Chapter 269: Nourishing the Six Viscera
Chapter 269: Nourishing the Six Viscera
Within the carriage, in a cozy chamber filled with water essence, Chen Mu and Xu Hongyu sat facing each forth, their foreheads touching. Their breaths intertwined, like the ceaseless rotation of the Yin-Yang Fish Wheel.
It must be said that the dual cultivation method taught by Flower Shadow did not deceive them. This practice was indeed derived from the Yin-Yang Cycle of the Martial Dao, and even though Xu Hongyu had not yet entered the Organ Realms, the merging of their inner breaths and the stimulation of the Yin-Yang Cycle still brought her subtle improvements. However, compared to the benefits Xu Hongyu received, Chen Mu's gains were much smaller.
Chen Mu valued the 'Yin-Yang' characteristics contained in this dual cultivation method more than the promotion of qi and blood. The Heaven-Earth Concept encompassed all things, and it could also evolve Yin-Yang. In fact, a significant part of the essence of the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal technique was derived from the mutual generation of Yin and Yang, an unceasing cycle.
For Chen Mu, comprehending Yin-Yang between a man and a woman was also a form of enlightenment. The experience gained, as reflected on the system panel, was indeed substantial.
The carriage traveled along the imperial highway, jostling up and down, causing a slight swaying inside the cabin.
As Chen Mu and Xu Hongyu's inner breaths merged, she felt her body's qi and blood becoming more refined under the stimulation of the Yin-Yang Cycle. Finally, her forehead glistened with fine beads of sweat, and a faint mist rose from her body, revealing a hint of crimson beneath her jade-like skin. Chen Mu gently caressed her spine and spoke:
"Let's stop here."
Although Xu Hongyu was also a Bone Forging expert, the current situation was not purely driven by lust. It was based on lust, using Yin-Yang as a guide, refining their qi and blood. In this state, they would not lose any essence, but only gain more. In this case, Xu Hongyu's endurance was not as strong, and she could only persist for about half an hour.
Xiao He's endurance was much lower, barely lasting a quarter of an hour.
This was also because her realm was lower, so the effect of merging inner breaths was even better than Xu Hongyu's. If they weren't currently on their way to the prefecture capital, Xiao He felt that she might even try to enter the Bone Forging Realm in her cultivation.
Xu Hongyu breathed lightly, temporarily halting the cultivation technique's operation. She regained some mental strength, and under her conscious guidance, the beads of fragrant sweat on her body silently flowed out through the cracks in the carriage wheels and disappeared.
"Husband... did you gain any benefits?"
Her pretty face still retained a hint of blush, and her clear eyes gazed at Chen Mu.
Her cultivation was still too low, and she couldn't keep up with Chen Mu's cultivation for long. After only half an hour, she couldn't bear it anymore. If she had the physique of the Organ Realms or even the Six Viscera Realm right now, the benefits to Chen Mu's cultivation would undoubtedly be much greater.
"Moderation brings progress," Chen Mu smiled at Xu Hongyu and replied in a gentle tone, simultaneously summoning the system panel to take a look.
【Martial Dao: Heaven-Earth Concept (Second Step)】
【Experience: 3327 points】
...
【Six Viscera Scripture (33%)】
【Experience: 0 points】
The experience gained in the concept aspect was slightly higher, accumulating nearly a thousand points from the time he returned to Yu City until now, including his battle with Situ Shu, experiencing the Winter Chill Domain, and so on. It was indeed more effective than comprehending the concept diagram in seclusion.
Then there was the cultivation of the 'Six Viscera Scripture'.
At the Six Viscera Realm, unlike the Muscle Refining and Bone Forging Realms, there were no longer various cultivation branches. There was only one unified scripture, the 'Six Viscera Scripture', which everyone cultivated. From the time Chen Mu entered the Six Viscera Realm until now, several months had passed, and the refinement of the Six Viscera had slightly improved, rising from 30% to 33%.
Although it wasn't a significant increase, it was a steady improvement for Chen Mu. He could be said to have daily progress in his cultivation, unlike many old Grand Protectors at the Six Viscera Realm, who had reached a point where further progress was almost impossible.
What Chen Mu cared about was only the speed of his progress.
"Judging by my current progress of 33%, if I can refine the Six Viscera Realm to 60%, my Primordial Essence True Force can increase by 'ten portions'. If I can refine it to 90%, I'm afraid that the Primordial Essence alone can have nearly 'forty portions' of might."
Chen Mu looked at the system panel, pondering in his heart.
This level of Primordial Essence power was extremely terrifying. If he had forty portions of Primordial Essence might, then when facing Situ Shu, no matter how powerful or exquisite his domain was, Chen Mu could simply slap him away and shatter him on the spot. Once the disparity reached a certain level, technique became less critical.
Only when the gap was limited to a certain range did the difference in technique become crucial.
The gap between Chen Mu and Fu Jingyuan, a grandmaster, was comprehensive. Not only did he lack domain techniques, but he also didn't have a perfected martial body. The Primordial power he could harness was also inferior, making him no match for Fu Jingyuan.
