Linglong's exquisite eyes fluttered shut and open, her long lashes trembling. With a soft laugh, she knew Xiang Yang still did not trust her and wanted to gather information in advance to guard against hidden dangers.
"You are quite careful. Fine, I'll tell you. Mm, first I'll teach you how to absorb Earth Vein Dragon Qi for cultivation. This is a secret art created solely by my Earth Demon Lineage. I can only teach you the Essence Drawing section; as for the higher-level mental methods, I cannot pass them on."
As she spoke, Linglong's voice rang clear as a bell, pouring forth more than a thousand words of martial arts formulae, mainly concerning how to sense Earth Vein Dragon Qi, draw it into the body, and transform it into true qi cultivation.
Xiang Yang listened with his ears pricked, utterly focused. He remembered everything after hearing it once, while also analyzing it through his own martial knowledge. He found it extraordinarily subtle. Though it did not seem especially profound compared with the many martial arts he had learned, it had opened up a wholly different path.
Moreover, this art felt incomplete yet not quite incomplete, leaving a lingering sense of more to come. Linglong had likely omitted the higher-level methods of application—for instance, using the Earth Vein Dragon Qi absorbed into the body to temper one's external training, cleanse the marrow and improve one's aptitude, or wash the primordial spirit and heighten one's comprehension. Its uses could branch in countless directions, with no fixed limit.
What he had obtained now was only the most basic method of absorbing Earth Vein Dragon Qi as true qi cultivation and breaking open the body's acupoints, but for him, that was enough.
Indeed, without Linglong needing to explain further, Xiang Yang had already gained