I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 105: The Cultivation Technique Revealed! I'm about to unleash a cultivation frenzy!
The next morning, in the live broadcast room on the light screen.

The live stream was still packed with people, including citizens and officials from various countries.

Because the intelligence provided earlier helped eliminate the Six-Clawed Serpent, everyone is now paying close attention to the live stream, not daring to miss any of the information being revealed.

Even those who are unable to watch the live stream due to work or other reasons will find ways to watch the recording or learn about the live stream content from other sources afterward.

Now, people are getting more and more used to the existence of live streaming rooms.

They've even started using it as a large-scale platform for seeking help and exchanging information:
"Urgent! I'm at my wedding, and the bride's family is giving me a challenge to connect the faces and names of members of an idol group. How do I do that?"

"My boss asked me to get two bottles of Moutai from his car, but there was nothing in the car. I called the police, right?"

"What should I do? My hemorrhoids are acting up, and I had a massive hemorrhoid rupture when I got off the plane at high altitude. Do I need to have surgery now?"

"To prevent early romantic relationships, the school specifically recruited twenty HIV-positive individuals and mixed them among the students. How can we distinguish them from the rest?"

Last night I asked my girlfriend how many boyfriends she'd had before, and she said enough for a mahjong table. I said three or four would be acceptable, but she said the number was the mahjong table. Waaaaah, can someone comfort me?

"Suppose a mother has cancer and urgently needs money to save her life. Her son has just sold all his possessions, including his house and car, and borrowed money from all his relatives and neighbors. However, on his way to the hospital, he accidentally falls into a manhole and travels to another world. When he wakes up, he still has a large bag of money with him. What is the probability that he, as a hero who has been summoned to this other world, will turn into a demon king?"

"A vibrator! A vibrator for massage! Anyone want a Qi Shen brand vibrator?"

"private."

……

Amidst a flurry of random comments, Qi Xuan slowly appeared in the frame riding Sunday.

Both the man and the pig looked tired, especially on Sunday morning. They were grunting and whining, and the pig's right eye was a little swollen, as if it had just been disciplined.

Netizens were all amused after seeing this:
"I feel sorry for Sunday for a second."

"Haha, those dark circles under my eyes are inexplicably funny."

"Did you get into another fight with wild animals behind our backs last night?"

"It's so painful to look at, please add a symmetrical one on the left."

……

There was indeed a fight, but Sunday's opponent was Qi Xuan.

The main purpose is to verify the cultivation technique I just drew yesterday.

The cultivation technique drops from the [Knowledge and Skills] area, not from the trial cards in the [Single Items] area.

This is the second cultivation technique he has drawn since he drew the "True Skill of Ten Thousand Transformations".

Logically, one should be pleasantly surprised, excited, and overjoyed.

However, what's a bit troubling is that this cultivation method is not the immortal cultivation method that was expected beforehand.

It is a very proper martial arts manual, which cultivates both external and internal skills to strengthen the body and achieve divine martial arts prowess.

"I never thought that someone who talks about martial arts all the time would actually draw a martial arts manual."

To be honest, even Qi Xuan himself was a little confused.

Martial arts techniques and cultivation methods are completely different; there are significant differences between the two.

The simplest point is that martial arts, at its peak, can only sustain a lifespan of up to two hundred years, while immortality cultivation leads directly to the path of longevity.

As for the path of cultivation, martial arts use the human body as a furnace, strengthening the physique and stimulating the potential of the body through external medicine and other means, in order to achieve the goal of physical sainthood and martial arts divinity.

Cultivating immortality involves absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, building an internal circulation, and thus transcending the mortal body to become immortal and indestructible, where one person is the world.

In fact, even the ultimate goal of martial arts, the so-called "physical sainthood and divine martial arts," is merely used to describe the Foundation Establishment stage in the context of immortal cultivation.

That's right, for martial arts, Foundation Establishment is already the end.

The vast majority of exceptionally talented martial artists can only stop at the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Only a very small number of them have the chance to transcend and become terrestrial immortals comparable to those at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

But, that's all.

Beyond that, there was no road.

Unless they also switch to cultivating immortality.

From this perspective, the martial arts system is nothing more than a lifeless lake, completely incomparable to the cultivation system, which is as vibrant as the ocean.

