Destiny is ashes

Chapter 83: The Mysterious Evils (Thanks to the Silver Alliance for the extra chapter by Othinus One-Eyed Princess)

"You also know that I don't know much about the martial arts, but I have some experience in Qi training."

Hearing An Jing's question, the sword spirit said with confidence: "It just so happens that this world is also a way of practicing Qi Refining, so I will explain it to you."

Fu Xie and An Jing have been through a lot together, and now he is more relaxed. He said carefully: "The way to practice Qi refining begins with essence."

"Essence is the internal breath. It is the original Qi of the human body, which is transformed from the two energies of Yin and Yang. It is the purest and most real thing. It can only be born when the soul and the body are united."

"People in the world strengthen their bodies and cultivate their qi and blood. If they practice meditation to nourish their spirits, breathe and guide, and practice internal and external cultivation, supplemented by spiritual incense to calm down, they can unite their soul, blood and qi and cultivate a trace of qi."

"But this is not a fixed number. The reverse is also true. Yin and Yang, movement and stillness can be transformed into each other. As the saying goes, all kinds of magic can lead to the great way. This is the case."

"In this respect, Qi training and martial arts are the same, both are like silk, like rivers, like tides."

“But the road diverged after that.”

Having said this, He slowly elaborated: "Spiritual roots are the manifestation of a person's natural endowment. Without spiritual roots, it is difficult to transform the body's blood, energy and spirit, and it is impossible to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and refine essence into energy."

"As for those with spiritual roots, they also need the nourishment of 'Innate Qi' to revive them."

"The process of strengthening the innate Qi, or essence, is the initial stage of Qi training [awakening the spirit]."

"After the essence and energy are fully developed, the purple palace and the spiritual roots are nourished by the essence and energy and become stronger. The purple palace develops spiritual perception and can absorb the spiritual energy from the heaven and earth into the body. The spiritual roots transform it into spiritual power, which feeds back to the flesh, promotes the transformation of the flesh and fetus, and transforms it into an immortal foundation.

"This is the second realm of Qi Refining, [Qi Refining]."

"At this time, the practitioner can extend his lifespan by sixty years, which is equivalent to one hundred and eighty years."

"And the third realm [Immortal Foundation] is the great success of Qi Refining. After the spiritual energy nourishes the body to the limit, the purple palace conceives the spirit, breaking through the mysterious gate of heaven and earth, drawing in the essence of heaven and earth, and condensing the essence and spiritual power in the body into a corresponding 'Xuanzhen Zhiying' 'Heaven and Earth Demons'."

"Xuanzhen is the energy of the mysterious way of heaven and earth. For example, the most common 'Yu Ri Xuanzhen' and 'Mu Yue Xuanzhen' include the most common 'Da Ri Zi Qi' and 'Tai Yin Yue Hua'."

"All evil spirits are the energy of all things. They can be roughly divided into 'Heavenly Evil', 'Earthly Evil' and 'Human Evil'. Among them, Earthly Evil and Human Evil are the most common. The Earth Lung Fire Evil and the Military Formation Blood Evil are the representatives."

"The various evil spirits of Xuanzhen are collectively called 'qi', which means 'spiritual energy'."

"The cultivator uses the Mysterious True Evils to completely transform his body and feet. From then on, the essence and energy in the cultivator's body are no longer essence and energy, but are directly transformed into a certain Mysterious True Evil of his choice. This is considered a complete transformation, and he has stepped into the gate of immortality, with a lifespan of 360 years."

"However, this will also lead to the fact that after the cultivator has established his foundation, he can only practice the cultivation methods corresponding to the Xuanzhen Zhusha, and there is no room for change. Therefore, it is also called Xuanguan No Regrets and Foundation Establishment No Regrets."

"These three realms are also known as the 'Three Gates of Dao Foundation'. They are the three major checkpoints for building the foundation of Dao, and they all belong to the realm of the mortal world."

