Chapter 2: Cultivating Fa and Transforming Fa Power

  "Boundless Heavenly Veneration!" A pretentious and affected Daoist name was muttered by Wang Guang in a low voice. On the desk in front of him, seven or eight books of varying thickness were arranged, some open and others closed. "It seems that the Qi Practitioner's words weren't false at all. At least among the inner disciples of this One Qi Sect who cultivate the 'Great Zhou Heaven Golden Elixir Guiding Technique', there are many more than those who cultivate any other method."

  In the past month, Wang Guang not only roughly browsed through the Daoist scriptures he wanted to cultivate, but also simply flipped through all the Daoist scriptures in the second layer.

  Just as the Qi cultivator said, there are tens of thousands of Dharma gates within the sect, and this is only for cultivation below the Golden Elixir. As for the cultivation methods above the Golden Elixir, who knows how many there are?

  According to the records of the Taoist scriptures, this Qigong sect has been established for more than 38,000 years. In these 38,000 years, the inner disciples who practiced the "Dazhou Tian Jindan Daoyin Fa" were more than twice as many as those who practiced other methods. It was also for this reason that Wang Guang finally made up his mind to practice this method. As for the disadvantage of practicing this method being slightly slower, he put it aside.

  "At least this qigong method has some mistakes, it's good to find someone to solve them. Although there are many other methods that progress very quickly when practiced, the number of practitioners is small, and the various experiences gained from practice are even fewer. If a mistake really occurs, not only can't you find a solution, but it will also delay a lot of time." Wang Guang was like this when he was in Jianghu, practicing one thing with careful consideration for stability, but doing other things without considering the consequences, and wouldn't consider the overall situation, thinking that as long as he wanted to do something, he would just do it, no matter how simple or fast. This extreme difference had indeed caused him a lot of trouble in the past.

  After making the final choice, Wang Guang also left this place and did not delay any longer. He left the Zang Jing Pavilion where he had stayed for a month and returned to his residence according to the rules of the inner disciples.

  After replenishing his body with various elixirs, Wang Guang sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a state of inner vision to begin transporting his true energy. Following the route outlined in the "Great Zhou Tian Golden Elixir Guiding Technique", he began converting them into magical powers.

  This world where ordinary people and practitioners coexist has been evolving for millions or even tens of millions of years, during which a vast amount of knowledge has accumulated, and countless new discoveries have never stopped. Until now, humans have discovered hundreds of meridians and thousands of acupoints in their bodies. However, due to the limitations of personal strength, these meridians and acupoints will not appear under normal introspection, and only after becoming a practitioner can the hidden meridians be perceived by oneself bit by bit.

  Wang Guang has cultivated to the Xiantian Dàyuánmǎn realm, and all 721 acupoints and 36 meridians in his body have been fully revealed.

  He only saw that the true energy in his body had condensed and was circulating through some meridians and acupoints, and with each circulation, the true energy increased a bit. This circulation route was exactly the internal skill he had cultivated in Jianghu.

  "In the past, you have helped me roam the world for over a hundred years, but today in this world, you are outdated and I have no choice but to abandon you. Presumably after this time, I will never borrow your power again."

  After a moment of introspection, he began to modify the route of the true Qi's circulation according to the method of "Taiji Golden Elixir Guiding Exercise".

  This route is very difficult to modify. Each meridian is like a pipeline, and changing the direction of water in the pipeline is the most exhausting thing.

  Wang Guang did not act rashly, but instead concentrated his mind to forcefully gather all the true energy into the Dan Tian Qi Hai. Then he pulled out a little bit of true energy and slowly transported it through the meridians according to the sequence of the Qigong method.

  This Qigong method's first layer is relatively simple for him now, it's just walking through the 12 meridians and over a hundred acupoints. One cycle of true energy circulating through the 12 meridians in sequence is considered one week.

  This week, the true energy suddenly shrank to more than a tenth of its original size, and a layer of pale blue light wrapped around it. After the blue light returned to the dantian with the true energy, it was rolled up together and squeezed to the center by a large amount of true energy.

  After three consecutive Sundays of moving, Wang Guang's mind could no longer suppress the vast amount of true energy stationed in his dantian. Moreover, he had already achieved a state of great perfection from birth, so even if there was no true energy in his meridians, new true energy would be rapidly born with the passage of time.

  The newly born true Qi instinctively travels through the meridians in the original order, making it more difficult for Wang Guang to adopt a new transportation method. As a result, the consumption of heart and spirit increases greatly.

