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Chapter 475 Exquisite Yuan Qi Bomb

According to Yang Dian, the Jingjue Yuanqi Gong originated from the long-destroyed Jingjue Temple.

The Jingjue Temple was built during the ancient Dayu Dynasty by a group of people who worshipped external gods.

In ancient times, an alien god flew over the continent and was seen by a group of Qi cultivators. They were filled with fervent worship and built temples to worship her, calling her the Heavenly Maiden of Jingjue.

The Outer Gods were not gods who appeared at the birth of the continent, and they have no connection or entanglement with the continent.

It comes from beyond the heavens, from the boundless universe and the vast starry sky, and from the terrifying chaos deep within that boundless space.

The Outer Gods are incredibly powerful, said to be no less than the Dao Ancestor and the gods of Heaven, but whether there is any connection between the two is unknown.

Outer Gods are not interested in human affairs, nor in other creatures on the continent. They wander through the stars and the universe without a clear purpose or consciousness. When they become aware of a living being and become interested in it, it may bring good fortune, but it is more likely to bring destruction.

According to legend, the Outer God has no specific divine form or appearance, but is a primordial existence that can transform into countless forms. Perhaps it appeared as a goddess when it passed through the continent, or perhaps it is just the imagination of these Qi cultivators themselves, which is why they have the divine title of Jingjue Tiannu (Heavenly Maiden of Exquisite Beauty).

The Jingjue Temple has existed for a long time, but it is not very common on the mainland. When Emperor Qianlong launched his rebellion by slaying the dragon and unifying the north and south, the Jingjue Temple secretly assisted the Great Jin Dynasty.

After the world was at peace, Emperor Taizu gathered the eight great families and some experts from the royal family, and they trampled the Jingjue Temple on horseback. In seven days and seven nights, they leveled the main temple of the Jingjue Temple and destroyed all the other branches of the Jingjue Temple within a month.

Most of the temple's followers were killed, and the escapees were pursued for sixty years before the pursuit finally ended. All of the Jingjue Temple's martial arts, scriptures, wealth, and so on were divided among the eight great families and the royal family.

Although the Outer God only passed through the continent and never even glanced at any living being, let alone communicated with them, it is said that some of the martial arts techniques in the Jingjue Temple were created by the ancient Qi cultivators who built the temple after observing the Outer God's figure passing through the void above the continent.

However, the temple has over a hundred martial arts techniques, including more than a dozen that are considered unique skills. Among them, there are three internal martial arts techniques. Historically, the temple has experienced periods of generational gaps and discontinuity, so it is impossible to know which one was created by those Qi cultivators who observed the figures of the outer gods.

This Jingjue Yuanqi Gong is one of the three major internal skills of the Jingjue Temple. It fell into the hands of the royal family and was not given to the Yang family of Huazhou. Yang Dian obtained it from an unknown source and did not explain its specific origin. He only said that it was fine to practice it and use it. After the Jingjue Temple was destroyed 60 years ago, the court had lifted the ban.

Yang Dian said that this skill is no less powerful than the Four Illuminations Divine Skill, and it is simpler and easier to learn than the Four Illuminations Divine Skill, but it has only one difficulty.

This technique, as one's cultivation level increases, will have increasingly stronger bottlenecks. Unlike the Four Illuminations Divine Art, which requires sufficient talent and comprehension, the Four Illuminations Divine Art can be mastered in as long as one accumulates enough experience. Thirty years is not enough, sixty years is not enough, one hundred years is not enough, and one hundred years is not enough, even if one doesn't live to that age, one will eventually achieve great success.

However, the bottleneck of the Exquisite Yuan Qi Gong is not something that can be broken through so easily. It is simple and easy to learn at the beginning, but the bottleneck in the middle and later stages is extremely thick. It is not simply a matter of accumulating enough knowledge to break through. It also depends on luck and enlightenment. If you are lucky enough to have an enlightenment, you may be able to break through with the accumulation. If you are unlucky and never have an enlightenment, you will be stuck at the current level for life.

Zhao Ti found this technique quite interesting. Is enlightenment so easy to achieve? Definitely not. That's why it depends on luck. If you're lucky, it might suddenly appear; if you're unlucky, it might never come.

Yang Dian told him to practice this technique first, since the Four Illuminations Divine Skill was sensitive at this time and he didn't want it anymore. Yang Dian said that the early stage of this skill was not difficult, but if he couldn't advance to the middle stage, he would find him some other techniques.

However, Zhao Ti didn't think it was a big deal. After all, he had a clear martial mind and practiced his skills very quickly. Although he hadn't had any sudden enlightenment yet, that might be because the Four Illuminations Divine Skill didn't require it. Perhaps it would appear once he started practicing this Exquisite Yuan Qi Skill, allowing him to keep breaking through and continuing to cultivate.

