Wu Kui turned his head back, only to find nothing behind him.
Who is this guy talking about?
Rosen grinned, extending both arms, and blasted his fists towards Wu Kui through the air.
Broken Punch of Twin Dragons Emerging from the Sea.
The Ten Rings simultaneously shot out, sending Wu Kui flying.
Before Wu Kui could react, Rosen suddenly leaped up, pulling his fists back, and the Ten Rings simultaneously returned to his arms.
Rosen aimed for Wu Kui's landing spot, and his fists poured out like a raging storm, the Broken Punch of Unrecognizable Mother.
Innumerable fist shadows rained down on Wu Kui.
Rosen's principle was to either not strike, or once he did, he would beat the opponent until even their own mother wouldn't recognize them.
After continuously blasting for several minutes, Wu Kui had already lost consciousness, lying on the ground bruised and swollen.
"Phew... Done, Cultivation complete." Rosen stepped forward and rummaged through Wu Kui's body.
"Huh? "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Sutra"" Rosen pulled out an ancient-looking Secret Manual from Wu Kui's body.
He felt around again, a few dozen copper coins, a pauper, confiscated, confiscated.
Two pectoral muscles, bigger than mine... If he were sold to a brothel, maybe there would be some who like good-looking men?
Forget it, since he painstakingly delivered the "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Arts," Rosen couldn't repay kindness with enmity.
Rosen tucked the "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Incantation" into his In arms, found a nearby cave to temporarily settle down, and at the same time, began to comprehend the "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Incantation."
However, the content of this "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Incantation" was abstruse and difficult to understand. With Rosen's knowledge from nine years of compulsory education in his previous life, he only half-understood the content within. After several days, he hadn't even understood a single page.
While he was comprehending the Secret Manual's content, he suddenly felt a sound outside the cave. He initially thought it was a Beast from the mountains, but when he came out to look, he discovered that the person who came was actually Wu Kui.
"Yo, Brother Wu, what a coincidence."
The injuries on Wu Kui's face hadn't faded yet, and his expression towards Rosen wasn't very good.
"That "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Arts," can you understand it?"
Rosen was stunned for a moment. He had thought Wu Kui came to settle scores with him, but he didn't expect him to actually care about his Cultivation progress.
"I am a fish that slipped through the net of nine years of compulsory education, tempered by the university of society. How could a mere few paragraphs of Daoist scriptures stump me?"
"Oh..." Wu Kui turned and left.
"Hey? Wait... What are you here for?" Seeing this, Rosen quickly called out to Wu Kui.
"I thought you needed guidance, but since you don't, I'll leave."
"It's not that I don't need it at all, just for mutual discussion and verification." Rosen shamelessly stopped Wu Kui. Regardless of whether Wu Kui was sincere or not, since he had come, it wouldn't be good to let him return empty-handed.
"Where don't you understand?"
"I don't understand from this section onwards." Rosen took out the Secret Manual and pointed to the content on it, saying.
"This is the first page, first paragraph?"
"That's right... Is there a problem?"
Wu Kui took a deep breath and began to explain the content of the Secret Manual.
"The human body has Twenty-Four Qi, Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems, Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, and One Hundred Twenty-Eight Zhou Tian Acupoints. The Twenty-Four Qi Refining Incantation cultivations the Twenty-Four Qi. These Twenty-Four Qi are like the Twenty-Four Solar Terms of a year, although they are all internal Qi, they also have distinctions of cold and heat. Beginning of Spring is the start, the beginning of all Qi, continuous and unyielding. Rain Water is Yin, soft and continuous like Water... Each Cultivator's Physique is different, and they will cultivation the Solar Term that is most suitable for them. And each Solar Term has its own different characteristics, with strengths and weaknesses. There is the Great Heat Energy that is aggressive like Fire, and also the Great Cold Energy that freezes a thousand miles, and also the Autumn Equinox Qi that has both Yin and Yang, combining rigidity and softness."
"Can a person cultivation two or even more Solar Terms?"
"No, this Qi Refining Incantation allows each person to cultivation only one Solar Term. I am naturally extremely rigid and Yang, so I cultivated the Summer Solstice Qi. It's not that you choose to cultivation a certain Solar Term, but rather your body will cultivation the Solar Term that is most suitable for you."
"Then does Kunlun Mountain also have Qi Refining Cultivation Techniques that match the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems, Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, and One Hundred Twenty-Eight Zhou Tian Acupoints?"
Wu Kui paused slightly, then nodded and said, "Yes, but I can only pass on this Twenty-Four Qi Refining Arts to you."
