During the night, the cool wind blew briskly.
After being startled awake by Chen Yun, a group of people temporarily lost their sleepiness and sat there chatting about the matter of return.
As the exit came closer, everyone's thoughts and emotions became more intense, and everyone wished they could go back as soon as possible.
Only Chen Yun sat cross-legged on the spot, striving to achieve the late stage of Supernatural Sages.
Another vial of the water eel's essence was taken out and placed on the bonfire to be heated.
Seizing the opportunity, Chen Yun reviewed the content of "The Daoist Jingfa by Master Chen," adding his own insights on cultivation over the past period. He refined and improved the cultivation technique even further.
"My internal elixir technique, I estimate, can be cultivated to the Golden Elixir level."
He pondered carefully, "There is still a small doubt. In ordinary Daoist elixir techniques, refining a Golden Elixir requires passing through three stages. However, when I designed the 'The Daoist Jingfa by Master Chen,' I did not consider this point, and I am unsure whether it is actually feasible."
In the past, with a relatively shallow cultivation base, this type of problem was not taken into consideration.
However, with the mental connection felt tonight, it seems he is about to break through to the late stage of a Supreme Sage, only one step away from becoming a High Sage. At this point, he must start considering these issues.
Golden Elixir, the culmination of essence, spirit, and vitality, is also known as the Sacred Fetus.
The core concept of internal alchemy is to treat the human body as a furnace and cauldron, using the body's essence and Qi as medicine, and refining them with the mind.
When the gathering of essence, Qi, and spirit can form a sacred fetus, it enables rebirth and transformation, becoming a celestial being.
To let essence, Qi, and spirit coalesce, the three must harmonize to condense the primordial Qi, known as the Golden Elixir.
Therefore, to truly refine a Golden Elixir, one must pass through three critical stages.
The so-called three critical stages refer to the tail gate, the spine crevice, and the jade pillow.
The tail gate is located at the end of the spine. It is the first of the three critical stages and also the easiest to pass.
The second critical stage, the spine crevice, is more challenging. As the name suggests, it is located in the back of the spine, but it has a fixed point that most people can't find.
Having been in Daoism for so long, Chen Yun naturally knows where the spine crevice is located.
The spine crevice, also known as the "wheel turning gate," is situated at the midpoint of the spine's twenty-four segments, corresponding to the "central cavity point" of the Ren Mai (Conception Meridian) in front and behind.
The spine crevice connects the top to the "Baihui" and extends down to the "Weilu," passes through the heart bone, and can externally absorb and collect the divine Yang energy of the heavens and earth, while internally, it can protect one's life force.
In the cultivation of internal alchemy techniques, the spine crevice is a crucial acupoint, often praised as "when the spine crevice is unblocked, one will be free from all diseases."
If someone can pass this stage after collecting the great medicine, they can be considered half a immortal.
The most difficult stage in the three is the Jade Pillow. This acupoint has a special location, making your head look like an impossibly climbable mountain. Many who have cultivated internal alchemy techniques have collected the great medicine, but failed to condense a Golden Elixir, falling at this stage.
"My internal alchemy technique, unlike the conventional method of passing through three stages, employs a method of "reducing the elixir."
Chen Yun pondered to himself, "This is different from the ordinary internal alchemy techniques. I wonder if, when I reach that stage, implementing it will really allow me to successfully refine the Golden Elixir as desired."
"The 'The Daoist Jingfa by Master Chen' is accurately in the stage of theoretical exploration. Therefore, it is necessary to reach that level of cultivation to know whether the theory can be applied."
After a moment of contemplation, the water eel essence was heated until it was warm.
Chen Yun pushed aside his distractions and drank the water eel essence in one go.
He began to operate the "The Daoist Jingfa by Master Chen," transforming and condensing the blood.
Chen Yun sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and focused his mind. He waited until his breathing became regular, then turned his tongue back and sealed off the two orifices at the root of his tongue to stop breathing.
As the water eel essence within his body gradually released its medicinal power, Chen Yun used his true fire to refine the true water within him.
Gradually, Chen Yun felt two Qi streams from the roots of his upper and lower canine teeth surge upward, penetrating the two Yin and Yang caverns at the temples.
Instantly, the Qi entered the crown of his head.
Chen Yun felt that the two Qi streams combined.
Normally, when starting to cultivate the Daoist elixir technique I designed, one cannot yet generate true Qi. First, you need to open your eyes and rest for a moment before continuing with the cultivation method as before.
