Mysterious mirror hanging high

[Year 501 of the Changsheng calendar]

"Born! Born!"

"It's a prince!"

"Report to Your Majesty quickly!"

"Congratulations to the empress, congratulations to the empress!"

Jing Yu slowly opened his eyes, and the physiological instinct of his lungs expanding made him cry involuntarily, and his voice was very loud.

Very good, it seems that this reincarnated body is in good health, not the kind of sickly one with congenital deficiencies... Jing Yu cried and thought aimlessly.

The improvement of the five senses brought by [Long Life and Long Vision] in the fate is obviously extraordinary. When Jing Yu was just born, he felt that his vision and hearing were far superior to those of ordinary babies, and all the whispers in the delivery room were clearly audible.

"Lady An has finally made it through. A mother's status depends on her son. With the help of this prince, I'm afraid her rank will be promoted to concubine."

"Isn't it? She was just a maid when she entered the palace, but she managed to rise to the position of concubine step by step, and even gave birth to an imperial heir. She is quite lucky."

The prince...

Jing Yu was stunned and felt that his start was pretty good.

Although the royal families everywhere have always been a place of controversy, their conditions are much better than those of ordinary people. As long as they do not interfere in the fight for the throne, they should be safe in the early stages.

While she was thinking, Jing Yu was simply wiped by the palace maids guarding the delivery room and was sent to the side of Concubine An who had just given birth.

At this time, Jing Yu carefully looked at the biological mother of this body and found that she was indeed a beauty with regular features and gentle temperament. However, her eyebrows were a little inverted, making her look a little miserable.

"Oh, good child..." Concubine An gently stroked the forehead of the baby in front of her with one finger. The feeling of blood connection made her unable to stop loving the baby.

"Your Majesty is here!"

The loud voice of the eunuch came from outside the delivery room.

The eunuch's voice is not as shrill as I thought... Jing Yu thought silently.

Not long after, a large group of palace maids and eunuchs came in, accompanied by a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and a broad face. The man took Jing Yu from the palace maid, stared at her for a few seconds, and said "good" several times in a row, appearing very happy.

Jing Yu observed the emperor carefully. He looked a little old, with a few strands of gray in his temples. He was at least forty years old.

"Noble Lady An gave birth to the Emperor's heir. Her hard work and contributions are immense. She will be promoted to Concubine An!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Now, which imperial heir is this?"

"Your Majesty, this must be the Sixth Prince." A personal eunuch replied in a low voice.

Why are there only six royal heirs?

Jing Yu's heart trembled. This emperor was at least forty years old, yet he was ranked sixth. Either he was too diligent in his work and not interested in women, or the rate of infant mortality of royal heirs was too high, so the princes and princesses who died young were not included in the count!

If it's the former, it might be better. If it's the latter...

"Okay, make sure you take good care of him." The emperor stroked his beard.

"Princess An, please take a good rest." The emperor handed Jing Yu back to the palace maid, squatted in front of the woman's bed and whispered a few personal words to her, then left in a hurry.

After the emperor left, the room became noticeably deserted, with the only ones left serving being the palace maids and eunuchs who were originally on duty. During this time, several richly dressed concubines came to take a look, exchanged a few polite words with Concubine An, who had just been promoted, and then left.

When Jing Yu's whole body was thoroughly wiped clean, a group of elderly palace maids took him away. The leader was a strong woman with big hands and feet. She looked like a person in charge and must have a high status.

Listening to the chatter between the leading strong woman and her maids, Jing Yu realized that although those with a rank above concubine in the palace had the power to raise the royal heir, in reality, the royal heir would be adopted and raised in a special institution after birth. If the biological mother's rank was not high, she could often only see her children on major holidays.

After all, Jing Yu was just a newborn baby at this time. He could only let others manipulate him. There was nothing else he could do. He sank his mind into the depths of consciousness and began to ponder the immortal cultivation method that Jiu Ming Daojun had taught him...

[Sutra of Suffering]!

"what?"

"It's actually a body-refining technique!"

Jing Yu was surprised. Before this, the Taoist Nine Lives had said that this [Suffering from Hardships Sutra] was the method for the Taoist Ten Thousand Lives to achieve enlightenment. He thought it was just an orthodox Qigong method, but he didn't expect it was used for body training.

"This……"

"Wanshou Daojun is truly a talent!"

The more Jing Yu read, the more he felt that this Wanshou Daojun, whom he had never met before, was quite capable.

The reason why this body-refining exercise is called the "Suffering Crossing Sutra" is because Wanshou Daojun believes that the pursuit of the Tao by all living beings in heaven and earth is like swimming in the sea of ​​suffering, and cultivators with longevity are born with infinite lifespans. As long as they have enough time, they will reach the other shore sooner or later. Then they only need to pay attention to the wind and waves in the sea of ​​suffering. This technique is to cultivate the physical body into a treasure ship for crossing the sea, to help the immortal cultivators withstand the wind and waves, so as to protect the Tao.

Wanshou Daojun also gave a brilliant explanation as to why he chose the body-refining technique as a means of protecting his Dao.

First of all, the biggest limitation for cultivators seeking the Tao is naturally lifespan. The lifespan for Qi training is 100 years, for foundation-building it is 300 years, for Golden Elixir it is 800 years, and for Nascent Soul it is 2,000 years... It seems like a long time, but cultivators cannot reach their realm just by meditating and practicing in the mountains every day, eating wind and drinking dew. Raising supplies, dealing with people, and competing for opportunities all take up time and energy. This lifespan seems a bit stretched for most cultivators.

The reason why body refining is useless to ordinary cultivators is that although the time consumed and the cultivation resources required for body refining are less than those for qi refining, it has no other benefits except improving combat power.

If a foundation-building cultivator who is nearly three hundred years old can form a golden elixir, his life span will be increased by five hundred years in an instant, and he can continue his spiritual journey. However, if this foundation-building cultivator breaks through to the golden elixir realm in physical cultivation, his life span will not increase by a single day, and he will still be a pile of dust in the end.

There are many ways to protect the way in the world. A powerful magic weapon, an exquisite spell, or even a reliable backer may not be much worse than body refining, and may even be better.

But for immortal cultivators, life span is infinite, and the only obstacle that can restrict their enlightenment is their cultivation. Even if they don't draw Qi into their bodies from beginning to end, as long as their physique is cultivated to the level that can tear through the void, they can still break through the boundaries and ascend!

At this time, the body refining method that takes effect faster, requires fewer resources, and does not cause any strange phenomena in the world when breaking through the realm shows its advantages. As long as you hide in a corner and hone your body for hundreds of millions of years, you don't need to compete with any cultivator for opportunities or go into dangerous places, and you can also have the opportunity to achieve the great Dao.

Even for those who seek to live forever, it is not impossible to first push the body refining realm to an extremely high level, and then turn around to practice Qi and build the foundation. Without concerns about lifespan, any way of practicing makes sense, and the order of practice becomes less important.