After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 1047 Cultivating the "Mysterious Martial Heart Sutra" - The Energy of Shennong Cabbage!
The Heart Sutra of Xuanwu!

Chen Yang went through the cultivation technique that the Xuanwu Stone Spirit had given him in his mind.

He immediately took out the Medicine Buddha statue, held it in his arms, sat cross-legged on the futon, and entered a state of deep meditation.

This Xuanwu Heart Sutra has three levels of cultivation.

The starting point for this cultivation method is quite high. To cultivate even the first level, one must enter the Dao True Realm and refine an immaculate body before one can begin cultivation.

Otherwise, the physical body simply cannot withstand such high-intensity energy.

The first level of the technique is further divided into two sections, upper and lower.

The previous section discussed the techniques for refining earth and water attribute energy and transforming it into one's own true qi. This involved three cultivation routes and a total of 72 acupoints, including visible, hidden, and fatal points.

The next section will discuss the method of condensing and transforming earth-water attribute true qi into earth-water attribute true essence. There are also three cultivation routes involved, and eighty-three acupoints.

Chen Yang was completely absorbed in it, feeling that the content was extremely vast.

Unbeknownst to him, the energy from the earth's veins and water veins accumulated within the Medicine Buddha statue automatically surged into Chen Yang's body.

Chen Yang guided the two energies according to the natural flow of the energy, following the path described in the cultivation method, and quickly entered a state of complete absorption in the external world.

Inside the Medicine Buddha statue, there was a large amount of earth water energy that Chen Yang had drawn from Xuanwu Lake in Longtai Mountain, which was now coming in handy.

Higher-level cultivation techniques naturally consume more energy, and the "Xuanwu Heart Sutra" is definitely of an extremely high level, so its energy consumption is naturally even greater.

Time passed by minute by minute.

At dawn, Chen Yang, who was sitting quietly in the cave, suddenly exuded an inexplicable pressure and aura.

"Roar!"

Two beastly roars seemed to come from the depths of their souls, their divine power shaking the very soul.

Even Juechen, who was meditating nearby, couldn't help but open his eyes and look at him.

The earth and water energy within the Medicine Buddha statue has been cleared, and the earth and water vein energy within a radius of 100 meters on Mount Xi'e is converging towards it.

Earthy yellow and aquamarine energies intertwined and swirled, forming a small energy vortex around Chen Yang.

The air blew against his clothes, making them rustle loudly.

The first level of the cultivation technique was about to be completed, with three energy pathways. However, after entering the opening of the third energy pathway, Chen Yang discovered that the energy of the earth and water attributes could not keep up.

The consumption was too great, and the earth and water energy accumulated in the Medicine Buddha statue was still somewhat limited.

Using energy of other attributes to impact the true qi is not only inefficient, but it also results in impure true qi attributes, requiring secondary processing afterward, which is time-consuming and laborious.

Therefore, he chose to directly draw energy from the earth veins and water veins of Xi'e Mountain.

However, this absorption method is somewhat inefficient. With his current cultivation level, he can only attract free energy within a hundred-meter radius at most, which wastes a lot of time.

If there were enough energy, this third energy circulation route should have been opened and circulated throughout the body long ago.

Several hours were wasted.

However, the process went relatively smoothly. Hard work pays off, and after a night of hard work, Chen Yang finally cleared the third path of cultivation.

The universe revolves.

Within the Qi Sea, the tortoise-snake Dao patterns on the inner core suddenly lit up, and a phantom of a tortoise-snake appeared in the hazy Qi Sea, letting out two majestic roars before disappearing again.

The Qi Sea was churning, and it took a while for it to calm down.

The internal energy is transported through the body and gradually injected into the dantian. Strands of earthy yellow and light blue energy intertwine and swirl around the inner elixir, slowly rotating to form a small vortex that continuously absorbs and assimilates the surrounding energy.

……

"call!"

Chen Yang gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

It's finally done.

The first section of the first level of the Xuanwu Heart Sutra has been completed, and one can now be considered to have entered the door of this technique.

The true energy of earth and water attributes within the body has begun to generate endlessly.

Chen Yang carefully sensed it and realized that this was only the True Qi stage. The next section of the first level of the technique would then explain how to condense True Qi into True Essence.

The Xuanwu True Essence is a high-level energy comparable to the spiritual energy of immortals.

