Chapter Twelve: Soft Wood Ten Forms

  "Ah...... Master Sister, are you going to lock me up?"

  Qu Yu held the Night Pearl in his hand, turned around in the mountain cave, and saw that Bai Man had already inserted three small flags at the entrance of the cave. A spirit stone was placed in the middle of the small flag, and with it, a three-colored net suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave, sealing the entire entrance shut, leaving him shocked.

  Bai Man stood at the entrance of the cave, laughing with a flourish, and shouted into the cave: "Little Shidi, do you have any Beigu Dan on you? This Sanling Forbidden Spider Array will take a month to dispel, just stay inside and calm down."

  As soon as he finished speaking, there were two soft "gulps", and the golden-crowned heron had already taken White Mann away.

  Qu Yu looked at the entrance of the cave, where a large net was flickering with red, yellow and blue colors, intertwined in a line, weaving together a spiritual net. The mesh was smaller than a finger, and even a spider couldn't crawl out, let alone himself.

  "Bai Man sister, you really... This scare tactic is quite big." Qu Yi shook his head and sighed.

  At this point, Qu Yi finally knew why Dequan shook his head and sighed. It turned out that he knew he was going to be tricked by Bai Man but couldn't say it outright.

  Qu's hand reached out to the entrance of the cave, and in an instant, the web-like formation emitted a three-colored fist that directly knocked Qu to the ground.

  "Me..." Qu Yi wanted to cry, but couldn't bring himself to tears.

  Since I couldn't get out, I could only obediently stay in the cave for a month.

  The light of the night pearl was very strong, and the scenery around the cave could still be seen clearly. Qu Yu held the night pearl and walked into the cave, wanting to explore it thoroughly. For a month's time, Qu Yu didn't have the confidence to sit in one place all the time, that would really suffocate him to death.

  There is a musty smell in the cave, as if it has been sealed for endless years and finally opened. The rolling mist keeps coming out from the depths of the cave. The cave is quite spacious, about three or four meters high, with black rocky walls, but the ground is not muddy, all hard stone. This road is also relatively easy to walk.

  In the mysterious cave of Beast Mountain, Qu Yi had a strange encounter, and from then on, he had an extraordinary affection for the cave. Now in this cave, he also has some expectations, wondering if there is another strange encounter waiting for him?

  It was hoped to be wonderful, but the reality is cruel. Qu Yi walked for ten miles and came to the deepest part of the cave, only to find that there was not a single treasure, nor did he feel any spiritual energy fluctuations, which made him extremely disappointed.

  Qu Yun instantly understood that if there were treasures in this cave, Master would have appeared long ago. After all, with the cultivation of the Yuan Ying period, his spiritual awareness had already covered the entire Chuiyun Peak, and the situation in this cave must have been searched a long time ago.

  "It's still a month away, I can't just wait here doing nothing, I need to find something to do!" Dian Yi thought to himself.

  Just as Qu Yi was deep in thought, a voice came from outside the cave: "Fifth Master Brother, are you inside the cave?"

  Dequan is here.

  It turned out that Dequan knew that Baiman liked to tease people, especially new disciples, who would receive special treatment from her. However, due to her special identity, Dequan also didn't dare to intervene and could only let Baiman tease for a while before coming out after she left.

  "Ah, Fourth Brother, I'm inside." Qu Yi replied extremely delightedly.

  Dequan heard the voice and was overjoyed, then asked: "Fifth younger brother, Master wants to lock you up for a month, right? I can't destroy this formation, so you can only stay inside for a whole month. But if there's anything you need, you can tell me now."

  With Yi Dequan's initial foundation-building cultivation, breaking through the 'Three Spirit Forbidden Spider Array' was still quite easy.

  Qu Yun was stunned for a moment and also understood Dequan's difficulties, so he said: "Fourth brother, can you find me some techniques for cultivating during the Qi Refining period?"

  In the cave, practicing for a month won't be suffocating, that's what Qu Yu thought.

  Dequan was shocked to hear this, and immediately thought of Quyi's energy situation not long ago. It turned out that his younger brother had already reached the initial stage of Qigong cultivation. It could only be said that when Baiman was present, Dequan's attention was focused on Baiman, and he didn't notice it at the time. Now that he recalled it, he understood.

  " Fifth junior brother, you've already reached the initial stage of Qi gathering. How can your cultivation progress be so fast? It's impossible! You're a Five Spirits Root body constitution, how can you cultivate so quickly?" Dequan exclaimed loudly, his voice filled with joy but even more puzzlement.

  According to general rules, from congenital body refinement to the initial stage of Qi induction, it also takes about a year. If it is the worst five-spirit-root physique, more time is needed.

  Qu Yike couldn't tell the truth, although Dequan was very close to him, but when it came to the secrets of that mysterious sphere, Qu Yike wouldn't say a word. His own strength was so weak, once leaked, his fate would be over.

  "Fourth Brother, I don't know what the reason is either. Ah, Brother, do you have any spellbooks on you? Throw one over and let me practice with it." Qu Yi asked again.

  Dequan couldn't break through this formation, but he could make the formation appear with a gap and then throw in a book, which was still possible.

  "Alright, junior brother, I cultivate the Metal Element technique, while you cultivate the Wood Element technique. My body only has Wood Element techniques, but you can also cultivate it, so I'll just throw it over to you." Dequan saw that Qu Yi didn't explain and didn't ask further questions, and still willingly helped Qu Yi.

