Although Xu Yan had begun his martial arts journey, his days continued as usual. He cooked when it was time to cook and fed the chickens when it was time to feed them. Li Xuan, on the surface, seemed as leisurely and carefree as ever.
Behind the scenes, however, he was racking his brain, contemplating how to concoct a cultivation framework for the Innate Realm, how to devise theories for it, and even the cultivation techniques themselves.
Beyond the Innate Realm, he also needed a concept for future cultivation directions.
This would lay a theoretical foundation for fabricating future realms and techniques without a clear direction.
If the cultivation techniques he created weren't profound enough, and Li Xuan's cultivation didn't become strong enough, his artistic conception not deep enough, it wouldn't be sufficient for the monstrous talent Xu Yan to comprehend deeply.
If he fabricated them too obscurely, deviating from the framework, he feared it wouldn't connect properly. He was even more afraid that Xu Yan wouldn't be able to comprehend it and would get stuck in the Qi and Blood Realm, unable to progress!
"Damn it, this is too difficult!"
Li Xuan sighed inwardly.
With pressure weighing on his mind, he couldn't let his imagination run wild, and his fabrication felt constrained.
If he just let go and fabricated wildly, he feared Xu Yan wouldn't be able to understand, would get stuck in the Qi and Blood Realm, and ultimately, he himself would suffer the consequences.
While Li Xuan was secretly troubled by fabricating Innate Realm cultivation techniques, Xu Yan had also been agonizing over comprehending the four-line cultivation technique for days, making no progress and feeling deeply dejected.
If I can't even comprehend the profound principles of such a simple technique, Master will surely be disappointed.
What's the point of tempering my Jade Bone if I can't comprehend the cultivation technique? How can I continue cultivating the Martial Dao?
The Martial Dao is endless. If I can't even comprehend such a simple technique, how can I cultivate to more powerful and profound Martial Dao realms?
Xu Yan frowned, lost in deep thought.
Suddenly, he remembered his Master's words.
Master said, "Do your best. Even if you can't comprehend it, it won't delay your cultivation..."
I've been focusing all my attention on the cultivation technique, and the consumption of my mental energy has caused me to neglect my cultivation. Master is actually telling me not to get too engrossed in it. By comprehending it during cultivation, I can understand its profound principles...
After this bout of overthinking, Xu Yan's eyes lit up.
He immediately calmed his mind and began to cultivate, carefully sensing the flow of Blood Essence and its slow enhancement, his mind free of distractions, focused solely on cultivation.
However, in between cultivation sessions, the four-line cultivation technique occasionally surfaced in his mind.
As he cultivated, Xu Yan gradually began to gain some insight: "Thousands of streams and myriad waters merge into a great river..." Every time I cultivate, my Blood Essence grows stronger and more abundant. Isn't it like thousands of streams and myriad waters, bit by bit?
"Ten thousand miles rush into the vast ocean..." The profound principle here is to gather Blood Essence and transform it into a vast ocean... No, it's that the physical body is like a vast ocean, containing Blood Essence.
"Crashing waves churn a thousand layers of foam, Blood Essence can shake ten thousand mountains" - Blood Essence should not be calm, but like a torrent, like crashing waves. Only then can Blood Essence be stimulated more greatly and the physique be strengthened more effectively.
"Blood Essence can shake ten thousand mountains," its meaning must be - bones are like mountains, and Blood Essence shakes the mountains...
A flash of inspiration struck Xu Yan. He felt the artistic conception of the four-line cultivation technique emerge in his mind.
At this moment, he vaguely understood the profound principles of the Martial Dao hidden within.
Blood Essence gathers, like a torrent, like crashing waves; it strikes the Jade Bone... the entire body becomes a vast ocean...
Xu Yan fell into a state of enlightenment. The Blood Essence within him gradually flowed like a torrent, and layers of Blood Essence continuously struck his bones.
"I understand!"
At a certain moment, Xu Yan was filled with excitement and instantly grasped the profound principles of the Martial Dao hidden within the four-line cultivation technique.
