Chapter 195: Sensing the Ghost Shadow, the last three steps!
The spring of the fourth year of Qingli.
Various sects and scattered practitioners in the Central Plains, led by the Dahui Imperial Court, the Taiping City God's Mansion, the Three Mountain Dharma Schools - Maoshan, Meishan, and Lushan, and the four major sects - Qingyun Sect, Yaowanggu, Yinshan Sect, and Jin Yingguan Siege the Nine Mountains.
The 'King of Nine Mountains', Makoto Su, led the demons from the Nine Mountains and charged forward, winning consecutive battles and battles, frightening both good and evil.
Wait until chaos breaks out.
The four major sects besieged the Nine Mountain King. The Nine Mountain King stretched out his fists and legs, and his energy and blood were like the sun across the sky. He was like a god and demon, standing between heaven and earth, undead and undefeated.
This battle was brutal.
The war lasted for dozens of days, and the fighting stretched across nine mountains.
The heroes of the righteous path suffered heavy casualties, and more than half of the top masters were lost.
However, the deaths and injuries of the Nine Mountain Demons were even more severe, and it was even more bleak. Seventy percent died, and the rest fled in all directions without knowing their whereabouts. From then on, the Tianshan Mountains were pure and the root of the disaster was eliminated.
The King of the Nine Mountains, Qi Zhenzi, refused to retreat, fighting dozens of top elixir-holding masters on his own, and was exposed to many Taoist techniques. In the end, he failed and died of exhaustion.
Those who were bombarded were reduced to ashes.
A great battle ended here, known in history as the 'First Tianshan Sword Fight'.
……
"It's over."
In reality, Panlong Mountain and Fire Dragon Cave, Chen Jichuan opened his eyes and sighed.
This sigh.
What I sigh is that time flies by and time flies by.
Three dynasties and six hundred years.
Two hundred and eighty-two years of hard training.
This life ended in a series of battles.
After sighing with emotion, Chen Jichuan smiled again.
"The last battle was so exciting, I finally made a breakthrough in my external skills!"
Chen Jichuan tasted it carefully, and the smile on his face became wider and wider.
In the final battle on Tianshan Mountain, he fought against dozens of powerful pill-holding men alone. His energy and blood flowed through the air, and he finally forced out the 'Po Shadow' that he had been searching for so long in the past.
During the war, the spirit was tense.
The entire physical body, inside and outside, every blood vessel, every bone, and tendon is present in the heart, and the beats and vibrations of the skin of the muscles and bones can be clearly grasped.
Mingjin.
Dark strength.
Transform strength.
A powerful shock shook the ghost figure out. Fifteen drops of essence and blood in the heart cavity are like the blazing sun, shining on the soul to reveal itself.
Feel the seven souls!
This is a crucial step from the first level to the second level, from holding the pill to refining the soul.
Chen Jichuan has spent many lives practicing in the world of Dahui, planning with great pains, and single-handedly precipitated this war between good and evil.
Huangtian pays off his hard work.
Finally he saw a bright road.
"The human body has three souls and seven souls. The soul is the main body and the soul is the main body. It is also called 'life'."
"The external skills and Tao methods I practice, the former refines the body, the second level refines the soul. The latter refines the soul, and the second level soul casting platform condenses the three souls."
"Strictly speaking, it should be called 'fate cultivation' and 'nature cultivation'."
"External Kung Fu is 'life cultivation', and what it cultivates is soul."
"Taoism is 'cultivation of nature', and what is cultivated is the soul."
After reaching the threshold of the second level, Chen Jichuan's understanding of external skills and Taoism became more profound and was no longer as narrow as before.
If you are at the peak of your life cultivation and can feel the existence of the ghost shadow, you are qualified to advance to a higher level.
This is a very critical step.
After sensing the ghost shadow hiding and wandering in the flesh and blood, as long as you successfully catch the ghost shadow and pour the energy, vitality, and will into it, you will be successful in breaking through and entering the second level of life cultivation. Soul state'.
"Induction."
"Capture."
"Refining."
There are three steps in between to advance from the peak of Dan Bao to the soul refining realm. These three steps are easier said than done.
Such as Chen Jichuan.
