I alone have my own laws; I start by fabricating myths and legends of mountains and seas.

Chapter 62 First Generation Cultivation Aid

Silverfish (Jiang He): "..."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Sister Jiang, give us a little reaction! This is too bland!"

Silverfish (Jiang He): "Do you know what I've been doing these past few days?"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "How would I possibly know? Sister Jiang, have you pulled some amazing stunt to show us?"

Du Yu (Jiang He): "I was indeed busy during this time and didn't focus my energy on cultivation, so I didn't sense my inner energy and step into the martial arts path. But I did something more meaningful."

Silverfish (Jiang He): "I've figured out a way to accelerate the conversion of bioenergy into internal energy?"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "So, Sister Jiang, you actually made the pill by hand? Wait a minute! Even if the pill really works, Sister Jiang, you haven't even entered the martial arts world yet, how can you verify whether the pill is reliable?"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Who said I was researching elixirs? It was all rather accidental!"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "The sunflower seeds and peanuts are ready. Let your story begin!"

Bixi (Wang Jianguo): "Yes! What happened!"

Du Yu (Jiang He): "My dad is a bit more talented in martial arts than me. He barely made it into the first stage and is slowly accumulating internal energy at the first level. Some time ago, my mom felt that he was overworking himself, so she made him a black chicken and ginseng soup to nourish his body, as is her old habit."

Du Yu (Jiang He): "The day after my dad drank it, he felt that his internal energy condensation speed had obviously increased. I originally thought it was a natural breakthrough after reaching a certain bottleneck in his cultivation, but my mom stewed it for three consecutive days, and he condensed it faster for three consecutive days. I felt that something was wrong."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "So, Sister Jiang, you've been acting all mysterious these past two weeks because you've been researching your mom's soup recipe?"

Silverfish (Jiang He): "Otherwise what? We have to figure out if it's just psychological or if there's really some ingredient in the soup that helps with condensing internal energy. And I actually figured it out."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Now that you mention it, it makes perfect sense. Auntie's black chicken and ginseng soup must be in harmony with the principles of the universe. The black-feathered bird takes the essence of Kan water and the virtue of Kun earth; the ginseng takes the Qi of Li fire and the soul of Qian heaven. One black and one white, one sinking and one rising, is the image of the yin and yang fish eyes connecting. When simmering over a low flame, water and fire intertwine in the pot: the black chicken transforms the turbid Yin into clear dew, and the ginseng exhales Yang and auspicious Qi. When the soup is ready, the tenderness of the black chicken nourishes Taiyin, and the sweetness and warmth of the ginseng replenish Taiyang. The two Qi stimulate and blend together, performing a small cycle of the universe."

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Chen Yang, don't suddenly act like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur). It's not that dramatic!"

Du Yu (Jiang He): "I sampled the soup and isolated all potentially bioactive components. In addition to the usual amino acids, oligopeptides, and ginsenosides, I found a very small amount of a combination of metabolites in the soup. This combination can significantly increase the mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP synthesis efficiency of my father's cell samples in vitro."

Du Yu (Jiang He): "Further analysis shows that this effect requires cells to be in a specific energy-ready state—that is, after they have initially possessed internal energy, a highly ordered form of energy—before it can be triggered and amplified. It's like a catalyst that doesn't directly provide a large amount of energy, but it can optimize the energy conversion efficiency of internal energy generation and circulation."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Sister Jiang, has anyone ever said that when you get serious, you're especially like the early form of an ultimate villainous scientist? Like that kind of style where life's evolution is not so inconvenient?"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "This art style is a bit off! It should be a martial arts style, but it feels more like science fiction. The internal energy and martial arts elements are too complicated!!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "I want to report Sister Jiang for using cheats!"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "This is the power of technology."

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Chen Tianjiao and Academician Jiang, you two are both cheating! One of you reached the third level of martial arts in a short time, and the other can conjure up a Great Rejuvenation Pill by hand!"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Unlike me! I can only slightly surpass Chen Tianjiao in scientific literacy and slightly surpass Academician Jiang in cultivation talent."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Sister Jiang, do you have any finished products of those pills? Can I have a copy? Let me experience what it's like to level up by taking pills!"

Du Yu (Jiang He): "Traditional stewing methods are inefficient and the ingredients are unstable. In the past few days, I have been constantly optimizing based on this idea, combining modern nutrition and biochemistry knowledge to extract key effective ingredient combinations. The first generation of auxiliary agents can already be made by hand."

Bookworm (Jiang He): "The initial small-scale testing mainly yielded positive feedback from my dad. However, it hasn't been validated on a large scale yet! Nevertheless, it's at least a worthwhile shortcut to improve initial efficiency. I can give you a copy if you want, but I can't guarantee its safety 100%."

Bixi (Wang Jianguo): "This is great! This is really good! Stewing soup is good for your health, as the old saying goes! I never thought it would actually match up with martial arts training! Xiao Jiang, you're really clever, able to come up with so many benefits from a bowl of soup! Um, I want one too!"

Silverfish (Jiang He): "No problem! But I can't guarantee safety! Su Fan, do you want to go?"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Give me one too!"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Chen Yang, your guidance method has also inspired me. Cognitive guidance and material assistance should complement each other. Perhaps the standardized cultivation process in the future will be: first use guidance to establish the circulation of Qi, and then use auxiliary agents to accelerate the cultivation speed."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "What a strange art style!"

Bixi (Wang Jianguo): "Sounds reliable! Xiao Jiang, let me try it first! Don't worry, I'll definitely write down my feelings carefully and tell you!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Although Sister Jiang, you are indeed awesome, why don't I feel the joy of being amazed by the newcomer? Instead, I feel a faint sadness as a remnant abandoned by this era."

Du Yu (Jiang He): "Because scientific development is a process of constantly turning miracles into technology. Epistemology is about discovering rules and utilizing rules. The existence of the Mountain and Sea Realm, the crystallization of emotions, internal energy martial arts, everything may be a miracle to you, but in my eyes it is just a set of natural laws that have not yet been fully understood. What I should do is try to touch and understand it with the tools I have."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Alright! Sister Jiang, you win. But Sister Jiang, you still have to rely on yourself to locate the acupoints and comprehend martial arts techniques, right? There are no shortcuts to these."

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Yes. Everyone just needs to be aware of this. Nobody knows what the future holds. All we can do is try our best to stay ahead and take more initiative."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Uncle Wang, you can do it too! Tonight I'll try to guide you through the basics, and then I'll have Sister Jiang get you some supplements! Two approaches together, and you'll be fine!"

Bixi (Wang Jianguo): "Hey, good, good! Thank you, Xiao Chen, and thank you, Xiao Jiang! You young people are quick-witted and capable. I'll benefit from your success!"

Su Fan couldn't help but sigh that the integration of internal energy martial arts into modern society was better than he had imagined.

First, Chen Yang solved the problem of going from 0 to 1, and then Jiang He solved the problem of going from 1 to 10.