Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

A section of ginseng was held in Wang Chen's mouth.

He chewed it thoroughly, the elixir-like juice silently sliding down his throat and into his stomach.

In an instant, a potent and intense medicinal power burst forth within Wang Chen's body, quickly permeating his organs and reaching every limb, causing his skin to begin heating up.

Ordinary people, even powerful martial artists, could not endure such a strong dose of medicinal power, and nine times out of ten, they would bleed from all orifices and die on the spot.

But Wang Chen's cultivation level had already reached the sixth tier, his body's fierce and unparalleled evil force easily neutralized the powerful medicinal properties of the thousand-year-old ginseng, transforming it into his own potential.

In Wang Chen's field of view, the prompt for the increase in potential points cascaded down like a waterfall!

Yet Wang Chen completely ignored these prompts, as he was wholly focused on controlling another energy within his body—Spiritual Energy, gathering it bit by bit in the newly formed Upper Dantian.

On the second day after entering the Imperial Palace's Scripture Pavilion Taoist Skill Hall, Wang Chen, referencing a Dharma Technique from "The Source of the Upper Clear Bright Tao," created an Upper Dantian within himself.

For Dharma Cultivators in this world, the standard for Entry Tao was the formation of the Upper Dantian.

The function of the Upper Dantian was precisely to hold one's own condensed or externally absorbed Spiritual Energy, which could then be used to cast spells, craft talismans, refine artifacts, set up arrays, and more.

Most importantly, the route taken by the Spiritual Energy entering the Upper Dantian followed the Eight Extra Meridians and differed from that of the Martial Path Gang Evil Force, thus, both could coexist without direct conflict.

This was the essence of cultivating both Dharma and martial arts!

Compared to the Taoist Techniques and skills from the Upper Realm that Wang Chen possessed, the tiers of Taoist Veins in the Cangqing Domain were undoubtedly much lower.

Therefore, despite the different laws of the two realms, there were countless commonalities between the Tao and the Dharma, making Wang Chen's study of this world's Taoist Skills virtually a dimension-reducing strike.

One day to enter the gate, two days to Enter Tao, the current Wang Chen was fully qualified to lecture in the Taoist Palace!

However, since the concentration of nature's spiritual energy in the Cangqing Domain was too low, for now, Wang Chen could only rely on heavenly and earthly treasures like thousand-year-old ginseng to obtain the Spiritual Energy needed for cultivation, at an extremely high cost.

Wang Chen estimated that those renowned Taoist Palaces must occupy places that were Cave Heaven and Blessed Lands, relatively rich in Spiritual Energy; otherwise, the practitioners wouldn't be able to maintain the influence of their sect, let alone possess their current prestige.

In just the time of ten breaths, a half-inch long section of thousand-year-old ginseng was completely "digested" by Wang Chen.

Not even a bit of residue remained.

In exchange, the amount of Spiritual Energy in his Upper Dantian had doubled!

Seated cross-legged on the sandalwood floor, Wang Chen raised his right hand, rubbing his thumb and index finger together, and abruptly, a flame appeared out of thin air.

"Ah."

Suddenly, a soft exclamation reached Wang Chen's ears.

Unperturbed, Wang Chen turned his head and saw, standing by a bookshelf about ten steps away, a charming young girl in palace attire.

She appeared to be fourteen or fifteen years old, with a graceful and tall figure, and an exquisitely beautiful face, though her eyebrows and eyes had not yet fully developed, revealing a bit of youthful immaturity.

In fact, Wang Chen had sensed her presence early on but had paid it no mind.

There were more visitors to the Taoist Skill Hall in these few days than just Wang Chen; however, he was solely focused, with no intention of interacting with others, dedicating all his time to comprehending the Taoist Scriptures.

The palace-clad young girl was very beautiful, and her attire clearly indicated she was from the Royal Family.

Wang Chen merely glanced at her, then quickly averted his gaze.

