Ling shi's treatment required eight steps, Su shi required seven, and even the pavilion master required five. Yet, this fellow actually wanted to solve the problem in a single step?
"Nonsense, you must be dreaming!"
Just as Zhang Xuan was perplexed, Pavilion Master Kang harrumphed coldly. Raising his head, he saw the other party's livid face filled with displeasure. "Every single cultivation technique is created by the predecessors, and it has been tested by countless people before it can be passed down to the world. How can you change it so easily? The other party is severely injured, and if he were to use an untested cultivation technique, not only would he be unable to reach Transcendent Mortal, his cultivation might even go berserk, resulting in his death. If that were to happen, where would the dignity of a master teacher go? "
Initially, when he heard the words of the two elders, he had high hopes for this fellow. Yet, he didn't expect the other party to be so perfunctory.
If a cultivation technique could be changed so easily, wouldn't there be secret manuals everywhere?
Not to mention, there was a foreign zhenqi in the other party's body. If he didn't neutralize it, treat his injuries, adjust his condition, and gather his spirit... how could he possibly reach a higher realm?
He thought that the other party was a genius, but to think that he was just an idiot!
If he were to do so, not only would he fail to treat the other party's injuries, he might even end up killing the other party. Thus, the prestige of the Mingshi Tang School would be swept away.
"Cultivation going berserk? You're thinking too much! "
Waving his hands to interrupt the other party, Zhang Xuan glanced at him impassively. "I'll explain the zhenqi circulation route, and you'll know whether it's useful or not. The zhenqi will flow out from the dantian and pass through Taiyi, Guanmen, Liang Gate... and finally, it will gather at Qishe. After three cycles, one will be able to reach Transcendent Mortal, and there's a ninety percent chance of success! "
Possessing the Heaven's Path Divine Art, Zhang Xuan had a deep understanding of cultivation. Even though the situation described by the other party was difficult, it was extremely simple for him.
All he had to do was slightly alter his cultivation route to bypass his injuries and neutralize the foreign zhenqi in his body, and it wouldn't be difficult for him to reach Transcendent Mortal.
"Pass through Taiyi, Guanmen, Liang Gate..."
The trio frowned.
This cultivation route sounded extremely bizarre, and it was completely different from normal cultivation techniques. Even though they were 4-star master teachers, they couldn't tell whether it was right or wrong in a short period of time.
Every single cultivation technique had to be practiced before it could be put into practice. Even a master teacher wouldn't be able to determine whether it was useful or not after listening to it once.
"You're saying that as long as I follow this cultivation technique, I'll be able to reach Transcendent Mortal?"
Ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to achieve a breakthrough in their cultivation. For a severely injured person to achieve a breakthrough just by circulating the cultivation technique three times, what kind of joke was that?
"Not bad!"
Zhang Xuan's expression was indifferent. "I just checked. This person was injured by a scorching sword Qi. This kind of sword Qi is extremely sharp. After injuring the left side of the chest, it followed the meridians and rushed to the Dantian. The injured had cultivated the [Great Ancient Splendor Art], which emphasized sharpness. The first burst of energy, the second burst of energy, and the third burst of energy! Coincidentally, it is the same as the fierceness of the scorching sword energy. They both belong to the violent and unyielding power. "
"When two types of True Qi meet, there will be a situation where the courageous one wins. In a head-on clash, Zhang Xuan's zhenqi would flow endlessly, and the other party's sword qi would be nothing more than a strand of duckweed, so there was nothing to fear. However, it was a pity that … the other party's meridians were simply too thin. If Zhang Xuan were to clash head-on with Zhang Xuan, it would be easy for him to tear them apart and cripple his cultivation! As a result, there was a situation where one man could hold back ten thousand men. Not only was he unable to expel the sword Qi, his injuries... became more and more severe! "
At this point, Zhang Xuan paused and turned to look at Pavilion Master Kang with a sharp gaze. "If I'm not wrong, when these symptoms were recorded, it should be the seventh day since this person was injured, right?"
"This..." Pavilion Master Kang was taken aback. "That's right!"
He was the one who solved that person's problem personally, and he had always been proud of it. He remembered all the details back then clearly, and it was the seventh day since the other party was injured.
Just that, the record only stated the location of the injury and what kind of move it was... How many days had the other party been injured, but there was no description... Could it be that... Zhang Xuan was able to deduce the time just by looking at the record?
"On the seventh day since the other party was injured, he was unable to control the clash of True Qi, and the wound on his left chest was unable to heal. In fact, it even started to fester! Under the current situation, when two types of True Qi were to clash, if he were to forcefully use the cultivation technique he used previously, the clash would only intensify! This would worsen the severity of his injuries. "
Zhang Xuan chuckled softly. "Normally speaking, one should first allow the other party to exhaust all of his zhenqi... This is equivalent to dismissing the soldiers fighting against the bottleneck and allowing the sword Qi to flow out from the narrow meridians... After which, one should find a way to get rid of it!"
