At night, the moon was not shining, and the stars were covered with dust. Wu Hong took a deep breath and sat down on a simple futon.

After leaving Tianhong Microelectronics in the afternoon, he searched for a suitable place for retreat practice throughout Yannan. After visiting three or four secluded places, he finally chose this place - Nanshan Wanghu.

Looking from a distance, the nearly four to five square kilometers of the lake is like a bright pearl, embedded in the embrace of Nanshan, a mountain with an altitude of more than 300 meters. The trail around the lake in the distance is like a winding shallow eyebrow, decorated with

Look at the bright eyes of the lake.

This place is sparsely visited, and Wu Hong still remembers meeting Tang Xiaowan, who was recovering from an injury, on the path around the lake in the distance. Behind him, on the other side of the mountain, is the famous Nanshan villa area in Yannan, where people are waiting.

It won't appear behind his back.

Counting on the fingers, Wu Hong has been in the innate realm of martial arts for nearly three months. After experiencing the ups and downs of his trip to Yanjing, Wu Hong's state of mind has subtly changed quantitatively, and finally reached the point where it may lead to a qualitative change. In addition,

His cultivation often takes place in the Spirit Gathering Array or the Four Symbols Tracing Array, which has caused him to frequently feel a palpitating feeling of bliss in his soul recently.

After in-depth research by Wu Hong and Alice, they agreed that this was a precursor to a breakthrough. However, Alice did not dare to make any presumptions about how to break through, and only borrowed four words from the "Supreme Taoist Scripture": Let it take its course.

nature.

It's easier said than done. Moreover, in this situation, it is really a huge challenge for Wu Hong to keep his original intention. That's why he simply chose such a place to set up the Four Elephant Tracing Array. Meditate

Practice and seek breakthroughs.

Everything is silent.

Suddenly, Wu Hong stood up and flipped his ordinary right palm. Eighteen golden needles, with a cold light, made a whooshing sound through the air and whizzed away around him.

The big trees around are as thick as a bowl and have just revealed their new leaves. The aphids in the forest are trying hard to crawl towards the young leaves on the treetops.

Suddenly, the golden light disappeared in a flash. Nearly a hundred new leaves swayed slightly. The undetectable needle light loomed on them. Wu Hong stood up casually, and the shadows of his palms changed one after another, which was dizzying.

After becoming extremely proficient in using the nine-line flow, he naturally figured out the secret of controlling the eighteen-line flow. After repeated practice attempts, he discovered that the difference between the eighteen-line flow and the nine-line flow is by no means the same.

One is so simple. From this, he keenly deduced that being able to control the thirty-six lines of thirty-six golden needles at the same time must not be as simple as four in one.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be endless if we keep superimposing it like this?

Just as the Book of Changes says, Tao gives birth to one, two gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. At this time, Wu Hong intended to figure out the hidden 'Tao' from the control of the eighteen lines. He vaguely felt that,

As long as you find the 'Tao', you can naturally break through the innate martial arts and enter the threshold of cultivation - the Qi training period.

The needle light flickers, disappearing and appearing.

Wu Hong practiced all the 108 sets of acupuncture moves in the "Nine Spirits Acupuncture Sutra". Unknowingly, it was almost midnight, and all the energy in his body was exhausted. So he sat cross-legged on the futon and used

The spiritual energy gathered in the Four Symbols Lost Formation fills the shortcomings in the body.

Sitting like this lasted three hours.

When the brilliance of the morning glow shone on the water of Wanghu Lake, a beautiful scene full of vitality appeared, Wu Hong suddenly opened his eyes on the futon, and the light shot out. After a night of cleansing, he felt a slight sweetness.

The progress achieved is almost the same as practicing diligently for a week in the secular world.

Taking out the stored dry food from the jade ring, Wu Hong chewed slowly to replenish energy. A new day began, and some worldly thoughts inevitably appeared in his mind, such as worrying about the progress of the Tianhong Semiconductor project and worrying about Ouyang Jingyao's life.

My health is even worried that my parents who live far away in Suyun will affect my health due to being too frugal in food and clothing.

After a simple breakfast, Wu Hong clenched his fists secretly, waved away the distracting thoughts in his mind, and once again devoted himself to the boring and complicated practice.

So on, day after day, until midnight half a month later.

Counting the days, it was mid-April. A sudden heavy rain in the first half of the night washed the sky clean. The moon bent over the willow branches, and the stars shone in the sky. But when Wu Hong looked at the night sky in meditation, all that happened just now was

The scene of the rain falling while looking at the lake.

Suddenly, he stood up abruptly, and his tiger eyes shot out two rays of light that seemed to be real. The thirty-six golden needles in the jade ring suddenly seemed to be summoned, whizzing out of the air.

Wu Hong walked at irregular steps, with his left hand behind his back, and his right hand turned into a palm shadow that was too complex to be caught, accurately controlling the circuitous route of the thirty-six golden needles.

Under the starry night, the golden light is dazzling. One moment, it lines up horizontally and cuts across, like a sharp sword, cutting off all the leaves covered with night dew. Another moment, they line up vertically, whistling through the branches as thick as a finger, and the young and tender leaves

The branches broke in response.

A smile of satisfaction climbed onto the handsome face covered by stubble. Wu Hong stretched out his left hand behind his back and used both palms together. Thirty-six golden needles suddenly changed, forming a flying shuttle of golden light and glazed glass. The golden light reflected each other, which was really exciting.

nice.

