Before Xu Chunniang could feel sad, she was enveloped by the cold liquid rushing from all sides. It turned out that there was a pool of water underneath.
She is not dead
Xu Chunniang, who had saved her life, was almost stunned. It took her a while to react. She held her breath, floated to the surface, and swam to the shore.
With the faint moonlight, Xu Chunniang could only vaguely see the surrounding scene.
This is a completely natural cave. In the center of the cave is a small pool of water. She had just fallen from the gap in the mountain above the pool of water.
Just looking at the height, the gap in the mountain is about 20 to 30 feet high from the pool, and it would be difficult to climb out by human power.
I just hope this cave has another exit...
Xu Chunniang shook her head and suppressed her thoughts. It was too dark and she was very tired, so she decided to investigate further tomorrow.
It could be considered a blessing in disguise. Although she slipped and fell deep into the mountain, she did not gain nothing. Not only did she find a natural cave where she could temporarily stay, she also found a source of water, which saved her a lot of trouble.
At the hour of Mao on the second day, Xu Chunniang woke up on time.
At this time, the sky was just beginning to get light and the sun had not yet risen. The cave was also blurry and it was impossible to explore the way.
She couldn't sleep, but didn't want to waste time, so she simply crossed her legs and began to meditate.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she found that after entering into a state of meditation today, the amount of spiritual energy she attracted was almost three times that of usual.
Xu Chunniang was just a little confused and then put the matter aside. To meditate, one must concentrate.
She closed her eyes and began to harmonize with the spiritual energy around her.
The blue water aura is the most well-behaved, and it blends quickly with the green wood aura. However, once the yellow earth aura is added to these two auras, they will dissipate instantly.
Xu Chunniang was not discouraged. She had encountered this situation countless times before. She still started over again with full patience.
Finally, after repeating it countless times, the three colors of blue, green and yellow aura merged together for the first time!
Xu Chunniang calmed her mind, silently recited the method in her heart, and guided the spiritual energy ball into her body. The spiritual energy ball moved crookedly along the way, but was safely led into the dantian.
Success!
Xu Chunniang opened her eyes in surprise. Although she was still a long way from truly drawing the Qi into her body, this step was very crucial.
Next, she only needed to lead the spiritual energy into her dantian, continuously fill up her dantian, and then use the exercises to guide the spiritual energy in her body to practice around the great circle.
Just when she was about to continue practicing with all her strength, her stomach started to growl. Xu Chunniang then came to her senses. It turned out that she had spent a full half day on this practice.
After practicing for so long, she didn't feel tired at all. Instead, she felt very energetic.
Xu Chunniang took a fasting pill and prepared to explore the cave to see if there was any other exit.
The belly of the mountain is not very big. Except for the small pond and the place where she slept and practiced, the rest of the mountain is almost visible, and there is no other exit at all.
Xu Chunniang, who had just been happy about the breakthrough progress she had made in her cultivation, suddenly became dejected. There was no other exit, which meant that she would be trapped in this cave!
She counted the fasting pills in her storage bag and found that there were only fifteen left. If she still couldn't get out after eating all these fasting pills, she would be trapped here to death!
Xu Chunniang shuddered, a little frightened by her own thoughts.
She shook her head desperately to dispel the terrible thoughts in her mind.
"There must be a way. There are still fifteen Bigu Pills. If I save them a little and take half a pill a day, I can last for thirty days! I am small and my consumption is not that big, so half a pill should be enough.
Thirty days is enough time for me to draw the Qi into my body."
She raised her head and glanced at the crevice in the mountain. After drawing the air into her body, she should be able to climb out, right
Xu Chunniang was not sure, but there was no other way now, so she could only try her best.
After making up her mind, she sat down cross-legged and began to practice.
This practice lasted for a full ten days.
Apart from the necessary three hours of sleep every day, Xu Chunniang used all her time to practice, so her progress was amazingly fast. The spiritual energy in her dantian became more and more abundant and would soon be full.
That day, after Xu Chunniang introduced the spiritual energy into her dantian, she found that her dantian was already completely full.
An inspiration suddenly came to her, and she immediately began to practice the "Xiao Yao Jue", carefully guiding the spiritual energy.
As the technique is practiced, spiritual energy follows the spiritual veins and flows through the limbs and bones, undergoing a kind of transformation that completely transforms the body.
Xu Chunniang felt comfortable all over. Wherever the spiritual energy reached, her body became warm, as if she was soaking in warm water.
However, the warm feeling soon disappeared and turned into severe pain.
It turned out that as the technique was practiced, the spiritual energy gradually left the location of the spiritual vein and moved towards deeper places.
"ah!"
Xu Chunniang couldn't help but cry out in pain. Even though she was mentally prepared, she was caught off guard by the severe pain. Almost subconsciously, she wanted to stop the operation of her mental method.
But soon, she remembered what Uncle Gu had said in the classroom.
"When you draw the Qi into your body, you will initially feel warmth in the places it passes through as it is protected by spiritual veins. But as you become more proficient in the technique, the Qi will flow into more places that are not protected by spiritual veins, and you will feel intense pain. Many people will stop practicing because they cannot stand the pain.
If you stop because of the pain, even though you have successfully drawn the Qi into your body, your cultivation journey has also come to an end.
The pain you endure is actually just the spiritual energy transforming your body, and the longer you persist in this step, the greater the benefit to your future cultivation."
No, I can't give up here!
Xu Chunniang hardened her heart and continued to practice her mental method.
She was originally an ugly girl from a farm family, illiterate. She finally got the chance to practice as an immortal, so she would try her best!
As time went by, the spiritual energy's transformation of the body became more and more profound, even penetrating into some meridians that had not been guided by some exercises.
Xu Chunniang was trembling with pain all over, but she gritted her teeth and refused to give in. She had to hold on longer and longer!
Later, her consciousness became a little blurry, and she could no longer hold on, tilting her head and fainting...
Xu Chunniang was awakened by the stench.
She wrinkled her nose and opened her eyes, her consciousness still remaining in the process of drawing the air into her body, and she didn't know whether she had succeeded or not.
Xu Chunniang first checked her body and found that the spiritual energy in her dantian was exceptionally full and abundant, and there was a faint flow of spiritual energy throughout her body. Only then did she feel relieved, she had finally succeeded.
Then she had the leisure to look for the source of the smell.
But she was shocked to find that the one emitting the terrible stench was actually herself
It turned out that she was covered in a layer of black filth all over her body, and she exuded a foul odor from head to toe.
After a little thought, Xu Chunniang understood that these were the dirt that was excreted after the spiritual energy transformed her body.
It was a quiet and deserted place, so Xu Chunniang took off all her clothes, dived into the pool and started washing.
It took a full hour to clean off the annoying dirt on my body.
After washing, Xu Chunniang found that she seemed to be much whiter than before, which should be due to the spiritual energy that was washing over and tempering her body.
"Now that I have spiritual energy entering my body, I wonder if I can leave this cave." She whispered and looked up.