"That's right..." Su Fan and Ling Hengyu nodded in agreement.
The eight and seven steps they spoke of were the same as well.
In order to achieve a breakthrough, one had to first resolve the injury, and in order to treat the injury, one had to resolve the root of the problem... And this sword Qi was the root of the problem.
Exhausting one's zhenqi was the same as retreating. This was the only way to make the sword Qi lower its guard. As long as the sword Qi could flow out from the narrow meridians, it would be much easier to resolve the issue.
Pavilion Master Kang nodded in agreement.
This was what he did back then as well. Any master teacher would do the same. Could it be that... this was wrong?
"Right? Not only is it wrong, it's a huge mistake! "
Zhang Xuan shook his head. "Dissipating one's zhenqi is similar to moving away a boulder blocking a stream. It can indeed allow the sword Qi to flow out, but... it's an incomparably sharp and scorching sword Qi. Furthermore, the location where the sword Qi is blocked is at the left lung... That area is close to the heart. If the sword Qi were to burst out, it could very well pierce through the heart... resulting in death on the spot!"
"Death?" Su Fan couldn't help but ask. "The sword Qi has been trapped for seven days, so it shouldn't be as sharp as before..."
"Indeed, the chances of it piercing through the heart is less than one percent. However, what if it didn't pass through the left lung meridian and instead, passed through the Huichi acupoint and entered the Zhenxin acupoint?" Zhang Xuan asked.
"This..." Su shi and Ling shi were stunned.
The Huichi acupoint was the intersection between the left lung meridian and the Zhenxin acupoint. The former led to the lung whereas the latter led to the heart.
Even though the sword Qi would flow down the meridian toward the dantian... there was no guarantee that the cultivator wouldn't hesitate to leave a surge of zhenqi in his body.
If so, there was a good chance that the sword Qi would flow up the meridian and enter the Zhenxin acupoint, piercing through the heart.
If that were to happen, even the gods wouldn't be able to save the cultivator.
Pavilion Master Kang's face paled, and his entire body tensed up.
Back then, when he encountered this case, he was too focused on treating the other party that he didn't think too much about it. Eventually, he realized this problem as well. Even though the chances weren't high... it was still possible!
He could only say that he was lucky back then. Otherwise, putting aside treating the other party, the other party might have already died.
If that was the case, it would have been a miracle if he was able to maintain his position back then and not go down in history as a 4-star master teacher.
Just that... it was only after he became a 4-star pinnacle master teacher that he realized this... To think that the young man before him was able to deduce this with just a single glance... Could it be that... the cultivation technique the other party spoke of was really effective?
Previously, he thought that the other party was just spouting nonsense. But to think that the other party was even able to see through this... Most likely, the cultivation technique wasn't as simple as it seemed.
"My method doesn't require me to dissipate my zhenqi beforehand, and there's no need for me to draw out the sword qi!"
Ignoring the shock of the trio, Zhang Xuan continued, "The Taiyi acupoint is the first branch point between the left and right meridians. If I were to direct my zhenqi through it, it would be easy for me to induce a resonance between energies, allowing the sword qi to flow down to this point. As long as the sword qi flows over, it would be easy for me to force it out. The Taiyi acupoint is located near the dantian, and as long as a cultivator has sufficient zhenqi to sustain it, it would be easy for him to force the sword qi out of his body!
"If one were to view the human body as a formation and the Taiyi acupoint as the life, the sword qi would naturally flow out from this acupoint..."
Su shi's eyes widened as he muttered to himself.
Based on the theories of formation masters, the human body could be viewed as a formation as well. There were also the Gate of Healing, Gate of Life, Gate of Pain, Gate of Stop, Gate of View, Gate of Death, Gate of Alarm, Gate of Opening... There were eight gates.
The Taiyi acupoint was the intersection between the left and right meridians, and it was also the Gate of Life of a formation. If the sword qi were to be drawn there, it would definitely escape from there. This way, it would be able to destroy the sword qi with minimal cost...
Compared to the previous method of dissipating his zhenqi to forcefully expel the sword qi, this method was at least several dozen times more effective!
"That's not right... It's indeed easy for the sword qi to flow over, but what if it doesn't?" Pavilion Master Kang frowned.
After seven days of battle, how could the sword qi rush to the Taiyi acupoint if it didn't withdraw its zhenqi?
