64: Find a helper

Upon hearing Wei Xun’s reply, Fox Elder frowned slightly, his expression shifting, lost in thought.

Seeing this, Wei Xun could only change the subject: “I wonder what Cultivation Technique Fox Elder Cultivates? Could he teach this Little One a move or two?”

“…” Fox Elder was silent for a moment, then said, “The Cultivation Technique this old man Cultivates was developed through many years of exploration, and is named the Ten Revolutions Qi Art!”

“Oh?” Wei Xun feigned great interest and quickly asked, “Then how should one Cultivate it?”

“Listen to me!” Fox Elder placed a hand on Wei Xun’s shoulder, then spoke: “The so-called Ten Revolutions Qi Art is to circulate the Qi that enters the body throughout the entire body. Every ten circulations constitute one cycle, and repeating this cycle is one Dao…”

Fox Elder orally explained while guiding Qi into Wei Xun’s body with his palm, making the Qi within Wei Xun’s body circulate according to the Mind Technique he described.

After all, Fox Elder was a Pure Yang Realm demon, and Wei Xun had no resistance whatsoever.

He could only let Fox Elder’s Qi surge through his body.

Because the Demon Cultivation Mind Technique Wei Xun Cultivated was vastly different from Fox Elder’s Cultivation Technique, the Qi flow became quite obstructed, causing Wei Xun’s Meridians to ache.

The Cultivation Technique Fox Elder Cultivated required Qi to circulate ten times for one cycle, while the Cultivation Technique Wei Xun practiced completed a cycle in just one circulation, making it more than ten times more efficient.

However, the reason why the Cultivation Technique Fox Elder practiced required Qi to circulate ten times for one cycle was because his method could only circulate the Spiritual Qi within the body along one Meridian at a time.

Whereas the Demon Cultivation Mind Technique Wei Xun recited allowed Qi to flow evenly through every Meridian, simultaneously nourishing all Meridians with Spiritual Qi.

This was the simple difference between the two Cultivation Techniques, and it was this simple difference that led to vastly different cultivation speeds.

Moreover, without the correct method of guidance, even if one knew the principle of Qi circulation, it would be impossible to achieve it directly.

Fox Elder felt the circulation of Spiritual Qi within Wei Xun’s body with his palm and clearly sensed the difference within Wei Xun.

If Fox Elder’s Meridians were rural paths paved with cement, then Wei Xun’s Meridians were straight-flowing highways.

This was the result of long-term use of different cultivation methods, leading to differences in the Meridians within the body.

“Alright!” Fox Elder withdrew his hand and put it behind his back: “You can Cultivate well here. Every day, Little One demons will come to bring you food. You just guard the entrance of my Immortal Cave. If no one comes, you can Cultivate yourself. I will notify you if anything happens.”

“As you command!” Wei Xun nodded.

Fox Elder then turned and returned to his Immortal Cave.

After turning his head, Wei Xun let out a long breath.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Fox Elder’s face was ashen. He sat on his stone chair and muttered to himself, “He’s guarding against me. It seems he’s already sensed something. I must hurry…”

Wei Xun Cultivated outside, and indeed, as Fox Elder said, no demons came to disturb him throughout the entire morning.

Until noon, two Little One demons carried up several cut wild bull legs.

They gave Wei Xun a large piece of meat, and also gave food to the other two demon soldiers guarding the cave entrance, while the most essential meat in the bamboo basket was taken into the cave and offered to Fox Elder.

However, all this meat was raw, which Wei Xun naturally couldn't eat, so he went to the nearby Forest to find a large piece of deadwood, dragged it back to the open space, and spat out a ball of Fire to ignite it. Then he skewered the beef over the Fire, intending to roast it.

Demons are made of iron, food is steel; no matter what happens, one must first eat one’s fill to have the strength to solve problems.

And upon smelling the roasted meat, the other two demons at the Immortal Cave entrance followed the scent and walked over.

“You’re called Grey Fur, right!” A demon that looked like a transformed wild Chicken Demon stepped forward to greet him.

“Mm!” Wei Xun didn’t want to bother, so he just nodded.

“Just now I saw you spitting Fire, I wonder what Cultivation Technique you Cultivate!” The wild Chicken Demon asked curiously from the side.

“Innate Skill!” Wei Xun casually replied, “I was born with it!”

“That’s truly amazing!” Another demon with messy fur, somewhat resembling a leopard spirit, asked, “No wonder Fox Elder recruited you!”

“What about you two?” Wei Xun turned his head to look at them. These two fellows were also personal guards under Fox Elder, just like him.

“Although I’m not a fully cultivated demon!” The Chicken Demon said from the side, “I only took four years to Cultivate from Cultivation Realm First Layer to Forging Body Second Layer, which can be considered exceptional talent!”

“Me too!” The messy-furred demon said, “I almost became a fully cultivated demon back then, my talent was quite good. Fortunately, I gained Fox Elder’s appreciation and only took over three years to Cultivate to Forging Body Second Layer!”

After the two demons finished speaking, they turned to Wei Xun and asked, “What about you? How long did it take you to reach Forging Body Second Layer?”

“…” Wei Xun didn’t know how to answer, so he held out one finger.

The Chicken Demon saw it and said, “Could it be one year?”

“You can Cultivate to Forging Body Second Layer in one year!” The messy-furred demon looked surprised after hearing this: “No wonder Fox Elder recruited you.”

“It’s alright, alright!” Wei Xun didn’t want to explain much, he just nodded and brushed them off. There was no benefit in getting involved with these two fellows.

That night, Wei Xun took advantage of the darkness to return to the previously mentioned Mountain Forest and brought the Black Tiger Mountain terrain map he had secretly drawn with charcoal during the day to the cliff edge.

Upon reaching the cliff edge, Wei Xun did not see the figures of other water demons, so he could only wait by the cliff.

After a while, a figure suddenly flew out from the river at the bottom of the cliff. He climbed up the cliff face to the top and immediately saw Wei Xun waiting there.

“Where’s Red Carp?” Wei Xun immediately asked upon seeing this Lobster spirit.

“Red Armor Brother had something to do and couldn’t come!” The Lobster said, “You can just give me the item!”

“How can that be!” Wei Xun shook his head directly, refusing: “I must personally hand this over to him. You tell him to come and get it himself.”

“Hey!” The Lobster spirit, after being refused, actually tried to snatch it directly, but Wei Xun dodged.

“I’ll say it again, tell that Carp to come find me himself!” Wei Xun said irritably, “Tomorrow night at this time, I’ll wait for him here again. If he doesn’t come, he’ll never get this map!”

Wei Xun finished speaking and was about to turn and leave.

The Lobster spirit quickly shouted from behind, “Don’t go! Red Armor Brother really has something to do!”

“What is it?” Wei Xun turned his head and asked.

“I can’t say that!” The Lobster spirit looked a bit troubled.

“Then if you don’t say, I’m leaving!” Wei Xun turned to leave again.

Seeing this, the Lobster spirit quickly rushed forward and hugged Wei Xun’s leg: “Red Armor Brother went to Jiaolong Lake to find helpers…”

Upon hearing the Lobster spirit’s words, Wei Xun finally stopped.

“Jiaolong Lake?”

“Mm!” The Lobster spirit nodded: “So hurry and give it to me, I need to take this map back and report!”