Ascension Record of a Hundred Refinements
Chapter 38

Cultivating

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The internal energy cultivation method Qin Fengming practiced was the one his Master, Zhang Li, had taught him back then. At the time, his Master had said that this cultivation method wasn't a top-tier technique in the martial arts world, merely of upper-middle quality. ...www..com...

Luoxia Valley also possessed many cultivation method manuals, but the most exceptional ones were not kept in the Scripture Repository. This was because those top-tier cultivation methods were the private possessions of the various Elders and Hall Masters. Unless one was a direct disciple, they would absolutely not be taught.

Looking at the content of the cultivation method in his hands, Qin Fengming already felt lost. This indicated that this internal energy cultivation method was definitely extremely difficult to practice. However, it also meant that this cultivation method was undoubtedly a top-tier internal energy technique.

A look of determination flashed in Qin Fengming's eyes. He had already decided to dedicate half of his time every day to practicing this nameless incantation, determined to successfully cultivate this internal energy method.

With his decision made, Qin Fengming sat cross-legged on his bed, calmed his breathing, and centered his spirit. Following the first layer of the nameless incantation's cultivation instructions, he relaxed his entire body and began to try absorbing the unknown energy from the air.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, but to Qin Fengming's great disappointment, he felt nothing during this time. This was vastly different from the situation when he practiced the internal energy method his Master had taught him. When he first practiced that previous internal energy method, he had felt a faint warm current in his dantian, but this time, there was no sensation at all.

Despite not making any progress, Qin Fengming was not discouraged in the slightest. He knew that the more profound an internal energy method was, the harder it was to cultivate, and this was a rule of martial arts cultivation. It was like the Azure Cloud Maze movement technique he practiced; countless geniuses had bowed their heads before it.

Qin Fengming was naturally a person of resolute will and tenacious spirit. This minor setback had no impact on him whatsoever. Instead, it made him even more certain that this nameless incantation was extraordinary. As long as he could cultivate it successfully, he would surely astonish everyone.

Five consecutive days passed, and Qin Fengming still felt nothing. On the sixth day, after cultivating for over an hour, he suddenly felt a trace of coolness emerge within his meridians. This faint coolness slowly circulated through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, as if a wisp of cold air was traversing his body's meridians.

Although the coolness was very faint, it still made his spirit jolt, and his face immediately lit up with joy. However, the moment he got distracted, that cool sensation vanished instantly.

Taken aback, Qin Fengming couldn't help but stop cultivating and quietly savored the feeling he had just experienced. He had indeed clearly felt that trace of coolness, which was undoubtedly the sensation of inner force forming. Although he didn't understand why the inner force formed this time was cool, this experience further strengthened his confidence in the nameless incantation.

For the next three hours, that cool sensation did not reappear. However, this did not affect Qin Fengming's confidence in the slightest.

Because he had experienced the initial sensation, Qin Fengming added another hour to his daily cultivation. In the subsequent cultivation sessions, over the next two days, that cool sensation appeared three more times. This made Qin Fengming overjoyed and even more diligent in cultivating the nameless incantation.

In the following days, that cool sensation appeared repeatedly, with shorter intervals and longer durations each time.

Two months later, during almost every meditation session, Qin Fengming's meridians would be accompanied by that cool sensation. It followed a special route, passing through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and all his limbs and bones, before converging in his dantian.

Although he could clearly feel the coolness eventually gathering in his dantian, and it seemed like there was a trace of cool gas present within his dantian, no matter how he tried to guide that cool inner force using his previous methods, he couldn't exert it like he could with his previously cultivated inner force. This puzzled him greatly.

However, it wasn't without any gains. After more than two months of cultivation, Qin Fengming felt that his eyesight and hearing had improved significantly compared to before. Even in the pitch-black night, he could clearly see objects more than ten zhang away, a sensation he had never experienced before.

One day, after finishing his internal energy cultivation, Qin Fengming suddenly remembered that the small booklet also introduced several techniques. He immediately took out the booklet and carefully examined it. He found a technique called "Internal Vision" and, following the booklet's instructions, concentrated his energy, closed his eyes, and focused on perceiving the condition of each part of his body.

The moment he gathered his mind, strange things suddenly appeared in his head. It was as if all parts of his body appeared in his mind; his bones, meridians, and flesh seemed to be right before his eyes. Startled, he immediately opened his eyes, and the sensation vanished instantly.

Qin Fengming sat on the bed, stunned, carefully recalling the feeling he had just experienced. A hint of enlightenment seemed to dawn upon him.

He slowly closed his eyes again and, following the same procedure as before, carefully sank his consciousness inward and focused his perception. Suddenly, that situation reappeared. Having experienced it once, he was not panicked this time but curiously observed everything that was happening.

He clearly "saw" all his bones and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. In the lower abdomen, there was an empty area, and within that area, some gas existed. When he focused his perception on it, he could even see wisps of faint, multicolored gas drifting there. That multicolored gas was extremely fine; if he hadn't focused his perception intently, he wouldn't have been able to discover its existence.

He savored the different feeling that "Internal Vision" gave him compared to his previous internal energy practice. He was engrossed in it, practicing "Internal Vision" for half an hour continuously.

When the novelty of "Internal Vision" wore off, he suddenly had a whimsical thought: what would happen if he ran through the incantation again now?

So, following the incantation in the booklet, he used his "thought" to gather those drifting multicolored gases together.

After several attempts, the fine gases finally began to gather and merge. After an unknown amount of time, all the multicolored gases fused together, forming a five-colored stream of gas as thick as a strand of hair.

Qin Fengming diligently controlled that stream of gas, following the circulation route recorded in the booklet, and made it travel through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Regular Meridians, just like when cultivating inner force. Finally, it returned to his dantian.

As the five-colored stream of gas traveled through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, wherever it went, he felt a tingling sensation in his meridians, as if a small insect was crawling inside.

Qin Fengming didn't know that as he controlled that stream of gas to circulate throughout his body, he had narrowly escaped a disaster. If he hadn't eaten the two-colored fruit and had his meridians reforged, he would have been severely injured, if not killed, in that very moment.

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