I have the face of a great demon.

The senior disciple who was passing on his skills frowned slightly. He knew perfectly well that capturing that elusive and unpredictable energy was an incredibly difficult task for inexperienced youngsters, almost an impossible mission.

However, he still walked steadily to his disciple, whose face was full of youthful joy.

"Tell me your name."

"Disciple Yu Kun."

The senior disciple gently placed his hand on Yu Kun's dantian and said, "Try circulating your energy and let me check how you are progressing."

"Yes, sir!" Yu Kun immediately sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, concentrated, and began to circulate his internal energy, quickly entering a meditative state.

Soon, he opened his eyes with a look of surprise and delight, and exclaimed:

"I can feel it again, Senior Brother. Right here in my dantian, there's a stream of energy slowly rotating."

The senior disciple, sensing something amiss, twitched his lips and withdrew his hand.

"You don't just feel gassy; it's clearly because you ate two extra steamed buns this morning, and your stomach is bloated."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The entire hall was filled with a joyful atmosphere, and the disciples laughed so hard they almost fell over, tears welling up in their eyes.

Tie Zhu laughed the loudest: "You've developed internal strength, huh? Hurry up and go to the outhouse to take care of this, don't delay your important cultivation."

Yu Kun's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Liu Xingchen glared at Tie Zhu, signaling him not to cause trouble. Tie Zhu shrugged and said nothing more.

"Enough! Quiet down, all of you!" the senior disciple shouted. "Sit down properly and start cultivating again."

Upon hearing this, the disciples immediately suppressed their smiles, straightened their postures, and began cultivating again.

The words of the senior disciple who was passing on his skills echoed in the main hall:

"In the path of cultivation, one must avoid being impatient for quick results and proceed step by step. If you want to cultivate and develop a sense of Qi, don't expect to achieve it easily without seven or eight days of hard work."

"Back in the day, my most outstanding disciple achieved Qi Sensation in just one day, a record that remains unbroken to this day."

"You newbies shouldn't dream of gaining Qi right away. Just focus on your cultivation."

No sooner had he finished speaking than an untimely voice rang out: "Senior brother, I can feel the Qi."

The senior disciple who was passing on his skills got angry: "Didn't I just say that you shouldn't expect to feel the Qi all at once? These are all your illusions."

"But I really felt the Qi."

"The feeling of energy should be deep and powerful."

“That’s right, senior brother, the feeling of Qi I’m experiencing is profound and powerful.”

"The sensation of Qi can flow through the meridians."

"Senior brother, you're right. This energy is starting to flow through your meridians."

The senior disciple who was passing on his skills got even angrier. Why does this guy always argue with me? I already told him that it's impossible for a newcomer to develop Qi so quickly.

He asked angrily, "What's your name?"

"Liu Xingchen".

"Oh, look at our junior brother. His skill in bloating is simply unparalleled. He managed to bloat the gas in his stomach into his meridians. This is a unique spectacle."

Yu Kun's sarcasm shifted the focus, and the disciples joined in mocking Liu Xingchen.

Tie Zhu glared indignantly at Yu Kun. Although Liu Xingchen had just signaled him not to talk back, he couldn't help but defend Liu Xingchen: "Brother Xingchen is different. He's a genius. He must have sensed the Qi."

No one believed this, but Liu Xingchen didn't care. Whether it was true or not, it was easy to find out, and the answer would be clear soon.

The senior brother who was passing on his skills came to Liu Xingchen's side. His eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts. He placed his hand on Liu Xingchen's dantian and said, "You should circulate your energy. I want to see what's wrong with you."

Liu Xingchen smiled slightly and replied calmly, "Senior Brother Qin, I have never stopped from beginning to end, and my Qi is flowing slowly."

Senior Brother Qin was taken aback. He thought that Liu Xingchen, like everyone else, had become complacent after realizing he had a sense of Qi for the first time, and had stopped his internal cultivation technique from circulating. He did not expect that this boy would have such composure, which made him look at Liu Xingchen with higher regard.

Immediately, Senior Brother Qin began to circulate his internal energy, and strands of his inner strength quietly entered Liu Xingchen's body.

Upon this probing, Senior Brother Qin's expression froze instantly, his mouth gaping open wide enough to fit an egg, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"This...this is impossible! I can actually feel the Qi!"

wow——

The disciples in the hall were in an uproar. This person didn't just have a bloated stomach; they were actually experiencing qi sensation. What happened to the rule that it takes seven or eight days of practice to develop qi sensation?

Tie Zhu grinned and laughed: "I knew Xingchen was a genius, unlike that guy with a bloated stomach who can only fart."

"You!" Yu Kun was so angry that his mouth twisted in disbelief. The fact that the other person had actually developed a sense of qi made him seem even more ridiculous.

He felt that every exclamation of surprise from his disciples was a slap in the face to him.

Liu Xingchen's amazing performance also slapped Qin Shixiong in the face, making Qin Shixiong's words seem like nonsense. But instead of being angry, Qin Shixiong was overjoyed.

The Azure Sky Sect has struck gold by acquiring such a genius.

Senior Brother Qin immediately seized the opportunity and personally instructed Liu Xingchen on the next step of his mental cultivation, guiding the nascent Qi sensation to flow slowly along the mysterious meridians within his body.

Liu Xingchen was able to sense Qi so quickly thanks to the spirit ghost; its spiritual power seemed to have given Liu Xingchen's body a cheat code.

Having experienced spiritual energy entering one's body, practicing martial arts techniques becomes much easier.

These martial arts techniques are essentially cultivation methods passed down from some rogue cultivators. These methods are not only the most basic, but also incomplete. They are considered junk by the cultivation world, but they are treasures by martial artists.

Looking at the slow, leisurely internal energy within Liu Xingchen's body, the spirit felt nothing but disgust and helplessness, thinking to itself, "What kind of lousy cultivation method is this? No matter how many years you practice it, you'll never become an immortal. It's a complete waste of time."

Alas, why did his master join a martial arts sect instead of a celestial sect? This really frustrated him.

However, even though the martial arts manual was incomplete and had been altered beyond recognition by martial arts practitioners, it was already a treasure to Liu Xingchen. He was already content to have realized his martial arts dream.

Following Senior Brother Qin's guidance, Liu Xingchen cultivated meticulously.

Before long, a perfect cycle was completed, and I felt refreshed and full of energy.

Senior Brother Qin laughed heartily: "Good, good, good! You have mastered the sect's inner cultivation method. As long as you practice diligently, you will surely become a great figure and a force to be reckoned with in the martial arts world!"

Liu Xingchen was overjoyed and quickly bowed to express his gratitude. Then, under the envious and jealous gazes of the other disciples, he continued to bury himself in his training, determined to master an extraordinary skill as soon as possible.

The disciples were greatly encouraged to see that someone had succeeded, and they all devoted themselves to cultivation.

Tie Zhu silently encouraged himself, determined to quickly develop his Qi sense and catch up with Xingchen's pace.