It was a complete and multi-faceted crushing defeat.

However, after studying the techniques, Qi Xuan discovered that martial arts also had its own advantages.

First, the early stages of martial arts training are relatively fast and the effects are very obvious.

With sufficient external medicine and a martial arts technique, even an ordinary person with poor physique and weak constitution can grow into a so-called martial arts master in a short period of time.

In contrast, cultivators are limited by various factors such as aptitude, spiritual energy, and cultivation techniques. Many of them rely on time to slowly grind their way to the Foundation Establishment stage. Their progress in this aspect is far less daunting than that of martial arts, where it takes a year to achieve minor success and three years to achieve major success.

However, after reaching the Great Perfection, it becomes extremely difficult to advance further in martial arts. Even with ten or a hundred times the resources invested, one can barely take a small step. Becoming a Grandmaster is very difficult, let alone becoming a land immortal, who is considered a myth.

Secondly, the combat power of the martial arts system is relatively high.

Those who follow the martial arts system generally have extremely strong physical bodies, comparable to body-refining cultivators in the immortal cultivation world.

For cultivators at the Qi Refining stage, their spiritual energy is meager, making it impossible for them to wield powerful magical artifacts or even master many spells. When facing a martial artist of the same level, if the opponent gets close and the cultivator has not cultivated any body-refining techniques, there is a high chance of being defeated on the spot.

But once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, it's the other way around. Even the most revered immortals in martial arts are basically beaten from a distance by Foundation Establishment cultivators using magical artifacts and spells, and they simply can't get close to them.

As for the third point, which is also the most crucial one.

The martial arts system is actually an external supplement to the cultivation system.

Because anyone can practice martial arts, but cultivating immortality requires spiritual roots.

However, only a few people possess spiritual roots, and there are vastly different levels of aptitude among them.

Even if there are rare and precious medicines in the world that can improve spiritual root aptitude or even give birth to spiritual roots, they are not something that ordinary people can obtain.

For the vast majority of ordinary people without the necessary qualifications, if they are unwilling to accept that they cannot cultivate immortality, practicing a martial arts technique to strengthen their physique and prolong their lives is an excellent choice, which is better than having no way out at all.

Therefore, although he failed to draw the cultivation technique, Qi Xuan felt that this martial arts technique was more suitable for the people of Blue Star. At least after it was publicly disseminated, it would not cause a huge social rift in a short period of time, leading to various internal conflicts or even war.

Once they get used to the immense power of martial arts, it won't be so difficult for them to accept the introduction of cultivation techniques.

Moreover, in the early stages of cultivating immortality, one has to endure a lot of hardship, and one's combat power is even inferior to that of martial arts. It's hard to say whether people will be more accepting of cultivating immortality or martial arts.

After all, the resources for cultivating immortality are not so easy to accumulate; otherwise, so many people at the ninth level of Qi Refining would not have died before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

As the saying goes: If you can't reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and I can't become a terrestrial immortal, then what's the difference between martial arts and immortal cultivation? In the end, we both die the same way.

—For the vast majority of people, this should be a completely predictable outcome.

Before learning martial arts techniques, it was already quite an achievement for a normal person to live to eighty or ninety. Now, being able to live longer with the help of these techniques, even if it's only for ten more years, is considered a huge gain.

Not to mention that with a strong enough body, one can reduce the harm of various diseases, rarely get sick, and greatly improve the quality of life in old age, instead of being unable to move while lying in a hospital or nursing home bed.

I just hope they don't fight all the time.

Qi Xuan hesitated for a moment, but quickly put that hesitation aside.

Releasing the cultivation method would definitely bring a lot of popularity, which was originally part of his plan.

Now that the time has come, we cannot back down because of concerns about changes in the situation on Earth.

Ultimately, humans are a highly adaptable species, and with the constraints of governments and other powerful organizations, the release of martial arts techniques will at most cause initial chaos, but everyone will eventually get used to it.

Moreover, the power of martial arts is not as strong as imagined; if you cultivate it to its limit, you'll only become a terrestrial immortal.

Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator cannot suppress an entire nation, let alone a terrestrial immortal who is even less capable than a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

No matter how strong one's physique, it's just a matter of a few missiles.

