Entering the dao with the physical body
Sensing QI was all one needed to enter the acquired realm. After that, following a cultivation technique, one will be able to open the 12 hidden meridian. The so-called meridians were like veins but were empty and blocked. The acquired realm cultivation was to open the meridian and store the QI inside. The nature of the QI cultivated by two may differ because of the door used to enter the dao. The door may be medicine, martial arts, mathematics, etc.
Each discipline can, in teorie help someone feel a certain QI. Naturally, the door will have the greatest impact at the beginning of cultivation.
Di Tian aware of his situation, had long decided on his path. Because at the age of ten, the clansmen who did not acquire the dao would be assigned some work outside the city, he knew that would be his fate as he was an orphan without talent. So instead of cultivating the resource-consuming white crane martial dao of his clan, he decided to take a more suitable approach: the physical body.
The difference in doors was, in fact, the source of the cultivated QI. What Di Tian wanted to learn was the most basic system of transforming the physical energies in QI. It was a slow path, and as acquired cultivators have a similar lifespan to mortals, it was simply not worth it for the sake of resources. The best time to remember the innate dao was before 30 years old, and it was best to attain the dao of the spirit realm before a hundred years, so the speed of cultivation was important.
The choice of Di Tian was due to his talent. In order to reach a higher realm, one needed both talent and foundation, and in his case, the only way to obtain a good balance was through the physical body. After all, it was said that becoming innate through cultivating the physical body would lead to an increase in talent.
Sitting cross-legged, he was meditating on the several body-building methods he practiced, and slowly he began to sense the QI in his body. He begins to extract and transform the energy in his body into Qi. The QI was slowly gathering toward his heart. Afterward, he used his QI to open a meridian until he was exhausted. He continued the same cycle for a day, finally completely opening his meridian.
"Now I only have to accumulate QI in my meridian till saturation, then I will begin to open the second meridian."
His road to the peak of the acquired realm was clear, and Di Tian was expectant of the future. At that time, the inn assistant was waiting for him outside his room.
"Manager, good news! "The clan ancestor has achieved transcendence, and all the clan's members are to head to the capital in 20 years when the ancestor finishes consolidating his cultivation."
'Transcendence. It means the clan will be on par with the three great families; however, as an inn manager, this has nothing to do with me, though Di Tian
"Okay, you can continue to work."
When he was 15, Di Tian was asked to manage an inn in Ku city. However, that city was in the faraway south of the dynasty. He only had to send 30% of his gain to the family, so it can be said he will not lack resources in the acquired realm.
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19 years have passed, and tonight Di Tian has achieved great perfection in the acquired dao. During those years, he basically never headed out of the inn. After all, with the way clear, there was no need for him to head out to battle like some protagonist (which he would later regret), as his dao was not the dao of martial arts. Fighting for him should be just for his protection and not for cultivation.
"I have way passed the golden age for cultivation. However, as long as I return to innateness and achieve the ultimate of mortals, the innate realm, I will be able to live at least 200 years. I must break through in the next 4 years; if not, my chance will be reduced significantly, and the spirit realm will be missed for a lifetime. It is time to return to the capital."