Chapter 5: Breathing Techniques

  The Airborne Emblem is very powerful, but also very expensive. Qin Yong was like a poor guy with only a few dollars in his pocket, walking into a luxurious department store, and could only look at it with envy.

  Qin Yong felt more and more depressed as he looked, although there were a few that could be purchased, but they were not very practical. Thinking about it also made sense, if it wasn't like this, the Air Luck Charm shop wouldn't have priced them so low either. He could only look at the things that made his eyes greedy, and the more he looked, the more uncomfortable he felt. Qin Yong really wanted to leave here, at least he didn't have to stare at them like this.

  As soon as he had the thought, Qin Yong suddenly found that his surroundings changed again, just like before, space distorted. Soon, Qin Yong returned to the medicine field, even his posture was almost the same as before. This time, Qin Yong somewhat understood, it seemed that when he entered the Air Transport Tattoo Shop earlier, it was only in his consciousness, and in reality, he was still in the original place.

  I don't know if the flow of time in the Airship Emblem shop is the same as outside, generally speaking, it should be faster if it's just a matter of consciousness. It's like when people faint, their consciousness closes off and their thoughts turn really fast. Only then won't it affect the outside world, but all this is Qin Yong's speculation, to understand this point, further experimentation is needed.

  "Whatever, I can't afford anything anyway. Might as well just cultivate diligently. Now that the cultivation speed is 1.5 times faster, I should be about half a level higher than that tragic brother whose qualifications I stole. He originally had ordinary but slightly above-average cultivation qualifications, so this way I'm equivalent to being half a level faster than normal people." Qin Yong muttered to himself after glancing at the medicine field.

  Originally, Qin Yong had to take care of the medicine field and often had to stop in the middle of his cultivation, unable to cultivate with a clear mind. Now that the medicine fields have been destroyed, before Liu Yan sent over the spiritual medicine, Qin Yong didn't need to do anything else. At this moment, he could finally cultivate with a clear mind. Previously when it was 1.1 times, Qin Yong didn't feel much of a difference, but now at 1.5 times the cultivation speed, he should be able to clearly feel the difference.

  Qin Yong was a reborn transcender, the previous one with the same name being a tragic good. Among the miscellaneous disciples, he only belonged to the middle stream. With a cultivation base of five layers in the Qi Wu realm, it could be said that he was not as good as those above him but better than those below him. Yunhai Sect was one of the five major sects in Tianhong Country, and even among the miscellaneous disciples, they must have possessed stronger qualifications than ordinary people.

  Among the disciples of Yunhai Sect, there are four levels: miscellaneous servants, outer gate disciples, inner gate disciples, and core disciples. Above that is the elder level. Of course, elders also have distinctions. Generally, miscellaneous servant elders are those who have no hope of promotion from among the outer gate disciples, while outer gate elders are those who have no hope of promotion from among the inner gate disciples. Only those at the inner gate elder level and above can be considered the true core of Yunhai Sect.

  The miscellaneous tasks of the Yunhai Sect are all undertaken by disciples who have not yet reached the seventh level of Qi Wu. Generally, new disciples start from here. Once they reach the seventh level of Qi Wu, they will be promoted to outer sect disciples and no longer need to do chores for the sect. Instead, they can receive tasks issued by the sect and obtain resources in exchange for their contributions.

  Inner door disciples start, then have two promotion conditions. One is to reach the fourth heavy Xuanwu realm of martial arts repair disciples, and directly promote to inner door disciples. The second is through challenge, as long as you reach the Xuanwu realm, you can defeat an inner door disciple in the sect's disciple promotion competition, and also be promoted.

  The core disciple is almost the same as the inner door disciple. When the cultivation reaches the earth martial realm, it can be directly promoted, or when the cultivation is above the seventh level of the mysterious martial realm, it can challenge and defeat a core disciple, and then replace it. The only difference between the core disciple and the inner door disciple is that if the core disciple loses in the promotion tournament, they will be demoted from the core disciple, which is also to motivate those core disciples not to slack off, because they may be pulled down by that genius at any time.

