The Five Elements Cycle

"The principle behind the Nine Revolutions Qi Uniting Technique is actually the same as the Gene Sequence resistance layer, and the Tenfold Complete Great Tonic Pill works similarly to the extract from Ferocious Beast!"

Zhang Xuezhou took the seventh stage of the Nine Revolutions Qi Uniting Technique extremely seriously.

It's no different from Realm Technique that involve levels like four, seven, and nine; any technique that touches on these levels signifies a major breakthrough.

He originally intended to go to the nearby Holy Mother Wudang to request a secret chamber to advance his cultivation, but in the end, he came to the Daoist temple of Divine Lord Zhenyuan.

The Spiritual Qi of the Broken Soul Ridge Secret Realm rose faintly like incense. Zhang Xuezhou continuously circulated the Poison Avoidance Instruction to dispel the sixth-level pill poison. He also grabbed handfuls of pills and swallowed them one after another.

His generous use of medicine made Divine Lord Zhenyuan's eyelids twitch.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan had also taken good medicine in Western Kunlun, but he had never taken any top-grade or supreme-grade elixirs.

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou stuffing handfuls of pills the size of longan into his mouth, Zhang Xuezhou pondered something, while Divine Lord Zhenyuan sighed inwardly, completely unaware of how Zhang Xuezhou had made such a fortune in just one year.

He didn't know what kind of pills Zhang Xuezhou was taking, but even if it was the lowest grade of the Origin-Nurturing Pill, the handfuls of high-grade and top-grade pills Zhang Xuezhou was taking meant they were of extraordinary value.

"You're treating medicine like food! No wonder you came to me!"

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity; even the most harmless pills will inevitably cause erysipelas if ingested in large quantities.

Some types of erysipelas can damage the body, while others can create obstacles, making it difficult for medications to take effect.

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou was having difficulty actively activating the Poison Avoidance Instruction Technique Method, Divine Lord Zhenyuan couldn't help but reach out and tap three acupoints on Zhang Xuezhou's body.

The sensation of his fingers hitting mud was so intense that Divine Lord Zhenyuan was momentarily stunned, feeling that Zhang Xuezhou's body seemed to have become somewhat strange.

If Zhang Xuezhou's body was previously hard and difficult to pierce, Divine Lord Zhenyuan now felt as if a soft fullness had been added to this body.

How can the body possibly be both strong and flexible?

Hard and soft are relative terms, and it's difficult for Divine Lord Zhenyuan to put these two terms together.

But Zhang Xuezhou's body was indeed both hard and soft at that moment. Divine Lord Zhenyuan found it difficult to describe his own feeling. He felt it was as absurd as someone saying they saw a bright and dark sky.

"The Yin-Yang School's techniques seem to disregard the principles of cultivation; how can they unify the body's balance?"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan would occasionally send a burst of Law Power to help Zhang Xuezhou activate his Poison Avoidance Instruction, and at other times he would fall into deep thought, pondering the consistency of Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation method.

For Zhang Xuezhou, he was indeed caught in a dilemma of balance.

After completing the sixth transformation, Zhang Xuezhou only felt that something was wrong, and his body felt somewhat sticky.

But upon entering the seventh stage, Zhang Xuezhou felt as if his body had turned into a puddle of mud.

If he were to relinquish the support of his body, Zhang Xuezhou felt he could transform into a fluid mass, flowing across the ground like water.

This is somewhat inconsistent with the situation Chunyu Tiying mentioned.

Of course, Zhang Xuezhou had to admit that Chunyu Tiying's physical condition was different from his.

Perhaps due to the nature of his physical body techniques, Zhang Xuezhou's condition is rather extreme and has exceeded the scope of Medical School research.

What exactly is growing inside my body?

Zhang Xuezhou felt like molten iron in a furnace; he was both hard and soft, and a large dose of the Tenfold Complete Great Tonic Pill" was clearly the most intense fire in the furnace.

He seems to be in the shaping and finalization stage of the Nine Revolutions Qi Uniting Technique.

The Nine Revolutions Qi Uniting Technique and the Physical Body Technique are conflicting yet share the common goal of refining the physical body. It all depends on how Zhang Xuezhou guides these two physiques towards a balance that is most beneficial to himself.

Zhang Xuezhou popped another top-grade Tenfold Complete Great Tonic Pill into his mouth, then pointed it at his chest. Just as he had anticipated, his entire body collapsed.

