荒墟牧神 - 第4章 幽魔化生，鹿皮藏變 - 雲海書庫

ltivation not be several times that of the Four Great Spirit Bodies who have opened theirs? Is this still the Qi-Drawing Art?" The Village Head was equally uncertain. "This Qi-Drawing Art, found everywhere, is indeed somewhat mysterious. Though simple, its foundation is incomparably solid—solid beyond imagining. Shen'er has actually been cultivating it for eight years. Eight years is no short time. At first his progress was slow, but lately I have noticed his cultivation advancing faster and faster. Particularly in these days after taking the Four Poles blood, his speed is frightening! Were the Qi-Drawing Art not so common, I would almost take it for some incredible divine art..." The two exchanged odd looks. The Pill Master exhaled a mouthful of stale breath and shook his head. "However deep his cultivation, it is useless after all. Without an attribute, his primordial qi cannot unleash any power. How far do you think he can cultivate the Qi-Drawing Art?" The Village Head's face grew even stranger. "I do not know." The Pill Master nodded, understanding what he meant. The Qi-Drawing Art was the lowest and most elementary of cultivation arts, often used to lay a foundation in childhood. After the age of ten or so, a child's bones and constitution had set; once he could withstand the impact of spirit blood and had been tested to determine his spirit body, there was no longer any need to keep practicing the Qi-Drawing Art. After breaking through the wall, there were better arts, and no one needed to work hard at the Qi-Drawing Art. And an ordinary person, even if he practiced the Qi-Drawing Art forever, could never consume spirit blood every day the way Shen Mu did. Those who had such resources were the great aristocratic clans, but the great clans would never waste vast quantities of resources on disciples of ordinary aptitude. No great clan would, like the villagers of Hidden Remnant Village, keep hunting the four spirit beasts to lavish heavy nourishment on a common fellow like Shen Mu. The Village Head had never heard of anyone cultivating the Qi-Drawing Art to its limit, nor had he ever seen anyone reach even Shen Mu's current level. So he did not know how far Shen Mu would be able to go in the future. What shocked the Village Head and the Pill Master was that, in the training that followed, Shen Mu's cultivation became ever deeper. This lowest of arts displayed something extraordinary in him, making his foundation incomparably firm and dependable! A month later, he could bear several times as much Four Poles blood as before, and his primordial qi was as deep as if he had opened the Primal Embryo Divine Treasury—even more massive! But though his qi was deep, it had no attribute, so it could not unleash any power, and therefore his cultivation remained hidden. There were benefits, however. His ability to take blows was extremely strong, and his recovery was very fast. After sparring in blades with the Butcher, he would immediately go to practice fists with Master Huo; then he dueled the Blind Elder blindfolded with a staff; afterward he studied legwork with Lame Weng; and then he went to the Silent Smith and swung a hundred-catty hammer at the forge. Under such high-intensity training, he needed only a little breathing, a little practice of the so-called Mystic Body Three-Elixir Art, and in a moment he was radiant again, full of a hundredfold vigor! The effect of the Mystic Body Three-Elixir Art startled the Village Head as well, and he had the Pill Master secretly examine Shen Mu's body, lest the excessive excitement leave hidden problems. After the examination, the Pill Master said with a strange expression, "It is not excitement, and there are no hidden problems. It is simply that his primordial qi is that strong—it has already begun to improve his physical body." The Village Head was baffled too. For all his past glories and vast experience, he had never seen anything like Shen Mu, who had cultivated the most ordinary Qi-