I have to get lucky right away.

Chapter 48: Isn’t it natural for the protagonist to practice both magic and martial arts?
Perhaps because he didn't want to get involved in trouble, the owner of the restaurant, after finding out that Feng Xue really didn't intend to ask for change, gave him two prescriptions for food supplements that were said to be able to strengthen the body.

Feng Xue was naturally happy to accept this unexpected surprise. Considering that it was only worth a dozen cents, he simply opened the basic overview book called "General Outline" on the way and read it while walking home.

how to say……

Just highlight the simplicity.

Wu Xiu, just like the name suggests, practices martial arts, and it seems that they take a path from the outside to the inside. There is no such thing as internal force. At first glance, you might think it is physical training for military training.

But if you compare it with the basic practice of Xuan Xiu, you will find the corresponding relationship between them.

Xuan Xiu emphasizes on health and nourishment, and physical cultivation also involves these three words, but there are slight differences in the process.

If the human body is compared to land, the first step in both Xuan Xiu and Ti Xiu is to "strengthen the body", that is, to improve the land and make it fertile.

But when it comes to the second step of "Condensation (Condensing the results)", there is a difference. If what Xuan Xiu plants in the ground is the grass (vital energy) that consumes a lot of land, then what Ti Xiu plants in the ground is the food (qi and blood) that can fill the stomach.

When it comes to the "raising (enjoying the results)" stage, the grass grown by the Xuan cultivators must first be fed to livestock (spirits) to obtain higher returns, while the Ti cultivators directly eat the grown grains.

In terms of profit, Xuan Xiu's livestock are higher than grain in terms of nutritional value and price, but grain has the advantage of being large in quantity and resistant to risks. Not only can it satisfy one's own hunger, but some can also be sold from time to time to buy more arable land. Even if an emergency occurs and grain production is reduced, one will not lose all the money.

Livestock, on the other hand, have a weaker ability to resist risks. Even if the price is higher, one has to wait until the livestock are slaughtered before the money earned can be used to buy food and farmland. If there is a slight mistake along the way, the cycle will be broken, and the owner may starve to death before the livestock are slaughtered (their lifespan has ended before their spirit and soul are fully developed), or the owner may directly slaughter the livestock and eat their meat (ghost cultivation).

This is also the reason why Xuan Xiu and Ti Xiu cannot practice together.

After all, the land of the body is limited.

If you want to do both, you will have to face the choice of how much land to grow crops and how much to grow forage.

If there is too much grass, there will not be enough grain for ourselves to eat, let alone buy new land. If there is too much grain, the grass will not be able to feed the livestock. The grass will even steal the nutrients from the grain, resulting in a decrease in grain production. In the end, the results will be worse than if we only practice one subject.

But Feng Xue noticed a problem in this logic——

That is physical cultivation, which can be seamlessly transferred to profound cultivation.

In other words, a person can first cultivate his physical body, grow enough food, increase the amount of land he owns, and then grow grass to raise livestock. In this way, the stored food will be enough to cope with the period of livestock breeding, and the larger and more fertile land can also produce more grass.

However, this idea had just emerged when Feng Xue discarded it.

Can't the big guys in this world see such a simple truth?
Even more so, maybe the original cultivation route in this world is to practice martial arts first and then switch to the mysterious way?
As for why it has become like this?
Of course it’s because the efficiency of physical cultivation is too low!

It is true that growing crops can earn land (lifespan) by selling part of the crops, but the progress is very slow. Even a martial arts master at the Grandmaster level can only add 60 years to his lifespan. Moreover, at this age, the unnourished soul of a martial artist will inevitably decay. Even if there is a larger field that produces more grass, it is difficult to feed qualified livestock.

Perhaps in the ancient times of this world, natural resources and treasures were everywhere, and people could easily practice martial arts to the master level by just eating a little, and then they could directly enter the mysterious cultivation.

But later on, as natural resources and treasures decreased, people's progress in physical cultivation slowed down, and they had to switch to Xuan cultivation earlier. However, how much earlier became a problem. As the benefits gradually decreased, when it came to the point where they could maximize their benefits by simply not practicing physical cultivation and directly practicing Xuan, the two systems were completely disconnected.

But Feng Xue was concerned about another issue——

His forage (vitality) was obtained in vain!

It neither consumes the earth's energy (lifespan) nor competes with food for nutrients (essence). In this way, can't he practice physical cultivation and mystical cultivation at the same time?
Originally, he just wanted to have more technical reserves, but he unexpectedly discovered a bug that only he could exploit (ah, it was the game mechanism!). Feng Xue's mood immediately improved, and he even wanted to sing a song.