It's even possible that we won't even need to use missiles.

However, before revealing the cultivation method, Qi Xuan still had a small worry.

Because the martial arts technique he drew this time was actually a very special one.

Martial arts techniques themselves also have different grades.

The lowest level is all external martial arts, which can only temper and refine the body, and if you're not careful, it can leave all sorts of messy aftereffects.

More advanced warriors will be equipped with internal energy cultivation techniques to nourish themselves, enhance their qi and blood, and still be able to exert powerful combat strength in old age.

Going up further, it means that both external and internal martial arts originate from the same school, and the upper limit of the martial arts can reach the level of Grandmaster or Great Grandmaster, etc., thus defining the level.

The most top-tier and coveted technique among these is naturally the divine technique that points directly to the realm of terrestrial immortals.

Every time this skill appears in the world, it is fought over by all sides, causing huge bloodshed and killings.

But this time it won't be like that, because once he publishes the technique, everyone in every household can learn it, so what's the point of fighting over it?

That's right, the "Yin Yang Jade Crane Technique" he drew is a powerful technique that can lead to the highest level of immortality on land.

This is what makes it worthy of its status as a second-grade spiritual object.

This cultivation method was created by a Golden Core cultivator named "Master Xuanfa".

Qi Xuan's hidden worry lies precisely in this.

The purpose of the Xuanfa Zhenren in creating this technique was to refine puppets.

He needs enough powerful martial artists to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and then refine them into puppets to form a spirit puppet army.

Therefore, the Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill has extremely low cultivation requirements and extremely fast cultivation speed, and the possibility of breaking through to the terrestrial immortal realm is far higher than other martial arts techniques.

With so many advantages, there are naturally corresponding shortcomings.

The most crucial point is lifespan.

Because it is too focused on breakthroughs, it is extremely ineffective in extending lifespan. Even if one cultivates to the level of a terrestrial immortal equivalent to Foundation Establishment, the lifespan will not exceed 150 years, far below the normal 200 years.

If placed before a knowledgeable martial artist, the question of whether or not to cultivate this practice would likely remain a dilemma.

However, there are no true martial arts techniques on Earth. Once the Yin-Yang Jade Crane Technique spreads, it will become the benchmark in everyone's eyes.

People might think it's normal for a terrestrial immortal to live to 150, but if they realize something's wrong in the future, if they discover that this is actually a demonic cultivation technique that greatly restricts and reduces lifespan, then the praise they give him today will be replaced by the condemnation they hurl at him in the future.

This is a hidden danger that we must pay attention to.

After careful consideration, Qi Xuan decided to be upfront and explain the situation clearly to everyone first, and then let them make their own decisions. Whether to cultivate or not is their choice; I am only responsible for announcing the cultivation method.

Facing the live stream camera, Qi Xuan said with a solemn expression:

"Everyone, put down what you're doing and let me announce something."

"Yes, I'm talking to you. What are you doing sleeping in the middle of the night? Pay attention in class."

Once he was sure that all the viewers in the live stream were watching him, Qi Xuan finally spoke:

"Everyone has seen my performance during this period, and there must be many people who want to learn the skills I have mastered."

To be honest, it's not that I'm unwilling to teach, but this technique has serious flaws.

For example, a large amount of external medicine is needed during the cultivation process.

For example, one must be very careful during cultivation, otherwise it is easy to injure oneself.

For example, even after reaching the peak of cultivation, one's lifespan can only extend to one hundred and fifty years.

Etc., etc.

But after a whole night of calm reflection, I've decided to release this exercise method.

After all, no matter how many shortcomings there are, that's just my personal opinion. What if everyone thinks this technique is good and is willing to learn it?
At least give everyone a choice.

Qi Xuan looked directly into the camera and continued:
"With this in mind, I decided to release this Yin-Yang Jade Crane Technique."

"Let me make this clear beforehand: I am only responsible for announcing the cultivation method. All consequences arising from practicing this method shall be borne by the practitioner himself/herself. I shall not be responsible for any of them."

"If you ever break yourself while practicing, don't come looking for me. It won't do you any good. I've already warned you."

