Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 148 - Refining Pills and Forging Artifacts

Qian Rongzhi found Li Qingshan to be just too strange. He did not seem like a teenager at all, and the more she understood him, the more she found his thought process to be different from regular people. She thought about it before explaining with a smile, “Regarding Qi Practitioner methods that can be practised until the tenth layer, there are five that are the most famous.”

“Which five?” Li Qingshan gathered his attention for this important information. Qian Rongzhi originated from a small clan, but according to the official documents, Qian Yannian had once joined a large sect to cultivate, so he must have seen a lot.

Qian Rongzhi said, “Do you know that every person possesses all five elements?”

“The five organs, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys?”

TL: This has to do with Chinese medicine, which you can read about here. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zang-fu)

Qian Rongzhi said, “It’s not as simple as just the five organs. The study of the five elements is extremely profound. I can’t explain it in a short amount of time, but every single person can choose to cultivate one of them. By focusing all of their efforts on a single one, their speed at practising qi will increase significantly. There are many cultivation methods for practising true qi of the five elements. The five most renowned methods are the Geng Metal Method of Sharpening Qi, the Yi Wood Method of Living Qi, the Gui Water Method of Condensing Qi, the Bing Fire Method of Burning Qi, and the Wu Earth Method of Unyielding Qi.”

TL: It’s the ten heavenly stems once again, which I mentioned when the Geng Metal Method of Sharpening Qi appeared for Qian Yannian. You can read about it here. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Stems)

Besides a few special sects, such as the Sect of Clouds and Rain, many of the actual, large sects would make their disciples choose one of the five cultivation methods to practise.

Li Qingshan had originally been considering just which cultivation method to choose after completing the Innate Method of Practising Qi, but

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