While the meeting in the Earthly Capital was still in full swing, Li Xingkong had already completed the setup of the first batch of Earth Vein.
Although there are only a few of these Earth Vein, they are scattered across the Divine Land country, and it took several days to arrange Earth Vein.
When he finished setting up the Earth Vein and returned to his village, he could already see Spiritual Qi spreading around the village.
The efficiency of the Earth Vein is quite high; otherwise, how could it be compared to the self-multiplying nature of Spiritual Qi?
Next, he plans to refine another batch of Earth Vein. This time, Li Xingkong intends to briefly go into seclusion and refine the remaining three hundred-plus Earth Vein to completely resolve the issue of Spiritual Qi revival.
However, Li Xingkong still had a lot to do before that.
After all, every time he goes into seclusion, he's like he's lost contact with everyone; no one can find him. So, he needs to take advantage of the time he has now to make some necessary arrangements.
For Li Xingkong, the most important thing was to get the two elderly people in his family to start practicing Buddhism.
After all, what was the purpose of his Spiritual Qi revival? Wasn't it to realize the saying, "When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven"?
Li Xingkong knew his parents well; they had never been academically inclined since childhood. Their long-standing habits had made them resistant to learning new things.
Even when we bring them a smartphone, they shake their heads and say, "I don't know how," instead of trying to fiddle with it a couple of times.
Many people say that before the age of thirty, people are full of interest in learning about the world, but after the age of thirty, all new technologies that emerge are considered unconventional.
It can only be said that as people age, their cognitive system about the outside world becomes more fixed. Unless they are engaged in mental activities for a long time, people's thinking becomes conservative after this age, and they no longer allow new ideas to change the thinking system they have built up over the years.
For the elderly couple with their mindset, it would obviously be quite difficult to start learning spiritual practice from scratch; the biggest challenge was their lack of self-confidence.
They already resisted learning, and cultivation is no easy thing either; it's difficult on top of that, so wanting to cultivate would only be more difficult.
Fortunately, besides this steady and bright path of cultivation, there are many Mystic Gate paths one can take in cultivation.
Li Xingkong planned to use the same method he had previously used to modify Tang Cheng and Wu Ting's bodies to first build up the Qi Refining -related structures within his parents' bodies.
The Qi Refining Method can be learned gradually, but this cultivation can be allowed to circulate within their bodies first.
As this passive practice leads to an improvement in their physical fitness, allowing their bodies to return to a youthful state, it in turn affects their mental well-being, making them passionate and energetic again.
It's like learning to drive. Some people follow the steps, first learning the theory and then the practical driving test, while others don't care about anything and start driving from a young age, only cramming on the theory for a few days before the test. In the end, both achieve the goal of learning to drive. Different paths, same result.
The only drawback of this method is that it requires a guide, someone to lead the way.
This is also why this method cannot be widely adopted; after all, Li Xingkong is not a Sage, and he doesn't have time to guide others in cultivation all day long.
At most, it will only benefit family and friends.
So when Li Xingkong returned to his own courtyard and sensed a faint layer of Spiritual Qi around him, Li Xingkong sent a message to Old Tang, saying that he had completed the arrangement of his Earth Vein.
Then he hurriedly found his parents and prepared to formally begin his spiritual practice with them.
"Son, you're giving us special treatment like this. I hope your amazing master won't be angry with you."
Following Li Xingkong's instructions, Father Li Mother Li lay down on the kang (Li Xingkong bed), their tense bodies looking somewhat awkward, just like when they were children getting injections in the buttocks.
"Why blame him? He doesn't care about that. In our Divine Land of gods, even the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. How could you be left out?"
Li Xingkong first tapped his father's lower back, and his father, who was stiff and unable to lie still, immediately went limp.
"Ah, that feels so good! My back has been hurting again lately, this makes me feel so much better."
Li Xingkong didn't even need to touch them to know that although he had used Restoration Technique to treat their bodies once before, as long as their lifestyle didn't change and they continued to do so much hard labor every day, their bodies would eventually develop problems again.
"I told you, our family is doing well enough now, you don't need to be so busy all the time."
While Li Xingkong began circulating his Magic Power to build Mana Circuit for his father, he was still chatting idly.
Now, he's naturally not as impulsive as before. Back when he Qi Refining Stage, he couldn't even clearly probe the subtle internal structures of other people's bodies. When he was modifying Tang Cheng, they suffered quite a bit.
Doing this now during the Foundation Establishment Stage is much easier than before.
"Sigh, we're born to be busy. If you leave us idle, we don't know what to do. We get so bored staying at home for half a day. We might as well go out and hoe the fields for a while."
The old man hummed a few words every now and then, clearly feeling very comfortable. Under Li Xingkong's Magic Power, all the discomfort in his body had disappeared.
If Li Xingkong hadn't kept talking to him, he would have fallen asleep long ago.
This transformation will obviously take longer. After all, the previous transformations were only to let them experience the charm of the extraordinary in advance. This time, however, it is different. The main focus is on building a complete Qi Refining Method. Whether there are spells or not is not important. What is important is to get the Magic Power running and drive the improvement of physical fitness.
Moreover, his previous attempts were haphazard; wherever Mana Circuit was needed, he would add one on the spot. Now, after Li Xingkong simplified the Sun and Moon Qi Refining Method, his familiarity with the Qi Refining Method was far greater than before.
The Mana Circuit he has now built on his father can be considered a very standard Qi Refining circuit. An ordinary person cultivating the Rising Sun Guide to the minor completion level would probably only reach this level.
After the modification was completed, Li Xingkong carefully examined the results of his modifications one last time. His Magic Power was flowing smoothly, and the structure of his Qi Sea was quite stable, with basically no problems.
Once Dad wakes up, let him get used to the Qi Refining Method within his body for a few more days, and then he can be considered a qualified Qi Refining Stage cultivator.
Although he knew absolutely nothing about cultivation, didn't know a single spell, and couldn't even figure out his own cultivation method, it didn't stop him from being a cultivator who forced growth. Putting aside everything else, the improvement in his physical fitness and the extension of his lifespan were real and tangible results.
We say that a cultivator's improvement in physical fitness is based on their understanding of the human body's structure. This is predicated on the cultivator's control over Spiritual Qi, enabling them to make microscopic adjustments to their own body. While Father Li understands nothing, he also doesn't sense Spiritual Qi, so there's no possibility that he could make any strange adjustments to his body, thus turning into a non-human monster through cultivation.
Of course, we'll still need to engage with Spiritual Qi later on, since no one can do without it at this stage of cultivation.