Chapter 9: Astonishing Cultivation Effects!

  Wang Heizi was beaten to death by the Law Enforcement Hall's club-wielding men for offending Ning Chong, and soon after, the news spread among the lower-ranking officials.

  Many of the servants who had previously ridiculed Ning Chong were now trembling with fear, and those who often bullied the Rain Bamboo Courtyard's servants no longer dared to make things difficult for Qi Bo and other servants of the Rain Bamboo Courtyard.

  Zi Bo and the others' days were much better than before, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration. Indeed, good people are often taken advantage of. And Zi Bo was even more delighted that Ning Chong could defeat Wang Heizi, making great progress in martial arts and feeling extremely pleased.

  These things, Ning Chong didn't think much about, for him, time was pressing, every minute and second were extremely precious.

  In a dimly lit room, Ning Chong sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed.

  "I've heard many seniors say that the key to martial arts lies not in quantity, but in quality. A low-level technique, as long as it's mastered deeply and reaches a high level, is absolutely more powerful than a high-level technique at an ordinary level! Now it seems, indeed it's true! I merely perfected my horse stance to the round fulfillment realm, yet I was able to defeat Wang Heizi, a first-class warrior in the later stages! The kind of strange feeling that brought about this change is truly unimaginable! But I wonder, will this strange feeling have the same effect on my internal strength?"

  Ning Chong really can't wait to give it a try!

  Ning Chong's cultivation method was the "Basic Qi Refining Decree" obtained from the Ning family after completing the martial path's body tempering stage. Just by looking at the name, it was clear that it wasn't anything good. However, following the Ning family's rules, with Ning Chong's current realm, he could only cultivate this "Basic Qi Refining Decree".

  Silently contemplating the heart mantra of the Gong Fa, calmly and peacefully, with no waves in the mind. Condensing the spirit, opening up the body's orifices, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the body, beginning to cultivate the inner primordial energy.

  Slowly, the primordial energy of heaven and earth from Ning Chong flows into the body's orifices, like water flowing, following the meridians to flow towards the Dan Tian.

  After the heavenly energy entered his meridians, Ning's brow rose with joy, for his conjecture had proven correct - he once again felt that strange sensation, as clear as when he practiced Zha Ma Bu, as if it came from the depths of his soul.

  With a pure and calm mind, he quickly entered the state of cultivation. His heart was free from distractions, like an ancient well without ripples. As he looked inward, he followed that strange feeling, gradually refining his understanding of the "Basic Qi Cultivation Technique", raising his level of mastery over this technique.

  Everyone's situation is different, qualifications are different, and the understanding of gongfa is also different. This has resulted in everyone practicing the same gongfa having differences in speed.

  But the most important thing in practicing qigong is the route of internal energy running through the meridians. Generally, the level and realm of a qigong practice are related to the quality of the internal energy's route.

  The human body has countless meridians, and it's hard to say how many there are. Just the main meridians alone are already dazzling, not to mention the numerous branch meridians, capillary meridians, etc. that are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Moreover, the meridians of any two people in this world are not exactly the same.

  Due to the complexity and multiplicity of meridians, as well as individual differences, it is extremely difficult to cultivate qigong. Even understanding the method and adjusting one's internal energy circulation route under its general guidance requires a great deal of time and effort.

  These reasons make the cultivation of Gongfa much more difficult than martial skills.

  But for Ning Chong, who had that strange feeling, these difficulties were simply negligible. The special characteristics of the technique actually made it easier for him to master the martial skills.

  "This feeling... The convergence of the meridians here, the speed at which the primordial energy enters cannot be too hasty... The meridians must not be rigid, absorbing the heavenly and earthly primordial energy cannot be done hastily, it requires a balance of lightness and heaviness, slowness and swiftness, life and death..."

  "No... it doesn't feel right! This place, the yuanqi is entering the meridian forks too quickly!"

  "This...the route of this meridian feels wrong, it's a mistake..."

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  Following the feeling, with the good or bad of the feeling as the criterion, along with the analysis and optimization of the internal energy running route bit by bit, Ning Chong's cultivation of the "Basic Qi Decision" realm is also rapidly advancing.

