Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 174 Tai Chi Enters the Body, So Big?

Inside the cave

Li Wushou's brows were furrowed, and a radiant light shone within them.

The mist within the divine aperture thinned out somewhat, and due to the nourishment of blood energy, even the low mountain solidified, adding a touch of weight.

A faint light quietly spread across Li Wushou's brow, and a chill instantly swept through the cave.

Li Wushou then activated the Yin Refining Technique with all his might, refining the Yin power that the shadow had divided up.

The pure Yin energy seeps from between the eyebrows and merges with the Baihui point, forming a complete cycle.

Li Wushou's mind stirred. The Yin energy that the black shadow had divided up today was clearly much purer than the Yin energy that he had previously absorbed from the Yin spirits.

Has the shadow evolved? Or is the quality of the god within its belly far superior to the previous evil spirits?

After a moment's hesitation, Li Wushou leaned more towards the latter.

Although the deity within the belly had been worn down by the ancestral god, the Glazed Tree, for thousands of years and was already extremely weak, its quality was still undeniable.

Moreover, it wasn't just the quality that exceeded Li Wushou's expectations; the quantity also somewhat surpassed his expectations.

Seeing the continuous stream of supplies being delivered by the dark figure, Li Wushou was overjoyed.

Some time ago, due to the construction of the Three Immortals Pavilion, Li Wushou not only lost half of his liver, but also consumed a lot of Yin and Yang energy in his middle and lower dantian. Today, he has been greatly replenished.

After circulating the technique for a while, a glint flashed in Li Wushou's eyes. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but today when he circulated the Yin Refining Technique, he felt a sense of ease and familiarity with it.

My mind seems to be in a state of constant abundance?

Normally, if I continuously practiced the Qi cultivation technique, it would put some strain on my mind, but not today.

Li Wushou recalled the change in his perspective after the divine aperture appeared between his eyebrows. For some reason, he felt that the current change in his mind was also related to the formation of the divine aperture.

After realizing his mental state, Li Wushou felt a surge of inspiration and prepared to try multitasking.

If one can practice two Qi cultivation methods simultaneously, it will greatly benefit the efficiency of Qi cultivation and the accumulation of Yin and Yang power.

Li Wushou was always bold in his attempts to explore the physical body's meridians.

Even if it explodes, with Chen Gou'er around, I shouldn't be killed. At worst, I can just create another one.

He dissolved a blood seed in his mouth and simultaneously activated the Coiling Dragon Technique from the Blood Buddha Scripture.

The Panlong Method and the Yin Refining Technique operate simultaneously, and they share one thing in common in their operational paths: the Baihui point between the eyebrows.

Therefore, Li Wushou carefully controlled the Yin and Yang energies, allowing them to flow clearly in the Baihui point, and everything fell into place naturally.

Yin energy gathers in the lower dantian, while Yang energy boils in the middle dantian.

Sure enough!

Li Wushou was overjoyed, as this meant that his cultivation efficiency would be greatly improved in the future.

It's a bit of a pity that the Yin and Yang energies transmitted through the shadow and blood seed always dissolve directly within the body and cannot be refined and accelerated through the Tai Chi phantom above the head.

If one's own Yin and Yang meridians could be like this Tai Chi phantom, constantly flowing and mutually generating and harmonizing, that would be wonderful.

So once Li Wushou has a full meal, his Qi cultivation efficiency will increase dramatically.

If that's the case, given the current liquefaction of Yin and Yang energies in Li Wushou's dantian, he'll probably be able to form a pill in less than two tries.

Li Wushou thought with a hint of surprise.

The shadowy figure's Yin energy transmission had not stopped. It dissolved another blood seed in its mouth and then immersed itself wholeheartedly in the refining of Yin and Yang energies.

The spiritual liquid in the lower and middle dantian rippled, and the overflowing yin and yang energies converged in the yin and yang meridians between the lower and middle dantian, and slowly flowed as the yin and yang energies gradually filled up.

Suddenly, the illusory Taiji diagram above Li Wushou's head trembled slightly and emitted a faint hum.

The flow of Yin and Yang energies in the Yin-Yang meridians echoes the Yin-Yang transformation in the illusory image of the Tai Chi diagram.

The flow between the two became increasingly harmonious until they were in sync, and the power of Yin and Yang permeated the body, seeping into the Yin-Yang Taoist robe.

In an instant, the Tai Chi diagram above Li Wushou's head solidified a bit, and from a distance, it looked like a real picture, except that the Yin and Yang within it were constantly flowing.

