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Chapter 152 Secret Medicines and Elixirs, Introduction to the Moon Concealment Technique

As soon as he heard this, Qin Chuan knew things were going to go wrong.

Deng Yifei's words successfully sowed discord.

If he couldn't explain himself clearly, Ma Yanwang and the others would definitely suspect him. After all, it's human nature to strive for higher positions, especially in a gang that only cares about interests.

Qin Chuan stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said with a smile, "Chief, I am just an ordinary manager of a gambling den. How could I possibly deserve the personal visit of a martial arts school master at the Meridian Opening Realm to accept a disciple? If he truly valued talent, why did he only say this in public after you arrived, Chief? This is clearly not for my disciple's ears, but for yours."

"Yesterday, Qi Xiuyuan suffered a loss outside the city. Deng Yifei dared not retaliate directly because of the gang leader's power, so he came up with this underhanded trick: to poach members from the Iron Hand Gang in public. He deliberately put on this show in front of the gang leader to make the gang leader suspicious of me and to cause chaos within our Iron Hand Gang."

"Besides, I have already become Master Hu's disciple. Master Hu has treated me very well. How could I possibly go to another sect?" Saying this, he shook his head and sighed, "This Deng Yifei, as the head of the martial arts school, I thought that might makes right. Who would have thought that he would have such a cunning mind?"

Qian Laifu, who was listening nearby, nodded slightly and said, "Chief, Qin Chuan is right. I've dealt with Deng Yifei a few times. He's extremely cunning and never does anything pointless. His visit today seems to have been premeditated, as if he just said what he was going to say and left. It does seem like he was deliberately planting a trap."

Master Hu flicked his whisk and chimed in, "My disciple is right. If Deng Yifei truly wanted to take on a disciple, would he say so in front of us? I've seen this trick of his many times before; it's nothing more than a scheme to sow discord and kill someone with a borrowed knife."

Hearing the two people beside him say this, Ma Yanwang chuckled twice and patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder: "Alright, don't be nervous. I was just asking casually. Since you know the answer yourself, that's for the best."

He paused, then said, "However, what you just said is right. Deng Yifei, that old fox, is indeed not to be underestimated."

If he comes looking for you again in the future, no matter what he says, please let me know first.

Qin Chuan quickly replied, "Don't worry, Chief, I know what to do."

Ma Yanwang nodded before turning and leaving.

Hu Daoren didn't rush to leave. He walked up to Qin Chuan and asked, "How are your injuries?"

Qin Chuan replied, "This disciple's internal injuries are quite severe, and I estimate that I will need some time to recuperate."

He was obviously lying to the Taoist priest. After all, the old Taoist priest was definitely up to no good if he came up to him, and was probably plotting how to make a move against him. This was a good opportunity to avoid him for a while and secretly improve his strength.

Upon hearing this, Hu Daoren frowned inwardly, feeling somewhat irritated. If this kid really needed to be raised for half a month or a month, his plan to refine pills and extract blood would have to be postponed.

And then Deng Yifei suddenly appeared. That old scoundrel poached Qin Chuan in public. Although Qin Chuan rejected him outright, who knows what that kid was really thinking?

If Deng Yifei comes knocking again with promises of great benefits, this rascal is quick-witted and might be tempted one day.

At that time, wouldn't all the blood bags he'd painstakingly nurtured for so long just be given away to someone else for nothing?

Thinking of this, Master Hu suppressed his irritation, put on his kind and caring expression again, reached into his sleeve, took out a small celadon bottle, and handed it over.

The small bottle was no bigger than a thumb, its body as smooth as jade, and its mouth was sealed tightly with wax, faintly emitting a medicinal fragrance.

Looking at the pill, Master Hu felt a pang of heartache, but he gritted his teeth and handed it over: "This is a Rejuvenation Pill that I personally refined. It is quite effective in repairing meridians and healing internal injuries. After you take it, your internal injuries will be healed in about three to five days, and it will also greatly benefit your Qi cultivation."

Qin Chuan accepted the celadon bottle and quickly thanked him, but he also pondered to himself that the old Taoist was willing to take out such a precious item, which meant that he must want something from him.

Sure enough, the next moment, Hu Daoren continued, "After you recover from your injuries, come to find your master. Didn't you want to learn magic?"

