Every day, each member of the entire clan gives me a wisp of spiritual energy.

Chapter 27 I'm too full

Shen Qing originally wanted to keep Zhao Yuanlang and his group, to have a simple meal and to properly express his grievances, hoping to gain some benefits from the two kind-hearted gentlemen.

However, the county magistrate, who was in a bad mood, flatly refused. With his plan thwarted, Shen Qing had no choice but to lead his disciples to escort Zhao Yuanlang and his party to the mountain gate.

The sedan chair with its green curtains descended slowly down the mountain road and gradually disappeared into the twilight.

Shen Qing stood in front of the mountain gate, his white robes billowing in the evening breeze, watching the procession depart into the distance, a slight smile playing on his lips.

He saw everything Zhao Yuanlang wanted to see.

A dying, useless sect leader, a dilapidated mountain with scarce spiritual energy, a group of peasant disciples practicing mortal martial arts, and a run-down academy that offers free instruction but is struggling to make ends meet.

And none of what he didn't want to reveal was seen.

The "Qi Concealment Technique" concealed his true cultivation level.

Zhong Xiu, Xu Ping, and Fang Xue were hidden among the disciples, completely inconspicuous.

Qingyun Mountain may indeed have no secrets, but Shen Qing himself is full of secrets.

With the moon high in the sky, Shen Qing sat cross-legged in the quiet room, with the scroll of "The True Explanation of Martial Arts for Mortals" in front of him.

He had already read through the cultivation technique that the system had rewarded him with several times.

Body Refinement, Meridian Opening, and Divine Connection: three realms, each progressing in turn.

The Body Refinement Realm refines muscles, bones, and skin; the Meridian Opening Realm connects all the meridians in the body; and the Divine Connection Realm condenses martial will, making one's combat power comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

But what truly caught Shen Qing's attention was the opening passage: "Martial arts cultivation seeks within, using oneself as a furnace to develop the treasures of the physical body. This is different from Qi cultivation, which seeks spiritual energy from heaven and earth. Although the paths are different, they both ultimately boil down to the word 'strength'."

Seek within, seek without.

Shen Qing put down his book and made up his mind. The so-called "internal and external schools" were just ignorant views of the world. True martial arts masters all cultivated both internal and external skills.

This book, "The True Explanation of Martial Arts for Mortals," clearly holds the same view, using oneself as a furnace to develop the treasures of the physical body.

If that's the case, why can't the pure spiritual energy extracted by the system be used as "fuel" for developing the physical body?

The reason why cultivating Qi and seeking immortality has a brighter future than martial arts cultivation is that the quality of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is far superior to the internal energy generated by the human body.

Tempering the body with high-level energy is far more efficient than the slow and painstaking process of martial arts practitioners.

However, no one would ever do that. Spiritual energy is so precious that cultivators would love to put every wisp into their dantian to improve their cultivation. Who would "waste" it on tempering their physical body?

But he is different.

Shen Qing gave a wry smile; the aptitude of his body was simply too poor.

Born with mixed spiritual roots, their efficiency in refining spiritual energy is extremely low, and their meridians are narrow and fragile.

Of the pure spiritual energy extracted by the system each day, he can only truly absorb and convert it into cultivation.

The rest dissipated completely. This was only because the system purified the spiritual energy to the extreme; without the system, he wouldn't have been able to absorb even that little bit.

Now, with the number of bound disciples exceeding one hundred, the total amount of spiritual energy extracted daily is approaching the limit that his meridians can withstand.

When the spiritual energy was extracted last night, the vortex of spiritual energy in Shen Qing's dantian almost became tangible, and his meridians were so stretched by the spiritual energy that they ached slightly.

Shen Qing felt that if he didn't improve his physical strength, he would probably be overwhelmed by the ever-increasing spiritual energy before long.

Shen Qing sighed with a wry smile, "It's truly pathetic. My aptitude is so poor that I can't even digest the food the system feeds me."

Although this was her fate, Shen Qing refused to accept it.

Since we can't absorb it using Qi cultivation methods, we'll use martial arts methods instead.

