Chapter 12: Making Up a Cultivation Technique, Xu Yan Realizes

Xu Yan saw his master wave, and his spirits immediately lifted as he excitedly approached.

"Master must have noticed that I am just one step away from reaching the Golden Bone stage and am encountering a bottleneck. This is to guide me to break through to the Golden Bone stage!"

Excitedly, he came to Li Xuan and respectfully bowed, saying, "Master!"

"Hmm, you can maintain your enthusiasm and diligently cultivate, which is very good!"

Seeing Xu Yan's excited face, Li Xuan nodded, acknowledging his hard work.

In his heart, he sighed, "People with poor brains are just stubborn. Even if they can't cultivate much, they always remain diligent, which is truly rare!"

"I have to admit, this disciple is actually... really good, it's just that I'm not a high-level expert!"

Although Xu Yan was stubborn and not very smart, easily deceived, it had to be said that his pursuit and dedication to cultivation were truly commendable.

"You have been cultivating for some time now, and you have practiced the horse stance for a long time. Today, Master will teach you something stronger."

Li Xuan said, putting on the appearance of a strict teacher.

"Thank you, Master!"

Xu Yan was extremely excited. Indeed, Master saw that I have encountered a bottleneck at the Golden Bone stage and is teaching me a stronger method to refine my body.

"Watch carefully!"

Li Xuan then turned sideways, bent his knees, placed one foot in front of the other, and slightly squatted. His hands were positioned one above the other, one in front and one behind; his left hand was in front of his abdomen, palm down, and his right hand was raised to shoulder height, palm up.

After assuming the posture, he looked at Xu Yan and said, "From now on, you will practice this horse stance. Do you understand?"

Xu Yan mimicked his posture, assumed the horse stance, and nodded, saying, "Master, I understand!"

Li Xuan relaxed his posture, placed one hand behind his back, and said, "This is the basic posture. There are two lines of the cultivation technique. You should ponder them well. How much you can understand depends on your luck."

Just teaching a new horse stance would be too monotonous, so he decided to make up a line of the cultivation technique.

Li Xuan thought about this and slowly said, "Remember this: The cultivation technique is 'Cultivate the mind to observe the self, nourish the true intention, and let the blood and qi transform into a golden body.' You should ponder it well. If you can understand the technique, you will experience its wonders."

After saying this, Li Xuan walked away with his hands behind his back, exuding the demeanor of a high-level master.

At this moment, Xu Yan was extremely excited, muttering to himself, "Cultivate the mind to observe the self, nourish the true intention, and let the blood and qi transform into a golden body... Truly profound and extraordinary, I must ponder it carefully!"

"This must be the secret to refining the Golden Bone and even the Jade Bone. If I can understand its profundity, I will surely be able to refine the Golden Bone!"

Xu Yan was completely immersed in the "cultivation technique," lost in thought.

His mind was filled with the technique, repeatedly reciting and pondering it, trying to understand its deeper meaning.

However, even deep into the night, he still couldn't grasp its essence!

"It's too profound. I have already had a high level of understanding and deep insight into bone refinement, yet I can't understand its profundity in a short time."

"Indeed, as Master said, if I can understand the technique, I will experience its profundity."

"Xu Yan, you can do it, you can understand the technique, and you can refine the Golden Bone!"

Xu Yan kept encouraging himself.

His gaze was firm, and he was not discouraged at all.

It had been less than a day, and such a profound technique would take three to five days to understand, which is quite normal.

...

Before going to bed, Li Xuan came out to check and saw that the foolish disciple Xu Yan was still standing there, muttering the made-up technique.

"Is this foolish boy going crazy?"

"His mind shouldn't be affected."

So he said, "It's late, you should go to bed!"

Xu Yan snapped back to reality, hurriedly bowed, and said, "Yes, Master!"

Li Xuan nodded. Although the foolish disciple was a bit crazy, he still listened to his master, so there shouldn't be a big problem.

If he really gets stuck, he can just talk to him and guide him.

Thinking this, Li Xuan went back to his room to sleep.

Xu Yan took a deep breath and thought, "Understanding comes with timing and inspiration. Forcing it will only make it harder to grasp, almost leading to a loss of self-control and mental confusion."

"Thank Master for waking me up!"

"Rest, recover, and restore my mental state. I will continue tomorrow."

"The technique is so profound; it can't be understood in a day or two. It should take about three to five days to understand. My talent isn't that bad!"

After thinking this through, Xu Yan went to rest.

...

Three days passed in a blink.

Xu Yan continued his usual routine: cultivation, gardening, feeding chickens, raising rabbits, and cooking, without any change in his schedule.

The only change was the horse stance posture.

And he was still stuck at the Copper Bone stage, unable to advance further.

Every day during his cultivation, he pondered the two lines of the "technique," but he still couldn't understand its profundity.

Three days had passed, and he had gained nothing.

"If I can't even understand two lines of the technique, how can I refine the Golden Bone? How can I enter the next stage?"

"This is just the basic realm's technique. The techniques after entering the next stage will be even more profound. How can I continue to cultivate?"

"Stay calm, don't be impatient! Master often says, don't be impatient, don't aim too high, and be down-to-earth... I must have missed something."

Xu Yan calmed his mind and relaxed.

"Master says, 'Without women in the heart, cultivation is like a god.' This is a state of mind, a way to eliminate the greatest distraction... Young men are easily attracted to women, which can disrupt their mental state."

"Master uses women as a metaphor for the greatest distraction in cultivation, which must have a deeper meaning. This shows that Master is reminding me not to be distracted by trivial matters."

"What is my distraction?"

Xu Yan pondered the phrase "Without women in the heart, cultivation is like a god," extending it to a series of profound meanings, and fell into deep thought.

If Li Xuan knew how much Xu Yan could imagine, he would be amazed, thinking, "This isn't a lack of intelligence, it's a huge imagination!"

"My distraction... is cultivation, always thinking about cultivation, but is this a distraction?"

"I understand!"

Suddenly, a flash of insight appeared in Xu Yan's mind, and he understood again.

"Cultivation is a quest, a belief, a will, and I have only stayed at the level of obsession, which has become a distraction!"

"I should abandon the obsession with cultivation itself and focus on the present, forgetting external things and unnecessary perceptions... being free from all things and self, fully immersing myself in the technique to understand it deeply..."

At this moment, it was as if a window opened in Xu Yan's mind, and a flash of insight appeared, bringing endless insights.

The true meaning of the two lines of the technique was now like a thin veil, just needing a gentle touch to reveal the hidden truth!

"Cultivate the mind to observe the self, cultivate the mind to see clearly, observe the self to understand the blood and qi, observe the self to perceive the changes in the body, nourish the true intention... which means the blood and qi are nurtured in the bones, nurtured in the bone marrow, transforming the blood and qi, elevating the bone marrow..."

"I understand!"

Xu Yan's eyes sparkled with excitement.

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