Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 93 - 91: Array Refining for 20 Years, Nirvana! (Part 2)
With his Martial Dao realm, he could even control the growth of nails, the loss of hair, and the closing of pores. It is logically impossible for him to experience uncontrollable fluctuations in vital energy, leading to engraving failure.
"Hmm..."
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment and gradually understood the reason:
"Most likely, the impact of Spiritual Qi eroding the spleen exceeded my control."
"I don’t have any experience in this area, so I can only explore gradually and try to solve it slowly..."
Zhang Yao had long been prepared to attempt hundreds or even thousands of times.
The aptitude of Five Spirit Roots has inherent flaws in today’s age. To be on equal footing with Celestial Spirit Roots and Exotic Spirit Roots, this is the price that must be paid.
The pain of engraving Spirit Patterns on the five organs cannot be shielded, because pain is the most sensitive of touch sensations. Once shielded, it would lead to reduced Sensing Power and increase the likelihood of failure.
Moments later, Zhang Yao swallowed a Fasting Pill to replenish Essence Qi consumption, adjusted his breath for a while, and began his second attempt...
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In the blink of an eye, eight years passed.
Over the past eight years, Zhang Yao lived completely isolated from the world, relying on the accumulation of a large amount of Spirit Fasting Pills, constantly enduring hardship in practice every day.
As time passed, through continuous failures, Zhang Yao’s success rate in constructing the "Five Elements Spirit Array" steadily rose.
Initially, he struggled to successfully engrave the complete Array Vein on the spleen. Later, he gained extensive failure experience even at the last stage of the heart Spirit Pattern.
On this day at noon, Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, skillfully induced Earth Attribute Primordial Energy, and led it into the spleen.
The once searing pain had now become familiar. He only spent half an hour to smoothly complete the Spirit Pattern Array Vein on the spleen.
Next, as Earth Attribute Spiritual Qi scattered, Metal Attribute Spiritual Qi surged into his body and was smoothly directed into the lungs by Zhang Yao.
This is the process of "earth begets metal" in the five elements.
The lungs are the canopy of the five organs, responsible for air circulation and regulating hundreds of veins. The dissemination and descent of lung Qi is compatible with metal Spiritual Qi, forming the second step of constructing the Array.
Half an hour later, the Spirit Pattern Array Vein on the lungs was completed, and the Spiritual Qi transformed into Water Attribute, led into the kidneys.
The kidneys are the foundation of innate ability, responsible for storing essence and absorbing Qi, harmonizing yin and yang, and belong to water in the five elements, corresponding to heart fire. This is the third step in constructing the Array.
After more than half an hour passed.
Once the kidney Spirit Pattern was engraved, Spiritual Qi transformed into Wood Attribute, flowing into the liver.
The liver is responsible for storing blood and connects with the spring energy, being the most vital among the five organs, compatible with Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi. It belongs to the fourth step in Array construction.
This step is relatively complex, but after spending an hour, it was completed smoothly, as if flowing with ease, undoubtedly the result of countless failures exchanging for experience.
Finally—
Five Elements Spiritual Qi transformed into Fire Attribute, flowed through the four organs and converged in the heart.
The heart is the sovereign officer among the five organs, responsible for consciousness and blood vessel management, ranked as the "Master of the Five Viscera and Six Bowels," the most important organ in the human body, alongside the cranial marrow sea.
The heart is yang among yang, connected with summer energy, and undoubtedly compatible with Fire Attribute Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
Earth begets metal, metal begets water, water begets wood, wood begets fire, fire begets earth.
Only by completing the engraving of the Spirit Pattern Array Vein on the heart can the real construction of the Five Elements Cycle be achieved, thus perpetuating life, automatically becoming the core of the body’s Qi Veins and Spiritual Qi Breathing Technique.
Zhang Yao’s expression was calm; the piercing pain could no longer make him frown.
Fire Attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, under his detailed and subtle control, engraved densely packed tiny Spirit Patterns on the heart, gradually constructing a complete Array Vein.