“But if you take one more step forward, you will no longer be an ordinary person, but a fairy.”

The sword spirit spoke in a clear and understandable tone: "Although the Taibai Haoling Divine Forbidden Technique you practiced still requires the cultivation of essence and energy and its gradual growth, you can start 'refining energy' in advance.

"Use the evil of the five metals to merge with the essence in the body and transform it into Taibai evil energy, so that you can have certain abilities of a Qi-refining cultivator in advance."

"But the hardware materials must be carefully selected, the finer the better. This way, your Taibai evil spirit can be refined, and when you build your foundation in the future, you can carry the highest level of Xuanzhen evil spirits and build the highest level of Tao foundation."

Listening to all this, An Jing thought silently.

“So that’s how it is.” He memorized the cultivation path that the sword spirit had told him, swallowed the last bite of meat, and thought to himself, “The Taibai Haoling Divine Forbidden Law cultivates evil spirits and condenses into a magical forbidden law. Only human bodies can generate evil spirits, that is to say, only after building an immortal foundation can one rely on oneself to cultivate at high speed. Before that, one can only refine the evil spirits in materials such as hardware to cultivate. No wonder it is called the Gold Swallowing Divine Forbidden Law.”

"As you said, this is what the ancient sword immortal used to strengthen his body after his successful practice."

He could figure out that this was a method used by a sword cultivator who had already established a foundation to use the evil energy nurtured in his body to fuel his practice. Otherwise, how could a young cultivator who had just begun to cultivate his spiritual energy get the money to buy so many gold and stone materials to practice such a wasteful method?

"indeed so."

Seeing that An Jing understood so clearly, the sword spirit said slowly with admiration: "Body training and martial arts practice have something in common. I am also worried about the changes in heaven and earth, so I chose Taibai Haoling Divine Prohibition, a method that can be practiced in all realms as long as there are five metal materials."

"Even if I cannot make further progress in the future, my physical cultivation will not easily decline, and it will not be a waste to switch to martial arts."

The Sword Spirit of Fuxie is indeed doing his best in this regard. Only if he is really teaching and guiding the way would he be so cautious and careful and take all kinds of situations into consideration.

Although An Jing is in deep crisis and urgently needs guns to overcome the difficulties, he will not give up his practice.

Like now.

On the sofa in the back room of the recycling hut, An Jing was silent as if no one was around.

He regulated his internal breath, exhaled and exhaled, his qi and blood flowed, and his whole body radiated heat like a furnace.

Huo Qingdu, who was healing his wounds and also meditating, couldn't help but open his eyes and looked at An Jing in surprise.

He didn't dare to disturb this little brother, and was afraid that An Jing's abnormal situation might be something bad, so he asked Tie Shou to come and take a look.

Tie Shou was a little impatient at first, but after seeing this scene, he showed a thoughtful expression: "Sure enough, it is a superior way to save life... This little guy must be a genius from a large tribe in the wilderness!"

I just don't know why I came to Fuchenyuan alone.

Could it be that Big Brother and the others' affairs...

Shaking his head slightly, Tie Shou reminded Huo Qing not to disturb An Jing's practice. After thinking for a while, he set up a small wood spirit formation to gather vitality.

"Just think of it as a bonus." He muttered, "Remember to look for me when your tribe needs to recycle large quantities of goods in the future!"

Noticing that the spiritual energy around him was more active and full of vitality, An Jing, who had entered a state of tranquility, also relaxed his brows.

Soon, a day passed in the practice.

With the vitality of the Wood Spirit Array and the nutrition of the canned food, An Jing completely restored his strength and healed all his fatigue and hidden injuries.

When he woke up, he opened his eyes, and a dark red light flashed in his pupils. An Jing let out a long breath, and the sharp breath like an arrow hit the ground, making a clanging sound.

"Are you awake?"

When the noise was heard from the back room, Tie Shou's voice also rang out: "Come over when you wake up. I have fixed the Chongming Sword Box for you."

(End of this chapter)