Li Wushou was completely unaware of this; he only noticed that his refining speed seemed to be getting faster and faster.

Unable to resist dissolving another blood seed, the shadowy figure was now in a bind. The Yin Refining Technique seemed intent on draining him dry, continuously extracting his Yin energy.

As time passed, the Tai Chi diagram above Li Wushou's head slowly grew larger, drawing upon the Yin and Yang energies of heaven and earth, causing the cave to sway slightly.

The paper goddess guarded the roasted meat, her heart pounding with fear.

"Crack!"

Suddenly, the Paper Goddess was startled, and a soft chant, like the voice of the Great Dao, reached her ears.

Looking back at the cave, the Yin and Yang energies of heaven and earth constantly converged and flowed, while the Paper Goddess remained in place.

Inside the cave, Li Wushou's body trembled, and a tremendous change occurred within him.

The yin-yang meridians connecting the lower and middle dantian are gradually widened and enlarged as the yin and yang energies flow.

As a result, even more Yin and Yang energies flowed into it.

With the addition of the Yin and Yang energies introduced by the Tai Chi diagram, the Yin and Yang meridians in Li Wushou's body began to change in a direction he had not expected.

Three Immortals Pavilion
The old beggar was just about to rest when he was startled awake by a violent earthquake. After figuring out what was happening, a smile appeared on his lips, and he murmured, "Interesting."

At this moment, Chen Gou'er had finally digested the divine power of his footwork. Noticing the swaying, he suddenly shouted:
"Thunder? Earthquake? Ouch!"

Chen Gou'er let out a strange cry, intending to leap to the old beggar's side, but after taking only one step, he tripped and fell flat on his face. Only then did he realize that his body was a mess.

"Old man, did you do this to my body?"

"Stop talking nonsense. You cobbled things together haphazardly and now you want to blame others?"

Chen Gou'er wanted to bark again, but the old beggar waved him off.

"Don't shout. Li Wushou has come up with something fun. You can switch bodies yourself!" Chen Gou'er stood there, scratching his head. Switch bodies yourself?
But what was I like before?

In the cave

The Tai Chi symbol above the head dissipated
The dark figure slumped listlessly in the darkness, realizing that the better it ate, the worse it would be beaten.

Li Wushou slowly woke up, and for a while he didn't know how much time had passed.

All that is known is that inside the Three Immortals Pavilion, Chen Gou'er kept whining and barking, while the four-legged snakes outside the cave were roasted until they smelled delicious.

But Li Wushou paid no attention to any of this. He looked inward at his body and stared at his dantian for a long time without saying a word.

He was actually a little unsure of what had happened.
Is this too big?

In a daze, his body underwent a tremendous change, and his original lower and middle dantian, along with his yin and yang meridians, disappeared completely.

Instead, a giant dantian appeared in the place where the original yin and yang meridians were located.

This dantian is four or five times larger than the original middle and lower dantian, and the yin and yang energies flow slowly within it like a tai chi diagram, exuding a mysterious Taoist charm.

After careful observation, Li Wushou finally understood.

This dantian should be formed by combining the original middle and lower dantian after the yin and yang meridians have been expanded to a full circle.

But how could that little bit of stuff possibly fill out the Yin-Yang meridians?
Li Wushou couldn't understand it!
Now that my dantian has changed like this, can I still use my original Taoist techniques?

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Li Wushou began to explore the colossal dantian.

After a long while, my heart finally settled down.

Both the Panlong Technique and the Yin Refining Technique can be used.

Moreover, regardless of whether Li Wushou uses a single Qi cultivation method or two Qi cultivation methods simultaneously, there is no conflict when Yin and Yang energies enter the dantian.

The Tai Chi symbol, through its flowing motion, instantly balances the Yin and Yang energies.

This truly delighted Li Wushou. Just moments ago, he was regretting that he couldn't use the Taiji Diagram to accelerate the condensation of Yin and Yang energies within his body. In the blink of an eye, a Taiji Diagram appeared within his body, along with an extra-large dantian.
Did the old beggar secretly ask for it while I was practicing meditation?
Li Wushou became somewhat suspicious, his mind sinking into the Three Immortals Pavilion, where Chen Gou'er's whimpering became clearer.

The old beggar sat on the square table, picking his ear and looking ahead with a look of great interest.

Li Wushou then looked over and saw Chen Gou'er lying on the ground under the incense table with a troubled expression.

Before his eyes, two small legs grew out from under an arm, supporting the arm like a frame, and constantly manipulating a pile of fragmented body parts.

