Transmigration with Cheat Codes Chapter 16.2: Mingyi Heart Technique

The porcelain bottle contained three Small Jade Pivot Pills, but these were not made by Meng Jintang. Instead, they were system-generated medicine taken from the gift pack. Both the quality and appearance were guaranteed.

Meng Jintang said, "Uncle Zhao, take one pill per month, and it will help alleviate your pain."

Although her proficiency in medical skills wasn't particularly high, she could still tell that Uncle Zhao's age was quite advanced. Coupled with the recent scare, he might have only a couple of months left, at most until next spring, before his life might come to an end.

The Small Jade Pivot Pills had a certain ability to alleviate negative effects and could be used to suppress the pain caused by illnesses. Since Uncle Zhao had provided her with the correct route, Meng Jintang gifted him these pills.

Uncle Zhao shook his head and said hoarsely, "An old man's affairs are his own concern, and he knows his own situation. The young lady needn't worry in vain. Since your medical skills are so remarkable, could you please take a look at the child in the Chen family?"

Chen Shen's foot had been injured. While his daily movements were fine, any sudden running or jumping would reveal the problem.

Upon hearing this, Meng Jintang neither agreed nor declined, she simply smiled, "Uncle Zhao, your compassionate heart is truly moving."

She continued, "Please accept the pills. Since I've already taken them out, it wouldn't be right to take them back."

Around 9 PM that night, following the map's guidance, Meng Jintang successfully found the correct location. She squatted on the mountainous terrain and began digging a hole.

She hadn't initially planned to work so late into the night, but the distance from Helu Town to the Hanshan Sect's residence was considerably far.

After estimating the effort it would take to run dozens of miles in the mountains back home, sleep, and then run back the next day to continue the treasure hunt, she decided to push through her exhaustion and settle the matter ahead of time...

Moreover, while digging, Meng Jintang discovered a little trick in the game. By concentrating her internal energy at the tip of the sword and then releasing it, she could speed up the digging process.

However, she had to release it gradually; if she released it too quickly, it could not only damage the weapon's durability but also make the soil explode everywhere.

— The reason she discovered this control over force was that she had already dug nearly six meters deep. Just as Meng Jintang began to doubt her positioning and was about to move to a different spot for digging, she finally thrust her sword into the lid of a stone chest.

A massive stone chest.

Meng Jintang visually estimated the size and realized that this chest was approximately three meters in length, width, and height. It was spacious enough not just for treasures, but even for a person to hide inside.

— If burying this chest was the work of that senior predecessor from back then, that person must have been an incredible martial arts master. Only someone of considerable skill could manage such a large undertaking alone.

The stone chest wasn't locked, and the weight of its lid might have already prevented most scheming individuals from accessing its contents. Meng Jintang gathered her true energy in her palms and slowly pushed open the lid—

On this clear night, the moonlight shone unobstructed over the hillside and into the pit. Illuminated by the moonlight, Meng Jintang could clearly see that beneath the lid that had just been opened was another stone chest, slightly smaller in size but similar in appearance.

Meng Jintang was speechless.

‘Is this a treasure chest or a set of Russian nesting dolls?’

Not surprisingly, the new stone chest contained yet another stone chest inside.

When Meng Jintang started playing the game after her time travel, she hadn't been involved for long, but she had already learned about certain quirks of the game designers through the forum. Thus, when she saw the second chest, she was mentally prepared and managed to maintain her composure even when opening the forty-seventh chest.

The innermost box had dimensions similar to an A4 paper, and it was about as thick as a regular student dictionary. Inside it was indeed a book: "Mingyi Heart Technique."

"The hexagram Xiang says: Entering into the earth is 'Mingyi'. The superior person, in accordance with this, governs the multitude by obscurely shining forth."

*TLN: Ming Yi is the thirty-sixth hexagram of the I Ching, known as darkening of the light.

This sentence was the origin of the name for the new manual, with the key element being the word "obscurely" in it.

The word "obscurely" carried the meaning of concealment or hiding.

— Concealing the true circumstances of the user among the crowd.

This statement had led many new players to mistakenly consider "Mingyi Heart Technique" as a book related to disguise or transformation. However, its actual purpose was to unlock the personal martial arts equipment panel.

"Martial Arts Ascension" was a game with ambitions.

Meng Jintang had a long history of gaming experience, having dabbled in both single-player and online games. She understood that different situations required different setups, such as for PvP and PvE.

One couldn't use the same set of skills and equipment for both scenarios. However, constantly reconfiguring skills whenever changing scenes was troublesome.

The game company sympathized with the players' efforts and designed different skill panels: Panel 1 for PvP, Panel 2 for PvE, Panel 3 for wilderness map traversal, and so on.

"Martial Arts Ascension", while not an online game, had its share of complex scenarios.

However, practicing ten different sword techniques for a character seemed reasonable, while practicing ten different internal skills could raise concerns about the character's meridian condition.

To address this, the game designers specially introduced martial arts like "Mingyi Heart Technique," allowing players to configure different skills on various character interfaces.

"Using obscurely" referred to hiding the martial arts one wished to hide, while "and shining forth" referred to displaying the martial arts one wished to display.

Those who cultivated the "Mingyi Heart Technique" could harmoniously manage various types of internal energy in their dantian. For them, the CPU remained the same, but they could install different operating systems.

— In the unscientific world of martial arts, forcibly explaining theories like this would cause a receding hairline for every copywriter behind each word.

After obtaining the manual, Meng Jintang didn't immediately start studying it.

The reason wasn't just the lack of security in the wild mountains, but also because this technique required a minimum aptitude of 45 for players.

Typically, the game would arrange for players to interact with it only after reaching level 15. Falling into the hands of the ordinary members of the Ghost Cry Gang, it would probably only serve as a basic prop under the table.

Meng Jintang gazed at the deep pit on the ground and decided to level out the dug-up soil and push it back in.

However, before leveling the ground, with a sense of idleness, Meng Jintang rearranged all the stone chests in the correct order. She even left a copper plate with engraved words inside the innermost chest.

"It's a hoax! There's actually nothing inside these boxes. It's all a trick to deceive those lazy folks who aren't diligently practicing but only seek the treasures of their predecessors. Remember, if you want to become skilled, stay grounded and don't chase after those flashy and hollow things..."

When Meng Jintang engraved those words, she not only conveyed a strong message but also expressed her genuine sentiments.

Unless there were in-game characters like the native guide who triggered quests in specific places, most martial artists in the game shared the same portrayal.