Chapter 10

It was a spring day.

A few weeping willows cast green shadows, and the orioles chirped melodiously as the pond turned green.

The sky and the light seemed to blend into one, the bright light penetrating the water, and the golden glow rippling on the waves.

Chen Yan sat in the garden, supporting his brow, lost in thought.

In front of him stood an old pine tree, shading half an acre, its branches drooping like a canopy, dense and impenetrable to the wind.

Upon closer inspection, over twenty birdcages of various sizes hung from the branches, red as rosy clouds, small and exquisite. However, they did not contain birds but chubby babies.

"Ah,"

"Ah ah,"

The twenty-odd chubby babies in the birdcages either sat there in a daze, crawled around, or rolled over, their clear and crisp sounds echoing.

"Hmm,"

Chen Yan raised his head, looking at the chubby babies in the birdcages, whose bodies were beginning to become ethereal. His mind stirred.

Before long,

The chubby babies turned transparent, just like that night, transforming into green light and plunging into the ground.

"Come."

Chen Yan moved swiftly, his large hand opening, exerting an inexplicable gravitational force. The green light entered his body, transforming into the purest essence, nourishing his flesh and bones.

"Phew,"

After a while, Chen Yan exhaled a turbid breath. His forehead shone like jade, with a lustrous glow like mist and clouds gathering.

"Truly a fine thing."

Chen Yan sensed the true qi within him, which had grown even stronger in this instant.

"Alas,"

Chen Yan looked at the birdcages hanging from the tree, now fewer than twenty, and sighed, "If only I could catch a hundred more, I wonder to what extent I could nourish my essence."

After the shaman's ghost attacked, Chen Yan discovered the power of the green light from the chubby babies and immediately went out to search, even offering a high price through Ying. However, the results were not optimistic. For some reason, after that day, the chubby babies, who used to appear frequently, began to scatter, and after a few days, they disappeared completely.

In the end, Chen Yan, despite his efforts, only managed to collect a hundred.

Of course, although the number was not large, absorbing them all was enough to bring his qi cultivation to perfection, allowing him to begin the preparation for the full circuit of qi.

After the full circuit of qi, the bridge between heaven and earth would be opened, allowing the true qi within his body to circulate through the full circuit, even entering the five organs and six viscera, marking an incredible transformation.

Passing this stage would lay the foundation for the supreme Dao. Next, he could transform qi into spirit, entering the mysterious and unfathomable realm of the spirit, developing various incredible abilities.

"What a fortuitous opportunity."

Chen Yan calmed his mind, his qi following his thoughts, penetrating the meridians, nourishing his flesh and bones and limbs.

Ten days later.

Chen Yan finally absorbed all the essence contained within the chubby babies, transforming it into true qi through the Six Jia Shangyuan Gong, filling his dantian and meridians.

His qi cultivation reached perfection, his meridians and bones were tempered, his qi was vigorous, his body light as a swallow, and his agility surpassed that of a monkey.

"Hey,"

Chen Yan felt a sense of expansion within his body, as if he had eaten too much and was feeling bloated.

"The true qi is overflowing, and the time is ripe for a breakthrough."

Chen Yan sensed the heat in the true qi, with wisps of mist rising, faintly sweet.

"Six Jia True Deity, virtue protects, heaven and earth unite."

Chen Yan recited the incantation, his dantian blazing, the true qi rumbling, exerting a compressive force and surging upward.

Boom,

The true qi boiled, like a surging river, or the bright sun and moon, drawing power from all directions.

Before long,

A grand heavenly gate appeared ahead, reaching up to the ninth heaven and down to the netherworld, the gate half-open, one side resplendent with gold and jade, the other side decayed and dark.

On the gate, one side bright and the other dark, one yin and the other yang, a mottled bronze lock was faintly visible, sealing the space behind it.

This was the bridge between heaven and earth, the shackles of the flesh.

"Six Jia Celestial Soldiers, purple qi from the east, open for me."

Chen Yan's eyes gleamed, following the records of the Six Jia Shangyuan Gong, he circulated his true qi, forming a seed, neither round nor flat, wrapped in purple qi, protected by the Six Jia.

Boom,

The true qi seed struck the gate forcefully, emitting three thousand rays of light, white qi rising, forming a picture of flying immortals. Numerous immortals, wearing ritual caps and celestial robes, were engaged in various activities—fishing for golden turtles, watching cranes under pines, playing chess, singing, or meditating, each in a different posture, exuding a divine aura.

Boom,

In the next moment, the gate collapsed, the bronze lock fell, and the bridge between heaven and earth was connected.

Buzz,

At that instant, the true qi spontaneously circulated through the full circuit, resonating with the external primordial qi, emitting a pleasant clear sound.

"Innate breathing, storing essence in the micro."

Hearing the celestial sound, Chen Yan's expression turned serious. He suppressed the unusual movements of the true qi within his body, guiding it into the five organs and six viscera, expelling impurities, eliminating yin, and invigorating the blood and qi.

Sealing the mystic gate, preventing the leakage of essence.

For a full half an hour, the celestial sound gradually diminished and finally disappeared.

"Done."

Chen Yan took a deep breath, the true qi began to circulate through the full circuit, emerging from the dantian, passing through the meridians, cleansing the acupoints, and the five organs resonated, faintly emitting the six sounds—ha, hu, xi, xu, xi, and chui.

The full circuit of qi, opening the bridge between heaven and earth, the blood and qi entering the brain, laying the foundation for future breakthroughs.

The Six Jia Shangyuan Gong Chen Yan practiced was one of the supreme mystic arts below the yin spirit, peaceful and grand, the true qi overflowing and naturally connecting the bridge between heaven and earth.

The entire process was smooth and uneventful, demonstrating the subtlety of the supreme mystic art.

In reality, the full circuit of qi should be a silent transformation.

As for those who repeatedly use their true qi to strike the bridge between heaven and earth, transforming it into swords and spears, and repeatedly attacking it, they either lack the true transmission or have not mastered their art. Even if they succeed by chance, they will leave hidden injuries in their meridians and acupoints, which will eventually backfire.

"Full circuit of qi,"

Suppressing all thoughts, Chen Yan steadily guided the true qi into the five organs and six viscera, expelling turbid qi and strengthening the blood and qi with each inhalation and exhalation.

Before practicing the full circuit of qi, to absorb essence, the main focus was on the five organs and six viscera. Strong five organs and six viscera could cause the flesh to undergo incredible changes, the blood and qi blazing like the sun and moon.

Only when the blood and qi were sufficiently strong could they reverse and ascend, opening the sea of consciousness and condensing the spirit, transforming essence into spirit.

After all, the sea of consciousness is usually tightly sealed, without the blazing blood and qi like the sun, it cannot be opened.

After all, this stage is different from the bridge between heaven and earth, which is located in the head. A slight misstep could damage the spirit, leading to the worst possible outcome.

"Full circuit completed, true qi circulating."

Chen Yan thought for a moment, stood up, and with a wave of his sleeve, his eyes flashing with a cold light, he murmured, "It's time to seek revenge on the old witch."

The old witch had consecutively used dark magic against him twice, and such a great enmity could not go unavenged.