Volume 1 Linglong Case Chapter 37: The Suffering of Immortality
In order not to delay too long, Lin Qianxing simply used his internal energy to bandage and treat his skin injuries, and then let Chen Jia continue to advance.
Chen Jun was invincible all the way. Even without Lin Qianxing's help, he arrived in Kyoto without encountering any obstacles.
Before they could break into the city, the city gates had already been opened, and the emperor had already committed suicide by drinking poison.
Chen Jia officially took the throne amidst the repeated requests and rejections of his ministers. Thus, the dynasty changed.
The country was named Chen, and a number of meritorious officials including Lin Qianxing were also rewarded.
What surprised Lin Qianxing was that Chen Jia was actually a magnanimous man. He released the emperor's descendants and concubines, pardoned their crimes, and did not kill them all.
If it were him, he would let go of the women in the harem, but he would definitely not keep the offspring of the emperor of Dayun Kingdom.
Otherwise, the remnants of the previous dynasty might use them to cause trouble for him. Wouldn't it be better to nip these things in the bud in advance?
However, Lin Qianxing also knew that Chen Jia had other intentions in doing this, and he mainly wanted to highlight his kindness.
The world has been in chaos for too long. What it needs now is a benevolent ruler.
A king who is broad-minded enough to forgive the princes of the previous dynasty will definitely treat the people well.
In fact, this matter was indeed widely publicized by civil servants and won the support of many people.
Soon after Chen Jia became emperor, generals such as Lin Qianxing also led troops to quell the uprising armies in various places. When Lin Qianxing was 24 years old, the world was finally unified again.
Lin Qianxing started practicing martial arts at the age of sixteen, and became famous by defeating the leaders of eight major sects at the age of eighteen. He followed Prince Chen Jia and accompanied him in pacifying the world for six years, and was granted the title of marquis.
Such a resume can be called legendary.
At this time, he stayed in the secret house in the palace all day long, reading various books therein.
Of course, his views are different from those of ordinary people. He basically just flips through the books quickly at quantum speed.
These books have special meaning to Lin Qianxing.
Because reading books can increase his understanding.
The collection of books in the palace was undoubtedly rich, even more than that in Taoshan Temple, but the grade of the books did not seem to be high. Lin Qianxing's understanding from reading the books was not high. When he finished reading them all, he only gained 123 points of understanding.
At this point, Lin Qianxing's comprehension attribute officially reached three hundred and twenty-four points.
Such a terrifying comprehension attribute made it easier for Lin Qianxing to practice martial arts.
At this moment, Chen Jia found Lin Qianxing and gave him a big gift.
This great gift was none other than the general outline of martial arts called "Wu Jing" compiled by Tong Zun, a celestial being who once descended to the world.
It covers all kinds of martial arts such as weapons, fists and feet. In addition, it also summarizes external strength, internal strength, etc., all the way to the core of martial arts.
Of course, it was impossible for the Dayun Kingdom at that time to completely destroy all the "Martial Classics", and they were reluctant to do so.
Therefore, a copy has always been kept in the palace, but it has never been passed on to outsiders.
Lin Qianxing benefited a lot from reading and studying the book. He even discovered that the "Changchun Kung Fu" he practiced was actually just a superior internal skill recorded in the "Wu Jing".
As a result, Lin Qianxing instantly understood a lot of things.
The "Changchun Kung Fu" that caused the fighting among the people in the underworld was probably thrown out by the imperial court.
Although this internal skill seems profound and can extend one's life by a hundred years, it is difficult to practice and requires a long time to mature.
If Lin Qianxing had not taken a shortcut to achieve his accomplishments, he would not have been able to achieve great success so quickly.
It will take at least several decades to achieve something.
Through reading, Lin Qianxing discovered that after cultivating internal strength to the top level, there is another realm.
That is the realm of martial arts known as the innate.
In this realm, the true Qi in the body turns into liquid, and the acupoints connect heaven and earth, which can absorb energy from between heaven and earth to replenish itself, greatly increasing the efficiency of refining true Qi.
