Outside Star Luo City.
Zhu Fan drove the carriage slowly, continuing until the city behind him was no longer visible.
Inside the carriage.
Under Dai Chengfeng's feet, a yellow spirit ring suddenly rose.
At the same time, wisps of golden airflow appeared on Dai Chengfeng's hands.
This was his first Spirit Ability, Gengjin Qi, obtained after absorbing the Gengjin Beast's spirit ring.
Its effect was that Dai Chengfeng could attach Gengjin Qi to any object he touched, including his own body.
After attachment, the 'object's' sharpness would increase dramatically by dozens of times, and he could unleash Gengjin Sword Qi.
"It's a bit like the feeling of Old Heavenly Master activating the Golden Light Curse in the anime 'Under One Person' from my previous life?"
Dai Chengfeng lowered his head, looking at his golden glowing hands, "It's just that the Golden Light Curse granted the Old Heavenly Master invincible defense, while my Gengjin Qi grants me the ultimate sharpness!"
"But! This is not the limit of Gengjin Qi!"
Dai Chengfeng muttered in a low voice, a hint of bewilderment flashing in his eyes as he involuntarily recalled memories from his previous life.
In his previous life, Dai Chengfeng was a student at a Taoist academy.
Whenever he was bored, he would study ancient texts and classics.
However.
The Blue Star of his previous life was, after all, just an ordinary World, without any mystery.
Therefore, the Taoist knowledge he learned could, at most, only make him physically strong and healthy.
But, the Douluo Continent is different.
In this World, spirit power genuinely exists.
Those ancient texts and classics that seemed useless in his previous life have found new fertile ground here.
"And what's most important now is to return the Gengjin Qi from its acquired state to its innate state, to compensate for the White Tiger Martial Soul's inherent lack of Gengjin origin."
As for how to return from acquired to innate?
Instantly.
A name of an ancient text appeared in Dai Chengfeng's mind: "The Yellow Emperor's Outer Canon"—The Chapter on the Ascent and Descent of the Three Passes.
Perhaps most people would think that innate qi is the wisp of breath a person has before birth.
And once a baby is born, the innate qi will dissipate with it.
But, in reality, it's not so!
Everyone, regardless of birth, old age, or illness, always has innate qi within their body.
In the Chapter on the Ascent and Descent of the Three Passes, Wu Xian, a minister of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, once asked: Where are the three passes of the human body found in the meridians?
Qibo, who co-authored the Yellow Emperor's Inner and Outer Canons with the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, replied: The three passes are the passes of the River Cart!
The upper is the Jade Pillow, the middle is the Kidney Spine, and the lower is the Coccyx... They are related to the life gate of life and death, hence they are called passes.
Wu Xian then asked: What is the meaning of life and death?
Qibo replied: The life gate is fire within water.
Within water and fire, innate qi is truly hidden.
The qi of the spleen and stomach is acquired qi.
If innate qi does not interact with acquired qi, then innate qi will not grow.
If acquired qi does not interact with innate qi, then acquired qi will not transform.
The two qi must interact day and night, and only then can life be continuous and endless.
However, acquired qi must first interact with innate qi before it can be generated.
And innate qi must ascend from below.
It descends to the spleen and stomach to be dispersed among the various organs.
The three passes are the pathways through which innate qi travels.
If qi is abundant, then ascent and descent are unobstructed; if qi is weak, then there is obstruction, and obstruction leads to illness.
Wu Xian finally asked: If qi is weak, how can it become abundant?
Qibo replied: By aiding the fire of the life gate and benefiting the water of kidney yin, qi will become abundant again.
Similarly.
Since a person inherently possesses innate qi, and innate qi can also be cultivated through acquired means to make it abundant again.
Then, can Gengjin Qi, which is acquired qi, also return to its innate state and become abundant through this method?
Even!
A somewhat crazy thought suddenly flashed through Dai Chengfeng's mind.
"If I combine Gengjin Qi with spirit power, letting them both return from acquired to innate together."
"As long as it succeeds..."
"Then will all the spirit power I cultivate in the future be able to transform into innate spirit power?"
