69novels Chapter 82: Suffering!
Chapter 82: Suffering!
The Taoist priest knelt on the ground.
He recited the mantra of the Corpse Dissolution Technique incessantly.
He memorized it extremely quickly, racing against time, afraid that Bai Sheng would get impatient and kill him with a single blow.
Bai Sheng did not interrupt him.
With his divine sense fully activated, each word was directly imprinted into his sea of consciousness.
Not a single word was missed.
He thought to himself, if he had used this trick to memorize things, he probably would have been able to get into Tsinghua or Peking University.
Any content is something I can glance at and remember perfectly, word for word.
The Taoist priest really did ramble on for a while.
After memorizing,
He even proactively repeated several key steps.
"I got stuck on these parts for a long time when I was doing the initial calculations."
"If a senior thinks there's anything wrong, they can ask the junior directly."
Bai Sheng closed his eyes and compared the incantation recited by the True Daoist with the fragments of the Corpse Dissection Technique provided by the system in his mind.
as predicted,
The missing 30% of crucial elements are precisely the points that the Taoist Master Zhen Huan just repeated.
Based on the 70% probability given by that system, it can be basically confirmed.
The two people's incantations come from the same source, but the Taoist's version is more complete.
It filled in all the missing links!
Bai Sheng can now be said to have completely mastered the Corpse Dissection Technique.
In addition to the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment stage,
Theoretically, dismemberment can be triggered at any time.
But it's completely unnecessary.
The path to immortality through corpse liberation is ultimately a helpless choice in the Dharma-ending Age.
The great trend of spiritual energy revival is imminent, but this is ultimately a side path.
Of course, if there is an opportunity in the future, this method can be used as a bargaining chip to sell for some benefits.
Moreover, there are three thousand great paths to cultivation.
As the saying goes, "The stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade."
Bai Sheng heard the additional information provided in this manner.
I also benefited greatly.
I discovered several ingenious ideas that are definitely worth learning from.
the other side,
After the Taoist priest finished reciting, he waited for a long time, but Bai Sheng remained silent.
I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
He didn't know that Bai Sheng had just been comparing incantations in his sea of consciousness.
I simply assumed the other person was dissatisfied with my answer.
After a few quick mental calculations, I decisively changed my strategy.
He cautiously asked:
"Senior, your cultivation is profound. May I ask which dynasty you are a cultivator from?"
"This junior observes that your true essence is extremely pure, far surpassing that of modern alchemists. Could you perhaps be a descendant of the pre-Qin Qi-refining lineage?"
Bai Sheng opened his eyes and asked in return, "Which dynasty are you a cultivator from? Your cultivation is so weak. You successfully deduced the Corpse Dissolution Technique, yet you've only recovered this much strength?"
The Taoist priest was momentarily speechless at those words, but quickly recovered and said with a wry smile:
"Senior, you may not know this, but since the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been gradually declining."
By the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, less than one in ten remained. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, even those capable of sensing spiritual energy were extremely rare.
By the time of the Ming Dynasty, spiritual energy had almost disappeared.
Even a newly initiated Qi Refining cultivator cannot gather two hands in the entire world.
I have cultivated in Qiyun Mountain for over forty years, and I have only barely reached the threshold of Qi Refining.
This meager skill was only achieved through the blessings of his ancestors.
Compared to a Foundation Establishment expert like this senior, it's like a firefly compared to the bright moon.
Bai Sheng was taken aback, thinking that after searching through the Federation's history from hundreds of years ago...
There seems to be no such record.
Do cultivators really exist?
Why wasn't it recorded?
The old Taoist priest paused for a moment, his withered head tilting slightly.
I was sensing the surrounding air, and then the sound suddenly stopped.
"But...it's strange, I can't sense any spiritual energy at all."
Has the Dharma-ending Age arrived? Has the spiritual energy of heaven and earth been completely depleted?
The Taoist priest's tone was clearly a bit off.
The depletion of spiritual energy wasn't so terrible; he was already mentally prepared for it.
