Demon Capital Slayer

Chapter 90 Immortal Techniques Manifest
Watching Tenyu Rinne return home dejectedly, Yujian frowned and sent a text message to Yurika.

Aizen Daiboss replied to the text message immediately, saying that she would go to find Tenyu Suzune right away and that he shouldn't worry. She also said that Mikami had worked hard during the day and that he should remember to get some rest early that night.

"Our class monitor is such a nagging old woman."

With a casual remark, Yu Jian smiled without even realizing it.

When Anno saw this scene through the rearview mirror, he couldn't help but purse his lips, and then revealed a middle-aged man's expression of nostalgia for his youth.

Yu Jian didn't intend to leave everything to others. Relying solely on Steel House Company for information about the Chiba family's secrets was too passive, and he couldn't completely trust them.

So, what other ways are there to investigate this?
In an instant, Yu Jian remembered the business card he had thrown away.

If I remember correctly, the main business listed above includes private investigation.

It seems I need to pay a visit to Mr. Toshio Sakurai.

Tomorrow happens to be Sunday.

But can he trust a stranger?
Thinking it over, he put his phone back in his pocket. At this stage, flip phones had limited functions, and online entertainment resources were not as abundant as in later years.

So, on the way home, he could only pass the time by looking at the paper documents in his hand.

The folder contained many academic journals circulating around the world, as well as some privately compiled printed materials.

This includes the standard psychic ability levels classified by the International Psychic Energy Agency.

Because it is an international standard, the term used is not "spiritual practitioner" but "spiritual ability user".

Yu Jian glanced through it; it didn't mention specific cultivation methods, but it was still very valuable for a newcomer like him.

At the very least, this system can provide a very clear path for upgrading, which is undoubtedly a good guide for those who lack a lineage to follow.

As for academic journals, the recent research focus seems to be on the comprehensive enhancement brought about by the advancement of psychic abilities.

Because the changes are not limited to the physical body, but also include spiritual elevation, Western scholars refer to this as ascension, meaning an elevation of the soul's status.

In the East, the discussion is divided into three aspects: essence, energy, and spirit.

Although both sides have their own version of events, the specific manifestations they summarize are largely the same: increased vitality, enhanced mental strength, longer lifespan, and changes in the senses, mainly inspiration.

The extent of improvement is related to the method of cultivation, inclinations, and individual differences among spiritual individuals, and is a popular topic of discussion nowadays.

In response to this, researchers in the underworld have produced a lot of papers, and this latest move made Yu Jian's brow twitch, as if he had seen it before.

In addition, cultivators' mental strength is mostly far superior to that of ordinary people, so they can exert a kind of intimidating interference on ordinary people when they are in extreme emotional states.

At lower levels, it's manageable, but the mental pressure from higher-level psychic abilities can be enough to kill.

Yu Jian frowned even more deeply; this world was indeed far more dangerous than it appeared on the surface.

I must not slacken my practice, otherwise my mind will not be at peace...

The information also contains detailed records regarding the classification of psychic abilities.

The official title for the first rank is "Spiritual Sensitive Person," whose defining characteristic is the ability to perceive the Netherworld.

Most highly sensitive humans fall into this category. They can perceive shallow changes in the Netherworld to varying degrees. A few may see deeper, but essentially there is no difference; they are all passively sensing.

The research report claims that such individuals are easily drawn into the forces of the Netherworld, easily involved in various events in the mortal realm, and are also the preferred prey of various dangerous Netherworld creatures.

Overall, the advantages are not obvious, while the disadvantages are numerous.

Yu Jian revealed a look of sudden realization, realizing that he and Bai He Xiang must belong to this type of person.

At first, he had doubts about Lily's identity, but later found that there seemed to be nothing unusual. Anyway, let's leave it at that for now.

Speaking of which, Isshiki-senpai should also be a person sensitive to spiritual energy.

No wonder her great painter father didn't want his precious daughter to get too involved with the underworld. He probably used some method to seal away Isshiki-senpai's innate high inspiration.

Unfortunately, his talent was too great to be contained, so he had no choice but to move his family three times, just like Mencius' mother.

Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them.

With a sigh in his heart, he continued reading on his sword.

The official title for the second tier is Apprentice-level psychic. The defining characteristic is the ability to control ordered psychic power, which is obtained by completing the 'spirit initiation' ritual. In other regions, it seems to be called magic power or something else.

This is consistent with what Motoko Hideya said earlier.

Incidentally, Yujian judged that he was currently in this stage.

According to the information, depending on the different tendencies after the spirit-inflicting ritual, spiritual users of this level will receive some physical enhancements, but not too exaggeratedly.

Seeing this sword-wielding ability, I couldn't help but frown. Does it have any body enhancement features?
Then, he saw the information that apprentice-level psychics could activate some low-level magical artifacts with their own spiritual power and cast a limited number of simple spells.

Most importantly, from this moment on, psychics can finally formally practice visualization techniques.

Other regions may not call it visualization, but in essence, they all belong to the spiritual practice methods for self-improvement of spiritual beings.