What we have now is just scattered Xuanwu True Qi. In terms of quality, it may be slightly stronger than the True Essence of a normal Dao Realm cultivator, but it is not that much stronger in reality.

To cultivate the next stage, one must first consolidate the previous stage and accumulate enough Xuanwu True Qi within the body in order to have the possibility of condensing Xuanwu True Essence.

Chen Yang wasn't in a hurry. It was already quite an achievement that he had been able to grasp the basics of this technique and cultivate the Xuanwu True Qi with both earth and water attributes in just one night.

Just as one cannot become fat overnight, so too can one achieve spiritual cultivation; there is no such thing as instant success.

Now that you've mastered the "Xuanwu Heart Sutra" and cultivated the earth-attribute true qi, you should be ready to cultivate the "Earth Element Technique," right?

At this moment, Juechen saw that his aura had subsided and returned to calm, knowing that he had completed his cultivation. He didn't say anything more, closed his eyes, and entered meditation again.

Chen Yang put away the Medicine Buddha statue and got up to go outside the cave.

At this moment, dawn was approaching, but the sky was not yet bright.

Chen Yang took a deep breath. The fresh air swept away the stale air in his chest, making him feel relaxed and at ease.

He went into the woods, deliberately found a spot with slightly softer soil, brushed aside the fallen leaves with his feet, and gently tiptoed on the ground.

He immediately mobilized the limited amount of earth-attribute true essence he had just cultivated in his dantian, circulating it once according to the "Earth Element Technique" circulation route, releasing the energy outward to envelop his right foot, and then injecting it into the ground that his right foot was in contact with.

With a gentle push, the ground beneath his feet seemed to turn into soft sand, quickly separating and his right foot sank directly into his ankle.

He then lifted his right foot, and the ground, having lost the infusion of Chen Yang's earth-attribute true energy, quickly solidified again, basically returning to its original state.

So that's how it works.

The earth-attribute energy gained through the practice of the "Earth Path Technique" can increase the body's affinity for the earth. At the same time, this energy can also soften the soil, allowing the human body to enter and walk freely within it.

That's truly amazing.

Chen Yang immediately activated the Earth Movement Technique with all his might, releasing energy to envelop his entire body, sealing his breath, and channeling the energy into the ground from his feet.

The ground beneath my feet suddenly softened, and I sank in as if I were standing on water.

Chen Yang quickly sank to the ground.

……

It was pitch black all around.

The surrounding soil put considerable pressure on his body.

Chen Yang released his true energy, and the soil within a two-meter radius around his body became unusually loose due to the influence of his true energy.

He reduced the outward release of his true energy, causing the soil beneath his feet to harden and stop sinking. He then released his true energy forward, causing the soil in front of him to soften. As he tried to walk forward, the loose soil readily made way for him.

This is called Earth Escape.

However, the amount of true energy in his body is too small and not pure enough, and the surrounding soil is not soft enough, so walking is still somewhat strenuous.

It's nothing like walking underwater; it's more like walking on a crowded subway.

It was a bit crowded and slow, not as fast as him walking slowly on the ground.

Chen Yang wasn't flustered. After all, it was his first time, and he was a little rusty, but he should get better with practice.

……

He walked around about ten meters underground, and his speed improved slightly, but he was still not quite there yet.

Crucially, the earth-attribute true energy within the body is also being consumed at a considerable rate.

Chen Yang was also afraid that if he got too carried away and exhausted his true energy, he would be buried underground. So, when the earth-attribute true energy in his dantian was almost completely depleted, he quickly floated to the surface.

Disgusted.

He patted the dirt off his body, withdrew his true energy, and the soft ground quickly returned to its original state.

Still need to practice more.

To walk freely underground, one needs to improve one's cultivation and accumulate more earth-attribute energy. On the other hand, the quality of one's true qi is also crucial.

Sufficient high-quality earth-attribute energy can greatly increase the looseness of the soil. When true energy is released, the surrounding soil becomes as soft as water, making walking easier and naturally increasing speed.

In any case, Chen Yang has now entered the realm of the "Earth Movement Technique".

Next comes practice and accumulation.

He sat down cross-legged right there in the woods.

I pulled up the system panel and took a look.

— Name: Chen Yang.

Physical strength: 122850.

Mental power: 125845.

Yuan Shen: 52601.

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After breaking through to the Dao True Realm, I've been either fighting or running around these past few days, and I haven't had any time to deliberately cultivate.

