Chapter 128: Old 4's Experience, Spiritual Roots
"Who is interested in you?!" Liang Zifeng stared at Lao Si speechlessly. Seeing that Lao Si wanted to say something, he immediately shouted, "Shut up! Listen to me!"
"Oh, okay, I won't talk anymore. Second brother, you continue." After the fourth brother finished speaking, he made a funny gesture of shutting his mouth, and then covered his mouth with both hands.
"Hmph!" Liang Zifeng glared at the fourth one.
"Eh? Where was I?"
"Wuwuwu." The fourth child covered his mouth, shook his head vigorously, and then pointed at his mouth with his finger to indicate that he could not speak.
"My hands suddenly feel a little itchy. What do you think we should do?" Liang Zifeng asked the fourth brother with ill intent.
"You said human nature is fickle." The fourth brother sensed the danger and immediately backed down.
"Oh, anyway, remember that human nature is the most unreliable thing and can change at any time. Also, don't think about taking in apprentices for the time being. When you come back from your training and I think you can take in apprentices, then you can. Otherwise, if you dare to take in apprentices secretly, you will be in trouble."
"Oh, then, second brother, when will I go for training?"
"Why? You want to go out and gain experience early?"
"Uh-huh."
"If you are not afraid of the cold, you can go out and practice tomorrow."
"It's no big deal with the temperature outside." The fourth brother looked completely unconcerned about the minus 40 degrees Celsius temperature outside, and said eagerly, "Second brother, I'll go get ready."
Not long after the fourth brother left, the third brother and his friends came over.
"Second brother, you want to let the fourth brother go out for training tomorrow?" The third brother asked with some disbelief.
"He wants to go out and try his luck early. Can I stop him?" Liang Zifeng replied unhappily.
"Isn't it too hasty?" The third brother said with some concern.
"It's okay. Let him go out and suffer for a while, so that he won't always look like an immature and heartless person. If you are worried, you can protect him secretly for a while."
"Oh, that's a good idea." The third brother didn't understand what Liang Zifeng meant at all, and actually showed an expression of approval.
"..." Liang Zifeng looked at the third brother speechlessly, and then reminded him, "You can protect him secretly if you want, but the fourth brother is not allowed to take action unless it is a matter of life and death! This kid has never experienced any tragic things, just like the little girl, he has never suffered any hardship!"
"Second brother, why are you talking about me? I didn't make you angry." The little girl who was watching the fun at the side heard it and immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Hmph, you're getting more disobedient as you get older. You're not even as cute as you were when you were a child." Liang Zifeng snorted arrogantly, saying with a look of disgust.
"Second brother is becoming less and less lovable, huh!" The little girl frowned at Liang Zifeng and shouted back.
"Okay, all of you go away and stop bothering me here." Liang Zifeng waved at everyone and said impatiently.
The next morning, Liang Zifeng and others sent Lao Si out of the formation, gave him 500 taels of silver, and then said to him.
"Just do the experience well. Don't go out for a few months and then come back. It's not embarrassing enough." Liang Zifeng said in a bad tone.
"I know, second brother, am I so useless in your eyes?" The fourth brother said with a depressed look on his face.
"What do you think? My little sister always says you are stupid." Liang Zifeng said unhappily.
"Second brother, don't wrongly accuse me. Fourth brother, I didn't say that. Don't believe what Second brother said. Fourth brother, you are the smartest. In my heart, you are smarter than Second brother."
The little girl on the side was originally looking at the fourth child with reluctance, but after hearing Liang Zifeng's words, she instantly got angry, and her instinct for survival made her start talking without thinking.
"Hehe! Little girl, I think your skin is a little tight. Come here, let your brother loosen it for you." Liang Zifeng looked at the little girl and said with a forced smile.
"Ah!" The little girl screamed and ran away in an instant, shouting as she ran, "Fourth brother, take care of yourself and remember to bring me a gift."
In this way, Lao Si, who had originally planned to go out for training in early May, left the valley before the end of the first month of the year and began his training in a climate of more than 40 degrees below zero.
At the same time, the third brother secretly followed the fourth brother and left the valley together. In fact, the third brother was not optimistic about the fourth brother's experience.
Therefore, the third brother was very worried that the fourth brother might have an accident. Even though Liang Zifeng said that the fourth brother's life was not in danger during this experience and it was just a close call, he was still worried.
After the third and fourth brothers left, Liang Zifeng thought of his previous promise, so he began to optimize the practice methods of the third brother and others and lower the qualification requirements.
In order to better simplify the practice, Liang Zifeng conducted a very in-depth exploration of the little girl's Dantian, relying on his familiarity with his own Dantian, especially the process of forming seeds after dispersing the power.
Based on the location of the seed, he discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, deep in the little girl's dantian, there was actually a seed that had already germinated.
This discovery shocked Liang Zifeng a little, and the word "spiritual root" appeared unconsciously in his mind again.
In order to confirm the existence of spiritual roots, he found dozens of children in the space outside the valley and conducted in-depth investigations. As a result, he really discovered that some people actually had sprouting seeds deep in their dantian.
But such people are extremely rare. He examined 88 children in total, and only three of them had germinated seeds in their dantian.
Then, in order to test the differences between these three children, Liang Zifeng provided them with a normal set of martial arts Qi training methods, and then practiced them together with several other children with different qualifications.
The final result once again verified the role of the germinated seeds, which is to assist in the absorption and refining of spiritual energy. In other words, the germinated seeds are also a manifestation of aptitude.
Unfortunately, although Liang Zifeng discovered this thing that looked like a spiritual root, he had no better means to detect the spiritual root except for his mental power, so he had to give up his research on the spiritual root for the time being.
The simplification of the exercises went smoothly. After several iterations, he finally obtained a simplified version of the exercises that could be popularized, which he called "Basic Qi Refining Technique".
"Basic Qi Refining Technique" does not contain the first level of "Yin Yang Five Elements Divine Refining Manual"'s content about cultivating the soul and concentrating willpower and mental strength. In other words, the content of the first level was integrated into the entire technique by Liang Zifeng.
As long as you practice Qi Refining, you will automatically practice Spirit and Soul. Although the effect is not as good as practicing Spirit and Soul specifically, it is simple and does not require very high comprehension.
Although the skills have been simplified successfully, if people without spiritual roots practice it, the slow speed will probably discourage most people.