75: Chapter 75 Cultivation Inside the Cave

Time flies like a white horse passing a gap; in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

Yun Song traveled day and night, specifically choosing desolate and difficult mountain paths.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth, and he did not encounter any danger.

Finally, he arrived at The Mine he had been longing for. Without stopping to rest, he sprinted toward the cave at the edge of The Mine that he remembered.

The entrance to the cave was completely covered by layers of weeds.

Compared to six years ago, the weeds were even more lush, wrapping the entrance so tightly that not even air could pass through.

Yun Song knew the importance of concealment and did not rashly clear the weeds.

Instead, he carefully pushed aside a small gap and squeezed inside.

After entering the cave, he carefully restored the weeds to their original state, so that when viewed from the outside...

...it blended perfectly with the desolate surroundings, and one could not tell at all that a cave was hidden there.

Yun Song gently placed the wrapped mining hoe on a flat stone.

His gaze slowly swept over the cave that was about to become his place to Cultivate.

The cave was relatively dry, and the air was filled with the earthy smell of soil.

Above the irregular dome, a few strands of dim light struggled to squeeze through the gaps in the weeds, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

The uneven stone walls had intersecting textures, and a flat area on the left that had been manually leveled was perfect for sitting cross-legged to Cultivate.

After traveling continuously for over a month, Yun Song was already exhausted.

He knew well that forcing himself to Cultivate in this state would not only be ineffective but could also cause self-injury.

Therefore, he found a dry spot, lay down fully clothed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Waking up, Yun Song felt refreshed.

He couldn't wait to sit cross-legged, close his eyes to focus, adjust his Qi, and quickly entered a state of meditation.

At this moment, countless particles of colorful Spiritual Qi were wandering wantonly in the cave like lively elves.

Compared to the thin Spiritual Qi in the village, the concentration of Spiritual Qi here had increased by more than a hundred times!

He suppressed the wild joy in his heart and activated the second level of the Spirit Guiding Art, "Spiritual Qi Entering Meridians."

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, the Spiritual Qi particles within one zhang around him...

...received an invisible summons, abandoning their freely wandering trajectories and rapidly gathering toward his tianling acupoint.

They lined up in an orderly fashion to seep in, and every particle of Spiritual Qi that entered his body brought an indescribable, wonderful feeling.

However, as the Spiritual Qi continued to pour in, his tianling acupoint first felt slightly numb and itchy, followed by a dense, tide-like wave of stinging pain.

According to the Cultivation path of the Spirit Guiding Art, the Spiritual Qi needed to pass through Acupoints such as the tianling, huiming, zique, and lingshu in sequence.

Finally, it had to gather at the Dantian Spiritual Root to form a Spirit Vortex, which would count as completion.

However, his Meridians were naturally narrow, and many Acupoints were tightly closed; only by relying on the constant impact of Spiritual Qi could he open the Acupoints and expand the Meridians.

Each impact was like a thousand needles pricking simultaneously, with the pain coming in stronger waves.

He gritted his teeth, letting the sweat soak his clothes, and stubbornly guided the Spiritual Qi to strike the tianling acupoint.

Two hours passed, just when he was almost overwhelmed by the stinging pain.

A sudden change occurred—the stinging pain abruptly dissipated, replaced by a numb, itchy sensation spreading from the Meridians below the tianling acupoint.

His heart leaped with joy; this was the sign that the tianling acupoint had been opened!

As the tianling acupoint was cleared, the speed at which Spiritual Qi entered his body suddenly increased.

But not long after, the influx of Spiritual Qi suddenly stagnated, as if the tianling acupoint had been completely filled.

Immediately after, the Meridians below the tianling acupoint began to feel an unusual numbness and itchiness again.

At first, it felt like an invisible hand gently stroking, then it turned into the biting of ten thousand ants, extending along the Meridians toward the huiming acupoint.

This unbearable feeling lasted for a whole hour.

Finally, a sharp stinging pain erupted at the huiming acupoint—the Spiritual Qi had successfully arrived!

However, the stinging pain only lasted for a moment before stopping abruptly, and the Spiritual Qi no longer extended downward.

Yun Song's heart sank, and he concentrated his perception to investigate.

He discovered that the Spiritual Qi within one zhang of his body had been completely swept away, while the Spiritual Qi beyond one zhang...

...no matter how he activated his Cultivation Technique, it seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, ignoring his summons.

"What should I do now..." Yun Song frowned, feeling extremely anxious.

After thinking for a moment, he got up, changed his position, and sat cross-legged again to circulate his Cultivation Technique.

Sure enough, the Spiritual Qi within one zhang of him began to gather again.

After two attempts, he finally understood: with his current level of Cultivation, the range of Spiritual Qi he could attract was merely a measly one zhang!

The Spiritual Qi beyond one zhang was like being separated by an insurmountable high wall, visible but unreachable.