"You and I are strangers, and I even hit you. Why do you still treat me like this?"
"What you said that day in front of the mountain gate, those words you used to reprimand my Senior Martial Uncle, as a Junior, I couldn't speak up for you, but your words resonated deeply with my heart."
"So, it's my personal charm that conquered you?"
"If you hadn't ambushed and hit me that day, I would still believe you had personal charm."
For the next period of time, Wu Kui would come down the mountain every few days to teach Rosen Qi Refining.
After a few days, Rosen finally cultivated the first wisp of Solar Term Qi, and it was the the awakening of the spirit among the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.
The the awakening of the spirit corresponds to the Five Elements of Wood. When the sky is clear, spring thunder rumbles, all things revive, and life is vibrant. Therefore, the the awakening of the spirit is most suitable for nourishing oneself.
In the following days, Wu Kui came here every day to guide Rosen. After discovering that Rosen had cultivated the the awakening of the spirit Qi, he was also somewhat surprised.
To be able to get started in a few days, this Aptitude can already be considered above average.
"This Qi Refining Incantation has four levels: Entry, Yellow Court, Perfection, and Imperial Law. Now that you have cultivated the first wisp of the awakening of the spirit Qi, you are already at Entry. Afterwards, internal Combat strength and external breathing, with internal and external complementing each other, together form the Yellow Court, which is the second level, Yellow Court. When the Yellow Court is filled with pure Qi, the heavenly and human manifest true spirits, this is the third level, Perfection. Subsequently, using one's own Qi to cast one's own Spell, this is the fourth level, Imperial Law, and this requires Comprehension Ability, and even more, Opportunity."
The first three levels of this Qi Refining seemed to be at the martial arts level, while the fourth level directly elevated it to the Xianxia level.
"Are there any Realms after Imperial Law?"
"I don't know, but with your Aptitude, by the time you cultivation to Perfection, it will probably take seventy or eighty years. To be able to comprehend Imperial Law before you're a hundred years old would be considered good."
Upon hearing this, Rosen secretly clicked his tongue. A Qi Refining Incantation actually required such a long time to cultivation?
"I plan to travel around the four directions," Rosen said.
"Have a good journey."
"I'm going to the extreme west to explore exotic customs."
"Have a good journey."
"Before I leave, don't you have anything to give me? Like Heaven And Earth Treasure, like Magic Treasure Divine Ability, like Cultivation Technique Secret Manual?"
"Can you be more direct next time you speak?" Wu Kui looked at Rosen speechlessly: "I dare not give you Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals, I don't have Heaven And Earth Treasure either, I also want Magic Treasure Divine Ability, but I'll give you two words: take care."
"Gan, it's an action, and also an attitude." Rosen gave Wu Kui an international friendly gesture, picked up his bag, walked a few steps, then turned back: "Is there really nothing you want to give me?"
"No, hurry up! Don't let anyone from my sect see you."
Rosen looked back every three steps: "Are you really not giving anything?"
"Scram."
After getting started with the "Twenty-Four Qi Refining Sutra", Rosen's Combat strength also increased from 110 to 150. This improvement was neither too much nor too little.
This was only the Early Stage; there should be greater room for improvement in the future.
Furthermore, Rosen also discovered that the space points had increased by +10.
To this day, Rosen still didn't understand what the space points were for.
However, after more than a decade of research, he hadn't found anything, and he didn't expect any results now.
Rosen walked out of the Kunlun Mountain territory and headed southwest.
His Combat strength of 150 ensured a smooth journey, and although there were occasional troublesome encounters, Rosen was able to turn all obstacles into opportunities.
Kamar-Taj was located in the Himalayas, but Kamar-Taj was hidden by magic, and Rosen wasn't sure if he would definitely be able to find Kamar-Taj.
He traveled in stops and starts, occasionally Cultivating for a few days in the wilderness.
The the awakening of the spirit had already achieved minor success, with a cyan Qi vortex swirling three inches below his ribs.
This cyan Qi vortex was the the awakening of the spirit, and it could already provide energy to the Ten Rings.
The Ten Rings' energy was slowly increasing, and the energy feedback to Rosen was also gradually strengthening Rosen's Physique.
After a few days, the the awakening of the spirit became even more profound, and his Combat strength also increased from 150 to 180.
Currently, he was in the Early Stage of Cultivation, so the improvements were particularly noticeable.
After several months of trekking, Rosen saw the magnificent, sacred-mountain-like range, a great and lofty mountain chain stretching to the horizon.
Rosen looked at the towering peaks, and the magnificent sight made him feel his own insignificance.