According to Yang Dian, there was no record of anyone mastering this skill before the Jingjue Temple was destroyed.

As for the intermediate level, it is extremely rare. No one has reached it for many years, and anyone who reaches the intermediate level is considered a top master.

After the Jingjue Temple was destroyed, this technique was passed down, but no one, whether from the royal family or whoever received it as a reward, was seen to have successfully mastered it; no one even reached the minor or intermediate mastery levels.

Therefore, this skill can only be figured out by oneself, without any reference. Even if one learns to use it, I'm afraid no one in the world will recognize it.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ti gently turned the pages of the sheepskin book. The book was of royal style, exquisitely crafted, beautiful and soft. The handwriting inside was extremely neat and dignified. Although it was handwritten, it looked as if it had been engraved.

His gaze slowly swept across the page, reading the first page and then the second, and then the third. In about a quarter of an hour, he had finished reading the entire book of the Exquisite Yuan Qi Gong.

He then fell into deep thought and began to ponder quietly.

This skill is completely different from the Four Illuminations Divine Skill; they are fundamentally two different paths. If the Four Illuminations Divine Skill is a standard internal skill, then this Exquisite Yuan Qi Skill is somewhat mystical and bizarre.

In addition to the practice methods, this exercise is also accompanied by various meditations. In particular, meditation is needed as an aid for every step forward after achieving a certain level of mastery.

Moreover, this meditation is not random thinking. It is not a practice that describes the shape of an object and then the practitioner simply tries to recall it in their mind.

During this process, one must have a sudden enlightenment, carefully study the description of the practice, and then meditate according to the image in the enlightenment. Only in this way can the practice continue to progress; otherwise, it will stagnate, and no matter how hard one practices, it will be of no use.

However, the meditation objects described in the cultivation method are extremely bizarre. Some of these objects do not even exist in the world, let alone have any similar appearance. It is extremely difficult to comprehend their complete form based on this.

The first meditation image after achieving a minor level of mastery was a creature whose name was unknown, resembling a fleshy ball with countless tentacles growing on it, each tentacle bearing an eye, both bizarre and terrifying.

The final image at the peak of the process is that of a goddess, but the flowing black hair of this goddess is not hair, but small black dragons, ferocious and menacing.

The goddess's eyes were deep and black, the entire eyeballs of which were this color, without a trace of white. They looked like two deep black stars, and if you looked closely, there seemed to be something else on these black stars, but the painting could not fully depict them.

The goddess's body was slender and alluring, her arms as tender as white lotus roots, yet her hands were nowhere to be seen. Where her hands should have been, a flower grew, half black and half white, resembling a lotus or a water lily. Seven-colored light shimmered in the center of the petals, and the light seemed to support endless chaos. Within the chaos... layers upon layers, it seemed to be vastness, it seemed to be the universe, indistinguishable, and could only be guessed.

Zhao Ti pondered for a good half hour before letting out a long sigh and shaking his head slightly.

It was completely different from what I had imagined. It wasn't that easy. I actually had to use images to trigger an epiphany and then meditate.

This is quite different from the enlightenment normally discussed in martial arts. It seems simpler because there are pictures to guide it. But it also seems more difficult because enlightenment is always like a gazelle hanging its horns, leaving no trace. It comes like a rainbow and goes like a shimmering light. How could it be the same as the picture you see or think about?
This is completely contradictory!

But now is not the time to think about these things. Let's practice until we achieve a basic level of proficiency first.

Zhao Ti placed the sheepskin book on the table, then sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice this exquisite Yuanqi Gong.

In just about an hour, his expression became extremely strange. Half of his face turned pale, while the other half was as black as night. Even his eyes turned black and white.

He emitted billowing heat from his body, and this heat was also divided into black and white, with black on the left and white on the right, clearly distinguishable, as if night and day were adjacent and distinctly separate.

His hands were the same, one white and one black, now in a five-pointed-up-the-sky position, palms turned over and placed on his knees. A white mist formed above one palm, while a black mist formed above the other.

At this moment, Zhao Ti's eyes darted around, and suddenly he opened his mouth and spat out a breath of black and white mixed breath that reached three feet away. Then his face slowly returned to normal.

Then, a slight look of surprise crossed his face, and he muttered to himself, "How did I achieve minor success so quickly?"

This is really too fast. I actually mastered the Jingjue Yuanqi Gong to the minor level in just one hour. Although Yang Dian said that this technique is easier and faster to learn than the Four Illuminations Divine Skill, it shouldn't be this fast, right?

Zhao Ti scratched his head. After mastering the Jingjue Yuanqi Gong, one can release internal energy externally, but it is not the kind of palm wind or fist force, but something called Jingjue Yuanqi Bullet, or Yuanqi Bullet for short.

