Chapter 250

Chapter 250: Breathing Method, Ezhou, Difficult Road

“Brother, does this mean that the first round of opportunities after the transformation of heaven and earth is off the table for us?”

the black-haired, black-bearded elder said somewhat unwillingly.

“Indeed, this is a chance for those youngsters. Go, gather the sect’s outstanding disciples. Not too many, just ten each from the Innate Realm and the Acquired Realm. I have something to say to them,”

the sage-like elder sighed.

“Yes, Brother, I’ll go right away.”

Having won, the black-haired, black-bearded elder was about to leave when he suddenly paused.

After a moment’s hesitation, he finally said, “Brother, should we also inform the other clans in the secret realm about this?”

The sage-like elder thought for a moment and said, “We should. Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble they’ll cause.”

After his brother left, the sage-like elder continued to gaze at the drifting clouds in the distance, his gaze lingering.

“Our lineage has endured tens of thousands of years in this secret realm, and finally survived another change in heaven and earth, giving us hope of escaping.

I just don’t know if the main sect and other major immortal sects, who boarded the void boat and broke through the boundary, have found a way out, or if there will be a day for them to return.

I can calculate the timing of changes in the outside world, and the other secret places should be similar.

I don’t know which disciples they will send into the world to compete for opportunities…”

…

“Xiaoyan, come, from today on, brother will formally teach you to practice. Whether you can fly in the future depends on whether you practice seriously.”

In the early morning, on a flat rock, Lu Qing said seriously.

In front of him, Xiaoyan was holding Xiaoli, sitting obediently.

“Yes, Xiaoyan will practice very hard!”

Hearing her brother’s words, Xiaoyan nodded seriously.

“Then I’ll teach you a breathing technique today. Once you’ve mastered it and can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, I’ll teach you other cultivation methods.”

“Okay!”

Xiaoyan looked at Lu Qing with a gleaming look, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Lu Qing smiled faintly, extended a finger, and gently tapped Xiaoyan’s forehead.

His voice was very gentle, “Now close your eyes and regulate your breathing as I’ll teach you.”

As Xiaoyan closed her eyes, a warm spiritual energy gently enveloped her. At the same time, a gentle voice echoed in her mind, causing her to involuntarily follow the voice’s instructions and slowly regulate her breathing.

Soon, she entered a state of emptiness with a strange rhythm.

Lu Qing withdrew his finger and looked at Xiaoyan, who had already entered a state of meditation, with a sigh of admiration.

The little girl’s cultivation talent was indeed extraordinary. In just a short while, she had grasped the key and entered a state of meditation. She

was indeed a genius, recognized by the supernatural power as possessing a trace of the innate Dao body and the gift of icy skin and jade bones.

Seeing Xiaoyan completely absorbed in meditation, Lu Qing sat down cross-legged, quietly watching from the side.

Xiaoli snuggled into his arms, lying quietly.

Lu Qing gently stroked its head, and suddenly, a thought struck him.

“By the way, Xiaoli, I got something yesterday that seems to be of some use to you. Would you like to take a look?”

With that, Lu Qing’s mind flickered, and he pulled something from his Qiankun Yiqi bag.

It was a thumb-sized white fruit.

Xiaoli was initially skeptical, but when he caught the scent of the fruit, his eyes suddenly widened.

“This fruit is called the Beast Spirit Fruit. It seems to be quite effective in purifying and boosting the blood of spirit beasts. Would you like some?”

Lu Qing held the white fruit in his hand and waved it before Xiaoli’s eyes.

Xiaoli’s eyes followed the fruit’s movement.

Hearing Lu Qing’s words, he nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice, then looked at Lu Qing eagerly.

His innate, strange senses told him that this white fruit would be of great benefit to him.

“Okay, then it’s yours.”

Lu Qing was amused by the little creature’s eager eyes, so he stopped teasing and handed the fruit over.

Xiao Li’s eyes lit up with surprise. He scooped up the white fruit with his two paws and, without a second thought, stuffed it into his mouth, swallowing it.

“Xiao Li, you…”

Lu Qing was stunned at first, then shook his head helplessly.

He hadn’t expected the little creature to be so impatient, to devour the fruit so quickly.

While this beast spirit fruit was extremely beneficial to spirit beasts and could be consumed and refined directly,

swallowing it whole would likely cause the little creature to fall asleep again.

Sure enough, not long after Xiao Li swallowed the white fruit, his eyelids began to droop, and he leaned into Lu Qing’s arms, falling into a deep sleep.