"My current Martial Dao Domain and Bone Marrow Cleansing Gateway are both far from sufficient. These two directions are impossible to break through in a short time. To rival a grandmaster, I can only rely on the advantage of quantity."
The Realm is the pinnacle of 'Outer Skills', and the Martial Body is the pinnacle of 'Inner Skills'. As he couldn't occupy both in a short time, it was destined that he would fall short when facing Grandmasters. In terms of power refinement, there would always be a gap, and this gap could only be narrowed through cultivating the Heaven-Earth Wheel Seal and Flower-Fall Without Trace, but it was difficult to bridge.
However, he also had his own advantage—his Primordial Essence True Force was far stronger than ordinary people!
By cultivating the Heaven-Earth Concept and tempering the Six Viscera Scripture, he could gradually enhance the amount of Primordial Power he could command, step by step, reaching eighty, ninety, or even breaking a hundred. Even if his refinement level fell short of Grandmasters, he could still confront them head-on!
"The tempering of the Six Viscera needs to be accelerated."
Chen Mu closed the system panel, helped Xu Hongyu up, and then went to the corner. From a wooden box in the corner, he rummaged out a withered, brownish-yellow vine-like Spirit Object.
This was a Spirit Object he obtained after dealing with the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion's many Guardians, when handling the pavilion's branch. It was a slightly rarer 'Nourishing' Spirit Object compared to the Five Elements Origin Beads and other Organ Refining Spirit Objects, used to nourish the Six Viscera.
Yan Jingqing no longer needed this object, so he took it directly.
This battle with the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion not only led others to believe that he was heavily influenced by Demonic Qi, avoiding future troubles, but he also obtained a valuable Frost Soul Spirit Blade and a 'Yellow Crow Vine' for nourishing his internal organs.
Putting aside the Frost Soul Spirit Blade for now, the Yellow Crow Vine was indeed what he needed at present. At this stage, he had initially entered the Six Viscera Realm, and his strength was at a point without bottlenecks, rising in multiple aspects. He only hoped to avoid being entangled in any trouble and to cultivate safely for as long as possible. This Yellow Crow Vine would undoubtedly enhance the progress of his Six Viscera cultivation.
Based on his previous cultivation experience in the Organ Realms.
The system panel's guidance on cultivating the Six Viscera Scripture was very likely still 'Medicine', and if so, his digestion of Nourishing Spirit Objects would be even more efficient than ordinary people, just like when he was in the Organ Realms.
"Are you going to nourish your organs, my lord?"
Xu Hongyu had changed into a clean skirt. Although martial artists in the Organ Realms had not yet reached the level of being untainted by impurities, she cultivated the Water Gate Intention, so it was easy for her to remain unblemished by dust.
Xu Hongyu could also identify this precious medicinal ingredient, the Yellow Crow Vine.
"Hmm, let's see how effective it is."
Chen Mu nodded slightly.
Xu Hongyu looked at the Yellow Crow Vine, then at Chen Mu, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes. "If you use Spirit Medicine to nourish your organs, will it have any effect on your body...?"
"It won't be a problem."
Chen Mu turned to Xu Hongyu and reassured her.
Although he was unaffected by Demonic Qi, even if he told Xu Hongyu and the others, there was no need to worry about them leaking the information. Still, the fewer people who knew, the better, as it minimized his threats and made him safer. Similarly, Xu Hongyu, Chen Yue, and the others would also be safer, avoiding any trouble because of him. Therefore, he didn't elaborate to Xu Hongyu.
Chen Mu looked at the Yellow Crow Vine in his hand. He had been pondering whether to wait until they reached the prefecture capital, settled down, and then tried it, but upon further thought, he realized there was no need to wait. It was just a Yellow Crow Vine, and to him at present, it wasn't so precious as to warrant extreme caution.
The value of the Frost Soul Spirit Blade alone was enough to exchange for several portions of Yellow Crow Vine.
If not for his reluctance to get entangled in conflicts, he might have even harbored the wicked thought of raiding all the branches of the various sects and factions in Yu Prefecture. However, there was no need to put himself at the center of attention.
Given his cultivation progress, he only needed two or three years of stable improvement, and compared to his current self, it would undoubtedly be a massive leap in strength. Even he didn't know what realm he could reach.
In any case.
His current task was to maximize his cultivation efficiency and do everything possible to enhance his strength in the shortest time.
Chen Mu held the Yellow Crow Vine in his hand and soon took out some auxiliary Spirit Medicine prepared beforehand to complement the Yellow Crow Vine from the other side's medicine box.
Even at this stage of nourishing the organs, these auxiliary medicinal ingredients could be considered 'Spirit Medicine', all of them were extremely precious. This batch was entirely drawn from the Demon Slayer Division's—or the Seven Mysteries Sect's—resource storage.
Ordinary pharmacies no longer had them in stock.
Chen Mu bent his fingers and tapped repeatedly, causing the medicinal ingredients to self-destruct and turn into powder, which then merged and mixed together. A ball of clear water covered them, and out of thin air, flames rose, roasting and combining the medicinal powers.
