The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 506 First, freeze yourself, then...
"A holy book of healing?"

Duan Yanqing murmured these four words softly, his eyes shifting between deep and sorrowful expressions.

Clearly, he was thinking about the painful memories that led to his disability.

After a long while, he came to his senses and said with renewed vigor, "Master Xu, since you and the two masters of the Free and Unfettered Sect were able to create a miraculous technique that could make people young again, the healing manual you have now created should also have incredible and miraculous effects."

"I wonder if it can heal some of my old wounds."

Xu Xingchen spoke calmly and truthfully, "When the three of us first created this healing manual, our goal was to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. Although we have now created this technique, we do not yet know its specific therapeutic effects."

"When Mr. Duan visited my manor some time ago, I realized that we needed someone severely injured to try out this technique. Therefore, I asked you to stay."

"Of course, if Mr. Duan is unwilling to try cultivation, I will not force him."

"After all, the cultivation method we developed not only requires the practitioner to be a top expert at the Heavenly Realm, but also requires them to fully immerse themselves in the method."

"If there is any resistance in one's heart, success is impossible."

"If Mr. Duan is willing to give it a try, it would be a rare opportunity for both of us."

"Therefore, we urge Mr. Duan to consider this carefully before making a decision."

After hearing these words, Duan Yanqing pondered for a moment, then said hoarsely, "No need to consider, I agree."

"Such a tremendous opportunity—if I don't seize it, I'll become a laughingstock."

"Besides, I believe that Master Xu would never harm me."

Even if the attempt fails and I perish, it is fate's will, and I will not resent Master Xu in the slightest.

His words were extremely sincere.

In his view, Xu Xingchen's martial arts skills far surpassed his own, and if he wanted to harm him, he could simply take action and capture him.

Given Duan Yanqing's infamous reputation for ruthlessness in the martial arts world over the years, Xu Xingchen's killing of him would not only be a crime but also a meritorious act, earning him praise from the martial arts community.

After thinking it over and over, he couldn't figure out if Xu Xingchen had any malicious intentions towards him.

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If the healing manual created by Xu Xingchen and his team is half as effective as that rejuvenation technique, then all my old injuries should be greatly relieved.

For him, this was an incredible opportunity.

Of course, he had also considered the possibility of failure.

But the thought that he not only has an heir now, but will also be able to reclaim the throne of Dali in the future—isn't this the ultimate goal he has strived for his entire life?

Now, he has achieved half of his life's ambition, and the other half is almost a certainty.

He has no regrets!

If one is truly unlucky and dies while cultivating the Healing Scripture, one can only blame one's own fate, and cannot blame Xu Xingchen.

In a short period of time, Duan Yanqing figured out the key points clearly, which shows that he is a wise person and someone who takes life and death lightly.

Xu Xingchen hadn't expected Duan Yanqing to have thought of so many things in such a short time, so she told him to think it over carefully.

After receiving another resolute promise from Duan Yanqing, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"Before you begin practicing the Healing Scripture, you need to calm your mind and focus your thoughts; if there's anything you want to say to Duan Yu, then tell him, so he won't worry about you."

Duan Yanqing thought for a moment and then declined: "I have already seen my son and I am happy to see that he is doing well; now that things have come to this, I have nothing more to say to him."

"However, if I do not survive this trial, please tell him, Master Xu, that I have no regrets in dying!"

Xu Xingchen looked at Duan Yanqing's serious eyes and slowly nodded.

Over the next three days.

Duan Yanqing did not bathe or burn incense; instead, he often sat in meditation to further familiarize himself with the power within his body, calm his mind, and restrain his thoughts, trying his best to calm his heart, which had been cynical for most of his life.

Duan Yanqing was making preparations here.

Xu Xingchen, Wu Yazi, and Wu Xingyun are also trying their best to fill in the gaps and improve this healing manual.

Don't even say it.

In just three days, they actually found another minor flaw and corrected it.

Three days later, everything was ready except for the final push.

Xu Xingchen handed over the healing manual, which he had created by combining the essence of several supreme martial arts, to Duan Yanqing, asking him to read and memorize it first.

