Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

"Don't underestimate her. Sister Gu Chi must have passed six or seven levels!" The big black dog stood up the black gold coffin.

"It's not that I underestimate her, but the cultivation environment in your era is too poor. Even in the ancient times when the great Dao of heaven and earth was relatively complete, only a small number of people could succeed. You can imagine how dangerous the tests there are." The nine-tailed white fox shook his head and said.

After saying that, it turned its head and looked the big black dog up and down with a look of doubt and uncertainty, saying, "Why do I suddenly feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"

"What do you mean?" The big black dog was a little confused by the question without any reason.

"That woman, I can't see through her roots, nor can I see her past or future in the long river of time. But you're different. Although I can't find the source, I can at least find some shadows in the long river of time. And I have the impression that we must have met somewhere before. Don't you have any impression?"

The nine-tailed white fox said that it had been trapped here for too long and had lost a lot of memories, but it still had some impression of the big black dog and remembered that they had met before.

"That's right. Your size, black fur, and coffin made of golden silk from autumn silkworms are very impressive. We are sure that we have seen them before." The nine-tailed white fox said firmly, and some vague memories buried deep in his mind gradually became clear.

It circled around the big black dog for a few rounds, muttering, "But you were much stronger back then, and this coffin wasn't just made of the golden silk of the autumn silkworm. How come you've lived this long and gotten worse?"

Suddenly, it thought of a possibility and said, "You didn't live from the past to the present, but you went upstream and traveled back!"

It was filled with shock. Crossing the long river of time and going upstream was something that even the ancient saints would find difficult to accomplish.

"It seems that you will achieve great things in the future. Don't forget to help me when you become successful." The nine-tailed white fox changed his attitude, with a flattering look on his face, and even began to call himself "little brother".

The big black dog just glanced at it and said, "When I become rich in the future, the first thing I will do is capture you and make you into a medicine!"

At this moment, the green lamp in front of the nine-tailed white fox suddenly shone brightly.

"What?!" The nine-tailed white fox's eyes suddenly widened, because it knew exactly what this meant!

"She...actually passed? She passed all the tests left by the ancient saints?!"

Even in ancient times, only a few extremely talented geniuses had accomplished such things.

In this life, the great Dao of heaven and earth is incomplete. In such a terrible environment for cultivation, how could someone succeed?

"She... is only at the peak of the Golden Core Stage and hasn't yet reached the Nascent Soul Stage, right?"

"Are you surprised? I've told you before that Sister Gu Chi can do it!" The big black dog was arrogant and also very excited in his heart. He couldn't help but howl.

The nine-tailed white fox was a little confused. Where did this freak come from?

……

In the Three Emperors Palace, at the end, a light gate blocked Gu Chi's way.

She stepped forward and walked in calmly, arriving at a secret room, which was about ten feet in circumference, not very big.

"Is this the place where the ancient saints retreated?"

Gu Chi concentrated his mind and sensed carefully, but he didn't see anything magical.

It was not until she sat down cross-legged with her five hearts facing the sky that a beam of light like thunder illuminated her body and a wave was transmitted to her heart. Only then did she understand how outrageous this place was!

"Nine chances allow people to take risks without fear or hesitation, because even if they go astray and die, they can still have a chance to start over!"

Gu Chi was shocked. This was truly beyond belief. It was like giving her nine extra lives, allowing her to fully gain enlightenment here without worrying about any accidents.

"these are……"

Gu Chi suddenly noticed that there were some scriptures engraved on a stone wall. The font was very ancient, but one could vaguely understand what it meant.

After studying a few sentences word by word, she found that it was an article teaching people how to use their skills and luck.

She also has this method, which is nothing more than drawing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, and then flowing it along a specific meridian route, transforming it into magic power that can activate secret methods and supernatural powers. This route is fixed and unchanging, and is also called [Zhoutian].

However, if you want to activate different secret techniques or magical skills later, you need to let the magic power run through different routes according to different techniques.

This is a very complicated step. The reason why there are so many magical powers and secret techniques in the world is that the routes for mobilizing the magic power in the body are different.

There are countless meridians in the human body, which draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body and transform it into magic power, following a fixed route of [Zhou Tian]. In order to perform magical powers, it is necessary to mobilize the magic power to run to the specific meridian route of this magical power before it can be activated. These are the two links.

The former is fixed, but the latter is ever-changing. Through continuous research by predecessors and sages of all generations, a variety of magical skills have evolved.

Gu Chi calmed his mind and began to circulate his magic power according to the scriptures on the wall, wanting to see what kind of practice this would be.

This place was very strange. When she calmed down, the time around her seemed to have stopped and solidified, no longer flowing, frozen in this moment.

"What a miraculous method!" Gu Chi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. He really felt that the fragments of time around him were imprisoned.

She sat cross-legged on an old Taoist platform, mobilizing her magical power according to the scriptures on the wall, and circulating it through the multiple meridians in her body. However, her brows soon furrowed, and her body trembled violently, because she was suffering from great pain. Clusters of flames emerged from her body, burning her whole body into a bloody mess.

"What kind of lucky route is this?!" Gu Chi was shocked. She could feel that her blood and energy were being consumed. If this continued, her body would definitely dry up.

"Hey!"

The flames grew stronger, and the flesh and blood on many parts of Gu Chi's body shriveled up, revealing the crystal white bones.

"it hurts!"

Gu Chi frowned, clenched his teeth, and tried to endure the torment, but he still couldn't help groaning in pain.

She began to doubt herself, wondering if she could hold on to the end.

Where did these fires come from? What kind of practice would lead to such an outrageous situation as setting oneself on fire?

Slowly, she became aware of some clues and was extremely shocked to find that the flames that were burning every inch of her flesh and blood were all transformed by the Tao!

One Dao rule after another was burning her flesh and scorching her soul.

It was as if one immortal sword after another was slashing at her body, cutting her flesh and chopping her soul!

The pain was so severe that it was unbearable.