Time always slips away without you knowing.

A year passed quickly in Yue Fan's eyes. Every morning, he practiced swordsmanship in the woods, and after noon, he went to the waterfall to cultivate his body and fight. At night, he continued to practice controlling his qi.

For the basic move training, Yue Fan has basically achieved his goal with half the weight, but there has been little progress in the training of resisting blows. With no other choice, Yue Fan decides to consult Mr. Wan.

Outside the hut, Yue Fan explained his cultivation process to Mr. Wan.

After listening to Yue Fan's situation, Mr. Wan frowned and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, if you say so, it's indeed too difficult to practice the ability to resist blows under the waterfall, and the effect is not great. Some martial arts in the Jianghu focus on practicing hidden strength. After hitting the body, the flesh will not feel pain, but the internal organs will suffer serious internal injuries. Therefore, people in the martial arts world would rather take a few cuts than be hit by hidden strength. After all, skin wounds are easy to heal, but if the internal injuries are too serious and cannot be treated, the light ones will lose their martial arts completely, and the heavy ones will die of demon possession."

"The continuous pounding of the waterfall is similar to a hidden power in martial arts. Therefore, after constant pounding, your internal organs will be injured. I know nothing about martial arts, so I cannot provide you with guidance. However, if you continue to do this, it may cause harm to your body. I advise you not to continue practicing and to consider other methods."

The pounding of the waterfall is not only heavy, but also continuous, much like a kind of hidden power in martial arts. Therefore, after constant pounding, your internal organs will be injured. I know nothing about martial arts, so I cannot guide you. However, if you continue to do this, it may cause harm to your body. I advise you not to continue practicing and to think of other ways.

After listening to Mr. Wan's words, Yue Fan felt slightly disappointed but also very unwilling. Thinking about it, a year had passed and he had no physical discomfort, so he believed that as long as he persisted, he would succeed. So he said goodbye to Mr. Wan and decided to return to the waterfall to continue practicing like this.

Three months had passed, and Yue Fan still persevered under the relentless pounding of the waterfall, yet he still failed to achieve success. Even trying to hold on for a little longer wasn't helping. Thinking about Mr. Wan's words, he felt discouraged, but he wasn't willing to give up just yet. So he decided to try one last time today.

Yue Fan has been able to basically control the operation of life qi in his body for more than a year, but it is still relatively slow. However, compared to the previous degree, it is a world of difference. Therefore, he has always had an idea to use the method of 'practicing spiritual cultivation' under the waterfall to control the operation of qi in his body, so that his internal injuries can be quickly recovered, and then he can continue to practice. It's just that he didn't try it before because the degree of controlling qi operation was too slow. But now he can control qi operation faster, and there is no better method at this time. So Yue Fan decided to take a risk and try it.

"Today is the last try. If it still doesn't work, I'll have to find another way." He braced himself and adjusted his state, walking like a waterfall.

Climbing up the rock and sitting under the waterfall, Yue Fan used his mental power to control the flow of vital qi, moving it through his internal organs...

Endure this thunderous attack silently, and After a quarter of an hour had passed, Yue Fan found it increasingly difficult to breathe...Another quarter of an hour passes, and the blood in his body begins to violently churn, instantly running through the qi to travel to the uncomfortable areas of his body. However, the pace is still a bit slow, and the recovery pace is not as fast as the shock pace...

So after a while, Yue Fan felt increasingly uncomfortable, and his thoughts gradually became heavy and blurred.

"I have overcome the pain of my last injury, and I don't believe I won't survive this time," Yue Fan stubbornly declared.

The more determined a person is, the more stubborn they can be when their temper flares up, and they will not back down. Yue Fan is just such a person. For more than a year, his depressed mood has already filled his heart with anger, but today he finally let his anger out.

persist...persist...persist...

Yue Fan endured the pain in his body and silently recited the Qingxin Decree from the Heart Nourishing Scripture:“If the heart is like water, it will move without fear and come to rest in peace. With a hundred years of life, the fetters of external things are overcome, and the heart finds peace with the universe. What is the pursuit of immortality...”

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"Poof!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, but Yue Fan did not stop. Despite the intense pain in his body, he gritted his teeth and continued to silently recite: "If the heart is calm, even if the sky collapses, it will not be frightened. If the mind is restrained, even if life is released, it will not be lost. If there is no god, there is no life. Keeping the mind healthy is the key to keeping life healthy..."

As he silently recited the "Heart-nourishing Pith", Yue Fan gradually regained consciousness.

I don't know how long it has been, but it seems like a long, long time. The immense impact of the waterfall has brought Yue Fan back to reality. He was about to check his physical condition when he suddenly realized that he wasn't breathing and didn't feel suffocated. He was in a state of confusion and doubt.

