Chapter 77: The beginning of the Thunder Qi
Chapter 77: The beginning of the Thunder Qi
"You should also accept these two. It's a token of my appreciation."
Elder Jingsi first took out a knife and pen and handed it to Cheng Xinzhan.
"This is a knife pen I often use, named "Kaishan". The pen holder is made of warm jade from the southern wilderness. There is nothing much to say about it, it is just suitable for holding. But the blade is taken from the front claw shed by a three-level pangolin. It is extremely sharp and can cut iron like mud. If you don't have a good knife pen, you can't engrave runes on "Gaozhen"."
Cheng Xinzhan bowed and stepped back, "Elder, we agreed to exchange the elixir for the sword. I have the "Gao Zhen" which is enough. I dare not take it away from you."
Elder Jingsi forced the knife and pen into his hand and said:
"Gao Zhen is not my personal property, it belongs to Toujian Mountain. Although I have the right to dispose of it, a sword embryo of this level requires the approval of the headmaster. The headmaster has nodded today, but this also means that Toujian Mountain has taken some responsibility for this.
"This may be the same for you, but it is different for me. Toujian Mountain does not need to say much to me. Even if you take my life, I will not say anything. But for you, I have to express my feelings."
Elder Jingsi spoke seriously, not only stuffing the knife and pen into Cheng Xinzhan's hand, but also took out a golden book and handed it to him.
“This book, ‘The Golden Talisman Book for Summoning All Spirits to Control All Things’, was originally obtained from the ruins of a blessed land. Later, I added the talismans I had learned to it. Now I am giving it to you, and I hope that this book of talismans can add some brilliance to this ‘Gao Zhen’.
"You don't have to refuse so quickly. Just consider it as a loan! You can add your own enlightenment to this talisman book in the future. If I can survive the thunder tribulation, you can return it to me. If I can't survive, you can return it to the mountain master. How do you think?"
What else could Cheng Xinzhan do? Elder Jingsi’s hand was always pressing on his own, and it seemed that if he didn’t take control, he would keep pressing down.
He held the knife, pen and talisman and bowed deeply.
Elder Jingsi laughed loudly, "Go, go, practice, don't waste a moment! When you become an immortal one day, it won't be too late to waste your time!"
Cheng Xinzhan agreed solemnly and left the sword library.
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Return to the Meiji Mountains and Forest of Tears.
I gained a lot today.
Cheng Xinzhan placed them in front of him and looked at them carefully one by one.
The vessel for carrying the thunder path, which also doubles as a sword-raising gourd and a wine vessel, "appears in form";
The route map of the circulation of thunder energy, "Thunder Chariot and Fire Flag Moving Technique";
The instrument of guiding the way of thunder, the embryo of the sword of magic, "Gao Zhen";
The knife and pen, "opening the mountain";
The book of talismans, "The Golden Talisman Book for Summoning All Spirits to Control All Things".
He realized that both the way of thunder and the way of swordsmanship were very expensive!
If he didn't have a master who was the master of a mountain, he wouldn't be able to do both with his current abilities.
He first picked up the "Xian Xing" gourd. He really liked this gourd. It was neither too big nor too small, and it was just big enough to hold. Why did the original owner name it "Xian Xing"? Was it because the flying sword inside came out and killed all the demons and monsters, or was it because he drank so much that he became drunk and then appeared?
Really interesting.
He took out the white knife given by the Miao village from the cave stone, poured a jar of wine into it first, then chopped up the roots of the sword grass he had just picked from Toujian Mountain and stuffed them in, then raised his head and took a sip.
"ha-"
After burping, he called out "Taodu".
As soon as "Taodu" appeared, it transformed into a big peach tree and covered Cheng Xinzhan under the tree. He also saw the white chicken with a red crown and holding its head high on the tree, like a phoenix.
The peach tree even stretched out a branch to fiddle with Gao Zhen who was lying on the bamboo couch.
"Gao Zhen" became enraged at the slightest provocation, and immediately turned into a ball of silver-purple light, shooting towards the white chicken.
