Starting from Tianlong, Wudu Tianxia

Seventy-two peaks, ethereal and supreme, amidst the vast sea of ​​clouds, half the mountain is shrouded in mist and smoke.

Gao Yuan entered Lingjiu Palace on the thirtieth day.

The Lingjiu Palace Wubi Grottoes have very smooth rock walls, which are covered with countless circles about a foot in diameter, each containing various patterns.

The circles are marked with numbers such as "A1", "A2", "Z1", and "Z2". There are many circles, at least eight or nine hundred.

Gao Yuan has been here for ten days to participate in the research.

For the past ten days, he has mainly studied the patterns from A1 to A88, all of which depict martial arts moves from Tianshan Plum Blossom and Six Yang Palm, aiming to continuously integrate and master them.

At this moment, he sat upright in a natural grotto in the mountainside. Instead of practicing his moves as he had done in the previous days, he took out several copies of paintings.

When unfolded, it was filled with diagrams of meridian flow and energy circulation, with key acupoints marked with cinnabar for easy reference.

It was the Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Alone Am Supreme Meridian Chart that his grandmother gave him.

Since it involves one of the three top martial arts techniques of the Free and Unfettered Sect, Gao Yuan naturally had to study it.

This meridian diagram is quite complex.

Based on the "Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian", the flow of true qi begins in the middle jiao, ascends to the upper jiao, enters the twelve regular meridians through the lungs, and then flows through the kidney meridian to the Ren and Du meridians and other major acupoints.

As he unfolded the scroll and gazed intently, Gao Yuan recalled the key points of the formula passed down from his grandmother:

The Book of Changes (Zhouyi Cantongqi) states: "Qian and Kun are the gateways of the Book of Changes, the parents of all hexagrams; Kan and Li form the framework, the axis of the movement..."

This sentence perfectly corresponds to viewing oneself as a microcosm of the universe, using this as the basis for circulating true energy, which aligns with the concept of "I am the only one who is supreme".

But recalling the following content, Gao Yuan began to frown again.

For example, the Tao Te Ching says: "Know the male, but keep to the female, and be the valley of the world..."

Although it is said to "remain feminine," the essence lies in "knowing the masculine."

This means to deeply understand and master the laws governing the changes in true qi energy, which is an attempt to reverse the course of creation, also known as rejuvenating once every thirty years.

After recalling the whole thing, Gao Yuan only understood one thing: reversing the flow of qi and blood.

After such careful study, he found it difficult to judge whether the Northern Darkness Divine Art or the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Supreme Art was stronger or weaker.

The Northern Sea Valley, empty and vast, embraces all rivers, perfectly capturing the spirit of "Free and Easy Wandering".

Grandma's "I am the only one who reigns supreme in the eight directions and six realms" requires the blazing sun to illuminate the eight directions, which leans towards the fantasy of life regeneration in the "Zhouyi Cantongqi".

But why did Xiaoyaozi regard Beiming as the number one ultimate skill of Xiaoyao?

The only possibility is that the Northern Sea is compatible, but the Eight Desolations are not.

But if you're talking about compatibility, his Northern Darkness True Qi has been cultivated for thirty years, with one being strong and the other weak. As long as a trace of foreign true qi appears, it will immediately be devoured and assimilated by the Northern Darkness True Qi.

Even if he doesn't actively refine it, the alien true energy will still lose its original characteristics due to the cumulative erosion over time.

He didn't want to end up like Xu Zhu, who absorbed a weakened version of the Eight Desolations and Six Directions Supreme Technique and the Lesser Formless Technique, only to be unable to age like his grandmother.

Of course, it is also impossible to truly achieve the formlessness and non-action of "small formlessness".

At first, Gao Yuan couldn't figure out how to perfectly isolate the two different types of true energy.

So there has been no progress.

Until today.

Upon rereading the Taoist scriptures, I unexpectedly glimpsed their profound secrets and gained a faint sense of enlightenment.

The key to isolation lies in the Yangwei meridian, one of the eight extraordinary meridians.

He cultivated the Northern Darkness, and his Ren Meridian was fully opened, and his Du Meridian also made some progress. The major acupoints such as Tanzhong and Guanyuan in the Ren and Du Meridians are all storage points for his Northern Darkness True Qi.

Gao Yuan couldn't help but have an idea: he hadn't even started cultivating his Yang Wei Meridian yet.

The internal energy cultivated through the "Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Alone Am Supreme" technique travels along the Yangwei meridian from the Naohui acupoint, the intersection of the Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian and the Yangwei meridian.

In this way...

The Qi of the Northern Darkness is used to cultivate the Ren and Du meridians, while the True Qi of the Eight Desolations is used to circulate through the Yangwei meridians, which may temporarily isolate them from each other.