Then, he folded his palms and pushed, and the golden light shuttle disappeared. Without turning its heel, it penetrated from the bottom of a poplar trunk as thick as a bowl. The poplar tree seemed to be intact, but in fact its main root had been severed by the golden light shuttle.

If anyone looks closely, they can find a hole the size of a fist on the ground at the base of the tree trunk. On the other side of the trunk, there seems to be a rough hole of the same size and a large amount of scattered soil and root debris.

Wu Hong withdrew the golden needle and looked at everything with stern eyes. He had a deep understanding of the lethality of the move just now. Then he filled the hole with his foot, his expression overflowing with joy.

Breakthrough!

Finally a breakthrough!

Now, Wu Hong was not only able to use the thirty-six-line flow with ease, but in his opinion, the thirty-six-line flow, the eighteen-line flow, and even the nine-line flow had reached a perfect and unprecedented unity. At this time, he

Only then did I truly understand the profound meaning of the saying, 'Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives rise to three, and three gives rise to all things'.

Nothing can change without departing from its roots!

Wu Hong finally grasped the true meaning of martial arts, and his breakthrough was a matter of course.

After a full half month of hard training, Wu Hong finally broke through the peak state of martial arts and entered the Qi training period. From then on, there was no need to continue the martial arts training. All he needed to do was to sit quietly and start to seek the ultimate secret of cultivation within his body.

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At the same time, the range of Wu Hong's spiritual consciousness has also been greatly expanded. With joy, he walked along the layout of the Four Elephants Tracing Array one by one. As soon as his spiritual consciousness moved, the Four Elephants Mystery Formation was formed in his mind.

The results of rapid deduction of tracking array.

The power of his spiritual consciousness is not only reflected in the expansion of the sensing range, but also increases his deduction ability many times. The Four Symbols Tracing Formation that had stumped him for a long time can now be deduced naturally in just a few breaths of time.

Realizing this, Wu Hong's mind moved, and he thought of the third set of formations in "Tianyan Pictures" - the Dou Zhuanxing Shifting Formation. This set of formations had been deduced by Alice, and Wu Hong felt that the strength of his spiritual consciousness at this time

, you can try to deduce this formation.

The Dou Zhuanxing Shifting Formation is a set of formations that focus on protection. The person who controls the formation can use the energy of the formation to easily resolve the enemy's attacks by using the Dou Zhuanxing Shifting method. This formation is especially beneficial when faced with a siege by multiple people. More importantly,

What's more, the external attacks of the person controlling the formation will be enhanced by the formation, greatly increasing the power.

The power of the formation sounds extremely mysterious, and the corresponding difficulty of deduction can be imagined. In the past, even if he followed Alice's deduction process, Wu Hong could not even deduce half of the formation, let alone master the entire set of formations.

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But at this time, when he discovered that the intensity of his spiritual consciousness had greatly increased, he couldn't help but have the idea of ​​​​trying it.

Wu Hong was really worried because he had been away from the earthly world for too long. So he quickly got in touch with Alice, and in about five or six minutes, he got the news feedback. Everything in the outside world was safe and sound, and nothing major happened.

Hearing that nothing serious happened, Wu Hong felt relieved and immediately decided to start quietly practicing the third set of formations - the Star Shifting Formation.

Alice saw that it was rare for Wu Hong to have a pure heart and not mess with beautiful women for a while, so she secretly acted selfishly and automatically ignored some small things that happened in the world and did not tell him in time.

With the remaining power of having just broken through the peak of martial arts, Wu Hong moved forward to the halfway point of the Star Shifting Formation deduction in one fell swoop. This was an unimaginable speed before! But if he wanted to go further next, Wu Hong vaguely felt that it would not be easy.

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However, there is plenty of time. There is still a month and a half before the martial arts summit. Even if it takes another half month, as long as he can understand this star-shifting formation, Wu Hong feels that it is worth it no matter what he thinks.

What's even more amazing is that Wu Hong discovered that this formation is completely different from the previous two formations. The formation eye must be carried by the person who controls the formation, so that he can control the formation's defense and counterattack at any time. Others can't

Once you enter the range of the formation, you cannot enjoy the convenience of defense and counterattack brought by the formation.

After experiencing the peak of joy, Wu Hong's mood returned to peace.

There are no years in the mountains, and the days pass by day by day. During this period, Wu Hong saw no other living things except a small green and red snake and a few chirping birds. Such lonely days, it is difficult to change

Zuo is an ordinary person who has long been driven crazy by loneliness. Fortunately, when he broke through and entered the Qi training period, his state of mind also settled deeply.

Wu Hong has realized that there is an interdependent relationship between the cultivation during the Qi training period and the establishment of this kind of state of mind. Without enduring the lonely state of mind, how can one practice Qi quietly, so as to form a qualitative change over time and break through to the foundation building stage?

After all, in the world of cultivation, if one does not reach the foundation-building stage, one cannot be called a cultivator at all.

Faintly, Wu Hong has become a pioneer in cultivation in the human world. But he himself is completely unaware of it, and continues to practice Qi and deduce the Star Shifting Formation.

It wasn't until the night of the thirtieth day of retreat that Wu Hong's face suddenly turned a strange blush. Not long after, he suddenly jumped up from the futon and shouted happily: "That's it, that's it!"
Chapter completed!