First Volume Xianyun Sect Chapter 15: Mid-term Qi Induction

  Heaven and earth spiritual energy is absorbed into the body, initially in a mixed gaseous state, extremely chaotic.

  When chaotic vital energy enters the body in the form of countless threads, this is the characteristic of the initial stage of Qi Gong.

  When the refined spiritual energy gathers together and transforms into a larger 'thread' form, this is the middle stage of Qi Gong.

  Looking inward, Qu Yi discovered that the adjacent strands of 'fine silk' spiritual energy in his body had merged and condensed into one strand, indicating that he had reached the middle stage of Qi induction, and the energy within his body had been further enhanced.

  "Haha, I'm really lucky! In less than three months, I've already reached the middle stage of Qi Refining. If others knew about this, they'd probably be shocked to death!" Qu Yi said to himself with a pleased tone.

  Generally, from the innate body to the initial stage of Qi cultivation, it takes a year. From the initial stage of Qi cultivation to the middle stage, it takes three years. But Qu Yi only took three months to cultivate directly to the middle stage of Qi, this speed can indeed kill a group of people.

  This can only be said that Qu Yi's luck was too good, he got the inch boundary ball where the artifact spirit resides, got the "Five Qi Three Flowers", and also consumed the purple stem five-color lotus, his body can actually cultivate the Five Elements method at the same time, if this speed is not fast then it would be unjustifiable.

  Qu Yu once again introspected, checking the circulation of true energy within his dantian. He was surprised once more. If the spiritual energy threads were counted in tens of thousands, then at this point where he had just reached the middle stage of Qi Gathering, those tens of thousands of threads had converged into three thousand. The degree of convergence was three times stronger than that of others who had reached the middle stage of Qi Gathering. In terms of energy capacity, it could be compared to that of others in the later stages of Qi Gathering.

  Even with a single comparison of energy, Qu Yi can already be compared to the late stage of Qi Gong.

  The next moment, Qu Yi's consciousness entered into his soul and directly faced the Cun Jie Ball.

  "Wu Qi San Hua" divine technique card is still rotating around the inch boundary ball.

  "Qishen, I have some good news to tell you. I've already reached the intermediate stage of Qi cultivation." Qu Yi's consciousness in his soul transformed into a human-like shadow, excitedly floating and shouting out loud.

  "Stop it, you're just getting started and you're already so excited, truly without great ambitions." No expected praise came out, only a reprimand from the mouth of the instrument spirit.

  The illusory shadow was in disarray, having been struck quite severely. After reforming into another illusory shadow, it finally spoke: "Qigod, I'll praise you to death! This is the first time I've come to report good news to you, and yet you pour cold water on me. Next time, I won't tell you any more good news!"

  The green light on the boundary ball flashed, and then burst out laughing: "Qu Yi, you little slippery head, just say it directly, what good news do you want to tell me, and what do you want me to help you with?"

  A figure spun around, stabilizing his emotions, and then said: "Qí Shén, you are indeed clever. Alright, I'll get straight to the point. You claim to be Qí Shén and say that your equipment refinement skills are number one in all realms. I'd like to ask, can you teach me about array techniques and equipment refinement methods?"

  "Get out, you're really greedy. Alright, I won't discourage you, let me tell you this: my skills will definitely be passed on to you. When you reach the early stages of foundation building, I'll start teaching you array techniques. As for alchemy, you don't even have true fire yet, what's the point of teaching you? Let's wait until later when it's more suitable." The artifact spirit spoke directly.

  The shadow stirred, and the whole person dissipated into ten thousand pieces, then reassembled into a human form, only then did the emotions stabilize.

  "Alright, Qu Yi, your soul is still too weak. You get a bit excited and this human-shaped shadow disperses. Better to continue cultivating." The vessel spirit advised in an elder's tone.

  "Alright, don't worry, it won't be long before the foundation period is over." As soon as he finished speaking, the human-shaped shadow disappeared.

