Free Web NovelChapter 52: Chapter 46: Cultivation Techniques 3
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After taking a bath, Zeke felt refreshed. He had done his best to scrub his body because he didn’t know when he would be able to do this again. He walked back to his cabin and grabbed his belongings. He then went to Rank 7’s base. When he saw the ten trainees there, he said, "It seems that Rank 7’s group was not completely stupid. Your leader ruined my house so I’m moving in. Get out."
The trainees didn’t say anything and picked their stuff before moving out. Zeke put his stuff down and had a meal. After that he sat down and entered his mental realm. Today he was going to try and fuse the Three Origins Technique and Nine Lotus Hells Technique.
To do that, he first needed to map all of his meridians. He used Reality Manifestation on his body to get a 3D image of his body. Then, he materialised that image in his mental realm. He removed everything from the image until only the meridians and Energy Cores remained.
There were three Energy Cores; the first in the lower abdomen, second in the solar plexus, and the third in the pineal gland. These Energy Cores were commonly known as Dantians.
He began analysing the image. Almost 60% of the meridians were brown while He was able to determine that many meridians were blocked in his body. He could see that with each meridian he unlocked, each circulation would get longer and his internal qi would become purer.
After he had unlocked all meridians, including the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, he would obtain a leak free body. Meaning, natural energy would no longer escape his body. frёewebnoѵēl.com
He made two more copies of this model. Within one model, he started circulating the Three Origins Technique. Then he started circulating the Nine Lotus Hells Technique in the other.
Because they weren’t real bodies, he didn’t have to worry about the meridians rupturing and circulated the techniques without stopping. To break through to the next stage, Third Rate Warrior, one needed to impact their Lower Dantian with the internal qi circulating inside their bodies. If they used too much force, their Energy Core would shatter, while it wouldn’t budge if they used too little force.
The martial artists of Murim would usually break through and become Third Rate Warriors soon after being able to circulate energy. He stopped thinking about that and focused on the models.
Two very different things were happening in models. In the first model, the circulation was peaceful. He also understood why his body was absorbing the natural energy. Every time he circulated the natural energy, a part of that peaceful energy would seep into the blocked meridians. His body had mutated because of the gu, so his absorption was a bit faster.
He sped up the circulation. After a long time, all of the meridians in the first model were unblocked.
He paused the circulation for a moment. Then he restarted it. As the circulation resumed, the internal qi started gathering in the meridians. When the meridians were filled, they started absorbing the internal qi and started widening and changing colour.
When they were blocked, they were brown. When they were unblocked, they were white. But now, they had started turning transparent. When they completely became transparent, they stopped absorbing internal qi. It again started gathering in these transparent meridians. When they were full, the only direction that the internal qi could move in was the Lower Dantian.
After the Lower Dantian was unsealed, all of the internal qi seemed to have found an outlet. All of the internal qi in the meridians rushed into the Lower Dantian. Because the Lower Dantian had just been unsealed, it had weak walls. These walls started expanding like a balloon until the Core had doubled in size. The internal qi then reinforced the walls until they became extremely strong.
He wanted to continue but he had started getting a headache. This meant that his mental reserves were running low. He dismissed the models and exited his mental realm. He came to his senses. He put everything in place and went to sleep. While he was sleeping, someone else was awake.
It was Rank 2. She just couldn’t get the image of Rank 1 covered in blood, casually sitting surrounded by the corpses. It was terrifying how taking another life didn’t faze him at all. She knew that humans were scum.
She had learned that lesson at a young age. If she hadn’t been kidnapped, she would probably have been sold to some perverted rich guy. But she still couldn’t kill like he did. She had killed a trainee once and it still haunted her. She had to become more ruthless. She had to become stronger.
The next morning, Zeke woke up refreshed. He had recovered his mental strength. He walked out and took his share of food. Then he had a meal, and went to train. On his way, he could feel a pair of eyes on him. It was Rank 2.
But there was no malice in that gaze so he just ignored it. His weapon training was going well. He had decided to first master two handed spinning before moving on to one handed spinning. He trained till evening and went back in. freёweɓnovel.com
He had a meal and then entered his mental realm. He created the model again and started observing its progress. When he got tired, he exited his mental realm, had a meal, and then went to sleep.
He followed this routine for two months. During these two months he had realised that he couldn’t simulate the progress of the model after Third rate Warrior. But that was fine.
What he wanted to understand was the principle behind the technique, why it worked the way that it did. But he had hit a wall in that too. The situation in the cavern wasn’t any better. The food had already been reduced two more times. The trainees had started fighting among themselves and many had died.
From the original 80, Zeke had killed 21. Thirteen went insane while practising the Seven Emotions Six Desires Mara Demon Visualization. Scared by this, many trainees practised the Hell Lotus Manual without it, and 17 had their bodies taken over by vengeful spirits.
They had to be killed by the other trainees. Seven more died while taking them down. In the end, only 22 trainees were left from the 200 children that had been kidnapped by the Cult. And they still weren’t finished yet.
But all of that had nothing to do with Zeke. It didn’t matter to him. He would do anything to complete his mission and return home. He was currently thinking of ways to comprehend the principles behind the Three Origins Technique.
In the end he decided to focus on the Nine Lotus Hells Technique. After all, they were both cultivation techniques. Even though they were completely opposite to one another, they had the same goal. Different routes that had the same destination.
He went outside to train but found Rank 2 waiting for him. Speaking of Rank 2, she had started acting very weirdly during the past two months. He could always feel her gaze on him. At one point, he had even considered if she had fallen for him.
[After all, no one can resist my looks.]
But then he denied it because he couldn’t feel any affection in that gaze. So, it was neither malice nor affection. So what was it? He looked at her and said, "What?"
Rank 2 seemed to be considering something. Her eyes grew determined and she said, "I want to spar with you, Rank 1."
Zeke shook his head and said, "No."
She said, "I’ve hit a bottleneck in sword practice. Please spar with me."
Zeke said, "Why should I? We’re not friends. And I don’t owe you anything."
Rank 2 steeled herself again and said, "I’ll become your sword. You won’t have to trouble yourself with pests like Rank 7 ever again. I will deal with them for you. But in return, make me strong."
Zeke was somewhat amused. He looked at her and said, "I can just deal with them myself."
Rank 2 said, "But you won’t have to."
Zeke looked at her deeply and asked, "What about your group?"
Rank 2 said, "Rank 4 will take over."
Zeke said, "I’ll think about it."
Rank 2 was disappointed but just nodded before leaving. After she had left, Zeke was seriously considering her offer. She was trustworthy, there was no doubt about that. And she was strong.
She was also right. He didn’t want to waste time dealing with the small fry. And he would need supporters if he wanted to become the Cheonma.
...
Whatever.
He would think about it later. He went ahead and started training.
