Episode 6: The Genius of Sniffing Medicine

  Shui Ling Jue is one of the top water-based qigong methods in the Tian level after building the foundation, and even among the direct descendants of the Duan family, very few people can learn it. Duan Yue was able to learn it thanks to his mother, Duan Yun, who was once a pre-heavenly high-ranking master, although she had lost all her cultivation, but still retained that state and all the qigong methods she knew. When Duan Yue was very young, his mother Duan Yun saw that he had an outstanding water attribute, so she personally passed on Shui Ling Jue to him.

  This is a method of cultivating postnatal true qi, although the rank is quite high, however, based on the different physical qualities of each practitioner, the effects that can be obtained are also greatly different.

  Although he had undergone a transformation after taking the Reversal of Heaven and Earth Great Divine Pill, Duan Yu obviously did not intend to change his cultivation method. Rather than searching for a new method from the memories left behind by that tragic man, it would be better to just cultivate the same method that the tragic man had cultivated before. After all, that tragic man had spent over ten years of hard work on this method, and with the meticulous guidance of Duan Yu's mother, Duan Yun, he could understand the subtleties of this method just by looking at the memories in his mind.

  Standing on the shoulders of a giant, one can often see further. If not, then so be it. However, since there is this opportunity now, Duan Yue naturally wouldn't let it slip away easily.

  The foundation-building part was vaguely completed last night, and the next step is the true energy transportation method. Duan Yue did not start practicing in a hurry like last night, but instead carefully reviewed the kung fu again, and also carefully studied the insights of Bei Ge Nan and his mother Duan Yun. Although he didn't dare say that he had fully grasped it, at least he could barely manage to get a rough idea in his mind.

  When his mother, Duan Yun, brought him breakfast, Duan Yu hastily ate it and then closed his eyes to slowly circulate the true energy according to the route of the Water Spirit Formula.

  Can't help but say that the effect of this heaven-defying and earth-shaking great elixir is incredibly powerful. Duan Yue only needed to think about it for a moment, and with the movement of his qi and blood, he immediately gave birth to the first strand of true energy. There was no obstruction whatsoever, and he began to circulate the true energy according to the first layer of the Water Spirit Incantation's true energy circulation route.

  Just a few breaths later, Duan Yue's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his face revealed an inexplicable strange color. He slowly opened his hands, looked at them for a few moments, then pressed several places on his body, with an incredulous expression.

  Just now, he actually successfully ran through the entire true qi operation route of the first layer of Shuǐ Líng Jué.

  He can be sure that this is his first contact with the two words "cultivation", and also his first contact with the ten-layer cultivation method behind Shuǐ Líng Jué.

  Although his mind had the memories of more than a decade of tragic male cultivation, those were limited to the foundation-building boundary. The ten-layer true energy cultivation method that followed did not have many memories. Although there were some insights and experiences from his mother, Duan Yu, those insights and experiences were absolutely worlds apart from actual cultivation, and could not be mentioned in the same breath.

  According to the tragic man's memory, plus his own estimation, being able to complete the first layer of Shuǐ Líng Jué's true energy circulation within a month would already be considered as heaven's blessing. However, Duàn Yuè never thought that he would successfully complete the first layer of cultivation on his first attempt at running Shuǐ Líng Jué.

  After repeatedly checking back and forth, the breath indeed flowed unceasingly like a swinging arm. Duan Yue's eyes widened suddenly, had he...had he broken through just like that?

  He rubbed his head hard and couldn't help but slap himself, damn it, that really hurts! Indeed, this is not a dream!

  The Reversal of Heaven and Earth Great Restoration Pill is indeed a reversal of heaven and earth!

  After hesitating for a while, Duan Yue took a deep breath and brought out the contents of the second layer of the Water Spirit Technique from his mind. Combining it with the insights and experiences of his mother, Duan Yun, he carefully pondered over it. After a long time, he seemed to have gained some understanding, sat back up straight, and entered into a state of cultivation.

  The true energy in his dantian was jumping about vigorously, as if filled with boundless vitality, bringing immense power to Duan Yu's body.