Wu Yazi's experience in dual cultivation must be richer than his, but he could not immediately ask him for advice. The wonder of the Eight Desolations and Six Directions Supreme Technique made Gao Yuan eager to try it.

We did it right away.

Gao Yuan immediately sat down cross-legged, pointing his right index finger to the sky and his left index finger to the ground, and began to practice the method of the "Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Alone Am Supreme" technique.

True Qi is slowly generated and pushed towards acupoints such as Yangchi and other points on the Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian.

A remarkable change.

A warm current, different from the Northern Darkness True Qi, originates from the Guanchong acupoint, flows upward to the Yemen acupoint, ascends along the upper arm, returns to the Naohui acupoint from the Sizhukong acupoint, and enters the Yangwei meridian.

It flows like a river rushing eastward, constantly surging through the Yangwei meridian.

Gao Yuan couldn't help but exhale a breath of stale air, feeling a scorching heat as if he were being baked by the extreme yang. In an instant, he exhaled a wisp of white mist.

After a short while, I suddenly felt the heat subside and my whole body feel light and airy.

At this moment, a wisp of pure true energy cultivated from the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Supreme Technique slowly accumulated at the confluence point, the Naohui acupoint.

After careful reflection, I realized that the Eight Desolations True Qi I cultivated this time was quite different from the one that had been eroded by the Northern Darkness True Qi the day before.

This stream of Eight Desolations True Qi is purer and far from being a weakened version tainted by the Qi of the Northern Darkness.

He was overjoyed, but the emotional turmoil caused his inner demons to strike!

His face turned red in an instant, and he almost vomited blood.

He immediately grasped the jade tablet and began to meditate, regulating his breathing.

It wasn't until 1-3 PM that the Qi (vital energy) was restored.

At this moment, the Nao Hui acupoint continues to grow stronger, and it is faintly breaking through to the next acupoint on the Yang Wei meridian!

By reversing the flow of Qi from the Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian into the Yangwei Meridian and storing it at other acupoints instead of the Tanzhong point, the difficulty level is three to four levels higher than normal practice.

The vital energy is still circulating in the meridians.

The lofty and blessed heart arrives.

He leaped to the center of the cave and unleashed a set of Taizu Long Fist.

At this time, Taizu Changquan underwent a tremendous change.

Driven by the true energy of the Eight Desolations, it naturally acquired an extremely yang and intense energy.

In an instant, a gust of wind swirled around the fist, fierce and ruthless!

With just this one move, even Grandma was amazed, exclaiming that his Eight Desolations True Qi was incomparably pure.

Gao Yuan abruptly stopped his stance and then used the Northern Darkness True Qi to unleash his fist once more.

The same punch, but this time the force contained both yin and yang energy, flowing continuously like a tide, and containing infinite variations.

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At Shenshi (3-5 PM), Gao Yuan left the grotto feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Upon arriving at Lingze Academy, I heard several exclamations from afar.

"what?"

I looked up and was inexplicably stunned!

Qin Ziqing and Cheng Qingshuang, each carrying a child, used their light-footed skills to dart between the eaves and treetops of Lingze Courtyard.

Upon closer inspection, the little figures they were carrying were none other than Chang Ying and Fu Minyi.

"Wow, that's so tall!"

"Sister, higher!"

The two little girls were held in his arms, not afraid at all, but rather excited.

Gao Yuan watched them playing around and wondered if light-footed kung fu could be used like this.

"Young Master!"

Qin Ziqing was the first to spot Gao Yuan at the courtyard gate. She gently touched the tree trunk and landed steadily back in the courtyard with Fu Minyi.

Cheng Qingshuang also fell down.

In the courtyard, under the eaves.

The two men hurried forward, curtsied, and their voices were clear and crisp:

"This servant greets the young master."

After the two finished their greetings, upon further inquiry, it turned out that Qin Ziqing, unable to resist Fu Minyi's constant nagging, had brought the little girl to play with him during his free time.

Of course, it wasn't all just playing around.

Qin Ziqing brought new news: the Lord is preparing to place the Xuantian Division under Gao Yuan's command.

Lingjiu Palace currently has four caves and four islands under the jurisdiction of Xuantian Department, and Gao Yuan is equivalent to their superior's superior.

After a moment's thought, he roughly understood the deeper meaning behind it.

It seems...

Grandma is going to arrange something serious for him to do.

In the following days, Gao Yuan immersed himself in the "Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Alone Am Supreme" technique and reviewed all the Taoist classics collected by his grandmother.

My grandmother's collection of Taoist scriptures is rare in the world.

Many theories in Taoist scriptures are similar to those in martial arts.

In short.

Learning is beneficial, and there's no loss in learning!

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