In the next period of time, Ding Qi went up the mountain to pick ferns, and soon collected a hundred ferns and handed them over to the government.

After that, Ding Qi was not in a hurry to go to the waterfall to practice, but concentrated on going up the mountain to pick ferns.

He knew that although this kind of 'deep water' cultivation method could increase the speed of cultivation, it would not allow him to increase the efficiency of searching for ferns in a short period of time.

Now it is almost the time when the ferns will wither and disappear. There is no point in rushing to practice with the "water deep and hot" method in a short period of time. Instead of doing this, it is better to pick as many as possible while the ferns have not disappeared from the mountains.

Some will be handed over to the government to reduce the pressure of picking ferns next year.

The days passed gradually as Ding Qi went up the mountain to pick ferns every day. Until one day, when Ding Qi realized that he had not picked a fern for several days, he could only accept it.

The season when the ferns wither has arrived, and it is a fact that all the ferns have disappeared from the mountain forests.

At this time, Ding Qi finally began to prepare to practice using the "deep water and hot fire" method.

The waterfall in the forest that Ding Qi discovered was somewhere deep in the mountain forest.

The Qixia Mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles, with many unknown mountain tops. The waterfall flows down from a mountain peak.

Ding Qi stood not far from the waterfall, looking at the place where he would use to practice in the future.

This waterfall is not too high, only about ten feet long, and there are a few big rocks below that can stand on. The torrent of the waterfall pours down from the height, and white water splashes on the rocks below, which looks pretty good.

Quite impressive.

Originally, there were no big rocks under the waterfall, just a pool of water. Ding Qi spent a lot of effort to move these big rocks from the side to the bottom of the waterfall for the purpose of connecting them.

Come down to practice.

"This waterfall is in a special location. It seems like it can save a lot of trouble." Ding Qi moved his eyes away from the waterfall and looked around, thinking with satisfaction in his heart.

The location of the waterfall is a small valley. Ding Qi was a little worried before, whether there would be any wild beasts here, which would affect his practice. However, after he checked the entire valley, he did not find any traces of wild beasts. In the end,

He estimated that this should have something to do with the special terrain here.

However, just to be on the safe side, he went to Liangcheng some time ago and bought some animal repellent powder used to drive away wild beasts. He brought it here and sprinkled it around the valley.

It was only then that he truly felt at ease and began to prepare for real practice.

Ding Qi walked directly under the waterfall, and the rapids hit him, causing his body to feel quite painful. Although the waterfall was not very high, the impact of the water was already great.

"The impact of this water flow is really unbearable!" Ding Qi thought with some bitterness as he stood on the bluestone.

Just when Ding Qi was thinking this and moved his body to stand as steady as possible, he was suddenly hit by the continuous rapids of the waterfall.

The pool of water under the waterfall was not very deep. Ding Qi climbed up from the pool, looked up at the waterfall, frowned, and walked to the bluestone under the waterfall.

He stood on the bluestone again and waited for him to stabilize his body slightly, but just like last time, he was quickly washed off the bluestone by the impact of the waterfall.

"It's more difficult to adapt to the impact of the waterfall than originally expected!" Ding Qi got up from the pool again, wiped his face and thought.

When he came, he already knew that the impact of the waterfall's rapids was not so easy to adapt to. It took repeated attempts to get used to the impact and pressure of the waterfall on the body, so as not to be photographed.

After being photographed from the bluestone twice in a row, Ding Qi was not discouraged. He knew that as long as he tried more, he would eventually adapt to the impact of the waterfall. Summing up the experience of being washed down by the waterfall twice, Ding Qi then stood up again.

Arrive at the bottom of the waterfall.

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Towards evening, Ding Qi came down from Qixia Mountain. There were red marks on his forehead and a big bump on his head.

This was caused by him being washed down by the rapids and accidentally knocked on a stone several times when he was adapting to the pressure of the waterfall. Fortunately, the stone was relatively smooth and had no edges. Otherwise, it would have been more than just swelling.

It's simple, but it will inevitably break your head.

After a day of trying, until Ding Qi went down the mountain this time, he could not really stand firm under the torrent. However, it was not without any gain. After repeated attempts throughout the day, he finally got used to the impact of the waterfall. Ding Qi finally got used to the impact of the waterfall.

Qi estimated that if he spent some time tomorrow, he would be able to fully adapt to the impact of the waterfall and be able to practice the 'water deep and fiery' method.

On the second day, Ding Qi really got used to the impact of the waterfall and could stand firmly on the bluestone under the waterfall.

Now, Ding Qi stood on the bluestone, letting the torrent continue to hit his body, but his body did not waver in any way. Ding Qi recalled the description of the practice postures he had seen on the brocade silk before, and began to plan to enter the formal

Practice.

The practice postures described on the brocade are somewhat different from the practice postures used in the martial arts that Ding Qi knew to perform the "water deep and hot" method.

In the ordinary Jianghu method, the practitioner performs the horse stance under the waterfall and performs the exercises at the same time. However, the posture on the brocade silk is not the horse stance, but more like an ordinary standing posture.

What is slightly different from ordinary standing is that when practicing, Ding Qi's arms need to assume a weird posture, and the fingers of both hands must also be pinched into strange shapes.

For some reason, this reminded Ding Qi of the clay statues of gods he had seen in temples before, with their postures of holding magic spells.

Ding Qi found this posture, which was like an immortal's kneading technique, rather strange.

Although he felt extremely strange in his heart, and even thought this posture was a bit ridiculous, it was indeed described in this way on the brocade, so he could only follow it.

"This method of relying on external stimulation, I don't know how long I can persist at a time."

Standing under the waterfall, feeling the pain caused by the impact of the waterfall on his body, Ding Qi thought to himself.

Relying on the impact of the waterfall to stimulate the body to practice, you can quickly increase your skill. However, this method cannot be continued. Every once in a while, you need to stop the practice and rest, and you need to practice in stages.

This is because, using this method, the body will continue to be impacted by the waterfall. If it continues, the body will simply not be able to bear it, which will lead to the collapse of body functions. Similarly, the 'fiery' method is also what Ding Qi is trying to do now.

The 'water depth' method is the same and has similar problems. It is even more serious than the 'water depth' method.

From the information he had inquired before, Ding Qi learned that if ordinary people in the world practice using the method of "water deep and hot", the effective practice time in a day is about one and a half hours, and no more than two hours at most. This is because

, practitioners must rest for an hour almost every half an hour to relieve the fatigue caused by the impact on the body.

A few cultivators with stronger physiques can appropriately increase the time of each practice or shorten the rest time.

Ding Qi didn't know how long he could hold on at a time given his physical condition.

"I have already memorized the criteria for reaching the physical limit. When that time comes, all I have to do is stop practicing." Thinking of this, Ding Qi stopped thinking about it.
Chapter completed!