7: Chapter 7 The Birth of Qi Sensation
The next day, as the morning sun first rose.
Ji Yebai was already heading out of the mountains with his backpack.
He spent a day in the city replenishing various supplies.
This time, he directly prepared a month's worth of food.
He hired three people just to transport everything to the foot of the mountain.
By that evening.
Looking at the supplies piled high in the cave, Ji Yebai was instantly filled with joy.
"Finally, I can Cultivate in peace!"
Ji Yebai took a deep breath and laughed.
With the supply problem resolved, the rest was naturally to devote himself heart and soul to his Cultivation.
Time flowed like water.
Especially when one was focused on Cultivating.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.
Ji Yebai had even replenished his supplies once more.
During that month.
Ji Yebai woke up early to Cultivate and spent his free time patrolling the mountains.
As his patrol range expanded.
Good things naturally became more and more abundant.
bamboo joint flowers, yanyang fruits, spirit ginseng, blood spirit fruits, and so on.
During that period.
Ji Yebai was grinning from ear to ear every day.
bamboo joint flowers could clear and activate the Meridians, cleansing the Meridians;
blood spirit fruits could merge into the blood, enhancing blood purity and reducing Impurities.
And the most precious was the yanyang fruit.
If someone with Internal Energy ate this, it could purify their Internal Energy; for those with fire-attribute Internal Energy, the effect would even double.
Even for ordinary people without Internal Energy, eating it could burn away the Impurities in their bodies, performing a slight cleansing of the marrow and vessels.
And all these things.
Ji Yebai consumed them without hesitation.
They became resources for his own practice.
The things he would find in the future would only get better.
But the immediate priority was his own practice.
On this day.
Ji Yebai began to practice the Longevity Fist.
But to his surprise.
Just as he finished one set and before he even withdrew his hands, he felt a warm aura wandering between his chest and abdomen.
Hmm!?
Ji Yebai's eyes suddenly widened.
This is...
qi sense!?
I've birthed a qi sense!?
Ji Yebai felt the aura within his body with some disbelief.
One must know that in his previous life, it took him a full three months to birth a qi sense.
But now, in less than two months, he had birthed such a distinct qi sense.
How could this not surprise him?
But soon.
Ji Yebai calmed down.
Thinking carefully.
Being able to birth a qi sense so quickly.
Was actually quite reasonable.
At least in his previous life, he didn't have so many Heaven And Earth Treasures as resources for his Cultivation.
In his previous life.
If he wanted to buy a single spirit ginseng, it was incredibly difficult.
But now, in just under two months, he had already consumed nearly two spirit ginseng and other spiritual items.
Being able to accelerate his progress.
Was indeed understandable.
"This is a good thing!"
"With so many spiritual items, I've basically cut the process of the qi sense stage in half. This means as long as I have enough spiritual items to continue my practice, I can step into the Third-rate Martial Artist Realm faster, recover my strength from my previous life, and even surpass it!!!"
Ji Yebai was excited.
In this current time period.
He could search for spiritual plants at will, completely unafraid of having rivals.
Even if there were.
It would only be a few individuals, such as Ginseng Hunters and the like.
But it would definitely not be like his previous life.
Where every faction would be eyeing a single spiritual plant.
And one would have to risk their life to get it.
"Hahaha!"
"Cultivate, Cultivate, continue to Cultivate!"
Ji Yebai laughed loudly.
Then, casting everything else aside, he began to practice the Longevity Fist once more.
And with this practice, the feeling was instantly different.
With every move, a warm aura constantly flowed through his body, dispersing into his limbs and Meridians.
The aura constantly emerged with the practice of the Longevity Fist, and also constantly dispersed into his limbs and Meridians with the practice.
This, was training!
The birth of qi sense.
Was only the beginning of the Martial Dao path.
With practice, the qi sense would continuously strengthen, flow, and temper the body.
Once the body was strong enough and transparent enough, one could use the qi sense as a guide to condense Internal Energy, and thereby break through into the Third-rate Martial Artist Realm.
...
Three months later.
A figure suddenly lunged forward.
With a single stride.
He crossed a distance of five meters in an instant.
Reaching out to grab.
A grey-necked wild chicken appeared in his hand.
"Hahaha, let's see you run now!"
Ji Yebai looked at the wild chicken in his hand, feeling extremely proud.
From watching helplessly as wild chickens slipped away to now being able to catch one in a single stride before it could even react.
It had been nearly half a year.
And in this half-year, his strength had undergone earth-shaking changes.
First was the strong muscle all over his body.
The fat he had accumulated over several years in the workplace was completely gone.
His body was lean but did not lack resilience.
His form was streamlined, his muscles well-defined, and even a clear eight-pack had appeared on his abdomen.
After that.
Was the warm aura that flowed through his body at all times.
By now, the aura had stabilized.
Even when Ji Yebai was resting, the qi sense would no longer dissipate but would constantly flow within his body.
Tempering his limbs and Meridians.
This was also the fundamental reason for Ji Yebai's rapid growth in strength.
qi sense, even if it wasn't Internal Energy.
Still vaguely carried some of the unique characteristics of Internal Energy.
For instance, when Ji Yebai held his breath and focused to actively mobilize his qi sense, he could make his speed much faster and his strikes more powerful.
Of course, this approach was somewhat counterproductive.
qi sense was consumed very quickly.
While nurturing it was very difficult.
As far as Ji Yebai knew.
Even in conditions without Spiritual Qi, one could still birth a qi sense.
As the ancient martial arts saying goes: internally train a breath of Qi, externally train the muscles, bones, and skin.
This 'breath of Qi' refers exactly to qi sense.
In the past, when Spiritual Qi was not present, wanting to birth Internal Energy was impossible.
But qi sense could be achieved.
Famous martial arts masters in history, like Guo Yunshen, Huo Yuanjia, and Su Qier, were able to do what others could not largely because they had nurtured qi sense in their bodies.
A person punching with two hundred kilograms of force could basically strike with five hundred kilograms if they had the support of qi sense.
And for a well-trained Martial Artist, the explosion would be even more terrifying.
However, in an environment without Spiritual Qi, the resources required to nurture qi sense were unimaginable.
Potent medicinal supplements like century-old ginseng, snow lotus, and Fleeceflower Root could never be stopped.
One had to supplement through various medicines.
Therefore.
qi sense relies heavily on the word 'nurture'.
Once the nurturing is cut off, the qi sense will slowly dissipate and even damage the body.
The most famous example is Du Xinwu's loss of power.
Carrying the wild chicken, Ji Yebai walked back with some excitement.
Not just because of the wild chicken.
But also because he was thrilled by the abundance of qi sense in his body.
Even though he had used it once, although there was some loss, the qi sense in his body was still ample.
This showed that his foundation was deep enough.
One must know that in his previous life at this point, even a slight use of qi sense would require half a month of nurturing to recover.
Unlike now, where it was still full and showed no signs of damage.
So...
Today.
Was another luxurious day.
spirit ginseng stewed with wild chicken, and blood spirit fruit as an appetizer.
Refreshing!