Chapter 3

"Discontinuous Spirit Pill."

Lu Qinghe watched as Yi Yingying left, locked the door, boiled some hot water, and made all the necessary preparations. In his hand, he poured out the spirit pill.

As soon as the spirit pill was in his hand, a fragrant aroma filled the air.

As Lu Qinghe swallowed the pill, it instantly transformed into a stream of coolness, flowing into his body.

Like the gentle spring rain that nourishes silently, the originally aching meridians, under the nourishment of the Discontinuous Spirit Pill, felt a refreshing coolness. Without needing to focus, Lu Qinghe could feel the rapid improvement in his meridian condition.

"Blood beef, Body Strengthening Powder."

A moment after swallowing the Discontinuous Spirit Pill, Lu Qinghe turned to the food Yi Yingying had brought him. He took it out and began to eat, bite by bite.

Beef itself has a nourishing effect, and with the addition of Body Strengthening Powder, as his intestines and stomach digested, Lu Qinghe felt a wave of heat emanating from within his body.

Without hesitation, Lu Qinghe licked his lower jaw and stood in a peculiar posture.

"Buzz, buzz!"

A special oscillation frequency emanated from Lu Qinghe's body, like thunder rumbling, resonating continuously within him.

The Thunder Sound Body Cultivation Technique.

A superior method of body cultivation.

This body cultivation technique has extremely strict requirements for the mind and spirit, as it stimulates rapid cell division to strengthen the body and refine the blood and qi. A slight mistake could lead to the collapse of the physical body and complete paralysis.

Lu Qinghe had already mastered this body cultivation technique through special methods. However, when he was first reborn in this body, his physical body was fragile, and he dared not practice it easily. Now, after swallowing the Discontinuous Spirit Pill and consuming blood beef and Body Strengthening Powder, the medicinal power within his body surged, and using this technique could further enhance the effectiveness of the medicine.

If he continued like this, the meridian damage that would normally take ten to fifteen days to recover could be fully healed in just three to four days.

"Phew!"

An hour later, Lu Qinghe was drenched in sweat, and his physical body was under extreme load. However, he persisted until the last bit of medicinal effect was fully utilized and integrated into his body. The unique oscillation frequency then gradually ceased.

With some difficulty, he took a tired but steady step and slowly entered the bathtub filled with hot water and herbs, sitting down completely and remaining still.

"Begin to circulate true qi."

Lu Qinghe rested for an hour, his eyes closed.

"Phew."

Long whale inhalation!

The true qi within his body slowly circulated, starting from the lower dantian, passing through the perineum and the ground gate, along the spine and the Governor Vessel through the tailbone, the Jiaji, and the Yuzhen three gates, reaching the top of the head at the Niwan point, then descending through the ears, meeting at the tip of the tongue, connecting with the Conception Vessel, and returning to the lower dantian along the center of the chest and abdomen.

The entire process was slow, taking half an hour to complete one cycle. This speed was just slightly better than that of beginners who were just sensing true qi, and it was twice as slow as the initial stage of the Small Circulation, where practitioners complete twelve small cycles in an hour.

However, Lu Qinghe was already satisfied with this.

"The Small Circulation and the Great Circulation correspond to the True Qi Refinement Realm, refining true qi. Using an hour as a standard, completing twelve small cycles is the first level, twenty-four small cycles is the second level, and thirty-six small cycles is the third level. The third level is also known as the completion of the Small Circulation, requiring the opening of the Conception and Governor Vessels, and the circulation through the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, transforming the true qi from postnatal to prenatal, entering the Great Circulation Realm. After completing twelve great cycles, one reaches the fourth level of True Qi Refinement."

Lu Qinghe had previously been able to complete thirty-six cycles, equivalent to the peak of the third level of True Qi Refinement. He only needed to open the Conception and Governor Vessels and transform the true qi from postnatal to prenatal to enter the fourth level. Now, despite his meridians not being fully recovered, his cultivation was slow, but the effects of the cycles were significant.

After cultivating for half a day, he should have rested, but with his meridians just recovering, he couldn't stop for a moment.

He leaped to the left.

Lu Qinghe, the sixty-fourth son of the Snow Sword Manor's lord, was born to a maid.

The lord of the Snow Sword Manor, Lu Qingfeng, was enthusiastic about sowing seeds and had ninety-three children. All of his children were sent to various academies, sects, and noble families for cultivation.

The Snow Sword Manor was financially strong, and due to his achievements in Qingyuan City, Lu Qinghe had a slightly better economic situation. Although he couldn't afford the priceless Discontinuous Spirit Pill, he lived in the most luxurious dormitory, equipped with a dedicated cultivation room.

"Shooting Star."

Lu Qinghe's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

In the next moment, the sharp sword in his hand transformed into a brilliant streak of light, piercing through the air.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Lu Qinghe thrust his sword twenty times in succession.

As he gradually tested the limits of his physical body, his true qi began to circulate, and his sword technique suddenly changed. The sky seemed to be filled with starlight, and the sword light spread everywhere, like a shooting star crossing the void.

After a moment, Lu Qinghe exhaled and sheathed his sword, standing still again, with a fine sweat on his forehead.

This was due to the weakness of his true qi and the intense consumption.

"Shooting Star Piercing the Moon Sword Technique."

