Chapter Sixteen: The True Nature of Xuan Shui

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  "Ah!" Having been hunted by one of the three major factions in Runzhou for almost 30,000 years, Leng Yun was nearly frightened stupid. The old man apparently also realized that he had misspoken and hastily changed his words: "Don't worry, after so long, those sons of bitches have long since lost even our Dan Du Men's shadow."

  As for the old man's words, Leng Yun naturally didn't believe them. It was only then that he understood why this cave dwelling was so simple and crude. Clearly, this place was just a temporary resting spot for the old man. But having reached this point, Leng Yun could only bitterly smile to himself as he buried his concerns in his heart. His gaze fell directly onto those jade slips, but when he picked one up, he was taken aback - he hadn't even begun to cultivate yet, so how did he have a divine sense to examine the contents of the jade slip?

  As soon as Leng Yun saw this expression, the old man immediately spoke up and said: "You just stick to your forehead and concentrate on the jade slip, didn't I give you elixirs for half a year? Don't you think about it, our Dan Duomen's elixir is even coveted by those sons of Dan Dingpai."

  As for the method of using Jade Annals, nearly 4,000 books have detailed descriptions. In fact, those nearly 4,000 books are actually an alternative teaching method thought up by the ancestors of the Dan Du Men to avoid some trouble. As long as the disciples memorize the content, many things don't need to be pointed out one by one. This is also an alternative teaching method that Dan Du Men had to come up with after being expelled from the Dan Ding Sect.

  One piece after another, Cold Cloud had almost gone through all the jade slips on the ground, but he felt that they were far inferior to the ancient methods. In fact, especially in the second half, the two were not even in the same league. No wonder the old man would say that becoming an immortal with the new method was like chasing a mirage.

  Facing Cold Cloud's choice, the old man seemed to be unusually nervous, sitting restlessly on the side, wanting to say something to Cold Cloud several times, but seemingly hesitant. At this time, Cold Cloud finally thought of his own cultivation of Blood Prison Floating Pagoda and Nine Underworld Shura, these two techniques were obviously ancient methods, because both techniques had as many as eighteen layers, this layered even more than the majority of the ancient methods in that pile of ancient methods by two layers of mind method.

  Finally, Leng Yun gritted his teeth and suddenly pulled out a book made of black beast skin called "Xuan Shui Zhen Sha" from the ancient books. This was one of the few books with an eighteen-layer cultivation level among this pile of books, and it was also the only water-based cultivation method.

  "Master, I've decided on this one." Facing Leng Yun's affirmative answer, the old man's facial expression was indescribably colorful - frustration, regret, anger, and joy all seemed to be present at once, making Leng Yun feel utterly bewildered.

  After a while, the old man suddenly waved his hand again, and except for the "Xuan Shui Zhen Sha" in Leng Yun's hand, all the other books were put away. "Since you chose to cultivate the ancient method, then cultivate it. However, I can only follow the rules of our sect and provide you with elixirs until you reach the Heart Movement Period. As for the elixirs needed for forming the elixir core and afterwards, you'll have to figure that out yourself."

  The old man's words should be the most normal ones since Leng Yun followed him half a year ago, but then he broke the glorious image that Leng Yun had finally established in his heart. "You're an idiot, I've said it before, this ancient method of cultivation is extremely difficult, maybe even before you can form your dan, you'll already be getting close to King Yan's palace, how could my great name, Jin Shezi, choose a stupid disciple like you? Alas, you old turtle, why did you guys set such a strange rule for the sect, now another one of my disciples is ruined by you bunch of idiots."

  After half a year, Leng Yun naturally knew that the "old not dead" in Gu Lao's mouth was Gu Lao's master, or his Shifu, but it was clear that Gu Lao was not a good example of respecting one's teacher and the Tao.

  After scolding, the old man was very helpless and casually threw a small bottle made of gold and jade to Leng Yun. "This is twenty pills of foundation building, if you can't build your foundation with twenty pills, I'll directly destroy you, so as not to waste the spiritual medicine that I finally seized."

  Twenty whole pellets of foundation-building Dan, placed outside, would be enough to shock anyone except for the alchemists who came out of the Dan Ding Gate, but the strange old man could only helplessly hope that Cold Cloud would succeed in building his foundation.