Thinking of the insane possibility of innate spirit power at level 99, Dai Chengfeng subconsciously swallowed his saliva, his breathing quickening.
After all, in the Douluo Continent, innate spirit power has a very powerful amplifying effect on cultivation.
Its importance is self-evident!
For a moment, Dai Chengfeng couldn't wait to sit cross-legged and close his eyes.
"Upper Jade Pillow, middle Kidney Spine, lower Coccyx..."
"Since these three passes are the pathways through which innate qi travels, then I shall use them as a breakthrough point."
Dai Chengfeng thought silently, slightly adjusting his breathing, and slowly mobilized the spirit power and Gengjin Qi within his body, starting their circulation from the lower Coccyx pass.
The lower Coccyx, as the starting point of the three passes, is the foundation of the life gate.
It also contains the primal force of innate qi, which is the most violent fire.
Therefore, Dai Chengfeng dared not be careless in the slightest, carefully guiding the fused power of spirit power and Gengjin Qi to slowly ascend along the spine.
This process was slow and arduous; every inch of ascent required Dai Chengfeng to concentrate all his mental force to guide it.
After all, a slight mistake would not only cause this power to deviate from its path but could also severely injure him.
Yet, despite having found theoretical support...
However, Dai Chengfeng still couldn't find the right method.
For a full four hours, Dai Chengfeng was stuck on the difficult challenge of breaking through the middle Kidney Spine.
The middle Kidney Spine connects the lower Coccyx pass and the upper Jade Pillow pass, serving as a critical node for the circulation of innate qi.
But each time the power guided by Dai Chengfeng reached the middle Kidney Spine, it encountered extremely strong resistance, as if there was an invisible, solid 'wall' blocking the advance of his power.
"Why isn't it working?"
After a long while, Dai Chengfeng opened his eyes, gritting his teeth, feeling incredibly unwilling, "What exactly is wrong?"
"Dai Chengfeng, you've finally finished cultivating."
"It's almost midnight now, should we find a place to stay for the night?"
At this moment.
Zhu Fan, outside the carriage, seemed to have heard the sound from inside the carriage and suddenly asked.
"Midnight?!"
At this instant, it was as if a thunderclap struck in Dai Chengfeng's mind, and he suddenly grasped something, "I understand, I finally understand..."
"The timing is wrong!"
"Qibo said that the two qi must interact day and night to ensure continuous life!"
"And whether it's the spirit power I'm cultivating now or the Gengjin Qi, they are both acquired qi."
"If I want them to fuse with innate qi and thereby return to the innate state, then it must also be at the specific time point of day and night interaction!"
Dai Chengfeng's eyes were filled with excitement; the problem that had troubled him for four hours was now suddenly resolved.
"Truly, one is often blind to one's own faults!"
Thinking of this, he said to Zhu Fan: "Uncle, you rest first, I still need to cultivate!"
After speaking.
Dai Chengfeng once again closed his eyes and sat cross-legged.
However, this time he was not in a hurry to break through, but rather waited silently for that subtle time point of day and night transition.
Finally, the time arrived.
The yin and yang qi between heaven and earth began to quietly transform.
"Success or failure depends on this one attempt!"
Dai Chengfeng took a deep breath, once again mobilizing the spirit power and Gengjin Qi within his body, ascending from the lower Coccyx pass.
This time, he could clearly feel that the surrounding power of heaven and earth seemed to be converging towards him, becoming an aid for his breakthrough.
And when the two qi reached the middle Kidney Spine again...
"Now!"
Dai Chengfeng silently shouted in his heart, increasing his guidance and control over this power.
Boom—!
Everything was unstoppable; the spirit power and Gengjin Qi finally broke through the obstruction of the middle Kidney Spine, surging towards the upper Jade Pillow.
The upper Jade Pillow is located in the head, the highest point of innate qi's ascent.
When the spirit power and Gengjin Qi reached here, Dai Chengfeng could clearly feel his consciousness as if infinitely magnified, and everything around him became incredibly clear.
The faint spirit power fluctuations in the air, the subtle chirping of insects from afar...
Everything, it seemed, could not escape his perception.
How wonderful!
In the words of martial artists who practice traditional Chinese martial arts, this realm is—Insight!