Chapter 14 The Ninth Grade Stairway to Heaven
In the days that followed, Chu Tai continued to study with Taoist Fuguang. During this process, Taoist Fuguang, as he said, was very devoted to Chu Tai’s teachings. The teaching content is very broad, not limited to spiritual practice, but also music theory, chess, poetry, calligraphy, painting, arithmetic, appreciation, medical skills, wood-making, etc.
Chu Tai didn’t quite understand that he needed to learn such complicated content at the beginning. He recognized that after reaching the peak of many skills, they would be of great help to his own practice, but now Wodan is looking at him from outside. , there is another Tianmen Shenjun in unknown state secretly. What he urgently needs to supplement is not these miscellaneous knowledge. He doesn't want to spend so much time getting in touch with these things.
“The great road is invisible, hidden between heaven and earth, everywhere and all-encompassing. Our daily routine is also a kind of practice, so I only need to teach you the basics of practice-related information. , but top-notch piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are different. This is the accumulation of humanistic wisdom. I won’t lay the foundation for you now. If you want to study in depth in the future, you don’t know how much time it will take. More importantly, you are a little impatient now. "
Taoist Fuguang took a breath and looked at Chu Tai, slightly worried: "Your cultivation speed is much faster than ordinary people, but the purity and control of your magic power have always been lacking. , instead of spending the past two years practicing hard to increase some minor cultivation, it is better to spend two years of quiet time, grinding away the anger in the magic power, and polishing it to perfection is the right way."
"Moreover, as we advance to the later stages of our immortal cultivation, we need to maintain ourselves more and more, and understand what our original intention is and what our original intention is. As the years pass and the world of mortals wears away, can we hold on to our past thoughts? If we cannot hold on, then what will happen after successful practice? Man Changshouyuan, how can you keep from falling into the evil ways? "
"In the past, when the sect was at its peak, the master would let a person like you go to the human world to experience the smoke and fire. , as an anchor for your future life, but now it is not realistic for you to go down the mountain to experience, so it is necessary to use one or two skills to express your emotions and cultivate your sentiments."
Fuguang Taoist's reasons are convincing. After learning about Chu Tai, he read "Music Theory", "Ten Secrets of Go", "Mengqiu", "Nine Positions", "Golden Secrets", "Boiled Spring Essays" and other books under the guidance of Fu Guang.
What’s interesting is that Taoist Fu Guang discovered that Chu Tai also had an inexplicable talent for learning and understanding these books. By observing Chu Tai’s learning speed of different knowledge, Taoist Fu Guang also grasped a little bit about Chu Tai. The characteristics of the Dao Fruit fragments in Tai's body began to tentatively help him master the power of the Dao Fruit fragments.
"Sure enough, the improvement in you is not a strengthening of one aspect, but an improvement in all aspects..."
Half a year later, Taoist Fuguang, who had studied for a long time, looked at the information he summarized and let out a sigh.
Chu Tai on the side was also quite surprised when he saw the conclusion.
After these years of study, Chu Tai has learned that there is no clear division of realms in Dongji Chenguang Heaven itself, or that the realm division systems of different cultivation systems are independent of each other, and their ultimate pursuits are also different. same.
Left aside, those who have just become ghosts and immortals may not be able to beat the current Chu Tai if they don't have the treasure in hand.
Furthermore, this kind of situation does not only exist in the ghost and immortal system. Among the many classics provided by Taoist Fuguang, people who follow the immortal method are not necessarily very powerful.
The most recent record is that seven hundred years ago, a certain Immortal who had achieved a little success in cultivation and had just condensed his soul into an innocent baby was eager to ascend before the disaster had passed and his external power was insufficient, and he was eventually intercepted halfway. , almost being refined into the second soul.
Similar situations are also recorded in the earthly immortal system and the immortal system. They were all recorded by the predecessors of the Jinhua Sect as typical cases to warn future generations.
Therefore, the practice system of Dongji Chenguang Datian has been very vague from ancient times to the present. Becoming an immortal is closer to a status, and cannot be used as a standard for a high realm. At the same time, a high realm cannot be used as a powerful person in combat. standard.
This situation was not until Zhenjun Taiyi preached to the heaven, and he reluctantly settled on a rough division of nine grades, which was also called nine grades of ascending to heaven.
