Feng Shui Fields, Qi, and Medicine

In the end, he concluded that Class Change Stones arranged in different configurations and placed in different positions might produce different effects.

A straight line served to block and accelerate, a triangle provided stability and circulation, and rectangles and polygons produced circulation and change.

As for what effects other three-dimensional figures, polyhedral figures, and more advanced topological structures had, those would require continual experimentation.

Wang An also discovered that, depending on changes in time, weather, mountain formations, size, and location,

the qi of heaven and earth followed different paths of circulation, and these paths generally influenced the qi field of an area.

Over the past few days of searching, he had also discovered that when the qi of heaven and earth failed to circulate smoothly, or condensed in a particular place, it caused noticeable changes there.

For example, there was a crossroads at the foot of a mountain, with roads leading in every direction.

The clear qi, water qi, and earth vein qi from all around converged on the intersection, unable to circulate out in time.

As they gradually condensed, the place became extremely prone to all kinds of accidents.

The poorly circulating Heaven and Earth Qi gradually strengthened the local magnetic field at the intersection, interfering with some living beings whose biological magnetic fields were weaker and causing symptoms such as hallucinations, weakness, and fatigue, leading to accidents.

In other places, currents of fire qi from all around intersected.

If they failed to circulate smoothly and condensed, they would be nourished by earth vein qi and eventually press continuously toward a weak point and release, producing an eruption.

In short, troubled areas like these were mostly caused by the condensation of the qi of heaven and earth interfering with the surrounding fragile environment.

Through visits to these places, he gradually came to understand some of the effects of local qi fields.

The feng shui arranged by so-called feng shui masters was actually just a local qi field, far short of the strength of the feng shui fields in the current restricted zones.

A so-called local qi field was actually a node with a relatively small range, extremely unstable and poor in circulation, which would collapse if it suffered a major change in a short period.

A true feng shui field, on the other hand, generally covered a large area, formed a stable structure, was difficult to damage, could regulate itself, circulated energy smoothly, and could exist for a long time.

At the same time, based on his observations and experiments over the past few days, Wang An gradually figured out how water qi and clear qi affected the mountain forest environment.

By arranging Class Change Stones to increase the speed of water qi circulation, he clearly observed that the herbaceous plants in the forest became more active and grew faster.

The speed at which clear qi circulated was related to the forest's ecological balance. When its circulation accelerated,

the forest's living things became more active; when it slowed, they became more subdued. The vigorous biological activity in Kunshan further confirmed this.

There were also the effects of the three yang qis and three yin qis on the entire ecosystem.

In any case, although Wang An had yet to figure out a feng shui field capable of activating the entire forest,

But he had also learned how Heaven and Earth Qi participated in and acted upon natural circulation, which was quite a gain.

On the 14th, after several days of experiments and observations, he had essentially finished drawing the preliminary conclusions and identifying the patterns he could.

Next, he needed to observe firsthand how a true feng shui field operated, and observe over a long period how multiple Class Change Stones activated a feng shui field step by step.

All of this required long-term tracking and recording.

Wang An therefore shifted his energy from studying feng shui fields to focusing on improving his own physical attributes.

He brought up his panel to check his progress over the past few days.

[Name: Wang An

Essence: 2.22

Qi: 2.05

Spirit: 2.62

Talents: Avatar, Qi Observation

Classes: Intelligent Life-form, Student, Martial Artist, Archer, Qi Refiner, Mechanical Engineer

Skills: [Refining Essence into Qi (Proficient, 4/1000)] [Compound Bow Archery (Proficient, 500/1000)] [Refining Qi into Spirit (Not yet initiated)]

Innate Qi: [Innate Greater Yin Moonlight Spirit-Meditating Wondrous Qi]]

[Mechanical Engineer]

Function: Increases the efficiency of learning mechanical knowledge and makes it easier to find a learning method suited to oneself.

Skill: Flash of Inspiration. When thinking about a mechanical problem, you may come up with a better solution.

