Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!-Chapter 2 - : The Cultivation of Big Medicine

Duan Yun opened his eyes, a surge of ecstatic joy overwhelming him.

This was only his first attempt, and he had already succeeded!

Duan Yun felt as if he was dreaming in broad daylight.

According to the "Jade Sword True Understanding", this breath should flow upwards from the Dantian, pass through the "Central", "Shenzhu", and "Du Meridian"—the major meridian—then enter the arm's "Yangxi", "Xia Bai", and "Hand Three Miles" acupoints, gradually becoming like a syrup.

The True Qi that resembles syrup is the Jade Sword True Qi.

As soon as that syrupy sensation arises, it signifies the formation of True Qi.

And he had indeed just achieved it!

Could it be that the old man was telling the truth? That I really have an exceptional bone structure and I am a one-in-a-million Sword Dao prodigy?

Duan Yun drank a bowl of water to calm his overjoyed heart.

Having achieved a victorious start, he chose to press on with the advantage.

The True Qi he had just now was, after all, too fine; not to say that he wanted it to be as unruly as a python, but it had to be somewhat thicker.

After all, if the True Qi is too fine, he might later be ridiculed by his peers as a 'thin dog'.

As he continued with his breathing and Qi circulation, the flow of True Qi within Duan Yun's body became more distinct, at times like a babbling brook.

Suddenly, he experienced an illusion—as if there were many people breathing with him, inhaling and exhaling in a rhythm of nine shallow and one deep.

These people's faces overlapped, as if they were continuously whispering in secret.

Duan Yun opened his eyes to find one lone candle flickering on the table, and everything returned to normal.

He couldn't help but wonder: "Hey, is this because I've been practicing for too long, and my mind is becoming delirious?"

Almost at the same moment, a pair of twin brothers dozens of miles away opened their eyes, still maintaining the "Jade Sword Stance".

Both brothers had the appearance of middle-aged men, stocky and burly with a face full of boldness, exuding a sense of gallant chivalry commonly found in the Martial World.

At this time, the man on the left moved his nose, burped, and said, "Brother, it smells so good. We've just finished eating and there is new Big Medicine already, not bad talent at all."

The man on the right responded, "We can't rush to harvest wild-raised Big Medicine; it has only just sprouted. Such a fine seedling, we should let it grow for some more time. In due course, we will share it equally, and then we'll break through in one fell swoop."

"That would be superb, our chivalrous path will then be all the more smooth."

"That's a given, hahaha..."

The laughter of spirited voices filled the loft for a moment.

...

Since too much "Jade Sword Stance" practice had led to hallucinations, Duan Yun decided to unlock the second technique of "Jade Sword True Understanding", "Water Moon Slash".

Water Moon Slash involves channeling the Jade Sword True Qi cultivated within the body through the sword body, creating a shape like a water moon.

Simply put, it's a Water Moon Shape of Sword Qi.

Seeing this, Duan Yun became even more certain of the authenticity of this secret book, because these were the notes written in the margins by someone who had practiced this technique and achieved a certain level of mastery.

This senior was truly a good person.

Once Jade Sword True Qi is cultivated, "Water Moon Slash" becomes a natural progression—just extend the Qi flow to the Zhongchong and Shaochong acupoints and thrust it out from the sword's edge.

Duan Yun said thrust, and thrust he did!

But now, he had no sword, so he had to make do with a kitchen knife instead.

At this moment, Duan Yun took a deep breath—the energy sinking into his Dantian—and with a kitchen knife, he swept out!

The air in front of him twisted, and indeed a crescent-shaped Qi Force flew from the blade, colliding with the mud wall a meter away.

Holy shit!

Duan Yun hurried over, afraid of smashing his wall to pieces.

But the result...

Was just a little bit of dust falling.

Yes, dust, not dirt.

That crescent-shaped Qi Force broke out from the knife with a visible light and an intimidating momentum, but who could have expected it to be just for show.

"This shouldn't be the case," Duan Yun muttered.

Could this Sword Qi, unable to kill even a mosquito, even be called Sword Qi?

Duan Yun tried again!

This time, he applied more force, and the Sword Qi momentarily widened; if the previous Sword Qi was a crescent, then this time it was a real half moon.

With a 'dah', as the half moon Sword Qi passed, the straw curtains of the outhouse slightly caved inward by a line, then returned to normal.

Duan Yun, panting, wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Still couldn't kill a mosquito.

Duan Yun couldn't help but wonder if the reason was that Jade Sword True Qi was too subtle and lacked strength.

