69novels Chapter 15 Supreme Treasure and the Stinky Scoundrel 1
Chapter 15 Supreme Treasure and the Stinky Scoundrel 1
The old man retreated another dozen meters or so, found the base of the Spirit Gathering Array, and channeled spiritual energy into it to enhance the array's strength at that point, drawing the surrounding spiritual energy towards Xiao Caifei's location.
"Alright, let's move on to the second step—healing your natal body. You have a nine-mixed body, with a damaged natal body and nine other miscellaneous elements, making your cultivation path extremely complicated. The advantage is that most people won't consider you an opponent, greatly increasing your safety." In his mind, Li Zhu sighed with an ambiguous meaning.
"Nine miscellaneous items?" Cai Fei came to his senses.
Having listened to Grandma Kong talk about it many times these past few days, Cai Fei has a general understanding of it.
The spiritual energy of this world is divided into nine types: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, darkness, and emptiness.
The "Nine-Attribute Body" refers to a body possessing all nine attributes, making it a very rare cultivation aptitude, appearing in approximately one in 500 cultivators. It also has another name: the "Nine-Complete Body".
The advantage is that it can absorb all spiritual energy and is a natural master of drawing talismans and setting up arrays; the disadvantage is that its cultivation methods are complicated and difficult, and it is easy to go astray and become possessed by evil spirits.
Unfortunately, Cai Fei's fate is marred by a broken destiny.
Generally speaking, around the age of 30, one's remaining life force will vanish without a trace. However, Li Zhu had exhausted all his schemes to arrange this matter, so he naturally had some preparations for the remaining life force. He devised a way to save it, but the method was extremely complicated and difficult.
With two complex and difficult factors combined, it's easy to see how arduous Cai Fei's path of cultivation is.
"After I return, I will do my utmost to study the cultivation method of the Nine Perfections Body." Li Zhu's voice carried a hint of disappointment, but remained firm. "I also hope that you will uphold your Dao heart and forge ahead with all your might."
Perhaps it was because he had just experienced the joy and happiness of entering the Tao, or perhaps it was because Cai Fei was ignorant and fearless about cultivation, but when he heard Li Zhu's disappointed words, Cai Fei felt very calm.
"As long as there's hope! The path is under our feet, we'll take it one step at a time," Cai Fei comforted him. "As you said, you are an ancient legend who has been hidden in the underworld for 5000 years, while I am an otherworldly soul that has traversed infinite space and carries a powerful destiny. Heaven brought us together to create a miracle!"
Time was limited, so Li Zhu took a breath, composed himself, and stopped discussing the topic. Instead, he began to teach the second spell—the Soul Concealment Technique.
Over the course of three years, Li Zhu wove a seed of divine soul. By simply embedding it within Cai Fei's destiny, Li Zhu could use dreams to heal the destiny and extend its lifespan through various methods.
Cai Fei dared not delay, and immediately followed Li Zhu's instructions, slowly sinking his consciousness into the sea of consciousness.
Within the small space of his consciousness, the wetland was lush with aquatic plants, a delightful sight.
Consciousness slowly seeped into the water plants, where, in a secluded spot, Li Zhu's seed of divine soul was buried.
This is a very small seed, shaped like a millet grain, with a pale yellow color. When viewed up close, it appears to have fine lines on its surface. However, as one's consciousness gets infinitely closer, these fine lines reveal their true form—they are orderly arranged runes, densely covering the surface.
According to Li Zhu, Cai Fei first tried to awaken the seed with his will.
The matter was both simple and complicated. Wherever Cai Fei's will went, the seed moved slightly, but it required great concentration to make it move. In the space of consciousness, a seed the size of a millet grain was only a step away, but it had to roll more than a hundred times.
"Within the sea of consciousness, willpower is the key. With focused training, it can become as skillful as a hand. Today is your first time, so calm down and experience it slowly."
Li Zhu spoke softly, his wisp of divine consciousness hovering above Cai Fei's sea of consciousness, like gas or mist, vast in area but thin in texture. He said that he expanded it in this way in order to absorb as much of the equally thin spiritual energy in Cai Fei's sea of consciousness as possible, which is why he spoke weakly.