After a while, Yue Fan realized that he didn't need to breathe anymore and didn't feel uncomfortable. He felt relieved. If it wasn't for the shock of the waterfall, which made his insides ache, he would think he was dreaming.

Actually, after the meridians of the innate masters are fully opened, they can guide the innate qi to circulate constantly in the body. Therefore, it is not difficult for these innate masters to hold their breath. Of course, there are also some special skills of holding breath in the Jianghu. Yue Fan's meridians have been fully connected now. Although he doesn't have innate qi, the vitality in his body can also play the same role. The vitality circulates constantly in the body, and under the effect of vitality, all the pores in the body are connected with the body, so he can breathe freely. Under the external force, instinctively for self-protection, there is just the paragraph just now. But Yue Fan doesn't know these situations now.

Dismissing his doubts, Yue Fan set about controlling the flow of qi in his body as best he could. He felt that the pressure had been significantly reduced, and while his internal organs still ached, it was nothing compared to the pain of a 'gold needle breaking flesh'. Could that pain have been worse?”

After a long time, Yue Fan controlled the degree of qi movement faster, and felt that the pressure on his body was gradually decreasing. The excitement in his heart could not be described in words. After more than a year of hard work, he finally made a breakthrough today. Although it was not a real success, it was a big step towards success, which could not help but make him feel joyful and excited.

Yue Fan is now completely immersed in cultivation, constantly refining his spiritual power and controlling the constant flow of qi within his body. I don't know how long it has been, but time is ticking away and Yue Fan shows no sign of stopping his cultivation. As time passes, he now feels the impact of the waterfall grew increasingly muffled, and he could no longer feel the jolting pain within his body.

In a flash..

I felt nothing at all, and my heart was as still as water. Yue Fan suddenly remembered a passage in the Tao Te Ching: "The highest good is like water. Water is good for all things without competing. It lives in the place that most people dislike, so it is close to the Tao. Living in a good place, having a good heart, being kind and benevolent, speaking with good faith, governing with good governance, doing things with good ability, and acting with good timing. Only by not competing can there be no blame..."

Silently feeling the gentle water, Yue Fan suddenly felt as if he could communicate with it, and his mind merged with the universe, and everything around me became so beautiful, natural, and full of the essence of life. At this moment, Yue Fan achieved the state of harmony between man and nature.

At this moment, Yue Fan was sitting under the waterfall, with a layer of white light outside his body, thicker and brighter than before, blocking the impact of the waterfall. The strong vitality was released and kept flowing on his body, growing more and more, gradually enveloping Yue Fan, looking like a huge cocoon, occasionally protruding and spitting out thin air lines.

The plants around the waterfall seem to be nourished by vitality and growing rapidly. Even the dead trees have begun to grow again...

After a long time, Yue Fan's thoughts slowly came back, but instead of regaining consciousness, he recalled the past...

The sense of accomplishment and joy I felt when I wrote my name for the first time and when I harvested prey.

The anger I felt when I was bullied and insulted as a child.

When I became aware, I felt the grief at my mother's death.

The helpless fear I felt when my father was bitten by a poisonous snake while trying to save me.

Having grown up with my father, I have experienced the kind of deep affection and love that only a father can give.

Whenever I saw other children coquetting in their mothers' arms, I would imagine my mother's appearance based on my father's description, and feel a deep longing for her.

When engaging in combat with skilled opponents, I feel powerless, and my desire to become stronger is fueled by my need to protect my loved ones and friends.

These fragments kept replaying in Yue Fan's mind, and various emotions were affecting his feelings. The seven emotions of 'joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, thought, and desire' were becoming more and more profound, and his mind was constantly being invaded by various emotions. At the same time, the vital energy in his body slowly decomposed into seven qi lines that emerged through his skin and traveled outside his body.

Under the waterfall, the white cocoon remained unchanged. After a while, seven different colored gas threads suddenly emerged from the white cocoon and swam around it continuously.

From dusk to dawn and then to dusk again, the white cocoon under the waterfall remained unchanged.

Half a month later, the white cocoon finally responded and began to shrink little by little...

Another half month passed, and the white cocoon had disappeared, leaving only seven different colored gas lines swimming outside the body, and finally slowly drilling into Yue Fan's body.

Without the support of the white cocoon, the waterfall mercilessly pounded on Yue Fan's body, and after feeling the heavy pressure, he gradually woke up. After this emotional baptism, Yue Fan's mind has gradually matured.

Resisting the external pressure, Yue Fan checked his internal condition, which surprised him.