Primordial Qi

After walking for a long time, Gu Chenyu finally saw the ladder. Standing at the bottom, he looked up and realized how high the mountain was. The first section was almost hanging down, and it was tens of meters high. Gu Chenyu felt his legs shaking before he even started climbing.

"Senior brother, the menial disciple Gu Chenyu is here to climb the ladder." Gu Chenyu said with a fist salute.

"Well, take two buckets next to you, fetch two buckets of water from the water tank, and then climb the ladder." The consul's senior brother said, pointing to the water buckets next to him and a large water tank more than ten meters high in the distance.

The water tanks are extremely tall and of similar size, there are about a dozen of them. There are many pipes underneath the tanks, which are similar to the faucets in the past, with switches that can release water.

In the gap where the Guchen rain met the water, a long waterfall streaked across the sky, refracting a rainbow-like light.

There was a white-haired old man standing on the water curtain with his hands behind his back. He waved his sleeves and the water curtain under his feet turned into several huge bubbles that rushed down and then entered the water tanks that were short of water. He actually filled five water tanks at once.

Oh my god, what level of power is this person? He brought a water curtain directly from the foot of the mountain. I can’t believe how many tons of water are in it, and he just flew in the air like that.

Carrying two buckets of water, Gu Chenyu began to climb the stairs. The scene just now was too visually impactful. He didn't know when he would be able to achieve such strength after practicing.

As a mortal, it is not impossible for us to encourage each other. Looking at the place in front of him called Chuiyunbi, Gu Chenyu took a deep breath and prepared to climb up.

"Hey, hey, hey, new disciples, go up the mountain from the side. This is for the Kaimai Realm. Don't go up and hold us back." A senior brother stopped Gu Chenyu from going up the mountain and pointed to a sign with 'Yangqi Realm' written on it.

"Hahaha, what kind of idiot is this? He wants to go this way right away. He is too naive."

Hearing this, the laughter in the crowd got louder. Gu Chenyu felt his old face turn red, and he immediately slipped away from the side with the bucket. The senior brother who had just stopped Gu Chenyu also smiled knowingly. He could only smile at this ignorant junior brother.

After walking for half an hour, Gu Chen's raincoat was soaked, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from his forehead, and his muscles all over his body felt sore. He climbed the cloud ladder that surrounded the main peak. He didn't know how far he was up, and he didn't know how many disciples ran past him. Most of them ran up, but they still made sure that the water in the bucket did not spill out.

At the Qi Nourishing Stage and Meridian Opening Stage, the physical body is much stronger than that of ordinary people. People who possess spiritual energy will also become strong physically. Gu Chenyu has no spiritual energy to store, and his physical body cannot keep up with them. He can only rely on willpower to climb the mountain step by step.

Fortunately, it is a sacred mountain with tall vegetation and the forest paths are not exposed to the sun for too long, otherwise he would have been killed by the heat at this time. After walking for four hours, Gu Chenyu's lips were already dry and his lips were a little cracked. He felt that his body had reached its limit, but he didn't know how long he had been walking. He only knew that it was still daylight and there was still time.

In the sky, an elder looked at him and nodded. He had a strong will and was young, but he could carry such a heavy bucket with both hands and walk briskly without stopping. He was indeed a good seedling.

Along the way, he paid a lot of attention to the menial disciples. Most of those who came to participate in the Cloud Ladder Climbing were new disciples who had never been beaten and did not know the horror of the Cloud Ladder Climbing. This young man was the only one with a strong will that he observed.

Other elders might think that this was a new disciple who was not strong enough, but he did know how much willpower was required. If possible, he would like to accept him as a registered disciple.

In half a day, Gu Chenyu saw many people passing by him. He also saw his senior brothers who stopped by the roadside to practice, and he also met his senior brothers who were running down from the top of the mountain to prepare for the next round of practice. None of these affected his determination to reach the top.

He knew that this world would be huge, and it would be difficult to gain a foothold in this world without cultivation. In his own world, even an adult would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago, but now, even without cultivation, a child's body, after several years of training, could actually hold on for so long. After walking so far and staying in this world for so long, he could not avoid being integrated into it and being changed imperceptibly.

It was already dark and the fog was very heavy on the mountain. Gu Chenyu, whose clothes were already soaked, was now soaked like a drowned chicken.

After taking a sip of the water in the bucket, Gu Chenyu couldn't help cursing. He had been climbing for so long, but he hadn't even climbed halfway. He had drunk a lot of the water in the bucket. He was thirsty. He looked up at the mountain. It was still very far, very far away, and he was almost at his limit.

