Chapter 4: Secrets Within the Body

  Back in the stone house, Ning Cheng's first thing to do was to recall the cultivation methods he had learned before. His previous incarnation didn't like cultivating to begin with, and his talent was poor, so his cultivation hadn't made any progress. The more he cultivated, the less energy he had. Now, Ning Cheng found it a bit difficult to recall the Ning family's inherited cultivation methods.

  Fortunately, Ning City's grandfather, Ning Hongchang, although indulgent to Ning City, must remember the basic elements of the Ning family's kung fu and cultivation.

  Ning Cheng finally recalled the first layer of Ning family's cultivation technique, as well as some acupoints and meridian pathways after repeated recollections.

  According to the cultivation mantra he remembered, Ning Cheng carefully sensed the thin spiritual energy outside and wanted to produce a sensation in his meridians. At the same time, he had long been prepared for a very long time without any sensation, knowing that if he could sense the energy so well, he wouldn't have waited until today to still not have gathered any energy.

  "Hmm......" Just as Ning City was about to gather its spiritual energy, the entire meridian let out a loud humming noise, and he could clearly hear that sound. At the same time, intense pain filled his entire body.

  The next moment, a thick and warm power spread throughout his body, almost tearing his entire body apart. At this time, Ning Cheng felt that if he was slightly careless, the meridians in his entire body would be completely torn apart, and he would become a useless person.

  Under the shock of Ning City, he didn't dare to relax even a little, gathering his spirit to guide the sudden and intense energy sensation, using the cultivation incantation he knew to guide the flow of energy through the meridians in his body. As he carefully guided it, his body that was about to burst finally gradually calmed down.

  As time passed, Ning Cheng was immersed in the state of this breath flowing through his meridians, just like a warm water that slowly spread throughout his body. He vaguely sensed some blockages in his meridians being naturally opened up, and some impurities inside his body were squeezed out from his meridians by this warm breath, dispersing outward.

  A warm and refreshing sensation rose in Ning Cheng's body, and in that kind of sensory experience where even his consciousness was blocked, Ning Cheng always felt that his cultivation was somewhat different from what others had said before. In his memory, cultivation was about absorbing the spiritual energy from outside, and then converting this spiritual energy into one's own true energy through the meridians inside the body.

  However, at this moment, he felt that he had not absorbed any spiritual energy from the outside. In his body, there seemed to be a thick and pure breath, which filled his meridians when he was cultivating. This breath was like warm water, automatically squeezing out the impurities in his body, then opening up his blocked meridians, and finally circulating in his meridians.

  Also don't know how long it took, Ning City felt a shock throughout his body, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

  The world suddenly became clear, and he completely forgot that the breath that was still circulating in his body just now had disappeared.

  A feeling of ease to the extreme surged up in his heart, and Ning Cheng, even if he was a fool, knew that he had unknowingly succeeded in gathering his energy, and had already become a first-level Gatherer.

  Is cultivation that simple? No way, if cultivation were that easy, he wouldn't have been unable to gather his energy for so many years, and the entire Qing Dynasty wouldn't have had so many people unable to gather their energy.

  Ning Cheng calculated his cultivation time, and he was certain that his cultivation time would not exceed one day. However, in this short span of just one day, he had actually condensed a layer of Qi. If he were to tell anyone about this, no one would dare believe him. What on earth was going on?

  At this time, Ning Cheng had already forgotten the stench of impurities emanating from his body and instead sat down to ponder. He was not only not a fool but also knew how to protect himself. Before rebirth, Ning Cheng already knew he was different from others because he had a photographic memory and comprehension abilities that no one could match.

  Because of this terrifying ability that goes against the heavens, Ning City doesn't dare to make a sound. He only wants to live an ordinary life, and after his sister graduates from university, he will go find his own simple life. He is very clear about what his abilities represent; as long as he reveals even a little bit of them, he will immediately become the focus of everyone's attention. Or from now on, he won't even be able to have the freedom to live an ordinary day as he wishes.

  This is also the reason why Ning Cheng didn't want to use his skills to make money, even when he was working on construction sites. He knew that once you start, it's hard to stop, and eventually people will notice. If he hadn't met Tian Muwan, he wouldn't have even wanted to continue reading at university. The only thing he hadn't expected was that after his heartbreak, he would be reborn in a place like this.

  Ning Cheng's cultivation was definitely different from others. While others cultivated by absorbing spiritual energy from the outside, he had a thick and pure aura within his body that allowed him to quickly gather his aura and advance to the next level of aura gathering. His usual caution made Ning Cheng want to understand what was going on. It seemed like there was a source within his body that provided this thick and pure aura, greatly increasing his cultivation speed, even rendering his innate talent irrelevant.

  Unfortunately, Ning Cheng knew very little about his cultivation path, and the only information he had was from his past life's memories. It could be said that it was extremely pitiful. His past life was absolutely not a person with good qualifications, if he had good qualifications, he wouldn't have waited until now to gather his Qi. And yet, his cultivation started so simply, the only possibility being that something happened during his rebirth process.

  Ning Cheng thought of that yellow awn that shot from the sky, or perhaps his cultivation speed was so fast and had something to do with that yellow awn.

