Chapter 182: Using Spiritual Qi
” I am going to practice my internal art for today.” Jia Hao got up and turned to leave. ” Minmin, Can you go and call Old Yang? I wish to spar with him this afternoon.”
” Yes, Young Lord.”
As he left, Cai Yixue and Minmin looked at each other. Minmin opened her mouth to say something, But Cai Yixue shook her head.
” Don’t ask me anything. Just like you, I also don’t know anything.”
” But shampoo is a nice thing though.” Minmin sighed. ” Oh, How I wish to have a considerate husband like Young Lord.”
” Then why don’t you go and marry him?” Cai Yixue glanced at her. ” It’s not like we didn’t planned that before…”
” Young Miss, What are you talking about?” Minming blushed as she hurriedly looked around.
” I…I mean, I will follow if you want that. But… Young Lord…He is so good. And, I don’t want to…uhm…feel cheated.”
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Jia Hao took a deep breath as he sat cross legged. He slowly started to revolve his Golden Arhat Vajra Body Arts. His Internal energy slowly circulated through his body like a warm current, making him feel rejuvenated.
‘ I have accumulated quite some virtue. But it’s nowhere enough for a perfect foundation.’ Jia Hao sighed as he looked at it.
In the Virtuous Pilgrim Chapter, It’s written that a better virtuous foundation is best before ascending to the next realm.
The better the foundation, the further a practitioner can go in this path. Therefore, all the monks who practice this technique go on pilgrimage and toil for five to ten years before making a better foundation.
Then another few years before they ascend to the next stage.
‘ However, There is no way I will wait a decade to advance.’ Jia Hao snorted inwardly. ‘ Hmm, But on the contrary, the Six Desires Myriad Thought Arts is going well. It’s absorbing various emotions and converting them into desire qi on its own.’
‘ It will take me a month or two at most to grow my tree of desire inside.’
‘ Hmm, I am intrigued by the soul energy though. The so called spiritual energy is the power that stems from one’s soul. Technically, The Six Desires Myriad Thought Art is a mental cultivation technique.’
‘ Does that mean I can use it to control my spiritual qi?’
Thinking to experiment with this, Jia Hao took a deep breath as he cleared his mind. He started using the Six Desires Myriad Thought Arts.
Suddenly, he could feel each of his desires bubbling in his heart, as the image of the tree of desire in his mind.
Raising his hands, Jia Hao tried to use the spiritual qi, the power that stems from his soul.
Suddenly, his thoughts churned as he felt a strange power coming out of his body.
He was sitting with closed eyes. However, at that moment, it was like he could perceive things within a few centimeters of his circumference.
Suddenly, his concentration wavered as Jia Hao felt the desire qi inside the tree of desire fluctuate, making him open his eyes.
Jia Hao took a deep breath as he tried to calm his beating heart. ‘ I…I feel drained a bit like I usually feel when I use the desire qi to influence people’s minds.’
‘ Ugh, I guess I am not proficient in channeling the spiritual qi yet. If I try to use more of it, the desire qi will get triggered, influencing my thoughts.’
The Six Desires Myriad Thought Art is a double edged sword. If one manages to grasp his seven emotions and six desires, he can conquer anything.
However, if one falls prey to his desires, he would be nothing more than a monster with base instincts.
Actively, desire qi won’t harm Jia Hao or influence his thoughts. However, if Jia Hao remained careless and let the desire qi mix with his soul, his personality and thought process would change greatly.
However, Jia Hao found its counter in the Golden Arhat Vajra Body Arts.
Unlike the Six Desires Myriad Thought Art, the buddhist monks simply suppress their desires and break the shackles that bind them to the mortal world.
The Calm Heart Sutra written in the Golden Arhart Vajra Body Art is perfect for clearing one’s thoughts and attaining the state of meditation.
Closing his eyes, Jia Hao slowly chanted the Calm Heart Sutra. Suddenly the desire qi subsided inside his body and retreated back to the tree of desires.
Jia Hao felt a strange calmness in heart as if he was standing like a pure lotus amidst the mud swamp.
The gentle wind, the light fragrance of the earth, Jia Hao felt as if he was becoming one with the world, aways from all desires…
Jia Hao opened his eyes after a few moment as he looked at his surroundings. ‘ I feel much better now. Not only it makes my mind and sould attain calmness, it restores my spiritual qi, althought slightly.’
‘ Both techniques are the bane of each other. Yet if used at the same time, both can compliment each other.’
The natural energy of the Yunlan Continent was much higher than the Azure Sea World. Therefore, his Jia Hao cultivates the internal energy here, it would be much faster.
He could feel the energy of surroundings turning into a small whirlpool, and getting sucked inside his dantian.
The energy flow inside his body became greater and greater as Jia Hao immersed himself in the practice.
The Profound Awakening Stage is all about refining one’s personal energy and merging their body with the energy. Once all of their internal qi becomes one with their physique, they can ascend to the Innate Master Realm.
‘ But the thing is, What is my internal qi?’ Jia Hao’s expression turned odd when he thought about that.
The blue qi is for those with good defense and heavy weapons, the red qi is for those who are good at attack and lighter and deadlier weapons, the violet qi is for agility and senses, especially good for archers and assassins.
As for the spiritual qi, they are good for elemental power and spell castings. Technically, they aren’t the same as internal qi as the power stems from the soul itself.
‘ But what about me? My internal qi is white…with a tint of gold? It’s like fresh milk color.’
Jia Hao pondered for a moment and realized it must the the pure Yang energy cultivated by the buddhist monks.
The Yang energy is the purest and more righteous energy in this world, sourced from the sun itself. The Yang energy refines is innately perfect for males and makes their physique better and more masculine.
Not to mention, the monks use this yang energy to repel evil and destroy darkness. So, the pure yang energy imbued with the buddhist aura became the light wheat color internal qi inside Jia Hao.
‘ Too bad there aren’t many buddhist spells or techniques written in this chapter.’ Jia Hao sighed.
Taking a deep breath, Jia Hao took a deep breath and took off his upper robe. Hopping lightly, he used the Fading Moon Steps as he disappeared from his spot.
