Qingshan Town, Jishi Medical Clinic.
Liu Yi lay on a rocking chair, his eyes lightly closed.
At this moment, he was circulating his Cultivation Technique and breathing to Cultivate, while simultaneously deducing and refining the technique in his mind.
Beside the rocking chair, Little Yellow lay lazily on the ground, his belly rising and falling slightly with his breath, looking completely relaxed and at ease.
More than a month had passed since the annihilation of Black Wind Fortress.
During this time, he had opened a medical clinic in Qingshan Town. Firstly, he wanted a place to stay and recover from his injuries.
Secondly, he also wanted to use the process of treating patients and saving lives to collect data on human Meridians, Qi, and blood.
Perhaps because of his youthful appearance, he didn't look much like an experienced physician.
Most of the townspeople felt he wasn't very reliable, so very few people came to seek medical advice.
However, Liu Yi didn't mind. If someone came to his door, he would treat them with all his heart; if no one came, he would simply nurse his injuries.
He hadn't been idle during this past month.
He had successfully perfected the Moon Swallowing Art and the Star Swallowing Art. The former could absorb the Power of Taiyin, while the latter could take in the power of the stars.
The reason he could perfect them so quickly was entirely due to the solid Foundation laid by the Sun Swallowing Art.
The energy contained in sunlight was far more violent than moonlight or starlight. With the experimental data from absorbing and converting solar energy, the process of creating the Moon Swallowing Art and the Star Swallowing Art was naturally much faster.
Of course, the progress could be so rapid also because the villains in Qingshan Town selflessly contributed by acting as test subjects for his techniques.
Every night, he would go out and catch the town's villains to use as subjects for testing his arts.
In this world, good people might be hard to find, but those who committed all sorts of evils were everywhere.
After Liu Yi's intervention, the atmosphere in Qingshan Town improved significantly. Stories were being told in every street and alley about a great hero who punished evil and promoted good appearing here.
Liu Yi suddenly opened his eyes, joy dancing in his gaze as he called out loudly, "Little Yellow, close the door! I'm going into seclusion to Cultivate."
Before his voice even faded, Little Yellow, who had been lying by his feet, nimbly flipped up, his fluffy tail wagging happily.
In a few steps, he scurried to the door and pulled the clinic's main doors shut with a 'creak'.
This series of actions was smooth and flowing, showing that he had practiced it many times.
Seeing this, Liu Yi nodded with satisfaction, turned to walk through the Festooned Gate, and sat cross-legged in the center of the courtyard paved with bluestone slabs.
His hands formed a seal on his knees, his back as straight as a green pine, and the aura around him gradually settled.
What he was about to Cultivate this time was the Five Elements Qi Refining Art 5.0, which he had just finished deducing.
He had originally planned to Cultivate the 4.0 version once his injuries were healed, but because of the rapid Perfection of the Moon Swallowing Art and the Star Swallowing Art...
...he decided to use the Five Elements Qi Refining Art 4.0 as a Foundation, merging the absorption methods of moonlight and starlight to create the 5.0 version.
The new Cultivation Technique could not only accelerate the refining of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi but also absorb and convert sunlight, moonlight, and starlight as cultivation energy.
However, knowledge gained from paper always feels superficial; the actual situation of this technique could only be known after personal cultivation.
Liu Yi held his breath and focused, pressing the tip of his tongue against his upper palate, casting aside all distracting thoughts.
As a wisp of warmth rose from his Dantian, he slowly initiated the Five Elements Qi Refining Art 5.0.
In an instant, the five-colored spiritual power, like five spirit snakes, swam out from his Dantian. Guided by his consciousness, they followed the profound, predetermined path of the technique, passing through 129,600 acupoints throughout his body.
The moment the spiritual power completed its circulation and returned to his Dantian, his entire body trembled violently, and a brilliant Five-Colored Divine Light suddenly burst from the surface of his body.
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged like the tide, and the midday sunlight transformed into a physical golden glow, swarming toward him.
As soon as the scorching solar energy entered his body, Liu Yi felt his whole body burning as if he had fallen into a furnace.