After all, from the pre-Qin period to the Ming Dynasty, spiritual energy had been declining.
But if the spiritual energy is completely depleted, how did this Foundation Establishment cultivator in front of me manage to cultivate to such a level?
He quickly considered several possibilities in his mind.
Possession? Reincarnation?
Some ancient secret technique he was unaware of.
Then he suddenly noticed the extremely pure golden true essence on Bai Sheng's body.
That wasn't ordinary spiritual energy transformed into true essence, but rather primordial primordial energy!
The unique cultivation method of the Qi Refining sect does not rely on external spiritual energy.
It can integrate one's own Qi and blood with true essence to form innate true Qi, which becomes a self-contained entity.
No wonder he was able to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage in the Dharma-ending Age; he indirectly bypassed the limitation of spiritual energy depletion.
Even so, the Qi Refining lineage still requires the nourishment of spiritual energy to cultivate and improve.
The more the Taoist priest thought about it, the more terrified he became.
A primordial Qi cultivator who can still reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the Dharma-ending Age.
It would be absolutely impossible to do this without some extremely ancient tradition supporting it!
The forces that can control this inheritance, even if they only leave behind a little bit of a backup plan,
It was definitely not someone he, a Qi Refining cultivator who had just been reborn and whose physical body had not yet recovered, could afford to offend.
Without hesitation, he knelt down on his withered knees, bowed deeply, and said:
"Senior, I, Zhen Huanzi, am willing to serve you, young master, and serve you with utmost loyalty."
Bai Sheng watched his smooth and efficient process of recognizing the master and said, "Move forward a little."
The Taoist priest was taken aback and stammered, "This servant is ugly and may offend your eyes, senior. It's fine to kneel here."
Bai Sheng was too lazy to waste words with him, and gestured with his right hand.
The powerful True Essence Hand grabbed the back of the True Immortal Daoist's neck and lifted him up.
With his left hand, fingers spread wide, he pressed heavily onto the top of his head.
"Bitterness is bitterness!"
The Taoist priest let out a miserable howl, his whole body trembling involuntarily a few times.
He then collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.
Bai Sheng's divine sense invaded the depths of his sea of consciousness without any hindrance.
The Soul Searching Technique is operating at full power!
The old Taoist priest was indeed telling the truth; the complete text of the Corpse Dissection Technique is genuine.
Then they gained insight into his memories from before his death.
have to say,
The secrets of the Ming Dynasty imperial family's alchemists
It's more interesting than the Corpse Dissection Technique.
For example, it was well-known that the reigning emperor was obsessed with alchemy and immortality cultivation in his later years.
However, historical records only state that he died from poisoning after consuming elixirs.
However, the memories of the Taoist priest show...
He met the emperor, who was practicing Taoism, in the palace and sensed a faint trace of spiritual energy within the emperor's body.
Even after a lifetime of practice, he could barely reach the threshold of Qi cultivation.
It's still a long way from truly entering the Tao.
and,
Before his death, this Taoist emperor secretly sent people to search far and wide for the fragments of ancient Qi-cultivating texts.
They wanted to find a cultivation method that could bypass the limitations of spiritual energy, but ultimately it was too late.
He obtained the tattered scroll, but was unable to begin reading it.
The Daoist practice of Qi cultivation has always been like this: it is not particularly difficult to get started, but once you get started, it is extremely difficult to make progress in cultivation.
Furthermore, if one is not careful, one's foundation will become weak, leading to obstacles on the path.
They might even go mad and suffer irreversible consequences.
For example, someone might cultivate themselves to the point of possessing innate true qi, only to accidentally die suddenly.
It truly dissipated into free-floating Qi in the air, thus becoming unable to condense into a physical body again.
Of course, Bai Sheng wasn't afraid.
These cultivators of the Qi Refining lineage all relied on their own tireless cultivation day and night to reach their current level, resulting in a weak and unstable foundation.
Bai Sheng, on the other hand, accumulated his cultivation points step by step through the system.
Sit down!