Chapter Twenty-Four: Unity of the Six Directions

  It has been ten days since the cancellation of the engagement.

  In these ten days, Ye Chen took the first Clear Wind Jade Dew Pill. This pill was as rumored, after taking it, miscellaneous thoughts did not arise, and his mind was clear and refreshing. It helped Ye Chen to open up his heart meridian in one move, making his internal energy become as he wished under the tempering of heart fire, and his heart moved with his energy, which was the realm of the fourth turn of Pure Yuan Gong.

  Apart from this, Ye Chen has already begun to cultivate the Golden Goose Skill. This lightness skill requires a high level of internal energy, which must be pure and unadulterated; otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve great success, such as traversing hundreds of meters in mid-air.

  Fortunately, the internal energy in the Pure Yuan Gong is unimaginably pure, and impurities were eliminated as early as the second turn. By the fourth turn, after being tempered by heart fire, the internal energy has become even more spiritual, making the practice of Golden Goose Gong half the work with double the results.

  "These past few days, I've been feeling an intense urge to make a breakthrough, it should be a sign that I'm about to reach the 7th layer of Qi Refining Realm. The cultivation speed of Pure Yuan Gong's 4th turn is indeed extraordinary, but wanting to reach the Condensing Reality Realm is getting harder and harder! What can I do? To be honest, I've only been in this world for half a year, how can I compare to others who have cultivated for 4 or 5 years, or even 7 or 8 years?"

  Since learning that Ye Xuan had entered the initial stage of the Cong Zhen Realm, Ye Chen knew he had to work even harder. Otherwise, by the end of the year when the Ye family held their annual gathering, he might not be a match for Ye Xuan. Moreover, apart from Ye Xuan, Eldest Uncle's second son, Ye Tang, was also not someone to be underestimated. After all, he and Ye Xuan were publicly recognized as the two greatest geniuses of the Ye family.

  She took out a jade bottle from her bosom, opened the wooden stopper, and a blue pill rolled out, falling into Yexuan's palm.

  Zeng Qi Dan, a commonly used Chong Guan Dan medicine by martial artists who practice Qi Gong, worth over 3,000 taels of silver.

  Ye Chen is now only one step away from the seventh layer of Qi Refining Realm, and he may be able to break through in just a week. However, he can't wait that long, so he plans to use the Enhancing Qi Pill to directly boost his cultivation and break through to the seventh layer, which would save him seven days of hard work.

  Seven days of hard work may not be a big deal for ordinary people, but it has great significance for Ye Chen. With his comprehension ability, he can grasp a high-level martial skill in seven days. Even the top-level martial skill "Gu Feng Thirteen Swords" only took him two or three months to master, and that was because it was incomplete and required supplementing with intent and breathing techniques; otherwise, one month would have been enough.

  So these seven days must be saved and cannot be wasted.

  Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Ye Chen snapped his fingers and a blue Rejuvenation Pill arced through the air into his mouth, sliding down his throat and into his body.

  Gudong!

  Qigong pill dissolves in water and transforms into a stream of extremely pure primordial energy.

  In an instant, the pure yuan energy inside seemed to sniff out the bloody evil wolf, and fiercely burst out from the dantian, wrapping around the refined yuan energy transformed from the xiangqi dan in a few breaths, brutally refining it.

  "What a powerful refining ability, if it were to be converted into internal energy of the Cloud Qi Sect, the efficiency would be reduced by at least two times." The higher the quality of internal energy, the faster the speed of refining yuanqi. This is a well-known fact in the True Spirit Continent. Of course, if the total amount of internal energy is large enough, it will also be of great help to refine yuanqi. After all, under normal circumstances, quantity defeating quality is not an unusual thing.

  An hour has passed.

  A faint rustling sound came from within Ye Chen's body.

  The already expanded Dantian swelled again, like an inflated balloon, and in the center of the Dantian, a purely transparent vortex suddenly accelerated, like a spiritual nebula, constantly absorbing and transforming the new incoming internal energy.

  After a long time, Ye Chen opened his eyes, slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, with joy on his face, he had finally entered the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

  The difference between the sixth layer of Qi Refining Realm and the seventh layer is not that big, but for ordinary people. For Ye Chen, even a small progress can greatly increase his combat power and make him more capable of exerting the power of martial arts.

