Elderly Martial Saint: Sixty Times the Cultivation Speed ​​at the Start

The Qingxin Pavilion is located in a semi-underground courtyard behind the headquarters of the Sky Patrol Bureau, with the entrance built on the back of a small hill.

All that could be seen at the entrance was a stone tablet with the three characters "Qingxin Pavilion" engraved on it, the strokes worn smooth by polishing.

A middle-aged man with a stubble beard sat in front of the door, wearing the same uniform as Yi Yang, a candidate chief inspector, and was dozing off in a rattan chair.

Yi Yang walked up to the other person and gently woke them up.

"cough."

The middle-aged man lifted his eyelids slightly, revealing a cloudy eyeball that glanced at Yi Yang's attire before closing it again.

"Room B costs 5,000 taels per visit, Room A costs 20,000 taels, and Room C costs 2,000 taels. Bring your own elixirs; meals are not provided."

Yi Yang took the five thousand taels of silver notes out of his pocket, placed them on the stone table beside the other person, and said:

"I want a room with the letter '乙' in the middle."

The silver note that was placed on the table was instantly snatched away by a hand and stuffed into a sleeve pocket.

The middle-aged man didn't even lift his eyelids, and pointed to the left.

Room 6, No. B

"Go down the stone steps, and the door on the third floor with the number six on it is the one."

The lights inside have been added. The essence of water and wood will naturally seep from the ground, allowing you to cultivate on your own. When you come out, knock three times, and I will open the door from the outside.

Yi Yang cupped his hands in thanks to the other party.

The other person had already turned over and gone back to sleep.

Yi Yang walked down the stone steps.

The deeper you go, the cooler the air becomes, carrying a damp, woody scent—not strong, but invigorating once it enters your nostrils.

Yi Yang found the room marked with the number "six" on the third floor.

The door to this stone chamber was unlocked. Once pushed open, the interior was not large, about two zhang in diameter, with rough-hewn rock walls on all four sides.

In the very center lay a thick futon, and in the corner of the wall was an ever-burning lamp. Faint green mist slowly seeped out from the cracks in the stone beside it.

That must be the essence of water and wood.

Yi Yang went inside and closed the door from the inside.

He sat down cross-legged, took out the nameless book from his robes, and turned to the True Qi Realm chapter.

The words on the booklet were written densely in extremely fine, tiny characters, with close spacing between the lines.

The cultivation method for the True Qi Realm chapter is completely different from the previous levels.

The Qi and Blood Realm trains the physical body, while the Inner Qi Realm trains the meridians and the Qi Sea.

Upon reaching the True Qi Realm, the "Yi Wood Nourishing Life Exercise" requires "transforming Qi into Qi and drawing wood into the body."

Simply put, it's about gradually transforming the internal energy that has been circulating in the body for many years into the true energy of the wood element.

This process cannot be accomplished overnight.

The Qi Sea condensed in the Inner Qi Realm is like a stagnant pool of water. What the True Qi Realm needs to do is evaporate this pool of water and then condense it into True Qi of another kind.

By using the true energy of the Wood element, one can draw the essence of heaven and earth into the body, integrating it into the skin, flesh, tendons, and membranes to temper oneself.

This is what the early stage of the True Qi Realm, and also the early to mid-stage of the Inner Qi Realm, needs to do: forge a body forged through a hundred refinements, so that when ordinary hundred-refinement weapons (high-quality blades) are worn on the body, only a white mark is left.

For an ordinary martial artist, it would take years to reach this level.

Because using true qi to guide the essence of heaven and earth into the body, and then using the cultivation method as a guide to inject it into the skin, flesh, tendons and fascia to temper oneself, this step is extremely troublesome.

Even a slight deviation can cause problems with the meridians.

Yi Yang finished reading the first three pages of the general outline, closed the booklet, and shut his eyes.

He guided the internal energy along the new meridians, following the path described in the exercise.

