The original repairer

Beyond the white jade passage, the cobblestone path was lined with spiritual herbs and flowers, including some medicinal herbs, though of low quality. Behind the cottage lay several medicinal gardens protected by formations, containing a large number of medicinal herbs. There were many fourth- and fifth-tier medicinal herbs that Shi Chen was familiar with, as well as many he had not yet identified.

As for the so-called inheritance, it may be in the wooden house or somewhere else, it is still unknown.

This place was the final place where the cave owner attained enlightenment, decorated to the tastes of Xiao Ziyan, the Saintess of the Xiaoyao Sect. Xiao Ziyan's body was placed within the wooden house. The owner of this place finally stood before the door, carved a wooden plaque, and then died.

Seeing the grievances and grudges from ten thousand years ago, Shi Chen felt filled with emotion.

The pursuit of the Tao is primarily for immortality, but if immortality were the Tao, how many people in the world could truly achieve it? Even if one cultivates to a very high level, becoming an immortal or a patriarch, one still experiences the seven emotions and six desires.

Ten thousand years ago, the Five Elements Sect's leader possessed an extremely high level of cultivation, likely far beyond the Fusion Stage. In this world, he could be said to be a figure who could call the wind and rain, yet in the end, for the sake of his own son, he destroyed the Overlord Sect.

Looking at their stories, there is no grand description, but many twists and turns hidden in the plain narration. Time gradually erases all of this.

Shi Chen stood in front of the wooden house, bowed respectfully nine times, and then murmured softly, "I don't know how dramatic your story was, how many grievances and grudges were involved. Now, thousands of years have passed, and whether right or wrong has become a thing of the past. I have the honor of learning about the stories of the seniors and others here, and my heart is filled with emotion. I hope that the seniors will return together, return together."

I don’t know if some formation was triggered, but a pit appeared three feet in front of the door of the wooden house, and a wooden box was placed quietly in the pit.

Shi Chen took out the wooden box, and the pit disappeared immediately, and the area in front of the wooden house returned to its original state.

There was no mechanism in the wooden box, so Shi Chen opened it directly. There were three things inside: a piece of animal skin, a jade slip, and a jade hairpin.

He took out the animal skin, which was covered with ancient characters.

The hide clearly states that the owner of this place is Zhang Tianze. Anyone disrespecting the woman in the cabin or trespassing will be killed by the seventh-level formation within. Within her jade coffin are the Five Elements Secret Codex of the Five Elements Sect and the Xiaoyao Secret Technique of the Xiaoyao Sect.

This seventh-level formation is based on the mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements of the Five Elements Sect. Anyone who has not practiced the secret method of the five elements and forcibly breaks into the formation will be killed by the five-level formation.

There is also a record later that when Zhang Tianze was out exploring the world, he obtained a magical training method - the Soul Tempering Technique.

This technique specifically targets spiritual consciousness, though its initiation is extremely challenging. A cultivator can begin cultivation at the first level of Qi Refining. Once they have passed the initial training, their spiritual consciousness will grow stronger with each practice. The longer they practice, the stronger their spiritual consciousness becomes. At the Minor Success stage, their spiritual consciousness can rival that of a cultivator one realm higher. At the Great Success stage, their spiritual consciousness can rival that of a cultivator two realms higher. Ultimately, their spiritual consciousness can be equated with that of a cultivator three realms higher.

Zhang Tianze also said that this chapter of Tempering the Soul was the greatest opportunity in his life, and he had never revealed it to anyone, and he himself had only achieved a small degree of success in his practice.

After reading the words on the hide, Shi Chen didn't consider entering the cabin. First of all, he hadn't learned the Five Elements Secret Codex yet, and his cultivation wasn't as good as the owner of this place. He didn't even understand formations. To break a formation, one needed to practice formations, and he had never heard of this seventh-level formation.

Shi Chen didn't pick the spiritual flowers and herbs in the medicine garden, but instead collected the many ripe spiritual fruits from the trees. After ten thousand years of spiritual energy cultivation, each spiritual fruit was comparable to a medicinal pill, and contained an extremely abundant amount of spiritual energy.

