Chapter 17 Self-Created Secret Technique of Nourishing Qi: Imagination Method

Two months passed in a flash.

After the scope was divided by the assessment, the school that Yun Ye needed to go to was completely different.

The Yangqi Hall for regular classes was not only changed to a larger one, but also the number of students changed, increasing to more than 50 people.

This time, he was lucky enough to be assigned to the same Yangqi Hall as Wang Yao, which was also the Bing Yangqi Hall, but with the prefix of Erkao.

With the closer distance, Yun Ye and Wang Yao could do more things. It was common to compete with each other in tiger boxing and discuss the art of nourishing qi, hoping to speed up their practice through this method.

Unfortunately, they achieved little by themselves, far less than the guidance of famous teachers.

However, as the number of people in the Yangqi Hall increased, these teachers all had their own tendencies, and did not pay extra attention to Yun Ye and Wang Yao. Their guidance was very careless and meaningless.

And those true geniuses, even those who were rich, were given individual guidance and made rapid progress, which further widened the gap.

This is when Yun Ye and Wang Yao were not targeted. Those geniuses who refused to give in, these stakeholders simply did not give any guidance, or even deliberately gave the wrong guidance, which was very scary...

After two months, Yun Ye's Qi-cultivation technique had made great progress, and he had entered the middle stage of the foundation from the initial stage. At this rate, he might be able to cultivate Qi to a small extent in one or two years and get the opportunity to awaken his spiritual roots.

But he also found a problem.

Main course, Qi-cultivation technique.

Secondary course, Tiger Fist.

Secondary course, Demon knowledge, cultivation knowledge.

The amount of learning in the second stage of the Xian Academy is very large, which has begun to exceed Yun Ye's tolerance.

If the time for practicing Qi-cultivation technique increases, other aspects will fall behind.

Three meals of Class D food a day is equivalent to him practicing Qi-cultivation technique at least fifteen times.

This is not a small number, Yun Ye needs three hours.

In fact, Yun Ye not only eats Class D food for three meals a day, but also has a Class C meal.

In a day, he spends at least four hours practicing Qi-cultivation technique.

In addition, there are tiger fists and various knowledge to master, and Yun Ye's time is running out.

"Is there any way to improve the efficiency of the Qi-nourishing Technique..."

Yun Ye pondered.

The Qi-nourishing Hall specializes in teaching the Qi-nourishing Technique.

The higher the level of mastery, the better the effect. Generally speaking, the mastery is divided into five levels: entry, proficient, minor success, major success, and perfection.

At present, he is even only at the proficient level, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in theory.

But this is only in theory.

People who have focused on a certain skill for more than ten years understand that the fastest improvement is in the early stage of learning something, and the slower the progress is, it is completely a matter of grinding, or even stuck.

Although the Qi-nourishing Technique is not very complicated, Yun Ye also took a month to get started and a year to become proficient.

If you want to enter the minor success stage, I am afraid it will take at least five years to slowly improve and engrave this skill into your bones.

But such a long time obviously cannot solve Yun Ye's dilemma.

The Qi-nourishing Technique, there is no doubt that there are levels.

Just like the inner strength in martial arts novels, the effects of peerless magic and ordinary martial arts are very different.

As a teacher of the art of nourishing qi, Yu Yu also mentioned other art of nourishing qi.

If the art of nourishing qi taught by the government is the foundation, then the stronger art of nourishing qi is the secret art.

All the secret art of nourishing qi of the family is developed little by little on the basis of the art of nourishing qi.

In essence, this is still the same art, but it is easier to learn and easier to reach a higher level.

It is equivalent to sorting the originally scattered knowledge into a knowledge tree, which improves learning efficiency.

In other words, no matter what the proficiency of the art of nourishing qi is universal.

As long as you get it, you can probably get started immediately.

It is precisely this universality that makes the secret art extremely valuable, and basically no one will leak it out.

As a teacher of the art of nourishing qi, Yu Yu actually also mastered the secret art, which is why he was chosen as the teacher.

In theory, if he is unreserved, then students can make rapid progress even if they cannot learn the secret art of nourishing qi.

But Yu Yu is from an aristocratic family, and it is impossible for him to teach a commoner wholeheartedly. After a year, Yun Ye's Qi-cultivation technique has only just reached the "skilled" level.

Yun Ye feels that the path of Xianxuetang is not feasible. If he wants to get the secret, he can only use other methods.

Or, study it by himself.

Both of these paths are almost impossible.

Given the degree of conservatism in this world towards secret techniques, Yun Ye cannot buy the secret with money. He can only rob it with strength, or make great contributions to the aristocratic family or the government, and be awarded by them.

Yun Ye has no strength, and he has just started practicing, so it is impossible for him to make contributions.

And the second path, studying by himself, is even more difficult.

Baishi Town has existed for at least hundreds of years and has gone through more than a dozen generations, but there are still only a few well-known aristocratic families.

Obviously, this is not something that can be accomplished in a few generations, even if you are extremely talented.

But after thinking about it, Yun Ye felt that he was the only one who could do the research on his own. His time was the least valuable. If he couldn't succeed in this life, he could always have a second life. The best way was to accumulate as much as he could.

