Chapter 15: The First Attack on the Lesion (Please follow, vote, and Yue Ticket!)
Finding Disease is the first realm or stage of Qi Rushing to the Disease.
Just like the name of the realm indicates, one must find the "disease" within their own body.
The method involves utilizing one's Qi-Blood to flow through the meridians, and if any blockages are encountered, a disease focal point is found.
Wang Sheng's Qi-Blood had been autonomously circulating for a month, during which no blockages were encountered, hence there was no need for the Qi-Blood Power to strike.
With the help of chrysanthemum tea, his Inner Core Skill had reached "Inner Core Skill: Breakthrough+2 (22%)" which accelerated the operation of Qi-Blood Power, and the progress in Qi Rushing to the Disease had reached "finding 15.8%", meaning the Qi-Blood power had passed through 15.8% of Wang Sheng's body.
Having searched such a large area and found only one disease focal point was a very optimistic sign of Wang Sheng's health.
However, unless one achieves a flawless body, completely transforming, one will definitely find a disease focal point.
During this process, a seemingly healthy person will exhibit more and more symptoms.
The pain and swelling Wang Sheng was experiencing were manifestations of the Qi-Blood Power locating hidden disease focal points.
This was a sign of his own realm's progress, so he did not panic; he immediately entered the state of cultivating Inner Core Skill, introspecting and attempting to control the Qi-Blood Power to break through this disease focal point.
"Pain, swelling, these are past ailments, meaning they are injuries that have occurred in the body before?"
Wang Sheng thought quickly, clarifying the source of his own disease focal points, which could help the Qi-Blood Power break through more smoothly.
There are three types of disease focal points in the body: past, present, and future ailments. When Qi-Blood Power encounters different focal points and strikes, the body exhibits different symptoms.
"There is no doubt that this is a 'past ailment.'"
Wang Sheng quickly made his judgment, which significantly narrowed the scope.
"The pain is in the ankle of the left leg…"
Searching his memory, Wang Sheng quickly found the source of the Qi-Blood Power's encountered disease focal point.
"At the age of 12, my left ankle was injured by a sickle. I rested at home for many days then, thinking it had healed when it actually hadn't fully recovered?"
Wang Sheng gained a new understanding of Qi Rushing to the Disease, acknowledging how detailed this examination was in identifying an injury he suffered at the age of 12.
For most people, such an injury would be considered healed, but for "Inner Core Skill," it still posed a hidden danger.
Knowing the source made things much easier!
Wang Sheng controlled his Qi-Blood Power, which lingered around his left ankle and, sure enough, he soon felt a concealed clot.
Under his control, the Qi-Blood Power launched a fierce attack.
The pain in his left ankle intensified, as if being slashed.
This was because as the Qi-Blood Power struck the disease focal point dealing with a past ailment, his body felt a resurgence of the "old illness."
Wang Sheng's ankle had suffered a cut, hence the sensation of being slashed.
"It really does hurt!"
But no matter how painful, he had to endure, as this was a necessary process in cultivating the Inner Core Skill.
Half a minute passed, and under the fierce attack of the Qi-Blood Power, the disease focal point at the ankle started to loosen, and Wang Sheng concentrated all his spiritual power, gathering all the Qi-Blood Power, and then he thrust forcefully.
Boom!
It was as if a dam had burst, and a torrent of water surged, a sound that only Wang Sheng, who had entered introspection, could hear.
This sound indicated that the Qi-Blood Power at his ankle had been cleared!
The Qi-Blood Power continued its operation, seeking the next disease focal point.
Wang Sheng also ended his state of introspection.
"Is this what it feels like to clear a disease focal point?"
In fact, it was a very minor disease focal point, and even if Wang Sheng had let the Qi-Blood Power operate autonomously, it could have been cleared easily, there was really no need for him to control it.
But Wang Sheng wanted to genuinely feel what it was like to have Qi Rushing to the Disease, which is why he introspected.
After experiencing it, overall—
There were no special feelings.
Qi Rushing to the Disease consisted of three stages: Finding Disease, Flipping Illness, and reducing the disease.
During the Finding Disease and Flipping Illness processes, one's strength wouldn't change much, only during the final reducing the disease stage would strength continuously increase throughout the process.
In the process of Finding Disease, it would be strange if the power of Qi-Blood exhibited significant changes.
The only special feeling was the pain of "old ailments relapsing"!
Next, what Wang Sheng needed to do was to continue his cultivation methodically, enhancing his Qi-Blood Power and the progress of his Inner Core Skill, and complete the process of Qi Rushing to the Disease as soon as possible.
Ultimately, it all came back to Ba Duan Jin and Inner Core Skills, Foundation Method, and Foundation Establishment, which were the most crucial.
And to improve these two—
"First things first, farming!"
Having experienced the process of Qi-Blood Power impacting the disease, Wang Sheng ultimately had to return to the original point, farming.
Based on the current situation, without advancing Medicinal Plant Cultivation to Breakthrough three times and solving resource issues, the progress in Cultivation would be extremely slow.
Especially for the Ba Duan Jin.
A month ago, Ba Duan Jin was at "Breakthrough +2 (25%)", and it hadn't improved much even now, only reaching "Breakthrough +2 (38.5%)".
In one month's time, it had only improved by 13.5%, unusually slow.
Thus, after resting for a while, Wang Sheng began the great business of farming once more.
All the herb progress bars were incorporated into Medicinal Plant Cultivation, freeing up a large amount of time for Wang Sheng to advance the "Medicinal Plant Cultivation" progress bar.
However, when he started farming, he found that the progress bar for "Medicinal Plant Cultivation" grew slower than that for cultivating individual herbs.
This was anticipated beforehand.
But according to Wang Sheng's experience with many progress bars, with ample time freed up, perhaps only half a month would be needed to push Medicinal Plant Cultivation to Breakthrough three times.
So Wang Sheng began half a month of Medicinal Plant Cultivation.
...
Half a month later.
Wang Sheng was still the same, with only slight improvements in strength, but his Qi-Blood Power had broken through several minor illnesses once again.
The greatest gain was probably the room full of herbs.
For most ordinary people, these might be precious, but Wang Sheng's testing revealed that the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills made from ordinary herbs did not meet his needs, the replenishment effect was there but slow, not as direct as the effect of meat.
Thus, those herbs were basically not very useful, Wang Sheng just took some to ask Li Yongfeng to exchange for money to buy meat to maintain the daily basic practice of Ba Duan Jin.
But from today onwards, the situation was different!
"Stage: Qi Rushing to the Disease, Finding Disease 22.5% (First Grade Martial Artist)
Ba Duan Jin: Breakthrough +2 (48.5%)
Inner Core Skill (Hundred Day Foundation Establishment): Breakthrough +2 (63%)
Herb Recognition: Breakthrough +2 (20%)
Medicinal Plant Cultivation: Breakthrough +3 (1%)"
In half a month's time, because he had devoted most of his time to pushing the progress of "Medicinal Plant Cultivation", "Medicinal Plant Cultivation" had, as expected, achieved its third Breakthrough.
Today, the first batch of special herbs would be harvested for the beginning of crafting special Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills.
"Three-year period... damn, the speed of Cultivation is finally back on track!"