Chapter 15: The Principle Behind the Qi Gathering Pill

After returning to the courtyard, it was still early in the day.

Yu Daiyan was, as always, reclining in his lounge chair, absentmindedly gazing at the sky.

Meanwhile, Senior Brothers Qingyuan and Qingliang stood in the open courtyard, lightly practicing sword forms with wooden swords in hand.

“Back already?”

Yu Daiyan turned his head toward Lin Yang.

Qingyuan and Qingliang also stopped practicing when they saw him enter.

“Master.”

“I’ve finished reading and studying that entire collection of books.”

“I went to the Library Pavilion today to bid Martial Uncle Zhang farewell.”

Yu Daiyan’s eyes widened slightly.

“You’ve finished?”

Qingyuan and Qingliang also looked at Lin Yang in surprise.

They weren’t shocked by the speed.

After all, it had already been over a year since Lin Yang received those books.

What truly surprised them was that he had actually persevered through the entire collection and mastered it.

“Excellent!”

“Very impressive.”

“What remarkable perseverance.”

Yu Daiyan couldn’t help praising him.

For someone as young as Lin Yang to calmly devote over a year to studying a single collection of books was no ordinary feat.

“Now that you’ve completed them, spend some time fully digesting everything you’ve learned.”

“If nothing else comes up, then besides cultivating your inner energy, you can begin practicing swordsmanship.”

“Wudang possesses countless sword manuals.”

“And in the martial world, the sword is one of the most commonly used weapons.”

“Although you’re still young, it’s the perfect time to build a solid foundation.”

Lin Yang’s eyes immediately lit up.

“Yes, Master.”

“I’d love to learn swordsmanship.”

Truthfully, he had been looking forward to this for a long time.

In the martial arts novels of his previous life, swordsmanship had always carried an air of mystery and unmatched elegance.

For anyone who grew up reading wuxia stories…

There was always the dream of becoming a wandering swordsman.

Now that he finally had the opportunity, there was no way he would let it slip away.

After spending a little more time in the courtyard, Lin Yang returned to his room.

He retrieved the porcelain bottle containing the Qi Gathering Pills from beside his bed and gently opened it.

Only three pills remained.

He let out a quiet sigh and shook his head regretfully.

A normal bottle contained seven Qi Gathering Pills.

Lin Yang only received one bottle every three months from Yu Daiyan.

Even that was only possible because Wudang compensated Yu Daiyan generously after he had lost the use of all four limbs.

According to what Lin Yang knew, Qi Gathering Pills were considered quite precious even within Wudang.

Many third-generation disciples only received a single bottle each year.

Being able to receive one every three months already made him considerably more fortunate than most.

Even so…

Seven pills were nowhere near enough.

If he had an unlimited supply of Qi Gathering Pills, he would have probably filled his dantian with inner energy by now and already begun breaking through to the Postnatal Realm.

Unfortunately…

There were no such luxuries.

Even for an influential sect like Wudang, producing enough Qi Gathering Pills for all its third-generation disciples and countless other members was impossible.

Lin Yang poured one pill into his palm and swallowed it.

Closing his eyes, he activated his Inner Vision once again and carefully observed every change occurring within his own body.

The moment the Qi Gathering Pill reached his stomach, his spleen and stomach accelerated into action.

It resembled an engine roaring to life.

As they began operating, his heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys followed suit, each joining the cycle until all five organs worked together in perfect harmony.

The movement of the five organs drove the six bowels into action as well.

His entire digestive system became one unified machine.

Blood throughout his body immediately began circulating faster.

As the blood accelerated, the blood qi spread throughout his body also surged into motion.

Flowing through every meridian, it rapidly reached every tiny corner of his body.

His muscles.

His bones.

His bone marrow.

Even his brain became increasingly active.

Through his Inner Vision, Lin Yang clearly saw the Qi Gathering Pill dissolve inside his stomach.

As it entered the digestive cycle, countless transparent particles gradually dispersed from within it.

These particles were refined by the five organs and six bowels before transforming into countless tiny specks of light.

They merged into his circulating blood qi.

Little by little…

The amount of blood qi inside his body steadily increased.

But the transparent particles weren’t the only thing released by the pill.

Alongside them appeared numerous particles of different colors.

The moment these colorful particles emerged, they began traveling through his meridians.

Eventually, each gathered around one of the countless acupoints scattered throughout his body before quietly merging into it.

As those strange particles entered the acupoints…

The acupoints seemed to awaken.

They expanded and contracted rhythmically.

Almost as though they had begun breathing.

The instant this happened, every meridian throughout his body began vibrating.

The speed at which blood qi flowed through them increased dramatically.

The vibrations generated by the meridians interacted with the constant movements of the five organs and six bowels.

Together, they formed an incredibly intricate and mysterious resonance.

That resonance acted directly upon the blood qi flowing through his meridians.

Then it extended all the way into his dantian.

Even the dantian itself began vibrating.

With his entire body immersed in this extraordinary state of resonance, his blood qi transformed into inner energy at an astonishingly accelerated rate.

This process continued until the Qi Gathering Pill had been completely digested.

Only after no more colored particles emerged from his stomach did the vibrations gradually come to a halt.

Lin Yang slowly opened his eyes.

A trace of astonishment still lingered within them.

He had never imagined that after his Inner Vision advanced, he would actually be able to observe the true operating principle behind the Qi Gathering Pill.

He now understood exactly how it accelerated the conversion of blood qi into inner energy.

If he could reproduce that process himself…

Then Qi Gathering Pills would no longer be an irreplaceable luxury.

He could achieve the same effect purely through cultivation, greatly increasing his cultivation speed once again.

As for where to begin…

His thoughts immediately turned to the Basic Internal Cultivation Manual.

The principle behind that manual was actually quite similar to the Qi Gathering Pill.

Both relied on unique vibrations to convert blood qi into inner energy.

The only difference was that the vibration generated by the cultivation technique was far simpler than the one created by the pill.

But the underlying principle remained the same.

And now…

With his Inner Vision, he already knew both the starting point and the final result.

All that remained was figuring out the process connecting the two.

Thinking of this, Lin Yang’s eyes shone brightly.

He sat cross-legged on his bed and slowly adjusted his breathing.

His breathing drove the movement of his lungs.

The lungs influenced the other internal organs.

The organs, in turn, spread the rhythm throughout his entire body.

Gradually…

The familiar vibration produced by the Basic Internal Cultivation Manual emerged once again.

Unfortunately, the manual’s vibration could only stimulate the five organs and six bowels.

It couldn’t trigger the resonance of the meridians and acupoints.

Lin Yang wasn’t discouraged.

Instead, he patiently continued adjusting his breathing.

Again and again.

Using nothing more than trial and error, he began painstakingly modifying the rhythm of the vibrations inside his body, searching for the precise pattern that could recreate the miraculous effect of the Qi Gathering Pill.

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