Instant-Death Cultivation: Surviving in an Immortal World with Instant Kill - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5: Rogue Cultivator (1)

 

 

“I will teach you a special Internal Energy Mental Method.”

 

Ghost Shadow, who had accepted Cheon Woo-jin as his disciple, held out a manual.

 

“If you cultivate this mental method, you can accumulate pure energy that cannot be compared to ordinary internal energy. For a while, don’t think about anything else and devote yourself solely to this mental method.”

“I understand, Master.”

 

The cover of the manual read “Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique.”

 

However, contrary to Ghost Shadow’s explanation, this was not an Internal Energy Mental Method.

It was a Cultivation Method for accumulating spiritual energy to become a cultivator.

 

Of course, no matter how hard an ordinary person without spiritual roots tries, they cannot become a cultivator.

However, Ghost Shadow had only been accepting children who seemed likely to possess spiritual roots as disciples.

 

“By the way, do you often see things like ghosts?”

“That’s right. The physician said it’s because I have a deficiency syndrome…”

“Tsk tsk, you must have suffered a lot.”

 

Seeing things that others cannot see.

Children like this have a high possibility of possessing spiritual roots.

 

So Ghost Shadow had asked his nephew, who owed him a life debt.

To find children who say they ‘often see illusions’ and send them to him.

 

“Take one of these pills every day. It will cure your deficiency syndrome and help you achieve success with the mental method.”

 

Ghost Shadow handed Cheon Woo-jin a Black Pill.

 

Cheon Woo-jin deliberately bowed his head as if honored.

 

“Master, how can you give me such precious medicine…”

“It’s not that precious. It’s made from herbs that can be easily obtained near Goeyu Mountain.”

“But doesn’t a terrifying dragon live on Goeyu Mountain?”

“Hmm, you mean the Black Mist Dragon.”

 

The Black Mist Dragon was a being of the Origin Spirit realm.

It was not an existence that Ghost Shadow, who was merely at the mid-stage of the Qi Condensation realm, could oppose.

 

Suddenly, Cheon Woo-jin became curious about what expression Ghost Shadow would make if he told him that he had killed the Black Mist Dragon.

 

“Don’t worry. As long as you don’t invade its territory, there’s no problem.”

“I see…”

“Just in case, don’t wander around outside carelessly. If you accidentally invade its territory, it’ll be a disaster. I wouldn’t even be able to save you.”

 

On the surface, these seemed like words of concern for his disciple.

 

However, Ghost Shadow only had thoughts of raising Cheon Woo-jin well and turning him into an elixir.

Once he cultivated the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique and gained spiritual power, he planned to turn him into an elixir while still alive and absorb him whole.

 

Elevating his own realm, which had stagnated at the mid-stage of Qi Condensation, to a higher level… Ghost Shadow was pursuing only that.

 

“From now on, just follow my words. Then you will surely achieve great accomplishments.”

 

Ghost Shadow spoke in a gentle voice while hiding his true intentions.

 

“Thank you, Master.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin clasped his hands together and showed respect.

 

While thoroughly hiding the fact that he knew all of Ghost Shadow’s true intentions.

 

* * *

 

Cheon Woo-jin began cultivation under Ghost Shadow.

 

Ghost Shadow taught him the basics of the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique in detail.

But after that, he didn’t check on him individually and let him cultivate autonomously.

Because Ghost Shadow’s own cultivation was more important.

 

So Ghost Shadow usually left Cheon Woo-jin alone at the hermitage and went out.

Wandering around the vicinity of Goeyu Mountain and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was Ghost Shadow’s usual routine.

 

From Cheon Woo-jin’s perspective, this was a welcome development.

Because he could cultivate comfortably without having to watch Ghost Shadow’s mood.

 

‘With elixirs prepared for daily consumption, this is the perfect place.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin was someone who had suddenly fallen into this world.

He was penniless and had nowhere to rely on.

 

However, by playing the role of Ghost Shadow’s disciple here, he could focus solely on cultivation with peace of mind.

 

‘I’ve learned the basics properly, so I can enter the Qi Condensation realm even without Ghost Shadow staying by my side to teach me everything.’

 

To become a Qi Condensation cultivator, one must practice accepting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and sending it to the meridians.

This is because the existing meridians must be reconstructed and elevated to spiritual meridians.

 

The twelve major meridians that exist in the human body… Once all the twelve meridians are turned into spiritual meridians, one can finally circulate spiritual energy throughout the body.

When this spiritual energy operation becomes possible, one finally becomes a Qi Condensation cultivator.

 

‘While ordinary people require more than a year to enter the Qi Condensation realm… I have the Profound Enlightenment Divine Body.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin put the elixir that Ghost Shadow had left behind into his mouth.

 

The elixir contained condensed spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

If he cultivated while taking this, spiritual energy would accumulate in his body.

 

Of course, it wasn’t at the level of the proper elixirs that cultivators consumed.

Ghost Shadow was giving it to his disciple because it was a low-grade elixir that wouldn’t help him anyway.

 

However, it was at an appropriate level for someone who had just begun walking the path of cultivation.

 

‘With the Manifest True Clarity Body, I can maximize the absorption efficiency of spiritual energy.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin swallowed the elixir and sat cross-legged.

Then he could feel the elixir’s spiritual energy spreading throughout his body.

 

If left alone, it would all leak out.