After he had memorized all the contents of the Healing Bible, Xu Xingchen began to explain its mysteries to him word by word.

The Duan family of Dali were skilled in martial arts, and their One-Finger Divine Skill was famous throughout the world.

The Six Meridians Divine Sword, which is even more profound and unfathomable than the One Finger Divine Skill, is known to very few, yet it is also a supreme martial arts manual that is no less powerful than the three great divine skills of the Free and Unfettered Sect.

Duan Yanqing, who was proficient in the Dali Duan family's One-Finger Divine Skill and many other martial arts, had roamed the world for many years and fought against countless martial arts practitioners. His combat experience and martial arts knowledge were extremely rich and rare in the world.

Now, having achieved perfect harmony with nature and broken through to the pinnacle of martial arts, the Heavenly Realm, he inevitably harbors a certain arrogance that looks down upon the world.

But when he finished reading the healing tome in his hands, he was deeply shocked.

He felt that the skill manual in his hand was so exquisite that it far exceeded his imagination.

This set of exercises has reached a state of divine transformation and miraculous mastery in its exploration of the mysteries of the human body, the development of meridians and acupoints, and the circulation of internal energy and the mysterious gate.

It was a realm he could not even imagine. He even believed that this healing manual had transcended the realm of martial arts and could be compared with the legendary immortal techniques.

As a result, the slight arrogance that had arisen in his heart after breaking through to the Heavenly Realm was immediately swept away.

As Xu Xingchen explained the essentials of the technique to him, he readjusted his mindset and became like a beginner martial arts student, sacred and devout.

I tried my best to remember what Xu Xingchen said.

As they talked, both of them couldn't help but frown.

During this time, when Xu Xingchen sat down to discuss the Dao with Wu Yazi and Wu Xingyun, he had become accustomed to breaking down and dissecting the profound meaning of the cultivation techniques, the wonders of each meridian and acupoint, and conducting a thorough analysis and research on their essence.

Only in this way can they combine the strengths of many schools of thought, integrate them, innovate, and develop this holy book of healing.

However, Duan Yanqing, who had spent his entire life fighting in the martial arts world, clearly did not have the qualifications, or rather the ability, to sit down and discuss philosophy with Xu Xingchen and the other two.

Although Xu Xingchen's explanations were very enlightening for Duan Yanqing's understanding of martial arts, most of the time he was completely confused and couldn't grasp the intricacies of the stories.

This is like asking a skilled worker who can operate a complex machine to listen to a researcher explain the machine's structural principles—it's like listening to gibberish.

If Duan Yanqing were given a few years, along with Xu Xingchen's personal instruction, perhaps he could gradually grasp the basic principles of the healing manual. It's absolutely impossible for him to understand it thoroughly in a short period of time.

Therefore, this instructional explanation was quickly simplified, simplified, and simplified again, until Xu Xingchen only needed to make sure Duan Yanqing understood how to operate the technique without making mistakes.

Just like a skilled worker who can operate a machine with expertise!

Duan Yanqing only needs to know how to practice the techniques step by step, without having to delve into the underlying principles.

even so.

It still took Duan Yanqing seven days to firmly memorize the contents of the Healing Bible, and he dared not forget any of its contents.

On the eighth day.

When Duan Yanqing truly began cultivating the Healing Holy Scripture, Wu Xingyun, who had grown to the appearance of someone in his thirties, also came to watch.

The side room where Duan Yanqing lived was completely empty after he broke through to the Heavenly Realm.

After cleaning, all he needed to do was place a futon on the floor in the center of the room, and it became his place for secluded cultivation.

Under the watchful eyes of Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun, Duan Yanqing sat on the futon, his ten fingers forming a yin-yang mudra, which he placed in front of his lower abdomen.

Although his eyelids had been cut and he could not close them, the light in his eyes gradually faded and became lifeless.

The sound of breathing was long and deep, and as time slowly passed, it gradually became like a silkworm spinning silk, fine, dense, and continuous.

Gradually.

A faint white mist appeared around Duan Yanqing, first like silk threads, then like smoke and fog.

He was reversing the yang energy, making it several times colder than ice, thus affecting the water vapor in the surrounding air, freezing it into mist, and manifesting it in the air.