Knowing the large formation set up here, Shi Chen did not go anywhere else. He just ate spiritual fruits in front of the wooden house and practiced the Soul Tempering Technique.

The practice of Tempering the Spirit does not depend on one's cultivation level, but only on one's will and spirit.

The first key to practicing the Soul Tempering Technique is to have a strong willpower. First, you must visualize a hammer, imagining its shape. Once you can visualize the hammer you want, you can then use your mind to swing the hammer and strike yourself.

Shi Chen didn't know how spiritual consciousness was generated, but meditation was just imagination. He imagined a hammer and then hit himself.

He meditated for a long time, but still couldn't imagine a hammer.

Three days passed, and he didn't know how many hairs he had plucked out. The Soul Tempering Technique was indeed extremely difficult to master.

Seven days passed, and Shi Chen's patience was worn thin. After a period of jumping up and down, roaring and screaming, he finally began to calm down. Looking at the remaining Earth Spirit Fruit cores from the past seven days, he dug a small hole, placed all the cores in it, and covered it with soil.

Wait, soil, that’s right, why not use soil to make a hammer, and then imagine using it to hit yourself?

He did it as he thought, and soon, a clay hammer appeared in front of Shi Chen. This clay hammer could not be lifted, so it could only be placed on the ground, just a model.

Then, Shi Chen looked at the earthen hammer and began to picture it in his mind, not missing a single detail. When a cultivator concentrates, all his energy, spirit, and vitality converge. Bit by bit, the image of the earthen hammer appeared in Shi Chen's mind.

Shi Chen had never come into contact with the method of cultivating spiritual consciousness and did not know how to cultivate spiritual consciousness. The Soul Tempering Technique had to be practiced in conjunction with the method of cultivating spiritual consciousness in order to exert its effect.

How can one temper it if one doesn't even have spiritual consciousness? The general outline of the Spirit Tempering Technique seems somewhat contradictory.

Normal spiritual cultivation begins with a specific object. Once you find an object, no matter what it is, you must imagine its appearance until its complete form is fully visible in your mind, and then slowly refine and cultivate it.

The birth of spiritual consciousness is like an egg hatching. The object you imagine will break out of the cocoon, and then spiritual consciousness is born.

Shi Chen had never encountered spiritual cultivation techniques before. The earthen hammer in his imagination gradually took shape. Another seven days passed, and the hammer was fully realized in his mind. The next step was to strike himself with it.

But there is no image of yourself in your mind. Except for the earth hammer, there is nothing but emptiness. You can imagine the earth hammer and then command it to swing in all directions, but you can never hit anything.

Do I have to imagine myself again?

Another seven days passed, and in addition to the earth hammer, a hazy outline of a human figure appeared in Shi Chen's mind.

Today is the time to get started with the Soul Tempering Technique.

Shi Chen directed the earth hammer in his mind, hammering it towards the imaginary human figure.

Three days later, Shi Chen woke up holding his head.

He was drowsy for another half day before he was able to sit up.

Three days ago, the earth hammer hit the human-shaped outline, and Shi Chen's head almost exploded and he fainted.

As he fainted, the imagined earth hammer and human figure shattered into countless pieces, then reunited like peeling off a cocoon, finally forming a bean-sized particle that remained in Shi Chen's mind.

As long as he gathers his energy again, he will be able to break out of the cocoon and give birth to spiritual consciousness.

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to continue practicing the Soul Tempering Technique because it was too painful. The pain spread from his head to his whole body.

He found himself in excruciating pain all over his body, not just in his head.

I dare not continue to practice the Soul Tempering Technique.

Alas! He sighed deeply. This immortal fate was really too deceptive. Without enough cultivation, he couldn't retrieve the skills inside. He got a seemingly heaven-defying spiritual consciousness training method, but he couldn't practice it. His body really couldn't bear it.

It seems that I have no choice but to leave here and return to Qisha Market, and come back after my cultivation level improves. Anyway, I have already obtained the Soul Tempering Technique and have learned it myself.