Chapter 3 Cultivating Life Breath (Middle)

  However, here, no one knows who Qin Yifan is, nor will anyone know whether he used to wield a sword or not. Passersby only know that there's a simple tea shed and a young, honest boss. Over the years, people who often walk this road also know that it's a good place to rest and a simple supply station, but no one would have any other thoughts about that honest boss.

  Indeed, a few years was enough for Qin Yifan to establish such a reputation here. Remote mountainous areas, peaceful life, but in Qin Yifan's few years, it wasn't as leisurely as outsiders saw.

  The previous injury resulted in the loss of most of his powers, and the main reason was still that unknown danger in the Punch Lake, which was also a monster in the eyes of the master. The evil energy was overwhelming, even Qin Yifan, who had been through many battles, was affected. The master asked himself if his cultivation was not enough to reach the level of exorcising demons and protecting the Tao, so he did not make that kind of reckless move, but only suggested that Qin Yifan should not return to that place again. As for that monster, it could only be eliminated after the master's cultivation was sufficient or when sufficient assistance was found.

  However, there was one thing that the master had never expected: Qin Yifan was not the kind of person who feared trouble as he had imagined. On the contrary, this young retired soldier had a persistent personality that ordinary people could not imagine, which could be described as stubbornness. Especially when something happened in his hometown, it was even more impossible for him to just walk away.

  After years of effort, Qin Yifan had been constantly trying to improve and refine the technique in a place where he could see the fist print. Originally, this technique was simple, mainly involving the meridians of the four limbs, and its characteristics of rapid success and widespread promotion determined that the involved meridians would not be too complicated. However, after improvement, the technique was far from being so simple. Qin Yifan had gained a lot of knowledge about the meridians from his own experience and the teachings of his master, and he had fully incorporated it into the technique.

  Qin Yifan, who was even more skilled in this practice method, did not leave the demon as expected by the master, but instead became more and more aggressive, starting to cultivate on the edge of Quan Yin Lake.

  He had already experienced the horror once before, and in a few months, his martial arts skills were crippled by 10%. However, Qin Yifan was not someone who would retreat when faced with difficulties. As a figure who called the shots in his own circle, how could he be intimidated by such challenges?

  Despite this, Qin Yifan did not underestimate. Even with the improved technique and strengthened meridians, Qin Yifan still carefully began to practice on a mountain top that was slightly farther away from Fist Mark Lake.

  It cannot be denied that the unknown evil spirit in the lake is indeed omnipotent. Even at such a distance, one can still feel a very strong interference. Even Qin Yifan's simplest meditation couldn't be done at first. As soon as he sat down, his mind would involuntarily wander and scenes of bloody killings in the army would appear before his eyes without him realizing it.

  The entire mind was filled with severed limbs and flying debris, knives and swords dancing wildly, wanting to calm down was almost impossible. At the beginning, Qin Yifan could not hold on for a moment, and had to get up, trying all sorts of methods to quell his irrepressible killing intent.

  Despite being so careful, cultivation was still affected at times. Although the situation where the entire cultivation was abolished did not occur again, the situation of meridian injury occurred repeatedly. Qin Yifan had been prepared early on, and the acupuncture techniques learned from the master also came in handy at this time. Over the years, the simple set of acupuncture techniques for controlling true yuan to repair meridians was practiced to perfection.

  The master's words are indeed accurate, the evil spirit here is even stronger than the killing aura cultivated by Qin Yifan in the army. Qin Yifan himself can only influence those with weak minds when facing them directly, but this demon has never been seen before and yet has such an impact from a distance, even Qin Yifan cannot help but admire it.

  Admiration aside, it also brought out Qin Yifan's unyielding determination once again. One day, he would reach the same heights. Since seeing that person's majestic figure in the sky, Qin Yifan had a clear direction for his own struggles. Even someone as strong as him couldn't help but be influenced by this unknown demon, and what Qin Yifan needed to do was surpass that person, surpass this demon.

  It's very strange, except when practicing, Qin Yifan was affected by that demon, it didn't make any noise at all. Ordinary people's lives seemed to have nothing to do with it. This made Qin Yifan quite appreciative, after all, a master should have the dignity of a master, and taking action against those ordinary people wouldn't necessarily increase his own prestige, but would instead lead to ridicule.

  A person, an unknown evil spirit, began this inexplicable cultivation that was neither a competition nor cooperation in this place. As soon as Qin Yifan started practicing on the mountain top, he would inevitably be disturbed by the all-pervasive spiritual interference, which would occasionally affect the flow of his true yuan, causing minor injuries. In the first year, Qin Yifan simply couldn't make any progress in his cultivation and could only suffer repeated injuries and treatments.

  But after all, it's not that there was no gain at all. At least, after that year, Qin Yifan's mental toughness is unmatched. I believe that even in the depths of hell, nothing can affect his calmness now. If every day is spent living in such an environment, even if you're not used to it, you should be numb to those things by now. At first, it was just a matter of time before you got used to it, and later on, it became something that didn't bother you at all, no matter where or when.

  Another gain is that every day, Qin Yifan has to suffer some minor injuries. Without a master by his side, he can only think of ways to use his own true yuan to slowly recover from these meridian injuries. Fortunately, the last injury greatly increased the endurance of the meridians, and not only that, but also the recovery ability was greatly enhanced. The small injuries he suffered at first could quickly recover under the nourishment of the true yuan.

  Fortunately, Qin Yifan was careful in mobilizing his true yuan, and each time the damage caused was not great. Later on, these small true yuan disturbances could no longer affect Qin Yifan. On the contrary, at each acupoint, some true yuan would remain around the acupoint, and imperceptibly, the true yuan stored in the meridians was a little more than that of ordinary people.

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