Xu Yuan might not be very familiar with other cultivation knowledge, but he did know a thing or two about the meridian system.
Because the meridian system is a very important setting in "Cangyuan Chronicles."
A setting that would directly reflect on a player's experience bar.
The more meridians a character has cleared, the less experience they need to level up each time.
In the game, a character with all 127 meridians cleared requires about twenty times less experience to level up compared to a character with none cleared.
If we were to use data to calculate it, to level up from one to two, if a person with all meridians cleared needs five experience points, then a person with all meridians blocked would need a hundred.
Therefore, once a character has all 127 meridians naturally cleared within their body, they obtain a special title—Innate Constitution.
However, probably because the officials of "Cangyuan Chronicles" wanted to accommodate some players who enjoy self-torture,
even if they chose an Innate Trash Body at the start, players could still accumulate Origin Qi through cultivation, and then slowly clear those blocked meridians with their cultivation technique to improve their cultivation speed.
Only the progress would be extremely slow.
To clear from zero to all 127 meridians, a character must cultivate continuously until reaching the stage of "Origin Qi reaches Primordial," and only then would the experience needed for an Innate Trash Body to level up become equal to that of an Innate Constitution.
And this "Blood Essence Meteoring Art" in front of him could ignore all limitations such as the body's meridians and Origin Qi, and clear all 127 meridians right from the start of cultivation!
What's more important, clearing 127 meridians is merely one of the effects of this Blood Essence Meteoring Art.
The will-spirit becomes extremely condensed.
This description made Xu Yuan think of another constitution that was on par with the Innate Constitution.
Innate Soul Body...
At this thought, Xu Yuan suddenly felt his mouth dry and his tongue parched.
He remembered that in the setting,
if a character possessed both the Innate Constitution and the Innate Soul Body,
then, their special title would become Innate Taoist Body.
In the game back then, Xu Yuan didn't care much about natural talents and constitutions.
As an expert, he always challenged the masochistic difficulties.
He wanted a trashy start, an almost extreme resource efficiency, and the thrill of a boss fight with a sliver of health.
Of course, that was in the game.
If it were in reality, naturally, the lower the difficulty, the better.
And this cultivation technique in front of him could let him obtain the Innate Taoist Body later in life...
Heh.
Should he now say that this Blood Essence Meteoring Art deserves to be one of the top-tier Blood Red level cultivation techniques among the three in "Cangyuan Chronicles"?
Xu Yuan licked his lips, and his dark pupils lightly twinkled in the faint glow of the Luminous Pearl.
The Innate Taoist Body in "Cangyuan Chronicles" was not as fantastically powerful as in those primordial cultivation stories.
It did not align with the heavens, nor could it directly see and utilize the forces of the rules, and it didn't even allow for the most basic leapfrog cultivation.
In essence, this constitution was merely faster than ordinary people on the path of cultivation.
Yes, just a bit.
But that was entirely enough.
After a long silence,
Xu Yuan gradually calmed down from the power of this cultivation technique.
Surviving by a hair's breadth.
While the subsequent effects of cultivating the Blood Essence Meteoring Art were indeed tempting, one only needed to give the "Surviving" part preceding the entrance a little thought to realize it wouldn't be easy.
Every opportunity comes with risks, so what level of risk would he need to take for such a great opportunity?
The Blood Essence Meteoring Art made this very clear.
To master it, one would need to maintain consciousness with a strong will while on the brink of death and circulating the cultivation technique.
But when on the brink of death, can one really keep conscious all the time?
Xu Yuan recalled his own first experience in this world when he was in the cave, feeling his consciousness blur due to hypothermia, close to dying.
In that state, his thoughts were like sinking into a quagmire, the lingering chill made it impossible to think even a simple thought, let alone circulate a cultivation technique.
And moreover, according to the record of the Blood Essence Meteoring Art, this brink-of-death phase would repeat countless times.
That could barely be considered a one-in-ten chance of survival, right?
Xu Yuan's eyes slightly lowered, and the idea in his heart was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head.
He was indeed a person who enjoyed excitement and adventure, yet that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of death.
After suddenly being transported to this world, most of his time was spent without a choice.
Whether it was enduring his fear to strike up a conversation with Ran Qingmo or leaping into the bottomless abyss with Ran Qingmo in his arms from the brink of Xuantian Cliff, it was because he had no other choice.
If he didn't choose, it would be a certain death.
But now that he was safe, how could they expect him, a person accustomed to the peace of his own era, to practice such dangerous cultivation techniques that might lead to his death at any moment?
A feeling known as hesitation began to slowly spread through Xu Yuan's heart....
Wait a minute!
In his hesitation, Xu Yuan's breath suddenly hitched.
He realized that his current self still had no choice.
Without seeing a corpse, his original father would never give up the search.
Unless Xu Yuan could survive until the "main character" takes down his original father.
Otherwise, even if he were to leave this cave dwelling and even if Ran Qingmo could carry him off to the heavens for now, Xu Yuan did not believe he could disappear from the pursuit of those "superhumans" who could lock onto his qi with their will-spirit.
Moreover,
Xu Yuan had no idea which storyline the "main character" of this world was following.
In Cangyuan Chronicles, there were a total of twenty-five world lines. If the other party was on one that didn't conflict with his original father's, then what he would face was a lifetime of pursuit.
And even if the main character embarked on a route hostile to his original father, whether the plot kills that occurred in the game would still occur, Xu Yuan had no certainty at all.
After all, the example of Ji Qingyue had just happened before his eyes.
A female lead who was so beautiful and so important in the story was killed by Ran Qingmo, the Big Ice Lump beside him, just like that.
The halo of the once main character,
Would it really exist?
"........"
Silence.
Xu Yuan's clenched fists slowly uncurled as he stood up and walked over to the woman crouched in the corner.
She was still in the same tattered black clothing.
After a moment of quiet,
"What is it?"
The clear sound of her voice echoed in the silence of the cave dwelling.
Xu Yuan lowered his gaze:
"I want to ask a favor of you."
Ran Qingmo slowly opened her eyes, looking at him:
"You.. want to use that favor?"
Xu Yuan's expression remained unchanged:
"I want you to teach me some basic knowledge about cultivation. I just realized I've forgotten a lot of things, like how to absorb Origin Qi into my body, and stuff about the heart, the origin, and the will-spirit."
"....."
In the dim environment, her serene and beautiful eyes flickered with a trace of confusion.
Ran Qingmo didn't understand how a person at the level of Primordial strength could forget the most basic knowledge of cultivation, wasn't such knowledge supposed to be ingrained as instinct within their will-spirit?
However, Ran Qingmo did not refuse, and said very seriously:
"For that, you don't need a favor, I can teach you."
Xu Yuan slowly sat down opposite Ran Qingmo, whispering:
"Can we start now?"
Ran Qingmo closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, seemingly assessing the state of her body.
When she opened her eyes again, she nodded slightly:
"Okay."
She paused for a moment,
then Ran Qingmo's tranquil gaze turned towards the elaborate robes on Xu Yuan's body:
"Take off your clothes."