In any case, all the apprentices have bright futures! Their future is promising!

But overall, at this stage they are only marginally stronger than the mobs in the first level of an RPG game...

Yu Jian silently complained that the only detailed description of the later levels was about the third level. The subsequent levels were mostly just overviews, and the levels above the seventh level were just a few sentences, such as "comparable to ghosts and gods" and "manipulating celestial phenomena," which were all the same.

There's no need to be overly ambitious; those things aren't very meaningful to me right now. On the contrary, I'm paying extra attention to the descriptions of third-level formal psionicists.

According to the information, the apprentices deepen their understanding and perception of visualization through practice, accurately depict their own reflection of the netherworld, and thus restrain their thoughts and purify their souls to avoid various disturbances and influences from the netherworld.

During this stage, psychics can attempt to separate their soul from their body. At that time, the soul is extremely weak and can be injured by many external things.

Conversely, in the soul state, both inspiration and spellcasting abilities are enhanced. This is because a soul body composed purely of spirit can better sense and even directly enter the spiritual dimension of the Netherworld.

The form that the soul takes after leaving the body varies from person to person and is not exactly the same as reality. It is influenced by the practice of the Dharma, and the stronger the visualization method, the more obvious the influence.

In addition, clergy members are often most affected by their faith.

Is visualization the most important thing at this stage?
Yu Jian pondered silently until the vehicle came to a stop.

"Thank you." Mitsurugi nodded to Yasuno Ryotaro, not disliking the tall man.

Martial artists can understand what kind of person their opponent is through their fists and feet.

Yasunoro is probably a calm and collected guy.

Thinking this, Yujian strode quickly toward his home, which he hadn't visited for a long time (two days).

The room was as dark as ever; the two world-destroying duo who had gone out on a scientific expedition had obviously not returned.

Yu Jian silently turned on the dim light in the entrance hall. His memories of this life made him miss the two of them. They were unreliable and outrageous parents, but they were still connected to him by blood and had lived together for more than ten years. Even a stone would have been warmed up by now.

Without letting himself wallow in his emotions for too long, Yu Jian quickly returned to his room with the documents.

He quickly prepared a simple dinner, and vaguely felt that he had forgotten something, but since he couldn't remember, it probably wasn't anything important. After all, he had a photographic memory, which seemed a bit contradictory. Oh well, it didn't matter to him.

In short, as soon as Yujian got home, he sat down in front of the computer with a compressed biscuit in his mouth and started browsing the contents of the CD.

Because of his father's work requirements, the Yujian family purchased a computer early on. Although its performance seems quite backward to people of later generations, it would be considered an advanced scientific research instrument by today's standards.

The CD contains various learning materials, truly meaningful learning materials.

It contains a large number of scanned e-books. If you can study the contents step by step, you can become a qualified practitioner even without visualization techniques.

This grand and imposing style, which displayed all knowledge, felt familiar to Yujian.

Sure enough, on the copyright record page at the end of the document, he saw a name that sounded very much like that of a great ancient country—Shang Zhou Printing House.

"People still need to open their eyes to see the world," Yu Jian muttered.

The young swordsman, who had just started working part-time as a mage, browsed the content rapidly, mainly focusing on visualization techniques. He was eager to do something, something he had longed for ever since completing the spirit-summoning ritual.

Repair! Practice!
After confirming that he was familiar with all the important instructions, Yujian immediately entered the Pure Fire Court through the hanging scroll.

Taking a deep breath, he immediately picked up "Birds and Beasts in Play".

Come on, let me see if you truly hold the lowest animalistic viewpoint, or if there's more to it than meets the eye!
Unfold the scroll, and birds, beasts, insects, and fish in the ink-wash style leap off the paper, each seemingly engaged in hunting, running, and other actions.

This time, Yujian saw far more details than before.

Not only animals, but also rolling mountains, winding rivers, lush vegetation, and the sun and moon shining together, and the stars in the sky!

All of these events were described in detail.

Throughout the painting, wildness and wisdom coexist, and all living beings coexist with nature.

"I really have no talent; I didn't even notice it the first time," Yu Jian muttered to himself.

Not just animals, but also mountains, rivers, scenery, the sun, moon, and stars!

This painting is essentially a world in itself!
But compared to the real world, there is one thing missing.

"Where is he?" A spiritual light shone in Yu Jian's eyes.

His inspiration was activated to the maximum extent.

After repeated searches, no image related to a person was found.

This made Yu Jian uneasy. If there were no human elements in the visualization diagram, then what exactly was being trained in this diagram?

Wait a minute, the clothes on those animals, the tools in their hands, and the various interactions between them—aren't these exactly the actions that humans would take?

It's not just people...

The word 'civilization' instantly popped into Yu Jian's mind.

In an instant, all the content on the entire painting came together.

It's only because of this mountain, where the clouds are so deep that one can't know where it is.

All the imagery converges.

This is—a man from the mountains.

Upon being born into this world, he made a hand gesture pointing to the sky, suspended his feet on the ground, and chanted:

"Immortal Techniques: All Things in the Universe"

(End of this chapter)