Thump!
The moment Xie An saw these three words, he clearly felt his heart skip a beat.
An irrepressible sense of excitement surged to his head.
Although Xie An had anticipated this scene before coming to Tang Family Fort today.
But… when he saw the three words on the cover, he still couldn't help but feel excited.
He vaguely remembered what Plum Blossom Freak had said before:
—It is said that after cultivating to great success, one can achieve internal energy without leakage, and the cultivator's appearance will gradually rejuvenate, as if time is flowing backward, youth is forever preserved, and finally achieve returning to childhood.
Gradually rejuvenating appearance…
As if time is flowing backward…
Eternal youth.
Returning to childhood!
Every key word deeply stimulated Xie An's little heart.
Since Xie An had frantically practiced Five Animal Frolics to perfection, plus cultivating the Crimson Palace Qi with Fetal Respiration Technique… Xie An had already personally felt the extraordinary nature of health cultivation techniques.
However, the levels of Five Animal Frolics and Fetal Respiration Technique were still too low.
How could they compare to top-level techniques like Bright Jade Skill?
Tang Zhengyang saw that Xie An was a little dazed and thought that Xie An didn't know the origin of Bright Jade Skill, so he solemnly explained:
“Bright Jade Skill was born in the previous dynasty and was written by a eunuch in the palace.
That eunuch's original intention was to live a few more years so that he could continue to serve the little emperor.
Later, with the demise of the previous dynasty, the palace was slaughtered.
Bright Jade Skill also fell into the hands of cultivators, who were surprised by its true meaning and began to improve it.
This is how the current Bright Jade Skill came about.
At the end of the previous dynasty, Bright Jade Skill was once the top health cultivation skill in the Jianghu, completely comparable to the Muscle Change Classic, and was snatched by countless people.
It involves a wide range of things that cannot be explained in a few words.
You should go back to the other courtyard and browse through it yourself.
After you have a general understanding, I will tell you some details and experiences.
Otherwise, it would be useless to say it.”
Xie An took the ancient book and cupped his hands, saying, “Thank you, Old Master, for your guidance.”
It doesn't matter if you stay in Tang Family Fort for a few days.”
Xie An cupped his hands again and bid farewell.
After watching Xie An leave, the youngest Chen Donghai couldn't help but sigh, “Cultivating Crimson Palace Qi from the initial entry into Qi sensation in one month.
This is too amazing… Even for us brothers, it takes at least five or six years, or even more than ten years, from cultivating Qi sensation to cultivating Crimson Palace Qi.”
Long Xia and Yi Qiutang were also speechless, but the shock and envy in their eyes could not be concealed.
Their four brothers had endured decades of time to practice health cultivation techniques before they achieved something.
Before this, they all felt that they were excellent in cultivating health cultivation techniques.
Now that they saw Xie An, they felt that the tea was no longer fragrant…
“Alright, everyone has their own destiny, what's there to envy?
Just stick to your original heart.
Besides, health cultivation is a lonely and煎熬 path.
Even if you have high talent, if you can't endure the time, the effect will be limited.” Long Xia comforted his two younger brothers and then looked at Tang Zhengyang, “If not, I'm afraid Big Brother wouldn't have handed over Bright Jade Skill so easily.
These are all great things.”
Hearing this, Yi Qiutang and Chen Donghai also recovered and showed smiles.
“It is indeed a great thing.
Logically speaking, we have all followed Big Brother to cultivate Bright Jade Skill, and we have also vowed to take care of Big Brother's family.
But after all, we are not locals of Qingwu County, so it is not as convenient as Little Xie.”
“Yes, with Little Xie here, we feel less guilty about Big Brother.”
“Alright, stop being sentimental here.
I have to go see my family.
I'll call you later for the New Year's Eve dinner.
At that time, everyone will have a few drinks.” Tang Zhengyang waved his hand, then picked up a dragon head crutch and slowly walked out of the ancestral hall.
…
It is said that Xie An returned to the other courtyard and immediately asked Yu He to guard the courtyard.
Then he returned to the room and closed the door.
In order to better suppress the excitement in his heart, Xie An also took local materials and lit sandalwood.
In this world, there is a custom of burning incense and bathing for every major event.
For example, some large families or well-known schools have clear regulations: before reading, one must bathe, change clothes, burn incense, straighten the crown, and sit upright.
Only after the mind is calm and the intention is sincere can one begin reading.
Although these rituals seem a bit cumbersome, even pedantic.
But Xie An felt that the core of it was okay.
Have an attitude of awe and sincerity, don't have too much utilitarianism, only in this way can you have great achievements and great wisdom.
And these senses of ritual undoubtedly have a very good warning effect.
Xie An simplified it, only burning incense is enough.