"I can teach you then."

Qin Chuan sneered inwardly, but his face was full of barely suppressed anticipation and joy. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Master! This disciple will definitely recover from my injuries as soon as possible and will never dare to let you down."

He put the Rejuvenation Pill into his pocket, chatted with the Taoist priest for a few more minutes, and then saw him out the door.

Seeing the Taoist robe disappear, Qin Chuan pondered the Taoist's thoughts.

Her desire to see him after recovering from her injuries, coupled with the use of magic to lure him, must indicate that she has a scheme in mind.

Qin Chuan glanced at the bottle of pills Qi Xiuyuan had handed him on the table, thought for a moment, and then put it away.

He certainly wouldn't take the pill rashly like that; he could first find someone knowledgeable to take a look.

At the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), Qin Chuan slowly opened his eyes, feeling the moonlight energy in his dantian. He also let out a long sigh, then looked at Liu Rushi, who was sitting cross-legged opposite him.

Liu Rushi opened her eyes at this moment, feeling the spiritual power in her dantian that had obviously grown stronger. A hint of uncontrollable joy appeared in her foxy eyes.

To be honest, when she agreed to cultivate with Qin Chuan, she didn't have high expectations for her own cultivation.

In her view, Qin Chuan's cultivation time was still short, and the spiritual power in his dantian was only in its initial stages. The effects of dual cultivation with him could be considered minimal.

It was better than nothing. Her initial thought was simple: to help Qin Chuan cultivate. As for how much she could benefit from it, she didn't care at all.

But after practicing "dual cultivation" these days, she realized that she had made a big mistake.

As the moonlight flowed back and forth between their palms, it did not become sluggish or depleted due to Qin Chuan's shallow foundation. Instead, it seemed to have found an unexpected pathway, and each time it would be warmed and nourished within his body before flowing back with a layer of warm energy. When it entered her dantian, it was even more mellow than the moonlight she had cultivated herself.

After accumulating knowledge over this period, she was actually much faster than when she was studying alone.

Liu Rushi looked up and met Qin Chuan's gaze. Their eyes met, and a blush crept onto her face. To avoid embarrassment, Liu Rushi quickly changed the subject and asked, "Young Master, I've been wanting to ask you, how have you been able to persist for so long? Normally, a novice cultivator using moonlight energy would be forced to stop their practice by the chilling energy within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, otherwise their meridians would be affected by the cold. But you, you started with a quarter of an hour, and now it's gradually increased from half an hour to an hour. How did you manage to do that?"

Qin Chuan was also taken aback upon hearing this.

He had indeed heard Liu Rushi mention before that moonlight was cold in nature and that one should act according to one's ability, but he had never felt that so-called coldness when he was cultivating, so he always thought that it was because the time he cultivated each day was not long enough and he had not yet reached that threshold.

As it turns out, Liu Rushi is telling him that it's not that the time was too short; in fact, his cultivation time had exceeded that by several times. It's his own fault.

Qin Chuan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, going through the changes in his mind before and after practicing the Moon Gazing and Qi Consumption Technique over the past few days, and he already had an idea in mind.

He then raised his eyes to look at Liu Rushi: "Miss Liu, do you still remember that I possess a yang aura?"

Liu Rushi nodded slightly.

When they met at Xiangmanlou a few days ago, she sensed a malevolent aura about him. She didn't know if it disappeared or if she had gotten used to it over time and forgotten about it.

"I hadn't thought about this before." Qin Chuan raised his right hand and sensed it. "But every time I practiced the Moon Gazing Qi Absorption Technique, the Yang Sha Qi in my body was much thinner than before I started practicing. I thought it was because it was nighttime. Now that I think about it, the moonlight is Yin and Yang Sha Qi is Yang, so the two should naturally neutralize each other."

He then changed the subject and took out two bottles from his pocket.

It was the "Rejuvenation Pill" given by Taoist Hu and the secret medicine given by Qi Xiuyuan.

He asked, "Miss Liu, this is a pill someone gave me. I'd like you to help me check if there's anything hidden inside it."

