"I only cultivated for one round according to the first two pages of the cultivation technique, and my spiritual energy was completely depleted."
"Why are the cultivation techniques from ancient times like this?"
After reading so many cultivation technique manuals, Qin Xuan was seeing a cultivation technique that consumed one's own spiritual energy and essence after cultivation for the first time.
However, after cultivating, he truly felt that his strength had increased substantially.
Therefore, without hesitation, he immediately found the Yuanhui Dan and Wanling Dan, which could restore essence, among the many elixirs and swallowed them in one gulp.
Only after his essence was fully restored did he turn to the third page of the "Xia Ke Xing."
However, the content recorded this time made Qin Xuan stunned.
This was because it was not an internal energy cultivation technique like before, but a movement technique.
Unlike the ordinary movement techniques taught by his second master, this movement technique was ethereal and elusive, truly like a white horse galloping through the clouds and mist!
As his essence moved with the diagrams, his feet unconsciously took on a very peculiar pace.
After cultivating for a long time, Qin Xuan finally understood the profound meaning within.
And with subsequent cultivation, Qin Xuan discovered that the entire poem of "Xia Ke Xing" contained not only cultivation techniques and movement techniques.
Among them, "Ten steps to kill one person," which he was most familiar with, was a sword technique, while "Leaving no trace for a thousand miles," "After the deed, brush off his clothes and leave," and "Hide his name deeply" were movement techniques.
There were also fist techniques, palm techniques, and so on.
It was not until the twenty-fourth line of the entire poem, "Bai Shou Tai Xuan Jing," that it abruptly stopped, with no annotations or diagrams.
Xia Ke Xing: You brat, you're really fast at cultivating...
The shocked inner voice from Xia Ke Xing made Qin Xuan slightly stunned.
Before he could ask, the other party spoke again.
Xia Ke Xing: But since you've cultivated to this extent, it's time for me to retire.
Xia Ke Xing: Burn me, and you'll obtain the true essence of the entire book, the Tai Xuan Jing cultivation technique. After you've succeeded, I hope you can help your master's descendants by passing down the cultivation techniques in Xia Ke Xing in a simpler way.
"Don't worry, I will."
Hearing Xia Ke Xing's inner voice, Qin Xuan finally figured out why the Shi family was so eager to find a successor for the cultivation technique.
The techniques in Xia Ke Xing did not originally rely entirely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but the content recorded was too obscure and difficult to understand.
It was as if, without the help of Xia Ke Xing's own inner voice, he would stare at the cultivation technique for a hundred years and still not understand anything.
Let alone the Shi family members who could only see the text and images.
However, if someone could cultivate all the difficult content in the secret manual, they could then pass it down to the Shi family in a more accessible way.
This way, the Shi family could regain their cultivation technique inheritance, which would be beneficial and harmless to them.
After understanding the reason, Qin Xuan solemnly promised Xia Ke Xing again.
After receiving a positive response from the other party, Qin Xuan activated his術法 (shùfǎ - magical techniques/arts) and cast a flame onto the cultivation technique.
Boom!
As the flame fell, the previously intact secret manual immediately ignited.
In less than a moment, it turned into ashes!
Just as Qin Xuan wondered why even ordinary paper wouldn't burn so quickly, countless light spots suddenly rose from the dying flames.
One, two.
More and more light spots burrowed into Qin Xuan's acupoints like tadpoles.
As these light spots increased, the essence and spiritual energy in his body began to circulate along these strange pathways.
From the Zhongshu to the Xuan Shu, from the Xuan Shu to the Mingmen.
The two energies flowed downwards along the Du Meridian, slowly intertwining.
They finally converged at the Dantian and were then merged by the chaotic energy.
From this moment on, the essence and spiritual energy in Qin Xuan's body were completely unified, no longer distinguishable.
As all the light spots entered Qin Xuan's body, he felt an explosive power surge from within him.
"No, I need to vent!"
Unconsciously, Qin Xuan immediately began to circulate and practice according to the order of the first line of Xia Ke Xing.
Then came the sword techniques, fist techniques, and even palm and movement techniques.
Only after practicing all twenty-three lines did the power within him slightly subside.
It was at this very moment.
All the cultivation knowledge Qin Xuan had learned from his other three masters, seen in the secret manuals in the national treasury, such as the Body Refining Technique and the True Martial Dao Scripture, instantly merged into a brand new cultivation technique.
This cultivation technique cultivated both internally and externally, and the energy cultivated was not purely spiritual energy or essence, but a new form.
After an unknown amount of time, the turbulence gradually subsided.
If Ke Wudi were present at this moment, he would surely exclaim at Qin Xuan's state.
Because at this time, he had already returned all his aura to a state of calm.
From the outside, he looked like an ordinary passerby.
Even though his appearance remained as perfect and flawless as a banished immortal, as long as he didn't deliberately interact with others, no one would pay attention to him.
This was what Ke Wudi called true return to simplicity.
Everything returned to nature.
"I really owe the Shi family a huge favor..."
Feeling his internal state, Qin Xuan shook his head and gave a wry smile.
Although his cultivation had not increased but decreased, the level of his cultivation technique and the quality of his internal energy had both undergone a qualitative leap compared to before.
Even though he was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining now, he could easily kill and completely dominate his previous self at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
This showed how much the cultivation of Xia Ke Xing had benefited Qin Xuan.
Such a large commotion naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding guards.
As the guards reported the information of this place, Ke Wudi, Hu Sanqiang, and others rushed over, fearing that Qin Xuan might have encountered any problems.
When the three arrived outside the warehouse and saw its current state, they all gasped.
And Qin Xuan felt a little guilty upon seeing his three masters.
After his previous commotion, the entire national treasury was now riddled with holes and cracks.
The walls were drafty, and the roof leaked rain.
Fortunately, most of the items were undamaged, only the buildings were in a terrible state of disrepair.
He only needed to pay out of his own pocket to renovate another one after leaving.
With a sheepish smile, Qin Xuan walked back into the warehouse to retrieve some resources.
The place was now so dilapidated that it was clearly unusable.
He needed to find a new place for closed-door cultivation, so he would take some more elixirs and herbs useful for cultivation.
But who knew that as soon as Qin Xuan entered the warehouse, the alloy door of the warehouse collapsed with a bang.
Qin Xuan was slightly stunned by this, and the wind from the falling door turned all the surrounding resources into dust.
Yes.
As Qin Xuan closed his eyes and practiced, integrating his knowledge, the energy he unconsciously unleashed had already destroyed all the resources in the entire warehouse.
However, at that time, his abilities had reached a state of perfection. Although these resources were destroyed, they did not immediately shatter.
It was not until the door collapsed and airflow rushed in.
The resources, which had already turned into powder, could no longer maintain their original appearance.
Thus, they instantly vanished, turning into dust.