So he returned to practicing the first move, "Jade Sword Stance", to strengthen his True Qi.

For three consecutive days, Duan Yun devoted himself to arduous practice.

The progress of Jade Sword True Qi was actually not bad; from the initial thread-like state to the now rushing stream, but Water Moon Sword Energy's power didn't change much.

Not to mention killing people with Sword Qi as in the novels, it was even strenuous to slap dust away.

Duan Yun didn't know that on the usual path, it's extremely difficult to cultivate a strand of True Qi. Even for those with decent talent, it would take at least a few years, and to transform True Qi into Sword Qi would take even longer.

In a certain sense, "Jade Sword True Understanding" was a secret manual that opened a new path of "Divine Skill", enabling one to cultivate True Qi and Sword Qi first.

But the Sword Qi and True Qi cultivated in this way were relatively insubstantial and needed to be solidified.

And to solidify them, one needed to take medicinal herbs.

What he saw from "Jade Sword True Understanding" was actually only half of it; the half that could cultivate True Qi and Sword Qi. The other half described how to treat the Sword Cultivator, who had cultivated True Qi and Sword Qi, as Big Medicine and use a unique Cultivation Technique to completely consume and absorb it.

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Once the Big Medicine was absorbed, one could rapidly enhance the power of True Qi and Sword Qi, solidifying what was insubstantial.

To motivate the "Big Medicine" to diligently cultivate, this "Jade Sword True Understanding" also included notes encouraging the "Big Medicine" to continue Cultivation, claiming that focused sword practice for four to five months would bring changes.

Four to five months was when the Big Medicine was at its most potent, ripe for the harvest.

Unfortunately, this secret book that had passed through countless hands had its annotations covered by stains, and Duan Yun couldn't see them clearly at all.

He was completely unaware that he was becoming someone else's Big Medicine.

Seeing that the power of the Sword Qi was hardly improving, although Duan Yun hadn't figured out the trick, he didn't want to give up.

He believed he had a notable talent in Sword Dao; it made no sense that he had rapidly cultivated True Qi and Sword Qi but couldn't quickly enhance their power.

There must be some problem somewhere.

At night, Duan Yun was cooking Mapo Tofu.

Even after traveling to another world, he still enjoyed Sichuan cuisine, with its bold and unreserved flavors.

If it lacked freshness, add pork fat; if not spicy enough, add chili; if not numbing enough, Sichuan pepper was to be called upon.

As long as the ingredients were used generously, it was hard to make a dish that tasted bad.

But what about Sword Qi?

His Water Moon Sword Energy was weak; was it because the ingredients were not used sufficiently?

What other ingredients could there be for Sword Qi?

Duan Yun had always been concerned that maybe there was some screw-up on the first page of the secret book, which led to the lack of power in his Sword Qi.

After all, he couldn't see clearly the acupoint map on that page, and some words were also unclear.

Outside the window, the cool night was like water, with moonlight scattered in the small courtyard, like frost.

All of a sudden, a spark of inspiration flashed through Duan Yun's mind.

Moonlight!

The second move in "Jade Sword True Understanding" is called "Water Moon Slash"; could this move be related to the moon?

"Jade Sword Stance" is based on standing stake exercises, performing breathing to cultivate Qi.

While breathing, he could clearly feel the surrounding air entering his body and meridians.

If air can be breathed in and out, why not moonlight?

In the novels, isn't there often mention of absorbing moonlight to cultivate Divine Skills?

Previously, the breathing page was partly covered by grease stains. Perhaps these details were missed.

Why not try it out?

Just give it a try!

After finishing his Mapo Tofu, Duan Yun was determined to try; during the breathing process, he was no longer rigid about only breathing air.

In his time spent breathing, he could already sense many details of the air.

Such as temperature, humidity, floating pollen, dust, and a particularly pure and clear gas.

He could sense that this pure gas was key to forming Jade Sword True Qi.

No one taught him what it was, and the secret book didn't mention it; Duan Yun could only understand it in his own way, attributing it to something similar to nature's spiritual energy found in novels.

And what about Moonlight?

Before this, he never paid attention to moonlight and did not know what it was like.

But when Duan Yun began to pay attention to it, he discovered that moonlight was cool and moist, like nature's spiritual energy cloaked in a thin frost.

So he inhaled it into his body and allowed it to sink into his Dantian.

Duan Yun, with his eyes closed while standing and breathing, did not see that the moonlight, usually like light, momentarily turned into a milky white liquid that entered his body...