After painstaking efforts and repeated battles, he cultivated his Qi and blood to the level of 'fifteen blood', and fought against dozens of powerful pill-holding masters. Only then did he rely on the peak battle to activate his full potential and become aware of the existence of Po Shadow.
It's easy to say "sensing ghost shadows", but just look at Chen Jichuan's entire life, just look at the hundreds and thousands of alchemy warriors in the Qinling world and the Dahui world for thousands of years who are trapped on the tenth floor, unable to do anything for the rest of their lives. If you break through, you will know how difficult it is.
But the good thing is.
After reaching this step, the next two steps are much simpler.
certainly.
This 'simplicity' is also relative to Chen Jichuan.
"After sensing the ghost, you have to capture the ghost. The ghost is hidden in the flesh and blood and is extremely slippery. If you want to refine it, you must capture it first."
"Block, catch."
This requires an extremely solid foundation and extremely detailed control of strength and qi and blood.
Observe the circulation of Qi and blood, pay close attention to every detail, and use a lot of force to surround the soul shadow and block all ways out, so that you can catch the soul shadow.
If you have a slight lack of understanding of strength and cannot control it perfectly, even if there is even the slightest gap, you will not be able to achieve it.
Throughout the ages.
The destined monks used heavenly materials and earthly treasures to improve their strength, but they were greedy for success and failed to understand carefully. In the end, even if they could sense the existence of the soul shadow, they could never capture it. We can only look back, carefully consider and become familiar with the three powers of light and darkness, but it is often too late.
In the end, I was still stuck at this step, which I regret for the rest of my life.
Chen Jichuan has no such worries.
He practiced practice again and again, and his foundation was extremely solid. Once sensed, it's easy to capture.
After capture.
It is refining.
This is the last step to advance to Soul Refining, and it is also a critical step no less than 'induction'. But unlike 'sensing ghosts', whether this step can be successful or not has already been determined.
"The so-called refining the soul shadow actually means using blood, vitality, strength, etc. as fuel to explode the potential and drive the will into the soul shadow. From then on, the seven souls have will as the master, and they are no longer scattered soldiers doing their own thing. One Without control, one can easily imagine the power derived from it.”
But whether this step can be accomplished depends not on the present, but on the past.
If a Ming Dao monk wants to refine his soul, he must rely on his own Qi, blood and vitality. He must have abundant Qi and blood for consumption and strong vitality to maintain.
These two are the most critical, they are both power, fuel and medium.
For example, in the middle stage of Bao Dan or even at the eighth or ninth level of Bao Dan, even if you can feel the existence of the soul shadow, even if you can capture the soul shadow, there is not enough energy and blood to refine it.
Same reason.
If you get old and frail, your vitality will no longer be strong. So even if you reach the peak of Dan Bao and reach the level of 'five bloods' and 'ten bloods', it will be in vain.
There is also the element of will.
As people age, their willpower inevitably declines.
Or it may be that you have suffered a blow and your will is decadent, and it is difficult to break your will into your soul.
all in all.
If you want to refine the soul shadow, both hard strength and vitality are indispensable. The younger you are, the greater the hope for breakthrough, and the older you are, the slimmer the hope for breakthrough.
Such as Chen Jichuan in the world of Dahui.
Even if he reaches the appalling "fifteen blood" state, his energy and blood are like an oven, but he will eventually approach the end of his lifespan. Vitality declines and willpower declines.
It is extremely difficult to break through.
Unless you can find a strong vitality, such as the immortal grass and other strange things.
Then use the battle of life and death to inspire your will, so that you can have a glimmer of hope and refine your soul in one fell swoop.
But how rare is the ‘Immortal Grass’?
Chen Jichuan searched the world of Dahui and found no similar spiritual objects.
After all, there is not enough vitality.
This is also the reason why he finally sensed the existence of the ghost, but did not run for his life. Instead, he spent his last moments to appreciate the wonderful scene and become familiar with the flow of the ghost.
……
"In the world of Dahui, I sensed the existence of the ghost before I died, but I didn't have enough vitality to break through."
"In the real world, my cultivation of Fate Path is still shallow at the moment, my Qi and blood are not strong, and I am also unable to break through."