  At this time, the inch sphere where the artifact spirit resides stopped jumping, and then transmitted the artifact spirit's self-talk: "This Xia Hou Si is really a genius, and he actually conceived of this five elements and three flowers, which fully simulated the profound meaning of the Five Elements Origin Law. However, Xia Hou Si doesn't know that after cultivating the Origin Law, his body will simultaneously possess the Five Elements Origin Law, and after ascending to the divine realm, how to cultivate it, he doesn't know either, after all, he himself is only at the Divine General stage of cultivation. Alas, I arbitrarily chose this three elements and three flowers for Dian Yi, and don't know whether it's good or bad fortune, everything depends on Qu Yi's destiny."

  It turns out that this "Five Qi Three Flowers" method is not complete.

  Of course, Qu Yi was unaware of this. He only knew that the current "Five Elements Three Flowers" was most suitable for him. After all, his special body could only cultivate with five kinds of techniques, and "Five Elements Three Flowers" perfectly solved the problem of technique conflicts, preventing his internal energy from colliding and exploding, eliminating any worries.

  After leaving the Sea of Souls, Qu Yi immediately sat down in a lotus position and began to cultivate the "Breathless Technique".

  Cultivators will automatically emit true energy fluctuations from their bodies, which can reveal their cultivation level to others. However, most cultivators do not want their abilities exposed, so they must practice aura-concealing techniques to suppress the true energy fluctuations within their bodies.

  "Wu Xi Jue" is a method of Qigong recorded in "Wu Qi San Hua". It seems that Xia Hou Si had anticipated such a situation, and apart from the Five Elements method and various powerful spells, he also left behind a special method for concealing one's breath, allowing those who possess "Wu Qi San Hua" to hide their true strength at any time.

  Inside the Dantian, the five elements mix true Qi to form a vortex, spinning extremely fast. The Metal element energy from the lungs enters the Dantian and is immediately swept into the vortex without overflowing. Similarly, the Wood element energy from the liver, Water element energy from the kidneys, Fire element energy from the heart, and Earth element energy from the spleen all enter the Dantian one by one and are drawn into the vortex without overflowing.

  The spiritual energy of the external world, like the internal one, enters the elixir field and is immediately swallowed by the vortex, refined into a mixed true energy of the five elements.

  Internally, the true energy did not overflow, externally, the spiritual energy was completely absorbed, Qu Yi's body was like a statue, completely devoid of vitality, and his breath was fully retracted.

  "Heaven and earth, five elements, inner world, breath gathered, no sound, no movement!"

  Qu Yun opened his eyes and said in a low voice.

  This is the subtlety of "Wu Xi Jue", hiding one's true strength, concealing and lying in wait, all excellent techniques.

  ……

  Chasing Cloud Peak, behind the Immortal Cloud Hall, there is a magnificent pavilion, which is precisely the Chasing Cloud Pavilion.

  Zhang Jiao lived in Chui Yun Lou, and usually practiced his skills there.

  At this time, Huai Qing's eyes opened wide, her spiritual awareness greatly expanded, covering the entire Chui Yun Peak, directly observing the cultivation situation of each disciple in the peak.

  "Hmm, Qu Yi... how did he cultivate to the initial stage of Qi Summoning so quickly?" Huai Qing suddenly exclaimed.

  After three months of seclusion, Hua Qing checked the situation inside the peak for the first time and found an unexpected situation. He thought that his disciple Qu Yi's cultivation would be very slow, but he had already reached the initial stage of Qi induction.

  "Man Er, go and bring Qu Yi over." Huai Qing immediately sent a secret message to inform Bai Man, who was rolling on the bed.

  Originally, Qing was supposed to let Dequan handle this matter, but he wanted to know about Quyi's situation as soon as possible and didn't want to wait for Dequan to fly over and invite Quyi. Instead, he had Baiman bring Jin Guanlu to fetch Quyi more quickly.

