Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 165: Time and Space Gap, Accident

Under normal circumstances, the secret method of observing the stars and capturing the sky should be able to be used freely only in the realm of refining the spirit.

If the soul is not strong enough, after crossing the boundless starry sky, the split soul will be too weak and will not have time to find a suitable body and will dissipate, which is a waste of effort.

The split soul is an extremely heavy burden for a Qi cultivator whose cultivation is not yet strong enough. If an attempt fails, it will take a long time to recuperate.

That is Chu Zheng, with the panel as his support, can start experimenting without restraint.

In the Record of the True Tribulations of All Ages, quite a few examples of failure are recorded to serve as a warning to future generations.

When a split soul chooses a body, it can usually only choose a child whose soul is still fragile, or a stupid person who is born ignorant. Otherwise, the consciousness of the split soul will be easily affected, and it may even become a wedding dress for others.

Moreover, the physical condition of the body must be stable. If it is dying or seriously ill, it is very likely to die directly after being stimulated by the soul entering the body.

Therefore, some of the Qi cultivators who have split their souls and experienced tribulations will choose to be reborn and lay a solid foundation from the beginning. However, this path is extremely risky.

The fetal period is completely without autonomy and is full of uncertainty. If one does not practice cultivation, the soul may fall into the mystery of the fetus and fall into a deep sleep. It may not have the chance to awaken in this lifetime, which is tantamount to a waste of time.

But if it were to practice cultivation, because the fetus still had a special innate condition, the speed of cultivation would naturally advance by leaps and bounds, which would easily lead to a foundation that was too strong, and then be noticed by heaven and earth, and face disaster, and even death if not careful.

This is undoubtedly a dilemma.

Soon, Chu Zheng found a small city that was several miles long and wide.

The long street is bustling with noise, the sound of cars and horses, and the flow of people. What meets the eye is a variety of living beings.

Looking at the bustling worldly atmosphere on the street, Chu Zheng was stunned for a moment.

From the starry vision seen by his split soul, he had already seen the terrifying warships roaming the universe.

In his expectation, under normal circumstances, what he saw should be a highly developed civilization, not such a backward scene, which was almost no different from an ordinary ancient dynasty.

Without thinking too much, Chu Zheng continued to wander between heaven and earth, looking for a suitable body, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find a suitable one.

As time went by, the soul became weaker and weaker. He tried to open the panel to repair the weak soul, but to no avail.

According to the panel's judgment, his body is at its peak right now and does not need any repair at all.

After a long time, Chu Zheng followed his instinct and floated to a low peak. There was a lot of yin energy in this place, which could slow down the loss of power for this split soul.

He looked around and what came into view was a desolate cemetery with overgrown weeds and messy tombstones scattered all over the ground. Most of the tombstones were covered with dust and grass, and the words on them could not be seen clearly.

There is no doubt that this is a mass grave.

It was already dark, with two silver moons hanging high in the sky, the moonlight falling and silver frost covering the earth.

The night fog spread out from the graves and desolate tombs, with faint ghost lights floating in the air, giving off a chill.

Occasionally a breeze would blow through the treetops, blowing up the newly scattered paper money, making a rustling sound.

Chu Zheng took a deep breath and practiced the Qi refining method, absorbing some moonlight into his body and barely stabilizing his soul. This was not a long-term solution, and he still needed to find a body as soon as possible.

After recuperating for a while, when Chu Zheng was about to leave, three people carrying straw mats slowly walked up to the mass grave.

Chu Zheng's gaze lingered on the straw mat, where a body was wrapped. The body was still warm. From his perception, the yang energy had not dissipated and the last breath had not yet been taken.

Given his current condition, this was an attempt he had no choice but to make.

Moreover, he also wanted to take this opportunity to confirm a conjecture of his own.

Under Chu Zheng's gaze, the three of them found a corner, dug a shallow hole just big enough to hold the straw mat, threw it in, and covered it with a shallow layer of soil.
Under the erosion of the Yin Qi all around, the last bit of Yang Qi left in the straw mat began to dissipate at an alarming speed.

The reason why living beings are determined to be buried in peace is that only by being covered with this layer of soil can they cut off their last attachment to the world.

After a brief consideration, Chu Zheng no longer hesitated and immediately floated underground, taking over the almost cold corpse.

If what he thought didn't work, then this time, he could only give up.

