198: Achievement of cultivation

Shen Bei carefully read the Martial Skill over and over, and after confirming there were no omissions, he took out Medicinal Pills like qi and blood pills and Hemostatic Pills to consume as needed, beginning his first Cultivation.

After all, this was Shen Bei’s first time Cultivating a Martial Skill that hadn’t been “localized.”

It was better to prepare more Medicinal Pills just in case.

Who knew what unexpected situations he might encounter during this process.

Then, Shen Bei followed the diagrams described in the Martial Skill.

He assumed the Cultivation posture of ‘five hearts facing the sky.’

He emptied his mind, remaining motionless in this posture.

Approximately three hours later.

Shen Bei entered a peculiar state of mind-body unity and visualization.

It was somewhat like the “empty self” realization of Buddhist meditation.

This was a state of directly confronting one’s self.

According to Professor Gu Xinrou’s annotations, the general meaning was that only by truly understanding and becoming familiar with one’s self could one differentiate between absorbed True Qi and one’s own True Qi.

There was a very dangerous point here.

The True Qi of others would inevitably repel one’s own True Qi.

Just like a blood transfusion of an incompatible blood type, it would inevitably cause a strong reaction.

Therefore, directly confronting one’s self and carefully observing one’s own True Qi aura was the fundamental lesson for Cultivating this Martial Skill.

Almost the instant Shen Bei entered the visualization posture.

His bodily functions began to drain, and his heat was sucked away.

His entire body started to turn cold, as if he had been thrown into an ice cave that had existed for ten thousand years.

He felt as if every piece of his flesh and blood was leaving him.

At the same time, he heard the sound of ice freezing on his skin.

Shen Bei’s expression shifted slightly.

The side effects had arrived!

This might be the difference between a mutant and a human.

The Martial Skill didn’t mention anything about this happening.

This was the disadvantage of not being localized.

Shen Bei gritted his teeth and persisted for a while.

He felt ice crystals filling his blood, and the circulation caused piercing pain in his blood vessels.

It was like fiberglass mixed into his blood, a burning pain from the inside out.

At this moment, Shen Bei was covered in frost, and with a slight movement of his finger, layers of ice fell off.

His ability to persevere until now was entirely due to his Fifth Dimension Attribute of cold resistance.

If it were any other Martial Artist, they probably wouldn’t have lasted even a tenth of the time Shen Bei did.

Even so, Shen Bei couldn’t resist the cold Qi indefinitely.

His Fifth Dimension cold resistance attribute was only 30%.

Shen Bei withdrew his hand gestures, dispelling the Cultivation stance, and the cold Qi gradually receded.

Shen Bei stood up stiffly.

Crash…

Large chunks of ice fell to the ground.

Shen Bei shivered, his teeth chattering, his lips pale, and frost clinging to his eyebrows: “This is tough. If I can’t get past this stage, I probably won’t be able to Cultivate.”

Shen Bei rushed into the bathroom, took a hot shower to dispel the cold Qi.

When he emerged wrapped in a bath towel, he held a cup of hot tea and took a sip.

Sitting on the sofa, Shen Bei pondered for a long time, wondering how to bypass the difficulty of visualization and avoid suffering from the cold Qi.

Shen Bei felt like he was losing his hair from thinking, yet he had no clue.

“Forget it, I’ll just brute force it! I don’t need to localize this Martial Skill anyway.”

This time, Shen Bei put on thick clothes, layer upon layer.

He stopped trying to think of a solution.

He would just brute force it!

After all, Shen Bei’s goal was to Cultivate, not to pave the way for future generations.

As long as he could successfully Cultivate, that was enough.

And finding a way to bypass the cold Qi invasion would probably take an eternity.

Sometimes, being stubborn was also an attitude for solving problems.

At least, it was much better than doing nothing.

He entered the basement again.

This time, Shen Bei directly took Medicinal Pills, such as qi and blood pills and cold-expelling pills.

He even brought ten small sun heaters and arranged them in a circle around him.

The temperature was set to maximum, collectively shining on Shen Bei.

“Again!”

Shen Bei resumed his stance.

After entering visualization.

The cold Qi fiercely attacked.

Shen Bei could even hear the sound of the air freezing.

His entire body’s blood slowly solidified, and his hands and feet became cold and numb.

But because he was dressed extremely thickly, and the small sun heaters continuously provided heat to dispel the cold Qi.

This time, Shen Bei lasted much longer than the previous time.

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

He didn’t even notice when the anomaly suddenly occurred.

Originally, within Shen Bei’s tightly closed eyes, a divine light suddenly shone brightly.

Although Shen Bei hadn’t opened his eyes, his vision was suddenly magnified invisibly!

“Hiss~~ Did I overcome the cold Qi invasion and enter the next step?”

Then, Shen Bei saw a colorful space.

The dazzling colors deeply captivated Shen Bei.

And within the space, images slowly swayed, becoming clearer and clearer.

Shen Bei saw it, he really saw it!

