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Chapter 40 Refining Essence into Qi
"...the five flavors are all of the highest good, and their energy returns; those who are released can live forever. The great way is vast and untroubled, and my words are now complete, so be careful not to spread them."

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days passed. Li Kunshan lived with Zhegu and recited the Huangting Sutra every day.

This morning, after reading it twice, I suddenly had an idea.

Rise.

After calming down a little, he quickly clicked on his personal page.

After so many days of hard work, the Huangting Waijing Sutra finally reached the third level.

After three layers of evolution, as expected, a magical power was derived.

[Refining Essence into Qi: The primordial essence and primordial qi are combined and transformed into light, clear, and immaterial qi. This qi, along with the movement of the river cart, is refined into the elixir embryo.]

“…That’s right! There’s no mistake!”

When he saw these words, Li Kunshan's eyes widened and his face was full of excitement.

Among the several stages of inner alchemy, after building the foundation, it is the refining of essence into qi!
This magical power is called "Refining Essence into Qi", which directly points out that it is the next step in the practice of inner alchemy.

"Finally, my reading day and night during this period was not in vain."

After a while, his emotions calmed down a little, and looking at the Huangting Sutra in his hand, Li Kunshan couldn't help but sigh.

His previous speculation was correct. The Huangting Sutra did contain the method of inner alchemy practice.

His expression suddenly became stern. He put down the scripture, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to try to refine his essence into qi.

Internal alchemy uses one's own body as a furnace to form elixir inside the body. Since it is alchemy, it naturally needs materials, and these materials are the human essence, energy and spirit.

Before, building the foundation was just to create the basis of the body, similar to hammering the body into a solid furnace. It was a preparatory process and could not be considered as practicing inner alchemy.

Refining essence into qi is the first step in inner alchemy. It can be said to be "refining essence into qi," which only involves essence and qi, and does not yet include the more profound spirit. It is precisely for this reason that the ultimate goal is not inner alchemy, but rather the elixir embryo mentioned in the commentary.

It can only take shape if there is a tire.

"Hoo~!"

Li Kunshan was not impatient. He took a deep breath and started to practice the method.

First, mobilize your own essence and energy. Essence comes from flesh and blood, while energy is more elusive.

Therefore, in this first step of cultivation, many people are often hindered by mobilizing their vital energy.

Li Kunshan did not have this problem. He had practiced the Great Toad Qi before and was able to freely mobilize the vital energy in his body.

After fully mobilizing the essence and energy, refine them together.

There are some tricks involved, and eventually one can cultivate a special "qi", which is the light, clear and intangible qi mentioned in the introduction.

With this wisp of Qi, both Kung Fu and magic will be more powerful.

However, the pursuit of inner alchemy is to cultivate both the body and the soul, and even to ascend to heaven. This wisp of Qi is not the goal, but to use this wisp of Qi to refine the inner elixir.

The so-called "Heche" refers to the water palace true energy stored in the two kidneys. The two kidneys, one on the left and one on the right, revolve like the sun and the moon, or like two wheels moving in coordination, hence the name "Heche".

The reason why the kidneys are called the Water Palace is because they correspond to the element of water among the five internal organs.

This is exactly what is called kidney water.

The Qi refined from the essence and energy flows between the two kidneys along with the Qi of True Oneness.

"It's not that easy."

Two or three hours passed in a flash, and when Zhe Gu called Li Kunshan to have lunch, he finally came back to his senses from his practice.

Once the practice stops, not only will the Qi follow the movement of the river cart, but even the Qi itself will dissipate like water without roots.

Although one has mastered the method of refining essence into Qi, and can refine the primordial essence and primordial Qi into Qi, one cannot retain the Qi.

The true masters of Quanzhen Taoism practice inner alchemy in order to achieve ascension and become immortals. Li Kunshan is just an ordinary person and has not reached such a high level. He is more concerned with immediate benefits.

Qi, as a special high-level energy, is similar to the internal energy in martial arts novels, and has great benefits to oneself.