As time passes slowly.

An increasingly dense white mist swirled around Duan Yanqing, and a layer of white frost slowly crept onto his hands, cheeks, hair, and even the skin all over his body.

In the end, even their clothes were covered with a layer of white frost.

The water vapor in the air continuously turns into fog, and the fog is continuously absorbed onto Duan Yanqing's body surface.

The Life and Death Talisman reverses the strong Yang energy, transforming it into Yin and cold energy.

This change didn't just happen in the palm; all the internal energy in Duan Yanqing's meridians was undergoing this reverse transformation.

The scale and impact were countless times greater than simply creating a life-or-death talisman.

And this is the first step in the Holy Scripture of Healing.

He completely imprisoned his body in the ice.

Put yourself to death and survive!
Without great perseverance, determination, and fearlessness, one cannot even complete the first step.

The consequence of failure is that one is completely frozen in ice, becoming a true ice man, a dead man.

More and more water vapor turned into clouds and mist, swirling around Duan Yanqing, then turning into frost and ice, continuously covering him.

Wrapped up layer after layer, and layer after layer.
The frost gradually thickened and eventually solidified into translucent ice.

Half an hour later.

The solid ice had shrunk to a size of about ten feet, resembling a giant block of ice, radiating a chilling aura in the center of the room.

The ground, walls, and roof beams, which had not yet been repaved with bluestone, were all covered with a thick layer of white frost.

In a short period of time, the entire room was transformed into a frozen icehouse.

An ordinary person would probably be frozen black and swollen, shivering and wanting to escape immediately if they appeared in this small space for less than fifteen minutes.

Even highly skilled martial artists from the martial arts world probably wouldn't be able to stay for very long.

However, this bit of cold air naturally had no effect on Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun.

The two observed Duan Yanqing's physical changes while talking in hushed tones.

So far, everything seems to be going well.

"The One-Finger Divine Skill of the Dali Duan family was originally a masculine internal force. Now, reversing this masculine internal force and transforming it into yin energy, the effect is quite good."

"Sealing the body within solid ice is both a form of confinement and protection; the next step involves nine intense cycles of internal energy circulation between Yin and Yang, a process that will generate extremely intense pain."

"This is an essential process. The nine cycles of Yin and Yang are nine cycles of destruction and rebirth. Without solid ice to freeze and anesthetize one's body, an ordinary person simply cannot survive it."

"According to our deduction, the bones, muscles, and flesh in the body must be broken down and reassembled in order to achieve a complete transformation and marrow cleansing. If this person cannot endure the pain during this process, all previous efforts will be in vain."

As the two were talking, Duan Yanqing's body changed once again.

Although his body was covered and frozen by a large, translucent block of ice, a bright red light shone through it, turning the entire block of ice into a dull ruby.

Even the white frost in the entire room was bathed in a faint red light.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun felt a wave of heat rushing towards them, but strangely, the ice block showed no signs of melting.

It was as if that heat was merely a spiritual thing, and had no effect on the external cold.

at the same time.

The crackling and popping sounds of bones breaking echoed from within the solid ice, clearly audible in this room that resembled an ice cellar.

Another moment passed.

The fiery red in the ice block faded, replaced by a deep emerald green, like a huge piece of jade, like a giant emerald.

At the same time, it also cast a pale green hue over the entire room.

A chilling aura swept over Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun once more, as if trying to penetrate every pore of their bodies, reaching their internal organs and bone marrow, and completely freezing their lives.

The two did not need to circulate their internal energy to resist; the internal energy flowing in their meridians was easily expelled from their bodies with a gentle surge.

"This is the first transformation of Yin and Yang energies."

"The first time will be easier; however, as the Yin and Yang energies shift more frequently, Mr. Duan's suffering will intensify exponentially. I hope Mr. Duan can persevere."

"The purpose of this healing manual we created is to bring the dead back to life, heal the wounded, and rebuild from the ashes, thus reversing the cycle of life and death."

Xu Xingchen's eyes suddenly flashed, and she said softly, "The second cycle of Yin and Yang energies has begun."

(End of this chapter)