Following instructions, Cai Fei calmed down and focused intently. It took him about fifteen minutes to roll the seed down the cliff where Meng Ji was.
What followed was easy. Meng Ji seemed to be of one mind with Cai Fei. As soon as Cai Fei was moved, Meng Ji jumped down from the cliff, lay down next to the seed, stretched out his right paw, and then rubbed it on his head. The seed was stuffed into the fine downy hair on his forehead, like a small dot in the pattern on his forehead.
"This technique is quite similar to entering the Dao. The key lies in visualization. If you use this method to visualize and nurture it for more than ten days, this seed can become one with Mengji and transform into a pattern on its forehead."
Li Zhu then explained the method of visualization to Cai Fei in detail. Cai Fei sat cross-legged in silence, concentrated his mind, and began to practice the Soul Concealment Technique.
About an hour later, Cai Fei began to grasp the basics.
Li Zhu expressed his satisfaction: "At the beginning of your cultivation, your sea of consciousness is unstable, so the old mountain master will not investigate in detail for the time being. Just contemplate it every day, and you should have made some progress after fifteen days. This technique is rare in the world, and those below the Golden Core stage cannot detect it. There should be no risk in Aolai."
Having learned both spells, it was time to bid farewell to Zhu. From then on, they could only communicate in dreams.
"When you are in a dream, your spiritual seed will react. However, this technique cannot be used often. You and I will hardly see each other more than a few times a year from now on. We will be separated by life and death. I hope you will work hard."
Li Zhu didn't say much, only gave one instruction, and then began searching for the gaps in the space to prepare to go home.
"Once I say 'goodbye,' you can release your concealment technique and celebrate your entry into the Dao with the old mountain lord," Li Zhu said finally.
"Alright, take care on your journey." Cai Fei solemnly bid farewell to Li Zhu in his mind's eye.
About fifteen minutes later, Zhu left quietly, leaving behind only two words: "Goodbye."
Cai Fei held his breath and silently examined the movements around him, but found nothing. After a moment of silence, he sighed and stopped using the breath-concealing technique.
As soon as his spiritual aperture opened, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed into his body like moths to a flame.
Twenty meters away, the old mountain master suddenly stood up and rushed towards him.
This is exactly what it means: The sun rises in the east, colorful morning clouds fly, and on my home hills, the scenery is ever-changing.
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The poem says: "Cultivating immortality and entering the Dao is by chance, it is both due to human affairs and related to Heaven."
The world is full of wonders, and there are all sorts of strange people who enter the Dao, and the reasons for entering the Dao are also all sorts of strange. However, it is still unprecedented in Aolai for an idiot to enter the Dao, not to mention that this idiot is only three years old!
In Aolai, those who can enter the Dao before the age of five are called geniuses, and those who can enter the Dao at the age of three are great geniuses who appear only once every few decades!
It's unbelievable that an idiot would suddenly become a genius!
A month after Cai Fei entered the Dao, Wujialing held a grand banquet, inviting not only all the villagers of Wujialing, but also seven cultivators from the Chen, Chu, and Kong families.
Kong Fande, the mastermind behind the Silver Hook Gambling House, Cai Fei's biological parents Chen Jinghai and Chu Shanyun, the leaders of the Chen and Chu families and their respective stewards, along with Xu Pingan and Xiao Cai Fei, a total of nine cultivators sat at a table.
Kong Fande naturally took the seat of honor—he was Xu Ping'an's father-in-law, over 120 years old, but he was already a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator with a lifespan of 200 years. At this moment, he looked no more than middle-aged, with still-green hair and beard, and looked much younger than Xu Ping'an, who was accompanying him.
Although they are father-in-law and son-in-law, this is actually the first time Kong Fande has visited Wujialing in all these years. He has too many children and has limited concern for his married daughter. This time, it was Madam Xu who came to tell him that there was "something very special" that made him condescend to sit down for a while.
Of course, faced with the miracle of an idiot entering the Dao, no one hid their curiosity. The cultivators from the Chen and Chu families sat down and immediately asked to explore Xiao Cai Fei's dantian and sea of consciousness.
