I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 27: Chapter 18: Connecting the Five Elements Bridge (Cultivation)

In the cultivation room, the Spirit Gathering Array cast flickers of light and shadow, while Jiang Yuebai sat cross-legged.

Within her Dantian, the five-colored Qi vortex rotated slowly, each equal in size, circulating at the same speed, meticulously adjusted to the optimal state.

Next comes the most critical step: Connecting the Five Elements Bridge.

The Five Elements Returning to Truth Technique does not explicitly include the step of connecting the Five Elements Bridge, but requires transforming the five elements during each Qi circulation, which is somewhat time-consuming and laborious.

Having listened to Lii Jiuchuan’s lectures in the past half month, Jiang Yuebai’s understanding of the Five Elements Rotation has grown deeper. She has frequently sought Lii Jiuchuan’s advice, and upon his suggestion, she decided on this once-and-for-all method.

According to Lii Jiuchuan, only Nascent Soul Cultivators can conjure the five elements out of thin air, while Qi Cultivation Cultivators must use the Five Elements Spirit Root to connect the Five Elements Bridge, allowing the five element spiritual energy in the Dantian to naturally cycle and circulate.

If successful, she would no longer need to transform the elements during energy circulation, essentially removing the most challenging step in the Qi circulation of the Five Elements Returning to Truth Technique, potentially saving five times the time and increasing efficiency fivefold.

Lii Jiuchuan, with his exceptional insight, comprehended the Five Elements Rotation method and connected the Five Elements Bridge during his Foundation Establishment, drawing from the natural world’s elemental correspondences, which enabled him to reach the Golden Core Realm with Five Spirit Root aptitude.

Under his guidance, Jiang Yuebai stayed in the cultivation room for three days, also comprehending the natural five elements.

The Enlightened Mind Hairpin infused a refreshing sensation into her mind, Jiang Yuebai composed her spirit and chanted words of wisdom.

”Wood generates fire, as burning wood turns to ash; ash is Earth. Earth amasses into mountains, mountains surely bear stones, hence Earth generates metal.”

”Melting metal becomes water, stones within the mountains retain moisture, hence metal generates water. Water moistens and nourishes plants and trees, hence water generates wood.”

”The path of the Five Elements exists within nature, the heavens and earth rotate, without intervention.”

”In a moment of enlightenment, thoughts become clear and the Daoist techniques form on their own!”

Buzz!

Jiang Yuebai’s Sea of Consciousness buzzed, the profound Dao pressed from the outside towards her Dantian.

She ’saw’ the five-element Qi vortex abruptly accelerate, with a fine thread of Wood element spiritual energy rushing into the Fire vortex.

The Fire vortex surged greatly, burning with intensity, fire energy poured forth, into the Earth vortex.

The Earth vortex, heavy and thick, entered the Metal vortex, the Metal vortex sharp and keen, further entered the Water vortex.

Metal generates water energy, the five elements fully connect, the Rotary Bridge formed!

Boom!

The light of the five-element Qi vortex intensified greatly, a bridge formed between them, arranged in a pentagon within Jiang Yuebai’s Dantian and rotated at the same speed.

The five vortexes, like stars, shimmered in mutual resplendence.

With a thought, spiritual energy needed no transformation, it flowed from the Dantian into her organs, through meridian, skin, and bone.

The gust swept through, the Spirit Gathering Array’s pressure multiplied, operating at full speed.

Jiang Yuebai’s Dantian became like a black hole, frantically absorbing the five-element spiritual energy within the cultivation room.

A sharp pain struck, Jiang Yuebai furrowed her brows, gritting her teeth to endure, guiding the five-element spiritual energy throughout her body according to the Qi circulation path outlined in the Five Elements Returning to Truth Technique.

The spiritual energy cleansed her meridians, tempered her flesh, skin, and bones; her meridians stretched tautly and expanded, forcefully widened, her body and bones crackled and grew rapidly.

[Trees planted by predecessors, later generations rest in the shade; you initially grasped the rotation of the heavens and earth elements, connected the Five Elements Bridge, favored by the Great Dao, spiritual energy surged]

[Congratulations, your cultivation realm advanced directly to Qi Cultivation Second Layer]

[You began circulating energy; the five-element spiritual energy naturally rotated, meridians broadened, internal impurities cleared, Five Elements Returning to Truth skill level +10]

[You began circulating energy; the meridians flowed unobstructed, energy circulation unimpeded, Five Elements Returning to Truth skill level +20]

[You began circulating energy; as if empowered, Five Elements Returning to Truth skill level +30]

[...Five Elements Returning to Truth skill level +40]

[...Five Elements Returning to Truth skill level +50]

Jiang Yuebai’s cultivation rose steadily, having the momentum of accumulated strength, this feeling filled her with delight, engulfed wholly and unable to retreat.

This lasted for two hourglass turns.

[Congratulations, your cultivation realm advanced to Qi Cultivation Third Layer]

Then, the previously felt uneasiness during meditation, a body itchiness, violently surged.

An indescribable barrier disrupted the smooth and seamless energy circulation she just achieved.

”Yuebai...”

”Sister...”

”You wretched girl!”

”What’s in the Jade Scroll you’re holding?”

The faces of her parents, brother, Lin Suwan, and Lu Nanzhi flashed in her mind, confusion stirred within her, interrupting water circulation, her chest struck as if by a heavy blow, causing her to tilt her head and spit blood.

