Chapter Eighty-two: True Energy Leaves the Body

  When the Shaolin high monk arrived, I had already practiced the Xiāo Mó Jīng to a certain extent. Although I didn't dare say that I had achieved great success, it could be said that I had already entered the door. Kong Shou and Yi Chen saw that my practice of Xiāo Mó Jīng was about to succeed, and since the Shaolin high monk had also arrived, they thought it was time to give me a marrow washing and bone smashing, allowing me to walk on the normal path of cultivation from then on.

  Then they prepared a large pot in the kitchen, decocted a pot of medicinal liquid, and then asked me to take off my clothes and jump directly into the medicine pot. The medicinal liquid in the medicine pot was very hot, almost scalding my skin. But I gritted my teeth and persisted, because this was also an essential step for my marrow washing and bone scraping this time.

  Using scalding medicinal liquid to cure the old injuries that have been accumulating inside my body for years, and expelling the impurities from my body, allowing me to recover a normal person's physique, is the purpose of this marrow washing and bone forging.

  I also heard that this potion can make my physique even better, and may even bring about a huge change in my body, making me more suitable for cultivation. Of course, this is only something that people with special good luck would encounter, I think it's unlikely that I'll run into such a situation, my luck has never been very good anyway.

  Shaolin High Monk named Yucheng is a high-ranking monk of the Jade character generation, who is now 70 years old, with a smile all over his face, looking very kind and gentle.

  I met Master Yu Cheng, who came to help me, under the introduction of Kong Hou. After a brief courtesy, we directly started the step of washing the marrow and cutting the bones.

  As my body was soaked in the medicinal liquid and steamed, the surface of my skin gradually turned red. Some fine black impurities also slowly flowed out with the sweat. At this time, I started to run the Xiāo Mù Jīng ( Washing Bone Scripture) myself, and Master Yǔ Chéng immediately began to assist me in running the Xiāo Mù Jīng, causing the impurities inside my body to be slowly eliminated.

  I felt extremely painful, and I almost fainted several times, but I gritted my teeth and persisted, not allowing myself to really faint. Otherwise, this time's marrow washing and bone scraping would be a complete failure, and all my previous efforts would be in vain.

  Kong Shou and Yi Chen were also by my side, ready to help me at any moment when I couldn't take it anymore, keeping me awake.

  Even Huang Yier, as a daughter, was called over by Kong Xiu to help watch the fire, fearing that the fire timing would cause this bone-washing and marrow-replenishing process to fail.

  There is only one person left in our courtyard outside. He is our guardian, preventing sudden intruders from disturbing us.

  I endured the heart-wrenching and lung-tearing pain inside me, struggling to recite the Xiāo Qīng Jīng scripture. With Master Yù Chéng's help, I persisted for one hour after another. Throughout the entire process, I couldn't find words to describe it; all I could remember was one word: "pain". I had never experienced such agony before, and it almost made me want to die quickly - it truly was painful to the point of wanting to die.

  Huang Yi was still increasing the firepower, causing the liquid I was in to almost boil. This boiling liquid alone could kill an ordinary person. Fortunately, I still had some true energy inside me, and at this moment, I no longer dared to reserve it, pouring it all out, spreading throughout my body, resisting the high temperature of the liquid while also alleviating the pain on my body.

  Kong Shou and Yi Chen also started pouring true energy into my body at this time, regulating my internal breath to keep me awake.

  As time slowly passed, more black impurities flowed out of my body's surface. My brain had almost stopped thinking, only mechanically directing myself to run the Washing Marrow Scripture. At this moment, Master Yu Cheng had already replaced me, dominating the flow of true energy within my body.

  Master Yu Cheng will also use his true energy to help me resist pain, and lead me to run the Xiāo Mó Jīng, thereby maintaining the transformation of the Xiāo Mó Jīng on my body.

  Bone marrow washing is a very unorthodox thing, and there have been many examples of people giving up halfway or failing directly. Master Yu Cheng has achieved great success in his research and practice of the Bone Marrow Washing Classic, and he took charge of running the Bone Marrow Washing Classic for me, making my bone marrow washing more effective than if I had done it myself. At the same time, I felt that the pain was also correspondingly more intense.

  So as night was falling, I felt that my body had been completely tortured by pain and lost its due perception, and I was half unconscious.

  Even with Kong Shou and Yi Chen constantly replenishing my Qi, I couldn't guarantee that I would remain awake. Therefore, Kong Shou had no choice but to call in Yi Fan, who was keeping watch outside, to assist.