Moreover, as the true energy naturally cleanses the body, the body will also undergo a transformation and the lifespan will be increased. Although it is not as good as the "Changchun Gong" which specializes in prolonging life, one can at least live for thirty years.
Lin Qianxing thought back and realized that the monk Zhijing from the Yaoshan Temple and the old eunuch Jia Chongwen who had penetrated into the tent and almost killed him were probably at the innate realm.
Lin Qianxing had never seen or heard of such a level of condensed true Qi before.
Only the true essence of the innate realm can be compared with it.
There is no shortcut to breaking through the innate realm. One can only rely on the true qi to impact the acupoints again and again, wear down the barriers, until a breakthrough is achieved.
This is a very long process.
According to the records in "Wu Jing", after one's internal strength is cultivated to the highest level, it may take 20 to 30 years at the fastest, or more than 60 years at the slowest, depending on one's individual talent.
Lin Qianxing calculated that if he didn't have a way to quickly accumulate true energy, it would take at least forty to fifty years to cultivate his internal strength to the top level, and then another twenty to thirty years to break through.
In other words, if a person wants to reach the innate realm, he must be at least seventy or eighty years old.
This is still the most ideal situation. If the person has less talent and uses his true energy for other purposes, this time will continue to increase.
However, Lin Qianxing did not think it was that difficult. He knew the "Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea" skill, so it was relatively easy for him to accumulate true energy.
Another thing is that his efficiency in acquiring true Qi through cultivation is not low, and the upper limit of his true Qi value is also high. It would not take him much time to break through to the innate level.
Lin Qianxing quickly finished reading the entire "Martial Arts Classics". At the end of this general outline of martial arts, he also saw a martial arts article called "Yi Jin Jian Gu Fa".
The effect of this martial art is even more miraculous. It can actually improve a person's talents and enhance one's roots.
The first thing Lin Qianxing thought of was the "Dharma Sutra". That technique required three hundred points of root bone and three hundred points of comprehension to learn. Now his comprehension has reached the standard, but he is still lacking some root bone attributes. Isn't this like giving someone a pillow when he is sleepy?
And most importantly, the learning requirements of this "Yi Jin Jian Gu Method" only require a little bit of aptitude and a little bit of understanding.
So Lin Qianxing immediately started to learn and prepared to strengthen his own roots.
Then he was dumbfounded.
Because this thing consumes an insane amount of internal energy in cleansing the body and improving the bones.
How outrageous is it?
With Lin Qianxing's current limit of 100,000 true qi, even if he used it all to refine his muscles and bones, it only increased his root bone attributes by 0.1.
Of course, this may be related to the proficiency of the skills, but it must be said that it is really difficult to improve attributes after birth.
Lin Qianxing felt that it was too early for him to practice this technique now. He should wait until he reached the innate realm and could obtain energy from the heaven and earth through the acupoints before considering other things.
So he began to concentrate on practicing internal skills.
As time passed, Lin Qianxing lived a very comfortable life. As a founding father, he did not cause trouble and usually focused on practicing martial arts. Chen Jia was very confident in him and there were always gifts in the house during festivals.
Zhang Shouyi now also benefits from Lin Qianxing. Every time he mentions his son-in-law, he praises him highly.
The only problem is that Lin Qianxing and Zhang Xiuting did not have any children.
Zhang Xiuting thought it was her own problem, so she advocated that Lin Qianxing take a concubine.
But after Lin Qianxing consulted the imperial physician, he found that he and Zhang Xiuting were both very healthy, and he was too healthy.
It was because of this that Zhang Xiuting could not conceive with his child.
Through practicing Changchun Gong, Lin Qianxing's bloodline has gradually transformed. The instinct of genetic inheritance has been curbed, and he has begun to pursue immortality, so his body no longer considers reproduction as the first choice.
To put it simply, the essence and energy are blocked and will no longer leak out easily.
