Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 865 The Principles of Cultivation Are Actually Like This

After listening to the Nine Heavens Commander's explanation, Li Zheng remained silent for a moment: "Actually, if you need to find someone, you can tell me, and I'll have the terminal help you check. It's faster and more convenient than you checking yourself."

If the Matrix did indeed reach Earth and left a portion there, asking the Terminal would be the simplest and most direct approach. After all, the Matrix originated from the original entity, and the Terminal is an upload of the original entity's consciousness, so it would certainly know everything about this matter.

"You can talk to the terminal at will?" Leader Jiutian looked at Li Zheng in surprise. She only knew that Li Zheng had seen the terminal before, but she did not expect that Li Zheng's power was so great.

"I wouldn't say it's arbitrary," Li Zheng said, touching his nose. "It won't work in the Sinful Domain or the Wilderness, but it will work in the outer city."

"What kind of talk is this?" Ma Long looked down at himself, who was bandaged up like a dumpling, and exclaimed with wide eyes, "So, not only did we make a wasted trip, but we also got such a serious injury for no reason?"

"Ma Long!" Qian Bugou frowned and shouted, "This isn't the commander's fault."

Ma Long immediately pursed his lips: "I didn't say it was the team leader's fault. Who knew Lao Li was so awesome, treating even the terminal operators as friends."

Li Zheng turned to look at him: "So you mean it's my fault for not telling you beforehand that I'm very familiar with the terminal?"

Malone looked blank: "Is that what you meant?"

Li Zheng pressed further, "Then what do you mean?"

"I..." Malone suddenly rolled backward: "I just got hurt on the head, oh, I'm dizzy. Huh? Why does it feel so soft?"

A cold voice rang out above him: "Get off me, you're lying on my lap!"

It was that tall, mature woman. At that moment, her pretty face was frosty. If she hadn't been injured, she probably would have already started chasing after Ma Long.

"Ha, I knew it was so comfortable to sleep on." Ma Long chuckled and got up, only to meet Li Zheng's gaze again. He immediately backed down: "Fine, I won't say anything."

Qian Buguo, relying on his slight familiarity with Li Zheng, spoke up to help Ma Long out of the predicament: "That's just his personality, he can't keep his mouth shut. If he offends you, don't hold it against him."

Li Zheng's mind flashed back to the moment when the black-robed Ma Long underwent a complete transformation and shouted those words: "Li Zheng, kill me now!"

At least at that moment, the black-robed Malone possessed the same consciousness as the original Malone. The fact that he could utter that sentence meant that the original Malone could as well.

His heart softened, and he laughed, "Forget it, it was just a joke, don't take it seriously. You guys rest first and heal your injuries as soon as possible. I'll protect you."

As he spoke, Li Zheng turned to go and stand guard to prevent the twisted beast from getting close.

Suddenly remembering something, he asked the leader of the Nine Heavens, "With your strength, you should have been corrupted by the negative emotions in the Sin Domain by now. Why are you all unharmed?"

The leader of the Nine Heavens did not hide anything and said truthfully, "Because I used my ability to temporarily make them lose their instinct to generate negative emotions, but I need to maintain my ability at all times to ensure that they are not infected, so I could only hide in the back during the battle just now."

"I see." Li Zheng seemed to understand. It seemed that the reason why the group of black-robed men followed them here and then attacked them was because the Nine Heavens Commander had to maintain his abilities at all times, which was equivalent to losing a combat unit.

The black-robed man's abilities were almost a one-to-one replica of theirs, and he didn't have to worry about being corrupted by the Sin Domain. So why didn't the one corresponding to the Nine Heavens Commander show any particularly strong combat ability?
It seems that only when he attacks the opponent does he almost forget the memories related to the battle because of a single glance from the opponent.

Yes, even with my incredibly strong mental strength, I was momentarily distracted by the opponent's attack. If it were someone else who was attacked, they might have been in immediate danger.

The reason it wasn't used on others in battle might be because the Nine Heavens Commander kept his ability running at all times, so even if he used it, it wouldn't have any effect.

So it seems that the Nine Heavens Commander played a pretty strong role in the battle.

"Get some rest." Li Zheng nodded. "Once your injuries have mostly healed, I'll escort you back to the outer city."

After saying that, he went to sit down and meditate not far away, holding the spirit stone he had taken out in his hand, and tried to continue cultivating.

Li Zheng broke through to the Golden Core stage with unstoppable momentum on his first attempt at cultivation. However, several days later, his progress in cultivation has become extremely slow, a far cry from the extraordinary phenomena he experienced on his first attempt. "The level of the Myriad Evil Demon Art is still a bit too low."

Li Zheng frowned. After all, it was only a cultivation technique one level higher than the Yellow level. Even though it was a demonic technique known for its fast cultivation speed, the effect was not ideal.

After thinking for a while, he took out the Yellow-level cultivation technique "Pure Yuan Gong" and studied it again.

You don't know until you study it, and only after studying it do you realize that the reason why Pure Yuan Gong is called a common practice is mainly because it is the foundation of all other practices.

What does that mean?

If the "Ten Thousand Evils Technique" is equivalent to deep breathing, then the "Pure Yuan Technique" is equivalent to "breathing," or rather, the principle of "breathing." The entire text mainly teaches others how to "breathe."

Once you learn how to breathe, you can develop many more breathing techniques based on the principles of breathing.

Lower-level techniques involve smaller inhalations, while higher-level techniques enhance breathing capacity; the higher the level of the technique, the greater the amount of air inhaled in a single breath.

This is a cultivation technique.

The technique of blowing air is a combat-related tactic.

The difference lies in the fact that the higher the level of the technique, the stronger the breath it exhales. Some techniques can extinguish a candle in one breath, while others can create a hurricane that sweeps across the heavens and earth.

Of course, it's easier said than done.

The Eight Desolations World has also developed continuously for tens of millions of years, and it is through the wisdom of countless cultivators that various levels of cultivation techniques have been created.

"If there is enough time, we should pass on the Pure Yuan Technique to ensure that this universe is also rich in spiritual energy. One day, we will be able to replicate the path of cultivation development in the Eight Desolations World."

Li Zheng put away the Pure Yuan Technique, but unfortunately this universe was not suitable for cultivating immortality; it was more suitable for cultivating demonic arts.

He looked up at the sky filled with black mist. If those demonic cultivators from the Eight Desolations World were here, they would probably be ecstatic.

With so much demonic energy, how many mortals would they have to kill to create it?!

Li Zheng's heart stirred. The Ten Thousand Evil Demon Art recorded that the purest way to cultivate was to use demonic energy.

Does this mean we can forgo the spirit stones and only absorb the demonic energy from the Sinful Realm?

With that thought in mind, he put away the Heart Stone in his palm and began to try.

Soon after, a surge of violent energy entered his body through his acupoints, rampaging through his meridians, trying to find an exit to escape.

However, the golden core spun around and split off several streams of energy to guide it. Upon contact, these streams tamed the violent energy, carrying it into the dantian and eventually merging into the golden core, making the already dark-colored core even darker.

"It can happen!"

Li Zheng opened his eyes: "But there is a problem. You need to have a certain foundation in cultivation to tame demonic energy, and you need to have at least... the strength of the Foundation Establishment stage as recorded in the classics to be able to cultivate pure demonic energy, otherwise you will definitely suffer a qi deviation!"

This requires trying more different cultivation techniques. It seems difficult to quickly guide people of average talent to establish their foundation using only the Myriad Evil Demon Technique and the Pure Yuan Technique.

At the end of the day…

"We still need to secure a stable source of fantasy points."

Li Zheng looked up at the sky and sighed.