The white chicken's feathers stood up all of a sudden, and it leaped into the air. Its golden steel claws grabbed the silver-purple light, and no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't get rid of it.
"Alright, alright, Taodu, let Gao Zhen go. Taodu is the most powerful. I specially picked a sword-raising gourd for Taodu. Taodu can take a good bath now."
Cheng Xinzhan quickly opened the gourd mouth and faced "Taodu".
The white chicken crowed triumphantly, and together with the peach tree, it turned into a sword light and flew into the gourd.
The silver-purple light fell to the ground and turned into the prototype of the sword embryo, emitting a wailing sound.
Cheng Xinzhan stuffed his mouth shut, quickly picked up Gao Zhen, and said while holding the sword: "Gao Zhen is still a sword embryo, so it can't compare to Tao Du. Wait for me to quickly engrave the runes and make Gao Zhen a real magic sword. Naturally, it will be more powerful than Tao Du!"
Upon hearing this, the sword embryo immediately let out a clear sword chant out of joy, and then trembled slightly, as if urging its master to hurry up.
After Cheng Xinzhan had calmed down "Gao Zhen", he went to watch "The Thunder Chariot and Fire Flag Moving Technique".
He gave it a quick read and found this method of circulating Qi in the whole body to be quite unique.
It turns out that this set of skills was created by a Taoist priest of the Shenxiao School in the early years of the Shao Song Dynasty. At that time, thunder magic was at its peak, and all kinds of strange ideas and methods emerged.
This exercise is one of them. It first introduces the many acupoints that can store thunder. The Qi-moving routes are divided into one-carriage transport, two-carriage transport, three-carriage transport, etc. according to the number of thunder holes opened. If it is one-carriage transport, the thunder plasma will be emitted from the thunder hole, and after running a cycle, it will return to the starting point and turn into thunder qi.
When the two vehicles are transporting, one thought is divided into two streams, driving the thunder plasma of the two thunder holes to be sent out simultaneously, one positive and one negative. After each runs half a circle, it reaches the other thunder hole, and then turns into thunder qi. The circle time is halved.
The same applies to multi-vehicle transportation.
I don't know how the compiler of this exercise came up with it, but the Qi circulation diagrams recorded in it are all the shortest meridian routes when transported by multiple vehicles. They also have to conform to the fixed state of Qi and blood circulation, and be able to flow in the reverse direction of the meridians, which is not easy.
There is another special point, which can better reflect the difficulty of moving the Thunder Chariot. That is, no matter which cycle it is, the Thunder Chariot always has to pass through the Heart Palace when it runs.
When the thunder chariot encounters the heart fire, the thunder and fire interact and sparks form a flag, which is the so-called fire flag.
The heart fire and the thunder plasma temper each other, and when multiple thunder palaces are opened up, the thunder chariot runs back and forth, with the heart palace as the center, sparking countless sparks. This is the thunder chariot fire flag moving skill.
Cheng Xinzhan's mind palace has been opened, and he has the inner spirit in charge, so it is really perfect for him to practice this method. Moreover, he will open his nasal orifices first, and then his gallbladder orifices. With two trucks for transportation, and the help of heart fire and the surge of thunder energy, it may not take two years to dispel the true evil.
He was in a good mood and went to look at the brush and knife again.
The name of the pen is "Kaishan", which is really domineering. The pen itself is also very delicate. The overall image is a dragon swallowing a knife. The pen holder is carved into a bamboo shape with a dragon coiled on it. The dragon finally sticks its head out and bites the blade.
The blade was yellow-brown, like gold but not gold, like jade but not jade. He picked up the knife and scratched the stone at his feet. It was like scratching water, without any delay, and a long cut was made on the stone.
“It’s really sharp!”
He praised.
