Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Xue stretched out her fair little hand, and with a flash of spiritual light, a handful of clear water appeared from it. Then she raised her hand, and the water was sprinkled into the air, creating layers of thin mist around her.

cold!

It was a chill that went almost to the bone!

Moreover, there seems to be a corrosive force constantly eroding around the skin, as if trying to penetrate into the body.

If Lu Qian hadn't had some foundation in body-refining techniques, he would definitely have been injured if Mu Xue had suddenly attacked him like that.

"Oh no! I clearly tried my best to reduce the power of the spell, how could this happen!"

Mu Xue seemed to suddenly realize something, let out a startled cry, covered her mouth with her hand, and looked at the rapidly fading solid wood table in front of her, revealing an awkward smile, "Maybe it's because I was too nervous, after all, it's my first time..."

"Never mind, it's just some furniture. I've already made a great haul!"

Lu Qian was practically trembling as he managed to utter a complete sentence, forcing a smile, "Let's find somewhere else to talk!"

After pouring Mu Xue a cup of tea and remaining silent for a moment, Lu Qian asked curiously, "When you released the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse, the water in your hand was initially just ordinary water, but suddenly its properties changed, instantly transforming into the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse. How did that happen?"

This was indeed what Lu Qian was curious about, because he was stuck at this step. Simply condensing clear water was not difficult, but turning it into the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse, with its changing properties, was a bit difficult.

Mu Xue put down the cup she had politely picked up earlier and immediately said, "Since you ask that, you must not be practicing any of the water and fire arts techniques, right?"

Lu Qian nodded. "That's right. I have a different cultivation method; I only practice the spells within the water and fire arts."

As a complete tradition, the Water and Fire Daoist Arts also include cultivation methods. One can use spiritual objects with water and fire attributes to assist in cultivation and cultivate special water and fire spiritual power.

However, Lu Qian had already switched to cultivating the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a technique related to the Heavenly Cycle and the Star Aperture), so he naturally had no intention of cultivating the techniques in the Water and Fire Daoist arts. He only needed to learn the corresponding spells.

Upon hearing Lu Qian's answer, Mu Xue immediately understood. "That's not surprising. If you cultivate techniques from the Water and Fire Dao, and develop Water and Fire spiritual power, with a slight change, it can naturally transform into a Yin-cold nature, and thus be able to unleash the Turbid Wave Bone-Corroding Curse!"

Lu Qian quickly asked, "Isn't there any other way?"

Lu Qian was certain that the techniques and methods within the Water and Fire Daoist arts could be learned separately.

Upon hearing Lu Qian's words, Mu Xue's lips twitched into a smile, but she quickly regained her serious expression. "It's not that bad! But without water and fire spiritual power, there's an extra step: absorbing qi! Only by absorbing the cold, turbid qi of heaven and earth can you release the Turbid Wave Bone-Corroding Curse!"

As she spoke, Mu Xue poured the tea from the cup into her palm and held it in front of Lu Qian. As her fair hand drew closer, a faint fragrance seemed to waft over, but Lu Qian paid no attention, focusing only on the clear water in his palm.

Mu Xue noticed this and couldn't help but feel disappointed. Her previously cheerful expression faded, and her voice became much colder, "Next, I'm going to gather Qi. Watch closely!"

Suddenly, Lu Qian felt a great emptiness around him. Even though nothing had changed, he inexplicably felt that something had disappeared. Could it be that what Mu Xue had mentioned was the cold and turbid energy between heaven and earth?

The clear water in Mu Xue's hand had become very dark, almost black. Just looking at it made one's gaze seem to be drawn into it. If released, it would be the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse.

Then, Mu Xue flicked her hand, and the spell dissipated. She sighed with slight regret, "If the water in my palm were still clear water, it would mean that the yin and turbid energy I absorbed was extremely pure, and the spell would be considered mastered. But now it's just turbid water, which means that my mastery of this spell is still quite rudimentary!"

Immediately afterward, Mu Xue awkwardly withdrew her hand, her face flushed red to the roots of her ears. "Brother Lu, did you see clearly?"

Lu Qian then realized that he had stood up so intently to see the Qi absorption step, his eyes almost popping into Mu Xue's hands. He felt a little embarrassed. "I saw it clearly, but I still want to watch it a few more times. Are you tired?"

Mu Xue shook her head. "If I were to fully unleash the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse, I wouldn't need to use it more than a few times. Right now, I'm just absorbing energy, and I haven't used my full strength. Trying it a few more times won't cause any problems."

Next, Mu Xue demonstrated it to Lu Qian several more times. Lu Qian felt that he understood it well enough, so after thanking her, he saw Mu Xue off and quickly entered his inner world.

"While it's not impossible to ask Elder Tao for some spiritual water to help me comprehend the Turbid Waves Corroding Bone Curse, I don't need to. After watching Mu Xue perform it a few times, I roughly know how to do it. The rest is just a matter of continuous practice until I master it!"

The next moment, the scenery around Lu Qian changed to a world of ice and snow. Snowflakes were still falling from the sky, and the ground was a thick ice surface. He was standing in the middle of an ice lake.

"Absorbing Qi—it's absorbing the cold, turbid Qi of heaven and earth. I cultivate directly in the icy, snowy landscape, surrounded by a chilling aura. What difficulty could there be?"

The next moment, Lu Qian released the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse again, and the clear water in his palm quickly turned into ice, almost freezing his entire body, with frost even hanging on his eyebrows.

"Too much cold and damp energy is also bad; it's hard to control! It can easily harm oneself and freeze one's blood vessels!"

Despite this, Lu Qian had no intention of changing his environment. He continued to train in the icy and snowy landscape, which allowed him to hone his control skills, absorb the cold and yin energy, and practice his spells.

Since it was in the mental world and wouldn't hurt him, Lu Qian had absolutely no scruples.

Sometimes he would freeze himself into a block of ice, sometimes a large hole would be corroded in his palm, sometimes he would be directly blinded by the poisonous fog, and sometimes he would have difficulty breathing...

Even though Lu Qian had already taken the first step and was on the right track, he did not expect that the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse would be so difficult to control.

"It's because my cultivation level is too low. If my cultivation level were higher, learning would be much easier."

He secretly summarized his failures, but he was also very clear that it was not only because his cultivation level was too low, but also because he had no scruples when learning spells in the inner world and only cared about speed, which naturally led to more mistakes.

If an ordinary person were to cultivate this Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse, they would definitely be extremely careful, and some would even need someone to watch over them. They would never be able to experiment with the spell as recklessly as Lu Qian.

When Lu Qian started to feel dizzy, he showed no sign of stopping and continued learning about the Nine Waves of the Vast Ocean.

"The Ninefold Waves of the Vast Ocean is a physical combat technique, relatively simple and unadorned. There's not much to worry about; just focus on understanding it!"

Of course, this does not mean that the difficulty of the Ninefold Waves of the Vast Ocean is low. However, physical combat skills focus more on oneself and do not need to rely too much on external conditions. As long as one focuses on cultivation, that is enough.

This time, Lu Qian didn't think about seeking outside help. He simply appeared on a beach, assumed a fighting stance, and began to cultivate.