Pure spiritual energy is used as "fuel" to temper the body, to hone muscles and bones, open meridians, and strengthen the dantian.

Although this move was so extravagant as to be considered wasteful, Shen Qing felt it was better than being overwhelmed by spiritual energy.

Moreover, once the physical body's strength increases, the total amount of spiritual energy it can withstand will naturally increase, and the cultivation speed will also be faster.

For Shen Qing, this is a long-term investment and a forward-looking investment.

Shen Qing turned to the Body Refinement section of "The True Explanation of Martial Arts for Mortals" and began to memorize the incantations.

"The ultimate goal of body refinement lies in using external force to temper the muscles, bones, and skin, making the physical body as hard as iron. There are three methods: first, standing meditation; second, striking techniques; and third, medicinal baths..."

Shen Qing recited the incantation several times, then closed his eyes and began to circulate the spiritual energy within his body according to the guidance method in the Body Refining Chapter.

This was a bold attempt on his part, using spiritual energy from his dantian to replace internal martial arts energy. Shen Qing wasn't entirely confident of success.

The Qi cultivation method involves absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth throughout the body, circulating this energy along specific paths along the main meridians, and finally converging it into the dantian.

The operational path of martial arts body-refining methods is completely different. It uses one's own internal energy, starting from the dantian, to spread along the meridians to the muscles, bones, skin and membranes of the whole body, nourishing the physical body.

One is "taking in," and the other is "letting go."

Shen Qing guided a wisp of pure spiritual energy from his dantian, slowly advancing it along the three Yang meridians of his hand.

Wherever the spiritual energy passed, the meridians felt slightly warm, as if they were being soaked in warm water.

When the spiritual energy reached his fingertips, he did not withdraw it as he would when practicing Qi cultivation. Instead, following the guidance of martial arts methods, he "dispersed" the spiritual energy into the tendons, bones, and skin of his fingertips.

A tingling sensation came from my fingertips.

That wisp of pure spiritual energy seeped into the bones, tendons, and skin, like a drop of clear water falling into sand, quickly spreading out.

feasible!

Because Shen Qing could clearly feel that a subtle change was taking place in that small area at his fingertips. It wasn't an immediate increase in strength, but rather that this small area was being activated.

Like a parched land finally receiving a drizzle.

Shen Qing suppressed the joy in her heart and continued to guide the spiritual energy to spread along the other meridians.

The three Yang meridians of the hand, the three Yin meridians of the hand, the three Yang meridians of the foot, and the three Yin meridians of the foot—the twelve regular meridians—are advanced one by one.

At the end of each meridian, spiritual energy seeps into the muscles, bones, and skin. A tingling sensation spreads from the fingertips to the palms, wrists, and forearms, like countless ants crawling in the crevices of the bones.

00: 00.

On the system panel, the daily automatic sampling begins precisely on time.

The pure spiritual energy of the 102 bound disciples surged into Shen Qing's dantian at the same time. To Shen Qing's dismay, the spiritual energy he had extracted yesterday was less than 50 strands.

In just one day, the system extracted fifty-two strands of spiritual energy. Now, the spiritual energy gathered in his dantian into a small vortex, slowly rotating inside. The feeling of fullness made Shen Qing very uncomfortable.

For Shen Qing, this was truly a happy trouble.

Instead of using the "Azure Cloud Qi Refining Technique" to refine and absorb the spiritual energy as usual, Shen Qing followed the method of the Body Refining Chapter of "True Explanation of Mortal Martial Arts" to draw the spiritual energy out of his dantian strand by strand and spread it throughout his body along the meridians.

The first strand flowed into both hands, and a tingling sensation simultaneously spread to the fingertips of all ten fingers.

The second strand flowed into both arms, from the fingertips to the shoulders, causing the muscles, bones, and skin of the entire arm to tremble slightly.

The third thread flows into the legs, from the toes to the hips, every muscle, every tendon, and every bone emits a slight humming sound.

The fourth strand, the fifth strand, the sixth strand...