  After three weeks, the true energy in his dantian had not decreased at all. The several times of transported spiritual power were all gathered together and quietly suspended in the dantian. If his body's true energy was a large jar of clear water, then that strand of spiritual power was like a condensed and unscattered blood pearl falling into this large water tank.

  He glanced at the medicine for rapid recovery of spiritual energy placed in front of him, but Wang Guang did not take it. This was not because he despised the free medicine as being of poor quality, but rather because according to the introduction in the inner gate's manual, many medicines should not be taken excessively, and this included those that rapidly recovered one's spiritual awareness.

  Taking too many of these elixirs will absolutely cause instability in one's foundation, and after reaching a certain stage in cultivation, it becomes extremely difficult to make further progress. Many alchemists who have taken strong elixirs ultimately choose to reincarnate, precisely because of this reason.

  He didn't choose to take medicine to recover his spirit, so he could only meditate and transport true energy to recover. Although transporting true energy was more than twice as slow as taking medicine, it was three to five times faster than recovering through sleep.

  More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and he hasn't left his room once. Every day is spent either meditating to cultivate his energy, recovering his spirit, or transporting his true energy, all in the hopes of quickly converting all the true energy within his body into magical power, becoming a true Energy Cultivator.

  On this day, Wang Guang sat on the bed with his knees crossed, bare-chested, revealing a body full of scars. His long hair was scattered, and as he breathed, his hair danced, looking very strange.

  A thumb-thick stream of green air shot out from his mouth, swirling in front of him three to five steps away and forming a face-basin-sized ball of energy. As he inhaled, two chopstick-thick streams of green air drilled out from the energy ball, twisting like thin snakes as they burrowed into his nostrils.

  Repeating back and forth, every time spitting out a foot or more of green gas, he would definitely inhale two and a half feet or more of green gas. Unaware of how much time had passed, Wang Guang suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Wú Liàng Tiān Zūn!"

  With this sound, he suddenly stood up from the bed and opened his mouth to take a fierce breath. Suddenly, a fist-sized air mass in front of him emitted a thick green smoke as thick as an infant's arm, which drilled into his mouth like a poisonous snake. Then, a series of intense crackling sounds came from his body, and layer after layer of dark gray oil stains appeared on his skin.

  In just three to five breaths, the cyan gas in front of him had all drilled into Wang Guang's mouth. At this time, the dark gray greasy substance on his body had completely covered his original skin.

  After seeing that group of green gas being absorbed into his dantian qihai, Wang Guang didn't bother with the black greasy substance on his body and instead sat cross-legged on the stone bed. Following the cultivation method of his sect, he slowly began to manipulate the familiar internal forces within his body.

  Just now, Wang Guang completely converted the true energy in his body into magical power. His physical system has changed after being washed by magical power and will no longer produce true energy from meridians and acupoints. What he needs to do now is to quickly familiarize himself with the changes in his body according to the techniques of other people's cultivation methods that he obtained from the Zangjing Pavilion.

  The mind is inwardly contemplative, and only sees that the muscles and bones inside the body are several times more compact and harder than before. The entire lower abdomen is suddenly empty, with only a small cluster of green light suspended in it.

  As the mind moves, this mass of green light splits off one percent to start wandering and circling in the meridians. Every time it wanders through a meridian, this point of green light increases by one part; every time it passes through an acupoint, a thread of green smoke emerges from the acupoint and merges into it.

  The twelve meridians, hundreds of acupoints had been thoroughly exhausted in just half a short period of time and had made a complete circuit. The obviously enlarged green light returned to the dantian, Wang Guang felt a refreshing sensation, which was even more exhilarating than taking spiritual narcotics.

  After observing for the most part, Wang Guang discovered that his body was full of spiritual energy. The speed at which this spiritual energy circulated not only increased, but after one cycle, its growth also increased by seven or eight times compared to before. More importantly, controlling this spiritual energy became much easier than before.

  Forcedly suppressing the idea of continuing to transport the law, he got up and wiped off the oil stains on his body with Lingspring, and changed into a new Taoist robe.

  "Vast Heaven Lord! Fortunately, I've read through many sects' Daoist scriptures and know that after the initial transformation of all true energy, one cannot over-exert their magical powers, lest they harm their meridians. Otherwise, this pleasant sensation is something I absolutely can't endure, and when the time comes, if I damage my meridians, it'll delay my cultivation for several days." Wang Guang thought to himself.