chapter 12
12. Optimal Energy Enhancement Technique
The internal energy of Jeon-Young coursed through my body several times, following the path of the Lesser Yang Heart Method.
It was to directly show me the flow of the internal energy of the Lesser Yang Heart Method.
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The level of martial arts that Jeon Young had reached, as I understood through the information I acquired in my previous life and my observations in this life, was at best first-rate.
First-rate was the minimum threshold to be called a master in the martial world, where one could use sword energy (劍氣) temporarily and limitedly by operating their internal energy at almost full power or by using special techniques.
Despite the significant burden it would place on his internal energy, Jeon Young continued to guide me through the Jin Gi Do In until I memorized the entire path, even though I was pretending to be an ordinary talent.
“Hoo.”
After a total of five Jin Gi Do In sessions, Jeon Young removed his hand from my Mingmen point.
“Did you memorize the path of the internal energy flow?”
He asked me.
“Yes, I memorized it, Master.”
“Good. Then, from now on, follow the mnemonic of the Soyang Heart Method and perform a full cycle (一周天).”
I had already memorized both the path and the mnemonic from the first time I heard and received the Jin Gi Do In.
My bones and muscles were neither genius nor prodigy, but ordinary.
This had not changed in either my previous life or my current life.
Jeon Young thought of me as ordinary because my bones and muscles were average.
For an ordinary person to reach the supreme level of Hyun Gyeong was more difficult than a camel passing through the eye of a needle.
It was impossible without terrifying effort, determination, patience, fortuitous encounters, and heavenly luck.
But I had achieved it in my previous life.
I was deceived by the absurd nonsense of that quack god, who said that if I reached the level of Hyun Gyeong and underwent Hwan Gol Tal Tae (換骨奪胎), my lost manhood might grow back.
I had become a eunuch.
If I could regain my manhood, I was ready to do anything.
Even if it was an almost impossible task of raising my martial arts to the level of Hyun Gyeong with an ordinary body, I could do it.
‘Originally, Hwan Gol Tal Tae is sufficiently possible at the level of Hwa Gyeong…’
Hwan Gol Tal Tae is sufficiently possible if one reaches the level of Hwa Gyeong with ordinary martial arts.
But unfortunately, that trashy eunuch martial art was not ordinary martial art, but a ridiculous martial art learned by eunuchs.
Even if one could greatly mitigate the side effects of the Gyuhwa Bojeon at the level of Hwa Gyeong, it was impossible to achieve Hwan Gol Tal Tae.
This was because the body of a eunuch learning the Gyuhwa Bojeon was an incomplete body, neither male nor female.
Therefore, unlike other martial arts, the deformed martial art Gyuhwa Bojeon, created for eunuchs, required reaching the level of Hyun Gyeong to achieve Hwan Gol Tal Tae.
Theoretically, if one mastered the Gyuhwa Bojeon to the extreme and reached the level of Hyun Gyeong, all the side effects associated with the Gyuhwa Bojeon, such as a thin voice and a body shape like a woman, would disappear along with Hwan Gol Tal Tae.
The god focused on this and suggested the possibility that if one reached the level of Hyun Gyeong, the lost manhood might grow back.
But that was merely a possibility, a theoretical realm.
Because throughout the thousand-year history of the Central Plains martial world, there had never been a master who reached the level of Hyun Gyeong with the Gyuhwa Bojeon.
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This is a body flawed with imperfection, which makes it exceedingly difficult to reach the peak of Chigi’s realm. Yet, I sought out the herb, overcoming the extreme probability of finding it.
“s*x is the essence of all the greatest driving forces and the original energy.”
The auspicious name “Yunyu Zhilao” (雲雨之褥) is attached from the very beginning.
During the early period of the Qianlong era, Emperor Huaiwang of the Xin Zhai visited Mount Wu Shan and took a short nap. In his dream, he met the beautiful nymph who claimed to be the daughter of the God of the Springs, and they indulged in a passionate affair.
The relationship between them was so intense that Emperor Huaiwang, wishing to enjoy more s*x, asked the nymph again. Consequently, the Wu Shan nymph declared that she would reside on the precipice of Mount Wu Shan, transforming into clouds in the morning and rain at night, always thinking of him from dawn till dusk.