Thus, doing this three times every night, one waits until the Qi flows from the Palace of Earth to the brain. At this point, one can generate true Qi and thus enter the next stage.
Chen Yun had already passed this stage and his cultivation was even approaching the late stage of a Supreme Sage, so he naturally didn't need to do so.
He felt that the two Qi streams merged after which they flowed from the Palace of Earth into his brain, following his throat through the spine crevice, through the base of his spine, up through his gallbladder and navel, and into his heart and chest.
A sense of warmth and comfort rose in his chest.
This is a sign of true Qi descending.
Chen Yun practiced without any emotion.
At this moment, the Qi reached the heart, where there was a subtle warmth. The warm Qi then ascended from the heart, passing through the throat and into below the tongue.
At this moment, Chen Yun tasted a faint bitterness in his mouth. This indicates that the Daoist Qi is rising in the liver, achieving balance between Yin and Yang, and will soon be about to descend.
Just as the Qi flowed through his body, he felt that his form gradually enlarged, and his spirit was invigorated. It seemed as though the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers were all within him. His limbs were no longer under his control.
He was already accustomed to it and habitually reached out and pressed forward.
In the next moment, a bright light ball descended into the lower Dantian like the setting sun.
The first portion of true Qi has been condensed.
A sense of fullness came over him.
His body and spiritual being also gradually grew stronger under the nourishment of true Qi.
The first small celestial cycle ended quickly.
Chen Yun continued without haste, beginning the second small celestial cycle.
True Qi was gradually generated within him.
His body seemed to become bright and full in the darkness, as if his life force was subtly emanating.
This is an external manifestation of entering a more profound level of cultivation, which ordinary people cannot see with their naked eyes. Only by opening the secret technique of observing Qi can one see the location of the sexual light.
However, the sexual light is not just an ornament. Its function is not to decorate, but to have real effects.
For instance, during the deep night, ordinary people's eyesight can't penetrate through the layers of black mist and misty fog to see how the distant scenery looks.
Chen Yun is different; even without using true Qi, he can still utilize the characteristics of the sexual light to pierce through the darkness, viewing the night as if it were day.
These tangents can be put aside for the moment.
Three small celestial cycles.
Five small celestial cycles.
An hour passed quickly, and the completion of the nine small celestial cycles had been completed.
Even though there was still a large amount of water eel essence in his body that had not been completely condensed, Chen Yun suddenly opened his eyes.
A strange scene spontaneously appeared.
His eyes were like lightning, illuminating the darkness around him instantly.
......
Not far away.
Wu Kaojiao, Qin Ming, and the Dragon Girl, who are among the three, were discussing the family affairs of each other.
Wu Kaojiao chuckled, "My son, at the age of forty, has already cultivated to the level of a middle-grade mage. I'm afraid by the time he comes here in another fifty years, you might not be able to see me anymore."
Qin Ming's face was full of envy, "Master Wu and his wife are deeply in love and respect each other. With such an outstanding son, truly, I feel jealous as a single person."
Ding Xu laughed heartily, "Master Qin, if you want to get married and have children, can't you find a suitable one? It's just that you are too absorbed in the pursuit of immortality and unwilling to spare the effort for marriage and children……"
His words were cut off.
Suddenly, a flash of lightning appeared in the darkness.
It was as if a lightning flashed before the storm, bringing a vast light that vanished in an instant.
"Hmm?" Ding Xu, who was in the middle of speaking, was taken aback. He hadn't had time to react and said in confusion, "This Ice Path is extremely cold, and it hasn't seen lightning for decades. How could there be lightning now all of a sudden?"
"Yes, where did the lightning come from?"
"It's strange, the sky is filled with stars, and there are no thunder clouds gathering. How could there be lightning?"
"This lightning doesn't seem to be shining down from the sky."
Gao Cheng, Xu Yang, and Zhang Ling were also very puzzled.
"It's not lightning." Facing the east direction, Gao Cheng, Xu Yang, and Zhang Ling looked at him puzzled. "It's sexual light!" said Facing the east direction, Qin Ming, who was of the highest cultivation among them, looked towards the eastern direction and said.
Wu Kaojiao said with a look of surprise, "There's someone whose sexual light is bursting forth, as fierce as lightning? What level of cultivation can achieve that? Who is this highly cultivated individual?"
The remaining thirty or so people followed the gaze of the two and looked towards that direction.