How to retain it is the most important thing.

Li Kunshan couldn't help but wonder that when one reaches the stage of refining essence into qi, one can preserve qi in the body.

Since he can't stay now, it means he hasn't got started yet.

"Today's meal is not to your liking."

Seeing that Li Kunshan was holding the bowl and picking up some food but was reluctant to put it into his mouth, Zhe Gu asked him a question and then took a bite to taste it herself.

"It's OK." "The food is good."

Li Kunshan came to his senses, finished the rice in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, put it down and left.

"I'm done eating."

"So fast?"

Zhe Gu blinked her eyes. She hadn't asked him anything just now, but now he was eating so voraciously. She really couldn't understand him.

Back in the room, Li Kunshan calmed his mind and began to refine his essence into energy again.

This training lasted for several hours, with only a brief break of a few minutes during dinner.

He continued to practice like this until late at night.

Li Kunshan didn't stop until he felt mentally exhausted.

Practicing is not only physically demanding, but also mentally taxing. Even with the blessing of the [energetic] entry, Li Kunshan cannot stay awake all the time.

Until your energy has reached its limit, you will fall asleep and sleep until you wake up naturally. When you get up, you will be full of energy again and continue practicing.

In this way, Li Kunshan spent almost all his time practicing except for eating, sleeping and going to the toilet.

"Is this kid going crazy?"

Seeing Li Kunshan working so hard, even harder than before when he was reading the scriptures, Zhe Gu couldn't help but mutter in her heart.

But she could see that Li Kunshan's eyes were clear and he was not possessed.

Then I remembered what Uncle Jiu said and decided not to interfere.

"Have it!"

In a flash, several days passed, and Li Kunshan had already mastered the method of refining essence into qi.

I was practicing normally that night when suddenly an idea came to my mind.

Qi flows along with the river cart. As the saying goes, water dripping wears away stone. With unremitting efforts, it suddenly gathers at the Yuanguan acupoint, which is the lower Dantian.

"Dantai!"

Looking at this point, Li Kunshan showed excitement. This should be the Dantai mentioned in the introduction!

Only with this elixir embryo can the refining of essence into qi be truly completed.

Immediately afterwards, Li Kunshan stopped practicing.

Sure enough, although he stopped, the Qi he had cultivated before did not dissipate, but was stored in the Dantai.

"I'm done!"

After practicing for a while and confirming that the Qi existed in the Dantai, Li Kunshan's face was full of excitement.

Then I opened my personal page, and the status of the Taoism column had changed from the original [Foundation Building] to [First Level of Refining Essence into Qi]!
"Finally, we've taken this step."

Li Kunshan felt happy, fell on his back and fell asleep.

After waking up the next day, Li Kunshan washed up and had breakfast.

First, refine the essence into energy, and after lunch, practice the Lightning Thunder Fist.

Nine is the extreme number. There are nine levels in total in refining essence into qi. It requires hard work day and night and cannot be achieved overnight.

Now that it has formed into a pill embryo, there is no need to rush any further.

Correspondingly, other skills must also keep up.

Although he was only at the first level of Refining Essence into Qi, Li Kunshan's overall strength had greatly increased with the help of his innate Qi. Putting his physical strength aside, the fact that he could now release four Heavenly Thunder Inductions per day was a testament to his strength!
In this way, the Lightning Thunder Fist can continue to improve, and before going to Longhu Mountain, it will be upgraded to at least the sixth level and evolve into a second magical power.

At night, Li Kunshan also needs a proper rest, such as reading the Huangting Sutra and drawing puppet talismans.

Although he has already obtained the method of refining essence into qi, the third level will derive a magical power. If he practices the Huangting Waijing Sutra to the sixth level, there may be more surprises.

"Finally back to normal."

In the yard, looking at the lighted window of Li Kunshan's room, Zhe Gu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, she is the beloved disciple entrusted to her by Uncle Jiu. If she goes crazy in front of him, she probably won't be able to marry Uncle Jiu in this life.

(End of this chapter)