[You are insatiable, depleted of Essence Qi, desires surge, self-harm incurred, young lady, do you wish to ascend in one day?]

”Cough, cough, cough!”

Jiang Yuebai coughed violently, her breath in disarray, finding it hard to regain composure.

”Grandfather used to say that less is more, it’s my own greed.”

Wiping away the blood from the corner of her mouth, Jiang Yuebai calmed herself, realizing she was covered in mud stains, mottled and foul-smelling, her sleeves and pant legs shortened by over three inches.

She stretched her body, bones cracking.

With a thought, the Dust Cleaning Technique brushed through, refreshing her entirely, clothes fitting anew.

Jiang Yuebai distinctly felt the changes in her body, her meridians were widened several times, her body agile, filled with vitality, but how much she improved could be confirmed by attempting with the Lantern Monster later.

She took out the Wood Cutting Blade, her fingers dancing, the Sharpness Technique initiated!

Three breaths to form the technique, golden rays as sharp as cones.

Go!

Two fingers pressed downward, the sharpness embedded in the Wood Cutting Blade, its runes brightly lit.

”One breath faster than before in forming the technique, the sharpness thrice as powerful, now let’s see how many times I can exert the Sharpness Technique in one breath.”

Jiang Yuebai’s ten fingers stirred, the golden light of sharpness leapt at her fingertips, faster and stronger, infused into the Wood Cutting Blade.

Not until the fifteenth time did Jiang Yuebai stop.

The light of the Gold Element Spiritual Energy Vortex dimmed within her Dantian, exhausted, having utilized the golden spiritual energy, five more times than before.

At this moment, the other four vortexes sped up rotation, spontaneously transforming spiritual energy to replenish the golden vortex’s consumption, gradually restoring balance.

If pressing herself to the limit, she could still exert four sets of fifteen times.

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes blazed, having truly achieved what Lii Jiuchuan spoke of—the Five Spirit Root outmatched the Single Spiritual Root.

In the past, the spiritual energy from the Metal Spirit Root could only be used for Metal Element Magical Technique, now she removed this limitation; the spiritual energy from the other four spirit roots could also be converted to golden spiritual energy.

Truly five times the strength!

”Originally, reaching the peak of Second Layer for Sharpness Technique required a hundred days, now if I practice relentlessly every day, would it only take twenty days?”

Jiang Yuebai was overjoyed, yet soon calmed down.

Given her current cultivation, exhausting golden spiritual energy requires about a quarter-hour to regain a new five-elements balance, with future cultivation improvement and spiritual energy capacity increasing, the time needed will be longer.

To shorten this time, she still needs deeper comprehension of the Five Elements Path; the deeper the insight, the faster the transformation.

[Chaos divides into Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang transform into the Five Elements, the Five Elements give birth to all things, everything exists in the world]

Lii Jiuchuan spoke truly, the Five Elements is the Great Dao; though at this moment she merely pried open a small crevice in the door of this great path, continued efforts are required.

She glanced at the hourglass in the cultivation room, half an hour remains before the third day ends.

”I spat blood earlier, let me cultivate for half an hour to recover before I leave. Now let me see how I should arrange the cultivation plan next.”

[Name]Jiang Yuebai

[Spirit Root]Five Elements Spirit Root

[Realm]Qi Cultivation Third Layer

[Cultivation Technique]

Five Elements Returning to Truth Technique Qi Cultivation Chapter (Third Layer: 1/1000)

[Spell]

Sharpness Technique (Second Layer: 58/1000)

Grass and Wood Technique (First Layer: 5/100)

Cloud Rain Technique (First Layer: 13/100)

Red Flame Technique (First Layer: 5/100)

Earth-Shaking Technique (First Layer: 5/100)

[Martial Arts]

Chasing Star Step (Small Success: 385/1000)

Wood Cutting Blade Method (Small Success: 410/1000)

”Grandfather does not know the Earth-Shaking Technique and Grass and Wood Technique, so I will focus on Sharpness Technique, Earth-Shaking Technique, and Grass and Wood Technique.”

Apart from cultivation, she must fully elevate the proficiency of these three spells, striving to reach the Fourth Layer soon and qualify as a Spiritual Cultivation Master, assisting her grandfather.

Besides this, she plans to learn Talisman Making, to earn Spirit Stones early and support her grandfather.

She wonders whether her entire fortune—fifteen Spirit Stones—is enough to buy a Talismanic Pen, Talismanic Paper, and Talismanic Sand, likely not.

Originally owning ten Spirit Stones, later sold five Energy Introduction Elixirs—unused during the last few days of the month to Shi Xiaowu, exchanging them for five Spirit Stones, with Shi Xiaowu curious about the origin of the Energy Introduction Elixir, she simply said it was given by her grandfather.

This damned cultivation room was truly too expensive!

Yet admittedly, the spiritual energy here was genuinely abundant, otherwise, during her enlightenment the spiritual energy wouldn’t suffice, she might not have ascended to Qi Cultivation Third Layer.

This expense of Spirit Stone for wealth, receiving Lii Jiuchuan’s guidance as a companion, acquiring the Five Elements Returning to Truth Technique as a method, possessing the cultivation room as a place.

The four essentials of cultivation—wealth, companions, method, location—indeed none can be lacking!