Chapter 56: Refining the Body

  Of course, the reason why Dan Chenzi loves "Xuan Yuan Jing" so much is not only because this skill has reached the level of Xian Grade First Rank, but also because this set of skills has its own unique place. Otherwise, it would not be possible for them to be used as a treasure by the Dan Dao Sect, and can only be practiced by the gatekeeper.

  The reason why the "Xuanyuan Jing" is so magical is that the true yuan cultivated by it has no attributes at all, and this true yuan can also be used by other exercises to transform into any desired attribute of true yuan.

  To illustrate, using the "Xuanyuan Jing" to cultivate a certain amount of true yuan, and then using other methods, such as fire-based methods to transform this true yuan. At this time, this true yuan will be transformed into fire-based true yuan by the fire-based method, without any side effects.

  To know, no matter what kind of gong method, to cultivate must first absorb the corresponding attribute of spiritual energy, and in the heaven and earth, the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth each occupy one-fifth. A kind of attribute gong method can only absorb one of them, and then transform into true yuan and store it.

  The most important thing is that the entire cultivation process cannot allow other attribute spiritual energy to mix in, even a thread, and it will bring irreparable losses later.

  So, it is necessary to spend a lot of time eliminating other spiritual energies, and in this way, a lot of time will be wasted imperceptibly.

  By using this method, the five elements of spiritual energy can be absorbed at will, and from this point alone, it is five times faster than other exercises. After all, it does not distinguish between attributes, and everything can be absorbed.

  Moreover, he can directly form attributeless true yuan, without worrying about the existence of impurities, saving time and effort.

  Moreover, the cultivation speed of this kung fu's true yuan is extremely fast, completely surpassing that of same-level kung fu by more than five times, its advantages are self-evident.

  So Danchenzi was so persistent, saying that he must get this skill for Zhang Cheng to come, he didn't want such a good seedling to be delayed by some miscellaneous skills.

  "Alright then!" After listening to Dan Chenzi's explanation, Zhang Cheng also completely understood his meaning and knew he was thinking of himself, so he didn't say anything else.

  "Alright, don't worry, once you've met my requirements, I'll give you a surprise. That's settled then, I'll take my leave first." With that, Dan Chenzi transformed into a streak of light and vanished into the horizon.

  Zhang Cheng stood beside the waterfall, with a rumbling sound in his ears, but he was still in a good mood.

  "Disciple, the arrangement your master has made for you is quite good, and some have even surpassed me, so just follow his plan to cultivate yourself." Xiang Tian transmitted.

  "Ah, I see!" Zhang Cheng responded with a sound, then sat down on the spot with his legs crossed, recalling the mantra of Jin Zhongzhao's skill in his mind, and began to savor it carefully.

  He had just roughly browsed through it before and didn't notice some of the details.

  At this moment, after he took a look, he discovered a problem, that is, the true energy produced by Jin Zhongzhao did not come from the external spiritual energy, but from the internal power of his own body. The whole process was the same as their Zhang family's breathing method.

  This kung fu can only improve the practitioner's metabolism, thereby producing energy that is finally converted into true qi. However, this method is too slow and has no comparability with directly absorbing spiritual energy from outside to strengthen oneself.

  This made him, who had already gotten used to absorbing spiritual energy through the "Xuānmén Tǔnà Shù" (Mystic Door Breathing Technique), somewhat unable to accept.

  It's just like you're used to configuring top-notch computers, and suddenly you're faced with a computer from decades ago that's poorly configured, the feeling is exactly the same.

  But what can I do, who made me so unlucky, just have to take it one step at a time.

  Zhang Cheng muttered an incantation, then began to adjust his breathing, slowly entering a state.

  Now, he feels that every cell in his body is breathing, and a thread of fine power is released from his body, transformed into the true energy of the Golden Bell Cover, and then dispersed into the cells through the Golden Bell Cover's gong method, enhancing their own intensity.

  However, what Zhang Cheng did not expect was that as the cells' intensity increased, the power produced also grew stronger and stronger. However, in comparison, these true energies were still pitifully few. After cultivating for a long time, there was no effect at all.

  "This can't go on like this... it would be great if I could cultivate using the Xuanmen Tu Na technique..." Zhang Cheng's words were left unfinished as a sudden flash of insight struck his mind.

  He remembered that when his father was practicing, Tu Na was just enhancing metabolism and producing true energy.

  Afterwards, he learned the "Xuānmén Tǔnàshù" to directly absorb spiritual energy and convert it into true energy. As far as he knew, there should be no difference between these two true energies.

  Moreover, he also observed that there was no difference between the true energy condensed by the Golden Bell Cover method and the true energy originally existing in his lower abdomen.

  That is to say, these two kinds of true energy should be exactly the same before they are dispersed.

