Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 224 Swallowed by Whales
At an average rate of one pill every ten days, Zhou Qing spent more than a month consuming the remaining four Foundation Establishment Pills and opening up five acupoints on his left hand.

He still has detailed information on ten acupoints, but because he doesn't have any Foundation Establishment Pills, he doesn't dare to try them out for the time being.

So he decided to leave the seclusion and find Mu Zhuosha, asking her to help him buy more Foundation Establishment Pills.

In addition, he needs more information on acupoints, which should also be preserved in other ancient notes.

Therefore, he needed to ask someone to collect more ancient notes.

Zhou Qing arrived at the Sutra Repository. Mu Zhuosha looked at him curiously and asked, "Did you succeed?"

Zhou Qing gave a vague answer: "More or less."

Mu Zhuosha frowned and said, "Success is success, and failure is failure. What do you mean by 'almost'?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Don't ask about geniuses."

Mu Zhuosha gritted her teeth, feeling an urge to rush up and scratch him again.

She asked, "So what did you want to see me about today?"

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "I'd like to ask my senior uncle to help me buy some more Foundation Establishment Pills."

"Want more?"

Mu Zhuosha was taken aback and said with concern, "If you still haven't succeeded after using five Foundation Establishment Pills, I don't recommend that you try immediately. If you damage your Qi Sea, it will be a major event that will ruin your path to immortality."

Zhou Qing sensed the concern in her tone and said gently, "Don't worry, I'm confident in my abilities."

Mu Zhuosha nodded and said, "Alright, how much more do you want?"

"Twenty."

"Twenty!"

Mu Zhuosha was startled and blurted out, "Do you think this is candy? What do you need so much for?"

Zhou Qing said, "Why are you making such a fuss? It's just an experiment."

Mu Zhuosha was taken aback. Suddenly remembering Zhou Qing's earlier question about the three dantians, she realized what was going on and exclaimed in surprise, "You're trying to explore and open up the middle and upper dantians on your own?"

Zhou Qing thought to himself that this was a good reason, and said, "You just need to know it yourself, but don't tell anyone else."

Mu Zhuosha frowned and said, "Isn't this too risky?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Uncle-Master, you've always been bold, why have you suddenly become so conservative?"

Mu Zhuosha rolled her eyes at him and sighed, "My boldness is still too conservative compared to yours."

"Exploring and opening up the dantian on one's own is fraught with danger. In ancient times, many lives were lost to gain an experience or lesson. No one ever succeeded in exploring it."

Zhou Qing said, "I won't explore blindly, you can rest assured."

Seeing his firm resolve, Mu Zhuosha knew she couldn't persuade him otherwise, so she had no choice but to agree, saying, "I will prepare the pills for you. You must be careful. You are not alone now. Everyone is placing their hopes on you like never before. You are already of great importance. If anything happens to you, the entire Qingyun Sect will suffer a heavy blow."

Zhou Qing nodded and said, "By the way, there's one more thing. Please give the order to have someone collect more ancient notes for me. They contain a lot of the exploration experience of the ancients, which will be of great benefit to me as well."

Mu Zhuosha nodded in agreement.

Three days later, Mu Zhuosha prepared the elixir.

After receiving the elixir, Zhou Qing once again entered the Thunder Dragon Cave.

He spent four months successfully opening up the remaining ten acupoints.

By this point, he had opened up one large and fifteen small dantian, a total of sixteen dantian.

However, because he had spent all his time developing his dantian and had not had time to expand it, each of his dantians was still in its initial state, containing only a small amount of spiritual energy.

Four months later, he emerged from seclusion to see Mu Zhuosha, only to learn that she had not yet acquired any other ancient notes, so he returned to Leijiao Cave once more.

Since he could not open up any new dantian, Zhou Qing decided to do his best to expand the existing dantian.

He sat cross-legged on the platform beside the spirit pool, about to begin absorbing qi, when suddenly an idea struck him. His cultivation speed was directly linked to the strength of the magnetic field.

If he were to enter a state of rejuvenation and reach his peak condition, one wonders what kind of cultivation speed he would achieve.

Can that short period of training make up for the progress of a whole day of rest afterward?

Zhou Qing decided to give it a try.

He first applied the "withered wood rejuvenates" technique to the Qihai acupoint.

Life potential quickly rises to its peak.

After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, his magnetic field range reached twelve zhang, and its intensity reached eighty standard ranges.

Now, utilizing the peak state of "Dead Tree Rejuvenates," his magnetic field range has expanded to fifty or sixty zhang, and the intensity of the magnetic field is difficult for him to estimate, but is estimated to be at least ten times stronger.

There was a crash.

The thunder dragon emerged from the spirit pool, staring at Zhou Qing in horror.

Its eyes were full of vigilance, and its body stood straight, already in a state of stress.

Just now, it felt an overwhelming pressure emanating from Zhou Qing, which made it tremble with fear.

Moreover, it could sense that this oppressive aura seemed to have a natural restraint on it.

Under this oppressive aura, Lei Jiao felt as if he had lost the ability to generate lightning.

Zhou Qing looked at the somewhat agitated Lei Jiao and smiled, "Don't panic, just continue your cultivation."

As he spoke, he casually flicked his wrist and sent a burst of electricity flying, striking Lei Jiao.

The burst of electricity made Lei Jiao feel completely comfortable.

Its tension gradually subsided, and it soon slowly sank into the spirit pool.

Zhou Qing wasted no more time. He used his magnetic field power to penetrate deep into the spiritual pool and directly draw in a large amount of spiritual energy into his body.

He seemed to transform into a giant whale from the ancient past, opening his mouth wide to pour seawater into his body.

Zhou Qing had no idea how fast he was cultivating; he only felt his fifteen small dantians rapidly filling up.

In the years since we entered the Thunder Dragon Cave, the water level of the Spirit Pool has never changed.

The spiritual energy in the Spirit Pool comes from the underground spiritual veins. When the spiritual energy exceeds the current water level, it will pour out from the cave entrance to provide cultivation opportunities for all disciples of the Qingyun Sect.

But today, the water level in the spirit pool has visibly receded, quickly falling below the platform.

With the water level in the Spirit Pool dropping, the entire Qingyun Sect lost its source of spiritual energy.

Although they could use spirit stones as a substitute, such a drastic change would inevitably cause panic.

The sect leader was the first to notice the change in spiritual energy.

He flashed to the outside of the Thunder Dragon Cave.

He walked through the long cave and came to the Spirit Pool, where he saw Zhou Qing looking at the Spirit Pool with a wry smile, where the water level had dropped by three feet.

The sect leader asked in a deep voice, "Zhou Qing, what's going on?"

Zhou Qing said, "I've been conducting some experiments, which have consumed quite a bit of spiritual energy."

The sect leader said with a headache, "You are really audacious. The spiritual vein is the foundation of our Qingyun Sect. If the spiritual vein is severed, the Qingyun Sect's lineage cannot be preserved. Is this a place where you can easily test secret techniques?"

Knowing he was in the wrong, Zhou Qing said, "Don't worry, Master, it won't happen again."

The sect leader looked at Zhou Qing helplessly and said, "Perhaps this is the price of having geniuses in the sect. They will enjoy the benefits that geniuses bring, but they also have to bear the shock caused by the geniuses' wild ideas."

“I don’t want to restrict you, but when you have all sorts of ideas, you should still consider the legacy of the Qingyun Sect more.”

(End of this chapter)