Indisputably, this is the most challenging step.
The heart is the source of vital energy; even a slight fluctuation can lead to a reversal of energy throughout the body, let alone engraving a Spirit Pattern on the heart.
Yet, the Spirit Pattern on the heart is the most complex, needed to be the central master, linking the Spirit Pattern Array Veins of the previous four organs, to form a complete Array.
Zhang Yao was blocked by this step for three whole years, failing countless times.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Under Zhang Yao’s control, the heart beat smoothly and powerfully, ignoring the erosion of Fire Attribute Spiritual Qi.
Until two hours later, Fire Attribute Spiritual Qi flowed and converged, sketching the final stroke of the Spirit Pattern Array Vein.
Thus, the Five Elements Spirit Array was finally completed.
"Hmm... hmm?!"
Zhang Yao was startled for a moment before suddenly realizing, showing a hint of surprise.
"This time it actually succeeded? So smoothly?!"
His heart was immediately filled with joy, brimming with a long-lost excitement and anticipation.
The next moment:
"Buzz!"
The five organ Spirit Patterns interlinked and nested, instantly forming a complete Array.
Zhang Yao’s mind merged with it, operating the Profound Technique and capturing the "Qi Sensitivity" again, instantly feeling a completely new treatment.
The Five Elements Spiritual Qi between Heaven and Earth, like being drawn by a large magnet, continually rushed in, automatically into his body, circulating within the Qi Veins.
The Five Elements Spiritual Qi, with the five organs as the center, circulated through a major cycle along the Qi Veins and began to swiftly convert into Magical Power, accumulating gradually, converging like many rivers.
The efficiency of the entire process was worlds apart compared to when he first practiced the "Thick Earth Spell" back then!
"This speed is truly astonishing!"
Zhang Yao couldn’t help but hold his breath.
Even though he had anticipated it, at this moment, he was still shocked.
Having walked the Immortal Dao for over a hundred years, always struggling to cultivate, now he finally felt the efficiency of cultivation by those with Celestial Spirit Roots and Exotic Spirit Roots, how monstrous it truly is!
Even in the same Spiritual Qi environment, using the same Cultivation Technique, others could achieve as much in one year as you could in several years.
If they were to enter a Major Sect and receive focused cultivation, with no shortage of Spirit Pill resources, then practicing a top-level Technique that matches their attribute, the disparity would be exponentially widened to a degree unimaginable.
"Ah!"
Zhang Yao took several deep breaths, adding a touch of emotion:
"Through painstaking planning and multiple twists and turns, I finally stood at the same starting line as those natural talents."
"The long Immortal path has truly started today."
The formerly practiced "Thick Earth Spell" had too low a ceiling; it was merely a springboard for him.
The present "Scripture of All Transformations and True Nature," directly targets the Heaven-Reaching Dao of Array Refining Body, which is the path he truly wants to take.
With the talent of immortality, practicing top-level Techniques—
Zhang Yao is confident to walk the long Immortal path, to experience the enchanting scenery of the high place not felt.
...
Time flows like water, and nine more years passed.
In the Land of Spirit Spring, inside a small wooden cabin.
"Buzz!"
The Spiritual Energy Vortex reappeared, pouring downward.
Half an hour later.
Zhang Yao adjusted his breathing and slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a mouthful of muddy Qi.
"After nine years of rebuilding, I finally returned to Qi Refining Fourth Layer."
This speed, compared to his former eighty-plus years of hard practice, is as different as earth and clouds.
This is still in the Land of Spirit Spring, where the Spiritual Qi environment is relatively poor. If it was in Celestial Capital Mountain, it might only take six or seven years.
"Once this batch of Spirit Grass matures, I can set off and leave."
"During the final few months, take the opportunity to better practice those few High level Skills to further enhance strength."
As Zhang Yao thought of this, he left the small wooden cabin and went to tend to the Spirit Field.