"Remember, don't force yourself to practice if you can't. It's not a big deal if you can't become a martial artist. What if there are other paths you can take in the future?"

"That's all I have to say. Now I will officially announce the cultivation method."

Upon hearing Qi Xuan's long speech, the live stream chat fell silent for a moment, then exploded with excitement.

"Holy crap! They're actually going to reveal the cultivation technique!"

"Great! I thought I'd have to wait at least a few more months!"

"What should I do? What should I do? I've only learned three ancient seal characters! You won't abandon me, will you? You won't just abandon me like that, will you?!"

"I'm already seventy years old, can I still cultivate this technique?"

"Grandpa, don't worry. Seventy years old is the perfect age for cultivation. If you cultivate well, you can become an immortal. If you cultivate poorly, you can still become an immortal."

"I am so lucky to have been born in this era! Ximen Chuixue, get ready to fight me at the Forbidden City!"

"Get down from the roof right now, or you'll be fined a hundred!"

"I've finished using the restroom, the notebook is ready, the camera is ready, Qi Shen, what are you going to say?"

……

Amidst the anticipation and tense gazes of countless people, Qi Xuan slowly began to speak:
"13, 26, 74, 323, 19, 721..."

Upon hearing this series of numbers, all the spectators on Earth, regardless of their nationality, were completely stunned.
"What?! What is all this? Did I hear that right?"

"No way? Martial arts techniques are written in mathematical language?"

"Holy crap! I only got 20 points on my college entrance exam math! Am I doomed?!"

"Why do I have to study math to practice martial arts? Don't liberal arts students have any rights?"

"This is outrageous! Could it be that martial arts levels are ranked according to mathematical ability? A calculus master can easily defeat a second-rate trigonometry expert?"

"Then what am I at, with my four arithmetic operations? A mediocre martial artist who doesn't even qualify?"

"State your name! I, a mathematics PhD, do not kill nameless nobodies!"

……

Netizens were bewildered and shocked, feeling as if they were listening to gibberish and questioning their very existence.

Qi Xuan ignored everyone and continued reciting a series of numbers. He waited until the last number was finished.

He paused, then repeated it.

After the second repetition, he finally spoke:

"Everyone, please don't doubt it. What I just said is indeed the martial arts content of the Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill, but with an extra layer of code. Currently, only two people know this code. Besides me, there is only one other person left on Blue Star."

"That's right, this person is my childhood friend, Xue Cheng."

"I once said that if I had the chance, I would definitely repay him. Today's martial arts training is a way of giving back for his long-term help to me. As his brother, I have never forgotten you."

"Of course, please don't think I'm being too selfish. I will release the full details of the cultivation method in three days, at which time everyone will be able to cultivate it. Based on our personal relationship, it's not unreasonable for me to give my brothers three days of extra time to cultivate. Is that too much to ask?"

After listening to Qi Xuan's explanation, a wave of heated discussion immediately swept across Blue Star.

But he turned off the live stream on his own.

With his gaze fixed on the distance, Qi Xuan's thoughts drifted away:

"Orange, I hope you can understand my good intentions."

"If you know how to cooperate with the country, that would be even better."

"Three days should be enough time for the country to monopolize most of the external medicines necessary for cultivation, right?"

……

Jiangcheng.

Inside a villa.

Xue Cheng stared at the numbers written on the paper, muttering to himself.

In junior high school, he and Qi Xuan were obsessed with spy movies, so they specially developed a code that only the two of them knew.

It was called research and development, but it was really just about selecting ten books, taking a page from each book with a different number of words as much as possible, numbering these ten pages in sequence, and then memorizing the whole text.

In the numbers Qi Xuan reported, the first digit was the page number, and the following digits indicated which word was on that page.

Through this comprehensive search, the full text of the martial arts manual can be translated quickly.

But after so many years, he had long forgotten the original text in the codebook.

It might be difficult to find those ten books on short notice.

I believe it should still be preserved in the storage room.

Xue Cheng was about to head to the storage room when his phone suddenly rang.

As soon as the call connected, a sweet voice came from the other end:

"Hello sir, the lottery ticket you purchased at our lottery outlet has won the second prize. Please come and claim your prize immediately before it expires."

"Second prize?"