This is why he has no children.
The solution is easy. Lin Qianxing just needs to disperse the Changchun Qi in his body.
But Lin Qianxing just couldn't bear to do so.
Later he comforted himself that it was just a child, and that no one would disturb his and Zhang Xiuting's life, which might not be a bad thing.
Lin Qianxing even asked Zhang Xiuting to practice "Changchun Gong" with him in order to better beautify her skin.
The functions of this "Changchun Gong" may not be outstanding in other aspects, but it is really strong in this aspect.
Lin Qianxing is now 27 years old, and his appearance still looks no different from a young man of 18 or 19. He doesn't have much beard and his metabolism has obviously slowed down a lot.
Zhang Xiuting, who looked younger than Lin Qianxing at the beginning, now has the demeanor of an older sister.
In order to avoid aging, Zhang Xiuting worked very hard to practice the "Eternal Spring Kung Fu". So although she had ordinary talents, she did achieve some results with the guidance and help of Lin Qianxing.
When Lin Qianxing was 30 years old, Chen Jia talked to him for a long night. When he left, Chen Jia also took away Lin Qianxing's military token.
Lin Qianxing did this voluntarily. He guessed that it was a group of civil servants who were playing with power, but he didn't care. Now he was in his prime, and the strength attribute he obtained from practicing external skills had reached more than a thousand points. He was not far from breaking through to the innate level.
He doesn't care about power or anything like that. What he really values is always his own strength.
So he did not make things difficult for Chen Jia and gave the military token to Chen Jia as soon as possible.
With the help of the true energy absorbed from "A Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea", Lin Qianxing finally reached the perfect level of "Eternal Spring Gong" at the age of 35. He also successfully opened up the acupoint between his eyebrows according to the records in "Wu Jing" and broke through to the innate realm.
At this moment, the world in Lin Qianxing's eyes changed. It was no longer as peaceful as before, but was filled with all kinds of energy of heaven and earth. As long as Lin Qianxing moved his mind and was guided by his spirit, these energy of heaven and earth would naturally enter his body through the acupoint between his eyebrows, and be absorbed and transformed by him into pure true essence.
Man is finite, but the universe is endless.
The efficiency of this transformation is much faster than his own transformation relying on the essence of grains, and it happens all the time.
The most important thing is, according to the description in "Wu Jing", the innate realm can open up to 720 acupoints. How efficient will Lin Qianxing be in absorbing the energy of heaven and earth at that time?
Lin Qianxing felt full of anticipation just thinking about it.
Time passed bit by bit, and Lin Qianxing opened up more acupoints during his practice. His strength attribute also gradually increased in the process of practicing external skills.
When he has time, Lin Qianxing will read books to improve his comprehension and practice the "Yi Jin Qiang Gu Fa" to improve his own bones. His bones attributes and comprehension are also slowly improving at an average efficiency of two or three points per year.
Time flies, and soon Lin Qianxing is already fifty years old.
At this moment, he still looked young, seemingly in his early twenties at most, and his body was full of energy and blood, with a strength that no one could match.
The sacrificial tripod weighing ten thousand pounds in the court was no different from a toy in his hands.
However, what made Lin Qianxing feel a little uncomfortable was that his old friends also began to inevitably face death, passing away one by one. Master Zhijing of the Sutra Library of Taoshan Temple had passed away a few years ago, and Lin Qianxing had not even had time to realize his wish of fighting with him again after a breakthrough.
Zhang Shouyi has also become old. Although Zhang Xiuting does not look much older thanks to the Changchun true essence that Lin Qianxing injects into her body from time to time, her energy and blood have still declined a lot. Lin Qianxing feels that perhaps it will not be long before he will have to say goodbye to them.
He often pondered late into the night, wondering if this was the suffering of immortality?
Later he figured it out and stopped worrying about the future. Instead, he lived every day to the fullest, spent as much time as possible with his family, and cherished every moment.
In this way, even if we part in the future, there won't be too many regrets.