"I heard that for Nourishing-level Spirit Medicine, the requirements are more stringent than ordinary medicine powders. Some Medicine Dao Masters who are proficient in pharmacology can enhance the effects by several folds compared to those made by ordinary people."
There is no mistake in the version of the Six Viscera Scripture that I read in the 1619 bar.
Xu Hongyu watched Chen Mu refine the medicine and spoke softly.
"Hmm, the Seven Mysteries Sect has Medicine Dao Masters, but I can't wait. It's just one Yellow Crow Vine, if there were seven or eight, it would be worth visiting and asking them to refine it personally.
(Chapter End)
Chen Mu spoke, but in reality... he was not familiar with any Medicine Dao Masters.
No matter how skilled a Medicine Dao Master was, no matter how proficient they were in medicine, and no matter how skilled they were in refining, could they possibly allow someone to absorb a hundred percent of the medicinal power? It was clearly impossible. In front of the system panel, discussing medicinal effects and absorption was akin to showing off one's skills to the wrong audience.
Soon enough, the floating medicinal liquid in the air was boiled and melted into a small pill, which then drifted towards Chen Mu. He swallowed it, and it traveled down his esophagus and into his stomach, where it quickly dissolved and was absorbed.
Unlike the Organ Refining Spirit Object, this Nourishing Spirit Object had a much 'gentler' nature, and it slowly spread throughout his six viscera at a very gradual pace.
Compared to the five organs, the six viscera had a certain 'inertia', so the so-called tempering of the six viscera was more appropriately described as 'nourishing'. It was a process that required patience, not force.
After consuming the Nourishing Spirit Medicine, Chen Mu sat down cross-legged.
Xu Hongyu, seeing this, did not disturb Chen Mu. Instead, she quietly entered the carriage where Xiao He was staying.
Over here.
Chen Mu did not explain much to Xu Hongyu. His mind and spirit were focused on the changes within his body, and he also summoned the system panel, carefully observing the changes on it.
【Six Viscera Scripture (33%)】
【Experience: 107 points】
After consuming the Nourishing Spirit Medicine, the system panel indeed showed an increase in experience, similar to the cultivation of the Organ Realms. As time passed, Chen Mu soon noticed that the experience on the system panel had decreased by one point.
"It seems to be the same as the tempering of the five organs. It's normal, as the five organs and six viscera are the two closest levels."
A faint light flashed in Chen Mu's eyes, and after a slight nod, he moved his thoughts, no longer allowing his six viscera to consume the medicinal power on their own. Instead, he used the more intuitive experience from the system panel to directly enhance his cultivation.
Buzz!
A faint light flashed.
【Six Viscera Scripture (34%)】
【Experience: 96 points】
After consuming 10 points of experience, the tempering progress of the six viscera increased by 1%.
At the same time, Chen Mu felt that the medicinal power slowly flowing through his intestines and six viscera suddenly disappeared, and it was directly surging into the six viscera, causing the tempering process to accelerate abruptly. Although a 1% increase in tempering progress might not seem significant, Chen Mu's perception had long reached an extremely sensitive level, and he could clearly sense even the slightest improvement in the tempering of his vital organs.
"Very good, the efficiency is indeed far beyond normal absorption."
Chen Mu took a deep breath.
After this round of experimentation, he had already drawn a conclusion. If he were to normally absorb the medicinal power of the Yellow Crow Vine, he would probably only be able to increase his six viscera cultivation progress by around 20-30%. That would be considered quite average.
However, with the support of the system panel, 10 points of experience directly translated into a 1% increase in tempering progress. This medicinal power was enough to increase the tempering effect by 10%, almost four to five times more effective than normal absorption!
"Continue."
After making this measurement, Chen Mu did not hesitate and immediately continued to allocate points.
35%,
36%,
37%
...
Until 43%!
Chen Mu finally stopped after consuming all the experience points and reaching a point where further improvement was not possible.
Accompanying this was a feeling of discomfort in his six viscera, as they had completely devoured and absorbed the medicinal power. Even though the one-time increase was so significant, it was still within his tolerance range!
"Hmm."
Chen Mu exhaled a breath of turbid air while adjusting his inner qi and opening his eyes.
From consuming the medicinal power to completely digesting and absorbing it through the system panel, the entire process only took a quarter of an hour. Even though it required some time to adapt to such a significant one-time increase, the progress was still shocking to countless people!
Compared to the Organ Realms, the Six Viscera Realm required more accumulation and 'nourishing'. Most people, even with the help of nourishing Spirit Medicines to aid their cultivation, would often take five to six years to cultivate this realm from the beginning to perfection.
But for Chen Mu, it was clear that he would not need nearly that long.
"I wonder how long it will take for me to cultivate the Six Viscera Realm to its limit."
Currently, the outside world was likely spreading news of his demonic qi invasion and stagnation in martial cultivation. The attention from various powers would inevitably decrease, which was exactly what he needed.
From a certain perspective, the differing opinions within the Seven Mysteries Sect regarding the strategy for dealing with the chaos in Bi Prefecture had not been resolved, which was also a good thing for him. It wouldn't affect his cultivation in the short term.
The question was, how much would his strength grow before the impact of the Bi Prefecture war reached him?
(End of Chapter)
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