Chapter 14 Cultivation Technique It Turns Out We're Both Clueless

"In the world, there is spiritual energy, connecting with the heavens and the earth, drawing it into the body..." Chen Xun kept reading down, his mouth getting wider and wider, wanting to spit out two words, but hesitated because the next sentence would always elevate the feeling. He forcefully swallowed a mouthful of saliva, eyes filled with shock, shouting, "Awesome!" "Moo? Moo!" The big black cow was startled and sat up in surprise, looking at the "Qi Refining Decision," wondering what it was all about. "Old cow, it's a cultivation technique!" Chen Xun exclaimed excitedly, this was the joy of freeloading, "Cultivation, the kind that can fly, without having to serve as a cow or horse in a cultivation sect." "Moo~~" The big black cow also got excited, back then they had seen cultivators flying on their swords, traversing the world, and had been envious. "The Qi Refining stage is divided into ten levels, reaching the tenth level can establish the foundation, break through the limit of lifespan, living up to four hundred years..." Chen Xun read this, both he and the big black cow couldn't help but smirk, they exchanged a glance, emitting a subtly lewd chuckle. However, they didn't know what lay beyond the Foundation Establishment stage. "Old cow, let's try it together, following its circulation route, feeling the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth." Chen Xun sat cross-legged, and also taught the big black cow to sit cross-legged, laughing so hard that his whole body trembled, "As long as all things in the world have spiritual roots, they can all feel the spiritual energy." "Moo?" "Don't worry, you definitely have it, you are a spiritual beast." "Moo~" The big black cow grinned, feeling reassured. "Come, spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth, heed my command, enter my body!" "Moo moo moo moo!" Following the circulation route of the technique, the man and the cow began to capture the sense of the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth, their eyes slightly closed, hearts and minds calm, an hour passed just like that. Two hours passed... Three hours passed... "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Chen Xun suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the big black cow, asking, "Fake?" "Moo~ Moo!" The big black cow hesitated for a moment, then nodded, as if it didn't feel anything special. "Damn it." Chen Xun looked pained, supporting himself with his hands, "I didn't expect that Sun Lao's son was actually harmed by a fake, it seems his son also realized something was wrong after cultivating, that's why he left it behind." "Moo moo!" The big black cow nodded, what Chen Xun said made sense, he was indeed clever. "However." Chen Xun's tone changed, frowning slightly, "After cultivating, I do feel something in my abdomen." "Moo?" "Maybe I ate too much monster meat, I'll go out for a walk, excuse me." The big black cow: "..." After Chen Xun went out, he found a secluded spot, dug a hole, squatted down, and began to ponder. "Could it be that my spiritual roots are too weak?" Chen Xun's features contorted fiercely, then relaxed slowly, "It can't be, the big black cow is a spiritual beast, could it also be clueless like me?" Chen Xun thought to himself, couldn't help but chuckle, his body movements becoming more and more exaggerated, he suddenly changed his expression, looking down at his feet, "Oh my, damn it..." Back in the cave, Chen Xun said, "Old cow, there's actually another possibility, that our spiritual roots are too weak." The big black cow did not respond, instead, its nose kept sniffing, why did Chen Xun have a stench on him. "Old cow?" Chen Xun furrowed his brow, puzzled. The big black cow's nose was almost sniffing at Chen Xun's feet. "With strength to move mountains and air to cover the world!" "Moo!!~~~" The big black cow was lifted up by Chen Xun in anger, "Old cow, I'm talking to you." "Moo moo~" The big black cow behaved, lying against the earthen wall, far away from Chen Xun, its eyes carrying a hint of mocking. "Let's cultivate for an hour every day, if it's useless, forget it." "Moo." The big black cow nodded, looking at Chen Xun approaching, it quickly changed positions, but Chen Xun wouldn't let it go, the big black cow was speechless. They forcibly leaned against each other and slept through the night, the next day the sound of birds had already entered the cave, a ray of sunlight shining through. "Let's go, old cow, gather herbs." Chen Xun slowly opened his eyes, stretched lazily, still half-asleep, "Then apply some medicine on your head." "Moo~" The big black cow also woke up, its head indeed a bit sore. ...As time passed, they had been in the Ningyun Mountains for three years, never encountering any danger like wild beasts coming down from the mountains. However, they had seen countless bones of commoners, and sometimes, when they had nothing to do, Chen Xun and the big black cow would return to their old profession. The mournful sound of the suona and the bell echoed through the mountains, allowing them to return to their hometown. At this moment, Chen Xun was dressed in wild animal hide, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, holding a mountain axe in his hand, with two more strapped to his waist, and a few stripes drawn on his face, with a bow and arrows on his back, looking like a wild man. The big black cow's horns had finally grown back this year, it was also draped in animal hide, with several large stripes drawn on its head, if not carefully identified, it was hard to tell it was a big black cow. A wild boar was frantically fleeing, eyes wide with fear, it remembered a few days ago, its father was chopped to death by a wild man, and its mother was rammed to death by a wild cow. "Grunt, squeal." The wild boar suddenly stopped, its mouth emitting trembling cries, looking ahead and behind, it was the wild man and the wild cow. "Hehe." Chen Xun grinned with a bloodthirsty smile, blocking its way. "Moo moo." The big black cow blocked its retreat. "Little pig, become a part of our bodies, we will help you become stronger, hehe, hehe, hehe." Chen Xun revealed a twisted smile, with a flash, he quietly appeared above the wild boar's head, and the big black cow charged instantly, cooperating seamlessly. "Squeal~~!!" A flash of blood, the wild boar fell weakly, the whole family neatly dealt with by Chen Xun and the big black cow. "Let's go, old cow." "Moo." Chen Xun hoisted the wild boar's body, the bloodstains were buried by the big black cow digging a hole, and they headed back to their cave. "Old cow, I never thought that the technique was actually real." Chen Xun ate the wild boar meat heartily, his mouth full of oil, "My hearing has improved now, this cultivation is indeed different from us ordinary people." "Moo moo moo." The big black cow kept nodding, splashing soup, in the dead of night, it could see things much clearer than before. This feeling was completely different from what the longevity point brought, the longevity point seemed to strengthen the physical body, while cultivation elevated the senses of the physical body, it was a progression of life. "But our progress seems to have stalled again." Chen Xun shook his head slightly, he stubbornly raised the speed of the longevity point to 21, not even letting the big black cow off the hook. However, just like with strength, it seemed like they had encountered a restraint, unable to further enhance the basic energy of the body, incredibly strange. "Moo moo?" The big black cow was also puzzled, could it be that they could only live long in the mortal realm, after all, no one among the common people could challenge them now. "How about we try magic power next year?" Chen Xun said uncertainly, he understood it as mana, but they didn't have any skills... "Moo! Moo~" The big black cow shook its head, nudging Chen Xun. "The essence of all things?" "Moo!" The big black cow nodded vigorously, let's try this, magic power was too mysterious, its bull charge was already top-notch. "Alright, I'll follow your lead." Chen Xun smiled, patting the big black cow with oily hands, but the big black cow didn't notice.