Chapter 86: The Qiu Family Comes to the Door

  After discovering the method of using small and fast animals such as rabbits and pheasants to practice his light body technique, Li Wenjun adjusted his daily schedule. He suspended learning about mechanical devices and the Taizu Dictionary, and instead spent one hour every day practicing his light body technique.

  When facing an enemy, the light body technique can be used as a means of auxiliary attack, and it can also be used as a means of escape when you can't beat your opponent. How can you do it if you don't master it?

  After nearly half a month of hard training, Li Wenjun's progress in light body technique was very rapid. Whether it was rabbits or pheasants, they could hardly escape his pursuit.

  The rabbits and pheasants on the nearby hills were unlucky, always being caught by him. Later, these small animals also learned to be clever, fleeing overnight to more distant hills. The several hills near the cave where Li Wenjun was located were marked as a forbidden area for rabbits, pheasants and other animals.

  This situation lasted for a long time, until four or five years after Li Wenjun left Wufeng Mountain, new-born rabbits, pheasants and other small animals began to move back into this mountain area.

  After failing to find the rabbit, Li Wenjun turned his attention to birds that were even harder to catch than rabbits and pheasants. The Wufeng Mountains are rich in bird species, with common sparrows, magpies, crows, eagles, hawks, vultures, owls, orioles, nightingales, quails, woodpeckers, and many others.

  Most of these birds are smaller than rabbits or pheasants, but they are much faster, even several times faster. Moreover, each of these birds is a flying master, not only can fly very high, but also move quickly and turn extremely flexibly. It's much harder to catch them bare-handed without relying on any tools than catching rabbits bare-handed.

  Li Wenjun's goal was to practice his light body technique, not to catch birds. So even when the birds were still, he couldn't grab them. He needed to scare them into flying first before using his light body technique to catch them.

  At first, Li Wenjun basically had no gains. The light body technique he practiced on rabbits and pheasants was still a bit off. Li Wenjun was not discouraged, constantly summarizing his experience and adjusting his skills in all aspects.

  What you give out will always come back to you.

  After more than ten days, Li Wenjun finally caught the first bird, a grayish-brown sparrow, which was fluffy in his hand. The sparrow chirped in his hand, its small eyes innocently looking at Li Wenjun.

  Li Wenjun touched the sparrow's head with his hand and let go, allowing the sparrow to fly away.

  With a good start, the progress afterwards was rapid. The sparrows flew relatively low and at no great speed, so Li Wenjun targeted other birds. Soon, magpies, woodpeckers, and kingfishers all fell prey to his "poisonous hands" and became his bare-handed catches.

  His Qigong skills had reached a high level of proficiency through his unorthodox training methods.

  Changchun's efforts were paying off under his persistent cultivation, and he was also cultivating at a relatively fast pace. As the medicinal pills given by Zhang Jianjie were being consumed continuously, the growth of the Fa power in his body was evident, and he had gradually approached the peak of the second layer of the Qi Refining stage. It wouldn't be long before he could make a breakthrough to the third layer of the Qi Refining stage.

  On this day, Li Wenjun finished his two medicinal baths and came out of the mountain cave with a refreshed spirit. He unfolded his lightness skill and rushed towards a nearby mountain head. The mountain head he was heading to was about ten miles away from the mountain cave where he was, with several mountains in between. In the previous days, Li Wenjun had discovered that there was a huge bird's nest on this mountain head, where a nest of old eagles lived.

  Li Wenjun was no longer satisfied with just chasing ordinary birds to hone his light body technique, he set his sights on this nest of eagles, hoping to use them to take his light body technique to the next level.

  Li Wenjun rushed to the foot of that mountain, looked up and saw a steep cliff, the eagle's nest was about 70 or 80 feet away from where he stood.

  The eagle's nest is too high from the ground, exceeding the limit of light body technique. Li Wenjun just wanted to temper his light body technique, not to risk his life. If he was pursuing extreme stimulation regardless of personal safety, that would be a case of misplaced priorities and not worth the cost.

  After observing for a while, Li Wenjun came up with a plan. The plan included how to respond to various situations, such as how to approach the eagle's nest without startling the old eagle; and if the old eagle attacked him, how he should react.

  Li Wenjun was about to make his move when he suddenly discovered that the owner of the eagle's nest flapped its wings and flew away, leaving behind an empty nest. Even if he wanted to use the old eagle to practice, it was no longer possible.

  Li Wenjun shook his head helplessly, the eagle must be hungry and went to hunt for food. As soon as he thought of this, Li Wenjun's stomach also growled loudly, he hadn't eaten for a long time either.

  According to the "Xiu Xian Za Lun", a cultivator who receives nourishment from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can obtain nutrients without eating, but this refers to high-level cultivators. Those low-level cultivators still need to eat, if they don't want to eat grains, they can take a kind of elixir called "Bi Gu Dan" to replace grains and meat.

  What is the Pi Gu Dan, how to refine it, neither in "Chang Chun Gong" nor in "Xiu Xian Za Lun", these two classics do not have corresponding introductions. So much so that Li Wenjun still needs to eat ordinary food to maintain his bodily functions.

  Li Wenjun found that as the days of his practice extended, the frequency and amount of food he ate decreased. Sometimes he wouldn't eat for a day or two without feeling hungry. However, once he got hungry, his feelings were far more intense than ordinary people, probably due to the lingering effects of those years of fleeing famine.

  Li Wenjun searched everywhere, hoping to find something that could quench his hunger and fill his stomach. Soon, he found a pine tree growing on the cliff, with many leftover pine cones from last year that had not been picked yet.

  There were pine nuts in the pine cones, roasted and very fragrant. Li Wenjun decided to pick some down. He climbed up the cliff with nimble hands and feet, picked a lot down, then came down from the cliff, lit a fire, and roasted the pine cones.

  The pine nuts were quickly roasted, and Li Wenjun took them out, peeled off the shells, and threw the pine nut kernels into his mouth. After biting open, a strong aroma of pine fragrance suddenly spread in his mouth, mellow and enticing.

  "Hehe, fellow Taoist is really good at leisure, using Light Body Technique to pick pine nuts, using Fireball Technique to make fire, truly knows how to enjoy life's fun."

  Li Wenjun was savoring the sweetness when a voice suddenly came from behind him, startling him. He turned his head to see a man in his early forties walking towards him, dressed in a Taoist robe, with an elegant and refined demeanor.

  "Who are you?" Li Wenjun asked.

  That man's face turned red with rage after seeing Li Wenjun clearly, his eyes almost spitting out fire. He gritted his teeth and said: "Good you, Li Wenjun, I didn't expect you to be hiding here, it took me a good while to find you. Today, I'm going to kill you, to avenge my dead nephew. Li Wenjun, come and meet your death."

  Thank you for the reward from Blue No Heart, thank you.