The cave entrance was narrow, so the Fire Qilin couldn't enter at all. In addition, when Ye Xuan used his divine sense to scan the surrounding several hundred meters, he discovered that due to the special environment, not to mention the Fire Qilin, there wasn't even a single snake or bat. Otherwise, even if these animals didn't have any intelligence, they would still swallow the Fire Qilin due to their instincts. Why would they leave it for Ye Xuan or Nie Feng ten years later to pick it up?
Since this place was considered safe in the underground palace, Ye Xuan chose to consume the Blood Bodhi here first. After all, there was still the Fire Qilin here. Every bit of strength he could gain was a bit of safety.
He found a spot in the corner and sat down. Without hesitation, Ye Xuan placed the Blood Bodhi in his hand into his mouth. He felt a cool sensation in his mouth. The Blood Bodhi melted as soon as it entered his mouth, turning into a cooling sensation that flowed into his stomach.
"Hmph!"
Less than a second after the Blood Bodhi entered his stomach, the originally cool and refreshing stream of water suddenly erupted with an astonishing heat when it entered his stomach. It was as if a fireball had been placed in his stomach, causing Ye Xuan to groan in pain.
But the Blood Bodhi didn't care if Ye Xuan was in pain or not. The 'fireball' suddenly exploded and merged into his meridians, his blood, and his marrow. It made him feel as if he had been thrown into a pot of boiling oil, or as if he had been pierced by millions of needles. The pain was unbearable.
If a normal person were to suffer such pain, they would either faint from the pain and allow the Blood Bodhi's energy to change their bodies, or explode and die. But when Ye Xuan was taught Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill by the system, the pain he suffered was not any less than this. His nerves had long since been trained to become incredibly tough. He endured the pain in his body and circulated his qi cultivation technique, Purple Sun Divine Skill.
Of all the martial arts in the world, cultivating qi was the most important. Awe-Inspiring righteousness was originally bestowed by the heavens, but ordinary people were not good at nurturing it, so they used their own nature to attack it. The scourge of a martial artist is that he is violent, arrogant, cruel, and crafty. Violence disturbs the Spirit and disturbs the Qi. Arrogance leads to detachment and arrogance. Cruelty leads to inhumanity and loss of spirit. Treachery leads to ruthlessness and shortness of breath. These four things were all Qi Severing Saws …
The Four Attributes of Sher. Return to gentleness, restrain cruelty, nourish righteousness, sound the heavenly drum, drink the jade wine. Rinse the Flower Pool, knock on the Golden Beam, act accordingly, and achieve small success …
The first chapter of the Purple Sun Divine Art appeared in his mind. With tenacious willpower, he began to circulate a trace of purple true energy in his Dantian. At that moment, his Dantian seemed to have turned into a whirlpool. The medicinal power of the Blood Bodhi that was originally scattered around him rushed into his Dantian like a swallow flying into a forest. As the Purple Sun Divine Art circulated, the medicinal power was quickly assimilated by the purple true energy. As the purple inner energy circulated, it split from one strand to two strands, and from two strands to three strands.
There is a saying in the Daoist scriptures: One begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things!
As the medicinal strength of the Blood Bodhi increased, more and more of the violet Quintessential Energy was converted, and the quality of the Quintessential Energy changed. Originally, there were only strands of Quintessential Energy, but as they circulated, they began to slowly fuse together, becoming as thick as a hair. The thickness of the silk thread, the thickness of the wool thread, the thickness of the electric wire, the thickness of the little finger, and then the thickness of the thumb. All the True Qi gradually converged into a river, surging in the Dantian.