Xue Cheng suddenly began to question the meaning of life.

He did buy a few lottery tickets on a whim a couple of days ago, and he won so easily?
"Yes, if you have any questions, you can come to our sales point and ask us in person. We are always ready to welcome you."

"Palace Jade Wine."

"One hundred and eighty cups."

"To find the dragon vein and divide the gold, look at the winding mountains."

"Each layer of entanglement is a barrier."

"A day has passed in the blink of an eye."

"If you close your eyes and never open them again, a lifetime will have passed."

"You actually matched them all?"

“Sir, you’re joking. We are well-trained.”

"They're certainly well-trained. I even heard the boss making whimpering noises. What did you do to him?"

As he spoke, Xue Cheng had already run out of the small villa.

He was still making excuses on the phone, but Xue Cheng was too busy to listen.

A quick glance around revealed three burly men walking briskly toward him from the street directly opposite.

Xue Cheng took two steps back, and the other side suddenly started to accelerate.

Without a second thought, he snatched the bicycle that had just stopped beside him, and rode off while the boy stared in disbelief.

Three burly men were chasing after them.

Even more cars were hurtling towards him with a sharp screeching sound.

"grass!"

Xue Cheng suddenly twisted the handle and squeezed into the alley next to him.

Where is the nearest police station?

No, the road is blocked, we can't go.

What about farmers' markets and bazaars?
Too many people around makes it unsafe.

An old classmate from nearby?
We must not implicate others.

……

After quickly racking his brains, Xue Cheng decided to take a shortcut to the police station three blocks away.

That's much bigger than a regular police station. Even if the thugs were reckless, they wouldn't dare to rush in, would they?

He rode along, panting heavily, and halfway there he encountered two middle-aged women who seemed to be asking him for directions. Xue Cheng didn't even look at their waving and rode past them like a gust of wind.

Finally, he arrived at the police station safely.

Upon seeing the gleaming golden national emblem, Xue Cheng almost burst into tears.

God knows how panicked he was just now?

In my more than 20 years of life, this is the first time I've encountered something like this.

Xue Cheng parked his bicycle and walked to the gate.

Before I could even speak, the screech of brakes came again from behind.

As soon as the car door opened, three very familiar men immediately ran towards them.

Xue Cheng was completely shocked. He quickly scrambled into the nearby guardhouse and grabbed a riot fork.

"This is the police station! Don't make me take action!"

"Call the police!"

The gatekeeper looked on, completely bewildered.

The man opposite quickly spoke up:

"Don't panic, buddy. My name is Zhang Meng, and I'm from the National Security Bureau... Here's my ID, here's my ID."

"Don't try to fool me! Someone just told me I won the lottery. How could I possibly win that prize?"

With the arrival of the security officers from the Public Security Bureau, the misunderstanding between them was finally cleared up.

These three people were indeed from the National Security Bureau. Upon hearing this, Xue Cheng immediately felt embarrassed.

Before I could apologize, my phone rang again.

As soon as the call connected, a sinister voice came through:
"Xue Cheng, right? Your father, Xue Dahai, is receiving treatment in ward number four on the sixth floor of Jiangcheng First People's Hospital. We've already kidnapped him. If you want him to go back alive, hand over the codebook!"

Xue Cheng's face turned deathly pale.

It wasn't just because the person on the other end accurately gave him his father's hospital address.

He also clearly heard the familiar background noise from the hospital across the street.

He goes to the hospital every few days; there's no way he could have misheard.

Just as I was getting anxious, I suddenly heard hurried running sounds coming from the microphone, mixed with shouts.

The phone was abruptly hung up.

At this moment, Zhang Meng, who had also just hung up the phone, gently comforted him:

"Mr. Xue, don't worry. We just received news that your father's safety has been ensured. Our people have already gone there and rescued him from the kidnappers ahead of time."

Upon hearing this, Xue Cheng felt a sense of relief.

He leaned against the wall, muttering to himself:

"There really are kidnappers? How did this kind of TV drama plot end up happening to me?"

Zhang Meng said in a deep voice:

"Although Qi Xuan said in the live broadcast that he was letting you start your cultivation ahead of time, he is not the only smart person in the world. What he can think of, others can naturally think of as well."

