Chapter 162: Trouble on the Way
What does it feel like to set foot upon the earth?
Such a simple action, yet so few people pay attention to it.
But whether it is for the Taoists or Buddhists, to walk barefoot is seen as a form of cultivation, shedding worldly desires and cutting off fetters.
And there are those who believe that yin is the foundation of yang, without yin, yang cannot transform. The land is a treasure trove of yin energy, thus regularly walking barefoot on it allows the Earth’s yin energy to ascend into the body through the Yongquan Acupoint, nourishing the yin within.
When Shen Siyuan was just an ordinary person, walking barefoot would only make him feel the discomfort of cold and heat, and the roughness beneath his feet, nothing more.
But now that Shen Siyuan has stepped into the path of cultivation, the feeling of setting his bare feet upon the ground is different, especially when the Earth Element Qi unique to the "Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword" flows within him, connecting with the energy of the land, entering through the Yongquan Acupoint, merging him with the earth.
Therefore, Shen Siyuan did not use his power to sprint, but took methodical steps, one footprint after another.
Yet his speed was not slow, and every step was of uniform size, as if measured with a ruler.
Shen Siyuan did not take the normal route home, along Qionghai’s central highway, but instead circumnavigated Qionghai, taking the ring road, and then headed straight towards his home from there.
The reason for such a detour was that the ring road was rich in the Qi of earth, water, and wood elements, and occasionally, he would absorb some faint Gold Qi.
Only the Fire Qi was hidden deep within the land, unexpressed, covered by the Earth Element Qi, and since Qionghai’s geothermal activity was inactive, like a stagnant pond, it was impossible for Shen Siyuan to draw it out from the layers of thick Earth Element Qi.