Finally, he picked up the "Golden Talisman Book for Summoning Spirits to Control All Things". This golden book was dazzling. I don't know what kind of gold it was made of. It was also very thick. Some parts at the back were still blank, but the first few dozen pages were already densely packed with talismans. There were also many tiny handwritings next to various talismans as annotations. This golden book did not look like a top-level talisman book, but more like a record of the practice of a talisman monk.
But for Cheng Xinzhan at that time, this kind of book was obviously more important than any profound calligraphy.
He was already interested in talismans, and now he felt like he had found a treasure. He immediately turned the page and began to read the book attentively.
But while reading, he did not forget his business and applied the cooling ointment to his nostrils. After applying it, his soul returned to his body and felt it. His nostrils felt numb and he wanted to sneeze.
However, he did not stay for long. After feeling it for a while, he returned to the bamboo stick and continued to look through the talisman book.
After each application, he would return to his body to feel his nose, three times a day.
Only a day and a half had passed when he suddenly felt his nose no longer itchy and a cool sensation came over him. He knew it was time.
During this day and a half, he also found and learned a kind of thunder talisman from the talisman book, which was particularly suitable for engraving on "Gao Zhen". It was called,
Inspirational lightning talisman.
The head of this talisman is a variant of the word "lei" in the thunder seal script, like a thunder snake brewing in the clouds. The foot of the talisman is a "ling" in the shape of a command flag. The talisman orifice is the words "Jiuxiao Zunshen", but these four words are scattered into a forked shape of thunder and lightning. If it were not for the annotation next to it, he would not be able to see it.
He sat by the pond holding the "Gao Zhen" sword embryo in his arms, supporting the sword with his left hand and holding the knife and pen in his right hand, and began to carve the seal on the top middle part of the blade.
He carved the talisman very small, like a tadpole, but although the characters were small, the strokes were not messed up. When he finished carving, the thunder talisman flashed a purple light, which meant that the talisman had opened up and had a true spirit. If someone saw it, they would definitely think they were dazzled. For someone who had never practiced thunder magic, learning the thunder talisman in a day and a half and drawing the talisman for half an hour was enough. This had nothing to do with the realm.
Cheng Xinzhan gently blew away the fine dust on the sword blank, and the almost imperceptible amount of dust floated into the small pool. Then he leaned over, scooped up the water in the pool with his hands, and washed the sword.
He looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and found two ropes, one long and one short. He tied the gourd to his waist with the short rope, and wrapped the sword blank around it until it was not so conspicuous, and then hung it on his belt, on the same side as "Autumn Water". He lifted the belt and felt that there were quite a lot of things on it.
After everything was ready, he rode his cloud directly to Cardinal Mountain.
We came to the small building of Taoist Jianxian again. Taoist Jianxian was still sitting on the same cushion, as if he had never moved in these days.
Seeing Cheng Xinzhan coming, Taoist Jianxian asked him to sit down.
Cheng Xinzhan sat opposite.
"Is your nose healed?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and returned the cooling ointment to Taoist Jianxian.
However, Taoist Jianxian shook his head and said, "It's not a valuable thing. I'm giving it to you. You can apply it on your acupuncture points when you feel pain from the lightning in the future."
He thanked me and accepted it.
"Is that the magic sword you're guiding?"
Taoist Master Jianxian pointed at the sword embryo at his waist and said.
Cheng Xinzhan replied yes.
Taoist Jianxian flicked his finger and a flash of lightning fell on "Gao Zhen". "Gao Zhen" did not react at all and directly swallowed the lightning.
"Not bad, not bad. It is very friendly to thunder and can be used as a guiding tool. If you want to refine a magic sword, you can engrave more thunder symbols on it. I also have some thunder symbols here. I will write them for you when you leave. They are all common thunder symbols in the cultivation world and some I found myself. You can keep them with peace of mind."
Cheng Xinzhan said yes and thanked him repeatedly.
"Then the carrier must be the gourd?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and took off the gourd.
Taoist Jianxian then took out his carrier, which was an inkstone.
