Primordial Qi

"Body cultivation is, after all, a method of cultivation that requires spiritual power. Different from magic cultivation, body cultivation is about tempering the body and storing spiritual power in the organs. It starts from the skin, tendons, flesh, bones, internal organs, and even the soul, and finally reaches an unparalleled height. You are on the path of body cultivation, but the strange thing is that you did not retain the spiritual power. Could it be that the five elements spiritual roots are useless roots?" said an old man full of energy.

Gu Chenyu did not look back, but said helplessly: "It doesn't matter if your spiritual roots are useless. After all, you are the one guarding the medicinal field. If you have cultivation, you can't live such a simple life."

"Oh? You see it clearly. There are hundreds of spirit gathering arrays in this place, and the spiritual energy obtained is used to nourish spiritual medicines and accelerate their growth. The sect set up the herb-collecting hall to allow monks to come here without consuming spiritual energy, and it also eliminates the possibility of spiritual medicines being looted. If mortals are allowed to guard this place, not only will the spiritual medicines be useless to eat, but they may also explode and die if they are not careful." said the old man.

It seemed to explain why there were only mortals here, but in fact it was reminding the young man not to try to eat these spiritual medicines. Not to mention that the medicinal power of these spiritual medicines would be greatly reduced if they were not made into pills, the body of a mortal alone could not withstand such violent spiritual power.

Gu Chenyu knew that what he said was right. After coming here and observing for a while, he realized that these elixirs were poisons to mortals.

Turning around, I saw that the old man in gray was tall. Although he had a gray face and white hair, his eyes were bright. He walked briskly and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice.

"Senior, may I ask who you are?" Gu Chenyu asked respectfully. It was obvious at first glance that this old man was a master.

"This old man is Li Tianxuan."

"Senior Tianxuan, is this the Old Li they are talking about?" asked Gu Chenyu.

Li Tianxuan paused obviously, and after looking around he knew what had happened. A lot of the elixirs he was guarding had been stolen.

"Boy, tell me who brought you here."

Li Tianxuan directly picked up Gu Chenyu. He was incredibly strong.

"Don't make things difficult for this little bastard. He's already an old man over 200 years old, and he's still arguing with a little kid. He was also thrown here by that old guy Lin Yi, and he wants me, an old man, to take him with me. No, no, I leave this kid to you." Bai Yansha said. Gu Chenyu even doubted whether the old man was drunk or not, because how come he knew to speak up at the critical moment.

"Hmph, old man Lin, you're going too far. You took away my elixir while I was away. If I catch you one day, I'll make sure your skin is torn to pieces." Li Tianxuan said viciously.

Gu Chenyu swallowed his saliva. These old guys were too terrifying. He didn’t know what their cultivation level was. Could it be the only hall master?

"Boy, it will be hard for you to work with us." Li Tianxuan threatened. Since the person has been thrown over here, he can't just throw him back. It would be nice if he could teach him well.

"Disciple pays homage to master."

Gu Chenyu was about to kneel down to become his disciple, but was helped up by Li Tianxuan.

"It doesn't count as an apprenticeship. I can't teach you any great skills. Just call me senior."

After communicating with Li Tianxuan, Gu Chenyu realized that this was the place where the sect's spiritual medicine was cultivated, and its scale was much larger than that of a city.

There are not only spiritual medicines here, but also heavenly medicines. These are medicinal materials that can only be refined by those in the Heavenly Man Realm, and can be used to refine sixth-grade pills. Gu Chenyu and his companions are responsible for taking good care of these medicinal materials. Different spiritual medicines use different spiritual liquids every day, so they have to know how to plant them, and also how to prepare spiritual liquids to promote their growth.

Gu Chenyu felt dizzy after listening to the complicated processes. It seemed that just reading books was not enough, there was so much to learn.

Gu Chenyu followed Li Tianxuan to a yard, which was where they would live in the future. Li Tianxuan lived in a side room which was filled with books.

"Young man, these are all hard-earned experiences. You must study them well, read them carefully, and inherit my mantle as soon as possible." Li Tianxuan laughed. Most of these books were written by him personally, and they can be regarded as his inheritance. He just needs to find a disciple with high comprehension to inherit this knowledge one day.

Early in the morning, Gu Chenyu got up early. In the yard, Li Tianxuan was performing a set of boxing techniques. His attacks were fierce, sometimes hard and sometimes soft. Each punch was accompanied by gusts of wind.

When he was in the Chuyun Sect, Gu Chenyu saw some disciples who went not to preach but to practice boxing. However, that was a treatment only for registered disciples, while the menial disciples could only watch.

Gu Chenyu imitated Li Tianxuan's boxing moves quite well.

