374: Chapter 18 Qi Body Source Flow

"Brother Meng, where did you learn your Lightning Method?"

Putting aside the questions about the name of the Lightning Method brought about by Meng Li's strange focus, Zhang Chulan asked the doubt in his heart.

Meng Li replied, "This isn't a Lightning Method; it's an Innate Ability."

"Huh?" Zhang Chulan was a bit surprised.

Meng Li didn't care and continued on his own, "So, as for guidance or the like, I actually can't give you any advice."

"However, I can show you a little trick I came up with by chance."

"What kind of trick?" Zhang Chulan asked curiously.

Although Meng Li called it a little trick, their strengths were worlds apart, so this trick might be of great use to him.

Meng Li flicked his finger, and a bolt of electric light turned into a thin snake and darted toward Zhang Chulan.

Just as Zhang Chulan was about to react, the thin snake suddenly exploded with a crackle. The light was blinding, making him instinctively raise his hand to cover his eyes.

Xu San, Xu Si, and Feng Baobao on the side also instinctively closed their eyes.

Soon, the dazzling light dissipated.

Zhang Chulan lowered his hand but was struck with horror, for a thin needle condensed from electric light was suspended not far from his throat.

In an instant, Meng Li snapped his fingers, and the thin needle vanished.

"Do you understand?" Meng Li asked.

Zhang Chulan nodded slightly, lost in thought.

Meng Li's method just now was very simple: first, unexpectedly throw a Flashbang to create a "blinding" effect, and then take the opportunity to strike.

This was utilizing, or rather developing, the illumination effect of electric light.

Zhang Chulan saw another direction from this, but making something of it wouldn't be easy.

First of all, one would have to control electric light as freely as Meng Li.

At the moment, Zhang Chulan admitted to himself that he couldn't do it.

So, he still had to practice!

He sighed in his heart.

Seeing him nod, Meng Li said, "Then let's end it here for today."

Seeing this, Xu Si said to Feng Baobao, "Baobao, you stay here and give Zhang Chulan special training. Xu San and I will go back to the company to talk to Meng Li about the Medicinal Pills."

"Okay," Feng Baobao nodded.

Afterward, Meng Li, Xu San, and Xu Si left together...

Two hours later, Meng Li left the Everywhere Connect office building and returned to his residence, where he began to digest the gains from his exchange with Zhang Chulan.

Golden Light Mantra, Lightning Method, Qi Source Flow.

The Golden Light Mantra sounds like a spell from its name, but it is actually a method to improve one's life cultivation by entering a special "upright" state. The protective Golden Light is the light of one's life. As one's life cultivation improves, the Golden Light shows a tendency to materialize. The higher the degree of materialization, the higher the strength and maneuverability of the Golden Light Mantra.

Theoretically, there is no upper limit to the strength of the Golden Light Mantra.

As for the Lightning Method, what Zhang Chulan practiced was the original version, also known as "Yang Five Thunders."

Its name is "Five Thunders," but it is actually "Five Qi," produced by the five internal organs corresponding to the Five Elements: Lung Metal, Liver Wood, Kidney Water, Heart Fire, and Spleen Earth.

When the Lightning Method is cultivated to Perfection, the Five Qi unify into what is called the Righteous Method of Five Thunders.

But the five organs and Five Elements are divided into Yin and Yang: Heart Fire and Lung Metal belong to Yang, Kidney Water and Liver Wood belong to Yin, and Spleen Earth is Primordial.

At the beginning, the Yin and Yang Five Qi each have their strengths and weaknesses, making it difficult to advance them all at once, so one side must be prioritized.

Cultivating Yang Five Thunders means using Heart Fire as the primary and Lung Metal as the secondary to lead the Five Qi.

This method requires the Yang-attribute Qi to be complete and vigorous, so one must be a virgin.

However, the Celestial Masters Residence belongs to the Zhengyi Sect, which does not forbid marriage. It is inevitable that Disciples or even successors are not virgins. To allow these people to also practice the Lightning Method, several generations of Celestial Masters modified it, deriving the Five Thunder, which uses Kidney Water as the primary and Liver Wood as the secondary, for non-virgin Disciples to Cultivate.

The cultivation methods for Yang Five Thunders and Five Thunder are very different, but both belong to the first half of the Lightning Method Legacy inherited by the Celestial Masters Residence.

Once practiced successfully, the Five Qi in the body will prioritize one side, exerting the corresponding effect.

The second half of the Lightning Method unifies the Five Qi to form the Righteous Method of Five Thunders.

In the Celestial Masters Residence, there are two conditions to learn the second half of the Lightning Method: first, Cultivate the first half to a profound level, and second, become the Celestial Master.

In other words, only each generation's Celestial Master knows the complete Righteous Method of Five Thunders.

Meng Li's exchange with Zhang Chulan using the Lightning Method was too short to fully observe and complete it, but he didn't care much. This was because the effect of the complete Righteous Method of Five Thunders was similar to the lightning ability he produced by absorbing the Lightning Tribulation.

The true focus on Zhang Chulan was the Qi Source Flow.

However, for this peculiar skill known as the "End of Techniques," Meng Li found it a bit hard to evaluate after seeing its full scope.

The so-called "End of Techniques" is Qi; to be more precise, it is the Primordial Qi within a living organism.

Some Primordial Qi possesses certain characteristics; once a living organism perceives and utilizes them, it forms a corresponding ability, which is an Innate Ability.

Some Primordial Qi does not possess characteristics; once perceived, a living organism can produce special effects through specific cultivation methods, which are Acquired Techniques.

