Ball Ball Cultivation
Chapter 18: Collecting Strange Fire
After returning home, Qiuqiu brought the child and the little donkey into the space, and the robot was assigned to repair the yard and clean up the weeds growing on the ground.
Qiuqiu was about to carefully plant the red fruit tree in the black soil, where the spiritual energy was most abundant. He first soaked the roots in spiritual spring water, otherwise they would break and rot, making it difficult for the tree to survive. Upon contact with the spiritual spring water, the soil around the roots softened and fell away, revealing the roots coiled around a fist-sized lump of earth. Carefully removing the lump, Qiuqiu planted the red fruit tree.
It's like a mountain top, winding rivers, and seemingly nowhere to go, only to find a way out. This is a piece of earth-attributed metal, thorium spirit gold. It turns out Qiuqiu was planning to use interstellar earth metal from space instead. No wonder, even in the mortal realm, vermilion fruit can grow and bear fruit. It's because of this earth-attributed spirit gold, surrounded by earth and gold spirit energy. Furthermore, gold generates water, and water generates wood, which allows the vermilion fruit to flourish. I heard that the snake that ate it was poisoned and died, suggesting that it had gained intelligence and instinctively felt the vermilion fruit would be useful to it, but it couldn't withstand the medicinal effects, resulting in a tragic end.
We pick up and drop off the children every three days. Sometimes Qiuqiu goes in a small donkey cart, but most of the time the robot goes on foot.
Qiuqiu usually learns about formations in the courtyard. These were scanned by Huahua in the bookstore in the market town, and some were copied jade slips given by Mo Yan. The various illusion formations were especially detailed and complete.
He acted like a university student studying advanced mathematics, constantly sketching and perfecting the lines of the formation in his mind. It was truly countless times more complex than a function. Soon, his head ached, and he returned to the space to cultivate and recover his mental strength. After two months of study, Qiuqiu had thoroughly mastered the basics of formations. His cultivation, thanks to his constant meditation and cultivation in the space, where the spiritual energy was so rich, had not been affected at all, and he had already advanced to the late ninth level of Qi training.
Qiuqiu came to the space and took out the contents of the storage bag and storage ring, sorted them, and put away the necessary refining materials. Qiuqiu prepared to learn some basic knowledge of refining equipment to facilitate the refining of the formation flag.
At this time, Huahua flew over and helped Qiuqiu sort the minerals. She also explained some scientific knowledge that Qiuqiu didn't know but she did. When she found a transparent bead with a red thread flowing inside, she asked Qiuqiu: "Where did this come from?"
"On the way to the volcano, I hunted a wild boar. I found the treasure in the pig's stomach. There was a precious light shining on it, so I kept it."
"Originally, we needed to use the high-temperature laboratory over there to refine metal ores, but now it seems that we won't need it." He pointed to the experimental base in the distance. Then he came to the small ball and explained, "This is a sealing bead. It can seal virtual energy, such as spirits, souls, and this spiritual fire. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the inheritance bead left behind by the cultivators before they ascended to heaven. They extracted a trace of the original fire of the heaven and earth spiritual fire or the alien fire contracted in their bodies. It is also a return to this world, to resolve some causes and effects with this world."
Qiuqiu didn't expect that things would be so coincidental. Now the important thing is how to subdue this spiritual fire.
He immersed himself in his family's classics and finally saw in the notes of an anonymous ancestor that spiritual consciousness needed to be refined into a thread, wrapped in strands of strange fire, and then traveled through the Great Circulation of the Heavenly Body before returning to the Dantian. This was awkward. Qiuqiu hadn't reached the Foundation Establishment stage, only spiritual consciousness, but no spiritual awareness. Although spiritual consciousness was as powerful as that of a mid-stage Foundation Establishment, it was equivalent to sufficient quantity, but without qualitative change, it was difficult to form spiritual consciousness.
The sealing ball belongs to the category of tools. As long as you drip blood to recognize the owner and then mark it with spiritual consciousness, even if it is only spiritual consciousness, it can still recognize the owner superficially and slowly unseal the sealing ball.
For Qiuqiu, who has reached the peak of Qi Refining, building the foundation is a matter of time, and he needs to practice more on the interstellar methods of training mental strength.