However, the five-colored spiritual power immediately began to absorb this energy. As the technique circulated, the violent solar energy was continuously refined.
Through the wondrous process of mutual generation and restriction of the Five Elements and the transformation of Yin and Yang, the solar energy was finally converted into peaceful five-colored spiritual power, replenishing his Dantian.
From when the sun was high in the sky until the Hai hour, Liu Yi remained immersed in his cultivation.
As night fell, moonlight like white silk and starlight like silver descended from the heavens, all turning into flowing light and rushing toward him.
His entire body was enveloped in five-colored light, with an outer layer of moonlight wrapped around him like gauze, and specks of starlight dotting the flowing halo. The magnificent scene made him look like an Immortal descending to the world.
Suddenly, the brilliance of the stars and moon receded like a tide, and the five-colored light was entirely withdrawn into his body.
Liu Yi snapped his eyes open, stood up, and laughed heartily with his hands on his hips:
"Haha! I, the Taoist, have made it! With such an achievement, who else but me!"
Looking back at the past, thousands of technique experiments and over ten thousand analyses and deductions had finally resulted in today's Perfection.
He had not only successfully incorporated the three energies of sunlight, moonlight, and starlight into his Cultivation Technique...
...but also discovered to his surprise that cultivating this way was far more efficient than relying on Spiritual Qi in the Tianqi Sect.
The power of the sun, moon, and stars was pure and majestic, and the spiritual power tempered from it was even more refined and solid.
Even better, the sun, moon, and stars hung high in the sky, their energy inexhaustible and limitless.
There was no longer a need, as in the Immortal Sects, to produce Spiritual Qi by squeezing Disciples to operate Spiritual Qi conversion Formations.
At this moment, the Five Elements Qi Refining Art 5.0 no longer required deliberate guidance; it would circulate endlessly in his Meridians on its own.
Even if he just stood under the sun, bathing in the warm sunlight, the spiritual power within his body would quietly grow.
Although the efficiency of this passive cultivation could not match that of focused cultivation...
...humans are not made of iron, after all, and it's impossible to remain tense and Cultivate for all twelve hours of the day.
Therefore, over time, the gains from passive cultivation would be quite considerable.
At the same time, this success was of extraordinary significance to Liu Yi.
It was not only a solid step for him personally on the path to longevity, but it also solved the first major problem for overturning the entire world.
When the sun, moon, and stars became inexhaustible sources of cultivation energy, the energy shackles were completely broken.
If he could further create a complete cultivation hierarchy and System, the rules of this world would surely be rewritten.
While absolute equality for everyone might be impossible to achieve, at the very least, ordinary people could be given the ability to resist oppression.
Of course, the benefits to him were even greater; after all, who would put in all their effort without any benefits?
Regarding the cultivation System, he had a good idea of what to do and felt he could tinker something together.
As for the System, he did have some thoughts, but given the current conditions, he could at most create a 'beggar's version' of a Pinduoduo version.
Liu Yi took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed these thoughts.
For him, the most urgent matter at hand was to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm and solve the problem of his lifespan.
Seeing Little Yellow wagging his tail and circling him happily, he grinned and said, "Come on, I'm taking you out for a good meal today!"
At the third quarter of the Hai hour, the lights of Qingshan Town gradually went out, leaving only the entertainment quarters still bustling with noise.
Liu Yi looked at the swaying crimson gauze lanterns on the lintel of the Drunken Spring Pavilion; his throat moved slightly, and he finally stepped over the threshold.
He had always been curious about this ancient den of extravagance, and this time he just wanted to see what such a place of romance was truly like.
He wasn't there for pleasure, nor did he have any intention for romance; he was just joining the fun and, while he was at it, having a meal and enjoying some music.
An hour later, Liu Yi came out of the building with Little Yellow and couldn't help but sigh:
"Rich people really know how to enjoy themselves; their life is too extravagant."
Inside, while watching singing and dancing performances, someone gave him a massage, and even food was fed right to his mouth.
Even a dog like Little Yellow could enjoy VIP service once inside.
He looked down at Little Yellow, who still had his eyes narrowed, seemingly reminiscing about the service just now, and a faint sense of foreboding rose in his heart.