I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 37 Feeding System
"Mutually!"

"change?!"

"These two have many similarities."

"When the art of physiognomy is cultivated to the state of 'no self,' one can condense the appearance of a scholar, a wealthy merchant, or a king. This is because I am human, and they are human too. Are kings and generals born with a special destiny? Therefore, it is relatively easy to cultivate, but its essence is similar to the art of transformation."

"The Painted Skin Scroll utilizes techniques developed from physiognomy, such as the Painted Skin of a Mountain Demon. It is similar to the art of transformation, but the transformation is not as thorough."

"When the cultivation of the physiognomy reaches the realm of no-manifestation, it evolves into the form of all spirits. Yang Hu raised tigers to transform into humans, and monsters to transform into human form? But whether it is a human transforming into a tiger or a tiger transforming into a human, it is all within the scope defined by change."

"There is an immense difference between humans and animals. How can we nurture our animalistic nature? How can we stabilize people's hearts? How can we integrate all forms of existence? How can we imbue human beings with non-human qualities?"

"The more I practice the art of physiognomy, the closer I feel to the way of change, and when I think of change, I inexplicably think of a monkey."

"........."

Chen Jing maintained his divine literary status.

Exceptional memory, quick thinking, and a remarkably sharp mind.

Thoughts, however, are like a train traveling too fast to easily derail, causing the mind to wander wildly.

"Some say that the novel Journey to the West contains many secrets of cultivation, coded language and metaphors, but that may not be true."

"But Xuanzang was a real person, and his lineage has never been broken. If I wanted to write his story, would I visit his successors, quote some of his spiritual knowledge, and then embellish it artistically?"

"The prerequisite skill for monkeys to seek immortality is the art of transformation. They use the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earth to avoid the Three Calamities in order to achieve immortality."

"That's right! The Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends is simply a technique of transformation."

"Although some busybodies equate the Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends with the Seventy-Two Arts of Earthly Fiends, there is only a one-word difference. They also believe that the Thirty-Six Transformations that Bajie practiced are the Thirty-Six Arts of Heavenly Gang, and that Bajie's practiced methods are more advanced, but he is just not good enough as a human."

"But in fact, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends were ancient counting units, no different from ten, hundred, and thousand. The ancients often used the numbers of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, sometimes for a more intuitive description, and sometimes because they had an obsessive-compulsive tendency to round up."

"All seventy-two numbers can be called Earthly Fiends, Transformation and Techniques, but they are never equated in the original text."

"Furthermore, there are the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Methods. It's one thing for techniques and transformations to be equivalent, but can methods and transformations really be equivalent? Inequalities are one thing! What kind of dipping sauce is so powerful that it can create such an all-powerful equation?"

"If a difference of just one word can be used to forcibly equate them, wouldn't it be better to simply equate the Liangshan heroes, who are also divided into the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, with the same system?"

【………】

Chen Jing discovered more problems and came up with more related information.

However, it seems to be missing a crucial link, which is why it cannot even solve a single problem. Not only is it unable to cultivate the realm of no one, but it also falls into a deeper state of confusion.

He pondered for two hours, and seeing that he was about to exceed the optimal time for use that day, he finally broke free of his literary state and slowly walked out of the hut.

"You...you're out!"

Chen Jing looked up and stared at the statue of General Huwei, while Xu Kaishan waited outside the door.

Two hours passed in a flash. The gaze that Chen Jing had been using to look at the statue remained fixed on Chen Jing for a moment.

Chen Jing nodded: "I have finished paying my respects! It is thanks to your ancestor's extraordinary skills that I was able to see General Huwei across time and space."

On the way back to the village, Xu Kaishan kept looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Seeing that they were about to part ways at the fork in the road, he mustered up his courage and said, "Young Master Chen Jing, I saw you gazing at the statue of General Huwei in the hut. You had a kind of temperament that ordinary people do not possess. May I carve a stone statue of you from that time?"

Chen Jing pondered for a moment, then replied indifferently, "Suit yourself!"

Xu Kaishan's ancestor was a madman who used dead people's heads as molds. Chen Jing didn't disagree, so Xu Kaishan stopped carving!
To some extent, Xu Kaishan plays an important role in the Formless Realm, like a pen that helps the Formless Realm record knowledge of physiognomy.

"…………"

"Having a solution is an accident; not having a solution is the norm." "When primitive humans looked up at the stars, they were only one step away from uncovering the ultimate mysteries of the universe."

Chen Jing sighed, realizing that after seeing the tiger-shaped divine appearance, he knew that his cultivation of physiognomy would reach a bottleneck.

He's not one to get stuck on details; his teachers taught him from a young age to leave the questions he doesn't know blank first.

Click on the sword-shaped mark on the back of your hand to contact the main god, temporarily collect the tiger-shaped information, and record your thoughts at this moment as material for future deduction of the Unparalleled Realm technique.

He decisively switched to improving his physiognomy skills.

Physiognomy is important!

Physiognomy is equally important!

Physiognomy corresponds to one's own spiritual realm, while physiognomy techniques are a means of protecting one's path.

It's not just about the ability to fight and kill that makes someone a protector of the Way. Protecting the Way can be about keen insight, a well-developed intelligence network, or the ability to acquire money and resources.

Whether it was telling fortunes for Zhou Qing and Zhou Silang or acting as a pimping consultant, he relied on physiognomy.

The former kills without leaving a trace, while the latter relieves the pressures of daily life. How can they not be considered protectors of the Way?

The most representative of Chen Jing's skill in physiognomy is undoubtedly his physiognomy system.

"Since the art of physiognomy is not yet perfect, let's first raise the 'physiognomy system' to the entry level."

"........."

"Don't miss out, these are fresh, big plums."

"The finest silks, come and take a look..."

"Fine porcelain imported from the four kingdoms..."

After returning to Xingshui City from Xujia Village at the ferry crossing, Chen Jing did not rush to leave.

He found a crowded spot, squatted in a corner, and activated his third vertical eye between his eyebrows to collect data.

The Realm of No Form amplifies the influence of 'form' tenfold. The system of physiognomy can analyze information at a glance, and in the relatively closed environment of ancient times, it was able to complete the construction of a network of destiny.

A large amount of accurate data is needed to nourish the system's algorithm and enhance its foundation. This is the first step to improving one's physiognomy skills: observe more.

Once the facial data of most people in Xingshui City was collected, Chen Jing went to the inn to find Old Song and set off for the next city.

They didn't waste any time traveling, taking the opportunity to return to Xiaotuanshan in the Yuan Realm and enter the Peach Leaf Space.

"Clap!"

Chen Jing snapped his fingers, summoning the main god and the physiognomy system.

He commanded, "God, please retrieve information about humans who are active in the current era, belong to the social elite, and whose life stories are verifiable. Use the physiognomy system to analyze these humans and list out those whose physiognomy is conflicting and from whom accurate information cannot be derived."

【drop! 】

Before long, the physiognomy system listed 70% of the materials.

The accuracy rate of face reading is about 80%, mainly because it is used by ordinary people. The accuracy rate is extremely low for the elite class.

The physiognomy system cannot understand people's hearts, but it is not beyond repair. Chen Jing can help the system improve its judgment mechanism.

How do we determine the nature of a person when two contradictory aspects of their personality are present?
Introduce the target's life experiences and surrounding environment, and finally discard one or all of the parameters, referencing the third parameter obtained.

With enough data, the physiognomy system can transform and reach a level of physiognomy comparable to the entry-level Taoist level.

(End of this chapter)