"But in the world of Qinling, I am in my prime, the moment of greatest vitality. My life path cultivation has also reached the tenth level of Baodan, and I have refined ten drops of blood essence——"
Vitality, qi and blood are all up to standard.
Will is like a knife.
Breaking through the elixir and advancing to soul refining are within reach.
"That is the 'Tao Fruit', which gives me the opportunity to come back again and again."
"If you are a martial arts master in the world of Da Hui, even if you sense the existence of the 'Shadow' before you die, you will eventually be limited by your chance of survival and die with regrets."
Chen Jichuan was both emotional and thankful.
If it weren't for the 'Tao Fruit', he would definitely have fallen into such an embarrassing and desperate situation.
A thought flashed through me.
Then put these things behind you for the time being.
The breakthrough is a foregone conclusion, and Chen Jichuan is not in a hurry to enter the world of Qinling and start to break through. Instead, I took advantage of this gap to deal with some trivial matters in reality.
……
Qinling World Four Hundred and Sixty Years.
And then to the world of Dahui for six hundred years.
A total of one thousand and sixty years before and after. In reality, it had been two and a half years since Chen Jichuan came to Panlong Mountain, and he had initially established a foothold.
Next.
It was time to go back to Dachu to see Chen Shaohe, and teach him the enhanced "Sword Picture" by the way.
"Two and a half years."
"In an environment like Da Chu's, this kid should have become a genius."
A thousand years passed in the Daoguo world, and Chen Jichuan actually stayed there for five hundred years.
Not seen for five hundred years.
In Chen Jichuan's memory, Chen Shaohe's figure and facial features were a bit blurry and distant.
Only the longing becomes more and more profound.
Can't wait to see it.
"In the world of Tao and Fruit, life after life, all people, whether they are teachers, friends, disciples, or juniors, are all like ephemeral flowers."
"If you can't catch it, you can't keep it."
"After experiencing separation from life and death again and again, you may become pessimistic, or you may fall into a demonic obstacle."
It is precisely because he is used to seeing separation between life and death that Chen Jichuan cherishes his relatives even more.
And Chen Shaohe is his only relative in this world.
Chen Jichuan once thought: Why should we practice as hard as an ascetic?
Immortality?
Invincible?
These are all good, but they are only a superficial layer.
Chen Jichuan knew very well that he practiced hard just to protect the people he wanted to protect.
Seek immortality so that there will be no separation between life and death.
If you want to be invincible in the world, you also want to be able to protect your loved ones.
After practicing to the level of immortality and invincibility, there will no longer be separation between life and death, and you will no longer be bullied by others. At that time, he will bring his family and invite friends to travel around the mountains and wastelands, drinking and chatting freely. This is the life that Chen Jichuan dreams of.
As for exploring the mysteries of heaven and earth, it’s just a matter of course.
At least for now, Chen Jichuan doesn't have such big ambitions.
I was thinking all over the place.
Chen Jichuan shook his head, suppressed the emotion of longing, and thought about business: "The teleportation array from Dachu to Panlong Mountain can only teleport monks under Qi refining. I am now a Qi refining monk, and I can no longer use this Teleport the formation back to Dachu.”
Panlong Mountain and Dachu are separated by countless thousands of miles.
How to communicate is a big issue.
Without the teleportation array, if he wanted to rush back to Dachu from Panlong Mountain, he still didn't know how many years it would take given Chen Jichuan's current level of cultivation.
There are many hardships and dangers on the way.
It not only delays time, but also makes life and death unpredictable.
Extremely undesirable.
Fortunately, Chen Jichuan was prepared.
When they came to Panlong Mountain, they had already analyzed the teleportation array laid out by the Lishui Water Mansion using the 'Good Fortune and Insight' method.
He also carefully studied the teleportation formation in the Qinling world and the Dahui world.
In the end, before he died, he also separated his cultivation and strengthened this teleportation formation.
"There is no problem with the enhanced teleportation formation to teleport Qi Refining monks."
"But only with a method."
"Next, I have to collect materials, adjust the teleportation array, and strengthen it effectively."
Chen Jichuan thought to himself as he walked out of the cave.
...(End of this chapter)