"Boy, you are stealing my skills." Li Tianxuan said unhappily. He was not angry that this guy imitated him, but that Gu Chenyu's fighting was too ugly.

"Senior, I didn't mean it. Seeing you were so energetic and your boxing skills were so exquisite, I couldn't help but join in the fight." Gu Chenyu apologized hastily. After all, he was indeed suspected of stealing your skills.

"It's okay, it's just a boxing technique to strengthen your body. If you want to learn it, I can teach you." Li Tianxuan said with a faint smile.

"Senior, are you willing to teach me?" Gu Chenyu asked in surprise.

"It's not some advanced technique. If you want to learn it, just come and learn it."

Li Tianxuan taught Gu Chenyu for half an hour. Although he had just started practicing, he could feel that this set of boxing techniques really had the effect of strengthening the body. No wonder the old men in the previous life all liked morning exercises. There was a reason for this.

After a simple breakfast of noodles, Gu Chenyu followed Li Tianxuan to collect spiritual liquid. As soon as he went out and arrived at the gathering point, Gu Chenyu realized how many people there were here. A rough look showed that there were at least three hundred people, and all of them came here just to collect dew.

The so-called dew is actually spiritual energy that has become so concentrated that it has turned into pure spiritual liquid. This kind of spiritual liquid is perfect for using as a growth agent for spiritual medicines.

The time for collecting dew is only one hour. After that time, the quality of the dew is just average. No one collects much dew. Some people collect a bucket, and some people only collect half a bucket. Each bucket has a label on it, and it needs to be marked on which medicinal material it is collected from.

Most of the 300 people left, and the remaining 100 or so needed to mix the spiritual liquid and prepare the growth agent. Gu Chenyu followed behind Li Tianxuan, watching the mixing of the spiritual liquid, and then put in various spiritual stones and spiritual medicines. The originally clear spiritual liquid turned into a green liquid full of vitality.

"Did you see it? This is the growth spirit liquid. Just drop a few drops on each herb to promote its growth. With daily drip irrigation, a herb that would normally take ten years to mature only needs one year here, and some even take less time."

Li Tianxuan said proudly that this method was figured out by himself. It was based on spiritual liquid, paved with spiritual stones, and mixed with growth-type spiritual medicines to form growth spiritual liquid. Of course, it also contained his exclusive secret recipe, which naturally was not allowed to be seen by others.

Gu Chenyu nodded as if he understood, not quite understanding these strange operations. He followed Li Tianxuan to the medicine garden for two more rounds. These medicinal materials were all top-quality spiritual medicines. The scale was huge, and there were more than just the medicine fields here. There were also ordinary spiritual medicines on the periphery.

"Senior, the medicine garden is so big, are you the one who manages it all?" Gu Chenyu asked.

"Of course not. I am only responsible for the precious spiritual medicines inside. If they are placed outside, they will be something that people will fight over and bleed. Only our Lingmu Sect has the capital to cultivate so many spiritual medicines." Li Tianxuan said with a faint smile.

"You, don't be too ambitious. First learn the books I put in your room. If you are lucky, you will be my successor." Li Tianxuan said.

"Senior, are you going somewhere else?"

"No, you will know later."

Gu Chenyu nodded. In Li Tianxuan's eyes, he was just a child in his teens. He wouldn't understand if he talked too much.

In the morning, I practice boxing and water elixirs. In my free time, I read books and practice. Every day, thousands of spiritual powers from above cleanse my meridians. In this medicine garden, the spiritual power is so abundant that it is even better than the medicinal bath in the Izumo Sect.

"Little medicine boy, you are here again."

"Good morning, little medicine boy."

Some people greeted Gu Chenyu, because he followed Li Tianxuan every day, and people who knew him gave him a nickname. Someone asked him if he was Li Tianxuan's disciple, after all, the old man had not accepted any apprentices for two hundred years. Gu Chenyu smiled and denied it, saying that the old man Tianxuan did not accept him as a disciple.

Time flies, Gu Chenyu didn't know how much time had passed. He only knew that the spiritual peach ripened three times, and Gu Chenyu ate it many times. This fruit is also a spiritual medicine level. It is fine for mortals to eat it, and it can even nourish the body. As for whether it has the effect of prolonging life, he is not sure.

It was Li Tianxuan who took him to the neighboring orchard to steal food. The first time he ate, his stomach was bloated by the spiritual power. Old man Tianxuan laughed at him for several days, and it took him a whole day to refine it.

However, eating these spiritual fruits now does not have such a strong backlash, so Xuan is finished.

The spiritual power can be condensed into tens of thousands, which is enough to reach the tenth level of Qi Cultivation Realm. Unfortunately, the spiritual power still cannot be retained.

Gu Chenyu was curious in his heart. Where did all his cultivation go? Could it be that there was a thing that absorbed spiritual energy and was parasitic inside his body?