Being in Tang Family Fort, bathing would be cumbersome.
As the scent of sandalwood spread out, Xie An unconsciously became a bit more solemn.
He took off his boots and sat on the bed, waiting for his thoughts to completely calm down before opening Bright Jade Skill and watching it word by word.
Compared to the opening of Five Animal Frolics, which was a gimmick, the first sentence of Bright Jade Skill made a very serious risk warning:
—To practice this skill, only those with great perseverance can do it.
Once started, it cannot be stopped.
Stopping halfway will inevitably suffer backlash.
Think twice before practicing!
Think twice!
Think again!!!
The continuous three sentences of thinking twice, the increasing exclamation marks, and the scarlet font all reminded of the risks and stimulated Xie An's nerves.
Xie An, who possessed the fate of longevity, not only did not flinch, but became more and more excited:
“That's right, that's right.
This is a bit like a top-level skill.”
The previous Five Animal Frolics, the first sentence of the opening was how the ancient immortals were… It was purely a gimmick to attract attention.
According to Xie An's experience in his previous life, only products that are not easy to sell need to be advertised and gimmicked to attract newbies or aunts and uncles to buy them.
And top-level products… sorry, not only do they increase the price, but even if they increase the price, you can't buy them, you still have to rely on relationships.
Even many parties tell you, don't buy this, it's not necessary how…
The opening of Bright Jade Skill is right.
Xie An was full of expectations for the following content.
Swish!
Xie An turned the next page:
“The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the moon has waxing and waning, the sky has four seasons, and the year is divided into four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Years and years are reincarnated, and the four seasons cycle repeatedly.”
Xie An watched and thought.
Well, that's good.
It tells the cycle of the sun, moon, and seasons.
The world does operate like this.
But the next sentence shocked Xie An greatly:
“The seasons reincarnate and the sky does not age, why do people age with the years?”
A question made Xie An feel a kind of excitement of “well asked”.
“Because people do not understand the seasons, the changes in climate and phenology.
Therefore, I do not know the true meaning of the reincarnation of the seasons and the sky does not age.
Now, our family has made a mistake and was punished to plant farmland.
Watching the four seasons of the sky, I have a lot of feelings.
Emulating the reincarnation of the seasons, integrating the way of martial arts, I decided to write this book to seek the method of longevity.”
Seeing this, it tells the prefix, or preface, of Bright Jade Skill.
Although I haven't seen any of the main text of the skill, Xie An has already developed a strong interest and continued to read on.
The main text is here.
“Years and years are reincarnated, a year is divided into four seasons, and a season is divided into six solar terms.
The beginning of spring is the beginning of spring, everything recovers, the yang energy rises, agricultural affairs begin, and it is also the beginning of Bright Jade Skill.
Absorb this revival of all things, bless yourself…
Rainwater Day, the climate warms up, and it is a good time for spring plowing.
It is also a good time to cultivate yourself and cultivate yourself.
The Awakening of Insects Day, spring thunder alarms all things, and life grows vigorously.
It is also time for yourself to strengthen your vitality again…”
Tens of thousands of words eloquently describe the role of the twenty-four solar terms in a year and the details of how to practice health cultivation accordingly.
After reading it, Xie An suddenly had a sense of enlightenment that opened up the pattern.
Five Animal Frolics is just imitating the shapes of five kinds of birds and beasts.
It is very elementary and the pattern is also small.
The fetal breathing skill has a larger pattern, but compared with Bright Jade Skill… it is still a firefly compared to the bright moon.
This eunuch author actually compared the human body to the four seasons of the year.
And through deep observation of the changes in the twenty-four solar terms, and through martial arts, the human body and the twenty-four solar terms are connected.
In order to cultivate the body, strengthen the bones, prolong life.
Finally, achieve the effect of increasing life.
It is very amazing.
In the last part, the eunuch author made a summary of Bright Jade Skill:
“The twenty-four solar terms correspond to the twenty-four levels of Bright Jade Skill.
Our family hadn't practiced it when we died, but our family felt it.
If you practice the twenty-four levels, you will definitely increase your life and peek into the way of longevity.
Because this mental method is the inspiration that our family got from a lost ancient book.
Our family is also picking up people's teeth.
However, the difficulty of cultivation lies in the fact that the four seasons change too much, and the corresponding five elements attributes are also different.
Spring is the season of recovery, which belongs to the wood attribute, representing growth and germination.
Summer is hot, belongs to fire; autumn is the season of harvest, belongs to gold; winter is cold, is the water attribute.
A person's fate is mostly an attribute.
It is almost impossible to integrate the four attributes of gold, water, fire, and wood.
This is also the most difficult part of Bright Jade Skill cultivation.
Our family didn't figure out how a person can cultivate into four attributes and integrate the four seasons until death.