The moment he entered the body, Chu Zheng was unable to recover the vitality of this body that was rapidly slipping away. At this moment, he reopened the panel.

This time, the information given by the panel finally changed.

[Tree Root (Level 0): Thirteen knife wounds on the back, piercing through the five internal organs, all the blood and essence have been drained away, only a trace of obsession remains, and there is no way to save the situation (repairable).]

Chu Zheng chose to repair without hesitation. A powerful vitality was instantly injected into his heart. Starting from the nerves in the brain, the whole body recovered at an astonishing speed.

wow——

Chu Zheng spread out the straw mat and sat up from the shallow pit, gasping for breath. His mouth and nose were filled with the smell of blood mixed with the stench of a rotting corpse, which made him want to vomit.

But at this moment, Chu Zheng no longer cared about these things. His eyes flashed with terrifying brilliance, and he could hardly conceal his excitement.

Repairing the panel worked!
This means that compared to ordinary Qi cultivators, he has another essential advantage.

Chu Zheng currently has a greater degree of freedom in choosing his body.

A body of this degree of mutilation, once taken over by the Qi-refining master's soul, would have absolutely no chance of survival.

But for Chu Zheng, there is no need to think so much. When he incarnates to experience the catastrophe in the future, he only needs to find a corpse that has just died. As long as the split soul can take over the body, he can use the repair panel to repair the damage on the body.

Judging from the bone age, this body was less than fourteen years old, still a half-grown child, and died in the wilderness. He was stabbed thirteen times in the back, and each knife went straight to the vital organs. It was obvious that there was something going on.

After a long time, Chu Zheng came back to his senses and pulled out the panel.

[Name: Tree Root (Chu Zheng)]

[Cultivation: Zero Level]

[Skill: None]

[Restorer: Level 2000 (2000/)]

[Remaining number of repairs for the day: 1]

[Currently repairable: None]

Compared to his own panel, the panel that appeared this time was much simpler. His skills, supernatural powers, physique, and immortal bones had disappeared without a trace, leaving only the most basic information.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is quite thin, and the number of daily refresh and repair times has dropped to once, a level that has never occurred before.

However, this is not important to Chu Zheng. He just needs such a body to serve as his incarnation to go through tribulations.

This place is too far away from the Cang Yun Realm, and it is highly likely that there will be no connection in this life, so there is no need to think about repairing anything.

What he had to do was to try his best to practice the Record of Eternal True Tribulation, draw the calamity energy to himself, and share the pressure of his main body.

Chu Zheng did not hesitate at all. He sat cross-legged immediately, activated the Record of Eternal Tribulation, and began to look for the qi.

It is certainly not so easy to deceive the heavens and survive the calamity with an intangible body.

By practicing this method, this body will gradually resemble his original body, with three parts of similarity in form and seven parts of similarity in spirit. This is the extraordinary aspect of the True Treasure Record of Eternal Tribulations.

Getting started with the method of refining Qi is related to the illusory understanding. According to Chu Zheng's estimation, even if he changed his body, the time it took him to draw Qi into his body would not be much different from when he first arrived in the Song Mansion.

However, the result of this search for the Qi sensation far exceeded Chu Zheng's expectations. Back in the Song Mansion, when Chu Zheng first tried the general outline of the Great Circulation of Qi, it took him two and a half hours to successfully draw the Qi into his body. In the Qi refining method, this is considered to be a good talent.

This time, it only took him two quarters of an hour, which was more than ten times faster than the previous time!
Even after the Yuan Qi had been flowing in his body for a while, Chu Zheng still hadn't reacted. This speed of entry was a little too exaggerated, even to the point where he found it a little unbelievable.

This has nothing to do with his experience in cultivation. Finding the Qi sensation is not something that you can do faster the second time just because you have tried it once. It all depends on your own understanding.

After a long time, Chu Zheng came back to his senses and pondered for a while. He still couldn't come to any conclusion and could only attribute this to the differences in the world.

He closed his eyes and continued to practice.

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In the early morning, the rising sun brings the first breath of pure Yang Qi.

Chu Zheng sat cross-legged in the mass grave, breathing long and hard. He ignored the stench that rushed into his mouth and nose. He concentrated his energy, circulated the Qi in his body, and absorbed the rising Yang Qi between heaven and earth to balance the Yin Qi in his body.

