I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 43 Size as You Wish, Transformation of Images

"It's done!"

Ying Chan's eyes flashed, and he summoned back the Taotie's inner core, or perhaps examined the 'Yantian Pearl'. Sure enough, the divine patterns had completely aligned with the body of the artifact!

Ying Chan couldn't help but feel fortunate that, in order to achieve perfection, he still chose to forge the weapon at the summit!

If it weren't for the auspicious signs of the sun and moon's cycle and the purple aura rising from the east, I probably wouldn't have been able to refine the Heavenly Pearl this time. All the hard work I've put in these past few days, and the precious Taotie inner core, would probably have been wasted.

Fortunately, the result was satisfactory.

Ying Chan held the Heavenly Pearl in his palm and channeled a wisp of magical power into it, and soon felt something.

He made a hand seal, pointed at the Heavenly Pearl, and shouted, "Little!"

The Dzi Bead shrank instantly, transforming from the size of a chicken egg to the size of a grain of sand.

Ying Chan immediately showed delight.

It turns out that the first divine pattern he engraved on the Tianzhu was the 'Size Ruyi' he learned from the "Ziqing Yulu Zongzuan"!
This jade talisman, as its name suggests, can change the size of magical artifacts; it is truly wondrous and requires no further explanation.

More importantly, this jade talisman did not originate from the Heavenly Pearl.

Ying Chan was able to inscribe it on the divine runes without them clashing with other divine runes, which shows that he truly applied what he learned, rather than relying entirely on the spiritual treasure seed.

Of course, he would inscribe "large and small Ruyi" on the dzi bead, which would serve a purpose.

At present, although this jade talisman cannot make magical artifacts as large as mountains and stars or as small as dust particles as in legends, it is enough to shrink the Heavenly Pearl to the size of a grain of sand.

Ying Chan opened his palm and gently inhaled through his nose, drawing the Heavenly Pearl into it.

Immediately, he used his magic to move it slowly into the shrine.

After finishing this task, Ying Chan immediately closed his eyes slightly again.

The shrine is the abode of the divine, thoughts, intentions, and ideas. The Heavenly Pearl is located here, and with just a thought, he can immerse his mind in it.

Upon making this attempt, Ying Chan immediately felt a sense of enlightenment!
This feeling is very strange.

Although he had completely immersed his mind in the Heavenly Pearl, ignoring sight, hearing, smell, and touch, he seemed to be able to sense—

The scenery before his eyes, the sound of the wind in his ears, the scent at his nose, and the airflow in his face all transformed into another kind of hazy 'feeling,' reflecting in his heart.

Not only that, he also sensed the vast expanse of purple aura, the rising and falling of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth...

It should be understood that Qi Refining cultivators cannot directly perceive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They can only cultivate magical power by using methods such as breathing exercises, visualization, external techniques, and consuming elixirs to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into their bodies.

However, if one day one can cultivate the Profound Light, allowing the inner and outer worlds to intersect, then one can truly perceive the existence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, without needing any other methods. With a single thought, one can gather spiritual energy, absorb spiritual energy, and refine it into magical power...

At this moment, Ying Chan seemed to be experiencing this feeling through the performance of the Heavenly Bead.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is like wisps and strands of energy, varying in size and shape. Some gather into clusters, some disperse and spread out, some intertwine and mix, and some remain pure and uniform... their forms are never fixed.

If he borrows the Heavenly Pearl, can he absorb spiritual energy like the Xuan Guang cultivator?
Ying Chan should remain calm and try to use the Heavenly Bead to gather spiritual energy.

Sure enough, soon clusters of spiritual energy began to slowly gather towards him.

However, the speed at which this energy is converging... doesn't seem to be as rapid as expected.

Ying Chan began to use the Qi-gathering method, absorbing the gathered spiritual energy into his body one by one. It took about 45 minutes to finally confirm it completely.