  Suddenly, Dequan took out a crimson wooden sword from his storage bag. The wooden sword was straight and emitted a dazzling light all over its body, which was actually a mid-grade artifact.

  This is Dequan's treasured sword, a mid-grade artifact known as the Pan Tao Sword. It was taken from the heart of a thousand-year-old dragon spirit peach tree and forged using high-level refinement techniques.

  "The peach blossoms have opened!"

  Dequan shouted, and immediately the Peaches of Immortality sword drew a circle, with the Wooden Truth's energy pouring in. Then, with a fierce thrust, he sent it towards the entrance of the array, and saw that the "Three Spirits Forbidden Spider Array" was torn open, revealing a circular hole, while the red, yellow, and blue spiritual energies were blocked outside.

  "Junior brother, continue!"

  Dequan's eyes were quick and his hands were fast. As soon as he saw the formation broken, he threw a green leather book into the hole that had just been opened up.

  Qu Yu had been waiting for a long time and grabbed the book with one hand, then saw the circular hole in the formation disappear and restore a three-color large net.

  "Thanks Fourth Master, I've been cultivating here for a month now." Qu Yi exclaimed happily.

  Dequan said "think carefully" and then flew away.

  Qu Yu held a green leather book, on which was written "Soft Wood Ten Styles" in four characters. Inside, there were only ten pages and ten pictures, with text descriptions along the edges of each picture.

  At a glance, Qu Yi quickly noted down the contents of the book.

  Bend it, twist it, pull it, fold it, coil it, snap it, slap it, squeeze it, pluck it, and dot it. These are the ten techniques of "Soft Wood Ten Styles", which utilize the wood element true energy inside the body to form different shapes and create ten types of attacking methods.

  However, looking at the text description on the side, most of these ten forms can only be cultivated during the foundation-building period, because at that time the true energy in the body is sufficient to use and can come out in different shapes. If it's just the Qi-induction period, the true energy in the body mainly serves to wash the body and marrow, and there is very little true energy that can come out of the body, making it difficult to bring these ten forms into play.

  Qu Yi's body had wood-element energy stored in his liver, and he could also cultivate the "Soft Wood Ten Forms". However, after reading the description, Qu Yi didn't plan to start cultivating it immediately. After all, Dequan only knew that Qu Yi cultivated multiple systems of qigong; if a month later, he suddenly appeared with wood-element energy, Dequan would be shocked and might go crazy. If he accidentally spilled the beans at that time, Qu Yi's troubles would be huge.

  "I'll just use Golden Elixir Energy to cultivate this Soft Wooden Ten-Style."

  Qu Yu said in a low voice, and on the tip of his right middle finger, a golden light was fluttering, which was the pure gold element energy.

  In the body, the dantian contains a mixture of the five elements' true energy, while the internal organs store pure one-element energy. When Quyi wants to run his gongfa, if he wants metal element energy, he can call out the metal element energy from his back and bring it into the dantian, then wrap the mixed true energy around it and run it out together. Of course, when Quyi wants other energies, he can also use the same method to call out other energies.

  It can be said that Qu Yi is able to use the five energies of gold, wood, water, fire and earth at the same time, while cultivating the "Soft Wood Ten Forms".

  At this time, Qu Yi was still not daring to summon a large amount of true energy in his cultivation. After all, to completely master any one of the techniques required too much energy, and he was still unable to do so at the initial stage of his Qi training.

  Qu Yun can now practice the moves in ten paintings.

  "Wooden club!"

  Qu Yì held his own Qing Mang sword and drew a rainbow in front of him, resembling a person holding the top of a tree and pulling it down.

  This move looks simple, Qu Yi started not paying much attention to it, but after dozens of swings in a row, his mind began to struggle: how can every sword achieve the same effect? Can true energy be evenly distributed if used? ... All sorts of imagined scenarios were thought of one by one.

  It seems like a simple move, but it's actually the one with the most variations, because there are too many possible follow-up situations.

  "Let's continue, I'll master this move first!"

  Qu Yì had some doubts, but being trapped in this cave, he couldn't get any answers, so he decided to continue practicing, first mastering it, and then going to ask questions later, which should make him proficient quickly.

  Twenty days had passed and Qu Yi was still practicing "Soft Wooden Ten Forms".

  "Today, I'll try using real Qi!"

  Qu Yu confidently said that in the past twenty days, he had already practiced all ten moves to a very familiar level, with each move being swung at least 10,000 times, and even when sleeping, he could accurately swing them out.

  "Golden energy, ignite wood!"

  Qu Yu held the Qing Mang sword in his hand, swiftly stabbing it into the cave wall in front of him. All the golden energy within his body was mobilized and concentrated at the tip of the sword, then a golden light shot out directly.

  A flash of golden light, then nothingness against the cave wall.

  Boom!

  A gold energy point the size of a fingertip directly broke through the cave wall, making a dull sound, and rocks fell.

  Qu Yiyi heard the muffled sound and felt that something was wrong. He had also knocked on this cave wall before, and the sound was always clear and crisp, definitely not a muffled sound like this one. So, Qu Yiyi immediately came to the cave wall and looked at the broken part with some surprise.

  Behind the broken wall, there was actually another small hole as big as a human head, and inside the cave, there was a golden glittering card in the shape of a purple jasmine flower.