Honestly, this was the first time Chen Jue had ever felt a cultivation method was so difficult to practice!
Perhaps it was because [Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation] was not a traditional martial art, but a Daoist internal alchemy technique. It involved moving qi and blood through the body's meridians and acupoints, then completing a circuit along each of two fixed routes, one small and one large. The sensation was like ants crawling through his blood vessels.
He had experienced a faint version of this feeling before while practicing Supreme Ultimate Fist Stake Training. This time, as Chen Jue tried circulating the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits, the tingling itch felt several times stronger than it had during his martial practice.
Fortunately, his time practicing martial arts had made his resolve exceptionally firm, and the points he had added to his intelligence attribute had made his mind clear and agile. For the moment, he could suppress the distracting awareness of that tingling itch.
But after completing one circuit according to the method, Chen Jue did not see [Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Orbits Circulation] appear in his skill list.
Could I be practicing it wrong?
But circulating my qi and blood once feels even better than performing a whole martial routine! Puzzled, Chen Jue tried circulating them along the microcosmic and macrocosmic orbits again.
At first, because he was feeling his way through the practice, each circulation took about fifteen minutes. He went relatively slowly, afraid that directing his blood through the wrong acupoint would cause cultivation deviation.
By the time he had completed four circuits, the Guesthouse auntie was already calling from the courtyard that lunch was ready, yet the method still had not become a skill on his panel.
A little frustrated, Chen Jue went downstairs for lunch, then returned and