It was just like how in a battle, the other party would only be able to ensure his survival by guarding the critical juncture. If the other party didn't withdraw its zhenqi, why would the other party charge over? It wasn't as if the other party would walk right into the trap and wait for the other party to expel it.
"Sigh!"
Hearing his question, Zhang Xuan sighed. Shaking his head helplessly, he said, "It seems like you don't know much about the 'Great Ancient Incursion Art' that the other party cultivates!"
"I..." Pavilion Master Kang's face reddened.
The 'Great Ancient Incursion Art' was an unorthodox cultivation technique. He had heard of it before, but he had never cultivated it before.
It was true that he didn't know much about it.
"The essence of the 'Great Ancient Incursion Art' is its sharpness. The first spurt of energy, the second spurt of energy, and the third spurt of energy! Previously, I told you to circulate your zhenqi thrice through the new passageway... This way, when the sharp zhenqi dissipates, the sword qi will see an opportunity to rush out and destroy the dantian... It's inevitable that it will come to the Taiyi acupoint! This... It's impossible that you haven't thought of it, right? "
Zhang Xuan looked at him impassively.
"This..." Pavilion Master Kang's body trembled.
After being obstructed by the sharp zhenqi for seven days, even if the sword qi didn't possess a mind of its own, it would still act like a compressed spring, waiting for an opportunity to strike and retaliate... After the [Great Ancient Incursion Art] was weakened by the third spurt of energy, it was the best opportunity to attack!
As long as one was a cultivator, they would be able to figure it out easily.
"That's still not right! You said that one would be able to reach Transcendent Mortal realm after circulating the zhenqi thrice, but you only managed to expel the sword qi... "After recovering from his shock, Pavilion Master Kang was still in disbelief.
"You only managed to expel the sword qi? Think about it, the direction of zhenqi circulation that I just mentioned... "Zhang Xuan chuckled.
"Zhenqi flows out from the dantian and passes through the Taiyi acupoint, Guanmen acupoint, Liang Gate... and finally, it converges at the Qishe acupoint..."
Pavilion Master Kang couldn't help but recall what the young man had just said, and his face warped in shock. "After the zhenqi dissipates, the sword qi pursues and converges at the Taiyi acupoint. After the two forces collide... the sword qi spurts out from the acupoint, and the cultivator's zhenqi makes use of the force of the collision to break through the Guanmen acupoint, Liang Gate... to reach Transcendent Mortal realm?"
"This is equivalent to making use of the violent might of the sword qi to break through the Profound Lattice. The chances of success... is indeed no lower than ninety percent!" Su shi's throat went dry.
As a 4-star master teacher, he had a deep understanding of the flow of zhenqi in his body.
Even though the sword qi and zhenqi collided at the Taiyi acupoint and dissipated from the Life Gate, the violent might harnessed within the sword qi would be infused into the other party's zhenqi.
To be able to injure this cultivator, that meant that the other party was stronger than him. Since the other party was able to reach Transcendent Mortal realm, he should have already reached Half-Transcension pinnacle and was about to make a breakthrough at any moment... If the other party was stronger than him, wouldn't that mean that the other party was a Transcendent Mortal expert as well?
If the violent zhenqi of a Transcendent Mortal expert were to be infused with the other party's zhenqi, the resulting might would be unimaginable... Thus, it would be much easier for the other party to break through the bottleneck!
In fact, if the other party were to do so, the chances of success... would be a hundred percent!
"Y-you..."
Upon realizing this, everyone widened their eyes in astonishment.
When they heard the symptoms of the cultivator, the first thing that came to their minds was how they could resolve the sword qi, recover from their injuries, adjust their condition, and think of a way to reach Transcendent Mortal realm... Yet, the young man before them actually made use of the sword qi in his body to create a cultivation technique that could allow for a breakthrough...
More importantly, from the moment he finished reading the case to the moment he came up with the solution, it had only taken him several dozen breaths...
How in the world... did he do it?
Was he still human?
Knowing that the other party had already understood his method, Zhang Xuan asked calmly, "Can my cultivation technique treat the other party and help him achieve a breakthrough?"
"Yes... It can be treated!" Pavilion Master Kang's face paled. Calming his breathing, he nodded his head.
It took him a total of five steps to complete the technique, and he already thought that it was incredible. Yet, the young man before him managed to do so in just a single step...
It seemed like Su shi and Ling shi were right. Even though the young man before him was lacking in strength, his understanding of master teachers was definitely not something that ordinary people could match up to.
"So, have I answered your question?" Zhang Xuan continued.
"Yes..." Pavilion Master Kang nodded.
"Since you've answered my question, what are you waiting for?"
But before he could finish his words, the displeased voice of the young man before him sounded. "After speaking so much, can't you see that I'm already thirsty? Hurry up and pour me a cup of water!"
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