Chapter 66

"As long as you diligently practice after unblocking the Small Circulation, you can also achieve what your master has."

Jing Shizhen was quite pleased with himself, stroking his chin, but found no beard there.

He was very satisfied with his appearance as a cool old man and did not follow the trend of elderly people who liked to grow beards.

"Master, how long did it take you to shorten the cultivation time of the Small Circulation?"

Su Xiaofan asked.

Su Xiaofan knew that his Small Circulation meridians, after being nurtured, were somewhat abnormal, and what Jing Shizhen said should be the norm for cultivation.

"I spent twenty years," Jing Shizhen said. "In the first five years of unblocking the Small Circulation, I shortened the time to five hours, which is ten hours.

After ten years, I could run the Small Circulation technique in just six hours, and it took another ten years to shorten it to two hours."

Jing Shizhen felt that he had already cultivated the Small Circulation technique to its peak, and even the sages of their lineage might not be stronger than him.

"Xiaofan, although your cultivation potential is still good, you must not be complacent."

Jing Shizhen said with a serious face, "Cultivating techniques also means that if you do not advance, you will fall behind.

Now that you have unblocked the Small Circulation, you must practice diligently, ensuring that you run the complete Small Circulation technique at least once a day.

Once the internal energy in your dantian is full, you can then attempt to break through to the Great Circulation technique."

"Master, my head is a bit confused."

Feeling the warmth in his dantian, Su Xiaofan said, "You mentioned earlier that unblocking the Small Circulation meridians would generate magical power, but just now you said internal energy. What is the correct term?"

"It is a bit confusing."

Jing Shizhen smiled and shook his head. "Actually, the energy cultivated is also called true energy."

"Our health cultivation technique is a bit like internal martial arts, so it can be called internal energy."

Jing Shizhen paused and continued, "This internal energy can drive spells and use magical tools, so it is also called magical power."

"Then what about true energy? What should we call the energy we cultivate?"

Su Xiaofan thought Jing Shizhen's explanations made sense.

"People who cultivate internal martial arts were mostly Taoists in the past."

Jing Shizhen took a sip of tea and said, "Taoists who could unblock the Small Circulation could display some supernatural abilities.

In the Taoist system, those who could unblock the Small Circulation were very few and held a high status. Historically, people like Wang Chongyang and Qiu Chuji were accomplished Taoists.

Within their Taoist sects, these Taoists were often revered as true people, so the energy was also called true energy."

"I think true energy sounds more reliable." Su Xiaofan said.

"Call it whatever you like; the energy in your body won't change in quality until you unblock the Great Circulation."

Jing Shizhen didn't care about this.

"Huh? Will there be changes after the Great Circulation?"

"It will, but your master hasn't reached that level."

Jing Shizhen shook his head and said, "Breaking through the Great Circulation, in our lineage, means reaching the innate realm, which in ancient times was considered a terrestrial immortal."

"Master, how many people in history have reached the terrestrial immortal level?" Su Xiaofan was curious.

"There were quite a few before the Ming Dynasty, like Zhang Sanfeng at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and Wang Yangming at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who should have reached the innate realm."

Jing Shizhen thought for a moment and said, "But since the end of the Ming Dynasty, few people have been able to cultivate to the innate realm. Some generations even lacked the cultivation potential and only passed down the techniques."

"Master, are there such people now?"

Su Xiaofan didn't expect that what was written in martial arts novels was actually true. "I thought they were all frauds like what's said on the internet."

In recent years, the internet has often featured videos exposing martial arts fraud, some of which are so ridiculous that they make people laugh. Anyone who boasts about their skills ends up with a swollen nose and bruised face.

"Who would seek attention if they truly had skills?"

Jing Shizhen, who had clearly seen those videos, showed a look of disdain.

"Master is right; if you went on stage, it would be a disgrace."

Su Xiaofan nodded in agreement.

"Master, how much true energy does one need to unblock the Great Circulation?"

Su Xiaofan asked about cultivation, needing to know how long it would take to break through to the Great Circulation realm.

Actually, Su Xiaofan understood that if the repair system could nurture the Small Circulation meridians, it could also nurture the Great Circulation. He didn't necessarily have to cultivate true energy like his master to break through.

But nurturing the Small Circulation meridians cost fifty repair points.

Based on Su Xiaofan's understanding of the repair system, nurturing the Great Circulation meridians would require at least one hundred repair points.

But Su Xiaofan only had fifty-six repair points left.

Moreover, Su Xiaofan had to spend some repair points to repair antiques because he needed to sell them to raise funds to buy rare meteorites.

"I spent three months to unblock the Great Circulation from the Small Circulation."

