Jake walked away from the desk and stopped. Jake looked at the scrolls and jades. He was unsure of how to proceed so he decided to look for Ling Lin. He walked around until he saw her looking at some scrolls.

“Sister Lin please guide me.” He said bowing to Ling Lin. “I have these scrolls and jades but am unsure what to do now?”

“Stop calling me sister.” Replied Ling Lin with a snort. “Who wants to be your sister? Give me the key then follow me.”

She took the key and looked at it and then walked over to the room number on the key. She opened the door and handed the key back to Jake.

“Ok go inside then get in the lotus position.” She said. “Then pick out the first scroll you want to try and place it in your lap. Take the jade and put it against your forehead. It will then give you the first part of the technique, just enough information to give you an idea of how to cultivate. It will take a number of sessions before you can cultivate it to the first stage so be patient. Run your spirit into the scroll after this. Meditate on what the slip put into your head. If you are successful and have an affinity with the technique, you should be able to start the first level. I will be around if you have any questions. If not I will be back at the villa.”

“Thank you Ling Lin.” He replied. “I will try my best.”

He went inside and closed the door, then assumed the lotus position. He looked at the scrolls and wondered which to try first. He had The Gravity Crushing Technique, Endless Radiance Body and Primordial Starlight Celestial Body. He liked The Gravity Crushing Technique the best. Ok let’s try that one first, he thought.

He put the scroll in his lap and picked up the jade slip. He closed his eyes and lay the slip against his forehead. At the same time the black smoke came out of his dantian again. It traveled up to his forehead and into the slip. It then came back into his forehead. Jake felt a rush of information into his brain. Jake was startled by the amount of information rushing in. It seemed to be more then the first part of the technique, in fact unknown to Jake he had the entire technique imparted to him. Jake also ran his spirit into the scroll, and another wisp of smoke went into the scroll and back into his body. Jake had a revelation as the scroll contents were sent into his mind. This was different master’s ideas and their experiences with this technique.

Automatically the cultivation technique started and Jake went into a meditative state again. In his mind the two streams of data and the black smoke started to circulate around his body. It started to go through the meridians that Jake had opened earlier.

At the same time four new wisps of black smoke came out of his dantian. The first went to the heart, then back from the blood vessel systems surrounding the Heart. It then descended through the diaphragm, and then connected with the Small Intestine, finally going back to the dantian again. After this the two streams of data and the smoke began to follow this path.

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The second wisp of smoke went from his dantian to the Heart then along the esophagus, it then crossed the face, going through the tongue and then connected with the tissues around the eyes. It then followed a path back through the esophagus, to the heart, to the small intestine and back to his dantian. After this the two streams of data and the smoke began to follow this path as well.

The third wisp of smoke went from his dantian to the Heart then along the left lung, then traversed to the upper left arm, down to the elbow, down the lower arm, across the wrist, it then continued its path, crossing the palm, and ended at the little finger. It then followed a path back to the lower intestine and back to the dantian. After this the two streams of data and the smoke began to follow this path as well.

The fourth wisp of smoke went from his dantian to the Heart then along the right lung, then traversed to the upper right arm, down to the elbow, down the lower arm, across the wrist, it then continued its path, crossing the palm, and ended at the little finger. It then followed a path back to the lower intestine and back to the dantian. After this the two streams of data and the smoke began to follow this path as well.

All this happened automatically unknown to Jake. He had opened the Shaoyin Heart Channel of Hand or Hand's Minor Yin Heart Meridian also known as the lesser yin.

Countless strands of vital energy began to circulate throughout his body through the new paths. It was sucked in through the air around Jake. Vital energy began to stream in and out of his dantian. Meanwhile, that energy entered Jake’s body and began to transform the areas around the meridians.

As the technique circulated energy was pulled into Jake. As it circulated his body quickly became stronger, his eyes became better, his heart pumped more energetically and with more energy. Sludge was pulled out of his body as impurities was taken out of his body.

Unknown to Jake as he sat there with his eyes closed, his body was changing. If you were there you would hear something like creaking and cracking sounds coming from his body. All of his meridians and the tissues around them were slowly being refined, as was his sea of energy. In fact, as the process continued, they grew stronger than before. It was the force of gravity increasing in the area and compressing his cells. This caused his body to become tougher and also much stronger. He quickly passed the initial level, the second and then the third. He had mastered the initial or low stage of the technique already.

At the same time his cultivation speed increased. His Houtian level increased to level 7, the start of the peak stage. This was not instantaneous but took a few hours.

Jake finally woke up and let out a deep breath. He felt great, but he smelled something putrid. He looked down and saw his new robes were covered in filth. It looked the same as earlier when he had meditated.

He stood up and picked up the scrolls and jades. He had better return them and go get cleaned up. The room smelled gross, he pitied the next person to use it.

He opened the door and walked back to the librarian and put the material on the desk. The librarian looked at him in distaste.

“What did you do?” He shouted. “You look and smell disgusting. What must the room look like? Get out of here.”

Jake bowed and said. “Thank you for the guidance senior.” He then walked out of the library to look for Ling Lin.