Transcription, Beginning Cultivation

"I didn't expect breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm to be so difficult..."

Looking at the records about the Grandmaster Realm in the Morning Sun One Qi Art in his hand, Zheng Qian murmured to himself in amazement.

You must know that the Sun Swallowing Divine Art he created absorbed the essence of all the top cultivation techniques in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world.

Purple Dawn Divine Skill, Star Absorbing Great Technique, Sunflower Manual, Tai Chi Fist Manual, Yi Jin Jing, Glacial True Qi, Evil Warding Sword Manual...

Each of these cultivation techniques is a divine skill and ultimate art that countless Jianghu people in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world would fight tooth and nail for.

But even so, his Sun Swallowing Divine Art could only allow him to condense forty-eight strands of Gang Qi in his body before reaching its limit, far from the one hundred and twenty-eight strands of Gang Qi required to break through to the Grandmaster.

Moreover, these one hundred and twenty-eight strands of Gang Qi are only the minimum requirement.

In addition to that, one must also figure out the method of nourishing acupoints and a complete Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram.

These two are even more difficult than condensing Gang Qi.

And only the combination of the three qualifies one to break through to the Grandmaster Realm, which shows how difficult it is to figure out a method to break through to the Grandmaster Realm on one's own.

However, Zhou Yang has now obtained the most difficult method of nourishing acupoints and the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram, and is only lacking in the accumulation of Gang Qi.

The reason why the Morning Sun One Qi Art was identified as incomplete by the auction house is because it lacked the method of condensing and accumulating Gang Qi.

Otherwise, it would be a complete Grandmaster-level cultivation technique, and its value would be several times higher.

"I wonder how much Gang Qi can be increased by opening up each acupoint, whether it is enough for me to form a complete Lesser Heavenly Cycle Acupoint Diagram..."

After roughly browsing through the Morning Sun One Qi Art, Zheng Qian muttered to himself in excitement.

Although he doesn't know how many acupoints he can open up with the Gang Qi he has stored, it is enough for him to become a Half-step Grandmaster who can truly use Gang Qi.

While he was pondering, Lu San had already blocked the entrance and returned.

Obviously, he didn't intend to escape, nor did he intend to let Zheng Qian take the blame.

This is also normal, after all, this Morning Sun One Qi Art was bought by Lu San for tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is more than 80% of his money, and it is also his last reliance for revenge.

If he escaped this time for the sake of survival, then he might not find a chance to avenge his relatives in this lifetime.

And Zheng Qian had already expressed goodwill to him before, so he could not give up the already obtained cultivation technique for the uncertain situation outside.

For the sake of revenge, he has no way out.

Seeing Zheng Qian reading the Morning Sun One Qi Art, Lu San, who had just returned, immediately stepped forward with a look of anticipation and asked:

"How is it? Is this secret manual real?"

His current strength is only Late Innate Realm, and his understanding of Grandmaster methods is very limited.

Therefore, even if he has read it, the time is too short, and he cannot completely determine whether the secret manual is real, and whether it can help him break through to Half-step Grandmaster Realm or above.

Because his enemy is a powerful Half-step Grandmaster, in order to take revenge, he must also improve his strength to Half-step Grandmaster Realm or above.

This is the last method he can think of.

For the sake of revenge, he had tried many methods before, hiring assassins, apprenticing to strong people, poisoning and sneak attacks...

Unfortunately, these methods ultimately ended in failure for various reasons, and he was forced by his enemies to change his name and appearance, and leave his hometown.

This Morning Sun One Qi Art is his last hope. If he cannot use it to break through to the Half-step Grandmaster Realm, then he may have no hope of revenge in this lifetime.

"It's true, but it's also incomplete, lacking one of the keys to breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm: the method of condensing and storing Gang Qi.

This is the foundation for breaking through from the Innate Realm to Grandmaster. If this part is missing, then you can only make up for it through other methods, and the final effect can only depend on fate."

Zheng Qian did not hide anything, nodded and told the truth.

There is nothing to hide about this, as long as the other party cultivates it himself, he will naturally know.

"Lacking the method of condensing and storing Gang Qi?" Hearing his introduction, Lu San murmured to himself and fell into deep thought.

Zheng Qian ignored him, but took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from a half-open package on the side, and began to grind the ink to prepare to copy the secret manual.

In his previous life, he had practiced calligraphy for two years. Although he can't say that he wrote well, at least he knew how to write.

In addition, he is now a Half-step Grandmaster-level powerhouse, and his control over his body is far from what it was in his previous life, enough for him to copy the secret manual without any errors.

Soon, Zheng Qian, who had ground the ink, began to copy the secret manual by the dim light, while Lu San watched from the side without disturbing him.

The two met by chance, and they were not familiar with each other, so there was nothing to say.

Under the constant nourishment of Innate True Qi, Zheng Qian's memory has been greatly enhanced. Although it has not yet reached the level of photographic memory, it is not far away.

Therefore, he copied the secret manual steadily and quickly.

But even so, it took him a full half an hour to completely copy the secret manual and dry it with True Qi.

During this process, he had already memorized the contents of the secret manual.

Afterwards, he carefully checked it twice in detail, and asked Lu San to check it again, to ensure that there were no errors or omissions.

After confirming, Zheng Qian handed the original secret manual to Lu San, and said softly:

"Okay, the secret manual is returned to you, you can study it slowly. Just call me when you are ready to leave, don't disturb me at other times, I want to cultivate."

"Okay." Lu San nodded and took the original Morning Sun One Qi Art.

Afterwards, Zheng Qian came to another corner of the basement, not afraid of getting dirty, and sat down cross-legged, and began to recall in his mind the circulation route and key points of the Morning Sun Acupoint Nourishing Art in the secret manual.

The principle behind the [Morning Sun Acupoint Nourishing Art] is simple: it dilutes [Gang Qi] through a unique circulation path, then uses the diluted [Gang Qi] to continuously stimulate and nourish the acupoints, making them increasingly stable.

During this process, the concentration of [Gang Qi] needs to be continuously increased until the acupoint can fully withstand a complete [Gang Qi], at which point the acupoint is considered to have been initially warmed and formed.

What follows is injecting as much complete [Gang Qi] as possible into the acupoint at once, until it reaches its limit. At that point, the acupoint is considered completely developed.

If the amount of [Gang Qi] stored during this process is insufficient, then all the [Gang Qi] inside the acupoint must be extracted as quickly as possible, returning it to its initial warmed and formed state.

Otherwise, if the acupoint forms without reaching its limit, the difficulty of expanding it further will increase tenfold.

It might even be stuck at this stage for life, unable to advance an inch.