  After throwing down the dan medicine, the old man scolded and threw down dozens of medicine bottles. These cold clouds were not unfamiliar to him. In the past six months, he had been living on these medicines, many of which were highly toxic enough to kill fierce beasts.

  "You little scamp, start cultivating now! This old master has to risk his life for you again! Dammit, this doggone sect rule should be changed, why does this old master have to sacrifice himself for his disciple!"

  The old man scolded and left the cave, which was also the norm for half a year. In general, the old man would not stay in the cave, but several times when he went out and came back, the old man had been injured, although the old man did not say anything, but Leng Yun seemed to understand that the old man's injury should be related to him, so although he was caught by the old man, half a year had passed, that resentment had long since dissipated, and he had begun to unconsciously accept the old man as his master, as well as the obviously troublesome Dan Du Men.

  Xuanshui Zhenxia and Xueyu Foutu, as well as Jiuyou Xiuluo, are all roughly the same. They are a type of cultivation method that appears simple at first but is extremely complex afterwards. This includes the fact that it's impossible to memorize the content of the later layers, which naturally means there's no way to store the content in a jade slip. This is also a common problem with all ancient cultivation methods, to the point where whether or not something is an ancient method can be determined just by looking at its later content.

  After carefully reading the foundation-building chapter of Xuan Shui Zhen Sha several times, I found that the content is not complicated at all. It's just that the ancient method doesn't have a stage like refining Qi to lay the foundation for building the foundation, so the ancient method's foundation-building relies solely on the power of medicine. This is also why Lao Tou gave him 20 foundation-building pills at once. However, this also has an advantage, which is that it can save at least ten years or more of time and enter the foundation-building period ahead of time. This should be considered the only place where the ancient method is faster than the new method. Of course, this speed does not have a substantial impact. Generally, as long as there are elixirs, especially the foundation-building pills that are about to be completed, and the talent is not too bad, it will not be a problem to enter the foundation-building period before the lifespan is exhausted.

  Having made sure that there was no mistake, he tried to turn the Xuan Shui Zhen Sha's foundation-building heart method a few times, and only after making sure that there was no problem did Leng Yun very bluntly swallow a foundation-building pill.

  Zhugidun is actually a pure spiritual energy, and the purpose of Zhugidun is to create something out of nothing, using intention to bring out the true energy, clearing the body's meridians, causing the dantian to produce pre-heavenly true energy. If this relies on daily accumulation, it's obviously not something that can be easily achieved in ten or twenty years, so it needs to rely on Zhugidun, this powerful medicine, for assistance.

  Failure, the first attempt only opened up a small half of the meridians throughout his body before being exhausted, but this start should still be quite good. After thinking about it, Leng Yun simply swallowed two pills at once. The endurance of his meridians, which had been tormented by the evil aura of the Great Black Turtle since childhood, was actually quite good. However, the running route of Xuan Shui Zhen Sha and the air transport route of Xiao Hei Yao Qi were mostly different, so he still needed to rely on Zhu Ji Dan to help, otherwise, the meridians that Xiao Hei Yao Qi often passed through would have been opened up long ago.

  The second time was still a failure, but Leng Yun also discovered that his meridians seemed to be able to withstand even greater impact. In the end, he simply took four pills directly, but this time Leng Yun really suffered greatly. The part of the meridian in front of the Si Zhu Dan and the route where Xiao Hei's power flowed were still okay, but once it entered the meridians outside the range of Xiao Hei's power, the pain was so intense that it almost made Leng Yun faint. This made Leng Yun, who had never suffered any punishment in his life except for being beaten by the black-clothed witch twice, almost unable to hold on.

  Of course, it's painful to return to pain, but this is obviously still far from the point of supporting the violent cold cloud meridian. In these years, he went to please the tyrant once a month, and the breath in that cave was indeed pure dragon energy. Although Cold Cloud didn't understand how to cultivate before, the benefits were not many, but strengthening his body, washing his marrow was still possible.

  But in any case, if Leng Yun had known how to cultivate his powers at that time, Ba Xia would definitely not have let him enter the cave.