Liu Rushi reached out and took the two porcelain bottles. She first brought them close to her nose to smell them, then uncorked them, poured the pills inside into her palm, examined them for a moment in the moonlight, and then gently scraped off a small corner with her fingernail before sniffing it carefully a few times.

She first pointed to the small white bottle: "This secret medicine should be for strengthening bones and muscles. It is mild in nature, and the main ingredients should be tiger bone and thousand-year-old vine, supplemented with a few herbs that promote blood circulation and unblock meridians. It is non-toxic and contains no other ingredients."

"As for this bottle?" Liu Rushi paused, somewhat surprised. "It's rather unexpected. It must have contained spiritual herbs, along with other nourishing and strengthening ingredients. The medicinal properties are pure and mild, quite suitable for consumption during cultivation. It's also non-toxic."

"A miraculous medicine?" Qin Chuan asked, sounding somewhat puzzled.

Liu Rushi explained, "Spiritual herbs are different from ordinary herbs. Ordinary medicinal herbs absorb the nourishment of the soil and water, growing in fields and mountains, and no matter how many years they grow, they are still just ordinary things. But spiritual herbs are different. They must grow in places where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathers, accumulating that spiritual energy into their roots, stems, leaves, and veins over time before they can be called spiritual herbs. These things grow extremely slowly; a single spiritual herb takes at least several decades, and sometimes over a hundred years, to take shape. Harvesting them is also quite particular; the slightest carelessness will cause the medicinal properties to be lost. Ordinary people may not even have seen them, let alone used them."

Looking at the pill in her hand, she took another gentle sniff and continued, "Although the amount of spiritual herbs added to this Rejuvenation Pill is not large, it is enough to make the potency of this medicine several levels higher than that of ordinary pills."

As she spoke, Liu Rushi put the pill back into the bottle and handed it to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan didn't rush to take it, and said, "Miss Liu, since this pill contains spiritual herbs that are helpful for cultivation, why don't we divide it in two and each of us take half?"

Hearing this, Liu Ru was taken aback. She hadn't expected Qin Chuan to want to share half of the pill with her after obtaining it. She knew that in the demon realm, cultivation resources were something you had to fight for; few were willing to share unless there was an extraordinary relationship between them. Qin Chuan's willingness to share the pill with her was truly commendable...

In just a moment, Liu Rushi thought of many things. If he asked her, should she wait a while before agreeing, or should she agree immediately?

If she agrees too quickly, will it seem like she's been waiting for him to speak?

If I wait a while before agreeing, will he think I'm hesitating?

"Miss Liu?" Qin Chuan noticed that she had suddenly lost in thought and waited for a while without receiving a response, so he couldn't help but call out tentatively.

"Oh," Liu Rucong snapped out of her reverie, her earlobes visibly flushed red. "This pill was a gift from someone else, how could I accept it? Besides, it won't be very effective for me. You haven't been cultivating for long, so you should take it."

Qin Chuan took the bottle without further hesitation, putting it back in his pocket. He then asked, "Miss Liu, could you teach me a way to conceal my cultivation aura?"

He paused for a moment, then explained, "As you know, I have a lot of mixed elements—yang energy, spiritual power, and blood energy all mixed together. Sometimes, even I find myself conspicuous when I walk down the street. If there were a way to suppress them, it would make things much easier for me in my daily life."

Hearing this request, Liu Rushi didn't refuse. After all, she had already taught him the "Moon Gazing Qi Absorption Method" passed down in her clan, so what difference would it make if he used another method to conceal his aura? "I do indeed have a method to conceal one's cultivation aura, called the Moon Concealing Method." Once you master it, you can suppress your own aura. "Come, I'll first teach you the incantation and the Qi circulation route."

The "Concealing the Moon" technique is not complicated in essence. The key lies in the dantian. One must use one's own spiritual power as a guide to weave an extremely fine barrier of energy around the dantian, sealing most of the spiritual energy and malevolent energy within the core.

Having explained the key points, Liu Rushi raised her chin and gestured, "Come, try it first. Don't be impatient. First, focus your mind on your dantian and follow the route I just described."

Qin Chuan closed his eyes as instructed and focused his mind on his dantian.