Upon seeing Li Wushou enter the Three Immortals Hall, Chen Gou'er cried out with a mournful face:
"Li Wushou is in big trouble! I've forgotten how I managed to put my body to work!"

"Pfft~!"

Seeing this, the old beggar could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.

Chen Gou'er's face darkened, and he glared at the old beggar with a menacing look.

Li Wushou was also having a hard time. This child had eaten the divine food, but hadn't grown any brains yet?

Seeing that Chen Gou'er was about to pounce on the old beggar, Li Wushou quickly interrupted, "Have the Paper Goddess cut out a paper figure for you, and you can just assemble it!"

Normally, he would be happy to watch the old beggar get bitten, but at this moment he wanted to ask the old beggar if he had obtained his dantian through his own efforts.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. After a moment of joy, two small legs sprouted from Chen Gou'er's neck. With a sudden kick, he pounced on the old beggar, tearing at him and shouting as he did so:

"Let you laugh! Let you say you can't do anything, I'll bite you to death, bite you to death!"

Li Wushou rubbed his forehead, somewhat speechless. Actually, if Chen Gou'er had bitten off a piece of his own flesh, he would have recovered much faster.

But seeing that the old beggar had already been bitten, Li Wushou said no more and sat cross-legged on the prayer mat to watch the show.

After a long while, the commotion subsided. The old beggar, covered in saliva from being bitten, kept begging for mercy, which finally made Chen Gou'er let him go.

Li Wushou then sent Chen Gou'er's head into the cave and sent him to find the Paper Goddess to cut a paper body.

But after communicating with the old beggar, Li Wushou realized that his dantian was not related to him at all. It was probably caused by the resonance between his yin and yang meridians and the Taiji diagram.

This left Li Wushou somewhat amused and exasperated, because just recently, in order to achieve pure Yin and pure Yang, he had separated the Yin and Yang energies and stored them separately in his lower and middle dantian.

After all this fuss, it seems we've come full circle?
But from what he had just learned, Li Wushou knew that this was not the case.

The moment a thought arises, within this dantian, yang immediately rises above yin and yin immediately reappears, transforming into pure yang and pure yin!
Therefore, although it seems like we've returned to the starting point, there's been an additional change: Tai Chi.

Although the original dantian was a balance of yin and yang, it focused on enhancing the two opposing yet unified forces.

At this moment, the dantian is in harmony with the essence of Tai Chi, constantly in a state of Yin-Yang circulation, mutual generation and harmony.

The fusion of Yin and Yang seemed to contain the principles of the origin of all things in the universe, which brought Li Wushou into a state of enlightenment.

This is not just at the level of force, but more like the level of the so-called "Tao"?

Regardless of the circumstances, the benefits of absorbing Yin and Yang energies or comprehending the true meaning of Yin and Yang power will be extremely obvious in the future.

It's a bit of a pity that at this moment, Tai Chi has entered the body, and the lower dantian and yin-yang meridians have merged into one. If my own Qi cultivation method could also merge into one, it would be even better to directly extract the yin and yang energies.

Li Wushou always felt that the current facilities were a hodgepodge.

Moreover, the Panlong Method and the Yin Refining Technique are not the same in terms of efficiency.

It seems that after visiting the Dwarf White Mountain and retrieving his bones, he will need to take some time to visit the Upper Cultivation Cave where the Paper Goddess was born.

Judging from the things that Shangxiu used, the other party should be following the path of Yin and Yang.

The Paper Goddess once said that there were still many areas in that cave that she could not enter. Could there be a method for cultivating Qi in the Yin-Yang way?
According to Wu Zhuangyuan's story, since the cave dwelling has appeared, there must be plenty of Qi cultivation methods and magic treasures, right?
Li Wushou was somewhat looking forward to it!
Li Wushou focused his mind on his dantian and savored the sensation, feeling a mixture of joy and sorrow.

Because this dantian is not without its flaws!

It's too big, so big that Li Wushou's newly initiated Core Formation plan seems to have been postponed again.
No! I have to find a way to eat more!
Li Wushou gritted his teeth. Logically speaking, the Three Immortals Pavilion should be getting better and better, but why does it feel like the more they struggle, the greater the famine becomes?

When Li Wushou thought about food, he felt as if he had forgotten something.

Looking around the Three Immortals Hall, Chen Gou'er had been gone for quite some time and hadn't returned. Li Wushou and the old beggar exchanged a glance, then simultaneously slapped their thighs and shouted:

"Oh no! It's a roasted lizard!"

(End of this chapter)