  Qin Yong was only at the fifth level of Qi Wu Jing, two small levels away from becoming an outer door disciple. He was already eighteen years old, a year older than Liu Yan. However, in the world of martial arts, age was not important, and only cultivation and strength mattered. Therefore, even though Qin Yong was older than Liu Yan, as a miscellaneous disciple, he could only address her as "Shi Jie" (older sister).

  The difference between the fifth stage of Qi Wu and the seventh stage of Xuan Wu is a whole big level and two small levels, which is the difference between ordinary talent and genius. Qin Yong could only secretly lament and return to his room for cultivation.

  Qin Yong was just a miscellaneous disciple, not qualified to practice the advanced techniques of Yunhai Sect. These required contributions to the sect to exchange for. Qin Yong only had the basic techniques issued by the sect, called "Practicing Qi Secret", which was a universal technique used by various major sects to recruit miscellaneous disciples.

  However, without entering a major sect as a miscellaneous disciple, it is impossible to obtain. In the True Martial Continent, unless one is from a sect or a martial family, or has a master to inherit from, ordinary families cannot obtain cultivation techniques.

  Qigong is a basic skill, although ordinary, but enough to cultivate to the Xuanwu realm, as long as the talent and willpower are sufficient, it can completely rely on its promotion to become an outer door disciple. At that time, you can obtain sect contributions through tasks and exchange them for better cultivation skills and other practical secret recipes.

  Qin Yong returned to his room and sat cross-legged on the bed. The "Qi Gong Secrets" was not a valuable item, so all the miscellaneous disciples had a handwritten copy, which was always placed at the head of the bed. Qin Yong had also flipped through it until it was worn out. In recent days, apart from tidying up the medicine field and occasionally spacing out, most of his time was spent practicing.

  According to the "Qigong Secrets" mentioned above, Qin Yong began to circulate his true energy. Having true energy is the biggest characteristic of the Qigong stage. Many people can't even cultivate their true energy. The cultivation of "Qigong Secrets" goes through a total of 16 acupoints and two major meridians. The human body has a total of 365 acupoints, countless collaterals, and the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians dominate these countless collaterals.

  The pros and cons of a qigong method depend on the number of acupoints and meridians it involves, although this is not an absolute rule. Acupoints are classified into primary and secondary points, and meridians are also divided into high and low levels. The most influential ones are the Eight Extraordinary Meridians (奇经八脉). These include the Du, Ren, Chong, Dai, Yangqiao, Yin Qiao, Yangwei, and Yinwei meridians. Among them, the Ren and Du meridians have fixed acupoints and are the most important in the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. The other six meridians intersect with other meridians. Therefore, qigong methods that involve the Ren and Du meridians are considered precious, even if they involve fewer acupoints and meridians. They may still be extremely powerful methods.

  Qin Yong followed the "Breathing Technique", circulating true energy to flow through his meridians and stimulate those sixteen acupoints. Affected by the 1.5 times cultivation speed, Qin Yong clearly felt that it was much better than before. At this rate of cultivation, perhaps he could reach the sixth level of Qi Wu in just one month.

  They say that cultivation knows no age, but Qin Yong clearly felt that not much time had passed, yet he could already feel the sunlight shining on his eyelids. If nothing was wrong, Qin Yong would have definitely continued to cultivate with this breath, but today Liu Yan was going to deliver the spiritual medicine, and Qin Yong didn't dare to slack off in front of this inner sect genius, so he quickly got up, washed up, and hurried outside.

  As soon as he stepped out, Qin Yong saw the figure of Liu Yan walking towards him, and that beautiful silhouette made Qin Yong break out in a cold sweat.

  "It's okay, at least I'm not late." Qin Yong secretly let out a sigh of relief, he didn't want to know what would happen if he made Liu Yan wait.