All the figures are rising, but not as dramatically as one might imagine.

Last night's cultivation allowed me to grasp the basics of the "Xuanwu Heart Sutra," and my physical strength improved considerably. However, the improvement in mental power and primordial spirit from this technique was not so obvious.

Especially the primordial spirit.

Now is the period of transformation after Chen Yang broke through to the Dao True Realm, a time when his primordial spirit is advancing by leaps and bounds. However, he has not deliberately cultivated in the past few days, so his primordial spirit has improved very little.

Once we get out, we'll have to spend more time cultivating our primordial spirit.

Right now, physical strength isn't that important to Chen Yang. The gap between his primordial spirit and his physical and mental strength is too large, which is unhealthy. He needs to seize the time to improve his primordial spirit.

He has just begun to cultivate the "Xuanwu Heart Sutra" and needs to consolidate his skills. As for the "Sanyiwu Tooth Sutra", he can start cultivating it after leaving the secret realm.

My mind sank into my dantian.

The energy in the Qi Sea is indeed quite complex.

It contains energy of earth and water attributes, energy of no attribute that he originally cultivated, and fire attribute energy that he cultivated from the Five Flames True Fire. Mixed together, it appears somewhat mixed.

He still had lightning-attribute energy within him, but fortunately, it was stored in his lightning veins and had no effect on his dantian.

Within the Qi Sea, the three energies of earth, fire, and water intertwine.

The fire-attribute energy cultivated by the Five Flame True Fire Technique is no less valuable than the earth-water attribute true qi cultivated by the Xuanwu Heart Sutra.

However, once the earth and water attribute true qi condenses into Xuanwu true essence in the future, its quality will undergo a transformation, becoming comparable to immortal spiritual qi. At that time, it will probably be far superior to these fire attribute energies.

Currently, these energies can still intertwine and devour the energy in Chen Yang's dantian to transform into the three attributes of earth, fire, and water. However, if he cultivates the Xuanwu True Essence in the future, he fears that the other attribute energies will be assimilated.

This is a problem.

At that time, we may have to face the question of whether to give up fire-attribute techniques.

give up?

Thinking of this, Chen Yang shook his head. He was an alchemist and was very dependent on fire-attribute energy.

He would definitely not want to abandon the Five Samadhi True Fire Technique in order to cultivate the Xuanwu Heart Sutra.

High-quality energy will instinctively assimilate low-quality energy.

Therefore, it is almost a matter of course that Xuanwu True Essence will assimilate the True Essence cultivated by the Five Flames True Fire Technique in the future.

To solve the problem of energy assimilation, there seem to be only two paths: either abandon the Five Flame True Fire Technique and let it devour and assimilate, or find a fire attribute technique stronger than the Five Flame True Fire Technique so that the quality of the fire attribute energy cultivated is comparable to the Xuanwu True Essence. In this way, the three different attributes of energy can continue to entangle.

Chen Yang would naturally choose the latter.

However, the cultivation method is a problem. A fire-attribute cultivation method that is more advanced than the "Five Flames True Fire Technique" is probably not so easy to find.

However, there's no rush. At least for now, his earth and water attribute true qi has not yet condensed and transformed into true essence. Its energy quality is comparable to the fire attribute energy in his body. The three are intertwined, and none of them can devour the other.

We can find the cultivation method slowly.

If we have the chance, we can ask Juechen. Even if Juechen doesn't know, we can figure out a solution after we get out.

With so many years of tradition, Emei should surely have at least a few decent fire-attribute martial arts techniques.

He took out the Shennong cabbage.

According to Tian Bonong, this Shennong cabbage is a treasure passed down from the Shennong sect.

This thing can store energy, and it contains the cultivation power left behind by many powerful figures from the Shennong Sect throughout the ages.

The true essence of the Dao Realm should also contain the immortal spiritual energy left behind by the Heavenly Human Realm experts.

Because this energy is both stored and used, Chen Yang couldn't say exactly how much energy remained inside.

Previously, he couldn't find a way to extract the energy from the Shennong cabbage. He only knew that Qin Zhou would soak it in water, and a small amount of energy would remain in the water.

Now, Tian Bonong has already explained to him how to extract the energy from the Shennong cabbage.

Cultivators who have practiced the Shennong Technique and whose cultivation reaches the fourth level of the Shennong Technique can freely use its energy.

