Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 412: Qi Gathering Technique (Happy New Year!)

Chapter 412: Chapter 412: Qi Gathering Technique (Happy New Year!)

Xuanhai Sect.

Rear mountain.

A thousand peaks vied for beauty, their aura majestic.

Dharma Transmission Elder Xuan Ying was seated upon a piece of Qingshi, imparting the Qi Refining Method to a group of new disciples.

Zhu Ling’er, Zhu Long’er, and Liu Wugen, three disciples under the Sect Leader, were also mixed within.

Although Zhong Shenxiu had taken them as students, he always enjoyed being a hands-off leader, leaving the teaching of basic knowledge to outsiders.

Zhu Ling’er often felt aggrieved, thinking, "I’ve always heard that disciples are distinguished between the genuine and the illegitimate, but I didn’t expect that there would be wild students too."

With such lax oversight, they were treated just like ordinary disciples, with no real difference.

At that moment, Xuan Ying was still going on and on, "Our Sect’s Qi Refining Heart Method, derived from the ’Xuanhai Secret Codex,’ is a first-rate method in the Southern Wilderness. There are nine layers of Qi Refining, after which one needs to incorporate a stream of Evil Qi into their mana, known as the Condensing Evil Nine Layers. Following that, after completing the nine reincarnations of Refining Gang, one can attempt the union of the dragon and tiger, forming a Leakless Golden Core..."

"And this Gang Sha Qi must be compatible with the mental method, or it is extremely difficult to succeed... Regarding the Evil Qi, you don’t have to worry, in our Sect, we have opened up three Beiming Sea Eyes, producing a sufficient amount of Beiming True Evil... Whichever disciple among you can be the first to train to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, this elder will reward him with a stream of Evil Qi."

This was also treated as a traditional event at the Xuanhai Sect, looking down at the eager youngsters below, Xuan Ying couldn’t help but be immensely proud.

Just then, a flash of sword light descended, revealing the figure of Zhong Shenxiu.

"Ancestor!"

Xuan Ying did not dare to neglect, promptly jumping off the Qingshi and leading the disciples in greeting.

"Hm..."

Zhong Shenxiu sat cross-legged, casually glancing around, and upon seeing the three unattended students, he nodded slightly, proclaiming, "The quality of Gang Qi and Evil Qi is of paramount importance for the likelihood of Core Formation success in the future. It is a matter of great significance. The combination of Beiming True Evil and the Nine Heavens Cold Gang is but the poorest pairing, at most achieving a Seventh Grade Core..."

As soon as he said this, Xuan Ying’s face reddened a bit since he was of this particular configuration.

Zhong Shenxiu didn’t take it seriously, smiling and saying, "Today, your ancestor will pass on a Qi Collection Method, which will enable you to refine the suitable Gang Sha Qi from the Heavenly and Earthly Primordial Qi... The Heavenly and Earthly Primordial Qi is the ancestor of all qi, capable of transforming into any Innate or Postnatal Gang Sha Qi..."

The cultivators of this world actually did not know of this method.

Zhong Shenxiu had also discovered, after scouring a vast amount of literature, that this "Qi Collection Method" was originally unique to the new methods.

However, the Gang Sha Realm of the Seven Luminaries Heaven New Technique invariably required seventeen types of Gang Sha Qi, if one were to cultivate each one separately, it would truly seem that even a life span of hundreds of years would not be sufficient.

But this method was indeed ingenious, even the Gang Sha Qi required for the Thousand Transformations Divine Power, a thing not found in the world, could eventually be refined from the Heavenly and Earthly Primordial Qi with perseverance, although it was extremely difficult and time-consuming.

Yet when Zhong Shenxiu compared the ancient and modern methods, he suddenly felt that the Qi Collection Method should be used in the ancient methods to aid in cultivation, as it would be most fitting.

After all, cultivators focusing on Condensing Evil and Refining Gang only needed one stream of Evil Qi and one of Gang Qi.

Even if it took decades of hard work to condense a single one, what would it matter?

At most in a hundred years, they could pair up the best possible Gang Sha Qi!

