Chapter 104: Biological Martial Arts Immortal Cultivation
“Qi Refining Technique?” The little girl showed a puzzled expression of ‘you don’t even know this’ after hearing Yuan Zhu’s question.
“Yes, how does one cultivate the Qi Refining Technique? Can everyone cultivate it, or only those who meet special conditions can access it?”
While asking, he used perception on the two siblings, confirming that both had a small amount of unfamiliar polluting energy in their bodies, but the rejection and purification impulse from Holy Light was not strong. Different from the pollution he encountered in the tunnel before.
From the Holy Light System perspective, the polluting energy on the two tended toward neutral, not evil, still within the tolerance range. In DND terms, he, the paladin reserve Yuan Zhu, would call them neutral alignment.
The sister immediately answered: “Everyone can practice the Qi Refining Technique, and must cultivate it, otherwise they will die. As for the cultivation method, just breathe and exhale according to a specific rhythm, refine the food in the abdomen, and extract a strand of origin qi from the dao seed in the dantian. Different dao seeds combined with the Qi Refining Technique will refine different qi.”
Digesting food through breathing and exhaling to extract ‘qi’ fits perfectly with his understanding of Refine Essence to Qi. This Cicada Tribe cultivation method sounds very classical, inheriting the Kunlun Immortal Path.
But why say that the Qi Refining Technique is half from surface pollution and half from Insectoid Race dao seeds? Unrelated to Kunlun.
So he continued to question: “Not cultivating will lead to death? Why is that?”
The little girl didn’t understand why Yuan Zhu lacked such common sense, but still answered honestly: “Because food contains numerous deadly poisons, as well as Immortal Zombie Wood Tendrils left from Reverse Life Tree and Immortal Realm Tree roots. Only by cultivating the Qi Refining Technique can one resolve the deadly poison and wood tendrils in the food with ‘qi’, otherwise one won’t live past 20 years old, the whole body will grow parasitic wood tendrils, turning into a living dead immortal zombie. The strong are caught to be trained into dao soldiers, the weak are used to plant spirit grass.”
At the end, her expression was extremely dim, faintly carrying fear and despair. It seemed their parents and relatives had not met a good end.
Immortal Zombie Wood Tendrils, though not fully understood, he could guess some truth. Deadly poison should be a kind of pollution. These wood tendrils are another parasitic pollution from Kunlun Immortal Root. Since spiritual roots can step into the Kunlun Immortal Path, similar pollution can also parasitize throughout organisms, turning them into puppet living dead.
The No. 3 experimental group he raised in the haunted house wasn’t two shadow eggplant vines that could parasitize goblins entirely? Kunlun, this professional ‘plant system’, must have even more sophisticated methods.
Yuan Zhu: “Is everything in your underground world food hiding ‘Immortal Zombie Wood Tendrils’? If not removed, it will spread throughout the body and eventually control you?”
“Yes, it’s said that before the Immortal Realm Tree was destroyed, immortals used this method to enslave everyone, selecting the strong to feed immortal pills to get stronger, ultimately refining them into dao soldiers. The weak would use their continuously growing flesh to feed bugs, extract heavenly materials and earthly treasures to refine ritual implements; or use their flesh to plant spirit grass treasures, refining immortal pills.”
“Now, we Insectoid Race overthrew the immortal sect rule and gained freedom, but ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ still remain in our bodies, and continue to accumulate through breathing and eating. Only cultivating the Qi Refining Technique can suppress and clean these things, but some still die from Immortal Zombie Tendrils. After death, they are still recycled by Insect City to cultivate treasure medicines.”
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So what exactly did you locals overthrow? From being taken by the immortal sect to grow flowers and plants, to being recycled by your own to grow flowers and plants?
Yuan Zhu: “Why does it sound like nothing has changed?”
The little girl shook her head repeatedly: “No, the change is huge. According to the elders, before the Immortal Realm Tree was destroyed, ordinary people couldn’t live past 30 years old. Back then, people would overdraw life through ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’, force large amounts of spiritual energy and vitality in the body, and open bug nests inside, gnawing spiritual energy in the flesh to grow, producing materials, days of immense pain and misery. Now, with the immortal sect retreated, we can cultivate the Qi Refining Technique, no longer becoming human bug nests, suffering body-devouring pain. We can continuously cultivate to get stronger, master our own fate! Even in death, the body’s value is huge, handing it to Insect City can exchange for massive resources for relatives, living better.”
Towards the end, the little girl’s eyes were filled with excitement and pride. As if arriving in a new era, living better days full of hope.
Yuan Zhu shook his head repeatedly after hearing this. This was clearly a slight evolution from slavery, igniting the common people’s enthusiasm for self-exploitation. Still using terrifying memories to contrast past and present for brainwashing.
Compared to his own Mao Mao King’s capitalist big pie technique, it’s far inferior! He, Yuan Zhu, is a chosen working-class talent who can easily strive to become the otherworld regional manager!
“Tell me about what the ‘Insectoid Race dao seed’ is? How does the breathing method operate? How do you use qi to suppress the ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ in the body and deadly poison in food.”