  Putting aside things he couldn't understand, Ning Cheng walked out of the house and began to clean his body. After Ning Cheng washed his body with well water, he found that some scars on his body surface had faded, and his skin seemed to have become much whiter.

  Although Ning Cheng had never gathered aura, he was a student of the Azure Qin Two-Star Academy and came from the Ning family, so he wasn't completely ignorant about cultivation. He knew that cultivators' wounds would heal quickly, but absolutely not as fast as his own. The scars on his body were still very clear yesterday, but today, after reaching the Gathering Aura stage, they had faded a lot, which was somewhat unusual.

  A somewhat hurried footsteps came, and the footsteps were obviously coming to the courtyard where he was. Ning Cheng's heart skipped a beat. He had been living here for several days, and no one had ever come over. Now that there were footsteps coming, it was clear that they were targeting him. Ning Cheng didn't even have time to think carefully, hastily rushing into the house, quickly taking out clean clothes and putting them on.

  Ning Cheng had just put on his clothes when Ji Luofei rushed in with some anxiety.

  "How did you come back?" Ning Cheng saw that it was Ji Luofei, and his heart slightly relaxed. After offending Xian Yuan Kui, he had been feeling somewhat uneasy in his heart.

  Ji Luo Fei saw that Ning Cheng was fine and also secretly let out a breath of relief, saying in a calm tone, "I heard you offended He Xuan Wei..."

  Ning Cheng thought Ji Luo Fei was going to scold him, but before she could say anything else, he took the initiative to speak up and said, "It was he who provoked me first, even if it happens again, I will still take action to save people."

  Let a little boy be trampled to death by a unicorn in front of his own eyes, or he could have saved him, Ning Cheng really couldn't do it, which is equivalent to not saving someone from death. For him, once the little boy was really trampled to death in front of his own eyes, he would never be able to let go of it afterwards.

  Contrary to Ning Cheng's expectations, Ji Luo Fei didn't scold him, but instead slowed down his tone and said, "Xian Yuan Kui has a special status in Cang Qin Country. If you continue to stay here, it will definitely be a dead end...".

  Ji Luo Fei said up to here, hummed a sound, and stared blankly at Ning Cheng. After a while, she finally spoke, "You've successfully gathered your Qi? The strange smell in this room is the impurities within your body?"

  Ning Cheng only knew that Ji Luofei had already smelled something unusual as soon as she came in, but she didn't say it to his face. Now that he's gathered his energy, she's speaking out about this matter.

  "Yes, I just got back and had some thoughts on my mind, so I practiced a bit and unexpectedly succeeded in gathering qi. What luck." Ning Cheng smiled awkwardly.

  Ji Luo Fei listened to Ning Cheng's words, but didn't respond. Instead, she stared at him up and down for a while. Just as Ning Cheng was about to ask Ji Luo Fei something, his heart suddenly tightened, and he understood what she meant.

  Ji Luo Fei was with him just a few days ago, and considering his physical condition over the past few days, it's been somewhat difficult for him to recover. How could he possibly reach the Gathering Qi stage in one go? Obviously, there are secrets on his body that Ji Luo Fei can see, but others cannot? He had just come out of prison, surely anyone would be aware of this.

  Although Ning Cheng himself did not know where the secret of his body lay, others did not think so, and it was possible that he would be split open for inspection.

  "Luo Fei, I've already condensed my Qi to the first layer. I also want to take a look at the Academy." Ning Cheng quickly figured out his situation. For him, going to the Qing Qin Second Star Academy was the only way to keep his life safe. Staying outside, he could be killed by anyone at any time.

  Ji Luofei was still wondering what secrets Ning Cheng had, but after hearing his words, she forgot about the previous incident. Ning Cheng always called her "girl", now he suddenly changed to call her Luofei, could it be that hardships really made a person grow so quickly?

  She quickly came to her senses, realizing that now was not the time for such thoughts. She immediately said: "I've come back this time just to let you temporarily go to the academy, you can't stay outside alone, I'm sure they won't let you off either. It's just that you're no longer a student at the academy, so there's no way to attend classes. The old man Mu in the academy's training room is very kind and has helped me a lot. I've talked to him about your situation, you can go help Old Man Mu, it counts as doing odd jobs for the academy."

  "I'm fine." Ning Cheng immediately replied, he just needs to temporarily keep his life safe for now. Ning Cheng knew that he had secrets on him, and he believed that with his cultivation speed, he would soon have the ability to protect himself.

  Ji Luo Fei nodded, "Go to the training room to help out, at least until you successfully gather your energy. I brought a piece of gathering stone back with me this time, originally wanting to help you gather your energy, but it turns out you've already succeeded on your own, that's even better. We'll wait here for a few days and then head to the academy."

  Ning Cheng was extremely intelligent, and he immediately understood what Ji Luo Fei meant. Ji Luo Fei knew that his successful Qi gathering was not ordinary, so she proactively asked to stay for a few more days. In the future, when others found out that he had already gathered his Qi, it would be easy to shift the blame onto her.

  Ning Cheng was about to express his gratitude when he saw that Ji Luofei's face seemed somewhat off, with a faint pallor.

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