  Although he hasn't been practicing Wudang Heart Method for a long time, his achievements are already quite good. With his addition, the amount of true energy injected into my body increased, and I began to feel the pain in my body again, my senses slowly recovered, and my brain also started to clear up.

  At this time, Master Yu Cheng's calm voice entered my ears: "The donor should not be distracted, and use all his strength to operate the Xi Qiao Jing. Now is the most critical moment, and there can't be any mistakes."

  I hurriedly ran the washing machine at full power, completely disregarding the pain on my body. I started to selectively forget the pain on my body, just like my memory from a while ago, partially losing sensation.

  Actually, the pain won't go away on its own, but after a long time of enduring the pain, my body started to get used to this level of pain, so I was able to focus on practicing Xi Sui Jing.

  Master Yu Cheng's skill is very deep, slightly higher than Kong Shou and Yi Chen. So when he dominates my operation of Xi Kun Jing, I don't need to exert too much effort. To put it figuratively, now that I'm operating Xi Kun Jing, I'm basically being led by Master Yu Cheng, I'm passively operating Xi Kun Jing.

  As the Xiǎo Qī Jīng circulates, I feel that something in my body is slowly being expelled, and my internal organs seem to be strengthened. This feeling is very strange, as if my entire body is slowly becoming stronger.

  My marrow washing and bone forging process was very long, all the way until the next morning, when the sun had already approached the rooftop, I finally heard Master Yu Cheng say a sentence "It's done". Just these two words, but I felt extremely excited, as if it were the music of heaven.

  Next is to clean up the impurities on my body surface and stabilize my current physical condition by running the Washing Marrow Scripture. I couldn't come out of the medicinal liquid, nor could I move around casually. If I'm not careful, some of the impurities that have already been expelled will re-enter my body through my pores, rendering all my previous efforts useless. However, now Kong Xuan, Yi Chen, Yu Cheng Da Shi and Yi Fan are all extremely exhausted, so cleaning up the impurities on my body surface can only be done by Huang Yi Er.

  I was focused on reciting the Washing Marrow Sutra, and I knew everything that was happening outside my body, but I didn't know that Huang Yi'er was blushing as she helped me wash my body. Afterwards, I heard Yifan mention it, and I felt very embarrassed, but at the time, I couldn't refuse Huang Yi'er's help, so I could only silently thank her in my heart.

  After my body was cleaned up, I was directly lifted onto a table on one side by Kong Shou and Yi Chen. They still had to help me with one last thing, which was to unblock the meridians throughout my entire body once again.

  Just now, the medicine helped me to eliminate impurities and strengthened my body, but it couldn't clear all the meridians in my body. Although my meridians were already cleared before, some of the impurities eliminated by the medicine earlier would still enter my meridians and clog them. Therefore, I need to go through another round of clearing my meridians to eliminate all the remaining impurities from my body.

  Kong Shou and Yi Chen had previously cleared the meridians, so this time it was a familiar path. They quickly found the blocked meridians and then easily unblocked them for me.

  It wasn't until then that I didn't feel any pain, and my body felt more comfortable than ever before. It was as if I had just sweated a lot and then taken a hot bath, feeling relaxed all over.

  I tried to move around and felt that all four limbs were full of strength, the whole person had changed. Became strong and powerful, physically fit and healthy.

  I tried to run the Wudang Heart Method, and immediately felt different from before. A true energy was absorbed into my body, flowing through the meridians, filtering out impurities, and directly entering my dantian.

  This time, the true energy did not leak out again without reason. All the true energy I cultivated was stored in my dantian. I was overjoyed and immediately ran the heart method again, with a single mind wanting to quickly increase my true energy, so as to facilitate the second stage of cultivating the heart method.

  At this time, I heard someone cough and a voice with an unusual tone spoke to me: "Can... can you put your clothes on first?"

  I was taken aback for a moment, then hastily opened my eyes to look around, and couldn't help but let out an "ah" of surprise. I quickly grabbed the clothes beside me and hurriedly put them on.

  I was still naked, and at this moment I was reminded by Yifan, feeling a bit embarrassed. Fortunately, Yifan had a smile on his face and didn't say much about it, but instead said to me: "Master and Master Uncle have gone to meditate, let me take care of you. Do you have any instructions, Brother?"

  I smiled awkwardly and shook my head: "No... thank you for using your powers for me, Brother Master... I will remember it in my heart..."

  Yi Fan smiled and interrupted me: "We're family, no need to be polite. Big brother, you must be hungry? I'll go cook for you."

  I hastily jumped down from the table and said, "You're also very tired, go take a rest first. I'll cook today's meal, I'm very fast, and soon you and Master can eat."