Lu Qinghe's eyes were calm and composed.

True qi was indeed incomparable to physical strength.

In the Earth world, during the End Law Era, ordinary people could only refine their blood and qi, condensing physical strength. Although they could cut through the air and break wood, the gap between true qi leaving the body and invisibly harming others was vast.

On Earth, relying on the circulation of physical strength to stimulate the body's power, Lu Qinghe could thrust seven times per second.

Now, with the enhancement of true qi, he could thrust eight times per second when using his full strength.

Although it was only one more thrust, at this stage of initial true qi cultivation, the effect was already significant.

If he could reach the completion of the Small Circulation, the third level of True Qi Refinement, he could easily thrust ten times per second.

"Hmm?"

Just as Lu Qinghe was quite satisfied with his sword technique, his mind suddenly immersed into his spirit.

To be precise...

It was the spiritual world.

Here, a sword was floating.

"Qingping."

Seeing this ancient sword filled with a sense of vicissitudes, Lu Qinghe felt a sense of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

"You're here too."

The familiar ancient sword reminded Lu Qinghe of his extraordinary encounter at the age of fifteen on Earth.

Qingping.

When he obtained this sword, it transformed into a green light and settled in his spiritual world.

Since then, whenever he focused on this sword, his mind became unprecedentedly calm, clear, and transparent.

In this state of calm, his emotions were completely unaffected, and his surroundings were thoroughly perceived.

His thinking reached its peak at this moment.

Once, he counted the spines of a cactus in ten seconds in this state.

The cost was merely the exhaustion of his mind, followed by a day of sleep.

This miraculous phenomenon left Lu Qinghe in awe.

Due to the name Qingping, Lu Qinghe speculated that this sword might be the divine sword of the sage Tongtian from mythology.

Unfortunately, when he sought verification, he ultimately learned that Earth was in the End Law Era, and the pursuit of truth and the path of cultivation were hopeless. Myths and legends remained just that.

To seek cultivation and the path of truth, to open the door to the truth, he risked his life, crossed the star sea, and finally arrived in this new world, reborn in the fire.

"With my current physical condition, is there a way to further enhance the Shooting Star Piercing the Moon Sword Technique?"

Lu Qinghe muttered to himself.

Focusing on the Qingping sword in his mind, the surroundings gradually became quiet.

Free from all distractions, every move and form of the Shooting Star Piercing the Moon Sword Technique was crystal clear in his spiritual world.

In his mind, he held the sword, drew it out in an instant, and practiced, with the sword technique and true qi circulation following a completely different trajectory, striking like lightning.

"True qi circulation..."

Lu Qinghe carefully sensed, and some previously vague ideas and speculations emerged.

"Whoosh!"

In the next moment, the true qi was activated, and his sharp sword thrust out instantly.

"Bang!"

The sword light pierced the air, and a faint sound of air explosion echoed.

After a moment, the sword light dissipated.

Lu Qinghe's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"One second, ten thrusts."

Through the true qi circulation method conceived in his spiritual world, Lu Qinghe directly broke through the barrier of eight thrusts per second, reaching the level of ten thrusts per second.

This was almost equivalent to advancing two levels.

"Sword techniques are profound and extensive. The same sword technique can have vastly different power when used by different people in different states. By slightly modifying the true qi circulation and the sword trajectory, I significantly increased the power of the Shooting Star Piercing the Moon Sword Technique."

This unexpected yet expected gain made Lu Qinghe more determined about his future.

"The changes in the Shooting Star Piercing the Moon Sword Technique have opened my mind. This sword technique, which I learned on Earth and summarized from the most promising 'Taishang Sword Canon' for seeking truth and enlightenment, can have its power greatly increased when combined with true qi. If I use true qi instead of physical strength to refine my bones, meridians, and even organs, once successful, my bones, meridians, and organs will be strong and flexible, capable of containing more true qi and having a greater burst of true qi, far surpassing ordinary people."

Thinking of this, he decided to act.

On Earth, martial artists refined their blood and qi, condensed physical strength, polished their bones, and refined their meridians, reaching the highest realm and even refining their organs and blood. Lu Qinghe was eager to try whether it was feasible to use true qi instead of internal strength.

"Hmm!"

As Lu Qinghe controlled his limited true qi to seep into his bones, a bone-chilling pain quickly spread throughout his body.

"This is not the way to cultivate. Physical strength is different from true qi. Physical strength is the result of the extreme refinement of blood and qi within the body, thus harmonizing with bones, meridians, and organs. However, true qi is obtained by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth..."

Considering the significant differences between the two, Lu Qinghe fell into deep thought.

"The cultivation method of immortals involves refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining spirit into emptiness... True qi can be obtained by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, or by refining blood and qi. In the End Law Era on Earth, I traversed rivers and mountains in search of spiritual mountains and blessed lands but found none. The essence of heaven and earth was lacking, and the essence of the body did not harmonize with the essence of heaven and earth, making it impossible to draw on the power of heaven and earth to refine the body. With a lack of blood and qi, how could I refine essence into qi!"

Lu Qinghe's eyes flashed with a divine light.

In the End Law Era on Earth, the essence of heaven and earth did not exist, making it impossible to refine essence into qi.

But...

This world has it!

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