Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 32 Spiritual Sand
Inside the room, the light was warm and Jiang Chen was flipping through the book carefully.

"Martial arts books, medical books, and books related to cultivation. Zhao Meng has truly left me a treasure."

Putting down the content in his hand, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Zhao Meng made a lot of efforts to survive. He collected martial arts books and medical books in order to find a way to survive. He tried every possible means, such as robbing or exchanging. Unfortunately, he was injured both inside and outside, and these things could not help him.

So in the end he turned his attention to the most mysterious way of immortality. With the help of the identity of Liusha Bandit, he really came into contact with a corner of the way of immortality and really found the possibility of prolonging his life. He only needed to ask the immortal cultivator to refine a Huiyuan Pill for him.

However, although this path seems simple, it is actually very difficult. If it were not for the platform of the Quicksand Bandits, he would not even be able to contact the cultivators, let alone ask them to make pills for him. Finally, with the guidance of someone, he found a cultivator who could make pills for him, but the price the other party asked was extremely high.

To this end, he had to search in many places, and finally turned his attention to Jinsha Valley.

"Since ancient times, the only hardship is death. Even the most brutal and ruthless criminals in their youth have become pathetic creatures when faced with life and death."

Thinking of Zhao Meng's life, Jiang Chen shook his head.

"Although the tomes Zhao Meng collected are not of high quality, fortunately there are a lot of them, which can fill in many of my gaps. The most precious of them is this incomplete volume of the Qi-Inducing Art, which can be the beginning of the immortal path. It's a pity that it is of no great use to me."

"As for Qingyuan County City, there seems to be a market for cultivating immortals there. I can go there when I have the chance. As for now, the most important thing for me is still cultivation."

Murmuring softly, Jiang Chen took out a cloth bag from the box. The bag was not big, about the size of a palm, and was gray. It looked inconspicuous, but it felt heavy in his hand.

When he opened it, Jiang Chen saw grains of ochre sand shining with spiritual light.

"Spiritual sand, a spiritual object similar to spiritual stones and spiritual beads, contains the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth and can be used by cultivators for cultivation. It is an excellent aid for cultivators to cleanse their spiritual bodies and accumulate mana."

"This was an unexpected find during Zhao Meng's search for immortals. He was once in danger and fell into the water, where he was swept away by an undercurrent and landed in a dark cave. There he discovered the spiritual sand, but it was dangerous at the time, so he only managed to bring this handful with him. When he escaped and went back to look for it, he couldn't find the place anymore."

Playing with the spiritual sand in his hand, Jiang Chen recalled the memory of Zhao Meng. It must be said that Zhao Meng was still a man with some luck. It was a pity that he had no spiritual orifices, otherwise he might really be able to embark on the path of cultivation. Once he started practicing, the problems he had could naturally be solved with the nourishment of spiritual energy.

"Come to think of it, I haven't used Spirit Sand for cultivation yet, so I don't know how it differs from ordinary cultivation."

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Jiang Chen had the idea to practice immediately.

After a while, after putting everything in order, Jiang Chen walked into the quiet room, holding the spiritual sand in his hand, sitting cross-legged on the ball, and immersed himself in cultivation.

As his mind became clearer, traces of spiritual energy were outlined on his body like silk threads, transforming into a tall green pine. The moment the green pine took shape, Jiang Chen's absorption of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly accelerated.

At this moment, he seemed to have really transformed into a spiritual pine tree, and his affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth greatly increased. Under his influence, the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual sand began to dissipate at a terrifying speed, pouring into his body like a tired bird returning to its nest.

Sensing this change, Jiang Chen's expression grew even more indifferent, his entire being seemingly tinged with a jade-like radiance. Time slipped by silently, and as the sun dipped lower and lower, its first rays of sunlight shone across the Golden Sand Valley. The spiritual sand in Jiang Chen's hand completely lost its allure, transforming into ordinary sand.

"Practicing with spiritual sand is truly different. If ordinary spiritual energy is like a naughty cat, which might scratch you if pushed too far, and requires careful guidance to absorb, then the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual sand is like a docile sheep, and absorbing it effortlessly."

Opening his eyes, Jiang Chen looked at the spiritual sand in his hand which had become completely ordinary, and a trace of regret appeared on his face. Spiritual sand was indeed good for cultivation and greatly increased the efficiency, but it was a pity that the quantity was too small. However, he quickly put away this trace of regret.

"At the cost of a bag of spiritual sand, breaking through the bottleneck in one night and truly starting to cleanse the head is always a happy event."

Feeling the changes in himself, Jiang Chen knew that there was no longer a bottleneck in the realm of inspiration for him. At this time, he had officially started to cleanse his head. From then on, he only needed to spend a little more time to complete it. It was all a matter of steady work.

"But I don't know what the style of a Qi training cultivator is like!"

A thought came to his mind, and Jiang Chen left the quiet room and walked into the yard.

Huh, his body was like willow catkins, moving with the wind. Jiang Chen naturally practiced the willow catkins health-preserving method.

He was able to break through the barrier easily last night. The Lingsong Breathing Method, which he had already mastered, played a huge role. Otherwise, even with the help of Lingsha, he would not have been able to break through overnight. In fact, ordinary cultivators would have to spend far more time and resources than him at this step, and a bag of Lingsha would not be enough.

Since the Lingsong breathing method as a static exercise has such miraculous effects, Jiang Chen is very curious about the health benefits of willow catkins as a dynamic exercise.

"My previous incarnation's teacher, Taoist Baihe, was suspected to be a Qigong cultivator. He must have some Qigong training methods. Since he asked Jiang Wang to concentrate on practicing the Qi-Inducing Technique, perhaps the opportunity to cultivate Qi is hidden within it."

As a thought arose, Jiang Chen's mind gradually became quiet, and all distracting thoughts quietly faded away. At this moment, he seemed to have captured the trajectory of the movement of various spiritual energies of heaven and earth, and his body moved with it, becoming more and more ethereal.

On the side, Shu Tianjiao, who noticed the movement, quietly opened his eyes. He had been guarding outside Jiang Chen's house last night.

“Squeak, squeak…”

Looking at Jiang Chen's actions, Shu Tianjiao's rat face was full of confusion. It seemed that it saw something clearly, but it seemed hazy and it didn't see it clearly. For a moment, it felt that its heart was in agony and it wanted to jump up and down.

But it knew that it couldn't make any noise at this time so as not to disturb Jiang Chen's practice, so it forced itself to stay where it was.

During this process, it tried not to look at Jiang Chen, but it couldn't help it, and it felt more and more uncomfortable. Just like that, it wanted to look but didn't understand, and it didn't want to look but couldn't help it, so Shu Tianjiao jumped back and forth.

Fortunately, as time passed, its heart finally calmed down slowly. At this time, it no longer looked at anything else, but only looked at the one point it had grasped. Immediately, it reaped the rewards. Its tail swung as light as catkins, and it lifted heavy objects with ease, and suddenly a sense of mystery emerged.

At this moment, Jiang Chen had already finished his practice. Looking at this scene, he was thoughtful and his heart was touched.

(End of this chapter)