  He hesitated for a moment before smiling and saying, "In that case, I'll have to trouble you, senior brother."

  I smiled and nodded, watching him turn around and leave. I quickly rinsed the rice and washed the vegetables, preparing to cook dinner. Now, I didn't feel a bit hungry, but instead felt refreshed and energetic, with an endless supply of strength.

  I usually cook very simple meals, three dishes and a soup, all done in twenty minutes. Then I take a look at the cooked rice and shout loudly: "Dinner is ready!"

  My voice is loud enough, it should be heard by everyone. After I set the bowls and chopsticks, Yifan has already come first. Next are Kongshou and Yichen, as well as Master Yu Cheng who is still adjusting his breath on this side.

  I served them a good meal, and when they started eating, I realized that Huang Yier hadn't arrived yet, so I asked: "Where's Huang Yier?"

  Yi Fan smiled slightly and said: "You go to her room and call her, she probably didn't hear your shout just now."

  I was taken aback and looked at Yifan with some confusion, but still turned around to go call Huang Yi'er.

  Kong Shou said, "Don't call her over, you eat first. Just send a bowl of rice over to her later."

  I nodded, sat down and started eating. I felt that the meal I made was surprisingly delicious, and before I knew it, I had eaten three bowls in a row. After finishing the three bowls of rice, I still felt not full, so I decided to add another bowl.

  Yi Fan whispered to me: "Brother, your appetite has increased a lot. Didn't you usually only eat three bowls before? Why do you want four bowls today?"

  My face slightly flushed, but I said with a straight face: "I'm starving, so I'll have another bowl. Younger brother, you should eat more too, otherwise your body won't grow well and it will affect your future achievements."

  Yi Fan nodded, and like me, ate four bowls in one breath. He usually eats only two bowls at a time, but was persuaded by my few words to eat four bowls at once, and became so bloated that he could hardly walk.

  Kong Shou and Yi Chen couldn't help but burst out laughing, saying that I shouldn't tease Yifan. Master Yu Cheng also laughed and said: "Yifan is a obedient child, being fooled by Jin Cang."

  I smiled wryly and said: "I was just saying that I should eat a bit more myself, but didn't expect my junior brother to misunderstand and also learn from me to eat four bowls... This can't be blamed on me entirely."

  "It's okay, it'll be fine in half an hour. It's just that today's bowl, I..."

  "I'll wash. I'll take the meal over to Huang Yier first, or the dishes will get cold. When I come back to wash the bowls, you don't have to worry about it."

  I spoke as I carried a full bowl of vegetables and rice to Huang Yi's room, directly arriving at the door. I stretched out my hand to knock on the door: "Dinner is ready, Junior Sister!"

  A faint voice came from inside the house: "I'm not hungry, I won't eat anymore..."

  I pushed the door open with a gentle push, and it swung open. Huang Yier was sitting on the edge of the bed, her face flushed bright red. When she saw me come in, she suddenly stood up, looking like she had seen something dangerous.

  "What's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?"

  Huang Yier's face turned even redder, but she lowered her head and didn't say a word.

  I got anxious and quickly went forward to ask her: "What's wrong with you? Are you sick? Do you want me to take you to see a doctor now?"

  "No, no... I..."

  I was anxious in my heart and couldn't help but say loudly: "What's wrong with you? Tell me quickly, I..."

  The girl in yellow lifted her head and looked at me, suddenly saying something very softly. I stopped talking, wanting to hear clearly when she didn't say anything again. Anxious, I almost shouted: "What did you say? What's wrong with you?"

  The girl in yellow had tear stains at the corners of her eyes and said softly: "I'm fine... I just don't feel like eating..."

  I was puzzled: "Have you cried? What happened? Tell me, I'll help you."

  Huang Yier was taken aback, then blushed and said: "Who wants you to help me? I...I don't need your help, I..."

  I furrowed my brow, feeling that Huang Yier was acting strangely today, and it was somewhat inexplicable. So I handed her the rice and said, "No matter what happened, you still have to eat, right? Eat first, and after eating, tell me what's going on."

  Huang Yi'er reluctantly took over the rice bowl, but didn't even look at it and casually put it aside.

  I felt very powerless and could only retreat a few steps, saying: "If you're embarrassed to eat in front of me, I'll leave first."

  "Brother, to be honest... I actually washed your body earlier, so now I'm..."

  I got anxious and loudly asked her: "What is it? You'd better say it! Wait... what did you just say? You're making me... this... this..." I suddenly understood why Huang Yier's face turned red, and I myself didn't react in time, my face flushed with embarrassment, and the words got stuck in my throat.