But his good mood vanished instantly when he returned home and saw the soldier who seemed to have been waiting at the door for a while. "Could it be that the Port Gang is colluding with the Lucheng officials?"

It's no wonder that Feng Xue first thought of the Butou Gang, a group he had only met once. It was because he had only been in this world for nine days, and this was the only family he had a feud with.

Liu Yunxi stretched out his hand and rubbed his fingertips, ready for the steamroller technique. At the same time, he held a jade token in his pocket, ready to attack with the ghost-controlling spell at any time.

But just when Feng Xue was ready to kill and run away, the soldier said politely:

"Are you Mr. Feng? The county magistrate wants to see you."

"???" Feng Xue was very suspicious of the other party's politeness. Although he did not rule out the possibility of first using courtesy and then using force, he should at least remain vigilant. He was clearly carrying a gun, but he didn't seem to be on guard at all...

Could it be that the higher-ups hadn't been notified? But if that was the case, why send a soldier? And there was only one! Wouldn't it be easier to lower his guard by sending a secretary, or even by not wearing a uniform?

Feng Xue's mind was full of various thoughts. After hesitating for a moment, he asked:
"I've never met the county magistrate before. I don't know how he knew me. And what does he want from me?"

The soldier was also a smart guy. He immediately understood that Feng Xue seemed to be suspicious and explained:

"It's like this. The county magistrate didn't just invite you. In fact, all the masters in the entire Lucheng have been invited. Mainly because some strange things have happened in the county recently, so he wants to discuss it with everyone. The location is in Wangxian Tower."

"All of them?" Feng Xue saw that the captain's words were not false. Although he was still a little cautious, if this was really a trap, there might be others in ambush besides this soldier. Even if he could kill them in seconds, it would be difficult for him to escape from Lucheng. Not to mention that there was only a train passing by at noon. Trying to cross by hitting the locomotive was not very realistic...

"Then lead the way."

Seeing Feng Xue's agreement, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and took two steps forward, but still kept a sufficient distance and said:

"Does Mr. Feng need to bring anything?"

"No need." Feng Xue had the habit of carrying all his belongings with him before he got the Hu Tian Bag. This became even more so after he got the Hu Tian Bag. Naturally, he wanted to be able to run away anytime and anywhere.

　In terms of yin and yang, martial artists who cultivate yang energy should be considered as cultivating old yang.

　　That is to say, continuously enhance one's own Yang Qi and strengthen life force until the Yang reaches its extreme and produces Yin, which in turn feeds back to the spirit and soul, that is, the old Yang produces the young Yin.

　　Xuan cultivation cultivates Shaoyin, which means consuming Yang to cultivate Yin, which just takes over from Wu cultivation. When one cultivates to the pinnacle, he will either die and become a ghost cultivator, which means Shaoyin gives birth to Laoyin, or Yin and Yang complement each other to achieve balance.

　　As previously mentioned, as ghost cultivators improve their cultivation, yin gives birth to yang, becoming old yin giving birth to young yang, solidifying their ghost bodies and no longer relying on incense and vital energy. Alternatively, they may simply reincarnate and become a new human. This process of reincarnation can also be seen as old yin giving birth to young yang, simply relying on the extremely yin element of reincarnation in the underworld.

　　Final summary: The complete human system is a process of yin and yang cycle——

　　The ultimate goal of physical cultivation is to cultivate the old yang and give birth to the young yin.

　　Xuan Xiu cultivates Shao Yin, the ultimate goal is Shao Yin gives birth to Lao Yin
　　The ultimate goal of ghost cultivation is to cultivate old yin and give birth to young yang.

　　The ghost cultivator who has transformed Yin into Yang has a physical body and looks no different from a living person. If he cannot achieve perfection at this time, he will repeat the physical cultivation process and embark on the path of transforming Yin into Yang and generating Old Yang from Young Yang.

　　Any of the intermediate stages can be practiced separately, and the ultimate goal is to achieve the balance of yin and yang and form a self-contained cycle. Changing the practice is only a helpless choice when one is unable to achieve the ultimate goal due to factors such as aptitude and lifespan.

　　On the other hand, as long as one cultivates the body to the extreme of Yang and generates Yin, and cultivates the mysterious Yin and returns the spirit to Yang, then one is considered to have entered the realm of true immortality (not the kind of immortal who ascends to the fairyland in the novels about cultivating immortals, but the traditional concept of immortality similar to that of long-lived and long-sighted immortality).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)