This is a black inkstone that looks like it is made of stone. There is a little man fishing carved on the side of the inkstone. In the inkstone pool is a pool of bright silver slurry, emitting purple electric light. Occasionally, thunder like silver snakes rush out of the pool, crackling.
He asked Cheng Xinzhan to open the gourd mouth, and the latter did so.
Then, he picked up the inkstone and poured some of the thunder lava that he had worked so hard to accumulate into it.
"Master, this..."
"That's fine, that's fine. If you accumulate more later, you can give me some when I don't have enough. You need it urgently now to open the Lei residence."
Taoist Master Jianxian said with a smile.
Seeing this, Cheng Xinzhan had no choice but to agree.
"Is there a suitable thunder and qi operation diagram?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded.
Then Taoist Master Jianxian took out a small wooden spoon and placed it next to the inkstone. The head of the spoon had been burned black by the thunder lava.
"You come."
He handed the spoon to Cheng Xinzhan.
Cheng Xinzhan took it.
"Take a small spoonful from the inkstone pool."
Cheng Xinzhan did as he was told.
"Use your mana to wrap the lightning plasma."
He then activated his magic power, the fire magic that he was most familiar with.
"Snapped!"
As soon as the magic power came into contact with the lightning plasma, the lightning plasma exploded without warning, and electric snakes splashed everywhere.
"Come on, until your mana wears off the explosive energy in the thunder. This small drop of thunder plasma shouldn't take up much of your mana."
So Cheng Xinzhan tried a few more times, and soon, on the sixth time, the thunder lava stopped making noise and stayed quietly on the spoon.
But Cheng Xinzhan knew clearly that he had only worn away the most superficial violent aura in the thunder. The vitality of thunder and the power to punish evil were still hidden in it, waiting to be unleashed.
"Now you can just wrap it with mana, no need for a small spoon."
Taoist Master Jianxian reminded that he was surprised and satisfied that Cheng Xinzhan could refine the thunder plasma so quickly. In this way, he might be able to complete the task ahead of schedule within two years.
So Cheng Xinzhan took away the spoon and used his magic power to wrap the silver lightning liquid out of thin air, like a mercury bead.
"It's wrapped in magic power and directly hits your nose. Just bear with the pain."
Cheng Xinzhan wrapped the lightning lava with his magic power and let it enter through his nostrils. However, the lightning house of his bamboo body had already been opened, so he did not feel any pain, and the lightning lava fell directly into his lightning orifice.
"Now use your thoughts to capture the scattered lightning plasma, gather it together, and run your Zhoutian route."
Cheng Xinzhan closed his eyes and used his thoughts to stimulate the thunder lava, which began to move along the route of a truck. The thunder lava went from the Lei Zhai into the Yingxiang acupoint, up to the Yintang, to the back of the head, and then down from the Fengchi, passing the twelve floors, and then fell directly to the Yutang along the center line, and then turned into the heart palace.
"boom!"
In the inner world, the chariot of thunder and lava crashed into the blood river, causing huge waves of blood, and lightning and fire were shining brightly. The inner god sat in the Palace of Light, motionless.
After wading through the blood river, the Thunder Chariot became brighter and brighter. It passed the Heart Palace and went directly into the Taiyin Spleen Meridian. It went up through another twelve floors. At this moment, the Thunder Chariot turned from paddle to qi and returned to the Thunder House.
Cheng Xinzhan opened his eyes. Everything went much more smoothly than he had imagined.
Taoist Jianxian stroked his beard, somewhat surprised.
"So fast?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded.
"How much loss is there in the lightning magma?"
Taoist Priest Jianxian asked.
Cheng Xinzhan was stunned. Is there any loss when the thunder lava turns into thunder qi?
He didn't know if it was because of himself, the bamboo, or the way it was transported. He didn't notice any damage, but he didn't want to appear too strange, so he guessed and said,
"Thirty percent."
Taoist Jianxian smiled and nodded immediately after hearing this. "Not bad, not bad. You are a good candidate for practicing thunder magic. Come on, do it again until the pain becomes unbearable."
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