"You'll likely need to find a technique to act as an intermediary, just like you did when you refined your physical body and the Heavenly Law Technique!"

The collapse of Zhang Xuezhou's body startled Divine Lord Zhenyuan, but seeing that Zhang Xuezhou's eyes were still rolling around on the ground, Divine Lord Zhenyuan knew very well that Zhang Xuezhou was just conducting a test.

"Please, God, teach me!"

Zhang Xuezhou sought to compare his work with real-world Gene Sequence, and he was indeed attempting to reconcile the balance between the Nine Revolutions Qi Uniting Technique and the Body-Pulse Technique.

If Divine Lord Zhenyuan could offer some reasonable suggestions, the difficulty of implementing them might be significantly reduced.

"I'm not sure if it will work either," Divine Lord Zhenyuan said. "You can try the Five Elements Technique to adjust it. As far as I know, only the Five Elements Technique can accommodate both the soft and hard aspects of the body!"

"Can the Five Elements Technique be mastered quickly?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I don't think that will work," Divine Lord Zhenyuan replied.

"Then I'll have to chew on a couple of leaves!"

The Broken Soul Ridge secret realm not only possesses Spiritual Qi, but also reliable powerful cultivators as protectors, and the poisonous tree leaves that Zhang Xuezhou consumed, which temporarily made him a genius.

Seeing Divine Lord Zhenyuan take out a small bottle and pour out a ball of green leaves, which Zhang Xuezhou chewed into a bite.

"This Five Elements Technique..."

The Five Elements Techniques explained by Divine Lord Zhenyuan are complex, with the transformation and restraint of the Five Elements constantly cycling.

People like Kong Zhong specialized in Earth Technique, and they devoted almost their entire lives to Earth Technique in order to achieve sufficient success.

It is extremely difficult to master the Five Elements Technique; even Divine Lord Zhenyuan) found it challenging to fully master the Five Elements.

No matter how profound the technique, it cannot withstand long-term study. This is not a matter of Divine Lord Zhenyuan's aptitude, but rather because the Five Elements Technique emphasize physical conditions, and the body limits the depth of the Technique Method. This is something that Divine Lord Zhenyuan cannot do anything about.

"What do you think? Do you want me to explain it again?"

After a while, Divine Lord Zhenyuan looked at Zhang Xuezhou was still sprawled on the ground like a lump of mud.

"No need to explain anymore, I feel everything is very simple now!"

Zhang Xuezhou raised one hand and shook it, then crawled on the ground like an insect.

The complexity of the Five Elements Technique did not pose a challenge for Zhang Xuezhou. He had an unparalleled advantage in learning complex techniques, especially those that could be mastered with a single transformation.

Especially since he had just taken the poisonous leaves, his mind was like it had been injected with stimulants, and his thinking was far beyond what was normal.

Zhang Xuezhou was even more surprised to find that his current state was somewhat like the top level of the Following Like a Shadow Technique. He arched his body and his body flowed into a small stool like water.

The three-legged stool was small, but he huddled inside it, his body even appearing somewhat indistinct in the shadow cast by the stool.

Aside from the lack of Qi and Blood energy causing his leaping speed to be too slow, Zhang Xuezhou felt that there was nothing wrong with his Shadow Follower Technique.

This unexpected gain gave him a sense of serendipitous success. The Nine Revolutions Qi Uniting Technique and the Body Technique had not yet achieved a balance, but he had already fulfilled the conditions for the Following Like a Shadow Technique first.

"Is it that simple?"

With a flick of his wrist, Divine Lord Zhenyuan plucked two tender leaves from the poisonous tree sapling planted on the mountainside.

He glanced at Zhang Xuezhou under the stool, knowing that Zhang Xuezhou was currently trying to combine and integrate different techniques, and the situation should be very stable.

Zhang Xuezhou's rapid progress in cultivation made Divine Lord Zhenyuan envious.

He chewed the poisonous leaves in his mouth with all his might, feeling the Poison Avoidance Instruction constantly circulating in his body.

Before he could even experience the benefits of his intelligence, the effects of the poisonous leaves on his body had already worn off.

The cultivation level and the level of the Poison Avoidance Instruction Technique were too high for Divine Lord Zhenyuan to handle. He could only seek to cultivate more saplings to see if he could achieve the same effect as Zhang Xuezhou in the future by winning through quantity.