So, Lu Qing suddenly became the caretaker of the two little creatures.

Holding Xiao Li, Lu Qing waited quietly. About half an hour later, Xiao Yan awoke from her trance, her eyes bright and full of energy.

“You’re awake now. How do you feel?” Lu Qing asked leisurely.

“Brother, Xiaoyan feels incredibly comfortable right now, like she has endless energy!” the little girl exclaimed in amazement.

“That’s just your illusion, but Xiaoyan is truly amazing. Your first time practicing breathing techniques, you were able to enter a state of meditation for half an hour. You’re even more advanced than me when I first started practicing!”

Lu Qing praised the little girl generously.

“Really?”

As expected, Xiaoyan’s eyes lit up.

“Of course, when has brother ever lied to you?” Lu Qing nodded seriously.

“Hehe.” Then the little girl started giggling.

After she finished laughing, she finally realized something was wrong and looked into Lu Qing’s arms: “Brother, what’s wrong with Xiaoli?”

“Nothing, I gave him something good to eat, and he fell asleep after eating. No, it’s good for him. When Xiaoli wakes up, he’ll be even more powerful,” Lu Qing explained.

Xiaoyan felt relieved after hearing this.

But she still laughed: “Shame on you, Xiaoli, you’re sleeping right after eating. You’re even lazier than Xiaoli.”

Lu Qing couldn’t help but smile at this.

“Okay, let’s go back. We’ve already wasted a lot of time teaching you breathing techniques today. After breakfast, we’ll set off.”

He took Xiaoyan and Xiaoli back to the village where they had stayed the night before. Just then, the family who rented their house had already prepared breakfast.

After breakfast, Lu Qing and his friends paid the farmer a small amount of money as a token of their gratitude, then loaded up the carriage and set off again.

“Ah Qing, you took Xiaoyan out so early this morning. Are you teaching her the art of cultivation?”

The old doctor asked curiously from the carriage, observing Xiaoyan’s noticeable change in aura.

“Yes, Grandpa Chen, my brother taught me a breathing technique. It’s so fun. After practicing it, Xiaoyan feels full of strength. My brother even said that when Xiaoyan gets better, she’ll even learn to fly!”

Xiaoyan boasted.

“Breathing technique?” The old doctor looked at Lu Qing in surprise.

“Breathing technique is actually a prerequisite for the Breathing Technique. The goal is to regulate the breath through breathing, visualize the whole body, and clear impurities from the body.

Ultimately, one reaches a state where Qi permeates the entire body, free from impurities and filth, and all meridians are open,” Lu Qing explained.

“Qi permeates the entire body, free from impurities and filth, and all meridians are open…” The old doctor was even more astonished. “Doesn’t that mean…”

“Indeed, in the martial arts, only after reaching the Xiantian realm, blessed by heaven and earth, and cultivating a Xiantian body, can one achieve the state of Qi permeating the entire body and all meridians being open.”

After Xiaoyan has perfected the breathing method and opened up the Qi channels throughout her body, in terms of realm, she is actually equivalent to entering the Xiantian realm.

However, because she has not experienced the tempering of her physical body with Qi and blood, theoretically speaking, she will only have an empty realm by then. In a real battle, she may not be able to defeat a warrior in the Jingu realm. “

“Then Ah Qing, why are you…” The old doctor was a little confused.

“Master, I taught Xiaoyan the breathing method not because I want her to improve her combat effectiveness, but because I hope she can quickly reach the realm where Qi flows through the whole body and all meridians are open.

When that time comes, I will continue to teach her the Qi-eating method, which is the most important thing.”

“The Qi-eating method, Ah Qing, you want to…”

The old doctor suddenly realized and finally understood Lu Qing’s plan.

“Yes, Xiaoyan has excellent talent, and with the changes in the world today, I want her to directly embark on the path of cultivation of the ancient Qi practitioners. “Lu Qing nodded.

Although the threshold for practicing martial arts is low, the progress is slow and too hard.

Xiaoyan has the gift of icy skin and jade bones, and has a trace of innate Taoist body meaning. She is born to be an excellent seed for cultivating immortals.

Lu Qing naturally would not let her take the path of martial arts, but let her practice the path of cultivating immortals directly.

“Since Ah Qing, you have planned it all, then I am relieved. “

The old doctor saw that Lu Qing knew everything, so he naturally stopped asking.

He knew that Lu Qing was carrying a mysterious immortal cultivation inheritance. Since he had already made plans, he must have made the best arrangements.

