Chapter 367: Chapter 336: Second Life, Cultivating Inner Strength

Lin Qianxuan was one hundred and fifty-seven years old when all the maps of the Eternal Sand World were completed, and all territories were brought under national rule.

The two countries of Lv and Xiao officially changed their name to the Joint Governance Nation of Lv and Xiao.

Thus, the world was unified.

At one hundred and sixty-three years old, this civilization had a preliminary grasp of fusion reactors.

The only thing Lin Qianxuan regretted was that he only achieved one in a million milestone.

Two hundred years old.

Lin Qianxuan discovered that You Xi would also grow old.

And so would he.

Unless he went on to achieve more milestones to strengthen his essence, energy, and spirit.

At two hundred years old, no milestones were reached, Lin Qianxuan estimated at least a thousand years later.

Time flashed by, and Lin Qianxuan was already five hundred years old.

He felt aging for the first time.

He felt his body transition from health to decay, from unparalleled to frail.

He had given away his power.

The young people were unwilling to accept the authority he offered; if he hadn’t expressed a need for rest, he couldn’t have passed it on.

The governance was enforced too strongly, and his personal charm was too great, making his power unbelievably stable.

Many regarded him as mythical, always thinking he could live another life.

But in reality, he couldn’t.

At least for now, he didn’t want to live anymore.

Five hundred and twenty-seven years old, Lin Qianxuan passed away.

Before his death, the aged You Xi was also by his side.

Facing death, he couldn’t help but feel some fear.

Fear of loss, fear of the unknown.

“What a novel experience,” Lin Qianxuan weakly said.

“Close your eyes, it won’t take long,” You Xi said.

Lin Qianxuan nodded, relaxed, and took his last breath.

Following his death, the whole Joint Governance Nation was alarmed.

A grand funeral was held, and You Xi was also buried beside Lin Qianxuan.

This love touched countless people and inspired the creation of many works of praise.

After their funeral ended, their forms disappeared simultaneously, two True Spirits traversed the void in an instant, fleeing into chaos.

This scene was recorded clearly by surveillance, shocking the whole nation.

Many scholars confirmed their speculations, believing Lin Qianxuan and You Xi were not of low-level civilizations.

Some boldly speculated that the two came from advanced civilizations for a societal experiment, and now having completed their topic, they have returned.

From a certain perspective, their interpretation was indeed correct.

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Yi Cang Realm.

This is a middle world.

But it is a middle world experiencing the End of the Dharma Era.

Its energy is fading, the world is on the brink of death.

A person’s death takes a process of twenty to thirty years, how much more a world.

Though it is said to be dying, this world can still survive for a billion years.

But in this final billion years, the creatures of this world will face great hardship.

Energy is depleted with use, the higher the level of life, the more difficult it is to function normally.

Northern Domain.

Lanxi Sect.

A child was born.

This child was Lin Qianxuan.

“His name should be Tan Xuan!”

“As you wish….”

Six months later.

Lin Qianxuan could walk freely on the ground.

He had a new name, Tan Xuan.

His father was Tan Xiaofei, his mother was Ji Yao.

Thankfully, this world had Extraordinary Elements.

His ability to walk within six months was due to his father Tan Xiaofei’s nourishment with True Essence.

The Extraordinary Elements mastered by humans in this world were Inner Qi.

A very special form of Biological Energy.

Extracting the essence from food, converting it into Inner Qi can enhance physical actions, or infuse it into objects to make them tougher and stronger, even nurture them to change their material properties.

Wood, when nurtured long enough, can become comparable to Refined Iron.

Initial cultivation requires consuming nourishing food to convert essence into Inner Qi.

The levels of Inner Qi are divided into third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, all collectively called Postnatal Realm.

But at this stage, Inner Qi is used once and gone once, it’s best not to drive Inner Qi into combat lightly.

Until Inner Qi is abundant, it can be used to impact the Baihui Acupoint at the brow, opening the Bridge of Heaven and Earth.

Once the bridge is opened, energy can be absorbed from heaven and earth, Inner Qi transforms into True Qi.

At this cultivation level, it can be called Innate.

The cultivation in the Innate Realm is to open all 720 Acupoints in the body.

Once all are opened, one can achieve circulation within and without, Inner Qi transforming into True Qi Primordial Liquid, endlessly sustaining life, enabling one to fly, this is the Circulation Realm.

This represents the pinnacle of Martial Arts Cultivation across the land.

The Mountain Master of the Lanxi Sect has achieved this cultivation realm.

A martial artist of the Circulation Realm can live to five hundred, their strength is powerful enough to destroy mountains and cities.

It is precisely such formidable strength that can gather a million people in this place, forming a city.

That’s right, in this world, there is no concept of a nation.

Nor is there anyone capable enough to dominate the world and establish a nation.

It is all about individual cities and sects existing separately.

Either it’s the City Lord or the Mountain Master of a sect, sheltering hundreds of thousands, forming small societies, and interacting with other cities.

It’s not an exaggeration to say they are like small nations.

Ultimately, the strong still hold supremacy.

One’s personal might is closely linked to social status.

Lin Qianxuan’s father, Tan Xiaofei, is a core disciple of the Lanxi Sect, and the resources he enjoys are relatively high.

In a way, Lin Qianxuan’s reincarnation this time already has him winning half from the start.

