In Emei, start by obtaining golden attributes.

Chapter 444 Zhang Sanfeng's Secret Techniques, Martial Arts Golden Elixir
Seeing Zhang Sanfeng, who was clearly already waiting to the side, Gu Shaoan was taken aback for a moment, then took the initiative to greet him, "Master Zhang."

After putting the last candied hawthorn into his mouth, Zhang Sanfeng casually tossed the wooden skewer on the ground.

Then he slowly walked towards Gu Shaoan.

After walking up to Gu Shaoan, Zhang Sanfeng raised his hand and placed it on Gu Shaoan's shoulder under Gu Shaoan's gaze.

A few breaths later, Zhang Sanfeng clicked his tongue twice and said, "The essence of your blood is as brilliant as stars. Your blood energy is truly pure and enviable."

Hearing Zhang Sanfeng's words, Gu Shaoan asked, "According to what Master Zhang said, even the essence of a martial artist can be of varying quality after it is condensed?"

Zhang Sanfeng moved to the wooden table and sat down, slowly saying, "Even the Gang Yuan has different qualities, and since the Jing Hua is condensed by people, it naturally has different levels."

"If a martial artist's own blood and qi are not abundant enough, the quality of the essence flower that is condensed will be low, and the benefits it brings will be even lower."

Finally, Zhang Sanfeng asked, "When you condensed your essence flower, did you notice any changes compared to before?"

In front of Zhang Sanfeng, Gu Shaoan did not hide anything and spoke truthfully: "After the essence flower condensed, I can feel that my control over the power of blood and qi is no weaker than my control over the qi and qi."

"Furthermore, the integration of qi and blood into martial arts can enhance the power of martial arts moves."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng shook his head: "Stretch out your hand."

Although Gu Shaoan didn't understand why, he followed Zhang Sanfeng's instructions and raised his left hand to Zhang Sanfeng.

Zhang Sanfeng raised his hand and flicked it lightly, and a burst of energy instantly landed in Gu Shaoan's palm.

After a sharp pain, a thin, inch-long wound appeared on Gu Shaoan's palm, and blood immediately gushed out from the wound.

Looking at the blood in his palm, Gu Shaoan was first stunned, then as if he had realized something, the power of his blood and qi in his body suddenly surged.

In an instant, no new blood oozed from the wound on Gu Shaoan's palm.

Seeing Gu Shaoan's quick reaction, Zhang Sanfeng couldn't help but nod.

He then said, "For martial artists, the greater benefit of the power of qi and blood, besides increasing their strength, lies in their control over their own qi and blood. This allows martial artists to temporarily stabilize their injuries with the power of qi and blood, preventing their strength from plummeting due to the injuries."

"Furthermore, with the nourishment of qi and blood, a martial artist will recover faster from an injury."

Gu Shaoan thought for a moment and asked, "When I fought Zhu Qiyang before, although I felt that Zhu Qiyang's moves also carried spiritual energy and blood energy, why was the power of his moves always so mediocre?"

After the essence flower was successfully conceived, Gu Shaoan tried it out and discovered that the sword energy condensed solely from the power of blood and qi, combined with the technique of "lifting light weights as if they were heavy," could also exert considerable power.

Zhu Qiyang is a martial artist at the Great Three Harmonies Heaven and Man Realm, possessing the Three Flowers Gathering Cauldron, capable of mobilizing his own essence, energy, and spirit to defend against enemies.

In Gu Shaoan's opinion, Zhu Qiyang should be stronger.

Upon hearing Gu Shaoan's question, Zhang Sanfeng pondered for a moment and then said quietly, "Is it possible that it's not that Zhu Qiyang's moves are unremarkable, but rather that the sword energy you've condensed is too powerful?"

"Ok?"

Gu Shaoan was taken aback by what Zhang Sanfeng said.

Seeing that Gu Shaoan really didn't understand, Zhang Sanfeng explained: "When a martial artist's three elements are united and he enters the Celestial Realm, his essence, energy, and spirit will also merge, causing his vital energy to further transform, making every move contain extremely strong power."

"Even a casual move could be so powerful that it would be difficult for an ordinary martial artist who has just condensed his Qi to withstand it."

"However, even if the internal energy of an ordinary Celestial Realm cultivator undergoes a transformation, it will never be as powerful as the power and momentum of heaven and earth."

"Therefore, after a martial artist enters the Celestial Realm, to judge the strength of their martial arts, one must look at the combination of their own martial arts with the power of heaven and earth."

At this point, Zhang Sanfeng paused and continued, "But your Heavenly Sword Realm allows you to control the power and momentum of heaven and earth. Every sword energy you generate with every move is formed from the power and momentum of heaven and earth. Not to mention, you can also integrate those sword energies into the sword momentum of your 'Emei Sword Scripture,' which multiplies their power."

"Zhu Qiyang's martial arts are mainly focused on close combat, but he just happened to run into your chess and sword techniques. He can only unleash less than 50% of his strength. Fighting you is his bad luck."

After listening to Zhang Sanfeng's words, Gu Shaoan finally understood the reason.

