Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 640 The Novelist's Skill
The cultivation technique that Third Sister dug out from the storyteller's soul had a rather strange name: the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique.

Shang Lu had previously studied the skills of novelists and knew that the so-called five emotions referred to were anger, joy, thought, sorrow, and fear.

Storytellers or novelists rely on stories to evoke people's emotions, drawing strength from those emotions to achieve self-cultivation.

This Five Willpower Qi Refining Technique allows practitioners to absorb the emotions of others and refine them into their own power.

This is precisely the unique way that storytellers and novelists cultivate themselves.

Although Shang Lu had previously seized a novelist's notes, he had not obtained the accompanying cultivation technique. This time, he has finally completed the task.

"To consume emotions and refine them into power? This is somewhat similar to the 'Calamity Lamp's' consumption of desires..." Shang Lu muttered to himself.

However, after listening to Third Sister explain the requirements of this set of exercises, he realized that it placed high demands on his emotional state.

It requires a relatively strong emotional state to be able to consume and refine the food.

This gave Shang Lu a headache.

He can't possibly go around performing and making a living wherever he goes, can he?
But if you don't do it this way, it's really not easy to stir up a big change in someone's emotions... It would be easy for a heretical cultivator, who could just kill and scare them along the way, but he's not a heretical cultivator.

"No wonder the storyteller I first encountered made such a commotion. Besides wanting to improve his novelist skills, he probably also wanted to cultivate and refine his spiritual essence..."

"This 'Five Wisdoms' thing seems a bit useless. I can't exactly switch careers and become a storyteller, can I?" Shang Lu couldn't help but frown.

If the story he and Liu Quan "co-authored" can also be used to cultivate emotions through this set of techniques, then this set of techniques can be considered quite good; otherwise, it will truly become a useless tool.

The only thing that appealed to Pokeweed was that the five emotions could enter the five internal organs.

The emotions and desires cultivated through the Five Emotions Refining Qi Technique can strengthen the five internal organs after being refined.

It will not only greatly assist in the later stages of the Inner Palace Realm, but also greatly improve the five internal organs.

"Since it's not a good time to test the power of other treasures, why not try this Five Willpower Qi Refining Technique and see if it can draw on emotions and refine power through the stories created in the novelist's notes?"

After a moment's thought, Shang Lu made up his mind.

He sat cross-legged at the back of the bronze chariot, closed his eyes, and listened as Third Sister softly recounted the details of the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique in his ear.

The cultivators nearby could neither see San Niang's figure nor hear her voice.

Although they saw Shang Lu practicing his skills, they were not surprised.

Shang Lu wasn't the only one practicing martial arts at this moment.

Those who had previously been weakened by the miasma were all practicing qigong in hopes of recovering as quickly as possible.

Shang Lu's actions were no different from those of others, so naturally no one suspected anything.

Since entering the Mingxin Realm and practicing the "Supreme Goodness is Like Water" Heart Sutra, Shang Lu has not only greatly improved his mental resistance, but his comprehension has also undergone significant changes compared to before.

In this context, even if Third Sister only explained it once, Shang Lu would still remember the contents of this technique.

However, he did not rush to practice. Instead, he first simulated it in his mind, and after simulating and solving many problems, he mobilized the Qi of his five internal organs to circulate the technique.

At first, I was a little unfamiliar with it, but I quickly grasped the knack and actually managed to absorb some emotional energy.

These emotional and spiritual powers came from the monks on the bronze chariot.

They had just been ravaged by the evil spirits of dysentery, and were now filled with resentment and anger.

This resentment and anger, after being transformed by the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique, merged into the raging heart fire.

Unfortunately, there were too many people on the bronze chariot, and the resentment was quickly consumed by the pokeweed.

So Shang Lu took out the novelist's notes and tried to use the stories in the book as a medium to draw on the emotional power of those who had read or heard these stories.

Confucian scholars have always enjoyed reading and drawing strength from the classics.

On the bronze chariot at that moment, there were several other Confucian scholars, some of whom were also holding books and practicing.