With this foundation, they could increase the chances and improve the quality of Core Formation by facing the Golden Core.

"If one is to experiment with the Outer Daoist Primordial Spirit Method with an inferior Golden Core, the failure rate is just too high..."

"This old ancestor will change the rules of cultivation."

"Such a fundamental method, once disseminated, is bound to completely change the structure of this realm,"

This was Zhong Shenxiu’s intention.

The more Golden Core Practitioners there are, the more experimental subjects to work with, after all.

And no number of Golden Cores could threaten him.

Therefore, he didn’t plan to impose any divine consciousness restraints on this relatively simple method, but he fully intended to place restrictions on the evolved Primordial Spirit Techniques based on the new methods to prevent their dissemination.

As Zhong Shenxiu contemplated, he began to preach.

He still took the "Xuanhai Secret Codex" as an example, focusing on how to collect the two types of Gang Sha Qi that were most suitable for this method—Ancient Ice Soul True Water Evil and Nine Heavens Cosmos Light Xuan Ying Gang!

The other disciples were still confused, but Elder Xuan Ying was more and more alarmed as he listened, "Isn’t the Ancient Ice Soul True Water Evil long gone from this realm? It is said that only in the deepest parts of the Nine Heavens Cold Light True Water from the ancient times could there be a chance of nurturing a bit... As for the Nine Heavens Cosmos Light Xuan Ying Gang Qi... I’ve never even heard of it. Yet, the name resonates with me; these two types of Gang Sha Qi are of extremely high quality and immensely suitable for our sect’s heart method..."

With this realization, he immediately broke into tears, "If only I had met the Ancestor earlier, had I heard such wondrous methods in my youth, I might have already achieved Golden Core... at least a Middle-grade Golden Core! Wuu wuu... my resentment is profound!"

Seeing a Great Cultivator of Refining Gang crying like this, the other disciples realized the preciousness of this method and swiftly committed it to memory.

Gradually, more and more disciples gathered on the mountaintop, including Condensing Evil Stage Inner Sect Disciples.

Some were thinking fervently, "I’ve long heard that Gang Sha Qi has a significant impact on Core Formation... The quality of my Beiming True Evil is only average, maybe I should... start over. In the future, I should be able to achieve higher accomplishments!"

Starting over would inevitably damage their foundation, but if an elder with high cultivation were to assist in dissolving their power, the injury could be minimized.

The Condensing Evil Disciples pondered their youth, deeming that spending decades of hard work to build the most solid foundation was not a hindrance.

Only Elder Xuan Ying, whose life span was not much, could do nothing but cry in despair since dispersing his cultivation might directly lead to his death from old age.

Many other disciples, however, rejoiced.

Zhong Shenxiu’s teaching undoubtedly opened up a heavenly path for them.

At minimum, the likelihood of forming a Golden Core increased significantly.

No cultivator in this realm sought to break through to Primordial Spirit—the Golden Core stage was enough to be revered as an ancestor!

Therefore, everyone was invigorated.

Even those Condensing Evil Disciples who did not plan to start over had a plan in mind. Although their refinement of Evil Qi was mediocre, they could cultivate a type of Heavenly Gang Qi that was the most suitable for them, increasing their chances of Core Formation by at least ten percent.

"The Sect Leader is extraordinarily talented to have created such a marvelous method, truly an immeasurable service to the cultivation world."

Before long, even Qingshi Zen Master, the great steward, was drawn over, scanning the surroundings with a solemn expression, "This secret technique is to be kept as the highest classified information of our sect. Anyone who leaks it will be killed without mercy!"

He secretly thought Ancestor Shenxiu was being too casual.

Such a marvelous method should only be transmitted to the True Inheritors; how could it become common knowledge?

However, he was unaware that Zhong Shenxiu intended for the method to be leaked.

Once the technique spread widely, not to mention anything else, just the number of Golden Core Practitioners in the Southern Wilderness alone would multiply several-fold, forming the rudimentary stage of a natural testing ground.

As for Da Jing?

The Southern Wilderness has always been isolated, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers with countless hardships in between. It would be many years before the method could pass there.

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