The thought came to him.

Yun Ye was completely relieved and stopped thinking about how to get more points in the exam. Instead, he concentrated on learning all kinds of knowledge.

At this time, Yun Ye discovered the role of the major secondary classes in Xianxuetang.

Secondary classes are where practical techniques are directly taught.

Herbal classification, ore refining, and even medical skills and musical instruments are taught, but these things are not for those who have revived their spiritual roots, so no one pays attention to them.

Yun Ye found that the students in the secondary classes are basically fifteen or sixteen years old, which surprised Yun Ye. Isn't this the sprint stage at this age? Why are they still here?

But on second thought, maybe it is because they have reached the final stage and know that there is no hope for them to revive their spiritual roots, so they come to learn these practical techniques in order to make a living. Isn't it a waste of time?

And the actual situation quickly became clear after Yun Ye secretly inquired.

It turned out that the students in the secondary classes were not only practitioners, but even most of the learners were ordinary people without qualifications. They were apprentices in the government logistics department...

They can also be said to be servants passed down from generation to generation.

Their life is to learn skills, then serve the government, practitioners, and finally have children and repeat the cycle.

Yun Ye is no longer surprised, quietly integrates into it, and absorbs all kinds of knowledge he needs.

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If you want to study the art of nourishing qi, you must first understand the operating principle of the art of nourishing qi.

In this world, almost everyone knows the fact but not the reason, and has not studied it specifically. It all depends on the genius to make improvements.

But the situation is obviously different here with Yun Ye. His creativity is insufficient and he cannot open up the way forward.

But the systematic analysis of the existing things still made him discover things that most people can't find.

That is the role of the formula.

The art of nourishing qi must be accompanied by the formula. Although it is enough to recite it silently, it is absolutely impossible without it.

The content of the formula generally describes that the qi is extracted from the whole body, gathered in the chest, and does not dissipate for a long time, and finally preserves the life energy to make the body gradually stronger.

This sounds a bit like... hypnosis? Self-suggestion?

Yun Ye, who became interested, immediately began to experiment.

First, he practiced the Qi-nourishing Technique without thinking about the formula.

Unlike the Qi-nourishing Technique with formulas, the simple movements only made Yun Ye sweat profusely, and almost no Qi was extracted.

This was a Qi-nourishing Technique that had not even been achieved. As in the past experience, it had no effect.

Then, Yun Ye practiced the normal Qi-nourishing Technique again.

However, unlike the complete practice, Yun Ye carefully experienced the changes in his body when he silently recited the formula this time.

The result was that because of distraction, the effect of the Qi-nourishing Technique was greatly reduced, and only about 40% of the normal Qi was cultivated.

Finally, Yun Ye did not chant the formula, but directly imagined that the Qi was extracted and practiced the movements.

The result was very interesting. This time, the Qi-nourishing Technique was not ineffective, but the effect was greatly reduced, with an efficiency of only about 10%, which was lower than the distraction effect when chanting the formula.

After that, Yun Ye practiced the Qi-nourishing Technique many times through imagination. What surprised him was that as he became proficient, the efficiency of practice increased rapidly, and soon reached 80% of the normal practice effect, and there was even room for improvement.

This situation further enriched Yun Ye's understanding of "cultivation".

As far as Yun Ye feels, cultivating the art of nourishing qi through imagination is actually more difficult than silently reciting the formula.

Reciting the formula directly is even simpler than reciting silently.

The reason why he can quickly reach the level of normal formula cultivation through imagination cultivation is that he has memorized the movements firmly and has become extremely proficient, so he can use all his mind on imagination.

If you are a beginner, it is difficult to imagine a real object in your mind even if there are no other movements.

It is not enough to imagine the cultivation method of imagination. You need to have a very real understanding of the feeling of qi and the feeling of qi being refined. This requires long-term practice to improve.

Once completed, the gain is indeed far beyond Yun Ye's imagination.

The 100% threshold was quickly crossed.

It was just a start-up. After a month of improvement by Yun Ye, the effect reached 150%!

Yun Ye vaguely felt that the so-called secret Qi-nourishing Technique was actually to build a more three-dimensional and clearer cultivation process from simple to difficult, rather than using the same set of auxiliary formulas all the time.

If this point is not understood, the Qi-nourishing Technique will probably remain at a low level forever, and it will be difficult to achieve great success, let alone perfection.

Compared with the excavation of the imagination method, Yun Ye has no idea where to start with the body-refining movements, and his accumulation is not enough for him to improve the movements.

Basically, if you make any changes, the efficiency of the entire Qi-nourishing Technique will drop drastically. Simply enumerating is a complete waste of time.

It’s better to wait until he has a sufficient understanding of the cultivation system of this world before modifying the movements.

The teachers in Xianxuetang have the ability to modify the movements of the Qi-nourishing Technique. When they give instructions, they will modify the movements according to personal circumstances. If it’s one or two, it’s okay, probably because they are gifted.

But they all exist. I’m afraid this is some kind of common sense, but Yun Ye is not at that level enough to understand it.