Chapter 2658 - 2650: Gold Needle Meridian Suppression Technique

Chapter 2658: Chapter 2650: Gold Needle Meridian Suppression Technique

Qian Zhong and Xuanyuan Buqi really didn’t take the two Yin Spirits seriously; what they worried about was losing control over their strength.

After Feng Jun confirmed, he spoke in a deep voice, "I have a technique that can suppress my cultivation level to the peak of the Emergence Stage. Is this feasible?"

"It’s useless," Qian Zhong shook his head slightly, "We can both suppress our cultivation, but the issue lies in the subconscious bursts at critical moments."

Xuanyuan Buqi’s mouth moved, but ultimately he said nothing.

"I’m not talking about self-suppression," Feng Jun shook his head and spoke with a serious tone, "It’s through the twisting of meridians combined with gold needles... ensuring it absolutely won’t be released on its own."

"I was just saying," Xuanyuan Buqi clapped his hands with a smile, "I felt that there are methods to achieve this. I’m familiar with your method; it’s an ancient technique used to control demonic plants... maintaining their vitality while ensuring they can’t break free."

"Nonsense!" The Yin Spirit Bigwig got angry, shouting in Feng Jun’s mind, "It’s clearly a method used by demonic plants to control other species. Are demonic plants afraid of twisted meridians? At most, they’ll break off and grow another; is that so hard for a plant?"

This method was something it had just taught Feng Jun, a technique few understood, but ultimately just a harmless little trick.

However, it was angry now, so it stated, "There’s a charge; this method requires payment of two polar energies and cannot be passed on to family disciples."

"Are you kidding me?" Feng Jun was a bit speechless, thinking to himself, is the Bigwig really a tree demon? "Forget whether this method should be charged; if it’s only taught to these two, they surely won’t buy it. Even if you sell it to their entire clan, it probably isn’t worth two polar energies."

The Bigwig had just been carried away by anger, but hearing Feng Jun’s words, it calmed down a bit, though its indignation hadn’t quite faded, "Then it’s up to you, just make sure to vent my anger."

Feng Jun, expressionless, communicated with the Soul Stone, which appeared slightly odd to the two True Sages. Especially considering the faint... fluctuations of intent coming from his sea of consciousness?

Qian Zhong, ultimately, responded more swiftly. After realizing the benefits of this method, she glanced at Xuanyuan Buqi with a strange expression, "I’ve certainly heard of this technique, but... have you heard of not passing on techniques lightly?"

This can even be called a "technique"? Xuanyuan Buqi snorted inwardly, thinking it was just an insignificant minor technique.

However, observing Feng Jun’s expression and feeling Qian Zhong’s odd gaze, he understood internally, "Indeed, originally we were just completing a task, but now we’re receiving a technique legacy, so we’ve benefitted a bit more."

Then he turned to Feng Jun, speaking earnestly, "Mountain Master Feng is at a bit of a loss here."

"The method isn’t much, but it’s still an ancient secret technique," Feng Jun casually remarked, "I also feel a bit shortchanged... After all, dealing with these minor minions was your promise to me, and they aren’t entities that could threaten a True Sage, right?"

The two True Sages exchanged glances, nodded in unison, yet remained silent with an attitude very clear — go ahead and decide.

"How about we consider as if I’ve invited Luan Xiong True Sage?" Feng Jun’s eyes gleamed as he spoke slowly, "In fact, I haven’t invited him, nor leaked any information, and we’re assuming he would face two opponents... Is it unreasonable for a True Sage to be worth five polar energies?"

In the deal with Jiu Ge True Sage, it was agreed that a single intervention by a True Sage was worth five polar energies, and Jiu Ge had no objections.

Xuanyuan Buqi fully understood this process, but he was quick-witted, and his eloquence followed, "Mountain Master Feng is right, but this battle will ultimately require us to take action; thus, Luan Xiong being worth five polar energies is in the context where we’re not present."

Feng Jun tapped his forehead lightly, "Alright, even if what you say is correct... how do we address the transmission of the secret technique?"

Qian Zhong understood what he was getting at, "If it’s just passed to both of us, it’s a necessity for the battle. We promise not to pass it on."

"Hold on," Xuanyuan Buqi interrupted, at a crucial moment, his calculating nature reappeared, "Mountain Master Feng, we have yet to try out the effectiveness... It seems premature to discuss whether it will spread."

He deemed it a minor technique, but simultaneously he understood a minor technique is not necessarily minor. If used well, it could rival significant skills and perhaps offer greater convenience, so, naturally, he wanted to evaluate whether this minor technique was worth spreading within the clan.

It’s like what Qian Zhong said, the Xuanyuan Family is full of shrewd people, and Xuanyuan Buqi definitely matches her description.

Feng Jun heard this and laughed, "Then let’s give it a try."

With that, he took out two pieces of obsidian, inscribed the spell on them, and handed them over, "Do you both have gold needles with you?"

"No need to concern yourself," Qian Zhong casually replied; she is named "Qian Zhong," and was once famous for her one-hundred-and-eight gold needles.

"I can forge my own," Xuanyuan Buqi responded just as casually; even though this was just a replica, his storage bag was not your average one, containing a variety of odds and ends; speaking of which, there were indeed a few pieces of refined gold.

The two took the obsidian and began to study. The content wasn’t extensive, and the Dharma was easy to learn. However, the difficulty lay in... the concept was novel, becoming more reasonable the more they read, even prompting new insights.