  It wasn't long before a loud cheer suddenly burst out in the house: "Success! Following this qigong method's route of operation, the primordial energy of heaven and earth entered the body at an astonishing speed, with almost no obstruction! Haha! This is a sign that the qigong has reached perfection! Haha!"

  With the help of that strange feeling, Ning Chong quickly figured out the most suitable "Basic Qi Cultivation Technique" for himself, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth and mastering the optimal method to circulate his meridians. He was naturally overjoyed with this result.

  It's unclear whether it was due to that strange feeling having a helpful effect on memory, but Ning Chong's ability to remember things had become many times stronger than before, and could almost be described as "photographic"! After the route of the Basic Qi Cultivation Technique was clearly understood, it was perfectly imprinted in his mind, without any need for effort to memorize.

  Ning Chong didn't waste any time, and began to run the "Foundational Cultivation Technique", absorbing the heavenly and earthly primal energy into his body's acupoints, gathering it into his meridians, and from there, slowly pouring it into his dantian.

  In the midst of quietness, Ning Chong was shocked to discover that the heavenly and earthly Yuan Qi around him had rapidly gathered towards him as if he were the center, even forming a moderate whirlwind. His heart leapt with joy once again, for he could clearly feel that the cultivation effect of this complete realm's "Basic Cultivation Decision" had increased by who-knew-how-many times compared to before! Its cultivation effect was already comparable to many high-level cultivation methods!

  In a state of cultivation, the mind is calm and sinks into tranquility, neither sorrow nor joy, everything that happens, only after a moment of surprise, then flashes by, continuing to concentrate on cultivation.

  In this way, Ning Chong cultivated in a muddled and confused state. When he felt a dull pain spreading through his body's meridians, he knew that it was the reaction when his cultivation reached its limit. If he didn't stop, it would damage his body and meridians.

  Ning Chong slowly withdrew his energy, opened his eyes, and let out a long breath of turbid air from his mouth. He felt refreshed and invigorated, full of vitality.

  He felt his body and smiled with satisfaction.

  The internal energy cultivation of the "Wu Tu" boundary must open up the ten main meridians of the human body, and each time one is opened, the cultivation will be upgraded by "one level".

  This time, his cultivation was like a hot knife through butter, easy and effortless. He opened up more than half of the first main meridian in one breath, and it was even more abundant than the results of his cultivation over the past three years!

  With a surge of excitement in his heart, Ning Chong jumped out of bed, but suddenly smelled a foul odor on himself, which was some impurities discharged from his body during cultivation.

  The smell was so bad that Ning Chong couldn't stand it himself, he opened the door and walked out.

  The outside was dark and quiet. This time, Ning Chong spent almost half of the night cultivating.

  Without bothering with anything else, Ning rushed to the well in the courtyard under the cover of night, drew a bucket of water and scrubbed himself clean.

  After putting on her clothes and exercising a bit, the smile on her face gradually faded away.

  Among people of the same age, many have already reached the fourth or even fifth stage of martial arts cultivation. In comparison, I have fallen far behind my peers, and the distance between us has grown too large.

  Fortunately, I now have this magical feeling myself.

  It is well known that there are two most important qualities for martial arts: one is the quality of the root bone; the other is the quality of enlightenment.

  Ning Chong had once been inferior in both aspects, but now this strange feeling was incredibly mystical, not only fully possessing the effect of enlightenment, its effect even surpassed that of a demonic enlightenment!

  It's just like solving a difficult problem, other martial artists must first interpret and understand, get their own solution process, before they can solve the final answer. The pros and cons of this answer vary from person to person.

  Ning Chong, who had this strange feeling, was like he already knew the most perfect solution and process. What he needed to do was just to comprehend and grasp why the solution method and process would be like that. Why did it have to be solved in such a way? After understanding and grasping it clearly, he could then follow this problem-solving process and method to arrive at the most perfect answer naturally.

  Obviously, the difference between the two is like heaven and earth, and the latter has an advantage of several times over the former!

  Undoubtedly, after having this strange feeling, Ning Chong seemed to have seen the light in the darkness and was filled with confidence.