He guessed that this Insectoid Race dao seed is the core and starting point of the insect system pollution, similar in nature to Holy Mark, spiritual root, dao bone, Buddha Head Cocoon, just unknown how it operates?
“The dao seed is the spirit insect egg. Each Insect City’s main vein holds a unique series of ‘spirit insect eggs’, implanted into the dantian below the navel at the infant’s full moon. Implanting the dao seed allows the infant to gain resistance to suppress the spread and growth of ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’. Implanting different ‘spirit insect dao seeds’ results in different races. Our siblings have the ‘spirit cicada egg’, so we are Cicada Tribe.”
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Sounds like vaccination! This entry method is simple and crude.
The little girl continued: “As age grows, the infant gradually matures, spiritual intelligence opens, the ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ in the body also accumulate and increase. At this time, people passively comprehend different breathing rhythms, like instincts imprinted in the bloodline. But elders say that at this time, the knowledge information carried in the ‘dao seed’ is the most primitive ‘breathing method’.”
“With the breathing method, one can stimulate the dao seed to feed on the Immortal Zombie Tendrils in the body, refine the Immortal Realm Tree roots, Reverse Life Tree leaves, and ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ and ‘spiritual energy’ in mushrooms, moss, bugs. Convert through the dao seed into strengthening origin qi. When origin qi is sufficient, one can refine qi into threads, release outside the body, or internally stimulate the dao seed to grow meridians, wandering the body, opening the twelve main meridians!”
The little girl spoke more and more outrageously, sounding more and more like Kunlun Immortal Method to him: “Isn’t this exactly the Kunlun Immortal Path’s Spirit Root Opening Method?!”
The entry foundation for Kunlun system cultivators is planting spiritual root in the body, refining spiritual energy through breathing, stimulating the spiritual root to split and grow in the flesh, shaping a plant leaf vein-like ‘meridian system’.
And this method is also recorded in Rain Courtyard’s School of Dangerous Botany (rogue immortals).
When the first ‘essence dao seed’ is nailed into the crown of the head, it also starts from the Governing Vessel. Baihui acupoint, spreading downward to parasitize the whole body, shaping the first meridian system.
In addition, in the ancient medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine) system passed down in Xi State from predecessor’s memory, there is also a Meridian Chart consistent with Earth, including acupuncture and other treatments.
However, contemporary Du Ling human anatomy proves that normal humans have no clearly observable physical ‘meridian organization’ in the body. But the ‘meridian concept’ of ancient medicine is proven real, acupuncture works effectively, but no possibility of conducting qi.
Traditional martial arts system’s ‘qi refining technique, breathing method’ cannot produce internal force, true qi, etc., just regulates breathing rhythm, at most reaching Earth national arts level, moving qi, blood, heat energy.
The so-called breathing method, true essence true qi, must rely on Kunlun Immortal Method or Rogue Immortal Method and other pollution systems to achieve.
As for Yellow Heaven System’s dao lords and immortals, they disdain breathing and exhaling altogether. Bone structure this thing is pure bone china, cultivating formless ‘magic power, divine power’, not in the same pot.
Therefore, the little girl’s ‘Insectoid Race Qi Refining Technique’ is more like a biological parasitic version of ‘Kunlun Immortal Root’. And it can even reverse-kill the ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ in the body, similarly achieving refining spiritual energy into qi effect.
The little girl retorted: “It’s different. I heard elders say, we Insectoid Race from ancient times to now, generation after generation were immortals’ slaves, eroded and mutated by ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ in the body, already leaving meridian-like imprints, passed in the bloodline. Therefore, after stimulation, the ‘spirit insect dao seed’ grows similar meridian structure.”
Yuan Zhu understood what the other wanted to express. On Du Ling Star, after a pollution source (superhuman) marries and has children, if descendants avoid pollution contact, three generations can wash off bloodline pollution traces, five generations completely purify clean.
But outside Du Ling, in Bubble World and even Spirit Layer, one generation polluted, descendants generation after generation inherit pollution distortion, that’s ‘bloodline’! Essence is hereditary pollution.
The natives of this underground world look human-like, but the core is already polluted and twisted. So in Insectoid Race bodies, Kunlun system pollution, insect system pollution are both sky-high, optimized generation by generation through heredity.
So born destined as top dao soldier (immortal zombie) seedlings, premium spirit grass (flesh) flower pots, high-end spirit insect nests… Just in the recent century defying fate, counterattacking with Qi Refining Technique, but still can’t change the core essence. Then Kunlun system’s ‘meridian’ potential is hidden in the bloodline, reasonably re-stimulated through ‘dao seed’.
Yuan Zhu summarized: “‘Qi’ is produced by stimulating dao seed through breathing method, conversely, qi can stimulate ‘dao seed’ to grow meridians in the body? And dao seed is insect egg, parasitizing in your bodies, devouring ‘Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ to delay you becoming spirit grass flower pots?”
