8 Chapter 8: Wang Family's Xuan Yuan Technique_1

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In familiar fishing waters like these, red-scaled eels are not only scarce to find, but they are also difficult to catch even if luck allowed for an encounter. Ordinary fishing nets would be torn apart, and it would require a mix of good fortune and strength to capture one.

Of course, venturing into the dangerous Wild Marsh would increase the chances of finding a red-scaled eel, but these unexplored dangerous areas are known to hide countless deadly creatures. Even those at the Spirit Platform Realm could risk their lives if they wandered recklessly.

The atmosphere peaked with Wang Dinghai's capture of the red-scaled eel. The fishermen quickly repaired their nets and energetically resumed their work.

However, Wang Dinghai personally led Wang Shouzhe and Gongsun Hui, sailing back to Dingpu Ferry. Upon meeting with the few remaining heads of household, they returned to the main residence together.

It was late, so they washed up and went to bed.

That night, Wang Shouzhe began his Profound Martial cultivation with some exploration. As his memories integrated, he quickly familiarized himself and entered the proper track for cultivation.

Wang Shouzhe's cultivation technique was the Qi Refining Chapter of Wang Family's Xuan Yuan Technique. It was said to be the cultivation technique passed down by the earliest Old Ancestor.

The Mysterious Energy refined by this technique is balanced and neutral. It doesn't have any remarkable advantages, but it also doesn't have any fatal flaws. This, however, means that the further you cultivate, the more profound you realize the technique is.

Vital Energy Refining Realm!

This is where Profound Martial practitioners refine their Mysterious Energy and continually strengthen themselves with it. The pure Mysterious Energy circulates through the meridians and acupoints, nourishing them. The acupoints produce invisible energy fluctuations that spread throughout the body and induce vibrations in the blood and energy.

As more and more acupoints circulate Mysterious Energy within the body, the rhythmic vibrations of Qi and blood intensify. They continue until all twelve acupoints are connected by Mysterious Energy into a closed loop, reaching its peak.

Suddenly!

A cool feeling spread from the coccyx to the whole body. Wang Shouzhe felt scalp tingling, and his soul seemingly floating, with mists of energy rising from his head.

This process lasted for quite some time, and then the vigorous vibrations of Qi and blood in the body ebbed away like the tide, transforming into an invisible energy converging towards the lower abdomen.

With a mouthful of turbid air exhaled, a new source of Mysterious Energy emerged in the now spacious Qi Sea, rapidly filling the space within.

At this moment, Wang Shouzhe could faintly feel that his new influx of Mysterious Energy was slightly stronger than before. Today's fatigue seems to have recovered a lot somehow, making him feel even more powerful.

He had successfully completed the first cycle of the Xuan Yuan Technique cultivation. Cultivation is a very long and cumulative process for Profound Martial practitioners. All the strong are built in this way, bit by bit.

However, the process consumes a lot of Qi and blood, and Profound Martial practitioners must replenish them with food and cultivation pills; otherwise, the practice will not only fail to benefit the body, it will drain Qi and damage it.

The deeper a Profound Martial practitioner goes into cultivation, the more they require food and nutrition. This is why Profound Martial practitioners establish prominent families to amass wealth and abundant resources for themselves.

Fortunately, Wang Shouzhe had been well-nourished recently and was full of ravishing Qi and blood which had not yet been refined.

Observing his condition, he immediately began the second cycle...

By the time dawn broke, Wang Shouzhe had completed four cycles of cultivation in around four hours. At this point, he felt tremendously energetic, seemingly filled with never-ending vitality, and noted a slight improvement in his cultivation realm.

However, he could feel that a lot of the Qi and blood that had once filled his body had been consumed, and his body was feeling an unusual type of hunger. This sensation of hunger was not like a typical feeling of having an empty stomach, but was distinctly odd and clear.

At the same time, he also felt a certain "soreness" and discomfort in his acupoints and meridians. Experience told him that under such conditions, even if his vital energy was exuberant, he couldn't continue his practice. He needed to let his overburdened acupoints and meridians naturally recover.

But the progress was also gratifying. Judging his current situation from his previous life's experiences, Wang Shouzhe felt that if he could make such progress every day, he would have the chance to break free from his shackles and reach the seventh level of the Vital Energy Refining Realm within three months.

Unfortunately, to reach such an ideal state was very difficult under normal circumstances. After a large consumption of vital energy, it was extremely slow to replenish it merely by regular food. A large amount of Spirit Rice and Spirit Food must be required.

However, even if Wang Shouzhe was the first in line for the family's cultivation resources, he could only be allocated five kilos of White Jade Spiritual Rice, five kilos of Spirit Fish Meat, and five kilos of Spirit Horned Yak Meat a month!

This much of high-end food rich in energy could at most only last him five meals, averaging a replenishment only every six or seven days. In addition, as a top priority trainee of the family, he also had a share of one Little Pei Yuan Pill each month.

The Little Pei Yuan Pill was a more advanced cultivation resource than Spirit Food, but it cost ten Qian Gold each and was extremely expensive. Those clan members who were behind in the cultivation sequence could only apply for one from the family when they were about to break through at each cultivation level.

If he could eat Spirit Food at every meal and have Little Pei Yuan Pill every day, Wang Shouzhe estimated his cultivation speed would skyrocket...

"Family Head, your breakfast is ready." The servant Wang Gui knocked on the door from outside.

"Come in."

Wang Shouzhe got up from the bed. At the same time, after Wang Gui came in, he placed the breakfast aside, served the Family Head with fresh water for washing and brushing teeth, before opening the lunchbox and arranging the meals carefully.

"Huh? A large pot of Jade Spirit Rice Porridge and steamed Spirit Fish chunks?" Wang Shouzhe looked at the breakfast full of delicacies with a hint of surprise. Besides the two precious spirit foods, there were also some pastries, side dishes to go with the porridge, and so on.

He knew that this breakfast was not the regular arrangement. Eating Spirit food at every meal could indeed replenish vital energy quickly and maximize cultivation progress. However, there is a diminishing marginal utility principle involved.

Especially when eating at every meal, it would inevitably cause a lot of nutritional waste and lower the ratio of cost to benefit.

The Wang family was too poor to afford such a luxurious method of cultivation. Moreover, the family had its own rules, even the Clan Leader couldn't arbitrarily take from other members of the clan.

"Family Head, this was brought by Miss Xia He from Madam Gongsun's side." Wang Gui answered honestly, "She said that Madam personally made the breakfast early in the morning. She also brought a message from Madam saying that the Family Head is currently at the critical moment of sprinting to the Advanced Stage of the Vital Energy Refining Realm and should not refuse."

As expected!

Wang Gui's words confirmed Wang Shouzhe's guess. This was what Granny Gongsun had saved from her own food to give to him. Especially the phrase not to refuse had effectively blocked Wang Shouzhe's refusals.

Well, let's not let down Granny's good intentions.

Moreover, he believed the future of the family would be better and better. At least with his efforts yesterday, the future income of Wang Dinghai's fishing and hunting team would increase by more than double, which would greatly alleviate the family's resource shortage.

After eating a meal of Spirit Food, a sense of depleted vital energy was slightly replenished. With the digestion and conversion of the food, the vital energy would become more plentiful.

After eating and drinking enough, Wang Shouzhe contemplated whether to inspect other family businesses. Whether he was willing or not, he was completely bound to the Ping'an Wang Family.

As the Clan Leader and helm, he naturally needed to know every aspect of the family like the back of his hand. In this way, he could consider the overall situation and find ways to revitalize this declining family.

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