But Wei Zian next to him was confused.

Because he didn’t understand what Lu Qing and the old doctor said at all.

What breathing method, air eating method, and the so-called qigong practitioner, he didn’t understand any of these words, and he had never heard of them before.

In the end, he could only sigh that the path of cultivation was indeed profound, and there were countless mysteries that he didn’t understand.

The carriage kept moving forward. At noon, it stopped to let the horses have a full rest before continuing its journey.

However, by the afternoon, the carriage was moving slower and slower, and it became very bumpy.

Lu Qing frowned and had to pick up Xiao Li, who was still sleeping, to avoid being woken up by the bumps.

“Master, what’s wrong? Why is the carriage so bumpy? “

Wei Zian also felt something unusual and asked.

Then he felt that the carriage suddenly stopped.

“Brother Lu Qing, old doctor, I’m afraid we are in some trouble.”

At this time, Ma Gu’s voice came from the front of the carriage.

“What trouble?”

Lu Qing lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out.

Could it be that they were being robbed?

But he didn’t feel the presence of other people nearby.

However, when Lu Qing saw the situation outside clearly, he couldn’t help but be stunned.

Because he found that they were now on a very rugged mountain road. Not only was the ground bumpy, but even the road had become much narrower, and could only barely allow the carriage to pass.

At this moment, one of the wheels of the carriage was stuck in a stone pit and could not move.

“Where are we now? “

Lu Qing handed Xiao Li to Xiao Yan, got off the carriage, and looked around.

Then he found that they were on a small road halfway up the mountain, with a cliff next to it, which looked quite dangerous.

The old doctor also got off the car, looked at the surrounding environment, and understood.

“We are about to enter Ezhou. It is rumored that Ezhou is the most dangerous state in the world. Most of its territory is covered with majestic mountains and is very difficult to walk.”

“Ezhou?”

Lu Qing understood after hearing it.

In the past two years, he has not only been focusing on cultivation, but also collecting information about this world. He

also has some understanding of Ezhou.

He knows that this state not only has many mountains, but also many rivers. Compared with other states, it can be regarded as a place of poverty and bad water.

“This is really a bit troublesome. “

Lu Qing looked at the surrounding environment and felt a headache.

If it was just a difficult section of the road, with the strength of him, Magu and others, they could carry the carriage across this section of the road.

But if the roads in the entire state were like this, then it would be obviously impossible.

Do they have to abandon the carriage and walk for the rest of the journey?

Lu Qing was in a dilemma.

He didn’t mind walking, but Xiaoyan and the master obviously couldn’t let them travel like this.

Even Wei Zian might not be able to survive such a long journey.

Moreover, over the past few days, they have developed a lot of feelings for this carriage that sheltered them from the wind and rain.

Unless they had to, they still didn’t want to give it up.

“If I had known earlier, I would rather take a longer detour and take another road. “

Lu Qing felt a little regretful.

In fact, he and his master had discussed before whether to take another route.

Because when his master traveled around the world, he had never been to Ezhou and was not familiar with the road conditions here.

But in that case, they would have to take a much longer detour, a whole state’s journey.

At that time, they all wanted to get to Zhongzhou as soon as possible, and finally chose this road. They

thought that even if the road in Ezhou was a little more difficult to travel, it would be better than taking the detour of an extra state.

Unexpectedly, the terrain of Ezhou was much more rugged than they had imagined, and it was simply impossible for the carriage to pass through.

“Master, what should we do?” Lu Qing looked at his master.

The old doctor also understood the current situation. He thought for a moment and sighed, “At this point, we only have two options. One is to turn around and go back, and the other is to abandon this carriage and walk.”

But neither of these options is ideal.

Going back would mean wasting more time, and abandoning the carriage would mean throwing away a lot of things on it.

Lu Qing could use the Qiankun Qi Bag to carry everything away.

But he hadn’t decided yet whether to reveal this ability directly.

And he wasn’t sure if Xiaoyan could endure such hardship.

Just as Lu Qing was struggling.

Wei Zian sighed, “Then our journey over the past two days has been wasted. I didn’t expect the roads in Ezhou to be so difficult to travel. What a pity! It would be great if our carriage could fly.” “

What nonsense! This is just an ordinary carriage. Do you think it’s one of those magical treasures from those storybooks that can fly?

You must have stolen Xiaoyan and Xiaoli’s storybooks again, kid.”

Ma Gu scolded with a smile.

However, when Lu Qing heard this, he was stunned.

(End of this chapter)