So he had to control it within his body, just as martial artists perform Energy Circulation and Breathing.

 

The Black Mist Dragon’s Golden Core absorbed by Cheon Woo-jin performed the Dispersion and Descent function.

Dispersion and Descent is the process of selecting the energy that enters the body and appropriately distributing it up and down, inside and outside.

From the chaotically tangled energy of the elixir, he refined water spiritual energy suitable for water spiritual roots, then sent it to the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, the first of the twelve meridians.

 

‘Today I must complete the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.’

 

The Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian is a meridian that starts from the torso, emerges through the armpit, and flows along the inner arm.

Cheon Woo-jin pushed the water spiritual energy obtained from the elixir into the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.

 

Then he felt an eerie sensation along the inner arm.

The meridian was startled as spiritual energy flowed in.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin didn’t mind and continued sending spiritual energy according to the incantations of the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique.

Each time he did so, he could feel the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian gradually adapting to the spiritual energy.

 

As a result of persistently flowing spiritual energy, he felt a refreshing sensation at the Shaoshang acupoint on the thumb, the very end of the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.

 

Finally, the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian had been elevated to a spiritual meridian.

 

“Whew.”

 

Cheon Woo-jin opened his eyes and exhaled.

Beads of sweat had formed on his forehead.

 

‘Even with water spiritual roots and the Manifest True Clarity Body, it’s not an easy task.’

 

Unlike mixed spiritual roots that need to adapt to multiple spiritual energies evenly, water spiritual roots are much faster because they only need to adapt to one type of water spiritual energy.

Moreover, the Manifest True Clarity Body can utilize the elixir’s spiritual energy at maximum efficiency, making it easier to create spiritual meridians.

 

However, even with such advantages, it took more than ten days to turn one meridian into a spiritual meridian.

 

‘It will get faster as I become more accustomed to it.’

 

Cheon Woo-jin stood up from his position.

He went outside and looked at Goeyu Mountain.

 

‘I’ve only turned one out of the twelve meridians into a spiritual meridian.’

 

A subtle energy was flowing like clouds around Goeyu Mountain.

It was the earth’s spiritual energy that had grown that Black Mist Dragon into a Core Formation realm being.

 

Until this morning, he couldn’t see anything, but now he could feel the flow of spiritual energy throughout Goeyu Mountain.

Having acquired a spiritual meridian, his senses as a cultivator had also improved.

 

‘When I turn all twelve meridians into spiritual meridians and become a Qi Condensation cultivator, the entire world will look completely different.’

 

Returning to the hermitage, Cheon Woo-jin picked up the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique again.

Looking through the book, there were many missing parts throughout.

Ghost Shadow had tampered with it so he wouldn’t notice it was a cultivation method.

 

However, Cheon Woo-jin was now in a state where he could infer even those missing parts.

 

‘There’s no need to drag things out at this level for long.’

 

He needed to enter the Qi Condensation realm as quickly as possible.

While utilizing the knowledge he had brought from the outside world, Cheon Woo-jin deepened his understanding of the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique.

 

* * *

 

A month had passed.

 

Cheon Woo-jin had already turned half of the twelve meridians into spiritual meridians.

As a result, not only his ability to sense spiritual energy but also his physical capabilities had improved.

 

Despite never having practiced martial arts, Cheon Woo-jin’s current physical abilities were at the level of a first-rate martial artist.

This was the result of spiritual energy activating the meridians, and the activated meridians drawing up the power of the muscle meridians.

 

‘Cultivation methods are truly amazing. To think I can obtain this kind of body just from secondary effects.’

 

While Cheon Woo-jin was lightly stretching and checking his physical condition,

Ghost Shadow, who had returned from outdoor cultivation, called for Cheon Woo-jin.

 

“Let me see how much progress you’ve made.”

“Yes, Master.”

 

Ghost Shadow grabbed Cheon Woo-jin’s wrist and performed pulse reading.

However, he immediately widened his eyes.

 

“You brat, what exactly have you been doing?”

 

He examined all the cun pulse, guan pulse, and chi pulse on both left and right sides.

By examining these six pulse points, one could check the condition of all twelve meridians.

 

“How did you turn half of the twelve meridians into spiritual meridians in just one month?”

 

The Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian that goes from the torso to the fingertips.

The Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian going from fingertips to head.

The Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian going from head to toes.

The Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian going from toes to torso.

The Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian going from torso to fingertips.

The Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian going from fingertips to head.

 

A total of six meridians had already completed their spiritual transformation.

 

When Ghost Shadow first entered the Smoke Mirror stage, it took him over a year, yet this bastard had completed half of it in just one month.

 

“Master, is there some kind of problem?”

“Don’t play dumb with me, you cunning brat.”

 

Such rapid achievement meant he possessed a single spiritual root with only one elemental nature among the five elements.

 

Meanwhile, Ghost Shadow was a mixed spiritual root possessing four natures: Wood, Earth, Metal, and Water.

 

Looking at his disciple with a single spiritual root before him, Ghost Shadow felt his insides churning.

The fact that his disciple possessed superior talent was something he absolutely could not tolerate as a master.

 

“You’ve probably already figured out that the Five Elements Path Cultivation Technique I taught you isn’t an Internal Energy Mental Method. I really took in an absurd bastard as my disciple.”

 

Killing intent flashed in Ghost Shadow’s eyes.

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