Another hour passed and the water in the bucket no longer met the requirement. Even if he reached the top, he could not enjoy the medicinal bath. The elders in the sky were still patrolling, which meant it was not over yet. However, Gu Chenyu had fallen to the ground and could not move. After all, it was still not enough. Gu Chenyu was unwilling to give up, but unfortunately, he had no strength left.

The elder who was observing Gu Chenyu flew down when Gu Chenyu fell. He had previously observed that this boy had a strong will. Many disciples who had not yet entered the Qi Cultivation Realm did not persist and had not even reached one-third of the height of the Cloud Ladder, but he persisted to this point. In comparison, he was much stronger.

The old man flicked his finger, and a ball of spiritual energy enveloped Gu Chenyu, and the whole person was suspended in the air.

What, no spiritual roots?

The old man's heart sank. After observing him for so long, he turned out to be a waste without any spiritual roots. He couldn't help feeling regretful. If he had spiritual roots, even five elements spiritual roots, he would be willing to accept him as his disciple. But without spiritual roots, he could not practice cultivation after all.

With a sigh, the old man still fed Gu Chenyu a pill of Xing Sudan. This pill was mainly used to replenish vitality, and one could recover quickly from physical training like this.

When Gu Chenyu opened his eyes and looked at the old man in front of him with a sage-like appearance, he knew that it was him who had taken action, so he bowed respectfully. When the old man saw this, he sighed in his heart, saying that he had a good character and morals, but what a pity, what a pity.

"You, do you know that you have no spiritual roots?" the old man suddenly asked. He had the spiritual roots of the five elements and had only reached the Venerable Realm after practicing for a lifetime. Seeing this child who was even more miserable than himself, he couldn't help but ask.

"Disciple knows." Gu Chenyu replied.

"Then why did you come? Without spiritual roots, your whole life will be like this." The old man asked again.

"I don't know. I come when I want to." Gu Chenyu didn't know how to answer, so he just said he didn't know.

"Don't know? What a joke! You don't know? You are quite free and easy-going, but you don't have any spiritual roots. It's a pity. You'd better take care of yourself in the future." The old man shook his head and walked away on the cloud.

Gu Chenyu didn't say much. He clasped his fists respectfully when the old man left, and then continued to head towards the top of the mountain.

I don't know what I ate, but I feel very strong and a little indigestion. Gu Chenyu was puzzled, but didn't think much about it. It might be that the elixir that the elder just gave me was powerful, and maybe he could reach the top in one fell swoop.

After walking for two hours, Gu Chenyu realized that he was overthinking and was carried down the mountain by the patrolling disciples. Lying on the bed, Gu Chenyu felt his muscles were sore, his meridians were strained, and his bones seemed to be cracked.

This practice is completely about breaking through the limits of the human body. You may be able to reach the finish line without carrying two buckets of water, but you cannot spill too much water while carrying it, which is a problem. When you are thirsty, you have already drunk most of it.

With a decadent look on his face, Gu Chenyu turned over and continued to be decadent. No wonder the guy named Chu Tian liked to work so much during the day. The rooms in the sect were so clean. Feelings were all cultivated through procrastination.

Taking out the Five Elements Qi Training Technique, Gu Chenyu was studying this art painstakingly, gathering the Qi in the body, converging the Qi in the Dantian, flowing through the eight meridians, and condensing the Qi into strength...

After practicing the technique for one cycle, three streams of energy condensed in the body, but they soon disappeared.

Damn, where did all the spiritual power go? Even a fart makes a sound, but this spiritual power disappears without a trace. Gu Chenyu couldn't help cursing in his heart. After several times, he felt a little broken.

Spiritual power, spiritual power, wait, spiritual power?

Suddenly, Gu Chenyu seemed to have realized something. Spiritual power can temper the body. Although spiritual power cannot be stored, it can be used to temper the body.

With this thought, Gu Chenyu immediately began to condense his spiritual energy. With each breath, the spiritual energy entered his mouth and nose, and was captured by his body, refined, and finally transformed into spiritual energy. He controlled the spiritual energy to flow through his limbs and bones, and it really worked. The soreness and fatigue in his body disappeared without a trace, and the spiritual energy also disappeared without a trace.

Unfortunately, as he used one less strand, he condensed two this time. After continuous attempts, he found that Gu Chenyu could directly condense eight strands of spiritual power to temper his body. One strand of spiritual power would disappear in the body after about a cup of tea, so it needed to be refined as soon as possible.

A bold idea appeared in Gu Chenyu's mind. One spiritual power can be refined into ninety-six spiritual powers in about fifteen minutes. Wouldn't that mean maintaining balance? Suddenly surpassing others, and the body being able to retain the spiritual power means entering the Qi-nourishing realm.

