Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 12: Burning Incense and the Second Qi Sea
Gu Xiaoxing felt that the sigh sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. But before he could recall it, he felt his head getting hot, and suddenly, it started to smoke.
The two of them were also stunned when they saw it and looked at each other. What was going on?
Not to mention them, Gu Xiaoxing himself was stunned. He could still bear it at first, but gradually, his head became hotter and hotter, with thick smoke billowing, as if it was about to burn. His whole head seemed to have turned into a furnace, and he could no longer bear it. He held the axe in one hand and reached into the thick smoke with the other.
In the midst of smoke, Gu Xiaoxing didn't know what handle he had grabbed, and he pulled it out with force.
laugh!
It seemed as if something was pulled out, and Gu Xiaoxing felt relaxed all of a sudden. The burning sensation also disappeared. When he came to his senses, he was shocked to find that he was holding a burning incense stick in his hand.
For a moment, Gu Xiaoxing was stunned, and everyone was stunned!
The two people standing aside stared at each other in surprise, thinking that this scene was too weird. You know, they were in the Spirit Transformation Formation at the moment, without any cultivation, they couldn't cast any spells, and they couldn't even open their storage bag. How could they pull out a burning incense stick from their heads?
In addition, the shadow left by the opponent's desperate madness before caused them not only not to launch an attack now, but to take a step back instead.
The burning incense stick was as thick as two fingers and three feet six inches long. Holding the incense handle felt like holding a green wooden stick. The incense head had a faint flame and green smoke was curling. Gu Xiaoxing looked at it and suddenly felt that it looked familiar.
"Isn't this the incense stick in our village ancestral hall that never burns out?"
It was confirmed once again that this burning incense was exactly the same as the one in the ancestral hall of Fulai Village. The incense was extremely strange. Gu Xiaoxing had watched it burning for more than ten years and had never seen it get shorter. It seemed as if it could burn forever.
But...why did it grow out of my head?
It was at this moment that Gu Xiaoxing knew why the sigh sounded familiar.
That was the village chief’s sigh!
Because in the past, whenever the village chief looked at him, he would sometimes sigh for no apparent reason. He always thought it was due to his eccentric personality and didn't take it seriously. But now that he thinks about it, that sigh... seems to have a different flavor.
Everything was too weird and Gu Xiaoxing couldn't figure it out. However, the smoke from the burning incense curled up into his nostrils along with his breathing.
"Um?"
Gu Xiaoxing's whole body trembled violently, an indescribable feeling spread throughout his body, and he could not help but take another breath, inhaling a large mouthful of green smoke. Suddenly, the comfort that went straight to the depths of his soul made him groan, as if a void in the depths of his heart was filled, making him feel like a fairy, and even made him forget that he was still in danger, and he was completely immersed in it.
In front, two people were a little at a loss. Not only did they get out some incense, but they also started smoking opium?
One of them winked at the person beside him and whispered, "Go ahead, he doesn't seem to be on guard right now, go and see what happens."
The other man tightened his sword, took a step forward, then immediately stepped back, shaking his head and saying, "Maybe he is doing this on purpose to lure us into attacking. Let's wait! He has so many wounds on his body and is still bleeding. He won't be able to hold on for much longer."
The surroundings suddenly fell silent. No one spoke, but no one attacked either. The two men remained in a stalemate, and it seemed as if they were really determined to wait until the other bled to death.
But if they knew Gu Xiaoxing's current condition, they would definitely regret it.
Gu Xiaoxing had already forgotten everything else and could not even feel the pain in his body. When the smoke entered his body, it seemed as if his soul was groaning with comfort. This feeling was difficult to describe. It was so comfortable that he could not help but shudder. Only then did he suddenly wake up.
The two people in front were immediately overjoyed. He was indeed pretending. The severe pain made him tremble uncontrollably. He must be unable to hold on any longer!
Wait a little longer and you will win without fighting!
"Um?"
Gu Xiaoxing blinked his eyes and felt something was wrong, as if his body was not in as much pain anymore.
Soon, he discovered something strange. After entering the stage of Qi Condensation, he transcended the mundane world and was able to look inward. He saw smoke circulating in the Tanzhong point on his chest, which is the middle dantian among the three dantians in the human body. It seemed to be the green smoke from burning incense that he had absorbed before. The green smoke was lingering and intertwined into a palace. The palace was ethereal and lifelike, and contained some kind of power, as if... it was like spiritual power!
Gu Xiaoxing tried to circulate it, and suddenly, wisps of green smoke from the ethereal palace flowed into his meridians. Wherever it passed, it was like heavy rain or warm spring sunshine. He felt comfortable all over. The green smoke circulated quickly for a circle, and the blood that was still flowing from his body gradually stopped. It was similar to spiritual power, but even more so!
"Is this... the second Qi Sea?"
Gu Xiaoxing was overjoyed!
It is recorded in "Cultivation Miscellaneous Talks" that although the human body has three dantians, but for cultivators, there is only one real dantian, which is the lower dantian in the lower abdomen. Only there can the sea of qi be condensed, which is the root of everything. But the soul-eating body is special, and the upper dantian where the soul-eating insect is located is the sea of qi. At this moment, Gu Xiaoxing is even more special. The ethereal palace in the middle dantian in his chest is also like a sea of qi.
