Chapter 175 Seed Condensation Method

In the third team's office, Liu Ruyan pushed the newspaper in front of Chen Mo and pointed to the blurry photo of Gu Ruzhang.

"Gu Ruzhang is no small figure in Jinshi. Why are you asking about him?"

"Can't I even ask?"

Chen Mo leaned back in his chair, picked up the cup of tea that had gone cold, and took a sip.

Liu Ruyan glanced at him and continued speaking.

"The Green Gang has been rooted in Jinshi for more than 30 years. From top to bottom, including the gang members, their disciples and followers, and the thugs on the periphery who make a living..." she recalled, "there should be tens of thousands of people, if not more."

"I've heard from my elders that, not counting those who are temporarily affiliated, there are at least three thousand well-known ones."

Chen Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly.

This number is more than he expected.

"Moreover, the Green Gang in Tianjin is no longer just a simple gang."

"How so?"

"Gu Ruzhang is not only the leader of the Green Gang, but also a guest of honor of the Japanese."

"Advisor to Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and director of the East Asia Common Culture Association."

"I travel to Japan three or four times a year and do business with several Japanese-style businesses in Osaka and Nagasaki."

The office fell silent for a moment.

"Are the Japanese backing him up?" Chen Mo asked, frowning.

Liu Ruyan and Fang Yingxia exchanged a glance.

"It's not about backing someone up," Liu Ruyan carefully chose her words, "it's about partnership."

"Gu Ruzhang's ability to maintain his position in Jinshi is not solely due to his thugs. Of the thirteen seats in the Jinshi City Council, five councilors are on friendly terms with him."

"The deputy director of the police station is his son-in-law. Last year, when the deputy director's family had a wedding, Gu Ruzhang went in person and sat in the chairman's seat for the entire morning."

"Two of the directors of the Municipal Council of the Concession are his sworn brothers. One is in charge of the Municipal Council's financial budget, and the other is in charge of the Concession's police station."

Chen Mo looked down at the newspaper on the table, his gaze lingering on the blurry photo of Gu Ruzhang.

The photo is blurry; you can only make out the silhouette of a person in a suit standing in some kind of setting, surrounded by a group of people.

"Tens of thousands of people, five councilors, one deputy director, two directors, plus Japanese."

"They've got half of Tianjin under their control."

The cup had gone cold. Chen Mo took a sip, and the bitter taste of the tea spread from the tip of his tongue all the way to the depths of his throat.

His original plan was simple: although the Hou family was wiped out, the Green Gang's Minister Li was also dead.

If this thread eventually leads to Gu Ruzhang, then it must be uprooted completely.

But now, listening to it, he realized that the strength of this thread was much greater than he had imagined.

It was so thick that the entire foundation of Tianjin shook with it.

The phrase "cut the weeds and eliminate the roots" circled in his mind before finally settling deep in his heart.

It's not that I'm afraid.

With my current strength, I can't lift it.

"Strength, and more strength."

Chen Mo returned to his seat, stared at the table in deep thought, and felt a sense of urgency welling up inside him.

I've wasted a lot of time with the Hou family these past few days, which has somewhat delayed my Qi cultivation progress.

However, to reach the stage of condensing the true seed, hard work alone is far from enough.

This step does not require an abundance of internal energy, but rather a sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The Taiyin Qi scattered in the six Yin orifices of the body must be condensed into a seed and planted in the Dantian. Only then can it take root, sprout, and enter the Ning Sha realm.

He's stuck here, unable to get past the initial hurdle of sensing. (Read the full chapter 175 of the novel, "The Method of Condensing Seeds," for free here. Link: [link missing])

"Captain Chen?" Liu Ruyan's voice drifted over from the side. "What are you thinking about? Your face looks so gloomy."

Chen Mo snapped out of his reverie and shook his head: "It's nothing, I just wanted to think about something."

Liu Ruyan glanced at him suspiciously, but didn't ask any further questions. She turned around and went about her own business.

Chen Mo put down his teacup, subtly adjusted his posture, straightened his back, and placed his hands naturally on his knees.

This is his preparatory posture before meditation.

While you can't actually sit cross-legged and close your eyes in the office, you can still regulate your breathing and calm your mind.

He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

The breath sinks, and consciousness draws inward.

The Yin energy in my dantian has been condensed into a ball, which is the accumulation of energy from meditation and breathing exercises during this period.

The Yin energy belongs to water, is cold in nature, and travels along the Ren meridian. After entering the Dantian, it sinks to the bottom, unlike the Yang energy which is floating and restless.

His inner energy was very deep, like a deep pool of water, calm on the surface but turbulent underneath.

The problem is, it refuses to solidify.

Chen Mo gently manipulated his inner energy with his mind, as if poking a thick clump of paste with his finger.

The true energy rippled, creating a tiny ripple around its edge, before returning to its original state.

He tried to compress inward, and immediately felt a soreness and swelling in his dantian, as if something was pushing outward.

The Yin energy purified by the Moon Essence Mirror is completely free of impurities and any impurities.

It was so pure it was almost transparent, so cold it chilled to the bone, and as it slowly swirled in the dantian, it carried a kind of aloofness that kept people at a distance.

Chen Mo suddenly realized where the problem lay.

It's not that I don't have enough internal energy.

It's too pure.

He had previously thought that purity was the ladder to a higher realm, but he never expected that this very purity would become the biggest obstacle on the path to seed condensation.

"Cao"

Chen Mo cursed under his breath, feeling that this was simply a joke played on him by God.

Others who cultivate are worried about impure true qi, too many impurities, and an unstable foundation.

His problem is that he's too innocent, so innocent that he can't go any further.

What should I do?

That's the downside of not having a mentor; when you encounter a problem, you have no idea who to ask.

Everyone around him cultivates Qi and Blood Martial Arts, which is not the same as his.

I wonder if the Moon Essence Treasure Mirror can provide a solution?

Chen Mo's consciousness sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, and the cool light of the Moon Mirror flowed quietly in the darkness.

He silently prayed to himself, "My true energy is too pure to condense into a seed. Is there any way?"

After asking the question, Chen Mo anxiously watched the treasure mirror's movements, hoping it would give a response.

There was complete silence in my mind.

The Moon Mirror hung in the center of the darkness, its pale light flowing slowly and steadily, like the moon in the deep winter sky, indifferent to everything on earth.

The mirror remained silent for a moment, then shone brightly, and three lines of text appeared in sequence:

"The first method is to borrow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and use external force to break through the purity. Find a rare and precious natural treasure that contains innate vitality, wrap it with the energy of Taiyin, and use its life-giving energy to stimulate the condensation of seeds. Such as thousand-year-old stalactites, ten-thousand-year-old warm jade, and Tai Sui flesh fungus are all acceptable."

"Secondly: Seek an extremely yin place and use the terrain to break the purity. Condense the seed in a deep cave beneath a place where yin energy has been stagnant for thousands of years, and use the most yin and turbid energy between heaven and earth as a guide to break the purity with turbidity and break the essence with impurity. However, this method is dangerous, and only one in ten will survive."

"The third method is to forge the dantian into a vessel, and use the vessel to carry the seed. This requires three things: the water of mysterious yin, the essence of the earth's veins, and the charcoal of nine yang. A mirror is used as a furnace to reshape the dantian. This method is the most stable, but it takes the longest."