Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 1334 Retreat and Viewing the Archives

Long Xian acted quickly, returning to the hall in a short while, carrying a white glazed pottery jar in his hand.

After entering, he went to the Celestial Master's seat, placed the items down, and said, "Celestial Master, your disciple has brought them."

Master Lu reached out and took out a jade-white pill from the pottery jar. He released his fingers, and the pill floated there.

He said, “Our Xuanjiao sect has a wonderful method for nurturing and protecting the spirits of the Dharma. I can have someone send it over later for you to study.”

However, training and instructing the spirits of the Dharma protectors has always required a great deal of effort. In order not to delay their own cultivation, the ancestors of the Xuanjiao sect refined this Mingdan.

If the guardian spirit takes it, it can temporarily open one's spiritual senses, thus eliminating the need for constant supervision. However, this ultimately consumes considerable effort. The choice is yours, esteemed guest.

As he spoke, he put one of the pills back, then waved his whisk and presented the pottery jar to Chen Chuan, saying, "This jar of Ming Dan is a gift for our esteemed guest."

Chen Chuan glanced at it and pondered what Master Lu had just said, and began to understand the purpose of this thing.

It should be a method left by the ancestors of the Xuanjiao sect for birds and beasts to cultivate, but birds and beasts certainly cannot understand the written words, so this kind of Mingdan is needed. This thing allows them to comprehend the spirit contained in the words on their own.

Spiritual things can be directly instilled into their brains and bodies, but birds and beasts are not humans after all, and usually only understand as much as they can.

However, if the owner is there to guide you, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort. But doing so will inevitably require a lot more effort. Whether it is worth it or not depends on the individual's choice.

He didn't plan to do these things himself, but rather to find the relevant cultivation methods and then give them, along with the Mingdan pills, to Chaoming so that it could practice them on its own.

Chaoming is very smart. He knew how to do it before by just watching some screen demonstrations of the alien organization. Now that he has something like this to help him, he should have no difficulty understanding it.

If Chaoming can break through, aside from anything else, it's equivalent to having another absolutely trustworthy helper who can help him a lot in the future.

He looked at the seat and thanked Master Lu again.

Master Lu smiled and nodded, drawing the red round stone to his face. With a gentle tap of his finger, the stone tumbled in mid-air and became crystal clear.

Then, with a flick of his whisk, he returned the item to Chen Chuan.

Chen Chuan took it in his hand. Originally, this thing was ice cold, but now it felt warm and felt like he was holding a lump of liquid. Most importantly, the aura of Ikus was gone. It seemed that the influence of its bloodline had been completely stripped away.

It was close to noon, and Master Lu intended to entertain him, so he instructed his servants to set out plates of exquisite vegetarian dishes from the sect. Even Chaoming was summoned in, and someone specially arranged a meal for him in a corner of the hall.

The land of Yingzhou is rich in mutated plants. Over the past few hundred years, the Tianji Sect has had a lot of dealings with the Beginners and has taken in many Beginner believers. Therefore, the diet of the upper echelons of the sect mainly comes from mutated plants.

The dishes served this time were carefully selected by the Tianji Sect, each with its own unique origin. They were usually reserved for entertaining distinguished guests and could never be enjoyed outside.

Chen Chuan tasted it and felt that the flavor was quite good. Even he could tell that the vegetarian dish provided a lot of energy and nutritional value, so the Heavenly Secrets Sect probably didn't have much of it.

Because the Heavenly Mystery Sect had just encountered a mishap, and there were still many things to deal with within the sect, after the luncheon, Master Lu went to handle the affairs first, and then asked True Man Longxian to take care of Chen Chuan.

Master Longxian accompanied Chen Chuan on a tour of Tianji Peak, and afterwards arranged a quiet and elegant residence near the Tianji Hall.

After resting for a while and enjoying the scenery, Chen Chuan came down from the Heavenly Mystery Hall alone and walked around the battlefield, finding all the weapons that had been scattered after defeating Ilos and the others.

These people, as Throne Fighters, mostly use Boundary Fusion Weapons, which can merge into the field. After being destroyed, the field collapses, and these weapons are left outside.

He didn't have time to deal with this during the battle, but he still remembered it while talking with the Celestial Master. Now, looking at the various weapons floating around him, he nodded in satisfaction.

He thought to himself that when he got back, he would definitely have to set aside another room in his collection room specifically to store these things.

Although it is possible to place items in the cracks, that is ultimately beyond one's control. Ordinary daily necessities can be stored there, and if they are lost, they can be replaced. But these things, once lost, cannot be found again.

After admiring the view for a while, he called out to Chaoming and returned to Tianji Peak.

Upon entering the room, one sees scrolls of ancient scriptures laid out on the table.

He walked over, picked it up and looked through it. The records were all about the cultivation methods of bird and beast guardian spirits, and it was clear that they had been carefully selected and were all suitable for Chaoming's use.

