Internal energy's marvelous use?

Chapter 48: The Wonderful Uses of Inner Energy?

Chen Mo looked at the Five Elements Yuan Cultivation Technique in his hands, his brows furrowing slightly.

No wonder there were so few practitioners of internal martial arts in the jianghu. Just understanding this internal martial art was likely not an easy feat.

Setting aside the arcane terminology and phrasing, he had annotations gifted by his foster father, which explained everything in great detail, allowing him to comprehend it effortlessly.

However, he had to learn everything recorded in the annotations, even to the point of integrating them seamlessly.

The dantian, meridians, and acupoints all existed within a person's inner energy. Although martial artists who cultivated inner energy could perform internal visualization, their names were not written on their meridians and acupoints.

For a martial artist to unblock meridians and acupoints, they must have a certain understanding of the human body.

This is why medicine and martial arts were said to be inseparable.

Internal martial artists had to study medical arts to some extent for their cultivation. Otherwise, if problems arose while unblocking meridians, a stagnation of cultivation would be the least of their worries.

The real problem would be suffering internal injuries from forcefully unblocking the meridians.

What Chen Mo had to learn now was precisely this. He had to memorize and learn these things starting now, not wait until he actually needed to break through.

His adoptive father had not only given him the Five Elements Yuan Cultivation Technique but also a diagram of the human body's meridians.

If he wanted to channel his dantian's inner energy to exert its effects, he had to memorize all of this.

Only then could the dantian's inner energy circulate through the meridians and acupoints, exerting its true purpose.

Most of the human body's meridians and acupoints were unobstructed; only a few were sealed.

As for someone whose hundred meridians were blocked, even if they were born, they would surely die young.

And someone with all hundred meridians clear meant that person's meridians were naturally wider and tougher than those of ordinary people.

The Vein Opening Realm was about making the meridians smoother and more capable of withstanding the circulation and transmission of a sufficient amount of inner energy.

Otherwise, even with abundant inner energy in the dantian, only a small portion could be utilized.

If the meridians of an ordinary person were like a muddy country lane, only allowing one to walk through, Then achieving the Vein Opening Realm was akin to building a three-zhang-three-chi wide official road, capable of allowing three carriages to race side-by-side.

To achieve this, it was difficult to see results without over ten years of diligent practice.

Chen Mo carefully read the Five Elements Yuan Cultivation Technique word by word, cross-referencing it with his adoptive father's annotations and the meridian diagram, and unconsciously, the sky outside had already grown dark.

When he came to his senses, he felt a gnawing hunger in his stomach. Chen Mo got up and headed straight for the mess hall.

"Mo-ge, why are you only coming now!" the cook responsible for serving food said with a hint of surprise in his voice.

Normally, Chen Mo would already be waiting in the mess hall before they even finished dishing out the food. Why was he so late today?

"I was doing some other things. Is there still food?" Chen Mo didn't answer much; his only concern now was whether there was still food.

"Of course! Seeing as you weren't here, we prepared it for you early on!" the cook said with a smile.

Such treatment was not something every personal guard received. If others missed the mealtime, they would simply go hungry.

Chen Mo was General Sun's adopted son, and now he belonged to the neutral faction among the new recruits, with most of them following his lead.

Therefore, in this military camp, he enjoyed many privileges that were different from those of ordinary personal guards.

"Hurry up and bring it over," Chen Mo urged as he sat down at a table.

The cook quickly brought over two large bowls of braised pork and tofu meatballs, a small basket of steamed buns, and a plate of stir-fried spinach.

Chen Mo picked up three steamed buns with one hand, grabbed a few pieces of fatty pork, and began to devour them without any pretense.

Before long, the food on the table was completely gone.

The cook beside him was not surprised by his speed. While the first time he saw such a sight was astonishing, he had grown accustomed to it after seeing it repeatedly.

"Thank you," Chen Mo said after finishing everything, then hurried back to his room.

He was still living alone, so as not to disturb his cultivation.

Back in his room, he closed the doors and windows tightly, and Chen Mo lit the oil lamp, turning up the flame.

Although he could afford candles now, there was no need. He could sneak lamp oil back from the mess hall, and buying candles would require him to pay out of his own pocket.

A single candle cost at least ten wens, and with that money, he could buy half a catty of pork.

If he bought pork ribs, he could buy almost two catties, as ribs were less fatty and had bones, making them relatively cheaper.

Chen Mo sat cross-legged on the floor, with a three-foot square diagram of the human meridians spread out before him.

He took a deep breath, sensing the inner energy in his dantian. He had been diligently practicing the Greedy Wolf Seven Kill Fist during this time, and with his last breakthrough, the speed at which he accumulated inner energy during his daily practice had visibly increased.

If the dantian were compared to a clay pot, then this pot now contained about half a measure of water.

To enter the Vein Opening Realm, the dantian had to accumulate seven-tenths of inner energy before one could attempt to break through to this realm.

In the Vein Opening Realm, inner energy circulated within the meridians, nourishing them and expanding them, allowing them to withstand more inner energy.

To break through this realm, it was not necessary to completely fill the dantian with inner energy; accumulating seven or eight tenths was enough to begin the attempt.

One did not necessarily have to wait until the inner energy was full to attempt a breakthrough. If one's meridians were naturally stronger than those of ordinary people, then they would not need to waste too much time in this realm.

Chen Mo guided wisps of inner energy out of his dantian and towards the Guanyuan Acupoint, one of the acupoints closest to his dantian.

Following the Guanyuan Acupoint all the way up, Chen Mo was quite satisfied with the meridians and acupoints within his body.

Having undergone two transformations, his meridians were far stronger than those of ordinary people. Now, even if all his inner energy surged out from his dantian, it flowed smoothly without any difficulty or blockage.

Chen Mo separated a wisp of inner energy and channeled it into the Mortal Transformation Pearl. The situation was exactly the same as the many tests he had conducted before.

The inner energy passed directly through the Mortal Transformation Pearl as if it hadn't sensed its existence.

He figured his current inner energy was too weak to even elicit any reaction from the Mortal Transformation Pearl.

Without pausing, he continued to control his inner energy, letting it circulate within his body. As it passed his chest, Chen Mo suddenly sensed that his inner energy was being drawn.

The feeling was extremely faint, but it was persistent.

When he moved his inner energy to other areas, this attractive force immediately became undetectable.

Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes and took out a flat pouch from his怀.

Inside were several talismans he had obtained from members of the Du Tian Dao Sect, as well as the Crimson Bloodstone he acquired when hunting the blood monkey, along with a five-tael silver note and a small piece of gold.

These were the most important and valuable items he possessed, and he usually carried them with him.

As for the All-Heaven Grand Dao Scripture, it was too large to carry easily, and interacting with it carried a certain risk, so he had sealed it away securely.

He first took out the items from his pouch one by one and then began testing them individually.

The gold, silver note, and the talismans did not elicit any reaction from his inner energy.

Only the Crimson Bloodstone, obtained from hunting the blood monkey, reacted to his inner energy.

Chen Mo tightly gripped the Crimson Bloodstone, pondering whether he should use his inner energy to activate the stone.

He could now channel inner energy through his meridians. Although he couldn't project inner energy outside his body, circulating it within his body was no problem at all.

As long as it could come into contact with the Crimson Bloodstone, he could input inner energy into it.

After a brief moment of thought, without further hesitation, Chen Mo decided to give it a try.

He had possessed the Crimson Bloodstone for a long time and hadn't discovered any use for it until now.

Since his inner energy was now reacting to it, he naturally had to try and see what specific effects it had.