Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 276 I am the Captain

After the Li siblings left, Yan Yu and Zhao Yuanzhen sat on the bed and began to practice breathing and refining qi together.

Although Zhao Yuanzhen's cultivation aptitude is not as domineering and unreasonable as Xie Xianzun, she is the strongest among the girls of the Zhenhai Team. Otherwise, she would not have been picked up by her master as an orphan.

Practicing dual breathing exercises with her, Yan Yu felt like a human-powered tricycle chained to the exhaust pipe of a luxury supercar, forcing himself to run at a speed of 120 mph...

Commonly known as "freeloading".

Rub! Rub hard!

"By the way, how is your cultivation recovering now?" Yan Yu asked.

"The marrow cleansing stage is almost complete." Zhao Yuanzhen replied.

Refining Qi, cleansing the marrow, and transforming the palace. After the purple palace is formed, one can overcome the heavenly tribulation and form the golden elixir. The demon girl from the Demon Sect was already at the Transformation Palace stage before she traveled here, but because she and Teacher Mei were both injured, her true essence was exhausted. Because the world's spiritual energy limit was insufficient, it was like using a small hose to fill an empty swimming pool. Naturally, the recovery of true essence was extremely slow.

Fortunately, compared to the cultivation world over there, Earth has one advantage: the supply of elixirs.

Since alchemy requires the coordination of hand gestures, the use of true energy to stimulate the fire and waiting for a fixed time, the entire alchemy process has not been fully automated. However, the planting, cultivation and collection of raw materials have now been industrialized on a large scale.

It is said that in the secret realm of Wuyi Mountain, a "spiritual herb factory" with a large number of soilless cultivation lines has been built, which uses the enriched spiritual energy of the secret realm itself to efficiently produce herbs.

In addition, the policy tilts resources towards top cultivators. For cultivators of the Zhenhai team's level, the supply of foundation-building pills is basically endless. That's why Zhao Yuanzhen's cultivation level recovers so quickly.

As the demon girl from the Demon Sect recovered to the perfect level of Marrow Cleansing, Yan Yu, a newbie at the Qi Refining level, practiced dual cultivation with her. He immediately felt a sense of satisfaction as if he was being led by a big boss and his skills improved by leaps and bounds.

His Qi Refining Stage practice was about to be completed, and he would enter the second stage - the Marrow Cleansing Stage.

However, there is a bottleneck in the process of advancing from the Qi Refining Stage to the Marrow Cleansing Stage: the "Bigu Method." Even if one has completely perfected Qi Refining, without Bigu, one cannot enter the next stage and begin the Marrow Cleansing Stage.

Fasting is the practice of shifting the body's circulation from external to internal. Mortals cannot sustain their own circulation and require regular consumption of grains, vegetables, fruits, and meat to replenish their energy. Each time they eat, contaminated qi enters the body, leading to the development of numerous illnesses over time.

The method of fasting draws external spiritual energy into the body, replacing the effects of acquired turbid qi. This allows practitioners to avoid hunger without eating, thirst without drinking, and gradually reduce the amount of impure yin within the body while increasing the amount of pure yang. It is the first threshold for a mortal body to embark on the path to immortality...

The above is Professor Mei's original oral words. Although they are completely contrary to the cognition of modern medicine, there is a principle in the history of science that says, "No matter how fake 'pseudoscience' seems, as long as it is repeatedly verified by experiments, it must belong to a higher-level scientific principle that we cannot currently explain."

Compared with quantum physics where God rolls dice, the art of fasting is actually very easy to understand.

Yan Yu had never embarked on the path of cultivation in his previous life, so he had no idea how to break through this bottleneck. He asked Zhao Yuanzhen:
"I feel like my Qi training is almost complete. How should I practice this Bigu method?"

"It's very simple." Zhao Yuanzhen replied, "No food, no drink."

"Uh." Yan Yu wanted to complain a little, but then he remembered that in his previous life, Xie Ruoxi stayed at home for a long time and was too lazy to order takeout. Didn't she endure it for a while and suddenly went on a fast?

Then he frowned and asked:

"If I don't eat or drink, and fail to master the Fasting Method, and die of starvation, what will I do?"

"Then die." Zhao Yuanzhen said matter-of-factly, "If you can't even practice the method of fasting, how can you cultivate immortality?"

Yan Yu was speechless: "I forgot that this witch came from the Demon Sect. The Demon Sect doesn't care about safe cultivation. If you can't cultivate, you will die! If you die, there are plenty of people who will continue to cultivate!"