Thinking about Su Xiaofan's sudden enlightenment and breakthrough to the Small Circulation, Jing Shizhen shortened the time by ten times, fearing that Su Xiaofan might have another enlightenment and directly break through to the Great Circulation.

Looking at Su Xiaofan, Jing Shizhen said, "With your potential, if you practice diligently for a year, you should be able to unblock the Great Circulation meridians.

You have already memorized the technique, so remember the route for the Great Circulation.

In the future, you can try to gradually unblock the Great Circulation meridians. This is a process of water wearing away stone, so don't rush."

"Three months? Who are you kidding, you clearly said three years before!"

Su Xiaofan muttered to himself and started to calculate.

According to Jing Shizhen's normal cultivation, when he initially unblocked the Small Circulation, he could only run the Small Circulation technique once a day.

In a year, that would be 365 times, and in three years, 1095 times, not including the time wasted due to unexpected situations.

But Su Xiaofan could let the true energy circulate the Small Circulation in just six minutes.

Even if Su Xiaofan only practiced for six hours a day, he could run the Small Circulation technique sixty times.

"Damn, does that mean I can break through to the Great Circulation in just eighteen days?"

Su Xiaofan calculated in his mind and couldn't help but show a pleased expression. Even without the repair system, breaking through to the Great Circulation didn't seem too difficult.

If he practiced for twelve hours a day, he could break through in less than ten days.

"Remember, don't rush in your cultivation!"

Seeing Su Xiaofan's expression, Jing Shizhen couldn't help but remind him.

Cultivating techniques is not like martial arts; if the true energy circulates in the meridians incorrectly, it can cause serious problems.

"Yes, Master." Of course, he would listen to his master, but how to do it was another matter.

"You just broke through the Small Circulation, so focus on consolidating for now."

Jing Shizhen took out two meridian charts and another piece of paper and said, "In your spare time, you can learn the art of observing energy, which will help you identify magical tools and antiques."

"Can the art of observing energy also identify antiques?"

Su Xiaofan was surprised and then realized.

It turned out that his master was also cheating, just like he used the repair system, but his master used the art of observing energy.

"Antiques, being old and often handled, have a special energy, but ordinary people can't see it."

Jing Shizhen explained, "When the art of observing energy is cultivated to its peak, you can distinguish various energies with your eyes. At the beginning, you need to use true energy to touch the object and sense it. You can explore this on your own later.

I'll explain the special meridians you need to unblock for the art of observing energy."

As a teacher, Jing Shizhen was undoubtedly very responsible. He took the paper with the technique and explained the key points to Su Xiaofan.

"This isn't difficult."

Listening to Jing Shizhen's explanation, Su Xiaofan circulated the true energy in his body through the Small Circulation.

When the true energy reached the Niwan point and was about to move to the ears, it rushed to the Jingming point at the inner corner of the eye.

Su Xiaofan's meridians, which had been nurtured, were much wider and stronger than those unblocked by traditional methods.

Therefore, the true energy in Su Xiaofan's meridians was naturally more abundant than that of someone who had just unblocked the Small Circulation.

If a comparison were to be made, when Jing Shizhen unblocked the Small Circulation, his meridians were as thin as a hair.

Now, Su Xiaofan's meridians were as thick as a pen core, far surpassing Jing Shizhen's.

So when the true energy reached the Jingming point, it was still abundant, and Su Xiaofan felt a tingling in his eyes as the Jingming point was unblocked.

Feeling that the true energy still had strength,

Su Xiaofan decided to push through all the points required for the art of observing energy: Yuyao, Sibai, Chengqi, and Sizhukong.

Su Xiaofan was quite bold, as the eyes are a very delicate part of the body.

Jing Shizhen only dared to use true energy to unblock the eye points after one or two years of cultivation, unlike Su Xiaofan, who did it directly.

"Hmm? My eyes feel so comfortable."

After unblocking these points, Su Xiaofan felt a clear and cool sensation in his eyes.

He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that the air in front of him seemed to have an extra layer of color.

In addition to the meridian chart for the Small Circulation technique, Su Xiaofan now had the meridian chart for the art of observing energy.

According to Jing Shizhen's explanation, as long as he practiced diligently and continuously expanded his meridians, he could improve the technique and cultivate it to perfection.

"Xiaofan, go back and cancel your hotel reservation and stay here to consolidate your cultivation."

Jing Shizhen didn't notice that Su Xiaofan had already unblocked the eye points.

"I'll set up access for you later, so you can enter and exit this house and the neighborhood by facial recognition.

There are two cars in the garage for you to use when you go out to eat.

I'll be back every evening, and if you have any questions, you can ask me!"

Jing Shizhen gave detailed instructions, believing that the most important thing for Su Xiaofan now was to consolidate his cultivation and build a solid foundation.