parentshiftbook Chapter 76 Breakthrough, Body Refinement Realm!
Chapter 76 Breakthrough, Body Refinement Realm!
Three days later, at night.
Zanggong Pavilion.
Liu Cong pushed open the door.
Lu Cheng followed quietly into the room.
Standing on the first floor, Liu Cong pointed to the ceiling and said softly:
"Junior Brother Lu, you will go up to the third floor to copy the scriptures in a little while."
"No matter what happens during this period, you can only listen, not watch, not ask, and certainly not write."
"Did you remember?"
Lu Cheng didn't answer whether he remembered or not, but looked at Liu Cong in disbelief and asked:
"Ten thousand taels of silver, and you can only hear it once?"
Liu Cong shook his head and said:
"Of course not. Starting today, I will bring you here every night for the next three days. If you pay attention, you should be able to remember it."
Lu Cheng nodded, casually picked up a scripture from the bookshelf, and walked upstairs with a creaking sound.
Then, Liu Cong, still feeling uneasy, gave another word of advice:
"Remember this: you must not look at it, you must not ask about it, and you must not write about it."
Lu Cheng waved his hand, and without caring whether Liu Cong saw it or not, his figure disappeared at the top of the stairs.
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On the third floor, Lu Cheng sat under a candlelight, not copying the book, but turning the pages one by one.
The book I randomly picked up turned out to be part of the history of the Dongyang Sect.
The sequence is based on time units, spanning from the third to the fourth hundred years after the establishment of the school.
During this period, the entire Lingbi Mountain had been taken over by the Dongyang Sect.
However, at this time, there are only four peaks and four veins of the "Nine Peaks and Eleven Veins".
However, what puzzled Lu Cheng the most was that the Dongyang Sect had only been established for a little over three hundred years, yet the sect leader had already passed down to the sixteenth generation.
All the explanations given were simply that he had stepped down.
For example, the fifteenth and sixteenth generations:
In the thirteenth year of the Great Yun Yuanheng era, the fifteenth generation sect leader, Ji Chengzi, stepped down, and the new sect leader, Guang Kangzi, became the sixteenth generation sect leader.
What's going on?
On average, there's a leadership change every twenty years or so?
Where did the outgoing sect leader go?
Then I thought about how the founder of the "Qianyang True Fire Force" was the 39th generation sect leader.
So, it seems that this situation has never changed.
That's really strange!
Just then, the stairs behind me creaked.
Lu Cheng instinctively turned around, but stopped immediately as soon as he twisted his waist and back.
Before Lu Cheng could straighten up, the lights around him went out at the same time.
The entire third floor was plunged into darkness in an instant.
As the last creaking sound faded away, a deep male voice rang out behind Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng quickly focused his mind and listened to the man's recitation.
"...When the Qi flows deeply, it accumulates; when accumulated, it extends; when extended, it descends; when descended, it settles; when settled, it solidifies; when solidified, it sprouts; when sprouting, it grows; when growing, it recedes; when receding, it returns to Heaven. Heaven's spring is above, Earth's spring is below. To follow the natural order is to live, to go against it is to die..."
The entire text is about three thousand words long and is not particularly difficult.
But without the man's explanation, Lu Cheng had no idea what each sentence referred to.
After saying it once, the man continued reciting it repeatedly.
However, a golden light flashed in Lu Cheng's sea of consciousness.
[Destiny - All Laws Return to One]
Xing Du has taught you the "Minor Longevity Formula," do you wish to learn it?
Lu Cheng was taken aback at first, then slightly pleased.
I almost forgot that [Destiny] has this little function.
OK OK.
It turns out this person's name is Xing Du.
Despite all the warnings and lights-out instructions, in the end, I still found out who these ghosts really were!
Thinking this, Lu Cheng suppressed his thoughts and sent his consciousness to the pillar of light:
Learn!
As consciousness settled, the pillar of light reaching the heavens suddenly shone with golden light.
A black figure appeared, sat cross-legged, and began to breathe.
A flood of information rushed into my mind.
It's all about the cultivation methods and key points of the "Minor Longevity Manual".
It was much more detailed than what the man had described!
[The Lesser Secret of Longevity]
[Rank: High-grade Earth Rank (Upgradeable)]
[Level: Not yet entered]
[Created by Jing Xuzi, the third-generation leader of the Dongyang Sect, after comprehending the Heavenly Rank technique "Purple Qi Spirit Guiding Technique". Although it is not as fast as the "Spirit Guiding Technique" in terms of Qi refining speed, it can increase the success rate of Qi refining.]
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Ok?
Looking at the final explanation of "The Lesser Longevity Manual", Lu Cheng's heart was filled with a tidal wave of emotions!
The fact that it can increase the success rate of refining evil spirits is not mentioned on the second-floor bookshelf.
Today, Lu Cheng is no longer the novice cultivator he once was.
We also have a detailed understanding of the realms of cultivation.
In the path of martial arts, cultivating strength and body are merely the "foundation building" stage.
