Chapter 59: Cao Ze upgrades, refines essence into Qi

After settling Mrs. Lin's family, Lu Zhishen and his six apprentices, whom he had recruited when he was a cook at the Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo, went to Liangshanpo to become bandits under the leadership of Shi Qian.

Originally, he wanted to invite Master Lu to join the Hongmen, but Cao Jie calculated the experience points for upgrading the [Gang Leader] and found that Master Lu alone could not be upgraded, so he decided to wait for a while.

Anyway, it won't be long before Lin Chong leaves the Night Snow Mountain Temple and comes to Liangshan to become a bandit. We can just do it all at once then.

Having more people not only makes the ceremony seem lively, but also makes it solemn and brings people together.

In this case, Cao Jie is naturally not in a hurry for a few days.

After Lu Zhishen and his party left, Chao Gai shamelessly hung out in the Wuda-style restaurant all day, enjoying himself so much that he didn't want to leave.

In his previous life, when he watched "Water Margin", he thought that Chao Gai was sidelined by Song Jiang and his power was taken away because of his ability. But after getting to know him recently, Cao Jie found that it was not about his ability at all, but his character.

This Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King is not cunning at all and is not the same kind of person as Song Jiang. What he yearns for is the days of meeting heroes and drinking and eating meat.

But Song Jiang was different. He was always thinking about building his own network of contacts and creating his own team so that he could rise to prominence in the future and regain recognition from the court.

After Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he used both kindness and force to recruit all kinds of heroes to Liangshan, using every possible means.

In the three attacks on Zhujiazhuang, the assault on Gaotangzhou, the defeat of the linked horses, and the battles of Qingzhou and Huazhou when the Three Mountains gathered together, Song Jiang forced Chao Gai to stay in Liangshan on the grounds that "brother is the leader of the mountain stronghold and cannot be moved lightly", and he could not come down the mountain to fight.

As a result, Song Jiang's own achievements became greater and greater, and his prestige in Liangshan became higher and higher. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to win over many heroes who were loyal to him.

By the time of the Battle of Mangdang Mountain, Chao Gai was forced to do something and had to ask Song Jiang for instructions.

So, when attacking Zengtou City, Chao Gai personally served as the vanguard, but ended up dying from arrow poisoning.

On the other hand, Chao Gai traveled thousands of miles to Jiangzhou to rob the execution ground in order to save Song Jiang. Such a big brother is really worth making friends with!
He's really up to something!
"Brother is drinking here. Seventh brother, professor, you guys entertain him on my behalf. Don't let Brother Chao Gai get bored."

Cao Jie drank a few bowls of wine with him, and thinking about the experience points of [Cao Zei] in his heart, he stood up and said goodbye.

Chao Gai was also drunk, and stood up and said, "I am sorry for bothering you. Brother Cao is a man of great importance, please don't let me delay important matters."

"Erlang will do his work. Whether Brother Chao Gai wants to drink or has an itchy hand, our Xiao Qi will accompany him."

Ruan Xiaoqi is also very lively and has the same temperament as Chao Gai.

Cao Jie went back to practice dual cultivation, but of course he couldn't say it openly. When he came out of the restaurant, he ran into Song Jiang head-on.

"Brother Cao." Song Jiang walked a few steps quickly, clasping his fists and bowing.

When Cao Jie saw the short and dark-skinned Song Sanlang, his slightly drunken head instantly sobered up and he said with a smile, "It's Song Yasi! Who is this?"

Song Jiang was not shy at all: "I just came back from a business trip and I'm hungry. I heard that Wu Dutou's eldest brother opened a restaurant, so I came here to have a few drinks."

"Oh! Dalang, Dalang." Cao Jie called out a few words towards the restaurant.

"Second brother..."

Wu Da responded that he had recently trained several cooks, so he didn't have to do any cooking in the kitchen himself. When he heard the call, he walked to the door with his short legs.

"Da Lang, do you know this Yasi Song? I have something important to do and cannot personally entertain you. Please prepare some good dishes and a jar of good wine. Please put the cost of tonight on my account."

"How can I let my brother spend money!"

"You don't have to be polite to me, bailiff. I have things to deal with, so I won't accompany you."

In Cao Jie's eyes, the black color of this Xiaoyi Heisaburo was not caused by the sun.

His eyesight has improved recently. He can see that this dark skin is the color that only appears when one reaches a very high level of skin training.

