Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 55 Talent
Zhao Dazui just thought Qin Feng was joking.

"You guys stop making trouble. Your injuries haven't fully healed yet," Zhao Dazui picked up the lunch box. "Lian Gou'e, your room is right next to them. You live in a room by yourself."

"The kang is heated for you. Add some firewood before you go to bed." Lian Gouqie thanked Zhao Dazui, who returned to his yard.

There are seven or eight courtyards in the disciple dormitories on the east side of Yizhangyuan.

Because all the residents were disciples, these courtyards didn't actually have east and west wing rooms. Aside from the side facing the gate, the other three sides each had two rooms with windows facing the courtyard, leaving the courtyard for the disciples to practice.

Qian Liangfeng and the other three occupied the two rooms facing the main gate. Because of heating issues, Wei Qin and the other two lived in the room next to them. Now that Lian Gou Xie had arrived, he naturally moved into the room next to them.

There is a three-spring tree next to Wei Xi's house. She looked at it and thought that the tree was about ten years old. The trunk was as thick as her.

Except in winter, the Sanchun tree always has bowl-sized flowers hanging on its branches. When the wind blows, the curled petals flutter in the wind, trying to hold on to the fleeting time.

It was only when she came back this time that Wei Xi discovered that this tree was planted by a cultivator. The long winter in Yizhangyuan made Wei Xi think that this tree was just an ordinary tree. When she came back from Baoxiang City, this tree immediately caught her eye.

Wei Xi yawned and lifted the curtain. The rat-catching general kept scratching the door. Lingyin was so scared that she grabbed Wei Xi's scalp tightly. She could only open the door and let the rat-catching general out.

As soon as he loosened his grip, the fat cat, Mouse Catcher General, disappeared. Wei Xi wanted to go back for a nap, but when he looked up, he saw Qin Feng meditating under the Sanchun tree with great energy.

"She's been sitting there all the time," Lian Gou's head popped out of the window, "She doesn't even feel cold!"

Lian Gouqie was from the Western Regions and had never seen a place as bitterly cold as Yizhangyuan. Even though it was no longer snowing, he still insisted that it was winter.

Wei Xi was also curious about Qin Feng. Didn’t she feel tired?
Before, in Qin Feng's words, she was "discouraged", but she still attended classes morning and evening.

You have to know that without Master Han, Wen Dao Hall only cares about maintaining the bottom line of cultivators' knowledge and doesn't care about anything else. Even so, Qin Feng worked so hard that Senior Sister Xie ordered her to ensure she got enough sleep.

On the second day after returning to Qingcheng Sect, Qin Feng asked Wei Xi and Lian Gouqie to make diagrams for her.

"Are you crazy?" Lian Gouyue complained painfully, "How could I possibly draw a Qi-refining technique in just one day?"

"You don't have to draw very well, just make sure you don't make any mistakes in the steps." Qin Feng's eyes were firm. She put on her clothes with cuffs to make it easier to practice swordplay.

Wei Xi wanted to sneak back to sleep, but Qin Feng held her down, "Xiao Xi! You have to explain these things to Lian Goujie!"

"He's going to Wendao Hall soon," Wei Xi groaned, "I've already prescribed the medicine for you. It's up to you to boil the medicine and drink it."

Seeing that he couldn't escape no matter what, Lian Gou Xie would never let Wei Xi go.

"I'm not a monk. I won't learn anything from your temple."

Lian Gouye ignored Wei Xi's eyes that looked as if she wanted to skin him alive and added, "Besides, what I draw may not be correct. Wei Xi is already a cultivator in the Qi training stage, she will definitely know whether it is right or not!"

These words put Wei Xi to death. Qin Feng felt that Lian Gouyu's words made sense, so he forced the two of them to draw, wasting a thick stack of rice paper, and finally drew out the basic exercises for Qi training.

The more basic something is, the less you can do with it.

The same is true for cultivating immortals. The two stages of Qi training and foundation building are to draw Qi into the body and learn to fill one's Qi palace from the outside world.

Lian Gouqie was puzzled for a long time about what this qi was. When he forced Wei Xi to explain it, she couldn't explain it clearly. She only knew that it was something absorbed from between heaven and earth.

The three of them stared at each other in amazement. In the end, Qin Feng, who had read the most books, came up with a solution. "Bypass it, bypass this concept. Anyway, those formulas don't describe it. Based on my experience of memorizing books as a child, the context can be connected."