Time passed quickly, Gu Chenyu fell asleep tiredly, and woke up in the early morning to sit cross-legged on the roof to meditate. In his previous life, he had the secret martial arts manual and practiced it in the morning. I heard that this is better.

The training was almost over, and there was no spiritual power left. Calculating the time, it was time to go to the square to listen to the elders' sermon. Two hours later, I received the chores, ate the white rice, and started climbing to the top again.

This kind of life lasted for a week. Almost everyone who came together had entered the state of nourishing Qi. Zhao Dahu, who was traveling with them, even greeted Gu Chenyu when he saw him. Then he showed him two circles of Qi, red and green, that had appeared on his body. He rolled his eyes, and Gu Chenyu had no choice but to continue on his way.

He knew that his body needed to consume a lot of water, so he always carried a water bag when climbing the ladder. When he couldn't walk anymore, he would drink some water and take a rest, and then continue to climb to the top.

During this week, Gu Chenyu tempered his body day and night, and the changes in his body were very obvious. Unfortunately, he still did not reach the Qi Nourishing Stage. Now the speed at which he gathered spiritual power was too slow. He could condense at most twenty spiritual powers, and the time they stayed in his body was not extended much. The spiritual power condensed in one night would be gone after a night's sleep. It would be better for him to use all of it on tempering his body.

The sun was still shining above, and it looked like there was a good chance of reaching the summit today. Taking a deep breath, Gu Chenyu's muscles exploded and he sweated profusely all the way. He finally reached the summit at night, and according to the rules, he could enjoy a medicinal bath.

The water in the bucket is poured into a huge pool, where the water is boiling and then flows downwards.

Following the signs, Gu Chenyu saw a pool filled with strange liquid. The black and purple liquid gave off an unpleasant smell, and he didn't know what it was. Gu Chenyu even doubted whether it could achieve the effect of tempering the body.

"What are you looking at there, silly boy? Those are the impurities we discharged." Chu Tian shouted loudly, waving his arms in a pool nearby.

What? Impurities, no wonder it smells bad.

Gu Chenyu retched and looked towards the sultry man following the source of the sound. He saw a pool of emerald green water with a slight fragrance, and a hint of medicinal smell.

"Thank you, Brother Chu, otherwise I would have jumped down." Gu Chenyu said.

“Hahaha, not really, not really. The fact that you can climb up shows that you are very strong. Come down quickly and enjoy yourself.” Chu Tian said with a smile. This junior brother has worked with him a lot, so he can’t cheat him and lure him into the impurity pit.

"Senior Brother, what are those purple-black things? Why are they gathered there?" Gu Chenyu jumped into the pool and asked in confusion.

"Well, impurities are what are discharged from our bodies, all the dirt that is not conducive to cultivation. As for why they gather there, there is a reason for it. The impurities will be absorbed by the formation under our pool, and then transferred to that pit. See, such a big pool is full of impurities. Those who are assigned to work here are so miserable. They are afraid that their spiritual power will be contaminated, so everything is done by manpower. It’s scary just thinking about it." Chu Tian said.

Gu Chenyu shook his head and said, "There is also work that you don't want to do. It seems that this is really difficult to do."

"However, after cleaning this impurity pit, you can take a free medicinal bath for three days. It's much better than those jobs of moving stretchers. Those are really hard and there is no reward." Chu Tian suddenly laughed. Gu Chenyu seemed to understand something and looked at him with disgust. Presumably, Chu Tian had just moved those impurities in.

"You are such a heartless person. It's not easy for me, your senior brother. I should have let you jump into that pit earlier. But many new disciples have been tricked into jumping into that pit. You are lucky to meet me." Chu Tian said while swimming on his back. He himself was almost cheated back then. Fortunately, he was suspicious by nature, otherwise he would have tricked Gu Chenyu into jumping into that pit as well.

"Haha, thank you, brother."

"Practice well and enter the Qi-nourishing realm as soon as possible. I have to lie down for a while and take a nap first." Chu Tian laughed and then floated away with the current.

This senior brother is indeed a talented person.

Gu Chenyu smiled inwardly, found a place with few people, and sank into the water with a splash. Fortunately, he could swim and could float in the water.

This pool is very deep. If you are not good at swimming, you may drown. People in the Yangqi realm are also mortals. If you don't breathe for a long time, you will suffocate and die. However, the water next to it is relatively shallow. There are also disciples who are not good at swimming who practice there, but the effect of their practice is not good.

After searching for a while, Gu Chenyu found a place with few people and a good location, about three people deep. Gu Chenyu sank down easily, practicing his skills, and the speed of gathering spiritual power was indeed much faster. With daily medicinal baths, he believed that he would be able to condense ninety-six spiritual powers soon.