On the dry grassland ahead, several yaks were feeding, and in the distance, wisps of smoke rose from chimneys.
That was an ordinary small village in the Tibetan area, quiet and peaceful, where there was no war, nor was there a bustling prosperity.
Rosen went directly into the small village. Rosen knocked on the door of a house, and the door was opened by a typical Tibetan, with dark skin, a small stature, and a face full of the marks of time.
Although communication was difficult, Rosen gestured with both hands and used a few pieces of silver to secure lodging at the Tibetan's home.
The Family Head of this Tibetan family was an old man in his fifties. Rosen called him Abang, and Abang called him Amu.
Abang had a daughter named Maggie.
Maggie wasn't particularly beautiful; the sun's ultraviolet rays had made Maggie's skin slightly dark, and combined with the exposure, she had two patches of plateau redness on her face, and her hands were rough from long-term labor.
After nightfall, Abang handed Rosen a hard wheat cake, miming the action of eating.
Rosen took the wheat cake and ate dinner with Abang and Maggie in the small hut.
After dinner, the father and daughter were busy again.
Although Abang and Maggie lived a hard life, they had a lot of responsibilities.
Despite owning many cattle and sheep, most of them did not belong to them but to the local noble Dengkuo; even their lives belonged to Dengkuo.
Rosen, meanwhile, took advantage of the night to go into the mountains.
The Tibetan area was exceptionally cold after nightfall; even with Rosen wrapped in wolf fur and protected by the Ten Rings' energy barrier, he still felt the chill.
And the the awakening of the spirit was of no use in this climate; presumably, only the Great Cold Energy could withstand the cold here.
Rosen pulled the wolf-skin coat wrapped around him tighter.
Just then, Rosen suddenly saw a Shadow flicker ahead.
Rosen immediately sped up to check, but saw no one.
However, Rosen was very sure that he hadn't imagined it; there was definitely someone!
Suddenly, Rosen felt someone's Qi behind him.
Looking back at the way he came, he vaguely saw a figure a hundred meters away – it was Maggie!
However, Maggie was currently surrounded by several snow wolves, and the situation was extremely critical.
Without a word, Rosen's body abruptly flew up, enveloped by the Ten Rings' energy, and he flew towards Maggie.
From a dozen meters away, Rosen pushed his arms forward, and two Impact waves burst from his fists.
Two snow wolves were immediately sent flying. Although the energy bestowed upon Rosen by the Ten Rings couldn't completely transform him or allow him to fight a hundred enemies, a few snow wolves were no match for him.
Seeing this, the remaining snow wolves, upon seeing Rosen flying in the air, seemed to sense danger. The wolf king howled, leading all the snow wolves to flee rapidly.
Rosen stepped forward and asked, "Maggie, are you alright?"
"#@#%#￥" Maggie gesticulated wildly, and Rosen couldn't understand what she was saying.
Rosen had originally intended to take Maggie back first, but in the darkness, that figure flickered past his eyes again.
Rosen's gaze sharpened. He was sure now; it was definitely not an illusion. He turned to look at Maggie.
In the darkness, Maggie's eyes were still clear.
"Let's go that way," Rosen said.
Maggie was puzzled and pointed in another direction: "Home is that way."
"I know home is that way, but I want to go that way." The two were talking at cross-purposes, neither understanding the other.
Rosen had no choice but to raise his right arm and clench his fist: "My fist is this big. Is yours bigger than mine?"
Maggie lowered her head, looked at her own palm, and clenched it.
Indeed, fists were the universal language. Rosen was very satisfied with Maggie's pragmatism.
The two walked one after another into the depths of the snow mountain.
Suddenly, Rosen felt the ice beneath his feet loosen. Just as he was about to pull Maggie over, the ground beneath him suddenly gave way, and he fell, losing his balance. Maggie also fell instantly.
This sudden fall caught both Maggie and Rosen off guard. In less than a second, they plunged into an ice cave.
Both of them recovered after a brief daze. Just then, in the dark ice cave, they saw what appeared to be two light sources: one shimmering with a silvery glow, and the other radiating a dark light.
They were... two books. One had a cover wrapped in gold and silver, while the other's cover material was indistinguishable, completely black.
And those two books were held in the arms of an ice sculpture. The muscle tissue of this ice-sculpted corpse had long since deteriorated, and now it wasn't even organic matter. The style of the clothes was faintly discernible, allowing for a rough estimation that this was a Central Plains person, not from the current dynasty. However, neither Rosen nor Maggie could tell what era the clothes on the corpse belonged to.