Wei Xi looked at Qin Feng with admiration, while Lian Gou Xie muttered something about rote memorization, and obediently followed Wei Xi's instructions to draw the following diagram.

The main purpose of this stage of Qi training is to fill up the Qi Palace, and there is no requirement to refine the Qi in the Qi Palace.

After drawing these, Qin Feng took the fifty or sixty diagrams and went to study them. Lian Gouqie, who drew the pictures, and Wei Xi, who gave the ideas, were so tired that they didn't want to see Qin Feng for a while.

Fortunately, Qin Feng was focused on the diagrams and had no time to care about the two people who were exhausted.

From that day on, except for eating, sleeping, and sword practice, Qin Feng spent all her time in meditation, trying to imitate others in practicing Qigong. Things were fine in the yard, as Qin Feng also had work to do in the back of the mountain. Wei Xi and Lian Gouqie played rock-paper-scissors and brought her food every day.

By the way, the poor Lian Gouwei also joined Wei Xi's working team.

Lian Gou Xie naturally took over the position of night watchman at the Qianliangfeng Bailu Pavilion who had caused trouble, and also got a task from Senior Sister Xie to draw illustrations for the textbooks.

It was indeed pleasing to see Qin Feng meditating under the Sanchun tree. Wei Xi and Lian Gouqie put their heads together to admire the scene on this slightly chilly morning.

"If my hands weren't sore, I really should have painted this scene," Lian Gouqie said softly. "It's so beautiful. General Qin and Madam Qin must be both people of outstanding appearance."

Children are the mirror of their parents. Wei Xi has never seen General Qin and his wife, but Qin Feng's appearance is enough to tell the whole story.

"Why did she develop this illness?" Lian Gouqie asked Wei Xi, tilting his head. "If she didn't have this illness, she would have already established her foundation and would just be waiting for the formation of the elixir."

"How many paintings do you want to draw?" Wei Xi hit Lian Gou's sore spot.

"You still have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't tricked me here, would I have become her painter?" When talking about this, even Gou Xie's wrist felt a dull pain. The culprit was still mocking him here. This was intolerable!

However, Lian Gouyue still endured it and asked, "How long did it take you to enter the Qi training stage?"

Wei Xi thought about it and realized that she was not very diligent. Her training time was based on the minimum standard of Wen Dao Hall.

That’s right, Wei Xi is so strict with himself.

"About two months." Wei Xi recalled and answered uncertainly.

"Thank God," Lian Gouqie breathed a sigh of relief, "otherwise I would have lost my wrist."

Qin Feng opened his eyes under the tree. The two people in the window were about to slip away, so Qin Feng stood up.

"I've reached the Qi training stage," Qin Feng said with joy, "This method is indeed useful."

Qin Feng was waiting for his two friends to congratulate him, but he saw their shocked faces.

"Why?" Qin Feng asked doubtfully, "Aren't you happy for me?"

"Wei Xi, what's going on?" Lian Gouyu felt as if the sky had fallen. How could this be different from what Wei Xi said? Had Wei Xi tricked him again?

Wei Xi was dumbfounded. She was naturally happy for Qin Feng, but Qin Feng was too scary for cultivation. Wei Xi grabbed Lian Gou Ye just to let her enslave others!
"So fast?" Wei Xi took a long time to squeeze out these words, and Lian Gou Xie had already packed his luggage in his mind.

"I've been wondering for a long time what that qi is," Qin Feng said, transforming into the nerdy student he used to be when he finished his exams. "I was stuck for a long time. At first, I thought it was the elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth."

"After all, cultivators above the Jindan stage all have preferred attributes," Qin Feng explained, "but I haven't been able to find any. Then I realized that the spells don't even have these things, so maybe they're not needed at all."

"Following this path, I just followed the steps in the diagram and didn't deliberately look for the so-called qi."

At this point, Qin Feng looked at Wei Xi strangely and said, "I thought you might have noticed. Anyway, I feel the energy coming from heaven and earth, flowing into my Qi Palace like a stream."

Wei Xi didn't care much about cultivation at all. It wasn't like he was in a secret realm where he could lose his life if he wasn't careful.

When Qin Feng said this, Wei Xi remembered that when he was practicing, he did feel something slowly entering the Qi Palace.

It felt like being pricked by needles.

How come when it reaches Qin Feng, it flows into the Qi Palace like a stream?
This was the second time Wei Xi felt the world's deep malice towards her. The first time was when she discovered that she was mute.

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