Chapter 203 - Scouring one's body to unlock the hidden potentials

A year later, in the Eastern Immortal Cultivation Realm, at the Chi Ling Sect.

This sect had five Foundation Establishment cultivators overseeing it and over a thousand disciples, making it a formidable force in a small country.

Outside the Hall of Transmitted Techniques, a man in gray robes sat leisurely in a rocking chair, reading a Qi Refining stage technique manual. Next to him lay a black ox, munching on sunflower seeds while also reading a book on formation techniques.

At that moment, a young man approached with respect in his eyes and cupped his hands in salute, "Elder, I’ve come to select a technique."

"Do you have a token?" the man in gray casually asked, his eyes still focused on the technique manual.

"Please, Elder, take a look," the young man replied, presenting a jade slip with both hands.

"Hmm, no problem. Go ahead," the gray-robed man lifted his eyelids slightly, "Just follow the rules."

"Yes, Elder," the young man responded with delight, then headed into the Hall of Transmitted Techniques. However, as he walked away, he couldn’t help but glance at the black ox beside him, feeling somewhat apprehensive.

He had been in the sect for several years but had never seen this elder before. The elder seemed quite mysterious, and no one in the sect knew much about his origins. It was only known that he was a friend of the sect master, entrusted with guarding the most important place in the sect.

Outside the Hall of Transmitted Techniques, the green mountains stood by, and clear waters surrounded the area.

The gray-robed man smiled faintly and looked down at the black ox on the ground, "Old Ox, we still haven’t fully mastered it."

"Moo~" The black ox looked up with a disdainful expression, thinking, "Big brother went all out back then."

The gray-robed man suddenly burst into laughter, a bit embarrassed. This man was none other than Chen Xun.

When they left Nine Palaces Mountain, their departure was grand and imposing. They forced the aircraft to fly, but shortly after taking off, the Five Elements' power couldn’t be sustained, and the aircraft almost crashed down.

Chen Xun reacted quickly, using his Nascent Soul to stabilize the airship and then storing it in a storage ring. They fled as fast as they could, not because the airship accelerated and disappeared.

"Damn it, I couldn’t exert full strength," Chen Xun's voice was low as if something were stuck in his throat. "Old Ox, to create a new technique that requires exceptional talent."

Due to the imperfections in their technique, they felt as if they had strength but nowhere to use it, now relying entirely on their Nascent Soul's power to roam the world.

"Moo~" The big black ox cracked sunflower seeds noisily, grinning; neither of them was particularly bright.

"Damn," Chen Xun sighed deeply, with a look of reverence in his eyes. "It’s not just talent; countless predecessors lost their lives to pass down these techniques."

"Moo?"

"The power that tears apart meridians—if we didn’t have enhanced defense, Old Ox, could you withstand it?"

"Moo!" The black ox nodded, pulling out a booklet. If any disciples came, it would just write them a note.

Chen Xun descended into the earth.

Blood began to trickle from the corners of his mouth as his meridians slowly ruptured under the pressure of the Five Elements Furnace. He was going against the natural order, trying to develop a new technique.

"Heh, I’m getting injured," Chen Xun's gaze was sharp, his expression showing no pain, only curiosity. In all these years, the times he had been injured could be counted on one hand.

He was introspecting, observing the intense activity within his body as his meridians, even with enhanced defense, gradually fractured.

Chen Xun slowly closed his eyes, blood flowing more freely from his mouth. As long as he wasn’t on the brink of death, he had nothing to fear—everything could be restored.

A low humming sound resonated within his body, and more and more Five Elements energy gathered as if it were on the verge of breaking through something.

"I’ve studied countless Qi Refining techniques of my predecessors, and the only way forward is to use them as a medium to reverse the Five Elements energy!"

Chen Xun's black hair fluttered wildly as his entire body turned red, with beams of Five Elements light emerging from him. "Meridians rupture, the Five Elements energy scours through, opening the hidden potentials of the human body."

His expression grew calmer as he continued to operate the Qi Refining technique. His meridians were fracturing more and more.

Boom!

Suddenly, the fractured meridians within him began to converge into an orifice, where the Five Elements energy pulsed.

At this moment, five Nascent Soul shadows appeared above Chen Xun’s head, their gazes deep and sharp, with two fingers held in front of their chests, assisting Chen Xun in breaking through the orifice.

A small booklet floated before him as Chen Xun, with his eyes closed, began to draw diagrams.

Crack!

As the first orifice opened within Chen Xun, one after another, the acupoints were forcefully opened through the operation of the technique.

With a cry, Chen Xun spat out a mouthful of blood. The pain of ruptured meridians was the true end of the Immortal Path, only recoverable through rare treasures.

"Damn, this is brutal," Chen Xun muttered as he coughed up blood, smiling as the roaring within his body grew louder.

Gradually.

Five Elements energy began to flow from his mouth and nose, circulating him before returning to his body, no longer relying on the assistance of his Nascent Souls.

The acupoints within his body were opening more and more, and by the end, the Qi Refining technique had forcefully opened 40 acupoints!