  Bai Man was worried, ever since Qu Yi said in front of Mu Qiu Shui at the mountain cave that she was the most beautiful woman in Xian Yun Sect. She had been wanting to go find Qu Yi to play, but her heart was filled with inexplicable anxiety. For over a month now, she hadn't gone to Ting Feng Ju once.

  Suddenly, Huai Qing's voice came over, Bai Man was stunned for a moment, then immediately delighted. This is Father's order, going to find Qu Yi, this is finally a reason.

  "Yes!" Bai Man replied softly, then called out to Jin Guanlu.

  ……

  "Quyi, it's done, Shijie is coming over to see you."

  The wind was blowing outside, and the golden crown heron had not yet landed when Bai Man suddenly shouted loudly. She didn't care if Qu Yi was in the middle of cultivation or not, she just shouted out loud, if Qu Yi happened to be at a critical moment, it was possible that he would be disturbed, and then he would spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

  Bai Man's eagerness to see Qu Yi was evident.

  It's okay, Qu Yi was in a state of meditation at this time and woke up as soon as he heard the sound.

  "Sister, you've arrived! A warm welcome!" Qu Yi pushed open the door and said loudly.

  Bai Manting stood on the ground, looking at Qu Yi, and found that his temperament had changed again, becoming more steady, and also seemed to be more handsome.

  "Ah...... how did I end up observing his appearance?" Bai Man's face turned red, her heart racing, and this thought flashed through her mind.

  Cluck!

  Jin Guanlu saw Bai Man standing there silently and didn't say a word, not even after being reminded.

  "Oh, Qu Yi, your father is calling you over, I've come to pick you up." Bai Man hastily shouted, with a somewhat awkward expression.

  "Alright, I'll go see Master with Shifu." Qu Yi smiled and ran over, standing beside Bai Man.

  Bai Man glanced at Qu Yi, immediately turned her head away, hastily got on the Golden Crowned Crane's back, and then fell silent. Qu Yi didn't know the reason either, didn't dare to ask more questions, and also climbed onto the Golden Crowned Crane's back, sitting down.

  Before long, Golden Crowned Crane brought the two of them to the front of Chasing Clouds Building.

  "Quyi, you go in yourself." Bai Manhong said with a red face, in a low voice.

  Just now on the back of the heron, Bai Man had been breathing in the masculine scent emitted by Qu Yu's body, his heart was restless and he was thinking wildly, at this time even speaking became somewhat incoherent.

  Qu Yu gave Bai Man a strange look, shook his head, and then followed him into the Chasing Clouds Building.

  In an instant, Qu Yi saw Huai Qing.

  "Master, the apprentice has arrived." Qu Yi stood up straight and said.

  Huai Qing sized up Qu Yi for a while, confirming that Qu Yi had indeed reached the initial stage of Qi induction, and was even cultivating a Golden Attribute technique.

  "Disciple, how did you cultivate to the initial stage of Qi Summoning?" Huai Qing asked with a concentrated gaze.

  Qu Yu was startled in his heart, and then he relaxed, secretly thinking that the divine instrument had indeed foreseen this. After completing the cultivation of "Wu Xi Jue", he would change again, hiding the true energy of wood, water, fire, and earth, only revealing the golden true energy, and making the golden true energy have only the fluctuations of the initial stage of Qi, so as to hide his true strength.

  Wu Xi Jue, able to converge all true energy fluctuations, of course, can also converge part of the true energy fluctuations, so that, in the middle of Qi Gong, Qu Yi can deceive Huai Qing and hide his true strength.

  If Huai Qing were to find out that Qu Yi had reached the middle stage of Qi Gong in just three months, it would be too dangerous. Although he is a master, hiding the Inverse Heavenly Cultivation Method could still lead to persecution.

  After all, because of Yu Jian's affairs, Huai Qing had already used the Soul Star Plucking Technique to erase Qu Yi's memories. This time, if Huai Qing were to find out about the Cun Jie Ball and the "Five Qi Three Flowers", it would be hard to prevent Huai Qing from getting greedy.