After about ten minutes of reviewing, Xuanyuan Buqi glanced at Qian Zhong and noticed she was still in a daze. He couldn’t help but let out a light sigh, "It truly is thought-provoking, now it’s just a matter of verification."

He couldn’t help it, this was his quirk. Even though he realized it wasn’t ordinary, he wouldn’t shamelessly deny it. But he insisted on emphasizing—theoretically, there’s no problem, but I have to verify it.

As he spoke, Qian Zhong also regained consciousness and cupped his hands towards Feng Jun, "The Great Dao is simple... this is nothing more than that."

I knew it was like this... Yi Jue was delighted in her heart, and her eyes curved up with joy.

"Then... shall we try it?" Xuanyuan Buqi took out a piece of fine gold, his Divine Sense trembled for a moment, and instantly formed eighteen golden needles.

Yi Jue and Cang Jing were stunned as they watched. They both knew that the True Sage was very powerful, and they knew that fine gold wasn’t that hard, but to instantly mold fine gold into smooth, straight golden needles using Divine Sense, with identical length and thickness, was truly difficult to achieve.

"Amateurs watch for fun, experts watch for the technique," just observing the speed and the effortless manner, one can imagine the opponent’s strength.

Qian Zhong took out eighteen golden needles unhurriedly, took a deep breath, waited for two seconds, and began to pierce her own body.

These two seconds were spent distorting her own meridians; the speed wasn’t slow either—where can meridians be moved so freely like that?

As for why she had to do such a perception-defying act of distorting meridians, this was the charm of Feng Jun’s proposed plan.

People generally rarely deliberately distort their meridians because once you stop paying attention, the meridians will automatically bounce back. Most of the time, only certain deformation Dharma will involve this technique.

Moreover, after distorting the meridians, it merely increases the length of Spiritual Energy’s path, and narrowing the meridians may lead to reduced flow—the body’s meridians have initially evolved to the most suitable extent, making adjustments truly not very meaningful.

So besides certain specific Dharma applications, no one would study the twisting of meridians.

Feng Jun’s Dharma called for the meridians to be twisted to the point they could be knotted, with golden needles piercing into the knots for stabilization.

Twisting the meridians would definitely lower one’s cultivation level, and inserting golden needles was a guarantee against any subconscious adjustments to return to the original state, because it’s impossible—unless intentional—for anyone to shatter the golden needles fortified with the "Toughness Art".

However, the fragile meridians might get damaged during the process of breaking the golden needles.

And because of this, the Yin Spirit Bigwig said, this was a method invented by demon plants to deal with other races, especially captives. This technique could ensure the opponent’s vitality while making escape impossible—demon plants are absolutely unafraid of branch damage.

However, on the flip side, the toughness of the Divine Spirit’s meridians was not something ordinary people could compare to; it’s basically impossible to break them.

So the plan proposed by Feng Jun was definitely suitable for Qian Zhong and Xuanyuan Buqi.

Qian Zhong quickly pierced eighteen golden needles into her body, and Xuanyuan Buqi didn’t lag much behind. Then the two led Yi Jue, Cang Jing, and Feng Jun straight towards the four mountain peaks, without slowing down at all.

Even though they could only exhibit Emergence Stage speed now, in this Domain, this speed exceeded the requirements by far.

When they arrived about ten thousand miles away from the peaks, the two stopped in unison, "Whoa, it’s actually a Yin Realm?"

"I know this," Cang Jing immediately spoke up. As she put it, there had been a Xuanshui Sect outpost here, even though she had never been, "The Yin Realm isn’t very offensive but has strong defensive capabilities, and there might be Emergence Stage Yin Spirits... this is sect information."

"Understood, there’s likely an Emergence Level Yin Origin," Xuanyuan Buqi, being well-informed, declared in a deep voice, "The three of you should stay here, lest we get overwhelmed, especially Kun cultivators... have lower resistance to the Yin Realm."

He and Qian Zhong only cared about those two Emergence Stage Yin Spirits. Nascent Soul Stage Yin Spirits are no joke. With both of them standing there, those little guys couldn’t break through the defense—you have to know they couldn’t handle Emergence Stage Yin Spirits mainly because they feared causing causal repercussions by being too heavy-handed.

As for Yi Jue, Cang Jing, and Feng Jun, it truly wasn’t appropriate for them to enter the Yin Realm.

The three understood the logic behind this, although they were unwilling to be seen as a burden, but... did they state anything wrong?

Yi Jue couldn’t help but snort, "The cultivation level is too low. I need to reach the Emergence Stage soon."

"Your cultivation is too low..." The corner of Feng Jun’s mouth twitched, then he decided not to dwell on this and asked the Big Boss using Divine Sense, "That Yin Origin... it wouldn’t happen to be your secret stash, would it?"

"I have said not to wrongfully accuse the innocent," the Big Boss indignantly responded, though its Divine Sense grew weaker until it was almost inaudible, "I suppose it shouldn’t be... my Soul Body should be in Kunhao..."

Cang Jing Elder, however, came over, "Mountain Master Feng, could I borrow a glance at your secret technique?"

"Stop being ridiculous," Yi Jue interrupted, "It’s said that techniques aren’t lightly passed on. I already thickened my face to bring you here, do you not know what to focus on?"