Li Tianxuan was lying on the rocking chair watching Gu Chenyu practicing. The spiritual power ring on his body was broken again, and the condensed spiritual power turned into a cloud of mist and floated away. It was obvious that he had failed again.

"Young man, if you can't succeed, don't try hard. For three years, I have seen you fail every day. All the spiritual power you condensed was absorbed by the spiritual medicine, and you didn't keep any of it."

Li Tianxuan couldn't help but hit him. Ever since he saw this kid fail every time, he often watched him practice, waiting for his spiritual power ring to break and then collect the spiritual power. He put a bowl-shaped thing in it and turned the spiritual power into spiritual liquid, which could be used to nourish spiritual medicine.

"Senior, why do I feel like I have become a machine for refining spiritual power? Can you let me have a sip of the gathered spiritual liquid? I'll see if I can keep some." Gu Chenyu said unhappily. He is much taller now, and he doesn't look at Li Tianxuan like a giant. After getting along with him for so many years, he is not so scared anymore.

"Drink shit, will you pee again after drinking like last time?" Li Tianxuan laughed when he thought of this. What comes out of urine is spiritual liquid, which is perfect for nourishing spiritual medicine.

"Senior, please stop making fun of me. My strength is not good enough."

"Seeing that you have been with me, an old man, for so many years, let me open your eyes." Li Tianxuan said.

After he finished speaking, his aura suddenly became powerful, and although he had no spiritual energy, he gave people a sense of oppression.

"I was originally just a mortal. I practiced hard in the mortal world for more than 40 years and joined the Izumo Sect when I was over 60 years old. Although I don't have spiritual power, I can still fight against the Venerable."

Li Tianxuan slowly floated up, and without the help of external force, he stepped onto the heights step by step.

"Senior, I thought you were just an old man who made spiritual medicines. At most, your physical fitness was much better. I didn't expect you to have such strength. You are really hidden!" Gu Chenyu was shocked. Is this really a human? It's hard to say whether he can fight for the honorable one, but it shouldn't be a problem for him to beat a person in the Gathering Spirit Realm with this strength.

Li Tianxuan's aura exploded, his clothes were torn to pieces, his hair was flying, his muscles were full of explosive power, and he felt that he could kill himself with one punch. Black runes appeared on the surface of his body, and his strength seemed to be even stronger. There was a faint resonance between heaven and earth.

"Well, what a strong old man. With this aura, it seems that he can really beat up the Venerable." Gu Chenyu said in his heart. If the old man heard such words, he would be the first one to be beaten up.

"Being good at making use of things is also a form of cultivation. The runes on my body are the basis for me to fight against the Venerable." After Li Tianxuan withdrew his magical powers, Gu Chenyu felt the pressure on his body decrease, and he broke out in a sweat unconsciously.

"I didn't expect that you are so proficient in runes that you can actually engrave them on your body."

"This was drawn for me by a good friend of mine before he passed away. Unfortunately, he left too early." Li Tianxuan said regretfully.

Gu Chenyu saw that a mortal could also cultivate to this level, and without saying a word, he knelt on the ground and said, "Senior, please accept me as your disciple. I want to take care of you in your old age."

Li Tianxuan laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, "You don't need to become my disciple. You can just take care of me in my old age. I don't have much time left."

"Senior, you are in good health and it seems like you can live longer than me. How could you not have much time left? You'd better teach me your magical skills as soon as possible." Gu Chenyu said with a smile.

Li Tianxuan did not hide his incompetence and directly took out a thick book and said, "This method was originally written by ordinary Qigong practitioners, but their combat power could only reach the Grandmaster level at most. After I improved it, I named it "Baman Jue". The subsequent practice can be comparable to that of a Venerable."

"Thank you, senior, for giving me my magical powers." Gu Chenyu thanked.

"You can only watch, but you must not practice the mental method." Li Tianxuan's face changed and he said sternly.

"Ah? Why? Didn't senior want to teach me?" Gu Chenyu asked.

"Everyone has his own way. I think your future achievements will definitely not be as simple as those of the Venerable. You must remember that all things have the same origin and are all for the purpose of proving the way. You must never forget the way you want to prove because of temporary benefits." Li Tianxuan said earnestly.

"I just want you not to practice now to see what you feel. Don't be so discouraged. When you find the way you want one day, it will be fine to practice this method." Li Tianxuan comforted her, sighed and said, "Without your own way, practicing other people's methods can only reach their level at best. If you have your own way, then everything in the world can be used for your own benefit. This is a true strong person. You won't understand if I tell you now, so just listen to me, it won't be wrong."

"Yes, I will follow the teachings of the senior." Gu Chenyu said. He was confused about the matter of cultivation, and now he just took it one step at a time.