On the other side, Liu Rushi continued explaining the secrets, "The core of the Concealing Moon Technique lies in the two words 'weaving a net.' You must divide the spiritual energy in your dantian into extremely fine threads, then use your intention to control the energy, making these threads intertwine and entwine, forming a dense and tight net around the dantian, trapping and suppressing the overflowing energy, gradually converging it inward..."

As she spoke, recalling her own embarrassing experience when she first learned this technique, her tone held a hint of comfort from someone who had been through it all: "When I first learned this Concealing the Moon technique, I spent two days just on the weaving of the net, trying it over and over again, so you don't have to—"

Before she could finish speaking, Qin Chuan slowly opened his eyes.

Liu Rushi was taken aback, and swallowed back the second half of her sentence, "No need to be in a hurry."

She subconsciously assumed that Qin Chuan had lost his composure and left prematurely, since less than an incense stick's time had passed since he closed his eyes.

At this hour, even the spiritual energy in the meridians probably hasn't been properly regulated, let alone weaving a net.

Her expression remained unchanged, but her tone softened, carrying a hint of comfort: "This 'Moon Concealment Technique' sounds simple, but it's quite difficult to master. An ordinary person would need at least ten days to half a month. Don't be impatient; with my help, you should be able to do it within three to five days..."

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She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

Because at that very moment, she clearly sensed that Qin Chuan's previously flamboyant and outward-flowing aura suddenly seemed to be gripped tightly by something, and instantly sank down.

In just a few breaths, Qin Chuan seemed to have completely transformed.

Just moments ago, he was a Blood Condensation Realm martial artist with a sharp edge and an aura swirling around him, but now he sits there quietly, his aura as restrained as that of an ordinary person.

Liu Rushi's alluring eyes widened slightly, and she even paused for a moment, "You—you succeeded?"

Qin Chuan sensed the aura around him, nodded, and replied, "It should be successful."

This "Moon Concealment Technique" tests a person's ability to control their spiritual power. It may be difficult for others, but it is quite simple for Qin Chuan.

After all, he possesses many professional skills that can increase his self-control. This combination makes his control far exceed that of ordinary people, which is why he was able to master the basics so quickly.

Seeing this scene, Liu Rushi, who was standing nearby, was also somewhat moved. The longer she spent with this person, the more she felt that she couldn't see him clearly.

When they first met at Xiangmanlou, she discovered that he was Xiaoxiaosheng and assumed he was a talented gambling house manager who could write a few good poems and paint a few good paintings. Later, she saw that he learned everything quickly, from taking the imperial examinations to practicing martial arts and cultivating his inner energy, all of which exceeded her expectations.

This person is like a bright pearl wrapped in layers of coarse cloth. With each layer of cloth uncovered, a little light is revealed, but as one layer of cloth is uncovered, the light never seems to end.

I wonder how much this person is hiding?

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

Qin Chuan hadn't had a moment's rest during those five days.

After arranging matters between Heaven and Earth during the day, he devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

He also directly consumed the Rejuvenation Pill from Master Hu and the secret medicine sent by Qi Xiuyuan.

With the help of the Rejuvenation Pill, Qin Chuan finally broke through the initial stage of "Qi Induction" and reached the minor completion stage, and his spiritual power also increased significantly.

In martial arts, with the help of that secret medicine, although he failed to break through to the Bone Forging Realm, he steadily stepped into the peak of the Blood Condensation Realm, just one step away from the Bone Forging Realm.

Feeling the surging blood and qi in his body, Qin Chuan slowly exhaled. With a slight thought, the Concealing Moon Technique quietly activated, and the spiritual energy barrier on the outer layer of his dantian silently tightened, sealing most of his blood and qi and spiritual energy in the core, leaving only a wisp of weak aura similar to that of a minor completion of the Blood Condensation Realm to circulate outside.

He has now mastered the technique of concealing the moon quite well. As long as he doesn't actively reveal it, others should not be able to see through his true cultivation level.

In this way, even if his cultivation level breaks through, he should be able to deceive that Taoist Hu.

However, he did not deliberately lower his cultivation level too much, keeping it the same as when he last met Hu Daoren.

With everything ready, Qin Chuan straightened his clothes, pushed open the door, and walked towards the Iron Hand Gang's headquarters.

Today was the day that Master Hu had invited him to learn "magic arts." He had been putting it off for five days, and it was time to keep his appointment.

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