Not to mention how much we can accomplish in these three days.

If he suddenly stops revealing his martial arts techniques three days later, the people on the ground will have no way to deal with him.

At that time, only our country will possess martial arts. This strategic resource will be monopolized by a single country. No country will allow such a thing to happen, not even if it is just a possibility.

Everything that happened to you today is related to this; thankfully, we reacted in time.

"Even your father's side was quickly placed under our third protection order after the live stream, which prevented any further trouble."

Xue Cheng glanced at him:
"From what you're saying, there's a second and a first before third?"

Zhang Meng nodded and said:
"This is not something I need to keep secret from you. Currently, your immediate family members are all arranged in the third sequence. The second sequence has a higher level of protection than the third sequence. Since Qi Xuan made his cultivation technique public, you have been automatically included in the second sequence. As for the first sequence, there are only two people now, namely Qi Xuan's parents."

To prevent any accidents from happening to them, the government has just deployed a military unit to the vicinity, and the Happiness Home and surrounding neighborhoods have undergone a thorough search and cleanup to prevent any potential crises.

"Hearing you say that, I feel relieved. If something were to happen to Uncle Qi and Aunt Zhao, I would be too ashamed to face Xuanzi if he came down from heaven."

At this point, Xue Cheng suddenly seemed to have thought of something and asked:

"You just said that the third priority group only includes my immediate family members, right?"

Zhang Meng nodded.

Xue Cheng's expression suddenly changed:
"not good!"

……

Magic City.

Song Manman, who was resting at home during the holiday, had just left her house and went to the convenience store downstairs, where she bought a chocolate ice cream for 26 yuan.

She was eating while typing on her phone, making an appointment with a female colleague to go to a spa together. She had just arrived at the roadside and hadn't even had time to place an order on her phone when a van screeched to a halt near her.

Two burly men got out of the car and, without saying a word, dragged her into the car.

Song Manman cried out in alarm, but the other party was too strong and she couldn't break free at all.

Just as she was about to be dragged into the car, several other people suddenly rushed out from the side and began to beat the burly man who was pulling her.

Once released, Song Manman quickly retreated to the back.

More and more people rushed towards the van and subdued the robbers inside.

Seeing this scene, Song Manman felt lingering fear.

"It's not hurt, is it?"

Upon hearing this, Song Manman turned her head sharply and saw the youthful and beautiful Ji Yuwei striding towards her.

Upon seeing this classmate with a cold demeanor whom she hadn't interacted with much, Song Manman's eyes welled up with tears, and she burst into tears on the spot, feeling wronged.

It took quite a while of comforting before she stopped crying out of lingering fear. Then she asked again:
"Then, why did those people kidnap me?"

Ji Yuwei sighed and said:

"Xue Cheng was taught the martial arts technique, so he and the people around him naturally became targets for those with ulterior motives. Jiangcheng is too far away for me to take care of, but I definitely have to take good care of classmates like you who are local, in case anything unexpected happens. I didn't expect to actually run into this."

"Thank you so much! If you hadn't arrived in time with your people, I don't know what I would have been arrested for. Everyone in the class always thought you had a cold demeanor, but you're actually a very kind-hearted person!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuwei immediately felt a little guilty.

She wasn't exactly kind-hearted, but...

Just then, Song Manman's phone rang.

After the call connected, I heard her launch into a tirade of complaints:

"Orange, you bastard, getting involved with you is my worst luck! I almost got kidnapped just now, you know? This isn't over until I've had ten big meals!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Xue Cheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

The thought that Song Manman had almost been kidnapped because of him made his hand tremble uncontrollably as he pulled out a cigarette.

For the first time, he discovered the immense impact he had on the world.

And this was simply given to him casually by his childhood friend.

"You've really put me in a lot of trouble, you little rascal."

Xue Cheng exhaled a puff of smoke with a wry smile.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta."

A sudden burst of rapid footsteps caught his attention.

Looking up, I saw a large group of people walking in through the door. Most of them were in their fifties or sixties, and many of them had a strong scientific research aura.

Zhang Meng, who was standing next to him, said with a smile:
"Our expert advisory team has arrived; now it's time to unravel the mystery of the cultivation method."

(End of this chapter)