  The girl in yellow glanced at me secretly, and suddenly said very seriously: "So you have to take responsibility for me, I... I'm only seventeen years old, you... you see what you can do. However, you must remember that I am now your person, so... you should treat me a little better."

  I was left speechless, completely at a loss for what to do.

  The girl in yellow was also looking at me, the blush on her face never faded. I heard her say softly: "I know you already have a fiancée and won't force you to leave your fiancée. But you must promise not to...not be bad to me."

  I sighed and said, "What's with this? What era are we in now? How can you still have such thoughts? Even if you helped me clean up...you don't need to think like that! Younger sister, you're still young, don't think too much. Besides, it's not a big deal, no need to be like this!"

  Huang Yier listened to my words, suddenly smiled and said: "This is what you said! If my mom asks, you have to say it like this." After a pause, she let out a long sigh of relief and said: "Great, I was afraid you would misunderstand me and insist that I marry you. That would be terrible..."

  I was taken aback and forced a bitter smile, just about to speak, when I saw Huang Yi'er pick up her rice and start eating with big mouthfuls. Where was even half of the demeanor she had earlier?

  I also breathed a sigh of relief and thought to myself: "So she was worried about having to marry me, that's why she wasn't eating... I thought it was because she was afraid I wouldn't want her... Hehe..."

  Huang Yir was eating, so I left her room and went to wash the dishes.

  Yu Cheng Dashi and Kong Shou, Yi Chen all went somewhere unknown, Yifan is still sitting here, he really ate too much. When I was washing dishes, he said: "Did the master sister eat?"

  I nodded and didn't continue speaking, nor did I dare to continue speaking.

  The following days were the days I focused on my cultivation. Master Kong ordered me not to waste time doing other things, and apart from cultivating my heart method, I didn't need to do anything else. Even cooking and washing dishes were done by Yifan and Huang Yier.

  I became a full-time cultivator, spending every day in cultivation, completely forgetting about time and myself.

  So I don't know how long I've been here either. It's just that one day, I suddenly felt a surge of true energy in my dantian being mobilized by me, flowing along my arm to my palm, and then with a wave of my hand, it was released outside my body, directly punching a hole the size of a human head in the wall of my room.

  A transparent hole, roughly the shape of a palm, can directly see the sunlight outside. I looked at my own palm and was overjoyed, I finally cultivated to the small accomplishment realm of Wudang Heart Method, and achieved true energy emission. In the midst of great joy, I tried again to mobilize the true energy in my dantian, and surprisingly succeeded very smoothly. This time, it did not attack my own room again, but allowed the true energy to flow freely in my limbs and bones.

  The sound I made startled Kong Shou and Yi Chen. They looked at the hole I had punched out and said in unison, "Xiao Cheng?"

  I nodded, looking at Yi Fan and Huang Yier who also ran over, smiling: "I can finally control the true energy in my dantian, it's circulating within me, and I can even release it."

  Kong Xuan nodded and smiled: "That's a sign of small success. You've done it, and I can say that another true disciple has emerged in the Wudang Sect."

  I stood up with a smile and bowed deeply to Kongshu and Yichen: "Thank you, Master and Uncle, for your teachings. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made it this far."

  Kong Shou and Yi Chen calmly accepted my grand gift, and in unison laughed and said: "Get up."

  I stood up, and Kong Hou said: "Next is the last realm of the heart method. You should make preparations for a long closed door."

  I looked at the small booklet he handed to me and excitedly said, "Master, can I start cultivating the Great Completion Realm now? Is... isn't this a bit too hasty?"

  Kong Hou let out a soft sigh and said, "I told you before to master the Wudang Heart Method within three years. Now more than half of that time has passed, but you still haven't... If you don't hurry up, Nan Gong Qian Lan will come looking for me to settle accounts."

  I burst out laughing: "Nan Gong Qian Lan came looking for you to settle a score? What's going on here?"

  Kong Shou sighed and said, "Qian Lan said you haven't contacted her for two years, saying I didn't let you contact her. No matter how I explain it to her, she doesn't believe me. She also said that once the three-year deadline is up, she'll come looking for you. You'd better hurry up and cultivate, I think your cultivation time won't be long."

  I furrowed my brow and said, "How could that be? Even if Nan Gong Qian Lan came to find me, I can still continue cultivating, right?"

  Kong Shou glanced at Yi Chen, and Yi Chen smiled: "Tell him, anyway, he will know sooner or later."

  My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly felt a sense of crisis.