The night was getting darker, and the crescent moon was hanging high in the sky. Gan Xiumei and Qin Hong had already left, leaving only Wang Yan in the big room. The night was long, and Wang Yan should have rested, but there were so many things in his mind, and he had a good sleep in the carriage during the day, so he was not sleepy at all.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Wang Yan first calmed down and sorted out everything that had happened in the past two days and three nights. From the massacre of the village at the foot of the mountain, to the bloodbath in Mingkang Town, to the chaos in Tianmaji, and finally to falling into the trap set by Yunma School. In this treacherous and murderous Jianghu, Wang Yan had to be vigilant all the time, especially after knowing that Miss Four was still alive, Wang Yan was even more vigilant. In the past, he always thought that with the cultivation and skills of Miss Four, he could do whatever he wanted in Jianghu, but the hard facts told Wang Yan that it was not so.
Wu Xingyun.
Thinking of this name, Wang Yan could not help but think of the legend about this person: Wu Xingyun of Eight Clouds Sanshou, also known as Eight Cloud Lord, was a layman disciple of the Garan Monastery in his early years. Later, he entered the Kongming Mountain by chance, concentrated on training for thirteen years, and left the mountain to travel at the age of thirty-one. In less than a year, he defeated all the opponents in the Northern Continent, and from then on occupied the first place of the Hidden Dragon List for nineteen years. When he was fifty years old, he still could not break through the Innate Realm, so he was automatically removed from the list. But after that, he still shocked the five states, and few could rival him. It had been more than thirty years since then.
Wu Xingyun was a Jianghu figure from decades ago, and now he had become a martial arts legend. This kind of figure was far from what Wang Yan could compete with. Even if Wang Yan could be on the Hidden Dragon List in the future, it would be difficult for him to fight with Wu Xingyun.
In reality, the people recorded on the Hidden Dragon Rankings were all extremely powerful, but they might not necessarily be the strongest. This was because the people on the Hidden Dragon Rankings were all below the age of fifty. The reason why it was called Hidden Dragon was that it meant that they had the possibility of attaining the Innate Realm, and once a person on the Hidden Dragon Rankings reached the age of fifty without attaining the Innate Realm, he would automatically be removed from the rankings. The reason why there was such a rule was probably because in the past hundreds of years, there had been very few people who had reached the Innate Stage before the age of fifty.
Because of this, other than the people on the Hidden Dragon Leaderboard, there were also quite a number of powerful older generation Rankers. Among them, the most powerful ones were the Two Demons, Three Freaks, Four Oddities, and Five Emperors. The Great Elder of the Aojian Villa, Sword King Ling Tian, Ao Jian Bei Chen, was one of the Four Oddities, while Wu Xing Yun was the leader of the Five Emperors.
The Jianghu was too big, and the water was too deep. Wang Yan now truly understood that there would always be someone stronger than him. Even if one could reach the peak of the Jianghu, there would still be Innate Realm Rankers above them. Although Innate Realm Rankers had disappeared from the five barren provinces hundreds of years ago, the Tianyuan Holy Island was still above the entire Jianghu.
Wang Yan shook his head and revealed a self-deprecating smile. What peak of the Jianghu? What Wu Xing Yun? What Hidden Dragon Leaderboard? All of these were too far away from him. Why should he waste his energy on them? In the end, he still needed to move forward step by step.
With this thought in mind, Wang Yan no longer thought about it. He calmed his mind and urged his Qi to circulate in his body. After half an hour, a faint red light appeared on Wang Yan's face. This was the sign that he was about to master the [Sword Origin Heart Sutra].
After a long while, Wang Yan slowly stopped, and a slight smile appeared on his face. He knew that his Qi had been accumulated to the peak, and he could already try to form a fetus. Now that he had gathered the Elemental Rest Grass and the Ten Thousand Years Stalactite Milk, everything was ready. He even had the [Qi Drawing Secret Technique].
Before Gan Xiumei came, she had already given him the [Qi Drawing Secret Technique]. After all, this thing was not very precious. Instead, it was the secret technique of Yunma School — [Qi Drawing Heart Sutra]. Gan Xiumei still needed to discuss with the school before she could teach it to Wang Yan.
The [Qi Drawing Secret Technique] was not a very profound technique. It was just a method to draw out the trace of Innate Qi hidden in one's body. The secret techniques of all sects were similar, only the emphasis was different. Wang Yan had already seen the [Qi Drawing Secret Technique] that Gan Xiumei had given him. The technique was very simple. It was only about a hundred words, but Wang Yan had already understood it and understood all the key points.
However, Wang Yan did not rashly try to form a fetus. On one hand, it was not good to be too hasty in breaking through a big realm. He still needed to make some thorough preparations. On the other hand, Wang Yan was considering whether he should form a fetus according to the [Sword Origin Fiend Technique].
Thinking of this, Wang Yan could not help but take out an old yellow scroll. It was the [Formless Sensing Yuan Dongxu True Scripture] that he had obtained from the Gongsun family's secret vault.
Wang Yan had obtained this ancient book only two or three days ago. During this period, he had not studied it in detail other than when he was in Tianmaji. However, this ancient scripture was like a heavenly book to him, but Wang Yan could already see a trace of its meaning.
This was all thanks to Diwu Yun. If it was not for the strange knowledge that Diwu Yun had taught Wang Yan in the past half a year in the village, Wang Yan would not have been able to see through this ancient scripture in such a short time.
This [Formless Sensing Yuan Dongxu True Scripture] talked about the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. The opening chapter talked about the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Opportunity, the origin of True Essence, Innate Spiritual Qi, Acquired True Qi, and so on. According to Diwu Yun, these were all energy, but their nature and appearance were different.
As for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Opportunity and the origin of True Essence, Wang Yan could not understand these high level energies. However, he had a certain understanding of Innate Spiritual Qi, True Qi, and even the internal energy that he was currently cultivating. According to the [Formless Sensing Yuan Dongxu True Scripture], a martial artist's cultivation process was a process that was infinitely close to the Innate Realm. In other words, it was a continuous improvement of internal energy. When the Acquired True Qi was infinitely close to the Innate Qi, one could use a large amount of Innate Qi to enter the body to reach the Innate Realm. In other words, one would never be able to break through to the Innate Realm by just relying on one's own cultivation.
Breaking through to the Innate Realm was still very far away from Wang Yan, so Wang Yan did not spend too much time on it. His focus was on the description of the internal energy in the book. According to Diwu Yun's knowledge, a martial artist's cultivation process was like creating an 'engine' in the body. The process of creating the engine was to stimulate the body's potential and turn it into internal energy. The Origin Embryo was the prototype engine. After continuous polishing and improvement, it would finally change its performance and become True Essence.
The stronger the engine, the purer and thicker the internal energy cultivated would be, and the purer and thicker the internal energy would be, the more efficient it would be. The specific manifestation would be stronger, faster, and more powerful the martial arts used.
Of course, this was just a general statement. After all, a martial artist's strength did not only rely on internal energy. Martial arts moves, Qing Gong, techniques, secret techniques, and so on were all very important. But in the end, internal energy was the root of everything. The Origin Embryo and True Essence were the root of everything. This was how one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things.
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