"Now is the time!" As his mind sank into his Dantian, Ye Xuan saw that the purple Quintessential Energy had fused into a "river", and he shouted in his heart. Then, with a thought, the purple Quintessential Energy surged out of his Dantian, from Guanyuan to Juque and Xuanji. Then, it passed through Zhongfu, Yunmen, Tianfu, Kongzui, Lieque, and all the way to Shaoshang acupoints. Along the way, the purple Quintessential Energy seemed to have turned into a battering ram, with irresistible force. Every time an acupoint was opened, Ye Xuan's body would jump slightly. When the entire Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin was opened, Ye Xuan felt his whole body shake. He felt that his left hand was more than twice as strong, and his Quintessential Energy was unobstructed. Moreover, he felt that the opened meridians were absorbing the Quintessential Energy in the air at a faster rate.
Those who practiced inner force were particular about opening their Qi to the hundred meridians. They could move their Qi at will and use their fists and palms to injure their enemies. Naturally, they needed to open up all the meridians in their body so that their Qi could flow unimpeded when they wanted to attack and kill their enemies with one strike.
According to the knowledge of martial arts practitioners, the meridians of the human body could be divided into the Twelve Main Meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. There were a total of 361 acupoints in the Main Meridians and 48 Extraordinary Meridians outside the External Meridians. If one wanted to open up all the meridians in the body, one had to start from the Twelve Main Meridians.
The so-called Twelve Standard Meridians were the Three Yin Meridians of the Hands and Feet and the Three Yang Meridians of the Hands and Feet. Specifically, they were divided into the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin, the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming, the Stomach Meridian of Hand-Yangming, the Spleen Meridian of Foot-Taiyin, the Heart Meridian of Hand-Shaoyin, the Small Intestine Meridian of Hand-Taiyang, the Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang, the Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin, the Pericardium Meridian of Hand-Shaoyin, the Sanjiao Meridian of Hand-Shaoyin, the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin, and the Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin.
However, this was not the end for martial arts practitioners. After opening up the Twelve Main Meridians, one still needed to open up the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, one had to open up the Conception and Governor Meridians. After opening up the Twelve Main Meridians, a martial arts practitioner could open up all the meridians, but the Qi could only be stored in the Dantian. If one did not persist in practicing, the Qi would slowly disperse. The Conception and Governor Meridians were known as the "bridge between heaven and man" by martial arts practitioners. Only by opening up the Conception and Governor Meridians, the Qi could not only circulate throughout the body, but it could also naturally protect the body. This was why after opening up the Conception and Governor Meridians, the Qi of the Innate Experts could grow endlessly. Even if one did not practice for ten years, not only would his power not regress, but it would even grow.
After opening up the entire Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin, Ye Xuan operated the purple Qi. He found that after his "river" of Genuine Qi hit the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin, not only was it not consumed, but it had also integrated with the medicinal power that the Blood Bodhi had emitted in his meridians and blood, making it a little stronger.
Seeing that the Genuine Qi had grown a little stronger, Ye Xuan took this opportunity to operate the purple Genuine Qi and rush towards the Great Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming.
The Tianding Acupoint, Futu Acupoint, Heqiang Acupoint, Yingxiang Acupoint, break!
The Jugu Acupoint … the Wuli Acupoint … the Quchi Acupoint … the Yangxi Acupoint … the Shangyang Acupoint, break!
The Great Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangyin, break!
The Stomach Meridian of Hand-Yangming!
…
The Gallbladder Meridian of Foot Shaoyang!
The Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin!
Break! Break! Break!
Under Ye Xuan's control, the purple Genuine Qi broke through the Twelve Main Meridians one after another. Not only did the purple Genuine Qi not decrease, but it turned from a "river" into a "torrent". The billowing purple Genuine Qi rushed through the Twelve Main Meridians, washing away the remaining impurities in the meridians. At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the meridians had just been broken through, it began to expand the meridians' width.
With just one Blood Bodhi, Ye Xuan had done what an ordinary martial arts practitioner would have done in decades. He had opened the Twelve Main Meridians, but he was still not satisfied. Looking at the torrent of Genuine Qi rushing through the meridians, he wanted to try and see if he could break through the "bridge between heaven and man" and advance to the Innate Realm!
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