  If that's the case, can't we skip the method of condensing true energy with the Golden Bell Cover and replace it with the Dan Tian Tuna technique, then have the resulting true energy dispersed throughout our body through the Golden Bell Cover's techniques, thereby accelerating our cultivation?

  He thought and did, using the divided mind to control the "Xuānmén Tǔnà Shù" to absorb the spiritual energy and condense it into true energy, and then use the Jīnzhōngzhào method to disperse these true energies throughout his body.

  "It worked!" Zhang Cheng found that his method really worked, and with the addition of "Xuānmén Tǔnàshù", the cultivation speed of Jīnzhōngzhào greatly increased, giving Zhang Cheng hope.

  "At this speed, I believe it won't take long for me to reach the Golden Bell Shield Body realm!" Zhang Cheng was extremely excited and continued his cultivation.

  However, this situation only lasted for less than two days. Zhang Cheng felt that his cells were saturated, no matter how hard he tried, the cells just couldn't absorb anything else.

  "What's going on?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled, so he contacted Xiang Tian through the contract and asked: "Master, my cells are saturated! Can't bear more power, what to do?"

  "Saturated so quickly?" Xiang Tian was also stunned, because he had heard of this Golden Bell Cover technique before. According to conventional wisdom, unless one had previously practiced body-refining techniques and reached a certain level of physical strength, it would be impossible to achieve saturation in the first practice session, even if it took ten days or half a month at the earliest.

  But Zhang Cheng achieved this in less than two days, a speed that left people speechless.

  "Yes, I combined the Xuanmen Tu Na and Jin Zhong Zhao two sets of exercises, and after practicing for a while, I reached a state of saturation. Now I can't continue to cultivate anymore, what should I do?" Zhang Cheng replied with some distress.

  "What? You've combined Xuanmen's Tu Na technique with the Golden Bell Shield? This..." Item Tianhe was shocked, his mouth agape.

  In the world, any one method of work, including secular and cultivation methods, has been passed down for thousands of years and still exists today. After being tempered by time, it has already formed a very complete set of routes. Making casual changes may result in irreparable errors.

  But Zhang Cheng not only changed, but also merged the two techniques together, which is even more terrifying than changing. It's like trying to turn two stones into one, and if you're not careful, it will produce extremely dangerous consequences.

  So, even Xiang Tian himself would not dare to modify the method arbitrarily without absolute certainty.

  Zhang Cheng surprisingly didn't consult with himself and took the liberty of acting on his own, which made him break out in a cold sweat. If something really went wrong, it would be disastrous. So he reminded him: "Disciple, I want to remind you that from now on, you can't casually change your skills. If you have any ideas, you can tell me and if I think they're feasible, then you can make changes. You should know that changing skills isn't something to be taken lightly, if an accident occurs, it'll be too late for regrets."

  "Oh, I see. It won't happen again." Zhang Cheng smiled and knew that Xiang Tian was concerned about him, and also knew that what he did was risky, so he secretly remembered his words and asked: "But what should we do now? My body can't hold any more power!"

  "It's best if you remember this, as for your current situation, it's not a big problem, this is a completely normal phenomenon. Later, when you climb up the rocks below the waterfall and withstand the impact of the water flow, then continue to cultivate, that will be fine." Xiang Tian replied.

  "Why must we charge forward before continuing our training?" Zhang Cheng asked in puzzlement.

  "Because your body has already reached a state of saturation, if you want to continue cultivating, you must use external force to compress the power inside your body, and then you can continue to cultivate. It's like a bag, you fill it with cotton, if you want to put more in, you have to squeeze it first, understand?" Xiang Tian explained.

  "It turns out to be like this, then I'll go try!" Zhang Cheng said, and followed Xiang Tian's intention to swim down to the bottom of the waterfall. However, before he even reached the bottom of the waterfall, he already felt an enormous impact force, which made him feel a little fearful.

  However, for his own future, he couldn't care about anything else and gritted his teeth as he jumped directly onto the stone.

  But just as he got up, he was hit by a rock on the top of his head. He felt a sudden and severe impact, "plop" sound, spat out a mouthful of blood, then the whole person was washed away, and then was rushed to the shore by the torrent.

  Zhang Cheng crawled out of the water, wiped his face and said in a somewhat disbelieving tone: "My god, it's so fierce. If I were still down there, I'd be beaten to death!"

  At this moment, Zhang Cheng felt that his whole body was aching, as if he had fallen apart, and even his chest was feeling waves of pain.

  "Disciple, hurry up and cultivate. At this time, the effect of cultivation should be pretty good!" Xiang Tian's voice echoed in Zhang Cheng's mind.

  "Hmm!" Zhang Cheng pushed his heavy body into a cross-legged sitting position and gradually entered a state of cultivation.