You don't need to read the text above too much; the key is the spirit it conveys.

After confirming that it was present on every scroll, he put the items down, called Chaoming over, and then took out the round stone that had been cleaned of impurities, and had Chaoming swallow it. After swallowing it, Chaoming seemed to be drunk, becoming dizzy and its body temperature rose sharply. It also looked very sleepy, so it went to lie down in the nest that had been prepared for it.

Chen Chuan estimated that this transformation would take about two or three days if things went smoothly, and seven or eight days if it went a little longer. If all went well, there was a good chance that he would be able to enter the transcendent level.

Then I'll just wait a few days. If there are any problems, I can consult the Celestial Master again.

He came out and told the servants outside not to go in and disturb them. He then found a steward in charge of the place and said he was going to check on the sutra storehouse.

The deacon, having already been instructed, respectfully led the way, bringing him into the scripture storehouse.

The main gate of the storehouse is inconspicuous, just a small door. Pushing it open, you enter a well-shaped space filled with thousands of lights that shimmer and illuminate the room. The lights are mostly decorated with birds and beasts, lively and graceful.

The niches were carved into the mountainside, spiraling upwards in concentric circles, with scrolls and books arranged within them.

After Chen Chuan entered, the manager came up and asked him what kind of books he was reading.
Upon learning that he wished to observe methods of spiritual practice, he led him up a spiral staircase on one side, past shelves displaying numerous esoteric religious texts and ritual scriptures, removed a stone door, and lit a lamp for him.

"This place contains the sect's treasures, divided into ten warehouses according to the Heavenly Stems. This is Warehouse A. Go to the right, and you will find Warehouse B, followed by Warehouse C, and so on. You may go in and browse at your leisure. If you need anything, just call me."

Chen Chuan thanked him and went inside alone. Since he had plenty of time, he first looked at the table of contents and picked up and flipped through the books that interested him.

After a quick flip through, it was discovered that many of the teachings collected in this scripture library were used by deities, and many were in the form of bamboo slips. Although there seemed to be a lot of them, the number of words they could actually hold was not as many as those in paper books.

However, the content on JianShu is concise yet profound, possessing a unique and mysterious charm.

Since it wasn't what he was primarily looking for, he flipped through it and then left, arriving at the Yiku, where he discovered that the collection still contained books on the cultivation of divine forms.

As he examined them one by one, he discovered that the four categories of Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding were all related to the divine aspects, while Wu, Ji, Geng, and Xin were the hidden scriptures of the extraordinary aspects. There were also many visualization diagrams, each one meticulously crafted and lifelike. Upon closer inspection, it seemed as if the immortals, gods, demons, and monsters in those paintings were all alive.

He didn't look around much here, but came to the last two sections, where the scriptures that revealed the human form were found.

He examined it carefully and found that the scriptures on human physiognomy were different from the previous ones. They were not systematic and it was clear that most of them were collected from other places, including ancient books and records written by people from more recent times.

This is quite normal, because a person's character is primarily determined by their own self-cultivation, which is contrary to any form of faith or belief. This is naturally contrary to some religious sects.

Even if one can practice some secret techniques passed down within a sect, it becomes difficult to obtain any decent inheritance once it comes to certain more advanced applications.

However, it's not that no one in the Xuanjiao sect has followed this path. For example, several of the sect's early founders did just that. They advocated proving their own methods and making people believe in them, rather than worshipping others.

This ancient tradition has become increasingly rare in later generations. When one or two individuals occasionally emerge, they are almost always the ones who establish branch sects.

He was surprised to find that the books passed down by these people were also collected here, but it was clear that few people had ever touched them.

He immediately became interested, took out one of the scrolls and flipped through it. Although it was about cultivation, it contained a lot of religious terminology and was written in talismanic script. If he hadn't read many such books before and had also practiced the Xuanjiao method, he would have been unable to understand even half a line of text.

Because the content was too difficult, he spent an entire afternoon only to skim through this one volume.

This actually describes a secret fighting technique. According to the description above, if one truly masters it, its power will be quite formidable.

However, the practice here requires a unique esoteric Buddhist material, which may not be available now.

Even if he found it, he didn't plan to practice it, because mastering this method requires a lot of effort and time.

Moreover, he does not believe that the methods of modern people are much inferior to those of the old methods. For example, the secret teachings of the Pure School should be a combination of the advantages of predecessors and the achievements of modern people.

The two major techniques and the Pure Light can be practiced in greater depth. If one has not yet mastered these techniques and they are not extremely unique, then there is no need to covet them.

Besides, what he came to find today was mainly a method to help him improve his cultivation level and glimpse the power of the higher realms. These secret teachings can be introduced first and then viewed later.

So he put it down and slowly searched through the books, and after flipping through dozens of books, he finally found the one he needed.

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(End of this chapter)