Qiuqiu explained the current situation to Huahua. Huahua hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly, "Actually, there is another way. The Vitality Soul-Cleansing Grass that we stumbled upon has completely come back to life. We are now using interstellar technology to cultivate branches. It will take at least a year for the branches to fully survive. When you unlock a little spiritual fire, you can come into contact with it and calcine your soul. This will condense your spiritual consciousness and facilitate its transformation into divine consciousness. You can also draw talismans, which is also a good way to practice spiritual consciousness and control spiritual power. The purple daylily has already multiplied into a large area, and the mature ones have been collected. A pile of talisman paper has been made using advanced papermaking technology. You can use it however you want."
Qiuqiu rolled his eyes speechlessly. Damn, they arranged my homework so clearly! I can't just refuse to do it.
So Qiuqiu settled into her life of learning! In the mornings, she would meditate and practice, then draw talismans. After depleting her spiritual energy, she would meditate to recover. Although each improvement was tiny, even a tiny bit of progress is still a small improvement. In the afternoons, she would go to the gravity training room to train. Now, she could perform three Tai Chi movements under 32 times gravity. Unfortunately, she had no physical training techniques, only the Star Body Training Technique.
She could only practice the quintessence of traditional Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi, which combines softness with strength and exercises every muscle and acupoint in the body, making it very suitable for Qiuqiu. She also found that after practicing Tai Chi, she would feel more comfortable and faster when performing the exercises. She didn't know whether it was the effect of physical training or the special features of Tai Chi.
This is actually because the ball is a chaotic body, and chaos gives birth to Tai Chi. Similarly, when practicing, the fusion of Tai Chi is chaos, which has a certain promoting effect on the exercises. Physical training can also make the tendons and veins flexible, the muscles strong, and more conducive to the absorption of spiritual energy, killing two birds with one stone.
At night, he would begin sparring, sometimes with combat robots, sometimes with himself, wearing a helmet. When exhausted, he would lie down in the mental training chamber and begin training his mental power. He could now easily divide his mental power into eighteen strands to push the ball, and now he was trying twenty strands. When his head ached and his mental power was exhausted, he would go to bed.
Every three days she has to pick up the kids, test their homework, and then arrange for physical training and practice. She is also a qualified hot mom.
After just six months, Qiuqiu finally reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. Unfortunately, despite a significant increase in spiritual awareness, his divine consciousness had yet to materialize. Qiuqiu had no choice but to take out his sealing beads and begin the burning exercises Huahua had suggested, aiming to solidify his spiritual consciousness. Initially, upon hearing Huahua's suggestion, Qiuqiu had considered experimenting, but felt the dangers were too great, so he abandoned the path. Now, it seemed he had to embark on this arduous journey.
When his realm was stable, Qiuqiu changed his spiritual training at night to tempering his spiritual consciousness in addition to daily practice. He chose a day when the children were not around, sat by the pool, holding the seal bead in his hand, and released a trace of spiritual power. He slowly penetrated into the spiritual fire along the gap opened by the seal, carefully testing, slowly approaching, and touching. Qiuqiu felt the temperature getting higher and higher. When that trace of spiritual power touched the outer edge of the flame, Qiuqiu finally understood what eternity in an instant was. It was really a moment of pain, an eternal memory, and what it felt like to hurt the soul. It was really worth having!
Qiuqiu only held on for a breath before quickly retracting that strand of mental power and fainted from the pain. He was awakened the next day by his powerful biological clock. Qiuqiu immediately checked the strand of mental power and found that it was indeed much more condensed, but it also became smaller and more flexible to control. It really had many benefits, and Qiuqiu never returned from this self-torture.
Day after day, Qiuqiu went from holding on for one breath, to two, and now to half a quarter of an hour, which was already his limit. He forged from a trace of spiritual power, to one strand, to twenty strands, each one tempered once. Half a year had passed, and Qiuqiu, due to the condensation of his spiritual consciousness, had reached the late tenth level of Qi training, and he was just short of the opportunity for spiritual transformation.
The Vitality Soul-Cleansing Grass had also been divided. Ninth-grade spiritual plants were different. It must have had spiritual intelligence in the past, but that intelligence was shattered and severely damaged. Now its main body was nearly dark yellow, and its vitality had all been transferred to new branches. It seemed that with careful nurturing, it could still produce new spiritual intelligence, which could accompany the Purple Sound Thunder Bamboo that Bai Er had abducted. After following Bai Er into the space, the Purple Sound Thunder Bamboo had settled on its own in a courtyard in Bai Er's home. It had now grown into a companion bamboo—Purple Sky Bamboo—which was also a good material for refining weapons.