The dream of Emperor Huaiwang, awoken by the joy of s*x, built a temple on Mount Wu Shan named “Zhao Yun” (朝雲), commemorating their passionate encounter. This is the origin of the auspicious name “Yunyu Zhilao” (雲雨之褥), which signifies the joy of clouds and rain.
The phrases “Zhao Yun Mu Yu” (朝雲暮雨) and “Wu Shan Zhi Meng” (巫山之夢) also originate from the same story.
Even a sovereign who holds the power of the empire could not forget the night with the courtesan and shed tears of joy when the joy of s*x returned, so much so that they built a temple, and the tale became an auspicious name passed down to the present day. Thus, s*x is the purest and most fundamental desire of humans.
I yearned for the pleasure of clouds and rain, of morning and evening, and wished to enjoy the “Zhao Yun Mu Yu” (朝雲暮雨) with the courtesan. My yearning has become my resolve, and my resolve has become my effort.
I used my power to gather all the treasures and blessings of the world into the imperial palace.
Even that was not enough, so I called upon the spirits to practice the “Yi Jian Xi Sui Da Fa” (易筋洗髓大法), which promised a success rate of 100%, several times, overcoming the brink of death to refine my bones and cleanse my blood, enhancing them.
After consuming the “Chaonian Haoshuoyou” (千年何首烏) and “Kong Qing Shui You” (空淸石油) as if they were food and water, I reached the peak of the historical records of all the immortals and cultivators, but…
“The herb has not yet grown.”
Ah.
Even after breaking through the limits of the waist, I am still a cultivator.
However, I have gained something.
I had already stepped onto the path of the peak, and now, with my body reset, the enlightenment I gained then still remains in my mind, allowing me to reach the peak of the Joy of s*x. The many insights I gained have remained in my mind.
My body cannot follow the high enlightenment in my mind, but it’s not a big problem. It’s enough to solve it with a bit of effort, even if the problem is as trivial as the desire for more treasures or to seek the great method.
It was difficult to ascend at first, but now, with the second life as a stepping stone, the effort required is nothing compared to reincarnation.
While I thought so, I slowly recited the “Sao Yang Shen Bi” (少陽身心法), receiving the natural essence through breathing.
“Huh, hu.”
The natural essence received through the breath flowed through my blood.
The “Sao Yang” (少陽), as its name suggests, is the technique of managing the Yang Qi.
Of course, it’s not the technique of managing the extreme Yang Qi, the “Yang Qiang Qi Gong” (陽強氣功), but it’s an unparalleled basic technique. It was enough for me.
Yang Qi is what? It symbolizes the strength of a man, the essence.
The stronger the Yang Qi, the stronger the essence.
It’s not like the chaotic energy or the gathering of ‘that energy’, the “Qi De Na Mu Gong” (氣德那母功), but the “Sao Yang Shen Bi” (少陽身心法) replenishes the strength of a man, a supreme technique that surpasses all others on earth.
The strength of a man!
Indeed, the technique of managing the essence is what I truly desire.
“Indeed, it was good to have learned the martial arts together.”
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While shedding tears of hot emotion inwardly, I guided the hot yang energy through the meridians in my body according to the mnemonic of the mental method, and then led it to the dantian.
After completing the circulation of energy, the man’s energy gathered and coiled in the dantian.
Though it was a small amount of energy, smaller than a fingernail, my first accumulation of energy was finally complete.
After finishing the breathing exercise, I gently stroked my lower abdomen, which was filled with warm energy.
Unlike my previous life, which was filled with cold yin energy, seeing the dantian of my current life filled with hot male energy made me feel full even without eating.
It was overwhelming.
“Have you completed the circulation of energy?”
“Yes, Master.”
When I nodded, the master grabbed my wrist and checked my pulse.
“The true energy of the So Yang mental method has settled well in your dantian. Congratulations on entering the realm of internal energy.”
A faint smile appeared on the master’s expressionless face.
“Now that you have entered the realm of internal energy, I will teach you about the principles that form the foundation of our sect’s martial arts. What is the symbol of our sect?”
The master asked me.
I already knew the symbol of the Gongdong sect.
“It is the Reverse Taiji.”