  "It's not suitable to continue practicing Pure Yuan Gong today, let's solidify our foundation first." Ye Chen deeply understood the importance of a strong foundation. A solid foundation allows for further construction, but without it, everything is like a castle in the air, prone to collapse at any moment. Even when breaking through later, one might go crazy and become useless.

  One night passed, Ye Chen thoroughly consolidated his cultivation and made a small progress. This Enhancing Qi Pill can save one month of hard work, reduce the seven-day consumption during breakthrough, and have 21 days left over, which is just enough to help him take another step forward.

  In the following days, Ye Chen took another Qingfeng Yulu Pill and made a concerted effort to break through the fifth turn of the Chunyuan Meridian, merging the six harmonies into one.

  Of course, life is not stagnant water either.

  After meeting Wu Zongming, the first disciple of Wudang, for the first time, they became friends and would chat and exchange martial arts moves during their leisure time.

  Wu Zongming had always thought highly of himself, believing that Ye Chen's achievements in martial arts were impressive but still a distance away from his own. However, after restricting his cultivation to the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage and actually engaging in combat, Wu Zongming unexpectedly found himself at a disadvantage. The high-level human-grade martial art, Lihuoquan, seemed unable to gain the upper hand against Ye Chen's Jingangquan, which left him utterly incredulous.

  He didn't know that Ye Chen's diamond fist had reached the highest level of softness and hardness in one, under his limited cultivation, Lianhuo Fist could be a good match.

  In the mountains, there is no sun and moon, half a month has passed again.

  That night, Ye Chen applied the Body Refining Cream externally and planned to officially break through to the fifth turn of Pure Yuan Gong, combining his essence, spirit, hands, eyes, body, and six senses as one.

  As for applying body cream, it's not a useless effort. The six unions of the human body include the physical body, and when the physical body is strong and full of vitality, it can increase the chances of success.

  Pure yuan gong inner energy is driven to the limit, Ye Chen's tongue tip presses against the upper jaw, eyes gaze at the nose, nose gazes at the heart, quickly entering a state of seeming thought yet no thought.

  Whoosh, outside was silent and still, but inside Ye Chen's body, the wind was howling and the clouds were surging, the sound of his internal energy circulating was like a small river, continuous and unbroken.

  For a martial artist, the inner three combinations of Liuhe have almost merged into one. For example, Jing and Qi are no longer separate from each other and can be transformed at any time. Jing and Shen combined together is spirit. As long as you concentrate highly, the two can also merge together. The difficulty lies in how to combine Qi and Shen, which is what is called Qi and Shen merging.

  After many days of contemplation, Ye Chen had already gained some insight.

  When the heart is moved, the internal energy flows along the meridians to the eyebrow center, where the soul resides, and the soul is God.

  After thirty-six cycles of the Big Dipper Heavenly Circuit, the internal energy infused with the power of the soul retreated back into the Dan Tian, and Ye Chen knew he had succeeded, successfully merging his essence, energy, and spirit as one.

  Next is Wai San Hei.

  The external three harmonies seem simple, such as eye-hand-body coordination, but this is actually quite superficial. Ordinary people can achieve this through arduous training. The external three harmonies referred to in Pure Yuan Gong involve extracting the three types of yuan qi from the four limbs, eyes, and central nervous system. These three types of yuan qi are closely related to each other and interact with one another. This is the true meaning of external three harmonies.

  First, extract the hidden vital energy from the central part. The leaves and dust dare not be slow or careless, as one must know that the central part is one of the most important parts of the human body. If there is even a slight mistake, a person will become paralyzed and it will be very difficult to cure, so not a single detail can be neglected.

  The internal energy slowly seeps into the central hub, and then pulls out a thread of extremely obscure yuanqi, which slowly merges with the internal energy.

  The two merged thoroughly, and Ye Chen released that strand of yuanqi that had fused with his internal energy back into the Central Plains.

  As if according to the law of alchemy, Deng Yun merged the external three harmonies with the internal energy, and big drops of sweat dripped down from his forehead, completely wetting his body.

  But everything is worth it, now his internal energy contains the limbs, eyes and central yuanqi, including spirit, and has undergone a qualitative change in reaction speed, subconscious speed, hand speed, and eye sharpness.

  Apart from this, after entering the fifth turn, the speed of Pure Yuan's absorption and refinement of yuanqi reached a very impressive level, with one day of bitter cultivation roughly equivalent to three or four days in the past.

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