Chapter 75 Qi Refining First Test and Walking the Maze
The scorching summer passed in a blink of an eye, and there were bits and pieces of gold in the emerald green of the mountains. Walking on the mountain road of Qianyunzong, you can smell the sweet fragrance of wild fruits everywhere, which is a unique smell of autumn.
The climate of Yunxiu Continent is quite strange. Although it has a vast territory, the seasons are the same everywhere. In spring, the entire Yunxiu is spring, and in winter, the entire Yunxiu is full of snow.
The Fangcao Peak in autumn is beautiful and intoxicating. The autumn harvest medicinal materials planted in the terraced fields are fruiting and blooming one after another, filling the mountain with a harvest atmosphere. Even the birds raised in the thatched house on the back mountain hatched more than a dozen chicks after autumn.
The happiest person on Fangcao Peak was Zheng Qiu. He fulfilled his master's request ten days ahead of schedule and successfully filled a meridian with energy.
You must know that during this period of time, he has to use the "Snake Swallowing Body Refining Sutra" every day to refine his energy. It's like tossing his body like a towel, absorbing water, squeezing it dry, absorbing water, and squeezing it dry again.
Every day after practicing half-death, he still had to eat the medicine paste prepared by the master. If it wasn't for the increasing energy in his body, Zheng Qiu didn't even have the courage to persevere.
Master Ming Zong was very satisfied with the apprentice's fulfillment of the requirements ahead of schedule. He specially gave Zheng Qiu five days off and allowed the apprentice to wander around the Zongli.
Today is an important day, a day to test Zheng Qiu's Qi Jin. Master Ming Zong placed various props in the courtyard of the Fangcao Building to test the effect of the disciple's Qi Jin.
"Master, I'm here." Zheng Qiu came to Fangcao Building early, his two little hands clenched and loosened, both nervous and excited.
Master Ming Zong also specially changed into a clean imperial uniform, and combed his usually messy short snow-white hair neatly.
He pulled Zheng Qiu onto the straw mat, and repeatedly told him: "Don't panic, don't mess up, just meditate first, enter the state of introspection and let the wood spirit live for a week."
Zheng Qiu nodded, sat on the straw mat, took a deep breath, and recited the words of meditation.
He understood what the master meant. The master had reminded him many times that there was very little energy in his body, and every trace was extremely important. In this test, he can only consume half of his qi at most, because the remaining half will be kept in the sea of qi as an introduction for future cultivation.
The qi energy of half a meridian is not a big meridian, so it is naturally pitiful, so for each test today, Zheng Qiu only has one chance to exert energy. For this reason, Master Mingzong studied for three consecutive days and nights to find out the most ideal test props in advance.
Half an hour later, Zheng Qiu opened his eyes. He had already operated the "wood spirit" for a week, and his originally excited mood was calmed down during this period of time.
"Master, I'm ready."
"Really ready?"
After being confirmed by his apprentice for the second time, Master Mingzong rubbed his hands and walked excitedly to a wooden table: "Then let's start with this control test. This test consumes the least energy and is suitable for the first test." .”
There is a square wooden frame on the wooden table. In the middle of the wooden frame, blue jade pieces are used to form a maze. The two entrances of the maze are at the two ends of the wooden frame. The route in the middle is not complicated and can be seen at a glance. , but the route is very winding, with many bends.
Each piece of sapphire is engraved with the same pattern, and at each turn of the route, three heaven and earth crystals are used to form an arch.
Master Ming Zong pointed to the labyrinth in the wooden frame, and introduced the function to the apprentice: "This labyrinth is three feet long and two feet wide, and it is used to test your ability to control Qi Jin..."
The maze was built by the master himself. If the entire route through the maze is connected in a straight line, it will be two feet long.
Each piece of jade is engraved with the mantra pattern of locking the qi, preventing the qi released by Zheng Qiu from overflowing. The arches built by each heaven and earth crystal are used to amplify the amount of energy, so as to prevent the energy from being weak and unable to move forward.
Master Ming Zong motioned Zheng Qiu to look at the paper pasted on the wooden table: "Apprentice, here is the fingering method for exercising vigor, and using this fingering method consumes the least energy.
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Zheng Qiu watched carefully, raised his head and asked, "Master, shall I start now?"
"Hey! Wait," Master Ming Zong hurried to get a pen and paper, stood by the wooden table and stared at the maze, and then said, "Okay, let's start."
Zheng Qiuxu pressed his abdomen, and then slowly lifted his hands up, the energy flowed from the position of the sea of qi to the dantian, and then continued to go up along the meridians.
Raising the energy to his chest, he folded his left hand and pressed his palm to his arm. The energy flowed along the meridian, from Tianquan point all the way to Laogong.
For ordinary cultivators, when the energy reaches the palm, it is enough to force it out of the body, but Zheng Qiu can't do this, he has to use the fingering methods provided by his master to minimize the consumption of energy.
Make a fist, open your palms together, then clasp your ring finger with your thumb, pull your palm back inward, and finally make your fist and push it outward, and point out your index finger at the same time.
Zheng Qiu felt a slight numbness at the tip of his index finger, and a strand of white air as thick as a hair emerged from it. The white air escaped from the fingertips and expanded rapidly, becoming as thick as chopsticks.
"Stop!" Seeing the apprentice staring at Qi Jin in a daze, Master Ming Zong hastily reminded loudly.
Zheng Qiu quickly raised his left hand, stretched out his thumb to press the pad of his right index finger, and then pushed his thumb back to stop releasing energy. At this time, the energy he released was already six inches long, and it began to overflow.
Zheng Qiu immediately moved the direction of his index finger, allowing Qi Jin to enter through the entrance of the maze.
As soon as Qi Jin entered the maze, the sapphire pieces on both sides lighted up slightly, and the overflowing breath was immediately pressed back to the middle, fixing Qi Jin on the thick white line shape of the chopsticks.
"Apprentice, let Qi Jin go forward, don't be afraid, it won't disperse in here."
Hearing the master's words, Zheng Qiu collected his thoughts, focused on the released white line, and controlled it to float forward along the route.
"Turn left! Okay, turn right at the next intersection!" Master Ming Zong shouted, while writing on the paper with a pen, bent over, his entire face was almost stuck to the wooden frame.
"Turn right again, no, not left, turn right."
At a turning position, the white line shook violently and hit the jade piece on the left. The white line stopped for a while, then floated up again, and turned right unsteadily. Not long after it floated out, the white thread swayed again and hit the jade piece with a clatter.
Master Ming Zong raised his head and found that his apprentice was gritting his teeth, trying to control his strength.
"Okay, don't force it, there will be tests later."
Master Ming Zong held down his hand to prevent him from continuing to control it, and at the same time removed the jade piece beside the white line. There was a soft puff, and the energy lost the confinement of the jade piece, and immediately turned from a white line into a faint mist, which drifted away with the wind.
Master Mingzong turned to the wooden frame, recorded the position where Qi Jin had reached, and then calculated the distance. Qi Jin only reached two feet and three inches, which is the furthest distance that Zheng Qiu can control.
It's very close, very close. Even a practitioner in the Qi-controlling realm who has just been able to release Qi Jin outside can swing his Qi Jin at least half a foot away, while a person in the Qi-Condensing Realm can control Qi Jin at a distance of at least one and a half feet.