After seeing Ye Qingyi out of the valley, he returned once more to the cave at Soulbroken Cliff. Using a sticky plant resin, he painstakingly mended the torn pages of the Ancient Divine Art that he had recovered from beneath the skeletons. He pored over the text, studying every word and character with intense focus.
Sure enough, the book concealed profound mysteries and secrets. In the margins, he found a line of tiny text, along with a cache of medicinal pills. It turned out that by taking these pills, castration was entirely unnecessary, and for those who had already been castrated, it allowed the "withered wood to sprout again." He let out an excited, thunderous shout, "Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Once he had calmed down, he began to practice according to the manual’s instructions on true qi, primordial energy, and spiritual energy. He sat cross-legged in the cave, settling his spirit and focusing his mind, relaxing his body completely. Following the rapid breakthrough method for true qi, he kept his lips and teeth lightly closed, breathed in a slow, rhythmic fashion, clenched his fists, and looked straight ahead. He gathered his focus, directing his spirit into the Niwan palace, then down to the energy center, letting the current flow deep and continuous without exhaustion.
Chapter 97