In this system, the ninth-level ordinary people, that is, ordinary people, may have extraordinary abilities, but not extraordinary power. Typical examples are some who practice external skills and have not yet practiced from the outside to the inside. Although masters are superior to ordinary people, they cannot directly affect external objects.
Eighth-level magic refers mostly to heretics. Gods, witches, and men are first-class. Their magic power is mostly derived from magic. Practicing a single skill can condense a magic power. Compared with the ninth-level skills, they have certain extraordinary abilities, but the overall improvement is limited, and they are still mortal. The level, lifespan and life essence of the fetus are almost the same as those of ordinary people. The seemingly existing lifespan gap is mostly made up for the acquired loss rather than an increase in innate lifespan.
Seven levels of learning, that is, obtaining a method in the Tao, can form an internal circulation of mana in the body, and obtain a certain legal principle. The essence of life has been initially improved, and the span of abilities at this stage has begun to increase.
Chu Tai had previously achieved success in studying the "Mingyue Observation and Preservation Method", which can be regarded as a typical example of the seventh-grade study method. Now he has made up for many shortcomings and is still at the stage of the seventh-grade study method. Within Jinhua Sect, these three levels are also called the third level of seeking the way, or the third level of entering the way. They are the stage of polishing the foundation. The specific combat ability needs to be based on actual combat. There is no saying that after entering the seventh level, you will definitely be stronger than the ninth level. .
Above it is the third level of seeking Tao, or the third level of transforming into an immortal, which means transforming into the immortal and enjoying immortality.
The lowest of these three levels is the sixth level of Gathering Spirits. The mana circulation in the body is perfect, forming characteristics similar to Yin Shen, spiritual fetus, true talisman, and golden elixir. The essence of life has undergone a certain transformation. According to the description of Taoist scriptures, The condensed true nature and Tao nature have the ability to continue to survive even if the body dies.
When he originally determined the abilities of many levels, Taiyi Zhenjun regarded the merits of the Ghost Immortal as the threshold for this level.
According to Taoist Fuguang’s own description, Taoist Wodan is at this stage, and he himself can be considered at this stage.
From here, Chu Tai also saw a major feature of Datian's cultivation. It is not difficult to live forever, just like becoming an immortal or being promoted to the sixth level.
But it is not easy to live forever. It is like flying to the heaven, and it is like being stuck in the sixth level after practicing for several years.
The fifth grade above the sixth grade is the casting grid, which is characterized by the further integration of essence, energy and spirit. Yin Shen, spiritual embryo and true talisman have achieved small success. A hundred years ago, if Taoist Fuguang had successfully sublimated the Qi of Taiyi Yaoluo Danyang, he would have achieved great success. It was possible to break through this realm, but it was a pity that it was affected by two days of collisions on the way, and the success fell short. Now, the cultivation level has been reversed.
The most typical characteristics of this realm are to form a soul, or to condense the golden elixir for three turns, or to transform the true talisman into a purple-green color, etc., which means that it has the corresponding personality in the body and is also an immortal. One line of inheritance is the basis for ascending to heaven.
According to Taoist Fuguang's speculation, the Tianmen Shenjun who has condensed the Qi of Jiuquan Yinjing Mengbo should belong to this level of existence. However, now that he also practices magic and was seriously injured before, it is very likely that he will also appear. With the realm reversed, I don’t know if I can still maintain this personality.
But regardless of whether Tianmen Shenjun's realm has regressed or not, after hundreds of years of practice, his combat effectiveness must be much stronger than that of ordinary sixth-grade monks.
The fourth grade above is called heavenly being in the words left by Taiyi Zhenjun, which represents the complete integration of essence, energy and spirit. It itself has been completely separated from the concept of mundane world, and has been physiologically destroyed. cannot be regarded as the same kind.
Super magical powers such as moving mountains and turning seas, shrinking the sun and moon, twisting the universe, etc. are considered standard for this level. The span of combat power is further widened, and it is also the realm where many side sects have great powers today.
Yiqi Irresponsible Small Classroom:
In order to facilitate everyone’s understanding, here we simply use games to divide the realms in the book.
Immortal path status/merit/position karma: Similar to taking a job, the lowest merit for a ghost immortal is a third-rate profession, with minimal bonuses and even certain negative effects, but the characteristics and characteristics of an immortal are obtained identity, and a longer lifespan.
Ninth-level realm: similar to the character’s actual level and attributes.
Cultivation mana: similar to the length of the health bar, or the depth of the mana pool.
(End of this chapter)