Only when one reaches the Qi Refining Realm can one be considered to have truly embarked on the path of martial arts.
Only after the long Qi Refining stage does one begin the "Evil Refining" stage!
Those who master the Refining Martial Arts truly possess the strength to establish their own sect.
Therefore, he was also respectfully called "Martial Emperor"!
The founder of the Dongyang Sect, Master Ziyin, and the founders of the other ten lineages were all Martial Grandmaster level experts.
Lu Cheng never expected that after careful consideration, he would choose such a cultivation technique.
With the blessing of [Heaven's Mandate], I am destined to reach the stage of refining evil.
The Lesser Longevity Technique can increase the success rate of refining evil spirits.
For me, it's more suitable than the Heavenly Rank "Purple Qi Spirit Guiding Technique"!
Overwhelmed with excitement, Lu Cheng couldn't help but let out a hint of exhilaration.
Xing Du, standing behind him, paused slightly, a hint of disdain in his voice.
Although it was slight, Lu Cheng still noticed it.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Cheng quickly calmed himself down and listened quietly to Xing Du's explanation.
But after listening to just a couple of sentences, it became clear that what Xing Du was saying was far too superficial.
Compared to what [Destiny] instilled in me, the difference is enormous.
It's unclear whether it was intentional withholding information or simply that this is their actual skill level.
After listening for a few sentences, Lu Cheng became too lazy to listen anymore.
He then began to carefully study the cultivation method of [Destiny].
Time passed little by little.
Half an hour later, the man's voice disappeared.
As the creaking sound faded, the candlelight on the wall suddenly lit up again.
Lu Cheng turned around to look behind him, but found nothing.
Everything, from the tables and chairs to the writing implements, was exactly the same as when I came up.
Xingdu...
Which elder could it be?
How many people were involved in this?
Turning around, Lu Cheng didn't leave immediately, but instead slowly finished reading the history of the Dongyang Sect in his hand.
Over the course of this century, the leadership of the sect has been passed down to the twenty-second generation.
Lu Cheng let out a breath and closed the book.
He got up and left the Zanggong Pavilion with a creaking sound.
……
Two days later, at night.
The third floor of Zanggong Pavilion.
Lu Cheng closed the last volume of the Dongyang Sect History, but did not get up to leave.
For the past two days, Lu Cheng has not gone anywhere, but has been practicing the Refining Strength chapter of the Lesser Longevity Manual.
Tonight, the mission has been successfully completed.
His strength was now able to circulate completely and without hindrance according to the requirements of the "Minor Longevity Manual".
Tonight is the perfect time to break through to the Body Refinement Realm in one fell swoop!
Lu Cheng sat cross-legged on the spot, his consciousness completely sinking into his sea of consciousness, almost overlapping with the black figure in the golden pillar of light.
He sensed every movement of the figure, the flow and change of energy, and the fusion of the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
After a long while, Lu Cheng's consciousness returned.
Breathing occurs through the mouth and nose in a peculiar pattern.
The Lesser Longevity Manual, a basic breathing technique for body refinement, has twenty-four variations.
Lu Cheng needed to complete these twenty-four changes within six breaths.
That is, there should be four rhythms in one breath.
While breathing in and out, one must also circulate one's internal energy accordingly.
However, although the movements were simple to describe, Lu Cheng tried them several times, but either his breathing rhythm was wrong or his energy flow was problematic.
Even after finally aligning his breathing and strength, he couldn't "capture" the vital energy of heaven and earth at all.
Those wisps of vital energy "drifted" in the air, as if they were alive.
Even when Lu Cheng was not making a move, wisps of energy continuously flowed around him.
But every time Lu Cheng exhaled, his vital energy would "suddenly" slip away.
It cannot enter the body at all.
Lu Cheng opened his eyes and let out a frustrated sigh.
The method used to deduce the Mandate of Heaven is without fault.
That only means that you are not qualified enough.
This is another challenge, and it also reflects the strength or weakness of one's innate aptitude.
If even a "great man of his generation" like Lu Cheng has such difficulty controlling the primordial energy of heaven and earth, how much more so would others with even worse aptitudes struggle?
Taking a deep breath, Lu Cheng closed his eyes again, trying to comprehend the black figure.
After a short while, Lu Cheng continued his breathing exercises.
This time, instead of circulating his internal energy, he focused solely on sensing and capturing the vital energy in the surrounding air.
After a long while, as the first wisp of vital energy entered his body, Lu Cheng seemed to have turned on a switch.
Vital energy flows into the body like water through breathing.
Lu Cheng was overjoyed and quickly focused his mind, circulating his energy and guiding his blood and qi to meet the attack.
The two forces intertwined, becoming inseparable, with their qi and blood slowly condensing into a single line that flowed through their meridians.
With a "boom," Lu Cheng's bones made a soft sound, like pearls falling onto a jade plate.
Become!
Lu Cheng checked his own consciousness and found that the progress of the "Minor Longevity Technique" had changed:
[The Lesser Secret of Longevity]
[Grade: top grade on the ground level]
[Level: Beginner (1/200)]
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