A spark of Innate energy opens the acquired orifices!
With the birth of Innate Qi, Xu Xiao's Carefree Wind Riding technique truly came to fruition as Wuyazi had said.
What circulates within the body is no longer the Northern Darkness True Qi, but rather a liquid-like true fluid, or Spiritual Power!
Within his dantian, the Innate Qi had vanished, replaced by a slightly rotating eye of the storm.
Carefree Wind Riding; if there is no wind in the world, then I will become the wind myself!
Xu Xiao slowly woke up, feeling more relaxed than ever before, his whole body felt comfortable and his limbs were full of energy.
Even his mind felt much lighter, and he could even see the tiny ice flowers on Wuyazi's sleeves.
'Wait a minute, Wuyazi is behind me, how did I see him?'
Xu Xiao suddenly realized something, and then, in addition to Wuyazi, the other two people and the surrounding environment appeared in his mind.
Xu Xiao himself was sitting at the cave entrance, with his back to the three of them. He could sense things before, but seeing them was a completely different matter!
'Could this be what is called Divine Sense?'
Xu Xiao recalled the various Daoist Canon scriptures and secret texts that Wuyazi had told him, as well as the wonders of the Carefree Wind Riding, and immediately found the reason for the strange changes in his body.
With a thought, Xu Xiao focused his mind and discovered that he could indeed perceive everything around him without using his eyes, displaying images in his mind, even more conveniently than with the naked eye.
This Divine Sense could scan everything around Xu Xiao according to his will, zooming in and out, and even seeing everything hidden through clothing and rocks.
As for the distance of his Divine Sense, Xu Xiao was unsure. In this vast snow-covered mountain range, there was only endless wind and snow outside, and deep rock walls inside, so he couldn't estimate it.
'However, with this, my Telekinesis will reach a whole new level!'
Xu Xiao's first thought was of his ultimate weapon, Superpower Telekinesis. This Divine Sense was a perfect match for it.
It doesn't require the naked eye to see; one can use Divine Sense to control Telekinesis and launch attacks, without missing even blind spots like behind one's back or underground, making it even more powerful.
Having witnessed the Divine Sense, Xu Xiao then channeled his consciousness into his body, wanting to examine the changes within it.
This "Carefree Wind Riding" method is a path to enlightenment through martial arts. Since he has succeeded, he must be different from ordinary martial artists.
Upon gentle introspection, one could see that Spiritual Power was flowing through the body's meridians, the acupoints were clean and full, the bones were crystal clear and the marrow was translucent, truly different from before.
Not only that, Xu Xiao also saw the eye of wind residing within his dantian, but it looked as if his body was so light that it was about to float away into the wind.
'This must be the Wind Seed mentioned in the novel "Carefree Wind Riding"!' Xu Xiao guessed.
The fundamental principle of cultivating the Carefree Wind Riding is to condense Wind Seed in the dantian, after which one can become as light as the wind and float freely between heaven and earth.
Of course, casually unleashing a few invisible and colorless sharp wind blades was also a side effect of this extraordinary skill.
'Unfortunately, my Carefree Wind Riding only has an entry point; there's absolutely no guidance on how to cultivate it further.'
Xu Xiao felt it was a pity, but there was nothing that could be done about it.
When Xiaoyaozi discovered that Wuyazi and the other two lacked the aptitude and conditions to cultivate the Carefree Wind Riding, he only left them a general outline for beginners and instructions on how to practice using three separate methods. He did not teach them anything else.
After all, Xiaoyaozi didn't have the foresight to know that a hundred years later, someone would actually be able to successfully cultivate the beginner level of Carefree Wind Riding in an era of depleted Spiritual Energy.
However, this worry only lingered in Xu Xiao's mind for a short while before it all disappeared.
Xu Xiao pursued this achievement in order to cross the threshold of cultivating immortality and prove that this path to becoming Immortal Ascension or a god was viable.
As for relying on this technique to Immortal Ascension or a god, or to Shattering the Void void like Xiaoyaozi, those were things he never even considered.
Putting aside whether this cultivation method can lead to Immortal Ascension or godhood, even if it truly Shattering the Void to reach an unknown place, it would be fraught with danger, and Xu Xiao would not choose it.
With his cheat-like abilities, he has plenty of opportunities; there's no need for him to try and become successful overnight.
His current pursuit is simply to possess great power so that he can live freely. He will learn anything that can strengthen him or benefit him.
Once he returns to the main world, he can begin collecting more films and television shows that can serve as anchor points, carefully selecting them before planning his path to immortality.
Now that he has entered the stage of cultivating the Carefree Wind Riding and Return from Acquired to Innate, the hidden dangers brought by the Superpower Crystal are no longer a problem. He can be said to be truly free from all worries now.
From then on, he truly followed his own path, roaming the heavens and living life to the fullest.
Xu Xiao's 86th day in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Kaifeng Prefecture of the Great Song
Today, the entire Kaifeng Prefecture is filled with joy. From high-ranking officials and nobles to ordinary people, red cloths are hung everywhere and the character for "happiness" is pasted on the walls. Countless constables from the Martial Command Office and yamen runners from the Kaifeng Prefecture are distributing rice, flour, and money in the streets.
Even prisoners were grateful, as those convicted of minor offenses were allowed to go home and those convicted of serious offenses received reduced sentences.
Not only in Kaifeng, but all government offices throughout the Great Song opened their granaries and distributed grain; as long as you were a Han Chinese, you could go and receive a share of grain and cloth.
The reason for such a lively and joyous occasion was, of course, the wedding of the Military Command Commissioner of the Great Song, who was above all others, and the general amnesty, allowing him to share in the joy with the people.
Inside the imperial palace, Xu Xiao, dressed in a neat black imperial robe, awaited the grand wedding.
By this time, everyone knew who the true ruler of the land was, and no one dared to say a word about what Xu Xiao wore.
After all, five days ago, the young emperor Zhao Xu had already moved out of the imperial palace and settled in a villa outside the capital.
Xu Xiao's intentions are obvious to everyone.
As for why Xu Xiao didn't hide his feelings so openly, it was partly because there was no need, and partly because Wang Yuyan, A Zhu, and A Bi were all pregnant.
He had already instructed that Zhao Xu should abdicate the throne after the child was born.
Although he didn't know when he would return next, or what the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils World would be like, he still had to make the necessary arrangements.
With the Martial Command Office he founded, and with masters like the Three Elders of Carefree and Qiao Feng protecting him, even if the spacetime flow he traveled to other worlds was indeed as speculated, his descendants would still live well.
By the way, after he Return from Acquired to Innate, he also used a breath of Innate Qi to help Wuyazi heal his crippled legs, Li Qiushui's slashed face, and Wu Xingyun's lifelong short Eternal Spring Art.
Furthermore, he had transferred a portion of his Innate Qi into the bodies of all his women. Although they didn't know how to use it, with this power, they were not people that ordinary top-tier experts could harm.
Xu Xiao has done everything he could. As for whether he hurt her or did anything impolite, no one knows.
Anyway, Xu Xiao will come back later. If he makes you uncomfortable, it's the people of this world who will suffer.
The wedding went smoothly, and before leaving, Xu Xiao indulged in nightly revelry, which resulted in all the women becoming pregnant.
With the final 100-day deadline looming, Xu Xiao took out the purple crystal core he had brought from the apocalypse and began to charge it for the return journey.
"Huh! What's this?!"