He had successfully taken the Mechanical Engineer class yesterday. Classes like this functioned much like [Student], basically providing high learning efficiency, with a skill as support.

This was also why most people in the world now thought it impossible for anything supernatural to emerge from the class system.

What a class provided was only improved efficiency in learning things related to that class, with a skill to assist in solving problems.

Even with a class like [Qi Refiner], to be honest, although [Qi Gathering] and [Qi Refining] seemed to have a somewhat mystical, supernatural air, these things only worked within the body. It was impossible to release them outside the body and fire energy blasts at each other through the air.

If he released that strand of [Innate Greater Yin Moonlight Spirit-Meditating Wondrous Qi] outside his body, Wang An felt that the true qi within it would be exhausted immediately, and the Mystic Qi would disperse back into Greater Yin Qi.

Without the support of supernatural energy, any qi involving biological energy would revert to basic Heaven and Earth Qi when it appeared in the outside world.

Physical fitness could not increase indefinitely either. Judging by his current rate of improvement, Wang An estimated

that once his physical attributes reached 3, it would be essentially impossible to improve them through ordinary methods such as eating, drinking, and exercise.

In other words, that was the limit under the current conditions.

The real way forward still lay in finding or creating an environment with a high-energy field.

Without a high-energy environment, supernatural existence could not be sustained. The whole of Blue Star was now like a small, shallow pond, incapable of raising a flood dragon.

Even if such supernatural life-forms appeared, they would very likely starve to death for lack of energy replenishment.

Thinking of this only strengthened Wang An's determination to take the [Feng Shui Master] class, no matter how difficult it was.

Perhaps there were other methods and classes that could raise environmental energy.

But time and knowledge constrained all of humanity on Blue Star, leaving them able to find helpful classes only among those with a mystical air.

His current degree of control over his physical attributes was already very high, and he could begin taking the [Mechanic] class as well.

Wang An had the company purchase some simple tools and materials.

If he took the class without trouble, he could try handcrafting a compound crossbow over the next couple of days. After all, with so many meteorites on Mount Huaiyu, he needed to have a trump card ready for possible attacks and conflicts.

Over the past few days, he had also worked out the [Refining Qi into Spirit] cultivation method, while [Refining Essence into Qi] had reached the proficient stage.

He could try cultivating [Refining Qi into Spirit] to improve his Spirit attribute, but the rate at which his Qi and Essence attributes improved had clearly slowed.

He now felt that ordinary food was finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his consumption.

After cultivating, he usually needed to eat a great deal of food, spending an hour on a single meal, which cut heavily into his time.

He now needed a high-energy food that could increase his cultivation speed and was convenient and practical.

For his regular food intake, he found a method for making a high-energy food directly online.

Super energy nutritional paste was a concentrated food that could be made at home, stored for a long time, and eaten conveniently.

It combined a variety of high-energy, nutrient-dense superfoods.

Five Fullness Nourishing Paste recipe:

Nuts and seeds: provide healthy fats, protein, minerals, and lasting energy;

Natural sugars and carbohydrates: provide quick-release and slow-release energy.

Combined with traditional herbs used as both medicine and food, goji berries nourish the liver and kidneys, replenish essence, brighten the eyes, and are rich in antioxidants.

Dried longan flesh: nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes the blood and calms the spirit, and is suitable for relieving fatigue in mental workers.

Chinese yam powder/poria powder: strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi; mild in medicinal properties, it helps improve the body's ability to absorb nutrients;

Flavoring and binders, honey/maple syrup: natural, healthy sources of sugar with moisturizing and antibacterial properties, also serving as binders.

Coconut oil: provides medium-chain fatty acids, which can be quickly converted into energy and are less likely to be stored as fat.

This recipe basically met Wang An's everyday food requirements.

As for a medicine to help increase his cultivation speed, the only thing Wang An could think of for now was-huangjing.

It was an ingredient used as both medicine and food that held an important place in traditional Chinese medicine.

Mild in nature and broad in its effects, it was praised as the "immortals' surplus grain."

He would order a few jin first and see whether it worked.