Chapter 16 - 9 Extorting Money
Xu Qing didn't hold much expectation when he arrived, but he never imagined that an old civil official past fifty would have once had a celestial encounter!
Indeed, you can't judge a book by its cover, nor measure the sea's depth with a bushel.
Unfortunately, the old official was greedy for worldly desires, putting all his energy into studying superficial techniques of divination rather than nourishing his true capabilities, and thus ended up dying at the hands of Song Cai.
After using the Qi Observation Skill for a while, Xu Qing suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if he had stood up too quickly after squatting for a long time, and everything before him turned blurry.
After about two breaths, when he came to his senses, the scene before him returned to normal, as if the colorful Gale Qi in the hall just now was an illusion.
Xu Qing realized that his cultivation was still too shallow, making it difficult to sustain the Qi Observation Skill for long.
The greater the technique, the greater the effort required; lacking power is like owning a fine horse but being unable to feed it well—ultimately it's like a child wielding a knife, unable to wield its sharpness effectively.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Qing had a measure of understanding.
The Corpse Nourishing Scripture he obtained from Liu Youdao could allow him to take the nurturing path, feeding and cultivating himself.
But the prerequisite was that he had to find a way to collect materials for nurturing zombies, only then could he formally practice.
As for how far he could go with the Corpse Nourishing Scripture, Xu Qing didn't dare to think too far ahead. After all, deep down, he wasn't a zombie who cultivated by sucking human essence. According to the scripture, feeding with supplementary materials or nurturing with Moonlight Yin Qi could also cultivate into one of the three types of Wandering Corpses, but how far he would progress depended on his fate...