Time passes, and Lin Qianxuan begins to learn to read with his mother.

He is precocious from a young age, learning things quickly, which surprises his mother, who marvels at his extraordinary talent.

His mother, Ji Yao, is a very beautiful and gentle woman, and her martial arts talent is beyond words, having reached the peak of Postnatal Cultivation as a first-rate master.

In Jianghu, Ji Yao is also considered someone who can stand out.

As for the Innate level?

This is regarded as a tactical weapon, generally not used frivolously.

Typically, only one in hundreds of thousands reaches the Innate level, and each sect cherishes them dearly. How could they send them out into Jianghu?

So in Jianghu, the first-rate level is already an outstanding master.

Father Tan Xiaofei’s Innate True Qi has an extremely nourishing effect; under its nurture, Lin Qianxuan’s bones and muscles develop exceptionally fast.

At merely one and a half years old, Lin Qianxuan was already able to move smoothly, speak, and learn basic characters.

Even in such an extraordinary society, he is considered one of the better ones.

“Mother, I want to learn Inner Strength.” Lin Qianxuan said to his mother, Ji Yao.

Upon hearing this, Ji Yao said, “Xuan’Er, don’t rush. Right now, your muscles and bones have not fully developed; it is unsuitable to cultivate Inner Strength. When you turn five, your father will naturally teach you.”

Ordinarily, children must be at least five years old to cultivate basic Inner Strength and begin refining Inner Qi.

Firstly, before five, their digestion ability is average, and the limited Essence Qi needs to be used for physical development.

Secondly, before five, they aren’t sensible enough, and starting cultivation at this time could lead to mishaps.

Therefore, one must be at least five years old to start preliminary cultivation.

In many ordinary families, they don’t begin exposure to Inner Strength until ten, and even then, it’s very shallow Inner Strength.

Do you really think everyone can receive the nourishment of Innate True Qi?

This time, Lin Qianxuan can be said to have won at the starting line since birth.

“Mother, I have my boundaries.” Lin Qianxuan said.

Ji Yao was still unwilling.

But Lin Qianxuan was not anxious either.

These matters can be slowly swayed.

Once, twice… unable to resist Lin Qianxuan’s persistent requests, and even after meeting many stringent conditions set by Ji Yao and memorizing several books on acupoints and meridians, he finally obtained the basic Inner Strength of the Lanxi Sect.

The Lanxi Sect’s basic Inner Strength is indeed very basic.

There are merely five actions, six breaths, and only three acupoints in the process; essentially, after a circle of movements, the thinly extracted Inner Qi traverses the body once and settles into the Dantian to complete.

If quick, it doesn’t even take five minutes to complete a set of cultivation.

Even if there’s a mistake in exercising, there’s effectively minimal harm, a child can just rest for recovery.

Lin Qianxuan began learning in earnest.

His keen perception makes him far brighter than ordinary people, and the simple basic Inner Strength wasn’t difficult to practice.

After attempting twice, he successfully completed a set of cultivation.

He felt a stream of Qi combine with his body’s energy through breathing, circulate through the meridians with the movements, and eventually merge into the Lower Dantian, like rivers returning to the sea.

Thus, a trace of weak energy was added to his Lower Dantian.

This energy was very thin, and Lin Qianxuan felt that if he tried to mobilize it, it would dissipate in the meridians before fully circulating through the body.

Nevertheless, he had achieved a milestone.

[Hint: You successfully cultivated Inner Strength once and obtained the “One in a Hundred” level milestone [Inner Strength Mastery].]

[Inner Strength Mastery: Inner Qi cultivation +1. (Note: You completed your first conversion from Essence Qi to Inner Qi.)]

Lin Qianxuan then attempted practicing Inner Strength again.

He discovered this “Inner Qi cultivation” attribute significantly increased his speed of refining Inner Qi.

Previously, cultivating Inner Strength once yielded one strand of Inner Qi; now, cultivating once could yield three strands.

However, the Inner Qi wasn’t extracted from thin air, as merely after practicing twice did he feel hungry and a bit dizzy.

Inner Qi is converted from the Essence Qi of the body’s food.

Thus, adequate food consumption is crucial.

Fortunately, unlike his previous life where he started even unable to fill his stomach, he could eat to his heart’s content now.

However, even with plentiful food, Lin Qianxuan couldn’t cultivate faster.

Physical growth requires Essence Qi, as does cultivating Inner Strength.

His digestion ability is limited.

This is why many children must wait until at least five to start appropriately cultivating Inner Strength.

But Lin Qianxuan wasn’t without other methods.

He began attempting to eat other things.

Sawdust, dirt, leaves, insects, weeds, glass shards, rust, paper…..

Controlling the quantity, eating a little poses no harm to the body.

As for why he ate these things?

[Hint: You ate a thousand different things and obtained the “One in a Hundred” level milestone [Wide-Ranging Diet].]

[Wide-Ranging Diet: Digestion +1. (Note: Are you sure you know what counts as food?)]

With this milestone attribute, Lin Qianxuan’s digestion ability soared to an excellent level among adults.

Easily eating four or five bowls at a meal posed no issue.

Such digestion ability sufficiently supported simultaneous cultivation of Inner Strength and physical growth, and indeed left plenty to spare.

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