However, to his surprise, the palace-clad young girl hesitated for a moment before walking straight toward him.

"Was that the Fire Generating Technique you just performed?"

Wang Chen was slightly startled, then nodded and replied, "Yes."

The palace-clad young girl's eyes brightened instantly, "Then, can you teach me?"

Wang Chen had to stand up and ask, "I am Tiqi Thousand Household Wang Chen. May I ask who you are?"

"You don't recognize me?"

The girl's expression was one of surprise, "I am Princess Qingyun."

"So, it is Princess Qingyun!"

Wang Chen quickly bowed and apologized, "Please forgive my ignorance for not recognizing Your Highness's true face."

Emperor Shaowu had seven sisters, among whom Princess Qingyun was the youngest and reportedly the most favored by the Emperor of Great Liang.

Emperor Shaowu was a generous emperor. After his ascension to the throne, he granted titles to various princes, and even to the brothers with whom he did not get along, he did not oppress but treated them with due respect.

Yet, the Emperor's character was somewhat weak, which was not ideal under the current circumstances of internal strife and external threats facing Great Liang.

Wang Chen had heard of Princess Qingyun before, and upon meeting her today, he found her reputation was indeed well-deserved.

"Those who don't know are not guilty."

Princess Qingyun waved her hand and, with widened eyes, asked, "Thousand Household Wang, could you teach me some spells?"

"Uh..."

Wang Chen was unsure how to respond.

Princess Qingyun was the most beloved by the Emperor, and what could such a person possibly lack?

If Her Highness wished to learn spells, under normal circumstances, she could choose any mage from the Taoist Palaces across the land.

Why would she ask Wang Chen, a stranger she had just met?

There surely must be a reason behind it!

Wang Chen certainly did not want to act impulsively and inadvertently invite trouble and disaster.

"Forget it."

Seeing Wang Chen's difficulty, Princess Qingyun's beautiful eyes dimmed.

Somehow, seeing her disheartened look, Wang Chen suddenly felt compassion and said, "The Fire Generating Technique should not be used lightly, and it's not safe to learn it within the Imperial Palace. Could we try something else?"

"Yes, yes!"

Princess Qingyun instantly beamed with joy and leaped happily: "Thousand Household Wang, you are so kind!"

Wang Chen: "..."

This was not the revered Princess of Great Liang, but rather a naïve young girl!

But having promised, Wang Chen thought it over and decided to teach her the Light Dancing Technique.

The Light Dancing Technique was similar to a lighting technique, condensing spiritual energy into light to dispel darkness and evil spirits; it was both beautiful and practical.

Most importantly, it was not difficult to perform.

However, he soon encountered a major issue.

The princess, who humbly sought Taoist Techniques, was completely a novice in the Taoist Vein; she hadn't even opened her Upper Dantian!

"Your Highness, this won't do."

Wang Chen was truly at a loss for words: "You must first open the Upper Dantian, otherwise, you cannot condense energy to perform spells."

Princess Qingyun was perplexed: "I also need to open the Upper Dantian?"

Wang Chen felt a stir in his heart: "You didn't know?"

Princess Qingyun lowered her head and said, "Mage Miaoyue only told me that being of noble birth, I naturally struggle to channel energy and embrace the Tao."

She looked hopefully at Wang Chen: "Thousand Household Wang, do you have any good solutions?"

Wang Chen initially wanted to refuse, but his words faltered before they could be spoken.

"Let your servant take a look."

He asked Princess Qingyun to stretch out her left wrist, then he lightly placed three fingers above her pulse gate, infusing a strand of spiritual energy into her body to explore.

In the blink of an eye, the spiritual energy Wang Chen had infused traveled throughout her body.

At this moment, Wang Chen had come to a realization.

It wasn't that she was of noble birth and naturally struggled to channel energy; rather, her Eight Extra Meridians were blocked, obstructing the flow and preventing the opening of the Qi Sea!

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