Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 12 Qinling Red Snake, Millennium Ganoderma Lucidum

The valley is magnificent, with flowers all over the ground and green grass. There is a pool in the valley, steam rising and emitting warmth. It turns out to be a natural hot spring.

Right in the center of this hot spring pool, there is a giant dead tree, and on top of the tree grows a purple Ganoderma lucidum as big as a millstone.

Qiu Chuji saw the Ganoderma lucidum from a distance but was not very excited.

He merged the souls and memories of the time travelers and knew that most Ganoderma lucidum could not survive more than a year, and that the medicinal effects were almost the same regardless of size.

However, he obviously overlooked that although this world did not have those extraordinary beings far away from the constraints of the earthly world, it was not an ordinary world without magic. Although some strange species in heaven and earth were uncommon, they did exist.

Millennium Ganoderma lucidum may be nonsense in reality, but it does exist in this world.

Wow!
The sound of water sloshing in the hot spring pool.

Suddenly, a huge head rushed out of the water, then raised high, with cold eyes, staring at Qiu Chuji quietly, with a strong warning.

"Hah! What a huge worm!" Qiu Chuji's expression changed slightly, but he was not afraid.

The long worm was half out of the water, but it was already at least five meters tall. Its sturdy body was red in color, and its dense scales sparkled in the sun. On the belly of this giant python, there were four unevenly distributed bulges, as if something could break out of the skin at any time.

The giant red python looked down at Qiu Chuji, spitting out its tongue, but did not pounce on him, appearing to be somewhat polite.

It just stared at Qiu Chuji coldly, hoping that Qiu Chuji would be more conscious, leave its territory, and not disturb its meditation.

Qiu Chuji was wondering, could it be that the purple air he saw on the observatory came from this giant snake?
This is quite reasonable. After all, this big snake has already transformed into a dragon. If you swallow its flesh and blood and eat its internal organs, it will be a great supplement to your qi and blood. By strengthening your qi and blood, you can also speed up the practice of internal strength.

"The snake didn't attack me right away, maybe because it has lived longer and gained intelligence and has some good intentions."

"In that case, I might as well make some deals with it. Maybe I can convince it to bleed itself."

Thinking of this, Qiu Chuji threw away the iron sword in his hand.

This ordinary iron sword can't even break the inferior armor of ordinary Jin soldiers. I think it is useless against this giant python. It seems cumbersome in the hand... If we can't reach an agreement on it, it will get in the way when we run.

"I am Qiu Chuji, a cultivator in this mountain. I would like to greet Senior Jiaolong."

Seeing Qiu Chuji bowing, the big snake actually nodded politely.

Qiu Chuji was delighted, thinking that this big snake could listen to humans, or it might have understood human nature after living with humans for a period of time. This was really a good thing.

"I have mistakenly entered the place where you are practicing. I am very sorry. I have no other skills, so I will teach you a breathing formula. I hope you can forgive me."

Qiu Chuji planned to use the basic breathing method in the "Quanzhen Dao Song" as bait to lure the big snake into the trap.

Once you have mastered it, you can ask Qiu Chuji for help and then make your request.

The Quanzhen Dao Song is an internal energy mental method that Wang Chongyang simplified by combining Taoist alchemy with Xiantian Gong. The breathing method therein also contains extremely profound principles. According to Zhou Botong, the more one practices this skill, the more extraordinary it will become.

The big snake tilted its head slightly and looked at Qiu Chuji, waiting for what to say next, but still remained somewhat alert.

Qiu Chuji began to teach the breathing method. The key is to inhale deeply and exhale slowly, but with a specific rhythm and coordinated syllables.

When internal energy was first created, it was not used for fighting and killing, but for strengthening the body.

Therefore, the orthodox internal energy is mostly used to strengthen the internal organs first and promote the flow of Qi and blood.

Those internal skills that did not seek health preservation but only sought quick success in killing were later tampered with and mistakenly entered the side door. The syllables of Qiu Chuji's breathing were the power of vibration, constantly training the internal organs and clearing the impurities in the five internal organs. Every breathing was a complex tempering.

The big snake listened to Qiu Chuji's breathing, and a humane smile appeared in its cold eyes.

Then, it began to breathe.

Its breathing is longer than Qiu Chuji's. Each breath can even cause the surrounding grass and trees to fly and sway, and the pool water also ripples in circles of very rhythmic waves.

Qiu Chuji felt the breathing rhythm of the giant snake and was shocked to find that it did not breathe in the way he taught it, but instead used a breathing method that was more efficient, but also more demanding on the internal organs' endurance.

Subconsciously following the giant snake's breath, Qiu Chuji felt energized, but at the same time he felt the pain in his chest air membrane being shaken.

This kind of breathing method should not be practiced too much before you have mastered the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill, otherwise it will definitely hurt your body.

"Senior, your breathing method is so advanced. I am just showing off my skills in front of an expert!" Qiu Chuji knew that he had got an opportunity and did not think any more about it. He planned to say a few more polite words before turning around and saying goodbye.

The big snake became interested, coiled its body and swam out of the pool, revealing its entire body that was more than ten meters long.

It motioned Qiu Chuji to look over, then suddenly opened all its scales, as if an invisible breath was quickly absorbed into its body. Its already huge body expanded by more than twice, and then the scales closed, and the breath stopped leaking.

Roar!
The big snake opened its mouth and spit out foul air, which tore through the air, making sounds like the roar of a tiger, leopard or dragon.

Then, the big snake looked at Qiu Chuji, motioning him to follow suit and give it a try.

Qiu Chuji smiled bitterly when he saw this: "Please forgive me, senior. My cultivation is limited. If I were to imitate you, I would probably die from internal organs rupturing before I could even utter this dragon roar!"

The big snake was a little dazed when he heard that, and then a bit of loneliness appeared in his eyes, as if he was reminiscing.

After a moment, its long tail was seen rolling over a corner of the giant Ganoderma lucidum, rolling up some Ganoderma lucidum powder.

The Ganoderma lucidum powder flew towards Qiu Chuji like the light of a firefly. Qiu Chuji subconsciously scooped it up with his hand and felt a warm breath flowing through the pores of his hand, then quickly flowing into his limbs and bones, warming his internal organs.

The whole body, like a dry world that had been dry for a long time, began to enjoy this rare nourishment.

Under the command of the source of Qi, the five internal skills that were running at the same time began to absorb the warm breath that invaded the body, like dew after a long drought. In particular, the true Qi formed by the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and the Circulating Six Void Art absorbed it the most fiercely and fiercely.

Only then did Qiu Chuji realize that these five kinds of internal skills had been causing him a lot of injustice for a long time.

For example, powerful internal skills such as the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and the Circulating Six Void Art can independently take up all the active Qi and blood in the practitioner's body, but under the suppression of the Qi body source, they have to share it with other internal skills.

If there is no source of Qi to suppress it, and no strong internal force to coordinate it, practicing these two unique skills together can easily lead the practitioner to go astray.

After a while, all the warmth was absorbed, Qiu Chuji opened his eyes and laughed heartily: "Thank you for the elixir, Senior. This is worth more than a month of hard training for me!"

This month refers to one month for Qiu Chuji. For Ma Yu, it might be equivalent to at least one or two years of his practice.

Qiu Chuji admitted that he had made a mistake.

That Ganoderma lucidum is indeed a good treasure and a spiritual object.

But he was not greedy. Spiritual objects have owners and cannot be taken by force... Of course, if the big snake was willing to share what it had, that would be another matter.

(End of this chapter)