"Song Jiang is not a simple man either!"

"I must improve my strength as quickly as possible. I don't want to be comparable to the Heavenly Gang, but I want to be able to deal with ordinary Earthly Fiends..."

Each of the 108 Tiangang and Disha generals has a terrifying fighting power.

Cao Jie was naturally anxious, and that night he fought for three hundred rounds in the backyard, killing Xiao Jinlian and Yan Poxi so badly that they were thrown to the ground and their eyes rolled back.

【Complete a double repair】

[Experience value of "Cao Thief" +1]

[Complete a dual cultivation] ["Cao Thief" experience +1]

【Complete a double repair】

[Experience value of "Cao Thief" +1]

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[Soul aspect: Cao Zei (wife, lolita, lustful lady, very good, very good)]

[Experience: Level 3 (0/600)]

[Talent: Dual Cultivation LV3 (The Yellow Emperor had three thousand concubines, ascended to heaven in broad daylight)]

Lying on his back on the big bed, Cao Jie showed a happy expression.

Beside her, the unconscious Xiao Jinlian seemed to sense something and her body trembled slightly.

He muttered:

It's broken! It's going to break!

The next second, within Cao Jie's tired body, the familiar warm current surged up from his kidneys again and spread throughout his body along the eight extraordinary meridians.

However, this time with the upgraded body, the warm current is no longer just one, but comes in waves, one after another.

From the kidneys to the meridians throughout the body, it finally returns to the Dantian area three inches below the abdomen.

The heat flow connected the meridians of the whole body to form a network. Cao Jie happily turned over and said excitedly to the exhausted and seemingly exhausted Xiao Jinlian:
"Master, I have done it! Master, I have done it!"

After saying this, he ignored Xiao Jinlian's puzzled expression and crossed his legs in a pose with his five hearts facing the sky.

He also entered the door of [Concentration], and after entering into concentration, he saw the "Qi" that he had been thinking about for a long time!
A practitioner of the Pregnant God can examine his internal organs, meridians, sebum, blood vessels, and blood, one by one, as clearly as observing the lines on the palm of your hand.

This is the method of introspection.

Of course, at this stage, human eyes still cannot have the ability to see through things, but the mind can keenly feel every subtle change, which is then vividly manifested in the mind, no different from the real thing.

After a quick look inward and a careful investigation, he immediately felt a tiny bit of internal force flowing in the Dantian Qi Sea.

It is thinner than a hair, like a single hair.

"Tsk tsk... I succeeded! Good, very good... I really did it!"

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The next day, Cao Jie invited Ruan Xiaoqi, Chao Gai and Wu Song over.

They are all experts in cultivating Qi. Although their respective methods of cultivating Qi come from their souls and cannot be passed on to others, their experience in cultivating Qi is universal.

When they heard that their brother had entered the threshold of cultivating Qi, they all smiled happily and started to make plans for Cao Jie.

"The Yang Qi of the human body gathers in the Du Meridian! The Qi enters the Dantian, passes through Changqiang, and goes through Yaoshu, Yaoyang, Guanming, Menxuan... and goes through the hand Taiyin lung meridian to Zhongfu, Yunmen, Tianfu, Xiabai, Chize, Kongzui, Lieque, Jingqu and reaches the palm..."

"Brother, you should cultivate the Du channel first and circulate Qi along these meridians. That should be correct."

After everyone communicated and discussed, they gave suggestions for cultivation.

Cao Jie was confused after hearing this and started to ask about the knowledge of meridians and acupoints.

It turns out that the human body's meridians can be divided into two categories: regular meridians and extraordinary meridians.

There are twelve regular meridians, namely the three yin meridians of the hands and feet and the three yang meridians of the hands and feet, collectively known as the "twelve meridians", which are the main channels for the circulation of "Qi".

There are eight extraordinary meridians, namely Du, Ren, Chong, Dai, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yin Wei and Yang Wei, collectively known as the "Eight Extraordinary Meridians". They have the function of commanding, connecting and regulating the twelve meridians.

Among these, which meridian to cultivate first and which acupoints to open up one by one is related to the property changes of "Qi" and the degree of integration of the soul and "Qi".

Cao Jie has no innate skills and can only explore on his own, but he is sure that his "Qi" is absolutely the most powerful and masculine, and full of vitality!

(End of this chapter)