So, ‘Insect Race Cultivators’ jumped from immortal sect dao soldier flesh flower pots to insect egg hosts? Still can’t escape the fate of making wedding clothes for others.
The little girl frowned, feeling the other’s wording strange, somewhat looking down on them?
Yuan Zhu asked curiously: “Then what are the flaws of the Qi Refining Technique? Or the price. You won’t cultivate to a certain realm and then die with dantian shattered, a big bug drilling out from the body, right?”
“How do you know? Cultivating Qi Refining Technique, if ingesting too much polluting spiritual energy, or devouring too many deadly poison Immortal Zombie Tendrils unable to refine in time, cultivators may lose sanity, have hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, or drastic personality changes. Only high-cultivation heavenly martial artists who enter demonic path may have ‘dao seed demonize’, transform into human cocoons, drained of all nutrients by dao seed, gestating a Demonic Giant Insect from the body, this is one of the most terrifying demonic calamities in the underground world.”
Yuan Zhu sneered, as expected. But this ‘Qi Refining Technique’ is the pollution power closest to Celestial Dynasty wuxia system he’s contacted so far. A bit familiar, but he refuses to parasitize insect eggs in his body.
“Heavenly martial artist? How many levels in your Insectoid Race cultivation system? What happens if those weak ones ingest too much deadly poison spiritual energy?”
“Divided into Heaven, Earth, Human three major stages. Human Rank requires refining 12 qi threads through dao seed, each qi thread stimulates dao seed, guides dao seed to grow along meridian paths. 12 qi threads ultimately open complete twelve main meridians in the body, that’s Human Rank martial artist, we are at this stage. But we also need to feed bugs for Insect City, similarly consuming qi threads to clean ‘deadly poison, Immortal Zombie Tendrils’ in them, warm their shells to produce spiritual materials, control them not to run around, precise feeding… thus cultivation speed is very slow.”
“As for Earth Rank, I’m not clear, said to differentiate 360 qi threads, stimulate dao seed to grow 360 bug nest acupoints in the weekly meridian cycle, that’s great success. And Heaven Rank, said to condense Martial Dao True Intent, qi threads connect external heaven and earth, refine heaven and earth spiritual energy for self-use. Most importantly, Armor Casting transformation, thoroughly control the dao seed in the body, that’s heavenly martial artist. Failed heavenly martial artists are counter-phagocytosed by ‘dao seed’, flesh melts into life soup, become human cocoons, become nutrients for ‘dao seed demon fetus’, transforming into bugs.”
This wuxia déjà vu is getting stronger. Meridians, true qi, acupoints, true qi into threads released… and innate martial artists, just everything based on ‘insect eggs’.
“Do you have all sorts of bizarre Martial Arts Secret Manuals, martial dao cultivation techniques?”
The little girl nodded repeatedly: “Yes, different ‘insect system Qi Refining Techniques’ all have unique skills.”
“Then besides twelve main meridians, is there eight extraordinary meridians?”
“Haven’t heard of eight extraordinary meridians, but different insect eggs different Qi Refining Techniques all contain unique hidden meridians, each opened increases strength far beyond same tier. But that’s for nobles to access, we have no qualification.”
Yuan Zhu asked again: “Then as cultivation realm deepens, do various bug characteristics appear on your bodies?”
The little girl shook her head in confusion: “No, heavenly martial artists also look human. Bug characteristics are all contained in ‘qi threads’. Earth Rank martial artists can condense qi into form, show special effects. In addition, we use qi threads to feed bugs to produce spiritual materials, then refined by nine great Technician Family into ‘pseudo ritual implements’, activated and used through origin qi. But those are for strong ones to buy, we can only at Human Rank completion have qualification to join main city, or join Technician Alliance.”
“Pseudo ritual implements? Your Insectoid Race can also refine immortal sect’s ritual implements?”
“Technician Alliance can, some Insect Cities can refine small amounts of ritual implements. Back then Technician Alliance to resist Reverse Life Immortal Sect and Insect City’s oppressive rule, a group of strong ones stood out, competed for Immortal Realm Tree’s heritage, promoted technology sharing, mutual exchange and spread martial arts, cracking immortal magic treasures, pills, magic arrays… ultimately creating Insectoid Race’s own cultivation system, continuously improving. Now Technician Alliance differentiated into nine great families, Iron Armory is the organization specializing in forging magic treasures. My younger brother most wants to enter Iron Armory or Armor Casting Division.”
Yuan Zhu was somewhat surprised. Seems these ‘Insect Race Cultivators’ are not pure wuxia, mixed with massive immortal cultivation elements, similarly able to forge, alchemy, set arrays… proper biological insect cultivators! Pirated Kunlun Human Immortals.
“And you? What is your dream? Also join Technician Alliance?”
The little girl nodded: “Yes! I want to go to Longevity Family to learn alchemy.”
At this time, the boy still squatting in the corner spoke: “My sister is a genius, her true qi control ability is the strongest, unmatched!”
While saying this, he looked at Yuan Zhu with expectation, clearly treating Yuan Zhu as some big shot, hoping the other could help his sister.