Just as the symbol of the Wudang sect is the Taiji, the symbol of the Huashan sect is the plum blossom, and the symbol of the Kunlun sect is the cloud, the Gongdong sect also had a symbol representing the sect.
The Yin-Yang symbol, representing the circulation and reversal of Yin and Yang.
It was the Reverse Taiji, which was the Taiji turned upside down.
“Correct. The symbol of our sect is the Reverse Taiji. Because of this, people often say that although our sect is a righteous sect, in reality, it is closer to the demonic or heretical sects. After our sect integrated various factions of Gongdong Mountain through Master Bihongja from the Daoist sect, and opened the doors to the secular world, allowing female disciples to enter and disciples to marry, people said that we had lost the teachings of our founder, Master Gwangseongja. However, the Reverse Taiji is precisely the symbol of Master Gwangseongja’s teaching of the reversal of Yin and Yang.”
Jeonyeong spoke in a serious voice.
As Jeonyeong said, even before the Gongdong sect became one of the Nine Great Sects, the martial arts of the Gongdong sect were all aggressive and practical, and the internal energy cultivation was more like the martial arts of the demonic sects, quickly accumulating internal energy through reverse blood circulation, but making it difficult to enter the realm of ascension. Because of this, there was a subtle disdain towards the Gongdong sect, considering it closer to the demonic sects.
Now, having fallen and been expelled from the Nine Great Sects, there was nothing more to say.
“The reversal of Yin and Yang is the core teaching that Master Gwangseongja personally imparted to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan when he came to Gongdong Mountain in ancient times, and it forms the foundation of the Gongdong sect’s martial arts.”
Every martial art has a fundamental principle.
The fundamental principle of the eunuch martial art, which I don’t even want to name, is to use the body of a eunuch, which lacks yang energy, to accumulate yin energy and transform the body, achieving a pure yin body.
Similarly, every martial art is based on this fundamental principle, and the fundamental principle is the ultimate martial art that the martial art aims for.
And as a long-established sect, the Gongdong sect also had a fundamental principle for its martial arts, as Jeonyeong said.
“The reversal of Yin and Yang is the teaching that signifies the mutual transfer and reversal of Yin and Yang. Originally, water, which symbolizes yin energy, flows downward, and fire, which symbolizes yang energy, rises upward. This is the law of nature. However, to create life, it must be the opposite, with yang energy flowing downward and yin energy rising upward. This is the principle of water rising and fire descending. Through the practice of the reversal of Yin and Yang, one achieves the ultimate life by reversing Yin and Yang and achieving the principle of water rising and fire descending. This is the beginning and end of our sect’s martial arts.”
The reversal of Yin and Yang.
Reversing Yin and Yang to achieve the ultimate life.
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The principle of “Water Ascends, Fire Descends” was a teaching that went against the laws of nature, making water rise and fire fall.
It was a radical principle, completely opposite to the harmony of Yin and Yang and the Taiji that the Wudang Sect was based on.
The reason why the internal energy cultivation of the Gongdong Sect was based on the reverse flow of energy, similar to the demonic arts of the Demonic Sect, was all to follow this teaching of Yin-Yang inversion.
It’s not for nothing that the symbol of the Gongdong Sect is the reversed Taiji.
‘Complete the ultimate life.’
What is vitality?
For a man, abundant vitality means virility.
If one reaches the ultimate level of the Gongdong Sect’s martial arts, and thus achieves the principle of “Water Ascends, Fire Descends” to complete the ultimate life! I would possess the vitality to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh with three wives and four concubines every day for a whole month without sleeping, without collapsing.
To put it metaphorically, it would be like the protagonist of a third-rate martial arts novel who conquers a high-level female master through the pleasures of the bed, turning her into a third-rate seductress with his overwhelming virility.
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I responded to my master’s words with “Yes, I understand,” and sat cross-legged, operating the Soyang Heart Method.
Following the formula of the Soyang Heart Method, the feeling of hot yang energy, the vigor of a man, flowing through my meridians was exhilarating even the second time.
In front of my eyes, I saw a future version of myself, applying the martial arts of the Gongdong Sect on the bed, becoming a tyrant on the bed, and achieving the path of water and fire harmony, gaining infinite vigor, no, life force.
Heh.
A smile crept onto my lips.
Yes, this is s*x.