Difficult, difficult, difficult.
What a pity, what a pity.”
“According to our family's theoretical conception, if you complete the four seasons of cultivation, you can reverse your appearance, preserve your youth, and even return to childhood.
It can be compared to the three hundred years of life of a martial arts master.
Our family is no longer a man, the yang energy is incomplete, and we cannot cultivate into a martial arts master.
I want to have a wrist wrestling match with the master on my birthday, so it can be considered a tie, hehe.
Of course, these are all minor matters. I've heard of an even more advanced health cultivation technique in the martial world called 'Sun Gazing Skill'. It's said it can regrow the parts that have been cut off. Unfortunately, this divine skill has been lost for a long time. The 'Bright Jade Skill' I created is actually intended to compare with this divine skill, so I can live longer and have enough time to find the Sun Gazing Skill. That way… I can be a man again in this life. Actually, becoming a man again isn't entirely for my own sake. The main reason is that I have a girl I like, and I know she likes me too. We met in the martial world, and she doesn't know I'm a eunuch… Every time I face her expressions of love, I can only painfully refuse, which is really agonizing. Even though I'm a great eunuch with immense power, I feel very inferior in front of her.
Well, my greatest ideal is to become a man again and then be assertive in front of her. That way, I won't have lived in vain. However, I might not be able to wait until that time. The Sun Gazing Skill is too difficult to find. I hope that any destined person who cultivates the Bright Jade Skill, if they manage to master it and also find the Sun Gazing Skill, would be kind enough to hand-copy a version of the Sun Gazing Skill and burn it for me at my grave.
Oh, right, I haven't said my name yet.
My… real name isn't worth mentioning. My title in the palace is—Xu Kangfu.”
Huff!
After reading the entire text, Xie An let out a long sigh, filled with emotion.
Although he had never met this Xu Kangfu, through the words in this ancient book, Xie An seemed to feel a vivid image of a eunuch leaping off the page.
Moreover, this eunuch seemed to be a good person, constantly pointing out risks and explaining the difficulty, which saved later practitioners from many detours.
Compared to those greedy and twisted eunuchs Xie An knew from history in his previous life… this one was much better.
At least, that's the image portrayed by the Bright Jade Skill. As for what kind of person this eunuch was in secret, it's hard to judge.
Xu Kangfu…
“Alright, if I find the Sun Gazing Skill, I'll hand-copy a version, find your grave, and burn it for you.”
Xie An silently agreed, then focused his mind on the mantra of the Bright Jade Skill.
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Two general principles stood out to Xie An:
“Attain the four seasons, return to youth. Master the solar terms, preserve eternal youth. Heart like a clear mirror, ice muscle jade bones.”
“The Bright Jade Skill is divided into twenty-four levels. As long as one can reach the nineteenth level, they can contend with contemporary martial arts grandmasters.
If one cultivates to the peak of the twenty-fourth level, their skin will become transparent like jade when the skill is activated. The power doesn't dissipate outwards but is contained inwards. Therefore, activating the skill not only doesn't deplete internal energy but also increases it. Furthermore, the true energy within the body will form a vortex of suction. Anything that touches it will be drawn in like iron to a magnet. And when the skill is used with full power, the exterior will become increasingly transparent, appearing as if shrouded in cold mist and white ice. If one were to seize another person's acupoints, the terrifying cold emanating from the true energy would penetrate their very core, causing their body to freeze into ice.”
Clearly, the Bright Jade Skill is not just a health cultivation technique but a comprehensive skill that combines martial arts abilities.
It's just that the Bright Jade Skill gains power in the later stages; it doesn't have many offensive methods in the early stages, becoming more formidable as one progresses.
There's no clear distinction between health cultivation techniques and martial arts skills.
Xie An read it twice more, memorizing the key points and details.
“This is the top-tier health cultivation technique I've been searching for. With the powerful longevity destiny buff, it's perfect for me.”
After confirming that nothing was missed, Xie An planned to try circulating his energy according to the mantra above.
Although Old Master Tang repeatedly warned against practicing it lightly, Xie An had the longevity destiny and felt he could give it a try.
Huff.
Xie An took a deep breath, opened the ancient book to the second page, placed it in front of him, and then regulated his breathing and circulated his energy, gradually operating according to the mantra above.
Imagining himself as the four seasons.
Sure enough, the crimson palace energy gathered in his chest immediately began to circulate slowly according to the mantra, dispersing and transporting it to all parts of his body in a special flow…
The start seemed smooth.
But soon, Xie An felt that something was wrong.
The circulation method of this Bright Jade Skill was very different from the Fetal Breathing Skill and Five Animal Frolics, having a reversed flavor. It immediately caused the blood and energy in his body to flow in reverse, and the hot spots flowed backward. His muscles began to twitch and spasm.
