Chapter Seventeen: Internal Strength Finally Forms

  On January 15, 604 AD, which was the 20th day of the 12th lunar month and just about 10 days before Chinese New Year, Li Jiancheng was practicing "The Secret to Long Life" as usual. He sat upright on his bed with his mind focused inwardly. Originally thinking that nothing unusual would happen, a faint warmth suddenly appeared in his lower abdomen (dan tian), slowly circulating and then spreading to the four limbs. After circulating through the four limbs once, it returned to the dan tian and continued to circulate there.

  Li Jian suddenly woke up from his practice, clenched his fists and swung them towards the sky, excited! It's been several months, and finally, his internal energy has appeared, although it's still very subtle, but it's better than nothing. You know, in his past life, he watched a lot of TV shows and read books that said it takes three to five years to cultivate internal energy, and some people can't even do it their whole lives. Of course, there are also talented people who can achieve it in a short time. Li Jian naturally didn't think he was one of the talented ones, but if his guess was correct, then "The Longevity Secret" must be an extraordinary secret manual. In fact, Li Jian was being too modest, because as someone who had crossed over from another world, his spiritual energy was strong enough to give him an advantage in cultivation, just like others said, he had been practicing since birth. As for those TV shows and books that say you can quickly become a master of martial arts, they're all lies, just to make the main character stand out more.

  He circulated the subtle internal energy above his eyes, gazing far and wide, and saw the surrounding situation clearly reflected in his eyes. It's worth noting that he practiced every day, extinguishing the candle flame very early and pretending to fall asleep, but unexpectedly, he could now see as clearly as in broad daylight, demonstrating the power of his kung fu.

  "Haha, now that I have this divine power within me, with time, I can also look down on the heroes of the world and unify everything quickly. Then my peaceful life will arrive..." Li Jiancheng thought excitedly, in order to get closer to his goal, he still needs to continue practicing. So he opened up "The Long Life Secret Chapter" and looked at the second step, suddenly his eyes paused because he saw that it said the first step requires at least 1 year of practice to complete, but now he has only used a few months' time. Could it be that his talent is very good? Shaking his head, not paying attention to these thoughts: still, quickly mastering this divine power is the most important thing.

  The next morning, he woke up and started practicing Tai Chi. He felt a bit different from usual. Today's Tai Chi practice seemed more agile, with smoother movements, especially when he practiced the "Dan Tian" movement, which was actually rotating. This discovery made him even more excited, as he had only been using Tai Chi for physical exercise, but now it also improved his Dan Tian rotation. So today, he deliberately practiced Tai Chi several times and found that his Dan Tian rotated every time, which didn't seem to be a coincidence. Therefore, he decided that from now on, before practicing "Chang Sheng Jue", he would practice Tai Chi several times first, which would help his training. After practicing Tai Chi several times, he returned to his room and started practicing "Chang Sheng Jue". As expected, his mind entered a meditative state faster than usual, and his whole body felt comfortable.

  Because he had made progress in practicing the Longevity Incantation, he was very excited early in the morning and still remained so during breakfast.

  "Cheng Er, what's making you so happy? Tell Mother about it." Dou Xian asked curiously upon seeing Li Jian Cheng's excitement.

  "Nothing!" Li Jiancheng, who had been in a state of excitement, finally came back to his senses. But it was strange, why did he lose control like that? Was this the legendary "heart demon" that appeared when practicing martial arts? As soon as I thought of the legend of the heart demon, I quickly calmed down and rotated my dantian several times, finally calming myself down from the excitement. At this time, he finally remembered that Du Xuan was still waiting for his answer beside him. So he hurriedly turned his head around, "I'm thinking that the new year is approaching, and I've grown another year older, so I'm happy." As he said this, he felt a bit downcast. In his past life, he only had a happy New Year in his senior year of college because he had a girlfriend, while all other New Years were unbearable memories for him. However, the source of happiness that was given to me was ultimately destroyed by her own hands. It's not worth recalling past events. But after a while, he recovered, because this life, heaven has compensated him with parents and siblings, and he wants to use his greatest ability to make everyone live happily and healthily. He will not let Xiuning marry Chai Shao and become a widow, nor will he let Yuan Bao die from touching an electric wire, and even less will he let the tragedy of the Xuanwu Gate happen. Therefore, he must be strong, and there is still a long way to go.

  When Dou Xian saw Li Jiancheng mention the New Year, she was also delighted. "Master, how do you want to spend this year's New Year?" Then Dou Xian turned her head and saw Li Jiancheng's melancholy mood, thinking he had some worries. "Cheng'er, what are your wishes? Tell me, mother can help you fulfill them." Later, seeing Li Shimin and Li Yuanji looking at her expectantly by the table, she said: "You two also have wishes, mother will help you fulfill them if possible." After Dou Xian finished speaking, these two little guys jumped up excitedly and shouted "Hurray!"

  "My child only hopes that Father, Mother, Second Brother, Third Brother, and Little Sister are all in good health, and the whole family is at peace. If this can be achieved, my child will be very happy." Li Jiancheng expressed his heartfelt wishes.

  "Alright, alright. Cheng Er has grown up and become sensible now." Du Xian's eyes sparkled with tears as she said this excitedly, feeling deeply comforted to see her child being so understanding.

  "My son has grown up." Li Yuan was also delighted, although he covered it up for a moment, but I still saw the tears flashing in his eyes. "Right! This year's New Year we go to 'West Travel Inn' how about? And we also have the certificate of the fourth floor."

  "Master, isn't this a bit too showy?" asked Du Xian with concern.

  "Haha, with our family's current status, why should we be so cautious? If life is not comfortable, why bother working hard?" Li Yuan said proudly. Nowadays, in the Sui Dynasty, among the four noble families of Li, Yuwen, Dugu, and Song, who needs to worry about so many things? Li Jiancheng deeply agreed with Li Yuan's words and couldn't help but say: "Father is right, one should enjoy life to the fullest when they are content."

  "What a wonderful phrase 'Enjoy life to the fullest'! My son still has the potential to become a poet, haha." Li Yu said with a smile.

  "Right, let's invite some people to join us, otherwise I think it would be boring with just our family." Dou Xian suggested and asked.

  "Alright then, who do you want to invite? Make a list and you can go invite them later." Li Yuan thought for a moment before agreeing.

  "Cheng Er, the New Year is coming, you don't have anything to do just stay at home and don't run outside." Du Xian turned her head and said to Li Jiancheng, Du Xian was extremely worried about him who liked to run outside.

  "Oh!" Li Jiancheng replied perfunctorily. Can't stay out, the New Year is approaching, and the wine house matters still need to be arranged.

  Dong Xian saw his appearance and felt helpless, but due to the protection of the guards in secret, Dong Xian did not insist.