I'm Just Making Up The Exercises, My Disciple, Have You Really Mastered Them?

Chapter 60: Meng Chong's Enlightenment of the Great Sun Golden Bell

Back in the study room, Emperor Qi Huang was lost in thought. Since when did he, the supreme ruler of Qi Kingdom, fall to such a state?

It all started with the struggle for the crown prince position. His third son lost the precious jade in the struggle, while his eldest son emerged victorious and began his actions in East River County to settle the score with Guo Rongshan.

The officials who supported his eldest son prepared themselves to eliminate the Tianmu Sect in East River County and gain achievements to boost his son's reputation, paving the way for him to ascend to the position of the Crown Prince.

The root of all this trouble began with the raid on Xu Yan's home...

The more Emperor Qi Huang thought about it, the angrier and more aggrieved he became. How could he, the emperor, care about raiding a merchant's home? Besides, he didn't even know about this matter.

Yet, he ended up taking the blame for the raid.

"Announce the decree! The Crown Prince has committed a grave offense and shall be given thirty heavy beatings!" Emperor Qi Huang gritted his teeth as he issued the decree.

Unable to vent his anger on Xu Yan, he could only take it out on his own son!

The Crown Prince was dumbfounded. He hadn't done anything, yet he was subjected to thirty heavy beatings. It was a great injustice!

In his heart, he cursed his father, "Old man, instead of standing up for yourself against outsiders, you only know how to take it out on your own son!"

In the Qi Prince's Mansion, Xu Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind clear and focused as he immersed himself in the comprehension of the martial arts technique.

After reaching a higher state of mind, he could almost enter a state of complete immersion, forgetting both himself and the world, and wholeheartedly comprehend the martial arts technique.

With each moment of enlightenment, Xu Yan felt that he was getting closer to fully understanding the Innate Realm martial arts technique.

...

Three days had passed.

Meng Chong still hadn't comprehended the martial arts technique and was still pondering over it. Li Xuan sat on a chair, watching this scene, and couldn't help but start thinking about how to guide his disciple.

He tried to explain the practice of the Great Sun Golden Bell in as much detail as possible, hoping to make it easier for Meng Chong to comprehend.

"Could it be that my two disciples have poor aptitude?" Li Xuan also fell into deep thought.

From the outside, Meng Chong seemed like a brute.

But his way of thinking was different from ordinary people. He could think of things that others couldn't, indicating that his aptitude should not be low.

Suddenly, a golden light appeared.

"Your disciple frequently enters the Qi Emperor's harem to cultivate his state of mind, and his profound state of mind without women has improved, allowing you to attain a clear state of mind," Li Xuan was taken aback. His foolish disciple entered the Qi Emperor's harem to cultivate his state of mind?

Just cultivating his state of mind?

"Ah, this disciple..." Li Xuan sighed. Xu Yan's aptitude was truly unique. His ability to imagine was extraordinary. When Li Xuan originally said, "A mind without women, cultivating as if there were gods," Xu Yan had interpreted it as a metaphor for the state of mind in cultivation.

"Well, at least he no longer truly has a mind without women. He just uses it as a metaphor for a certain state of mind..." Li Xuan's mind was clear at this moment, undisturbed by external things, allowing him to fully immerse himself in a certain state.

"So, this is a clear state of mind? Undisturbed by external things, seeing through the illusions of Shattering Void, and having a firm mind..." Li Xuan discovered that a clear state of mind allowed one to think more focusedly, with more agile thoughts, and even achieve a state where Mount Tai could crumble before them without changing their expression.

"Now my state of mind is more like that of a master." Li Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, ready to ponder how to refine the Great Sun Golden Bell technique and pass it on to Meng Chong, guiding him on how to comprehend the technique.

Soon, he entered a state and found the direction for refinement.

"Is this the benefit brought by a clear state of mind?"

Suddenly.

He looked up at Meng Chong.

Only to see Meng Chong looking up at the sun in the sky, muttering to himself.

"The Great Sun? The Great Sun Golden Bell? From the inside out, or from the outside in? I understand!"

In an instant, Meng Chong seemed to have a sudden realization.

Excitedly, he took off his clothes, revealing his muscular body.

He walked to the sun, took a deep breath, and then entered a state of cultivation.

Li Xuan: ???

Regardless of whether Meng Chong's thoughts were deviating, as long as he had some realization and ideas, it was a good thing.

Li Xuan decided to silently observe and not interfere with Meng Chong's cultivation.

It's not that he was afraid of his disciple having deviant thoughts, but rather that he was afraid of his disciple having no ideas. Xu Yan, in the beginning, also had various deviant thoughts and self-imaginations before successfully cultivating.

So, deviant thoughts were not scary.

What was scary was having no ideas!

Li Xuan secretly looked forward to whether Meng Chong could successfully cultivate the Great Sun Golden Bell.

Looking up at the sun, it was already winter now. The weather was cool, and although there was the sun, it wasn't scorching hot enough to cause heatstroke.

It's just that Li Xuan didn't know what Meng Chong, his disciple, had realized.

Li Xuan had no intention of intervening. Since his disciple had some realization, he would silently observe. With his current complete Lifeblood Realm cultivation, as a Martial Artist, he had a keen perception.

If Meng Chong's cultivation improved, he would be able to sense the changes.

Meng Chong stood under the sun, and the sunlight shone on him, giving a hint of warmth.

"First is to sense the Qi and blood, how to sense the Qi and blood? Under the Great Sun, comprehend the burning sensation, so that the Qi and blood permeate the bones and flow into the organs...

"Since it is impossible to sense the Qi and blood from within, tempering from the inside out, then rely on the scorching heat of the Great Sun to stimulate the Qi and blood, and then temper from the outside in..."

Meng Chong carefully pondered, and as he stayed in the sun for a long time, he gradually sensed a warmth on his skin. Between breaths, a faint warmth emerged.

"I have sensed the Qi and blood!"

At this moment, Meng Chong was pleasantly surprised.

As the Qi and blood flowed little by little, they gradually gathered on the surface of his body, forming a strange resonance with the sunlight shining on his skin.

"From the outside in, permeating the bones, and then flowing into the organs. This is the basic tempering method of the Great Sun Golden Bell. Cultivating the physical body into a Golden Bell, and then bursting the Qi and blood to transform into a Qi and blood Golden Bell, is stepping into the Lifeblood Realm..."

Meng Chong realized the cultivation process of the technique.

After tempering the Qi and blood on the surface of the body, it slowly circulated inward and dispersed into the bones.

In that instant, he felt as if ants were crawling on his bones, a tingling sensation that instantly emerged.

His muscles couldn't help but tremble a few times.

But he endured it and didn't make a sound, only his breathing became slightly heavier.

"So this is Bone Refining? It's a bit uncomfortable, but I feel like there have been some changes..."

Meng Chong was pleasantly surprised.

After tempering the Qi and blood on the bones for a week, it slowly dissipated and seeped into the fragile organs.

The first Internal Organ Refining required controlling the Qi and blood and not rushing it. It needed to be slowly and carefully tempered.

Therefore, Meng Chong focused his entire being on circulating the Qi and blood, allowing it to flow between the organs.

The process of tempering the internal organs was relatively slow, taking more time than Skin Refining and Bone Refining combined. When the first internal organ tempering was completed, the Qi and blood returned to the bones and then circulated back to the surface, forming a cycle.

Meng Chong was pleasantly surprised to find that his body seemed to have an indescribable sense of roundness, as if it was integrated inside and out, with no gaps throughout his body. It was as if a large bell was enveloping him, or as if he had turned into an impermeable bell!

(End of this chapter)