The technique is described as being formed from condensed internal energy, but it differs from palm strikes. Palm strikes and fist strikes all have a trail of internal energy with a long outward trajectory, but this energy blast is not like that.

This energy sphere is a ball of true energy condensed to the extreme. It has no tail and its energy trajectory is extremely short. Once released, it can immediately move, unlike palm winds which require a pause. If you don't pause, the palm wind will be interrupted, and you might go astray or even disappear into thin air.

But don't underestimate the effect of this instantaneous movement. Even a few moments earlier can be the key to victory or defeat. This is the principle behind the saying "a difference of a hair's breadth can lead to a difference of a thousand miles."

Now that we've achieved some success, let's test its power.
Zhao Ti pondered that since the practice was so fast, he was really itching to demonstrate it.

He looked around the room. The front and back were close together, but the sides were far enough apart that it shouldn't cause too much noise. Since it was a side room, he moved the lamp to the north side and then went to the book box on the south side. He then circulated his Jingjue Yuanqi Gong within his body and gently patted the lamp flame with his right palm.

Then a very faint sound was heard, and a round white light the size of a fist appeared. In an instant, it reached the light in front of it, and then suddenly flashed, instantly engulfing the lampstand. The light in the room went out, and the lampstand made a cracking sound.

Hmm? Zhao Ti raised an eyebrow. He had only used one-tenth of his strength, yet he had shattered the lampstand. It seemed the power was quite impressive.

Then another lamp was lit, and I went over to take a look. I saw that not only was the wooden lamp stand broken, but even the iron lamp holder on it was dented and cracked in several places, with the lamp oil gushing out.

Zhao Ti hurriedly laid the broken lamp flat to stop the oil from leaking out. After thinking for a moment, he placed the new lamp down and then returned to the position of the book box on the south side.

He slowly raised his left hand. This exquisite Yuan Qi blast was not one type, but two types. According to the cultivation method, it was black and white. When practicing, the internal energy was divided into black and white energies and kept separate in the body. They could not be mixed. If the right hand released white Yuan Qi, the black one could not be released. The black Yuan Qi blast could only be released with the left hand.

The technique states that black and white are different. White contains explosive power, which can destroy everything in its path, while black has the power of annihilation, which can destroy silently.

As for its power, it wasn't described in detail, but it seems from the text that the black one is stronger.

Zhao Ti pondered for a few moments, then slapped his left palm forward, using only ten percent of his power. In an instant, a black light the size of a bullet shot forward, a truly terrifying sight.

Why is it so small? Zhao Ti couldn't help but wonder. A white energy blast with one-tenth of its power was about the size of a fist, but this black one was only the size of a bullet. What was the reason for this?
The black energy blast was incredibly fast and silent, reaching the lamp in the blink of an eye. Then, in a flash, the lamp went out, followed by a soft thud from the wall.

Oh no, where did it go?
Zhao Ti was immediately taken aback. How could it be so powerful? Did it pass through the wall?

Just a few breaths later, a deafening roar came from inside the main house: "Who dares to attack me like that, ahhh..."

Zhao Ti was stunned when he heard the voice. It was his father's voice. Had the energy blast broken through the wall and gone to the main house?
He hurried forward, lit another spare oil lamp, and then peered closer to the wall. He saw a small, round hole on the north wall, about the same size as the black energy blast. It was pitch black inside, and he didn't know how deep or how far it went.

The side rooms and the main room are connected by walls on both sides, but they are not single walls. Instead, they are two mud brick walls placed together, at least two or three feet thick.

Zhao Ti peered through the small hole with the help of the oil lamp and saw that it suddenly lit up. Then, what looked like a wide-open eyeball appeared, followed by a loud shout: "Ti'er, what, what's going on?"

Zhao Ti's lips twitched, and he began, "Father, um, um..."

A moment later, there was a knock at the door. Zhao Ti hurriedly went to open it and saw his father looking at him warily, asking, "What's going on? What's going on? Has someone from the outside come?"

Zhao Ti's temple throbbed. He glanced at the small hole in the wall and asked, "Father, did you damage anything?"

Zhao's father entered the room, looking around: "Who exactly used their internal energy to smash through all the wooden boxes and bottles in that house over there?"

"Did they break through all the wooden crates?" Zhao Ti asked in surprise.

“It’s not just a hole; it’s ruined my brand-new long gown that I’ve only worn twice.” Father Zhao said angrily, “Who, who did this?”

Zhao Ti blinked: "This... Father, just now... that, that man in black came again."

"What? That man in black is here again?!" Upon hearing this, Zhao's father's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and he roared in a fit of rage.

(End of this chapter)