Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

A person's comprehension is never static. As one continues to learn and accumulates enough knowledge, one's comprehension will naturally improve.

"By using the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian to activate the Earth element (己土), and coordinating with the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, and using the Water element (癸水) to harmonize the Earth element (己土), the power of the Rock-Solid Dharma can be refined. This can be tested."

After pondering for a long time, Chen Xuanzhou recorded the plan on a blank jade slip next to him.

Draw a meridian diagram, mark all the possible problems, and mentally rehearse them again and again.

Having used the Condensing Pearl countless times to enter a state of enlightenment and inner vision, he had a thorough understanding of his own meridians, so his deductions were very accurate.

The process of refining magical power in the entire set of techniques naturally involves more than just this, but for him, which is the set of techniques he is most likely to succeed in for cultivating fire-attribute techniques.

Without rushing into it, he took out another set of techniques and continued to comprehend them. This set was still an earth-attribute technique, but unlike the Rock Technique, this set of techniques had a slight effect on tempering the body.

One of the secret methods involves simultaneously performing a spell called "Zhen Zi Jue" while practicing the technique, which causes the flesh to tremble.

Once the Qi is drawn into the body, it will permeate the entire physical body, thus achieving a partial tempering effect. However, this method is indeed somewhat impractical.

One is that casting the "Zhen" spell is not easy; it requires a profound understanding of the spell. Otherwise, the effects of body tempering are unclear, but one could accidentally give someone a new head, which shouldn't be too serious.

Another issue is that doing this will greatly affect the effect of Qi cultivation. If the cultivation speed can reach 80% of other cultivation methods, that would be considered pretty good.

Especially for those who ingest pills, without the process of spiritual energy flowing from the outside in, the body-refining effect is almost negligible, which is why this cultivation method is basically ignored.

However, for Chen Xuanzhou, using this method during the infusion process should yield very good results.

With a stronger physical body, one will have greater resistance to the infusion of external spiritual energy, which can also help reduce the problem of unstable magical power.

As for the "Zhen" technique, it's not necessary to cultivate the original technique; this is the easiest way for Chen Xuanzhou to master.

However, this method cannot be widely promoted, which is why it was not ranked first.

Of course, there are also accompanying cultivation techniques and operating routes, which he needs to adjust and modify to make them suitable for everyone.

Among the last five sets of techniques, three are earth-attribute techniques. However, compared to the other two, they are much more ordinary. Of course, they were chosen by him for their reference value.

It can provide some assistance in the development and operation of certain meridian branches.

What might be a waste of time for others, with the effort and reward disproportionate, is something that comes easily to him. If integrated into a whole, it might yield unexpected results.

Finally, he took out the only two metal-attribute cultivation techniques. One of them was called the Golden Yuan Sword Technique. This technique was mainly for killing and had to condense a sword aura during the Qi Refining stage.

This secret technique, which appears almost exclusively at the Foundation Establishment level and above, is both a characteristic and a fatal flaw of this sword technique.

The threshold is too high; even those at the Qi Refining stage say they can't afford it.

To cultivate the Golden Yuan Sword Qi, one must open the Zhongfu, Tanzhong, Tianshu, and Zhongji acupoints within the body. These four acupoints form a pseudo-Qi Sea, through which the metallic spiritual energy is inhaled and exhaled through the lungs, gathers, and then enters these four Qi Sea acupoints for layer-by-layer refinement.

Only the final wisp of spiritual energy can be used to cultivate this Golden Yuan Sword Qi.

With this skill, a Qi Refining expert like myself, who has already achieved Foundation Establishment Godhood, would think that defeating a Qi Refining peerless swordsman in one move wouldn't be excessive.

The other set of cultivation methods is the Selected Path of the Dead, which is not as difficult to cultivate. Although it is a metal-attribute cultivation method, its main principle is that if you can't hurt me, I win.

It contains the Xuanjin Gang Qi that it has cultivated. Even in its initial stage, its strength is no weaker than that of a typical high-level magic weapon. When cultivated to its peak, it can even withstand the power of a top-grade magic weapon.

Chen Xuanzhou kept taking out blank jade slips from his storage bag, comparing them with the characteristics of each of the several cultivation techniques, and designing different plans.

This change took more than half a month. At this time, his clothes were wrinkled, and although his complexion was still okay, his eyes were already bloodshot.

"This shouldn't be happening. I've already gone through the deductions several times. How could the fusion of the two techniques still result in a reversal of magical power?"

As Chen Xuanzhou muttered to himself, he was recording something in the jade slip.

This was his twentieth attempt to practice the technique he had derived, but unfortunately, after so many days, his only achievement was mastering the Zhen character technique.

This is almost a direct copy of the original technique's secret method.

This also made him doubt the effects of the condensed beads for a time.

After several more deductions, Chen Xuanzhou, still unwilling to believe in superstition, took out the Lotus Ferry and prepared to sit on it again, hoping to use the pressure of external spiritual energy to unify the magic power within his body.

But as soon as he stood up, his whole body suddenly swayed. Fortunately, the table next to him supported him and prevented him from falling to the ground.

"Hiss... cough cough!"

Chen Xuanzhou held onto the table while pressing his head with one hand, as if countless fine needles were pricking his head.

"Huff... huff... huff!"

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xuanzhou was panting heavily, cold sweat dripping from his face onto the ground, but his complexion had actually become a little rosier.

Leaning against the table, Chen Xuanzhou slowly sat down on the ground. He did nothing but rest his head on the edge of the table, close his eyes, and meditate.

It was quite some time before Chen Xuanzhou finally opened his eyes.

Although his eyes were still bloodshot, they were much better than before.

"I was careless. This was the first time I'd used the Condensed Pearl for such a long time to achieve enlightenment. My spiritual energy was severely depleted, and I almost damaged my very essence..."

Chen Xuanzhou breathed a long sigh of relief, still feeling a bit shaken. In just over ten days, the white condensed beads had been completely used up, and eleven orange condensed beads had been used as well. It had truly been a thrilling and risky gamble.

. . .

Knowing that creating a new method was not something that could be done overnight, Chen Xuanzhou gradually calmed down and stopped trying to force it. Instead, he took out the Awakening Mirror and began to examine it.

Chen Xuanzhou chose this treasured artifact, which was the last thing in the fourth house, not only because of its strong lightning attribute. No matter how strong its power was, if it didn't match his cultivation method, he wouldn't be able to unleash the full power of this magic weapon.

The main reason why Chen Xuanzhou valued it was because it contained four sets of spells: the primary high-level Lightning Strike and Lightning Ring Barrier, and the intermediate spells Heavenly Thunder Draw and Thunderous Sound of Awakening of Insects.

Lightning spells are known for their explosive power. Even basic and advanced spells are generally too powerful for Foundation Establishment cultivators to withstand head-on. Chen Xuanzhou hoped to use the Awakening of Insects to master these spells.

Of course, with his unparalleled comprehension, even without the Awakening of Insects, he would have no problem cultivating.

However, he naturally had to focus his comprehension on more important matters; cultivating a thunder technique was not worth his full effort.