a half strands of Evil qi to temper his True Primordial Qi before he got injured. It might be insufficient, but as his first time practicing, he could only inhale at most a half breath more. And along with his unceasing practice, his adaptation degree also deepened. So the quant.i.ty he could absorb was also getting more and more.
In this way, he could maximize the efficiency of his practice, causing his cultivation practice to always be maintained at a steady pace. Had it been other cultivators practicing the Taiyi Golden Manual without the protection of their elders or Masters, they would never dare to be as bold as him.
However, for each and every step, he had repeatedly experimented in the Broken Jade, until he guaranteed that he would be absolutely safe before he dared to practice it with his true body. And due to his experience in practicing the cultivation law in the “the Exquisite Records of the Inner Qi Profound Origins Manual“, he had been mastering the ability to control and manipulate his qi, causing him to smoothly practice the Taiyi Golden Manual.
Zhang Yan sat down on the ground nearby the fire hole. He had been tempering himself for a month here. Today, he was about to extract and refine the Yang essence into pure qi. Along with a deafening “BOOM” explosion nearby, smoke and dust instantly flew all around as Evil qi then bursted out. He immediately focused his mind and spirit wholeheartedly as he slowly inhaled a thread of golden fire’s evil qi and swallowed it down. Then, he directed and circulated it through his meridians while a thread of his True Primordial Qi came out from his acupoint gate to finally meet the corroding Evil qi, until it slowly blended and finally transformed into spiritual qi.
Zhang Yan repeatedly continued the process as he gathered more and more spiritual qi. He didn’t know for how long he had been in this state when he felt that his previously dormant internal organs were going to burst out. He opened his mouth and let out “Haaa” to exhale a foul gas. When he looked at it carefully, the gas had a faint blackish-red color, which were seemingly the impurities in his True Primordial Qi.
Zhang Yan viewed it from another angle internally with his divine sense, and he could see a transparent water-like spiritual qi circulating through his acupoints’ gates. Under the surprise, he spoke, “I’m finally successful!” The first refinement step, to refine the Yang essence into pure qi was the most difficult. But once this gas had been successfully refined, then it would be easier for the next refinement; it would no longer be like the first time where he had to try very hard to practice refining it.
His eyes flashed. Since he had been successful in refining the Yang essence to pure qi, he would be able to practice the first stage’s gate contained within this “Billows Cloud Secret Manual”.
When he got this thick manual, he was unable to decide which Dao manuals he would practice first. But when he carefully read it and conducting some meticulous verification, he actually discovered a lot of profound discoveries. Of which, made his worries completely unnecessary.
The Radiant Qi Realm was nothing else but refining one’s True Primordial Qi to temper and transform it to pure spiritual qi. In this aspect, the two Dao manuals were the same. However, the focus point was actually different.
The “Taiyi Golden Manual” entirely focused on this “refining” word, while paying great importance in tempering a cultivator’s True Primordial Qi. However, on the other hand, there were only a few utilization methods in this manual.
But the “Billows Cloud Secret Manual”, although it contained a cultivation law to practice and refine spiritual qi, in the eyes of Zhang Yan, it was not necessarily better, and could neither be compared nor was it worth mentioning alongside the Taiyi Golden Manual. However, it didn’t mean that this Dao Manual had no value whatsoever. Since this Dao manual focused on the “law” word, it meant that it put great emphasis on the method of tempering the spiritual qi along with its circulation and manipulation. As well as giving birth to changes.
Zhang Yan’s desire to comprehend this cultivation law was understandable. Practicing the cultivation law in this “Taiyi Golden Manual” required at least a high grade meridian’s type, but once a cultivator can successfully practice it, his qi would be improved by 10%. Making his qi become more powerful with an overbearing force and peerless might, and giving him more freedom for various uses, of which, exempting the needs to practice other kinds of qi refining methods.
However, the “Billows Cloud Secret Manual” was different. The requirement to practice this Dao manual was at most only a low grade Mist Apparition type, which had some limitations when compared to high-grade types. Thus, the only clever way was to use various ways to transform and exercise the spiritual qi’s flexibility. In fact, many cultivators with low-grade meridian types were perfectly aware about each kind of spiritual qi utilization techniques.