This is not Gu Shaoan's fault.

Although Gu Shaoan now has some understanding of what happens to martial artists after they enter the Celestial Realm, he has not yet reached that level and cannot personally experience the various changes that occur after entering the Celestial Realm. He can only deduce the strength of others based on his own situation.

However, the Heavenly Sword Realm also puts Gu Shaoan in a very unique state, making him unable to be viewed in the conventional sense, even though his internal energy realm is still at the level of Condensing Yuan into Gang.

At this moment, Zhang Sanfeng changed the subject, saying, "Boy, your essence flower is as brilliant as a star. If your qi flower and divine flower don't reach this level in the future, it's best not to try to combine the three into one."

Gu Shaoan's heart stirred, and he asked, "Please enlighten me, Master Zhang."

Zhang Sanfeng looked at Gu Shaoan, the playfulness in his eyes fading slightly. He gently stroked the rim of the teacup with his fingertips, his tone slow and deep:

"Since you have already begun to conceive your three flowers, I will explain it to you."

"The so-called Three Flowers are essentially martial artists condensing their own three elements into a root and forging it into a weapon."

He raised his hand and made a vague stroke on the table, as if drawing three points, and then connected the three points into a line.

"The method of the Minor Three Harmonies is actually not difficult. Many martial artists in the Celestial Realm who talk about the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top are mostly 'borrowing momentum to combine,' using the operation of the technique as a guide to make the essence, qi, and spirit flow in the same direction and merge into one in an instant. But that is just flowing together, barely managing to combine the three energies of essence, qi, and spirit."

"This is actually a helpless and opportunistic choice made by martial artists who lack foundation and talent, and it is not the true method of the Three Harmonies."

"Therefore, anyone who enters the Celestial Realm using the Lesser Three Harmonies method is destined to only reach the Celestial Realm level once the Three Elements are combined."

Gu Shaoan was also aware of this.

The "Small Three Harmonies Method" is essentially a shortcut.

But everything in the world has already been secretly priced.

If you choose to take shortcuts, you must bear the consequences.

At this moment, Zhang Sanfeng continued, "The true method of the Great Three Harmonies speaks of the unity of the three elements and the fusion of the three flowers into a cauldron. Essence is the root of the cauldron, Qi is the fire of the cauldron, and Spirit is the master of the cauldron. The three are united, but this unity is not fusion, but rather allowing them to blend and communicate with each other." As he spoke, Zhang Sanfeng dipped his teacup in the tea, made three dots on the table, and then drew a circle in the center of the three dots.

"When the three elements unite, it should begin with the upper, middle and lower dantian of the martial artist, and the three types of energy should be drawn into the Qihai acupoint, so that the Qihai acupoint can receive essence, qi and spirit, and connect with the three flowers. From then on, when the Qihai moves, the three flowers will resonate together."

"If this balance cannot be achieved during the process, the large triad will turn into a small triad."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shaoan asked in astonishment, "After condensing the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit, will it also transform from the Great Three Harmonies into the Small Three Harmonies?"

In response to Gu Shaoan's question, Zhang Sanfeng held up three fingers.

“If you treat the three flowers as three lamps, and the three lamps are to be combined into one, they must first be of equal brightness. If one lamp is as bright as the Milky Way, one is just a flickering flame, and one is about to go out, and you force them together, the brightest one will drain the oil from the other two lamps and burn out their wicks.”

"From then on, the great triad naturally became a small triad, and it was difficult to reverse."

Gu Shaoan understood the implied meaning in Zhang Sanfeng's words and his heart skipped a beat: "Does Master Zhang mean that there will only be one chance for the true Three Elements to unite?"

Zhang Sanfeng nodded, speaking calmly and unhurriedly: "That's right. There is only one chance for the true unity of the three elements. Once the essence, energy, and spirit are all condensed into a flower, it cannot be stopped rashly, otherwise it is extremely easy to suffer the backlash of the power of heaven and earth."

"If a martial artist's essence, energy, and spirit cannot reach a balance during the process of the three elements becoming one, it cannot be considered a true unity of the three elements."

"Unless you have to start over from scratch, it will be difficult to make any further progress in your internal energy cultivation."

Zhang Sanfeng pointed to Gu Shaoan's lower dantian and said slowly, "Your flower is as bright as a star, and your foundation has reached its limit. However, because your foundation is too solid, far surpassing ordinary people at the same level, it will be more difficult for you to truly achieve the Great Three Harmony, and it will require more energy and time."

"If your Qi Flower and Divine Flower only reach the ordinary level in the future, and you want to quickly achieve the Great Three Harmonies, it's not that you lack talent, but that your Essence Flower is unwilling to compromise. Once it overwhelms your Qi Flower and Divine Flower, the Three Harmonies cannot achieve balance in time, and the so-called Great Three Harmonies will become the Small Three Harmonies."

"Therefore, when you cultivate the Qi Flower, you cannot only seek 'thickness,' but also 'purity,' 'stability,' and the ability to bear the weight of your essence flower; when you cultivate the Divine Flower, you cannot only seek 'sharpness,' but also 'stillness,' and the ability to control the heat and suppress the turbulence in the cauldron."