He took a deep breath, his bones trembling. A rumbling sound echoed throughout his body, as if thunder was sounding within him.
The sound was not loud, seemingly confined to his body.
At a certain moment, wisps and strands of Blood Essence began to appear, circulating throughout his body in a new manner. His bone marrow flowed like rivers, and Blood Essence was continuously generated, faster and faster, more and more.
Simultaneously, the surrounding Blood Essence flowed like a torrent, periodically striking his bones. The Blood Essence that hit his bones recoiled, agitating his entire body.
His physical body was strengthened through these repeated waves of recoiling Blood Essence, and his Blood Essence was also refined, becoming more powerful.
A steel aura of Blood Essence enveloped his body. With each breath, Xu Yan's chest and abdomen rumbled, his Blood Essence boiling, a scorching aura surging like flames.
However, after cultivating for a while using the newly understood method, Xu Yan felt his own improvement.
It was a comprehensive improvement; his physical body was strengthening, and his Blood Essence was growing.
The cultivation technique Master taught is truly profound. It's clear that comprehending the technique makes a difference in cultivation compared to not comprehending it.
After comprehending the technique, the improvement is faster, and the Blood Essence becomes more powerful.
Xu Yan was incredibly excited.
I've finally comprehended the cultivation technique! I won't disappoint Master!
He felt invigorated.
Li Xuan was currently fabricating the cultivation method for the Innate Realm, primarily focusing on its theoretical framework and how it would connect with the Qi and Blood Realm.
The first thing he had decided was that the Innate Realm cultivated True Qi!
All the Blood Essence would transform into Innate True Qi. To achieve this transformation, there was a process, and the very first step was to open the Heaven and Earth Bridge!
"After opening the Heaven and Earth Bridge, Blood Essence circulates through the heavenly cycle, transforming into Innate True Qi... Only by opening the Heaven and Earth Bridge can one absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transform it into True Qi...
'Those in the Innate Realm swallow and expel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, control qi to soar into the sky, covering a hundred miles in an instant, no longer mortals...'
The more Li Xuan pondered, the more he felt that this set of fabricated theories was incredibly realistic, with perfect logic and a solid framework.
All that was missing was his foolish disciple, Xu Yan, to figure it out.
The only problem was.
Li Xuan looked up at the sky and muttered to himself, 'Does spiritual energy even exist in this world? If not, wouldn't it all be for naught?
'The air here is so good, it's truly sweet. There should be spiritual energy, right?'
Regardless of whether spiritual energy exists or not, the Innate Realm is about absorbing and expelling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, refining it into Innate True Qi, transforming the acquired into the innate, and escaping the mortal coil.
'The second realm is already set so high. Once cultivated, one will be very powerful. The subsequent realms must continue to be fabricated in a more mystical direction, otherwise, they won't be strong enough.'
Li Xuan sighed inwardly, realizing that fabricating Cultivation Techniques was not an easy task.
However, after several days of contemplation, he had finally managed to cobble together the cultivation method for the Innate Realm.
In theory, it could connect with the Qi and Blood Realm.
Whether it would succeed or not depended entirely on Xu Yan.
'I won't rush to pass it on to Xu Yan for now. He has only just entered the Qi and Blood Realm. He needs to familiarize himself with it first.
'Otherwise, if he hasn't even grasped the Cultivation Techniques of the Qi and Blood Realm and starts trying to comprehend the Innate Realm Cultivation Technique, what if his mind can't keep up? Wouldn't that be counterproductive?'
Li Xuan thought to himself, deciding to take his time. He wouldn't wait until Xu Yan had mastered the Qi and Blood Realm, but at the very least, he should have comprehended the four lines of the Cultivation Technique.
'I wonder if my foolish disciple has made any progress yet? The four lines of the Cultivation Technique weren't mystical enough, a bit too vague. I should make them better next time.'
Li Xuan secretly summarized his experience. The next time he fabricated a Cultivation Technique, he needed to make it more mystical, with more profound artistic conception, and it should have some connection to the realm being cultivated.
It couldn't be too vague.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to comprehend.
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