The Qi of the five internal organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—was divided into five colors: red, green, yellow, white, and black.

The mist in the air formed streams, and the Qi streams stretched across the sky, like colorful rainbows. The high-hanging heart and lungs were like mountains, inverted, and the five Qi descended like waterfalls, gathering into Origin Qi.

The Origin Qi steamed, turning into rain upon encountering thunder, or gathering into a ball, becoming a scorching sun, moving between mountains and rivers, illuminating the five internal organs and six viscera.

And those organs, originally dark red, gradually turned bright red under the washing of Spiritual Qi.

They looked exactly like newly born organs!

Shen Bei was greatly astonished by the strange sight.

He actually saw his own five internal organs and six viscera!

While Shen Bei was engrossed.

Lines of red, representing Qi Circulation pathways, circulated according to a certain pattern, eventually converging at the Dantian, forming a small vortex.

“This is… carving the Qi guiding meridians?”

In the internal vision, the lines were faint, and the vortex was so tiny, as if a slight breeze could scatter it.

In fact, it was true. This was Shen Bei’s first time Cultivating and opening the visualization of the internal organ world.

The newly appeared meridian lines would naturally dissipate if not continuously Cultivated and strengthened for two or three days.

Shen Bei did not hesitate.

He circulated True Qi.

He searched for those faint lines and began to use True Qi to carve and reinforce them along the meridians.

At this point, Shen Bei roughly understood.

As long as all the meridians were carved, a path for guiding the enemy’s True Qi would be complete.

To put it plainly, it was a dedicated channel!

After smoothly completing the first carving, Shen Bei let out a sigh of relief, poured out a Qi-boosting pill from the medicine bottle beside him, and swallowed it with a tilt of his head.

The medicinal power transformed into vast True Qi, which, under his strenuous restraint, circulated along his specific route.

It must not run into the dedicated meridians; this habit had to be maintained and formed into muscle memory.

Now, apart from a slight frown caused by the faint throbbing in his meridians, Shen Bei sat still like a lifeless idol.

“Whew~~”

Shen Bei had already grasped this most basic Cultivation process, as well as the main feature of this Martial Skill, which was… plundering.

To possess True Qi and make it one’s own, this was an act of blatant robbery.

However, Shen Bei really liked this style.

It was simply tailor-made for him.

…

Unconsciously.

Five days passed.

Shen Bei Cultivated selflessly, overcoming the cold Qi entering his body, entering internal organ visualization, circulating True Qi to carve meridians, constantly making the meridians deeper until they were completely fixed, to the point where they wouldn’t disappear even if left untouched for a long time.

Subsequently.

Shen Bei spent another three days Cultivating how to extract True Qi.

This process was relatively simple.

As long as the dedicated meridians were opened, it was like a natural water diversion channel.

If viewed from a microscopic level.

When a Martial Artist threw a punch imbued with True Qi.

The force was composed of two parts.

One part was the attribute of the force itself, pure physical damage.

This kind of damage could be partially absorbed by the body’s skin, flesh, and even bones.

The other part, the True Qi, was different; it could not be absorbed and could only be 100% received as damage.

This was because the Martial Artist’s body lacked a dedicated meridian channel, and at the same time, the True Qi within the body repelled external True Qi.

Now, Shen Bei’s meridian channel was established.

With just a thought, he could open the dedicated meridians and absorb True Qi damage.

But Shen Bei was not satisfied with this.

This absorption of True Qi was passive, skin-to-skin, flesh-to-flesh.

Shen Bei wanted to actively extract the enemy’s True Qi from a distance.

This required using vast Mental Energy to construct a void channel connection between the two people.

The simplest and clearest way to describe it was… telekinesis.

That’s right!

As long as one’s Mental Energy was strong, one could perform telekinesis from a distance, as if an invisible hand had appeared.

Shen Bei went to the resource library, exchanged for a common telekinesis Martial Skill, and began to Cultivate it.

This Martial Skill was very simple, having been optimized countless times by Senior Martial Artists.

After all, it was truly fun, one of the most popular Martial Skills.

While its combat effectiveness wasn’t strong, its entertainment value was Heaven-Defying.

For example: typing with both hands to show innocence—this phrase should not be dwelled upon.

In almost a single day.

Shen Bei achieved telekinesis.

Note, achieved, not Major Achievement.

Telekinesis still had many high-difficulty techniques.

It wasn’t just simple object retrieval, but performing high-difficulty operations, such as threading a needle, controlling a pen to write, and so on.

Shen Bei didn’t need to practice these.

What he needed was merely to establish a channel from a distance, like extending an arm and grabbing the opponent’s head.

The current range wasn’t long; Shen Bei’s telekinesis was effective for over ten meters.

“Then… my True Qi extraction distance cannot exceed ten meters.”

Shen Bei took a deep breath.

After nearly half a month, the Absorbing Skill had shown some results.

Now it was time for actual combat.

Shen Bei left the basement and walked outside.

He stretched lazily.

He decided to go find the Zha Tian Gang Four-person Group and mess with them first.