Chen Yang had no intention of cultivating the Shennong Technique. In his opinion, the reason why one needed to cultivate the Shennong Technique to absorb the energy from the cabbage was probably because the energy in the cabbage was all earth-attribute energy.

Later generations who practiced the Shennong Technique, sharing the same origin and lineage, were naturally able to absorb it.

Shennong Jue is an earth-attribute cultivation technique, and the Xuanwu Heart Sutra he cultivates also contains earth attributes. In his mind, since they are both earth-attribute cultivation techniques, Shennong Jue is acceptable, and Xuanwu Heart Sutra should be acceptable as well.

Whether it will work or not, we'll find out by trying.

The exact amount of energy in this cabbage is still unknown. If it cannot be used and one must cultivate the Shennong Technique, then he will have to reconsider.

Is the energy contained in this cabbage worth the effort he would put into learning the "Shennong's Secret Manual"?
If it's worth it, he can learn it; but if it's not, he'd rather not have this cabbage.

Chen Yang held the cabbage, circulating the Xuanwu Heart Sutra throughout his body. Strands of earth-attribute true essence seeped out and were injected into the cabbage through his hands.

This is how to use the energy of the Medicine Buddha statue. As long as you inject your own energy into it, it will naturally give you feedback.

The method of extracting energy from Shennong cabbage, which was obtained from Tian Bonong, is also the same.

It was something I was quite familiar with.

However, although the true energy was injected, Chen Yang waited for a while but did not see any energy return.

This made him frown.

Could it be that I really need to cultivate the Shennong Technique?

Or is it that this Shennong cabbage has no energy left?
Chen Yang frowned and pondered for a moment.

Tian Bonong said that one must cultivate the Shennong Technique to the fourth level in order to utilize its energy.

In Chen Yang's opinion, the reason for this limitation is that only the fourth level of the Shennong Technique, which is the Dao True Realm and the Immaculate Body, can withstand the energy impact within.

Now it seems that I might have been wrong, and that I really do need to cultivate the Shennong Technique?

However, if he were to painstakingly cultivate the Shennong Technique to the fourth level, only to find that there was hardly any energy left in the Shennong Cabbage, wouldn't that be a complete waste of time?

A thought flashed through my mind.

Shennong's Secret?

Earth Path Technique is also a technique in the appendix of the fourth level of Shennong's Manual. I will use the Earth Path Technique to circulate the earth-attribute energy in my body. I wonder if it can pass for the real thing?

At that moment, Chen Yang activated the energy within his body, practicing the Earth Element Technique, and then released his true energy from his hands, injecting it into the Shennong Cabbage.

This time, Chen Yang immediately sensed something different as soon as he started using it.

The icy-cold Shennong cabbage slowly warmed up.

The true energy that Chen Yang injected was like a key that unlocked a valve in the Shennong Cabbage.

The jade body of Shennong Cabbage grew hotter and hotter, and a faint red color began to appear on its surface. Before long, a vast amount of energy poured out from the jade body.

It really can.

Chen Yang almost burst out laughing; he had actually gotten lucky by sheer luck.

Earth-based techniques also have this function.

The energy within the jade body was exceptionally abundant, pouring directly into Chen Yang's body. Chen Yang dared not be negligent and quickly sat cross-legged, guiding this energy to circulate along the Xuanwu Heart Sutra's energy path.

He carefully sensed it and found that the quality of these energies was not very high; they were all true essence of the Dao True Realm, not immortal spiritual energy.

It's likely that the energy he injected into the jade body wasn't of high quality. Different energy qualities correspond to different valves. If he had injected immortal spiritual energy, perhaps the feedback would have been immortal spiritual energy.

These energies are plentiful, but they belong to different cultivators, so they are quite mixed. However, they are all earth-attribute energies, so refining them is not difficult.

The extraction of energy is somewhat like sensing water; after a while, it will stop and require the injection of true qi to stimulate it again, at which point it will release another surge of energy.

Chen Yang didn't mind the trouble and used the energy from the Shennong cabbage to increase his own earth-attribute true qi reserves.

With enough true qi stored up, not only will his cultivation level increase, but he can also sustain the consumption of earth elemental techniques, helping him to master earth elemental techniques as soon as possible.

Time passed quietly, and the sky gradually brightened.

Chen Yang held the jade cabbage and sat in the mountains and forests, as if he had become one with the entire forest.

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(End of this chapter)