Regardless of whether there are characteristics, the Primordial Qi of every living organism is finite. Even if increased through cultivation, what is added to the body is Acquired Qi.

Whether for amplifying abilities or extending lifespan, the effect of Primordial Qi is stronger than that of Acquired Qi.

One of the greatest functions of Qi Source Flow is to return the Qi within the human body from Acquired to Primordial. The general method is to condense Primordial Qi into a seed, plant it in one's Dantian, and then nourish it with Qi, waiting for the seed to transform and bear fruit.

Furthermore, Qi Source Flow is similar to the Evil Emperor's Sarira from "Twin of Brothers" that Meng Li saw in his first life; it possesses inheritability, capable of passing down power and techniques.

This made him think of the rumors from his first life regarding the Eight Peculiar Skills and the Celestial Master's Initiation of the Celestial Masters Residence.

One theory was that the Eight Peculiar Skills originated from the Celestial Master's Initiation.

And the Celestial Master's Initiation is the supreme Legacy of the Celestial Masters Residence. After each generation's Celestial Master hands it over, their entire cultivation enters into it.

Therefore, the appearance of a new generation's Celestial Master inevitably leads to the passing of the previous generation's Celestial Master.

At the same time, every past Celestial Master of the Celestial Masters Residence was terrifyingly strong.

But this secret cannot be leaked; otherwise, the Celestial Master's Initiation would be fought over like the Evil Emperor's Sarira.

No matter how strong the Celestial Masters Residence was, it could not withstand a situation where the whole world was its enemy.

To keep this secret, the Celestial Master's Initiation contains a Restriction, and no Celestial Master can reveal anything related to it.

Even the The Pinnacle Zhang Zhiwei cannot overcome the power of dozens of generations of Celestial Masters; his mouth is sealed tight.

Since the Eight Peculiar Skills originated from the Celestial Master's Initiation, their enlighteners are similarly affected by the Restriction and cannot speak of them.

After Zhang Huaiyi gained enlightenment of Qi Source Flow, he was hunted down. He should have returned to the Celestial Masters Residence to seek protection, but according to the situation at the time, he could only be safe if he became the Celestial Master.

In that case, the previous Celestial Master—his Master—would surely die!

The Celestial Masters Residence would also find it hard to have peace.

Zhang Huaiyi knew this and didn't want to implicate his Master and sect, so he would rather die outside than return to the Celestial Masters Residence.

Furthermore, the effect of Qi Source Flow was special, allowing Zhang Huaiyi to break through the Restriction and tell the secret to Tian Jinzhong, who had come down the mountain to find him.

Tian Jinzhong understood the stakes and did not take Zhang Huaiyi back. Later, to keep this secret, his limbs were crippled, and he didn't dare to sleep for decades.

After Tian Jinzhong's death, Zhang Zhiwei went down the mountain to wipe out the Quanxing Sect alone, also to keep the secret of the Celestial Master's Initiation.

In other words, the Celestial Master's descent was called revenge, but it was actually to silence them.

Compared to the Celestial Master's Initiation, Qi Source Flow passes down fewer things, only the Cultivation Technique of Qi Source Flow and part of the cultivation results.

To be more specific, Zhang Huaiyi condensed a Primordial Qi seed and passed it along with the technique as a Qi mass to Feng Baobao, letting it be nourished within her body. Later, Feng Baobao passed the Qi mass to Zhang Chulan. Zhang Chulan could then skip the condensation step and the long period of nourishment, directly obtaining a seed that was about to bear fruit.

Seeing this effect, some doubts Meng Li had about the original plot from his first life were instantly resolved.

For example, why did a Qi Infant emerge in Zhang Chulan's body not long after he started cultivating Qi Source Flow, while Zhang Huaiyi, the first person to Master it, did not have one?

Because Zhang Huaiyi was the one who planted the tree, and Zhang Chulan was the one who enjoyed the shade.

Or, for example, when Zhang Chulan encountered danger, his body was dominated by the Qi Infant, and both the Golden Light Mantra and the Lightning Method were greatly enhanced in power.

Because the Qi Infant used Primordial Qi converted from the Qi absorbed from Zhang Huaiyi and Feng Baobao, and even included Zhang Huaiyi's understanding of the Golden Light Mantra and the Lightning Method.

Not to mention the amount of Qi and technical insights, the amplification of techniques by Primordial Qi alone far exceeded the Acquired Qi he cultivated himself.

Therefore, the effects displayed by the Qi Infant would be incredibly fierce.

However, this Qi Infant obtained through inheritance also had drawbacks.

Primordial Qi is not just pure energy; it is closely related to a living organism's Soul and Physical Body.

Qi Source Flow condenses Primordial Qi into a seed and strengthens it, using it to return Acquired Qi to Primordial, which to some extent counts as re-birthing a life.

If this seed were condensed by oneself, it would be similar to Meng Li's Beiming Fish Dao Foundation—seemingly separate, but actually one, with a unified will and no hidden dangers.

But if this seed wasn't condensed by oneself, it would be hard to say.

It wouldn't go as far as Possession, because Zhang Huaiyi didn't have that kind of cultivation or conditions, but losing control or being influenced would be unavoidable.

The performance of Zhang Chulan in Biyou Village after his body was dominated by the Qi Infant in the original plot shows clues of this.

However, this didn't have much to do with Meng Li.

What he needed to consider was that he had already condensed the Beiming Fish.

Under these circumstances, could he still condense a new seed through Qi Source Flow?