This was to be expected, so Xu Ping'an did not stop them. He simply took out a pale gold talisman and placed it in front of everyone.
"A Soul Oath Talisman!" Everyone was deeply moved.
In Aolai, oaths are the least trustworthy things, but once an oath is inscribed with a soul oath talisman, it becomes the most trustworthy thing.
What's laid out before everyone is a very common confidentiality talisman, belonging to the lowest level, Tier 1 Soul Oath, which can be used by cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Realm. It is sold in several talisman shops in Sushanfang, and the price is 50000 spirit stones.
With the financial resources of my family, buying one of these tickets would practically bankrupt us.
The crowd was already curious, and now they could hardly hide their surprise—what kind of secret would require Xu Ping'an to pay such a price to protect it?
Chen Jinghai grabbed it and looked at it first. He saw that the oath on the talisman was very simple—it required the signer to "not divulge any information related to Cai Fei's cultivation, or else his soul would be scattered."
"What's the big deal? It'll just waste my life essence!" Muttering to himself, Chen Jinghai channeled his inner energy into his dantian, squeezed out a drop of life essence from between his index fingers, and deftly signed his name.
The other six people also signed in turn, with Xu Ping'an and Cai Fei being the last to sign. Of course, the two of them could not tell anyone, but the Soul Oath Talisman was both a form of confinement and protection. Once signed, if they even had the thought of breaking the oath, they would die and their souls would be destroyed before they could even utter a word, thus preventing anyone from obtaining answers through torture.
After everyone had signed, Xu Ping'an carefully put away the Soul Oath Talisman.
Kong Fande beckoned Xiao Caifei to stand next to him and placed his palm on Xiao Caifei's head first.
Cai Fei stood with his eyes closed, his whole body relaxed, opening his sea of consciousness and dantian, allowing Kong Fande's divine sense to freely explore his body.
In just a few seconds, Kong Fande lowered his hand, but he indicated that he was not done yet. He put his hand to his forehead, frowned and thought for a moment, and then put his hand down again. This time, his divine sense patrolled Cai Fei's body for a little longer, about a few minutes, before he put his hand down.
Kong Fande didn't say anything, but glanced at Xu Ping'an and then at Cai Fei a few times. He reached out and straightened the child's clothes, sighed, and gestured for him to go over and let the two chieftains check on him.
"You two should watch it together. Children's consciousness is fragile, and it's not good to mess with them for too long," Kong Fande said.
Kong Fande's knowledgeable performance only fueled the curiosity of the others.
Cai Fei walked between the two chieftains. Each of them put one hand on his chest and the other on his back, and their divine senses spread along his meridians, entering Cai Fei's sea of consciousness one after the other.
Within seconds, the two of them almost simultaneously lowered their hands, exchanged a surprised and uncertain glance, and then almost simultaneously pressed their hands back down to confirm the unbelievable result.
A few minutes later, the two chieftains finally put down their hands. The old chieftain of the Chen family looked ashamed and lowered his head without saying a word.
The old chief of the Chu family looked around and, seeing that Kong Fande remained silent, sighed and said to the younger generation, "What a pity... he possessed a natal destiny... but unfortunately it's incomplete... a nine-part hybrid, a congenitally incomplete natal destiny!"
A congenitally disabled destiny!
As Chief Chu uttered those five words, silence fell around the table. The few people who had been craning their necks to wait froze, their expressions of disbelief solidified on their faces.
Having a congenitally damaged destiny is worse than having no destiny at all, because not only is its lifespan limited—it usually disappears without a trace within thirty years—but most importantly, its death will cause the original owner's cultivation to stagnate!
As for the nine attributes, when paired with one's natal element, it is undoubtedly a great gift, and people call it "nine complete attributes". But when paired with a flawed natal element, it can only be called "nine miscellaneous attributes"!
"You...you..." The old chieftain of the Chen family pointed at Chen Jinghai, wanting to say something, but his hand trembled with anger, and in the end he only managed to utter three words, "What a scumbag!"