In addition to the soul-eating insects, the human body’s... second qi sea!
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Far to the east of the Blackwood Forest, two thousand miles away, there is a silent wasteland. In the wasteland there is a dead tree. In the hollow trunk, two people are sitting cross-legged facing each other. They are completely hidden in their black robes, and their faces cannot be seen clearly.
Between them, there were six chess pieces, five white and one black, two of which were already broken.
"An Zi is indeed amazing. After being hit by your divine needle of withering and silencing, his fighting power is reduced to only one tenth of what it was, yet he was still able to kill two people." A hoarse voice came from a black robe.
"I always feel something is wrong... This boy has sneaked into our sect for many years and has some tricks, but he has not yet condensed his Qi. He cannot force out my old divine needle of withering and silence, and his injuries will only get worse. Logically speaking, this drama of killing the traitor should have ended long ago." Another black-robed figure spoke, and there was a hint of worry in his old voice.
But if they go further ahead, they will reach the territory of the Soul-Devouring Sect. Once these Foundation Establishment cultivators step in, they will be discovered.
Suddenly, their expressions froze and they looked at the chess pieces at the same time, only to see a white piece tremble and then shatter. Soon, another white piece followed suit and shattered again. Only two chess pieces, one black and one white, were left intact.
"Not good! The situation has changed. We can't wait any longer!" The old voice was surprised and said anxiously, "The sect master has been planning for a hundred years. The current situation is at a critical point. We must not make any mistakes at this point . I will help you suppress your cultivation. If there is any unexpected situation, you should know what to do!"
"Subordinates, I understand..."
A beetle suddenly flew out from the dead tree. It was a soul-eating insect. It flapped its wings and turned into a streak of golden light before escaping into the distance...
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the other side.
Three people stood in the dark woods, their bodies covered in wounds, their clothes already soaked in blood, facing each other.
One of them was seriously injured, with bloody wounds all over his body. He stood there like a bloody man. He held an axe in one hand and a burning incense stick in the other. The burning incense was three feet six inches long and two fingers thick. It looked like a green wooden stick in his hand, but also like a green sword, with curling green smoke. It looked a little weird.
This person is Gu Xiaoxing.
Not far away, there were two people standing. They were also seriously injured, each with several axe wounds. They frowned and stared at Gu Xiaoxing.
Suddenly, someone shouted, "No! The bleeding has stopped, he is recovering from his injuries! We can't wait any longer, kill him!"
Although they didn't know why, they both found that the wounds on Gu Xiaoxing's body were no longer bleeding and the injuries seemed to be suppressed, so they immediately attacked without hesitation.
"Huh! Did you find out? It's too late!"
Gu Xiaoxing originally wanted to delay for a while longer to allow his injuries to heal more, but since he was discovered, he simply gave up pretending. The palace in his body was ethereal, and wisps of green smoke flowed around his body like spiritual power. The suppression of the Soul Transformation Array disappeared, and his cultivation seemed to have recovered. He was full of strength. He raised his hand, and the axe glowed with a bright luster, exuding the charm that was supposed to belong to it.
"How can it be?!"
The moment the axe lit up, the two men were shocked and terrified, and they stopped and retreated.
But with the help of his cultivation, Gu Xiaoxing's speed was too fast. In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of them. He swung out with one hand, and the burning incense in his hand, with a tremendous force, smashed towards the two of them.
As for why he started using burning incense to hit people, he was actually originally planning to swing an axe and did not use burning incense as a weapon. However, when attacking, he suddenly felt that the burning incense seemed to be easier to use, as if there was some unspeakable connection between him and the incense, so he made the change.
The two men also felt the powerful momentum and had no time to retreat, so they immediately blocked it with their swords.
However, Gu Xiaoxing's attack this time was completely different from the previous one. Not only was it his physical strength, but also his cultivation. His weapon had even turned into a strange burning incense!
The burning incense hit the sword, breaking it directly, and then it hit them without any hindrance. The two of them had no cultivation and only relied on their physical bodies. They only felt an unstoppable force coming at them, and they immediately vomited blood and flew backwards. One of them died directly, and the other one crashed into a tree trunk, his eyes full of horror. He coughed up blood and made unbelievable sounds.
"In the Spiritual Transformation Formation, you...how can you use your cultivation?"
"Do you want to know? Then tell me, do you have any outside help? If you are not from the Soul Devouring Sect, why do you know the Soul Controlling Art? Who are you?"
Gu Xiaoxing stepped forward and asked about the doubts in his mind.
The man coughed up another mouthful of blood. His breath was weak, but his voice was extremely cold. He said, "You will die in the end. The elder... will avenge us, and you will die too. You... will not survive!"
Gu Xiaoxing glared, and immediately became furious. He lit an incense stick and hit him. He was already blood-thirsty, and there was no way he would show mercy, not to mention...
"What I hate most in my life is people cursing me to death. If you dare to curse me, I will kill you first!"
