Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Thinking this, Wang Hu gently flicked his paw and opened the yellowed thread-bound book.

The contents of the book were like gibberish to him.

He couldn't understand a single word of those densely packed meridian diagrams, acupoint markings, or various mysterious methods of circulating qi, let alone comprehend them.

But he understood something else.

In the margins of the pages, there were lines of notes and reflections marked in small red characters, written in neat handwriting, which should have been written by Zhang Shouzhou.

[April 8th: We increasingly feel that to achieve transcendence, guidance techniques alone are unlikely to suffice. The human body is a self-contained universe, with its five internal organs circulating and maintaining a stable balance. Without external forces, this balance cannot be broken. The extraordinary elixirs from the research institute may serve as a lesson; perhaps our path also requires a "catalyst" to stimulate us.]

[May 11: Today, while practicing guiding techniques, I vaguely felt a faint sensation of energy forming within my body, but it vanished in an instant, leaving no trace. What a pity! What a regret! Where exactly did things go wrong?]

[May 21st: I heard of the passing of Master Qian of Qingcheng Mountain. I couldn't sleep that night, standing by the window, overwhelmed with grief. He was the founder of the art of guiding qi, dedicating his entire life to it, yet he fell before dawn, unable to witness the birth of us, the practitioners of qi cultivation… Such despair is beyond words.]

[June 6th: I am now certain that a special spiritual energy is required for the guidance technique to succeed. I have shared this idea with my fellow practitioners, and we all feel the same way. But where can we mortals find that elusive spiritual energy? The path ahead is blocked, as if we are trapped in a dead end.]

Wang Hu flipped through the pages one by one. He could feel the deep helplessness and struggle of Zhang Shouzhou and the group of people behind him from those lines of handwriting.

June 22nd: Chen Cheng of Wudang Mountain died. He secretly ingested a transcendent potion, attempting to use its spiritual energy to activate his Qi Sea, but failed…

July 12th: The road ahead is long, and someone must be the stepping stone. Chen Cheng can do it, and so can I. Today, I will try another path!

Having read this far, Wang Hu turned to the last page.

[I succeeded! I successfully advanced to the Transcendent realm using the Guiding Technique! After consuming the spiritual fruit, I used the Guiding Technique to draw in the spiritual energy within, circulating it through my meridians thirty-six times, finally opening my Qi Sea! Our guess was indeed correct; spiritual energy stimulation is indeed necessary! However, whether this was merely my stroke of luck, or a universal method, still needs verification.]

This method should be called "Guiding Qi into the Body." It draws the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, using guiding techniques to tame its unruly nature and transform it for one's own use, ultimately leading to transcendence...

The last two paragraphs are written in extremely messy handwriting, and there are even blurry traces of water seepage.

Wang Hu could imagine that last night, Zhang Shouzhou excitedly recorded this historic moment amidst the torrential rain.

He didn't know how guiding techniques could tame spiritual energy.

But he can sense spiritual energy.

From the day he was born, he could see the wisps of energy floating in the air, like willow catkins.

At first, there was very little spiritual energy, but now it's gradually increasing.

Sometimes, he can even inhale these things with just a casual breath.

However, after these spiritual energies entered his body, they did not exhibit the violent nature that Zhang Shouzhou had described. Instead, they were as docile as a kitten, quickly disappearing and silently merging into his limbs and bones.

That's how he acquired his extraordinary physique, far surpassing that of his peers.

So, if one controls the spiritual energy absorbed into the body and prevents it from merging into the physical body, but instead forcibly retains it within the body, little by little, one might actually be able to create a so-called "sea of ​​qi".

Wang Hu felt that Zhang Shouzhou probably meant the same thing.

Do it when you think of it.

He took a sharp breath towards the air above the side hall.

A faint wisp of spiritual energy was instantly absorbed into his body.

He immediately focused his mind and forcibly controlled the faint spiritual energy, preventing it from being absorbed by his body as usual.

But he soon discovered the problem.

Too little.

If you keep inhaling like this, how long will it take to accumulate enough energy in your body to open up your Qi Sea?

That's less efficient than him just lying down and sunbathing.

Something else flashed through Wang Hu's mind in an instant.

Crystal nucleus!

That thing contains a massive amount of spiritual energy.

Previously, when he swallowed the crystal core whole, he was essentially absorbing the spiritual energy within it to strengthen himself.

With a thought, the conch shell under his neck glowed slightly, and a crystal core the size of a pigeon egg appeared out of thin air, which he caught in his mouth.

"Snap!"

The crisp chewing sound instantly stopped Gu Xing and Zhang Shouzhou, who were arguing incessantly in the side hall.

Both of their eyes turned to look at them simultaneously.

When Gu Xing and Wang Mingyuan saw what Wang Hu was chewing, they were not surprised, but Zhang Shouzhou was stunned for a moment.

"This is... a crystal core from another world?"

"Why is he eating like that?"

He tried to rush over in one stride, but Wang Mingyuan grabbed him.

"Master Zhang, don't get excited. Big cats eat this all the time."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shouzhou looked at Wang Hu as if he were a monster.

"It...it can directly absorb the energy from the crystal core?"

Zhang Shouzhou looked on in disbelief, feeling that his understanding had been overturned.

Meanwhile, as the spiritual fruit entered his stomach, Wang Hu clearly felt a surge of spiritual energy, far greater than what he had previously absorbed from the air, explode within his body.

really!

The amount of spiritual energy contained in this crystal core is more than a hundred times greater than the wisp of energy I just absorbed!

He immediately stopped himself from absorbing this enormous energy.

But not enough.

Far from enough!

He felt he could still hold it in.

He can hold back even more!

So, under the stunned gazes of Gu Xing, Zhang Shouzhuo, and the other two, Wang Hu began his performance.

The second crystal core appeared, and it was swallowed.

The third one, the fourth one...

Ten!

Twenty!

He was like an emotionless shredder, throwing the crystal cores into his mouth one after another, chewing and swallowing them with a crunching sound.

The atmosphere inside the side hall had become extremely tense.

Zhang Shouzhou was so shocked that he couldn't speak at all.

Wang Mingyuan and Gu Xing, who had initially taken it for granted, gradually began to gape in astonishment.

They could only feel waves of immense energy surging from Wang Hu's body, making the air in the entire side hall thick and viscous.

It wasn't until the thirty-sixth crystal core was swallowed that it was swallowed.

Wang Hu finally felt he had reached his limit.

An unprecedented feeling of fullness came from inside my body, as if I was about to burst at any moment.

Wang Hu started to panic.

Normally, he would feel full after eating two or three crystal cores. Now, with so much violent spiritual energy being forced into his body, wouldn't he really explode?

What should I do?

According to Zhang Shouzhou's notes, the next step should be to use guiding techniques to guide these spiritual energies to circulate in the meridians, and then the Qi Sea can be opened.

But he doesn't know any channeling magic!

Wang Hu hurriedly looked down and glanced again at the thread-bound book on the ground.

His gaze was fixed on the four words in the last line.

Tame the spiritual energy!

Forget about any guiding techniques, let's just do it!

The only method he could think of that could be considered "taming" was his own awakened talent.

Tiger's might!

With this thought in mind, Wang Hu no longer hesitated and slowly closed his large tiger eyes.

The next moment, an invisible and domineering aura first spread outwards, then suddenly contracted inwards, and fiercely suppressed the ocean of spiritual energy in his body that was already raging to the point of being out of control!