Therefore, no one doubted the pokeweed.

Shang Lu silently practiced the Five Vital Energy Refining Technique, attempting to channel the Qi of the five internal organs into the Novelist's Notes. Although the Novelist's Notes was a book, it was more like a magical artifact.

After the Qi of the five internal organs surged in, although the book was not opened or turned, Shang Lu could sense that changes were taking place inside.

"Is there a show?"

Shang Lu's intuition told him that the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique combined with the novelist's notes was likely to bring him a pleasant surprise.

A few breaths later, Shang Lu suddenly felt a surging, even vast, power emanating from the novelist's notes, rushing towards his body and his internal organs!

"To suffer!"

Shang Lu cursed under his breath.

This force is filled with various emotions, appearing chaotic yet powerful.

If it were to directly enter the body, even if it didn't cause injury, it would disrupt one's cultivation.

Fortunately, Shang Lu reacted quickly enough to realize something was wrong and immediately stopped the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique.

Once everything had calmed down, he changed his approach, gradually drawing out the emotional power within the novelist's notes, allowing it to flow like a gentle stream, continuously refining and nourishing his internal organs.

"That's right. Since the novelist's notes can nurture characters like the 'Great Sage,' the 'Woman of Things,' and the 'Sun-Spanning Ghost Bird' through stories, it can naturally also draw emotional power from readers and listeners and store it in the pages of the book..."

"Before I learned the Five Willpowers Qi Refining Technique, the novelist's notes were just a tool for me to borrow techniques and strength. But now, the emotional and mental power absorbed from these notes can not only be used to nurture my character and increase my combat power, but also to nourish me and improve my cultivation!"

"Good, good, good..."

Pokeweed was overjoyed.

If it weren't for the many other cultivators around him, he probably would have been dancing with joy.

In a sense, having the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique and the Novelist's Notes is like having a spiritual mine, allowing him to continuously obtain cultivation resources.

Although the power of emotions is much weaker than that of spiritual liquids and spiritual fats, if not properly purified, one can easily be influenced by the emotions of others, falling into a state of emotional disorder and "demonic possession".

But that's from the perspective of others.

For pokeweed, this power can penetrate the five internal organs. Even if the effect is not as good, it is no worse than spiritual liquid or spiritual fat.

As for emotional pollution? He has entered the state of clear mind and already has a strong mental resistance.

Not to mention he also has an empty stomach.

Under the function of the five internal organs, even when emotions are chaotic, one can still distinguish between the turbid and the pure, and maintain order.
What surprised Shang Lu even more was that, as he cultivated the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique and consumed emotions, his cultivation level actually broke through to the Great Perfection of Enlightenment!
The breakthrough was largely due to the Kidney God Statue's tireless cultivation of the "Heart Sutra of Supreme Goodness Like Water" day and night, as well as the significant enhancement of the Heart God Statue after obtaining the power of the Eastern Lord.

However, it is also inextricably linked to the cultivation of the Five Wills Qi Refining Technique and the intake of emotional energy.

The emotional and psychological power gleaned from novelists' notes has both good and bad aspects, and pokeweed needs to sift through the dross to retain the essence.

Ironically, this approach perfectly aligns with the spiritual practice of "a clear mind like a bright mirror, which should be constantly wiped clean to prevent dust from settling on it."

The power of emotions and intentions that Pokeweed gleaned from the notes of novelists is like constantly cleansing one's mind.

It's not surprising that their cultivation level has improved.

"Wouldn't this be considered exploiting a bug?"

Shanglu couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.

In any case, breaking through in cultivation is a joyous occasion!

Unfortunately, the people on the bronze chariot were not as powerful as Shang Lu.

Even if he broke through his cultivation level and caused some fluctuations in power, these people would not be able to detect it.

This deprived the pokeweed of an opportunity to display its divine power in front of others.

Fortunately, he was not one to show off, and on this trip, he had deliberately concealed his cultivation level for fear of being recognized by the Discipline Black Witch, so he had nothing to regret.

(End of this chapter)