Overnight, his body had changed drastically. His frail physique suddenly grew in size and he gained over a hundred kilograms of strength.

But that’s all.

A towering building rises from the ground and a spiritual transformation takes a hundred days. This is a step that no matter how high one's talent or understanding is, one cannot skip. One needs to take it step by step and cannot reach the sky in one go.

After stabilizing his condition, Chu Zheng stood up and left the mass grave.

He had to first find a place to fill his stomach, absorb the energy of grains, and warm his body, and then understand the world in front of him to see if he could find some old medicines that could be used to increase his cultivation faster.

Before reaching the spiritual transformation realm, he could not practice fasting.

Chu Zheng strode quickly through the mountains and fields, as agile as a monkey.

He didn't have to worry about his own life and death. At this moment, he was more relaxed and comfortable than ever before. For a moment, it seemed that the depths of his soul had let go of some shackles and was sublimated.

For those who practice Qigong, clarity of mind is a kind of happiness that is hard to find in this world.

Chu Zheng traveled quickly all the way, and after a while, he finally arrived in front of a city.

The tower is three meters high, with three large characters "Yuncao City" engraved on it.

A breeze blew on his face, and Chu Zheng smelled a fishy scent of water. There was a big river not far from here.

After staying for a moment, Chu Zheng turned around and left. At this moment, he was covered in mud and blood scabs, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, judging from the way Shugen died before, he might still be in some trouble.

After a while, Chu Zheng came to the riverside, washed off the blood on his body, repaired his torn clothes, tidied them up, and slowly walked into Yuncao City.

There is a huge port on the west side of the city, along the river bank, with more than a thousand ships moored there. Looking up, it is crowded.

Chu Zheng carefully looked at the passers-by and explored the cultivation system of the world in front of him.

After carefully inquiring for half a day, Chu Zheng gradually felt relieved.

The world before him was even more fragile than he had imagined. There were people practicing martial arts, but those who had cultivated internal energy were rare masters, and there were very few of them.

For Chu Zheng, after a hundred days, he will be able to stand at the top of this world and can practice with peace of mind until the calamity comes.

After wandering around the city for a while, Chu Zheng found a job in a pawnshop, hid himself there, and began his practice step by step.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

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Cangyun Realm, Taixuan Holy Land.

At the top of the sacred peak, Chu Zheng slowly opened his eyes.

After the split soul entered the body, it was able to do some simple things according to the situation. Although it might seem a little stupid, there was no need for the main body to keep an eye on it all the time.

The main reason was that his spiritual cultivation was still shallow, and it was a bit difficult to use two souls at once. He could only rely on diverting most of his attention to take care of both.

Chu Zheng slowly stood up and suddenly noticed something unusual.

After calculating for a moment, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

According to the perception of his split soul, he had spent at least more than a month on that star, while on Taixuan Holy Land's side, only four or five hours had passed.

This huge difference in the speed of time flow made him a little dazed for a moment, and he didn't know what went wrong.

How could there be such a huge difference in the speed of time flow in the same universe?

This inevitably reminded him of the myths of his previous life.

One day in the sky, one year in the ground.

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The morning light is rising.

More than forty miles outside Yuncao City, between desolate mountains.

A slightly illusory light gate slowly opened, and dozens of figures walked out one after another, both men and women.

Standing at the front was a woman in her early twenties, with long legs, fair skin, and a green outfit that made her look quite heroic.

She turned around and looked at the people following behind her, smiling, clasped her fists and bowed, then spoke:

"Good morning, dear passengers. I am your tour guide, Zhuo Xiu. You can call me Xiao Xiu. I would like to thank you for your trust and support for Galaxy Travel Agency."

"Our journey this time will last for seven days and six nights. I will take you to have a deeper understanding of an ancient dynasty that existed in the Tianyao Federation more than 5,600 years ago."

"During this journey, I will take you to experience firsthand what kind of living conditions people who lived in this environment at that time were like."

At this point, Zhuo Xiu looked a little helpless: "Due to the current technology of the Federation, time travel is not possible yet. We can only use this method to observe the lives of the ancients."

"Here, I will first inform you of some regulations..."

"First, please protect your valuables. If you lose them, you will be responsible for it yourself."

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"We, Xinghe Travel Agency, will not be held responsible for the ecological damage caused by this."

(End of this chapter)