chapter 1 Junk exercises

Taixuanmen, the back mountain, is a quiet place, lined with green trees, blooming flowers, birds chirping and insects chirping. Next to a gravel path, there is a large stone as tall as a person. On top of the large stone, a young man wearing a white gown is practicing cross-legged.

The spiritual energy around the young man's body was rippling. Every time he breathed in and out, the gathered spiritual energy expanded and contracted, following mysterious rules and gathering towards the young man's Dantian.

The young man’s name is Darko, and he is a disciple of the younger generation of Taixuan Sect.

Taixuan Sect is one of the three great sects on Tenglong Continent. It has a long history and is an ancient sect. Darko was an orphan. When he was eight years old, his master Castor took him back to Taixuan Sect and took him as a disciple while he was traveling in the mountains.

Although he is in a Taoist sect, what Darko practices is not Taoism, but a method called "Ancient Body Refining Technique".

Body Refining Technique, as the name suggests, is a method of self-cultivation based on one's own body and defying the heavens. The martial arts and supernatural powers described in the magic formula are enough to become a saint physically, and the ancient combat skills can kill immortals and gods.

However, once you practice this ancient secret skill, it is extremely difficult. Even if you fail to practice it, you can no longer switch to other practices.

Darko, who was sitting cross-legged on the rock with his eyes closed, used ancient body-refining techniques to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions into his Dantian and accumulate it. When the spiritual energy in the Dantian is compressed and accumulated to a certain extent, the spiritual energy in the Dantian is guided to impact the meridians on the body.

The aura of Yi gathered together, whether it was the essence of the surrounding vegetation or the essence of the sun and moon floating in the void, Darko accepted all comers and absorbed them into his Dantian like an ocean.

Vaguely, small streaks of light like blue silk could be seen swirling around his body. As time passed, Darko's dantian began to burst out with colorful rays of light, which was the rosy glow caused by the highly condensed spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Gathering Qi, impacting, gathering Qi, impacting, the strong and sometimes weak spiritual energy fluctuations spread out from Gu Fei's body. In the cycle, waves of colorful spiritual energy hit Gu Fei's Dantian like a river bursting its embankment. The meridians in the body that have not yet been opened.

Every impact was like a giant hammer striking Darko's body, and with each impact, there was a trace of pain on his face.

Powerful spiritual energy washed through his meridians, bringing tearing pain. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth erupted from his dantian, so violent that it felt like countless sharp knives were cutting through his meridians.

He was clenching his teeth and sweating profusely. His hair was stuck to his face with sweat. The white shirt he was wearing was soaked with sweat and stuck to his body.

He was experiencing the second threshold in the ancient body-refining technique - Tongmai.

Tongmai is to gather the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, condense it in the Dantian, and then impact the acupoints above the meridians to make the meridians unobstructed. In this way, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can reach every inch of muscle and every bone in the body along the meridians of the whole body. , thereby achieving the purpose of tempering muscles, bones, flesh and blood, and sublimating and transforming the body.

The ancient body refining technique is a method of self-cultivation that defies heaven. Without a rock-like will and unremitting hard training, one cannot even cross the threshold of the first Qi gathering.

There are countless cultivation systems in Tenglong Continent, but the realms of cultivators in the world can be divided into five major realms: Awakening Self, Transcendence from the Mortal, Yuxu, Demigod, and Saint. Each realm is further subdivided into nine heavens, which coincides with the meaning of the Nine-Five Supreme. .

The ancient body refining technique has four levels in the Realm of Awakening Me. The first step to get started is to gather energy. Only by mastering the ability of gathering energy can Darko proceed to the next step of cultivating the meridians.

After the meridians are opened, it is time to Yijin. After Yijin is completed, he will enter the practice of bone forging. The day when the bone forging is completed is the time when the body transforms. If the transformation is successful, Darko will be able to break through the shackles of cultivation and advance in cultivation. To the realm of transcendence.

"The gathered spiritual energy is not strong enough!" The repeated failures brought horrific pain like Ling Chi. The corners of Darko's mouth were bitten and blood oozed, but he still persisted.

"I have only opened up two of the twelve regular meridians of the human body. In addition to the twelve regular meridians, there are eight extraordinary meridians. When can I open up the meridians throughout my body and enter the stage of muscle-changing practice?"

The difficulty of practicing the ancient body-refining art is really terrifying. Most people who have practiced this art with a great name, but their progress in practice is extremely slow, seems to have only one end, that is, they have not mastered the ancient body-refining art. If it succeeds, these people will have died.

The sun was rising, and the time for morning cultivation was about to pass. Darko sat there all morning. Ever since he opened the second meridian two years ago, he had not made any progress!

The barrier of cultivation was like an insurmountable gap, spanning in front of him.

Darko was a little disappointed, but not discouraged. His character is a bit like his master Castor, he is as stubborn as an ox, the kind of person who never looks back.

"Fight!"Darko raised his head and looked at the sky. There was still enough time for him to attack the acupoint again, so he gritted his teeth, a look of determination appeared on his face, and his eyes were extremely firm.