Now that his Qi Refining cultivation was about to be complete, he had to practice the Bigu method to advance. However, a great war was imminent, so he had two choices:

One is to wait until the war is over before practicing the method of fasting. Although it is a bit slow, it is safe and reliable.

The second is to start fasting now and go to war with the double debuffs of hunger and thirst. You can imagine how dangerous it is.

Still hesitating? Definitely choose 2!
Since Yan Yu had vowed to become the strongest in the world, he certainly couldn't retreat because of two debuffs. Cultivation, to a certain extent, has an element of idealism. If you choose to retreat when faced with difficulties and obstacles this time, your spiritual heart will be affected. Later, when you face the tribulation and need to fight a desperate battle, you will also have the same deadly desire to escape and retreat. The saying "one step back, every step back" is exactly this.

"In that case, I will practice the method of fasting from now on." Yan Yu quickly made up his mind and said seriously.

"Ah?" Zhao Yuanzhen was puzzled and asked, "But... aren't we going to war? How can you fight on the battlefield when you're hungry?"

"So what?" Yan Yu said with a proud sneer, "Practicing the method of fasting is also a necessary step on the path of cultivation. How can you interrupt your practice just because of something like fighting someone?"

Zhao Yuanzhen fell silent. She understood the principle that cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you will retreat.

But the Demon Sect never cares about character; saving one's life is the top priority. If you really encounter a critical moment of fighting with others, then what's the point of practicing? If the battle goes against you and you are killed, will you go to the grave to continue practicing?

Zhao Yuanzhen could understand why Yan Yu chose this path. She would definitely not choose it herself, so she nodded and said:

"Okay, then I'll bring some snacks and mineral water. If you can't hold on any longer, kneel down and beg me, and I'll give you some food and water."

"Please? You're not worthy!" Yan Yu sneered contemptuously. "If I'm really too hungry to have any strength left, of course I'll ask you to do it for me and wipe out all the enemies around me! Otherwise, if I drink water, wouldn't all the suffering from hunger and thirst before be in vain?"

Zhao Yuanzhen chuckled and was speechless. She had subconsciously wanted to hold a grudge, but when she thought about how the stinky little thief would soon starve, her mood suddenly brightened and she said with a smile:
"Okay, okay, since you're so capable, then just focus on practicing your Bigu fasting method. Not only will I not give you the food and water, but even if they want to feed you, I'll stop them. How about that?"

"So much the better!"

"Hmph, then it's a deal." Zhao Yuanzhen high-fived him as an oath, laughing in his heart.

The two of them sat opposite each other on the bed, palms together, and circulated the Great Circulation to each other to transfer their true Qi.

A few hours later, Yan Yu slowly raised his hand to stop practicing, and found that the growth of his true energy this time had decreased significantly compared to the last time and the time before that.

It was not because the dual cultivation method failed, but because the gaseous true energy in his dantian had reached saturation, and it was difficult to inject more true energy into it.

It is urgent to practice the method of fasting and break through this bottleneck!
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The next morning, Yan Yu woke up from his sleep and heard someone knocking on the door.

"Get up!" It was the familiar voice of the alarm clock again.

Yan Yu got up and pushed the door open, and saw Lin Ning standing outside with a breakfast tray in her hand. She looked at him with a look of "Why are you up so late?" and said with disdain:
"You got up too late today, and the hotel restaurant is closed! I brought you breakfast, go ahead and say thank you, Lin Ning."

"Thank you, Lin Ning." Yan Yu looked a little strange. "I appreciate your kindness, but I have started practicing the method of fasting and cannot eat or drink. You can give it to them."

"Practicing fasting?" Lin Ning was surprised at first, but then she realized what was happening and quickly advised, "You can't go without food and water! We might have to fight soon! How can we fight on an empty stomach?"

"I've made up my mind." Yan Yu shook his head seriously, "No need to persuade me anymore."

"You...you better stop going crazy, okay?" Lin Ning wasn't willing to give up and continued to persuade him, "How are you going to fight when you get dizzy and hypoglycemic? The enemy won't even need to kill you, you'll just starve yourself to death!"

Yan Yu remained silent and shook his head.

"You will regret it!" Seeing that he was unmoved and refused to listen to any persuasion, Lin Ning was furious. She took the breakfast tray and knocked on Chen Lingyun's door next to her, intending to complain to the girls.

Yan Yu remained indifferent and said coldly:
"There's no point in complaining, I'm the captain!"

With a bang, Lin Ning entered Chen Lingyun's room and slammed the door shut.

(End of this chapter)