He looked at Gu Shaoan, his tone suddenly changing, carrying a hint of elder's admonition: "The further you go in the path of cultivation, the more careful and cautious you need to be. Don't be like those people who are like flowers of essence, flowers of qi, and flowers of spirit, and they can barely manage to combine the three into one and barely step into the realm of the Celestial Being, but they will be limited in every way in the future."

“You are different. Your talent is something even an old master would be ashamed of. If you are willing to slow down and cultivate the three flowers to the level of being as bright as stars, the benefits will be greater when you enter the Sitting Illumination Realm.”

"The wonder of sitting in meditation lies not in the strength, but in the insight. If the foundation is not strong enough, even if you can see the path, you will not be able to walk it. If the foundation is strong, the insight is like paving the path under your feet, making it wider and wider as you walk."

What Zhang Sanfeng said was not something profound or obscure; with Gu Shaoan's current understanding of martial arts, he could naturally understand it.

What Gu Shaoan didn't expect was that the Great Three Harmony required the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit to reach the same standard before the Three Elements could be united.

The requirements seem simple, but in reality, they are outrageously difficult.

Seeing Gu Shaoan frowning in thought, Zhang Sanfeng picked up his teacup, took a slow sip, and spoke again: "However, some years ago, I developed another method of the Great Three Harmonies. Compared to the normal Great Three Harmonies method, my method might be more suitable for you, young man. Are you interested in learning about it?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Shaoan raised an eyebrow and then said to Zhang Sanfeng, "I humbly request that you, Master Zhang, offer your guidance."

Zhang Sanfeng gently turned the teacup in his hand, and the remaining tea in the cup swirled in a small ripple.

"This method is not the method of our predecessors. It is a method that I, an old Taoist priest, figured out myself many years ago based on the theory of 'embracing the elixir' in Taoist classics."

"The old Taoist called it the Golden Elixir Method of Martial Arts."

"The method of achieving the Golden Core in martial arts?"

Gu Shaoan narrowed his eyes, his interest growing even stronger.

Zhang Sanfeng said, "When ordinary people talk about the Golden Elixir, they often get caught up in the mysteries. They either treat it as a 'thing' or as a 'qi'. I, the old Daoist, do not take its mystery, but only its word 'refining'."

He reached out and drew a circle on the table, then another circle inside it, as if drawing a furnace and elixir.

"The ordinary Great Three Harmonies is to bring the three flowers to a perfect balance and directly combine them into one cauldron, achieving the goal in one step. Its advantage is speed, but its disadvantage is that it is demanding on balance. Once it loses balance, as you just heard, at best it will damage the root, and at worst it will stop the path of martial arts."

"But the martial arts golden elixir method that the old Taoist has researched goes against the grain. Instead of rushing to combine the cauldrons, he first refines the three flowers separately until they are 'perfectly round and unbreakable'."

Zhang Sanfeng raised three fingers and tapped them on three different spots on the table.

"Refining the elixir."

"Qi Refining Qi Pills".

"Divine alchemy."

"Once all three pills are formed, combine them into one and condense a 'Martial Golden Pill' in the Qi Sea acupoint. The power of the three elements of essence, qi, and spirit within it is harmonious and without leakage, like a pill or a star, and naturally one can achieve the state of unity between heaven and man."

After a moment, Gu Shaoan asked, "I wonder how Master Zhang's Golden Core Martial Arts Method differs from the ordinary Three Harmonies Method?"

Zhang Sanfeng smiled slightly, as if he had been waiting for Gu Shaoan to ask this question.

"The fundamental principle is that the previously mentioned method of the Three Harmonies first merges the three streams into a river, and then seeks to prevent the river from breaching its banks. However, the martial arts elixir that the old Taoist has developed first refines each stream into an ice bead. Once the beads are hard, round, and leak-proof, they are then combined into a larger bead."

He tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, making a crisp sound:
“The roundness of the cinnabar represents stability.”

"The 'unbreakable' nature of the elixir is what allows it to bear fruit."

"The 'no leakage' of the elixir is the foundation."

"When the three elixirs are refined to this stage, becoming perfectly round, flawless, and unbroken, and then the essence, energy, and spirit are fused together using this method, the three elements will no longer devour or restrain each other, but rather interlock and complement each other, naturally eliminating any imbalance."

"This is exactly what is meant by the saying, 'The way of Heaven is to take from those who have more than enough and give to those who have less than enough; but the way of man is not so, he takes from those who have less than enough to give to those who have more than enough.' By using acquired means to supplement innate means, a martial artist can make his own essence, energy, and spirit pure and flawless."

Gu Shaoan's mind raced, and the more he pondered this martial arts golden core method, the more alarmed he became.

I couldn't help but applaud Zhang Sanfeng's imaginative and unconventional idea.

Moreover, the fact that Zhang Sanfeng was able to reveal this method at this moment clearly indicates that he has already successfully navigated this path, so its success is beyond doubt.

(End of this chapter)