His head was about to explode.
“I… Pfft!”
Before Xie An could say a word, he felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xie An immediately stopped practicing. Only after the heat flow stopped circulating did he feel his body gradually become comfortable.
Bang!
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Yu He rushed in anxiously, “Master, what's wrong with you?”
Seeing Xie An spitting blood and looking pale, Yu He was frightened. She quickly grabbed a towel, brought a basin of hot water, and wiped the blood from the corners of Xie An's mouth, her eyes filled with heartache.
“Master, what kind of skill is this? If it doesn't work, don't practice it. Although the Tang Family Fort also cultivates health cultivation techniques, other people's skills aren't necessarily good. It's fine not to practice it.”
In fact, Xie An had already recovered and was fine. He hadn't even entered the door yet, and it was fine as long as he stopped.
It was Yu He who was overly concerned. However… looking at Yu He's worried face, Xie An's heart felt warm, “I'm fine, I was just careless.”
Yu He took the Bright Jade Skill in front of Xie An and placed it on the bedside table, “You're not allowed to practice this skill anymore.”
Despite her young age, her attitude was very firm.
This was the first time Yu He had shown such firmness.
Xie An wanted to scold her, but seeing Yu He's puffed-up cheeks and concerned eyes, he couldn't bear it. He softened his tone: “Okay, I won't practice it anymore. Master is tired and needs to rest. You can go out first.”
Yu He glanced at the martial arts manual on the bedside table, wanting to take it away, but was a little timid and didn't dare. She turned her head and stared at Xie An, “Then Master is not allowed to practice this skill anymore.”
Xie An guessed that she wouldn't leave if he didn't agree. He put on a very calm smile, “I'm just resting, I won't practice it. It's not a good skill anyway, not very interesting.”
Yu He suddenly smiled and said, “Then Master, rest well. Call me if you need anything.”
After Yu He closed the door and left, Xie An opened his five senses and found that Yu He had left the courtyard. He quickly got up, picked up the Bright Jade Skill, and sat down again.
He finally got the Bright Jade Skill, if he didn't practice it… how could he sleep?
Moreover, Xie An's situation only looked scary, he knew he was fine.
Plus, Yu He was concerned, so he had to tell a white lie.
“Again!”
Xie An sat cross-legged, entered the minor meditative state of the Fetal Breathing Skill, and then summarized the previous failure experience and slowly circulated his energy.
“Maybe I was too hasty last time, and didn't find the way to enter the door. This time, I'll take it slow.”
With the previous experience, Xie An was not in a hurry this time, slowly groping. He slowly circulated the hot spots, and whenever he found something wrong, he immediately stopped and adjusted the circulation method.
If it were another health cultivation master, each attempt would require a huge price. Serious injury was a small matter, and paralysis due to reverse flow of blood and energy was possible. But Xie An had the solid foundation of the Fetal Breathing Skill, and after entering the minor meditative state, he could stop his pulse and fetal breathing. This resulted in a very slow blood flow throughout his body, and with his extraordinary five senses, he could keenly detect anything wrong and adjust in time, so that the blood and energy would not flow in reverse.
If it were a normal person, maintaining a normal breathing rate and blood flow rate, any failed attempt would lead to a large-scale reverse flow of blood and energy, which would be a terrible trauma.
The Fetal Breathing Skill gave Xie An a huge amount of room for trial and error.
However, entering the door was still not easy.
Xie An himself didn't know how many times he had failed, and how many times he had adjusted… The expected longevity destiny didn't pop up any information. Xie An had to figure it out himself.
If it were someone else, facing so many failures, they would probably have a mental breakdown and need to be depressed for a while before they could adjust.
Xie An belonged to the determined type.
If he failed, he would start again.
He had lived to this age, nothing was a big deal.
Finally, after countless failures and adjustments, Xie An had a different feeling for the first time: the way he circulated the hot spots was completely different. It became familiar, as if his body really matched the twenty-four solar terms.
The scattered hot spots throughout the body did not collide randomly, but flowed in a very special way.
Although it was very uncomfortable, Xie An felt… right.
“That's the feeling, one more time.”
Circulating again and again, from uncomfortable to comfortable.
Hot!
Very hot!
The crimson palace energy did not increase or thicken, but his body became hotter. Even on a cold day, Xie An's forehead was covered with fine sweat, his face was flushed, and the inner lining of his clothes was soaked with sweat.
The feeling became stronger and stronger.
Finally—
Information appeared on the panel.
【Collected Bright Jade Skill Twenty-Four Solar Terms.】
【Beginning of Spring: 1/100】
Xie An was shocked, and then showed an extremely bright smile: “Bright Jade Skill… I've entered the door!”