  Under Duan Yue's mental control, these acquired true energies flowed through the meridians in his body as smoothly as river water. Whether it was a meridian that had been penetrated before or one that was being traversed for the first time, none of them posed any obstruction to the circulation of Duan Yue's true energy.

  In this way, before long, his acquired true energy had traversed all the meridian routes of the second layer of the Water Spirit Technique in his body.

  This time, when Duan Yue opened his eyes, what was revealed in them was no longer just wild joy and confusion, but also a hint of hidden heart palpitations and uncertainty.

  It is known that all martial artists understand that the most taboo thing during cultivation is to go crazy and enter the devil. And the precursor to going crazy and entering the devil is the uncontrolled large-scale growth of one's own cultivation. In the memory of the tragic male, internal skill cultivation must be done step by step, in order to make stable progress. Looking at the history of the Hidden Dragon Empire that he knows, there has never been a person who can complete the second layer of postnatal internal skill cultivation in less than half an hour.

  Taking a deep breath, Duan Yue calmed his emotions and attributed all the credit to the Heaven-Defying Reversal Dan. "Mother of...! It's indeed worthy of being an Eternal-grade elixir, truly powerful!"

  At this point, Duanyue's eyes flickered with an unusual light, and his heart was filled with excitement. The operation of the Water Spirit Technique reappeared in his mind.

  We have the Reversal of Heaven and Earth Great Spirit Pill, what's there to fear! Perhaps it was because of this sudden surge of confidence that Duan Yue's face also flushed slightly. At this moment, his emotions were surging, and no matter what, he couldn't thoroughly suppress them. The morning time period had already passed, and now wasn't a good time for cultivating internal energy, but he seemed to have been enchanted by something, concentrating all his energy on the Water Spirit Technique:

  When the sun was high in the sky, Duan Yue opened his eyes again. At this time, the sparkle in his eyes had been completely replaced by numbness.

  In the memory of the tragic male, before the age of eight, he completed the foundation-building cultivation in one year and three months, making him the first genius among the young generation of the Duan family. Afterwards, it was the only son of Third Uncle Duan Qingliu, Duan Yan, who completed the foundation-building cultivation in a year and a half, then spent five years cultivating to the sixth layer of Houtian, reaching the peak of Houtian seventh layer at the age of sixteen, and breaking through Xiantian at the age of twenty. Not only in the Duan family, but also in the entire Qianlong Empire, he was considered a top genius, known as one of the eight great masters of the young generation of the Qianlong Empire!

  But just this morning, this record was thoroughly rewritten by Duan Yue!

  He actually spent only one... no, just half a morning, and he has already cultivated the Water Spirit Technique from the First Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm to the Sixth Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  Duan Yue's mouth twitched slightly, feeling like he was about to go crazy. He had the urge to let out a loud shout, but there was a voice in his heart that was desperately shouting, as if an invisible pair of hands were tightly grasping his throat, preventing him from making any sound.

  Even if Duan Yue had just crossed over, even if he only had those pitiful memories in his mind. But it wasn't hard to make him understand that with a morning's worth of cultivation, he had reached the sixth layer of the acquired stage. Such talent couldn't be simply described as genius anymore. Perhaps the two words "prodigy" would be more fitting!

  After being stunned for a while, Duan Yue couldn't help but feel some worry in his heart. Such a rapid cultivation speed wouldn't have any serious consequences, would it? Although the Reversing Heaven and Earth Great Divine Pill's medicinal power was extraordinary, after all, it was just one pill. If something unexpected happened, he might not be able to bear the consequences.

  Of course, rapid progress in cultivation is a good thing, but if this good thing comes at the cost of going crazy, Duan Yue isn't an idiot and naturally knows how to make a choice.

  After circulating the true energy in his body for several rounds, he was certain that he would not explode and die.

  With a thought, he once again concentrated his mind on the Water Spirit Incantation in his brain, and a bold idea flashed through his heart like lightning.

  If he can break through the sixth layer of the acquired realm with one breath, what about the seventh? The expression in Duan Yue's eyes changed unpredictably, and a wave of turmoil surged up in his heart like a stormy sea.

  The seventh layer of tomorrow, like a magical temptation realm, in an instant, Duan Yue had fallen into an irresistible situation...