If they hadn't looked.
Upon looking, everyone was struck speechless!
Dragon Girl Sanyou hesitated for a moment, "It seems to be Mr. Chen."
Qin Ming opened his eyes slightly, "Hmm, it really is Mr. Chen. He actually condensed the sexual light into a tangible state?"
"Although it was just for a brief moment, this is a sign that his cultivation is about to reach perfection!" Wu Kaojiao looked at Chen Yun, who had just opened his eyes and sat there, in disbelief. He guessed, "Could it be that Mr. Chen has already become a Great Master Mage?"
Is it possible?
To high achievement mage this quickly?
The crowd all showed a faint look of surprise. Chen Yun had just broken through to the middle stage of a Superior Mage not long ago. How could his cultivation speed be so fast?
However, everyone quickly realized that when Mr. Chen entered the Cave of the Moon and Sun, he was only a five-level mage, yet he managed to break through to the level of an Superior Mage in just a few months.
It seems that the speed of cultivation is something that happens normally with Mr. Chen.
With this thought, Wu Kaojiao, Qin Ming, and Dragon Girl Sanyou were once again slightly startled, thinking to themselves that could it be that Mr. Chen has really broken through to the level of a Great Master Mage?
Now everyone couldn't sit still anymore.
A group of people quickly got up and gathered around Chen Yun.
"Mr. Chen?"
"Have you broken through to the level of a Great Master Mage?"
"Just now I saw the sexual light solidify from the air, as fierce as a flash of lightning. This is something only a Great Master Mage can achieve."
Wu Kaojiao, Qin Ming, Dragon Girl Sanyou, and the others asked further.
Chen Yun, whose originally pale face had already recovered due to the restoration of true Qi, now appeared to be more red and rosy, giving people a comfortable feeling.
He smiled and said, "There was some breakthrough, but it's not yet at the level of a Great Master Mage, just temporarily in the late stage of a Superior Mage."
Qin Ming: (...)
Wu Kaojiao: (...)
Dragon Girl Sanyou and the others: (...)
Although the breakthrough was not as great as everyone had guessed, upon hearing that Chen Yun had reached the late stage of a Superior Mage, the crowd could not help but feel rather speechless.
How could it be only a short amount of time that he had passed, and yet he had suddenly broken through from the mid-stage of a Superior Mage to the late stage?
Let's count the days, it seems that it has been less than a month.
Wu Kaojiao sighed and said, "Mr. Chen, your talent... I really don't know what to say."
Although Qin Ming and the others didn't say anything, the looks they directed towards Chen Yun were filled with envy. There was a feeling of 'people are more talented than me and it kills me.'
Chen Yun waved his hand, "It was not my own merit, but the result of refining the water eel essence. This level of cultivation comes easily, but after the event, I still need to refine it further to completely stabilize my realm."
With these words, everyone suddenly understood.
However, they were still amazed. Although it was with the help of an external substance, the breakthrough was undeniable.
Everyone had been with Chen Yun for so long that they of course knew his age; it was merely twenty-one or twenty-two years old.
A so young cultivator who has reached the late stage of a Superior Mage, his limit, where is it?
Wu Kaojiao, Qin Ming, and Dragon Girl Sanyou, and the others dared not to imagine.
The only thing they knew was that with Chen Yun's significant improvement in cultivation after entering the Cave of the Moon and Sun, once he went out, he would probably become famous throughout the entire cultivation world with just a slight display of his prowess.
While expressing their admiration, everyone still felt a sense of regret.
Everyone regretted that they originally thought Chen Yun had broken through to the level of a Great Master Mage, but he had not.
Chen Yun was unaware of the thoughts in the hearts of others.
After he had refined the nine small celestial cycles of the water eel essence, while he had not yet reached the level of a Great Master Mage, he had actually been getting closer to it. It was just a matter of a little more effort, and he could break through this barrier.
The water eel essence is nearly depleted.
Fortunately, there is still the meat of the centipede's leg.
Chen Yun pondered, since he was only one step away from becoming a Great Master Mage, and he still had to wait for a while in the Cave of the Moon and Sun before the exit channel would open.
There is a follow-up supplementary force.
There is plenty of time.
It seems like there is still a chance to break through to the level of a Great Master Mage before leaving here.
With this in mind, Chen Yun silently determined his resolve, I will go for it, then give my all to breakthrough to the realm of a Great Master Mage!
(End of this chapter)