By using the dzi bead to gather spiritual energy, he can undoubtedly improve the efficiency of his breathing exercises.

However, the effect was not that strange.

Firstly, the speed at which the Heavenly Pearl gathers spiritual energy is not as fast as that of a Xuan Guang cultivator; secondly, the breathing techniques, the Qi absorption techniques, and the human body all have certain limitations.

However, in any case, it can save Ying Chan nearly half of his hard work.

He wasn't too dissatisfied and quickly got back to studying.

The Heavenly Bead is said to internally reflect the creation of heaven and earth, and externally reflect the changes of all things. Ying Chan's Heavenly Bead naturally cannot contain the creation of heaven and earth, but it does possess a certain mystique of 'externally reflecting the changes of all things'.

Of course, this kind of mystery is not about predicting the future at all.

It's more like a deduction, precisely presenting a certain change by receiving information from heaven and earth.

At the summit, a gentle breeze caressed my face.

Wind has no form, and air has no shape.

But in Ying Chan's eyes at this moment, this breeze, this flow of air, seemed to have taken shape and form. He could not only observe its coming, but also see its going.

It will dart past Ying Chan and head towards the vast sky.

But in this process, countless changes are still happening simultaneously.

Perhaps because of a sigh, it will deflect slightly, go in a different direction, and eventually be swept away by a larger airflow...

Perhaps because as it passes over the summit, the slight heat rising from the rock surface lifts it upwards...

What appeared to be just a gentle breeze was, in Ying Chan's eyes, a change revealed by the Heavenly Pearl. It was no longer just a breeze, but more like a Taoist master tirelessly imparting to him the various movements and changes of the wind.

"Is this the mechanism of all things manifested externally?"

Ying Chan felt as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun!

If he had the Heavenly Pearl in hand earlier, what difficulty would it have been for him to cultivate the ability to control wind and qi?

Of course, the cultivation and comprehension of magic is a path that has virtually no end.

Ying Chan's art of summoning wind and controlling qi can be said to have reached a high level, but his cultivation of wind magic has only just begun. Now, by borrowing the Heavenly Pearl, he can further deduce and comprehend the changes in wind, which is by no means too late.

Moreover, the deduction of dzi beads is not limited to romance.

Ying Chan suddenly exhaled, and a white, cold breath shot straight into the sea of ​​clouds.

This is precisely the cold water energy he absorbed and refined for cultivating the cold water wind.

The chill of the water penetrated into the clouds, instantly turning the clouds along the way a bluish-white hue.

"This is the change caused by the coldness of the water..."

Ying Chan nodded thoughtfully, then released cold air into the clouds repeatedly to observe the changes.

He has been cultivating water and cold wind techniques for a long time and has practiced them frequently. However, it is unknown whether his understanding of water techniques is insufficient.

Ying Chan always tried to combine the coldness of water with the wind, but he always felt that something was missing.

The water vapor and cold wind that were unleashed were far less intense than imagined.

In fact, he knew that he had already mastered the magic, but he had a feeling that if he could break through some barrier, the magic would undergo completely different changes.

Now, he vaguely understands.

Ying Chan stopped releasing cold air into the clouds. Instead, he pondered for a long time, began to use his magic incantation, and suddenly exhaled.

At the same time, a strong wind suddenly arose, merging with the pure white chill—

Whoops! !
In an instant, a fierce, cold wind suddenly formed and swept towards the sea of ​​clouds. The clouds surged like waves, and a large number of ice crystals quickly condensed and bloomed, frantically absorbing the moisture in the clouds to grow stronger.

Ying Chan laughed loudly, then rose up and gracefully descended from the mountaintop, stepping on the rock face.

In the blink of an eye, a fine drizzle mixed with flying snow began to fall.

Although the sudden rain and snow disappeared in a short while, Ying Chan was still extremely happy.

As we walked along the mountain path back to the Taoist temple, I felt as if the whole world had taken on a completely new look.

(End of this chapter)