As the magic formula circulated, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him that had not dispersed gathered again. In his dantian, a ball of spiritual energy slowly rotated, absorbing the spiritual energy gathered from all directions.

A powerful wave of vitality emitted from his body, and stars of various colors emerged from his Dantian. It was highly compressed spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it was the power of heaven and earth that had not undergone any transformation.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth quickly gathered in Darko's Dantian. It wasn't until Darko felt a swelling and pain coming from his Dantian that he suddenly became cruel and desperately directed the highly compressed spiritual energy in his Dantian toward the Twelve Meridians. The third meridian surges out.

Powerful and exploding spiritual energy surged rapidly in Darko's meridians, like a stream that suddenly surged into a huge flood. Wherever the spiritual energy passed, the meridians expanded rapidly, and he was almost destroyed by the torrent. Exploded.

"Boom!" There seemed to be a thunder in Darko's ears, and the torrent surging from his dantian violently impacted the barrier of his meridians.

Darko's body was shaken violently, and he suddenly opened his mouth and spurted out a stream of blood. His body swayed and he was actually carried down from the rock.

Under the boulder and in the grass, Darko lay on his back, with a scarlet streak at the corner of his mouth that was particularly eye-catching. He looked up at the sky, looking through the gaps in the leaves, and saw the wisps of haze floating leisurely in the sky, and occasionally a few spiritual birds flying past in the sky.

There was no discouragement or frustration in his eyes, only that firm and somewhat terrifying look.

He slowly got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked towards the front mountain. There were already sporadic figures on the trail of the back mountain, heading towards the front mountain.

They were Taixuanmen disciples who, like him, had come to the back mountain to practice early.

Taixuan Mountain is towering into the clouds. The top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist. Temples are looming on the mountain. The terrain is majestic. It is a rare spiritual mountain holy place in the mainland.

High-level cultivators all practice on the mountain, but young disciples like Darko, who have been practicing for less than ten years and whose cultivation is low, can only practice at the foot of the mountain.

"Hmm! There's still no breakthrough!"Darko took an inner look at the situation inside his body. He found that the barrier of the third meridian was only slightly loose, and was still far from breaking through the barrier.

"It has been eight years since I reached the level of the ancient body refining technique, and I only awakened my third-level cultivation. Alas!"Darko smiled bitterly at himself, "The disciples from other branches, even those with the lowest cultivation level, Alexius Olson has the cultivation level of the fifth level of Awakening Me Realm!"

Thinking of Alexius Olson who often caused trouble for him, Darko's face showed disgust. The disciples of other branches were practicing Taoism and were making rapid progress, but the method he was practicing was progressing as slowly as a snail.

In the world of cultivation, only the strong are respected, and those with low cultivation will only become the target of being bullied.

Darko tidied his clothes, and then walked along the mountain road around the front mountain. On both sides of the quiet mountain road, unknown flowers bloom.

The faint smell of green grass and the faint fragrance of flowers floated into Darko's nose from time to time.

The attack on the meridian barrier just now failed, Darko's body suffered a big impact, and injuries are inevitable. However, he didn't take the injury seriously at all, because after practicing the ancient body-refining technique, he had no other abilities but his body's ability to heal itself was amazing.

When Darko came to Qianshan, he met more and more disciples, but no one greeted him. They seemed to turn a blind eye to him, or they just glanced at him with contempt and walked away.

Darko face was expressionless and indifferent. He faced the contemptuous looks cast by some of his fellow disciples, and he remained calm.

"Ouch, isn't this our cultivation Darko? Oh no, he should be a waste of cultivation, haha..." Suddenly, a wanton laugh came from the front.

On the path ahead, three young men, also wearing white gowns and white belts around their waists, came towards them. The leader laughed loudly, and the two teenagers behind him also laughed softly.

Seeing these three teenagers, Darko's eyes flashed with a look of disgust, then he ignored the three teenagers and turned directly to a nearby trail.

This trail leads to a pine forest.

"Hey, good-for-nothing Junior Brother, where are you going?" The three teenagers also followed Darko onto the trail with a playful smile. There were seven or eight other young disciples on the trail.

However, when these disciples saw the three teenagers who were laughing at Darko, they couldn't help but speed up their steps, trying to force these three teenagers away.

"Who are you calling a loser!"Darko suddenly stopped, turned around, and shouted at the three teenagers. His roar attracted the attention of other nearby disciples.

"Why, what's wrong with saying that you are useless? Not only are you useless, but your master is also useless. Huh! What ancient body refining techniques and body sanctification are just rubbish. No one will pick them up when they are thrown on the ground. , but you two masters and disciples treat garbage as treasure, you really got kicked in the head by a donkey, you are extremely stupid."

The young boy at the head was stunned for a moment when Darko suddenly yelled at him, but then he pointed at Darko's nose like a barrage and began to curse with spittle!

"Oh! Alexius Olson, don't go too far!"Darko clenched his fist tightly. Every knuckle on his fist turned white because of too much force, and the anger in his chest suddenly erupted like a volcano.