The Hidden Breath Formless Technique was temporarily released, and the Qi of the True Qi Realm rose from the Qi Sea, slowly advancing along the first meridian marked on the booklet.

The pale green essence of water and wood in the room was drawn by his energy and seeped into his skin from all directions.

Yi Yang's pores opened, greedily absorbing this natural essence.

One cycle is complete.

Yi Yang opened his eyes and looked at the panel that only he could see.

【Yi Wood Nourishing Life Skill - True Qi Realm - Body Forged Through a Hundred Refinements (360/1000000)】

A perfect number of one million.

But he didn't pay attention to the huge denominator.

What caught his attention was the "360".

Under normal circumstances, he gains 1 point of basic progress in one round of cultivation, which becomes 60 points after the Heavenly Mandate 60x bonus.

But the panel is currently displaying 360.

It was six times more than expected.

Yi Yang thought about it in his mind and immediately understood.

This must be due to the enhancement from the essence of water and wood within this stone chamber.

The environment of this secret place increased his efficiency sixfold each time he practiced his internal energy.

Multiplying six times by the sixty times destiny means that the progress increases by 360 points with each cycle.

Yi Yang's lips twitched, and he sighed. No wonder Zhou Fangyu couldn't forget this place; it truly was a treasure.

He pasted the booklet next to the meditation cushion, closed his eyes, and continued his cultivation. From that moment on, he did not intend to leave the stone chamber except to eat and drink.

Half a month passed just like that.

From dawn till dusk, Yi Yang sat cross-legged in the Yi-character stone chamber.

The essence of water and wood seeps out from the earth day and night, and is drawn into his body by his cultivation technique, transforming into nourishment for the true qi of the wood element.

On the third day, 30% of his original true energy was separated and transformed into Yi Wood True Energy.

On the seventh day, the conversion was more than halfway complete.

On the twelfth day, only a thin layer of the attribute-less true energy remained in his body.

By the fifteenth day, the transformation was completely complete.

More than half a month has passed.

Yi Yang opened his eyes in the stone chamber.

The previously dense and chaotic true energy deep within his dantian had completely vanished.

Instead, a true qi with a faint woody scent, its entire body a bluish-green color, slowly circulated through the meridians.

The true energy of Yi Wood emanated from his body, which also radiated a luminous glow. This was the effect of tempering oneself by incorporating the essence of heaven and earth.

Yi Yang looked at the panel, wanting to know how his progress had been over the past two weeks.

【Yi Wood Health Cultivation Exercise - True Qi Realm (285360/1000000)】

285,000, nearly 30% complete.

In just over half a month, we've pushed the progress to nearly 30%.

This speed brought a glimmer of light to Yi Yang's eyes; he had been working on this for some time now.

He stood up and stretched his legs, which had gone numb from sitting.

The true qi of the wood element within the body circulated naturally with the movement, and the turquoise qi flowed along the fascia, completely different from the previous chaotic true qi.

Resilient. Enduring. Everlasting.

The True Qi of the Yi Wood attribute lacks the fierce and domineering quality of the Mountain Range, but it excels in its continuous and sustained power.

Yi Yang clenched his fist, feeling that the power within his body had become even stronger than it had been half a month ago.

He raised his hand and patted the stone door three times.

Footsteps came from outside the door, and the latch was pulled open from the outside.

It was the same unshaven gatekeeper, leaning against the doorframe, yawning and asking:

"Are you out?"

"They're out."

The gatekeeper glanced at him, his nostrils flaring as if he had sensed something.

His expression subtly changed, and he glanced at Yi Yang again, but said nothing and stepped aside.

Yi Yang walked out of Qingxin Pavilion, but the sunlight outside, which he hadn't seen for many days, made him squint.

I haven't seen the sun for half a month, and my skin has become a bit paler.

He stood in front of the stone tablet for a moment, then used the Hidden Breath Formless Technique to suppress the newly transformed Yi Wood True Qi within his body, causing the exposed Qi to return to the state of perfect inner Qi.