The vitality of the Soul-Cleansing Herb, nearly drained of life force, wasn't quite as effective at resuscitating the dead, but its inherent ability to contain vitality and its primary function was soul cleansing. Qiuqiu, full of life force, didn't need to replenish it. Looking at the palm-sized Soul-Cleansing Herb, which looked similar to a small aloe vera, Qiuqiu took it in his mouth without hesitation.
Accompanied by the fragrance of plants, I felt a cool air flowing through my body, and finally this refreshing feeling penetrated into my soul, like countless little people holding small brushes gently brushing me. After the dry air burned by the spiritual fire in my soul was cleansed, it turned into countless small hands gently massaging me, making me drowsy, and finally turned into a soft light and merged into the depths of my soul. Qiuqiu's spiritual consciousness was completely transformed into divine consciousness. After a year of continuous training, I have gained a lot. The strength of divine consciousness is comparable to that of the late stage of foundation building.
In the past, spiritual consciousness was equivalent to countless points. With a large number, further training only increased the number and quality of points, but divine consciousness became connected lines, which, with skillful use, could be woven into a net. Qiuqiu benefited from more than that. The Soul-Cleansing Grass's ultimate medicinal properties were transferred to Qiuqiu's soul. Furthermore, this Vitality Soul-Cleansing Grass, once a demonic plant that awakened wisdom, was particularly effective in nourishing the soul, directly strengthening Qiuqiu's original spirit.
The soul is different from the consciousness. The soul is the source, while the consciousness is the manifestation of external power. A strong soul can easily enhance the consciousness, but even if the consciousness is enhanced tenfold, it is difficult to enhance the soul by even a little bit. This is also the benefit of the demon plant with awakened spiritual intelligence. Qiuqiu really made a profit!
Qiuqiu's spiritual roots were also further purified. Previously, they had been ripened by interstellar potions. Although the roots were fully planted, they were not pure. After being baptized by the vitality soul-cleansing grass, not only did they cleanse their bodies, but also their spiritual roots. Qiuqiu didn't know this, but only realized it when his cultivation speed increased.
Qiuqiu's cultivation had also reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and he could immediately establish his foundation when he found the right opportunity. Qiuqiu was not in a hurry. After becoming familiar with the application of spiritual consciousness, Qiuqiu first refined the spiritual fire in the sealing bead and recognized it as its master.
First, wrap a trace of the origin of the spiritual fire with spiritual consciousness, and walk through the Great Circle, burning the tendons and veins until the skin and flesh are torn. Every step forward is like slow slicing. Qiuqiu gritted his teeth and persisted, and his back molars were bleeding. After a cycle of this, it returned to the Dantian, and Qiuqiu practiced energy to heal the wound. At this time, the benefits brought by the Vitality Soul Cleansing Grass could be seen. The tendons and veins were flexible, and the recovery ability was much stronger than before. After the repair, the tendons and veins were wider and more elastic.
Strand after strand, Qiuqiu sat like this for three days and three nights and finally refined the last strand of the spiritual fire origin. When the last strand of the origin gathered in the dantian, a small flame appeared on the dantian and began to absorb spiritual energy frantically. Qiuqiu immediately cooperated and began to walk the big circle quickly to supply the small flame. She was afraid that the small flame she had refined with so much difficulty would go out. Who could she hold accountable?
After the little flame had absorbed its fill of spiritual energy, Qiuqiu also received some information from it. Although it was vague, it was still understandable. It was sealed for a very long time and was almost starving to death. It must have been sealed ten thousand years ago. It was a kind of spiritual fire of heaven and earth, called the Five Elements Spiritual Fire. Because it could fuse everything and was not very powerful, Qiuqiu had never heard of it on the list of strange fires. At this stage, it was still sufficient for Qiuqiu, although he felt a sense of curse that he had suffered so much and was only given a useless result!
The spiritual fire has a simple consciousness. When it sensed Qiuqiu's disgust, it immediately felt very aggrieved. It shrank a little and shook the flame. This was unusual. It was obvious that I was aggrieved, but I just didn't want to say it!
The little fire muttered to itself: "If I weren't about to burn out, I'd let you refine me without resistance, accepting you as my master. Even a rookie who hasn't even reached the foundation building stage would have been burned to ash long ago. Of course, that requires me to have the energy. But I'm lucky that after tens of thousands of years without opening, the next time I did, I found a master that perfectly suited my attributes, with all five attributes balanced!" Lucky Fire, jpg. The little flame is simple-minded, and these can only be the inner voice of the heart!
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